2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260, § 118(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which related to discrimination against airline employees.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–260, § 118(2), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an employee of an air carrier, contractor, or subcontractor who, acting without direction from such air carrier, contractor, or subcontractor (or such person’s agent), deliberately causes a violation of any requirement relating to air carrier safety under this subtitle or any other law of the United States.”

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–260, § 118(3), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which defined the term “contractor” as a company that performs safety-sensitive functions by contract for an air carrier.

Subchapter applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 of Pub. L. 106–181, set out as an Effective Date of 2000 Amendments note under section 106 of this title.