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Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - RAIL PROGRAMS (§§ 20101 - 28505)
Part A - SAFETY (§§ 20101 - 21311)
Chapter 201 - GENERAL (§§ 20101 - 20167)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART A - SAFETY CHAPTER 201 - GENERAL |
Contains | sections 20101 to 20167 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - GENERAL (§§ 20101 - 20120)
- Section 20101 - Purpose
- Section 20102 - Definitions
- Section 20103 - General authority
- Section 20104 - Emergency authority
- Section 20105 - State participation
- Section 20106 - Preemption
- Section 20107 - Inspection and investigation
- Section 20108 - Research, development, testing, and training
- Section 20109 - Employee protections
- Section 20110 - Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining
- Section 20111 - Enforcement by the Secretary of Transportation
- Section 20112 - Enforcement by the Attorney General
- Section 20113 - Enforcement by the States
- Section 20114 - Judicial procedures
- Section 20115 - User fees
- Section 20116 - Rulemaking process
- Section 20117 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 20118 - Prohibition on public disclosure of railroad safety analysis records
- Section 20119 - Study on use of certain reports and surveys
- Section 20120 - Enforcement report
- Subchapter II - PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY (§§ 20131 - 20167)
- Section 20131 - Restricted access to rolling equipment
- Section 20132 - Visible markers for rear cars
- Section 20133 - Passenger cars
- Section 20134 - Grade crossings and railroad rights of way
- Section 20135 - Licensing or certification of locomotive operators
- Section 20136 - Automatic train control and related systems
- Section 20137 - Event recorders
- Section 20138 - Tampering with safety and operational monitoring devices
- Section 20139 - Maintenance-of-way operations on railroad bridges
- Section 20140 - Alcohol and controlled substances testing
- Section 20141 - Power brake safety
- Section 20142 - Track safety
- Section 20143 - Locomotive visibility
- Section 20144 - Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles
- Section 20145 - Report on bridge displacement detection systems
- Section 20146 - Institute for Railroad Safety
- Section 20147 - Warning of civil liability
- Section 20148 - Railroad car visibility
- Section 20149 - Coordination with the Department of Labor
- Section 20150 - Positive train control system progress report
- Section 20151 - Railroad trespassing, vandalism, and highway-rail grade crossing warning sign violation prevention strategy
- Section 20152 - Notification of grade crossing problems
- Section 20153 - Audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings
- Section 20154 - Capital grants for rail line relocation projects
- Section 20155 - Tank cars
- Section 20156 - Railroad safety risk reduction program
- Section 20157 - Implementation of positive train control systems
- Section 20158 - Railroad safety technology grants
- Section 20159 - Roadway user sight distance at highway-rail grade crossings
- Section 20160 - National crossing inventory
- Section 20161 - Fostering introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings
- Section 20162 - Minimum training standards and plans
- Section 20163 - Certification of train conductors
- Section 20164 - Development and use of rail safety technology
- Section 20165 - Limitations on non-Federal alcohol and drug testing
- Section 20166 - Emergency escape breathing apparatus
- Section 20167 - Railroad safety infrastructure improvement grants
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