---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44509"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "44509"
heading: "Demonstration projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/44509"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iii — safety"
  - "Chapter 445 — Facilities, Personnel, and Research"
---

# §44509. Demonstration projects


The Secretary of Transportation may carry out under this chapter demonstration projects that the Secretary considers necessary for research and development activities under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1181.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 44509 | 49 App.:2205(b)(1). | Sept. 3, 1982, Pub. L. 97–248, § 506(b)(1), 96 Stat. 678; restated Dec. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–223, § 105(b)(1), 101 Stat. 1490. |