49 USC § 49102 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s49102"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 49102 - Purpose"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "49102"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 491
chapter_name: "METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "PUBLIC AIRPORTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–102, § 2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2207.)"
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# § 49102. Purpose

**(a)** **General.—** The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and development of these important transportation assets.

**(b)** **Inclusion of Baltimore/Washington International Airport Not Precluded.—** This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington International Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–102, § 2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2207.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 49102(a) | (uncodified). | Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 1783–374. |
|  |  | Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 3341–377. |
| 49102(b) | (uncodified). | Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 1783–374. |
|  |  | Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 3341–377. |

In subsection (b), the words “and conditions” are omitted as being included in “terms”.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 49102 was renumbered .