2016 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle I - Department of Transportation
Chapter 3 - General Duties and Powers
Subchapter I - Duties of the Secretary of Transportation
Sec. 303a - Development of water transportation
| 49 U.S.C. § 303a (2016) | ||||||
| §303a. Development of water transportation | ||||||
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(a) Policy.—It is the policy of Congress— (1) to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities for the commerce of the United States; and (2) to foster and preserve rail and water transportation. (b) Definition.—In this section, "inland waterway" includes the Great Lakes. (c) Requirements.—The Secretary of Transportation shall— (1) investigate the types of vessels suitable for different classes of inland waterways to promote, encourage, and develop inland waterway transportation facilities for the commerce of the United States; (2) investigate water terminals, both for inland waterway traffic and for through traffic by water and rail, including the necessary docks, warehouses, and equipment, and investigate railroad spurs and switches connecting with those water terminals, to develop the types most appropriate for different locations and for transferring passengers or property between water carriers and rail carriers more expeditiously and economically; (3) consult with communities, cities, and towns about the location of water terminals, and cooperate with them in preparing plans for terminal facilities; (4) investigate the existing status of water transportation on the different inland waterways of the United States to learn the extent to which— (A) the waterways are being used to their capacity and are meeting the demands of traffic; and (B) water carriers using those waterways are interchanging traffic with rail carriers; (5) investigate other matters that may promote and encourage inland water transportation; and (6) compile, publish, and distribute information about transportation on inland waterways that the Secretary considers useful to the commercial interests of the United States. |
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(Pub. L. 103–272, §4(j)(6)(A), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1366.) |
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Section 4(j)(6)(A) amends 49:ch. 3 by restating 49 App.:142 as section 303a because the provision more appropriately belongs in chapter 3. In subsection (a)(2), the words "in full vigor both" are omitted as surplus. In subsection (b), the words "be construed to" are omitted as surplus. In subsection (c)(1), the word "appropriate" is omitted as surplus. The word "vessels" is substituted for "boats" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In subsection (c)(2), the words "the subject of", "apparatus", "appliances in connection therewith", and "or interchange" are omitted as surplus. In subsection (c)(3), the words "appropriate" and "suitable" are omitted as surplus. In subsection (c)(6), the words "province and", "from time to time", and "useful statistics, data, and" are omitted as surplus. |
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| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION | ||||||
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| Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE I - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS SUBCHAPTER I - DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION Sec. 303a - Development of water transportation |
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| January 6, 2017 | ||||||
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| 41 Stat. 499 95 Stat. 154 108 Stat. 1366 |
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| Public Law 97-31, Public Law 103-272 |
