2021 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - Rail Programs
Part A - Safety
Chapter 203 - Safety Appliances
Sec. 20301 - Definition and nonapplication
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| §20301. Definition and nonapplication | |||||||||||||||
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(a) Definition.—In this chapter, "vehicle" means a car, locomotive, tender, or similar vehicle. (b) Nonapplication.—This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) a train of 4-wheel coal cars. (2) a train of 8-wheel standard logging cars if the height of each car from the top of the rail to the center of the coupling is not more than 25 inches. (3) a locomotive used in hauling a train referred to in clause (2) of this subsection when the locomotive and cars of the train are used only to transport logs. (4) a car, locomotive, or train used on a street railway. |
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(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 104–287, §5(52), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3393.) |
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Subsection (a) is added to avoid repeating the substance of the definition throughout this chapter. In subsection (b), the words before clause (1) are substituted for "Provided, That nothing in sections 1 to 7 of this title shall apply to" in 45:6 because 45:9, 11, and 16 provide that 45:9 and 11–16 apply to the same vehicles and trains as 45:1–7 apply to. In clause (1), the word "coal" is added for clarity because of the decision of the Supreme Court in Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson, 353 U.S. 325, 333 (1957) and the legislative history of 45:6 (proviso). See 24 Cong. Rec. 1477 (1893). The text of 45:8 (words after last comma) is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of "railroad" in section 20102 of the revised title. PUB. L. 104–287This amends 49:20301(b) to clarify the restatement of 45:8 by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 881). EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104–287 added par. (4). STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104–287 effective July 5, 1994, see section 8(1) of Pub. L. 104–287, set out as a note under section 5303 of this title. |
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| Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART A - SAFETY CHAPTER 203 - SAFETY APPLIANCES Sec. 20301 - Definition and nonapplication |
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| 27 Stat. 532 29 Stat. 85 32 Stat. 943 108 Stat. 881 110 Stat. 3393 |
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| Public Law 103-272, Public Law 104-287 |
