PUBLIC LAW 108–176—DEC. 12, 2003
117 STAT. 2557
SEC. 502. RUNWAY SAFETY STANDARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘§ 44727. Runway safety areas ‘‘(a) AIRPORTS IN ALASKA.—An airport owner or operator in the State of Alaska shall not be required to reduce the length of a runway or declare the length of a runway to be less than the actual pavement length in order to meet standards of the Federal Aviation Administration applicable to runway safety areas. ‘‘(b) STUDY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of runways at airports in States other than Alaska to determine which airports are affected by standards of the Federal Aviation Administration applicable to runway safety areas and to assess how operations at those airports would be affected if the owner or operator of the airport is required to reduce the length of a runway or declare the length of a runway to be less than the actual pavement length in order to meet such standards. ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 447 is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘44727. Runway safety areas.’’. SEC. 503. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTY.—Section 46301(a) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘$25,000 (or $1,100 if the person is an individual or small business concern)’’; (2) by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears in paragraph (1)(A); (3) by striking ‘‘section)’’ in paragraph (1)(A) and inserting ‘‘section), or section 47133’’; (4) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (6), and (7) and redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; (5) by striking ‘‘41715’’ each place it appears in paragraph (2), as redesignated, and inserting ‘‘41719’’; (6) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ in paragraph (4), as redesignated, and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and (7) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(5) PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.— ‘‘(A) An individual (except an airman serving as an airman) or small business concern is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for violating— ‘‘(i) chapter 401 (except sections 40103(a) and (d), 40105, 40106(b), 40116, and 40117), section 44502 (b) or (c), chapter 447 (except sections 44717–44723), or
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