108 STAT. 4236 PUBLIC LAW 103-411 —OCT. 25, 1994 Public Law 103-411 103d Congress An Act Oct. 25, 1994 To amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations [H.R. 2440] for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Independent the United States of America in Congress assembled, S9.i6t]v Bodrd A.ct Amendments of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1994 49 USC 101 note. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1994". SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 1118(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
- (a) IN GENERAL. — There is authorized to be appropriated for
the purposes of this chapter $37,580,000 for fiscal year 1994, $44,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $45,100,000 for fiscal year 1996. Such sums shall remain available until expended.". SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND REQUIRE- MENTS TO THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC AIRCRAFT. (a) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC AIRCRAFT.— Section 40102(a)(37) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: "(B) does not include a government-owned aircraft— "(i) transporting property for commercial purposes; or "(ii) transporting passengers other than— "(I) transporting (for other than commercial purposes) crewmembers or other persons aboard the aircraft; whose presence is required to perform, or is Eissociated with the performance of, a governmental function such as firefighting, seeirch and rescue, law enforcement, aeronautical research, or biological or geological resource management; or
- XII) transporting (for other than commercial
purposes) persons aboard the aircraft if the sdrcraft is operated by the Armed Forces or an intelligence agency of the United States. An aircraft described in the preceding sentence shall, notwithstanding any limitation relating to use of the aircraft for commercial purposes, be considered to be a public aircraft for the purposes of this part without regard to whether the aircraft is operated by a unit of government on behalf of another unit of government, pursuant to a cost reimbursement agreement between such units of govern-
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