---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 47303"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "47303"
heading: "Training foreign citizens"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/47303"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part B — Airport Development and Noise"
  - "Chapter 473 — International Airport Facilities"
---

# §47303. Training foreign citizens


Subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of [Transportation](/usc/49/13907.md?p=e-2) or Commerce, as appropriate, may train a foreign citizen in a subject related to aeronautics and essential to the orderly and safe operation of civil aircraft. The training may be provided—

- (1) directly by the appropriate Secretary or jointly with another department, [agency](/usc/49/114.md?p=n-2-A-i), or instrumentality of the United States Government;
- (2) through a public or private [agency](/usc/49/114.md?p=n-2-A-i) of the United States (including a [State](/usc/49/31132.md?p=8) or municipal educational institution); or
- (3) through an international organization.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1281.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 47303 | 49 App.:1153. | June 16, 1948, ch. 473, § 4, 62 Stat. 451. |
|  | 49 App.:1655(c)(1). | Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(c)(1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 97–449, § 7(b), 96 Stat. 2444. |

In this section, before clause (1), the title “Secretary of Commerce” is substituted for “Chief of the Weather Bureau” in section 4 of the International Aviation Facilities Act (ch. 473, 62 Stat. 451) because of sections 1 and 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965 (eff. July 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 1318). The words “within or outside the United States” are omitted as surplus. The word “citizen” is substituted for “nationals” as being more appropriate. In clause (1), the word “jointly” is substituted for “or in conjunction” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government” are substituted for “United States Government agency” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.