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LAWS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AVIATION

INTERNATIONAL AVIATION FACILITIES ACT

62 Stat. 450; 49 U.S.C. App. 1151 et seq.

AN ACT To encourage the development of an international system adapted to the needs of the foreign commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "International Aviation Facilities Act".1

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act:

(2) The term "airport property" means any property, real or personal, or any interest therein, used or useful, directly or indirectly, in connection with the administration, operation, or maintenance of an airport, including but not limited to (1) land; (2) runways, strips, taxiways, and parking aprons; (3) buildings, structures, improvements, and facilities, whether or not used in connection with the landing and take-off of aircraft; and (4) equipment (including parts and components thereof), furniture, vehicles, and supplies.

(3) The term "airway property" means any property, real or personal, or any interest therein, used or useful, directly or indirectly, in connection with the administration, operation, or maintenance of any ground installation, facility, or equipment (including parts and components thereof) necessary or desirable for the orderly and safe operation of air traffic, including but not limited to air navigation, air-traffic control, airway communications, and meteorological facilities.

(4) The term "foreign territory" means any area of land or water over which no nation or a nation other than the United States exercises the incidents of sovereignty (including territory of undetermined sovereignty and the high seas), any area of land or water temporarily under military occupation by the United States, and any area of land or water occupied or administrated by the United States or any other nation under any international agreement. [49 U.S.C. App. 1151]

1 References in this Act to the Air Coordinating Committee have been deleted or changed to the Secretary of Transportation. Ex Ord. No. 10883; Public Law 89-670, § 6(c)(1). References in this Act to the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics have been changed to the Secretary of Transportation. Public Law 85-726, § 1403; Public Law 89-670, § 6(c)(1).

References in this Act to the Weather Bureau have been changed to the Department of Commerce. Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965.

ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION, IN FOREIGN TERRITORY, OF FACILITIES RELATED TO AVIATION

SEC. 3. Subject to concurrence of the Secretary of State, and with due regard for the objectives of the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce, within their respective fields, are authorized by contract or otherwise, to acquire, establish, and construct airport property and airway property in foreign territory: Provided, however, That, except in the case of airport property transferred under section 8, no airport (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958) may be acquired, established, or constructed under authority of this section unless funds for such purpose have been specifically appropriated by the Congress. [49 U.S.C. App. 1152]

TRAINING OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN AERONAUTICAL AND RELATED

SUBJECTS

SEC. 4. Subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce, within their respective fields, are authorized within or outside the United States to train foreign nationals directly, or in conjunction with any other United States Government agency, or through any United States public or private agency (including any State or municipal educational institution), or through any international organization, in aeronautical and related subjects essential to the orderly and safe operation of civil aircraft. [49 U.S.C. App. 1153]

ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FOR FACILITIES SUPPLIED OR SERVICES PERFORMED FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OR AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce, respectively, are authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, funds from any foreign government or from any international organization as payment for any facilities supplied or services performed for such government or international organization by the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Commerce, either directly or indirectly, under authority of this Act or the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, including the operation of airport property and airway property in such countries, the training of foreign nationals, the rendering of technical assistance and advice to such countries, and the performance of other similar services. Funds so received may be credited to (A) to appropriations current at the time the expenditures are to be or have been paid, (B) to appropriations current at the time such amounts are received, or (C) in part as provided under clause (A) and in part as provided under clause (B). [49 U.S.C. App. 1154]

TRANSFER OF AIRPORT PROPERTY OR AIRWAY PROPERTY TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Commerce, as the case may be, upon request of the foreign government involved or of any international organization, may transfer any airport property or airway property operated and maintained by him

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