49 USC § 41710 - Time requirements

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title: "49 USC § 41710 - Time requirements"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "41710"
section_name: "Time requirements"
chapter_number: 417
chapter_name: "OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1142.)"
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# § 41710. Time requirements

When a matter requiring action of the Secretary of Transportation is submitted under section 40109(a) or (c)–(h), 41309, or 42111 of this title and an evidentiary hearing—

**(1)** is ordered, the Secretary shall make a final decision on the matter not later than the last day of the 12th month that begins after the date the matter is submitted; or

**(2)** is not ordered, the Secretary shall make a final decision on the matter not later than the last day of the 6th month that begins after the date the matter is submitted.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1142.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 41710 | 49 App.:1490. | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1010; added Oct. 24, 1978, Pub. L. 95–504, § 38(a), 92 Stat. 1743. |
|  | 49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(e), 98 Stat. 1704. |

In this section, before clause (1), the words “matter requiring action of the Secretary” are substituted for “application or other written document” for clarity. The reference to 49 App.:1378 and 1379 is omitted as obsolete because under 49 App.:1551(a)(7), those sections ceased to be in effect on . The words “on or after the one-hundred-eightieth day after ” are omitted as executed. In clauses (1) and (2), the words “order or” are omitted as surplus.