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[CITE: 49USC40127]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart i--general
 
                     CHAPTER 401--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 40127. Prohibitions on discrimination

    (a) Persons in Air Transportation.--An air carrier or foreign air 
carrier may not subject a person in air transportation to discrimination 
on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or 
ancestry.
    (b) Use of Private Airports.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no State or local government may prohibit the use or full enjoyment 
of a private airport within its jurisdiction by any person on the basis 
of that person's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or 
ancestry.

(Added Pub. L. 106-181, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 
157.)


                             Effective Date

    Section applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 
1999, see section 3 of Pub. L. 106-181, set out as an Effective Date of 
2000 Amendments note under section 106 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 46301 of this title.