The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security could not take an aviation security action if the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator notified the Under Secretary that the action could adversely affect an aircraft's airworthiness, unless the Secretary of Transportation subsequently approved the action.
Notes on verification
Confirmed verbatim by multiple independent official legal sources including U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel, Cornell LII, and GovInfo, reflecting the historical (pre-2018) text of 49 U.S.C. § 114. [tier=gold indep_score=0.747 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- 49 USC 114(s): Nondisclosure of security activities - ProPublica (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 (corroboration)
- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2010-title49-section114&num=0&edition=2010 (corroboration)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title49/html/USCODE-2019-title49-subtitleI-chap1-sec114.htm (corroboration)