---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 46506"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "46506"
heading: "Application of certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/46506"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iv — enforcement and penalties"
  - "Chapter 465 — Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States"
---

# §46506. Application of certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft


An individual on an [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) in the [special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States](/usc/49/46501.md?p=2) who commits an act that—

- (1) if committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the [United States](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-46) (as defined in [section 7 of title 18](/usc/18/7.md)) would violate section [113](/usc/49/113.md), [114](/usc/49/114.md), [661](/usc/18/661.md), [662](/usc/18/662.md), [1111](/usc/49/1111.md), [1112](/usc/49/1112.md), [1113](/usc/49/1113.md), or [2111](/usc/18/2111.md) or [chapter 109A](/usc/18/chptI/ch109A.md) of title 18, shall be fined under [title 18](/usc/18.md), imprisoned under that section or chapter, or both; or
- (2) if committed in the District of Columbia would violate section 9 of the Act of July 29, 1892 (D.C. Code § 22-1112), shall be fined under [title 18](/usc/18.md), imprisoned under section 9 of the Act, or both.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1245.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 46506 | 49 App.:1472(k). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 902(k); added Sept. 5, 1961, Pub. L. 87–197, § 1, 75 Stat. 466; Oct. 14, 1970, Pub. L. 91–449, § 1(3), 84 Stat. 921; Nov. 10, 1986, Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(d)(8), 100 Stat. 3624; Nov. 14, 1986, Pub. L. 99–654, § 3(b)(8), 100 Stat. 3664. |

In clause (1), the words “fined under title 18, imprisoned under that section or chapter, or both” are substituted for “punished as provided therein” for consistency with title 18.

In clause (2), the words “fined under title 18, imprisoned under section 9 of the Act, or both” are substituted for “punished as provided therein” for consistency with title 18.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 9 of the Act of July 29, 1892, referred to in par. (2), is section 9 of act July 29, 1892, ch. 320, 27 Stat. 324, which is not classified to the Code. Section 9 of the Act was reclassified to section 22–1312 of the D.C. Code (2014).