Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984

Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984
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Long title An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for the revocation of the airman certificates and for additional penalties for the transportation by aircraft of controlled substances, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial) ADTCA
Nicknames Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act
Enacted by the 98th United States Congress
Effective October 19, 1984
Citations
Public law 98-499
Statutes at Large 98 Stat. 2312
Codification
Titles amended 49 U.S.C.: Transportation
U.S.C. sections amended
Legislative history

Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984 is a United States Federal law amending the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. The statutory law authorized criminal penalties for the unlawful aerial transportation of controlled substances. The Act of Congress mandated the revocation of aircraft registrations and airman certificates by the Federal Aviation Administration whereas an aircraft aviator knowingly engages in the transit of illicitly used drugs. The Act established authority and a statute of limitations for the reissuance of airman certificates by the United States Secretary of Transportation.

The S. 1146 legislation was passed by the 98th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan on October 19, 1984.[1]

See also

References

  1. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Ronald Reagan: "Statement on Signing the Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act," October 19, 1984". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

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