49 U.S.C. § 44727 — Runway safety areas

(a) Airports in Alaska. An airport owner or operator in Alaska is not required to shorten a runway's length, or declare its length to be less than the actual pavement length, to meet FAA standards for runway safety areas. (b) Study. (1) The Secretary must study runways at airports in states other than Alaska, to determine which airports are affected by FAA runway safety area standards, and to assess how operations at those airports would change if the owner or operator had to shorten a runway, or declare it shorter than the actual pavement length, to meet those standards. (2) Within 9 months after this section's enactment, the Secretary must send a report on the study's results to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.