Cub Driver wrote:

The US Congress passed the Federal Aviation Act which authorizes and directs
the FAA to develop plans for and formulate policy

That's right. The FAA issues regulations. They are not laws. If you
violate the regs, you get an administrative punishment.

You meant to say they are not statues. Federal Regulations ARE laws. They are
in a category of law called administrative law, as opposed to statutory law,
constitutional law, and case law. This is 1L law school stuff. Statues however
are what permits FAA to create rules for aviation.