Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984

Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act of 1984

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	49 U.S.C. § 40102 49 U.S.C. § 44703 49 U.S.C. § 44710 49 U.S.C. § 46110
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1146 by Lloyd Bentsen (D–TX) on April 26, 1983 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, House Public Works and Transportation Passed the Senate on September 27, 1983 (passed voice vote) Passed the House on July 21, 1984 (393-1, in lieu of H.R. 1580) Reported by the joint conference committee on September 26, 1984; agreed to by the Senate on October 2, 1984 (passed voice vote) and by the House on October 4, 1984 (passed voice vote) Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 19, 1984

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

• Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act

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.

External links

• "Justice and Law Enforcement: Federal Drug Law Enforcement Programs" (PDF). U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs. U.S. Government Accountability Office. November 16, 1977. OCLC 4769358741.
• "Justice and Law Enforcement: Gains Made in Controlling Illegal Drugs, Yet the Drug Trade Flourishes" (PDF). U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs. U.S. Government Accountability Office. October 25, 1979. OCLC 5747138.
• "Justice and Law Enforcement: Coordination of Federal Drug Interdiction Efforts" (PDF). U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs. U.S. Government Accountability Office. July 15, 1985. OCLC 12319841.
• "International Affairs: U.S.-Mexico Opium Poppy and Marijuana Aerial Eradication Program" (PDF). U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs. U.S. Government Accountability Office. August 5, 1987. OCLC 16898500.
• "Drug Control: U.S.-Mexico Opium Poppy and Marijuana Aerial Eradication Program" (PDF). U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs. U.S. Government Accountability Office. January 11, 1988. OCLC 17597792.