[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR291.31] [Page 233-234] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS) PART 291--CARGO OPERATIONS IN INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents Subpart D--Exemptions for Cargo Operations in Interstate Air Transportation Sec. 291.31 Exemptions from the Statute. (a) Each section 41102 or 41103 air carrier providing cargo operations in interstate air transportation is, with respect to such transportation, exempted from the following portions of the Statute only if and so long as it complies with the provisions of this part and the conditions imposed herein, and to the extent necessary to permit it to conduct cargo operations in interstate air transportation: (1) Sections 41310, 41705, (2) Chapter 415, and (3) Chapter 419 for all-cargo operations under section 41103. (b) Each air carrier providing cargo operations in interstate air transportation under section 41103 of the Statute is exempted from the provisions of section 41106(a) of the Statute to the [[Page 234]] extent necessary to permit it to compete for and operate cargo charters in interstate air transportation for the Department of Defense under contracts of more than 30 days' duration. (c) The Department of Defense is exempted from section 41106(a) of the Statute to the extent necessary to permit it to negotiate and enter into contracts of more than 30 days' duration with any section 41103 carrier for operation of cargo charters in interstate air transportation. [60 FR 43526, Aug. 22, 1995]