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[CITE: 49USC41738]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                   CHAPTER 417--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE
 
Sec. 41738. Fitness of air carriers

    Notwithstanding section 40109(a) and (c)-(h) of this title, an air 
carrier may provide air service to an eligible place or air 
transportation to a place designated under section 41736 of this title 
only when the Secretary of Transportation decides that--
        (1) the carrier is fit, willing, and able to perform the service 
    or transportation; and
        (2) aircraft used to provide the service or transportation, and 
    operations related to the service or transportation, conform to the 
    safety standards prescribed by the Administrator of the Federal 
    Aviation Administration.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1152.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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41738.................................  49 App.:1389(e)(1).              Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, Sec.  419(e)(1); added Oct. 24,
                                                                          1978, Pub. L. 95-504, Sec.  33(a), 92
                                                                          Stat. 1732; Dec. 8, 1983, Pub. L. 98-
                                                                          213, Sec.  10, 97 Stat. 1461; Oct. 4,
                                                                          1984, Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  9(r), 98
                                                                          Stat. 1708; restated Dec. 30, 1987,
                                                                          Pub. L. 100-223, Sec.  202(a)(1), (2),
                                                                          (b)(1), 101 Stat. 1507, 1515.
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    In this section, before clause (1), the words ``air transportation 
to a place'' are substituted for ``service to a point'' for consistency 
with the source provisions restated in sections 41733, 41735, and 41736 
of the revised title. In clauses (1) and (2), the words ``service or 
transportation'' are substituted for ``such service'' for consistency 
with the source provisions restated in sections 41733, 41735, and 41736 
of the revised title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 41110 of this title.