10-U.S.C.-9511
§9511 – Definitions
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Title 10 > Subtitle D > Part IV > Chapter 931 > Section 9511
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- Reference: Section 9511
- Legend: §9511 – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
In this chapter:
(1) The terms aircraft, citizen of the United States, civil aircraft, person, and public aircraft have the meanings given those terms by section 40102(a) of title 49.
(2) The term passenger-cargo combined aircraft means a civil aircraft equipped so that its main deck can be used to carry both passengers and property (including mail) simultaneously.
(3) The term cargo-capable aircraft means a civil aircraft equipped so that all or substantially all of the aircrafts capacity can be used for the carriage of property or mail.
(4) The term passenger aircraft means a civil aircraft equipped so that its main deck can be used for the carriage of individuals and cannot be used principally, without major modification, for the carriage of property or mail.
(5) The term cargo-convertible aircraft means a passenger aircraft equipped or designed so that all or substantially all of the main deck of the aircraft can be readily converted for the carriage of property or mail.
(6) The term Civil Reserve Air Fleet means those aircraft allocated, or identified for allocation, to the Department of Defense under section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2071), or made available (or agreed to be made available) for use by the Department of Defense under a contract made under this title, as part of the program developed by the Department of Defense through which the Department of Defense augments its airlift capability by use of civil aircraft.
(7) The term contractor means a citizen of the United States (A) who owns or controls, or who will own or control, a new or existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary under section 9512 of this title to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating specified defense features in that aircraft and to commit that aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, (B) who subsequently obtains ownership or control of a civil aircraft covered by such a contract and assumes all existing obligations under that contract, or (C) who owns or controls, or will own or control, new or existing aircraft and who, by contract, commits some or all of such aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
(8) The term existing aircraft means a civil aircraft other than a new aircraft.
(9) The term new aircraft means a civil aircraft that a manufacturer has not begun to assemble before the aircraft is covered by a contract under section 9512 of this title.
(10) The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Air Force.
(11) The term defense feature means equipment or design features included or incorporated in a civil aircraft which ensures the compatibility of such aircraft with the Department of Defense airlift system. Such term includes any equipment or design feature which enables such aircraft to be readily modified for use as an aeromedical aircraft or a cargo-convertible, cargo-capable, or passenger-cargo combined aircraft.
(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, §915(2), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1125; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, §1231(17), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1161; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, §1233(k)(2), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1636(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1609; Pub. L. 103–272, §5(b)(2), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 103–355, title III, §3031, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3334.)
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(c), substituted In this chapter: for In this subchapter: in introductory provisions.
Par. (1). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(1)(C), which directed substitution of section 40102 of title 49 for section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301), could not be executed because of the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 103–272 which substituted section 40102(a) of title 49 for section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301), see below.
Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(1)(A), (B), inserted ’civil aircraft’, before ’person’, and substituted meanings for meaning.
Pub. L. 103–272 substituted section 40102(a) of title 49 for section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301).
Par. (6). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(2), (3), redesignated par. (7) as (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: The term ‘civil aircraft’ means an aircraft other than a public aircraft.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (8) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (6).
Par. (8). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (9) as (8). Former par. (8) redesignated (7).
Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(a)(1), inserted under section 9512 of this title after and who contracts with the Secretary in subpar. (A) and added subpar. (C).
Pars. (9), (10). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(3), redesignated pars. (10) and (11) as (9) and (10), respectively. Former par. (9) redesignated (8).
Par. (11). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(3), (4), redesignated par. (12) as (11), substituted compatibility for interoperability, and inserted an aeromedical aircraft or before a cargo-convertible. Former par. (11) redesignated (10).
Par. (12). Pub. L. 103–355, §3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (12) as (11).
1989—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–189, §1636(a)(1), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: The term ‘cargo air service’ means the carriage of property or mail on the main deck of a civil aircraft.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 101–189, §1636(a)(2), amended par. (5) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: The term ‘cargo-convertible feature’ means equipment or design features included or incorporated in a passenger aircraft that can readily enable all or substantially all of that aircrafts main deck to be used for the carriage of property or mail.
Par. (8)(A). Pub. L. 101–189, §1636(a)(3), substituted a new or existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating specified defense features for a civil aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary of the Air Force to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating cargo-convertible features suitable for defense purposes.
Par. (12). Pub. L. 101–189, §1636(a)(4), added par. (12).
1988—Par. (1). Pub. L. 100–456 substituted The terms for The term.
1987—Pars. (1) to (11). Pub. L. 100–180 inserted The term after each par. designation, and revised first word in quotes in pars. (1) to (6) and (8) to (10) to make initial letter of each word lowercase.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 103–355, see section 10001 of Pub. L. 103–355, set out as a note under section 2302 of this title.
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