Federal

Title 49 — Transportation

1,371 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 14902 — Civil penalty for accepting rebates from carrier
• § 14903 — Tariff violations
• § 14904 — Additional rate violations
• § 14905 — Penalties for violations of rules relating to loading and unloading motor vehicles
• § 14906 — Evasion of regulation of carriers and brokers
• § 14907 — Recordkeeping and reporting violations
• § 14908 — Unlawful disclosure of information
• § 14909 — Disobedience to subpoenas
• § 14910 — General civil penalty when specific penalty not provided
• § 14911 — Punishment of corporation for violations committed by certain individuals
• § 14912 — Weight-bumping in household goods transportation
• § 14913 — Conclusiveness of rates in certain prosecutions
• § 14914 — Civil penalty procedures
• § 14915 — Penalties for failure to give up possession of household goods
• § 14916 — Unlawful brokerage activities
• § 15101 — Transportation policy
• § 15102 — Definitions
• § 15103 — Remedies as cumulative
• § 15301 — General pipeline jurisdiction
• § 15302 — Authority to exempt pipeline carrier transportation
• § 15501 — Standards for pipeline rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices
• § 15502 — Authority for pipeline carriers to establish rates, classifications, rules, and practices
• § 15503 — Authority and criteria: rates, classifications, rules, and practices prescribed by Board
• § 15504 — Government traffic
• § 15505 — Prohibition against discrimination by pipeline carriers
• § 15506 — Facilities for interchange of traffic
• § 15701 — Providing transportation and service
• § 15721 — Definitions
• § 15722 — Records: form; inspection; preservation
• § 15723 — Reports by carriers, lessors, and associations
• § 15901 — General authority
• § 15902 — Enforcement by the Board
• § 15903 — Enforcement by the Attorney General
• § 15904 — Rights and remedies of persons injured by pipeline carriers
• § 15905 — Limitation on actions by and against pipeline carriers
• § 15906 — Liability of pipeline carriers under receipts and bills of lading
• § 16101 — General civil penalties
• § 16102 — Recordkeeping and reporting violations
• § 16103 — Unlawful disclosure of information
• § 16104 — Disobedience to subpenas
• § 16105 — General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided
• § 16106 — Punishment of corporation for violations committed by certain individuals
• § 20101 — Purpose
• § 20102 — Definitions
• § 20103 — General authority
• § 20104 — Emergency authority
• § 20105 — State participation
• § 20106 — Preemption
• § 20107 — Inspection and investigation
• § 20108 — Research, development, testing, and training
• § 20109 — Employee protections
• § 20110 — Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining
• § 20111 — Enforcement by the Secretary of Transportation
• § 20112 — Enforcement by the Attorney General
• § 20113 — Enforcement by the States
• § 20114 — Judicial procedures
• § 20115 — User fees
• § 20116 — Rulemaking process
• § 20117 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 20118 — Prohibition on public disclosure of railroad safety analysis records
• § 20119 — Study on use of certain reports and surveys
• § 20120 — Enforcement report
• § 20121 — Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment
• § 20131 — Restricted access to rolling equipment
• § 20132 — Visible markers for rear cars
• § 20133 — Passenger cars
• § 20134 — Grade crossings and railroad rights of way
• § 20135 — Licensing or certification of locomotive operators
• § 20136 — Automatic train control and related systems
• § 20137 — Event recorders
• § 20138 — Tampering with safety and operational monitoring devices
• § 20139 — Maintenance-of-way operations on railroad bridges
• § 20140 — Alcohol and controlled substances testing
• § 20141 — Power brake safety
• § 20142 — Track safety
• § 20143 — Locomotive visibility
• § 20144 — Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles
• § 20145 — Report on bridge displacement detection systems
• § 20146 — Institute for Railroad Safety
• § 20147 — Warning of civil liability
• § 20148 — Railroad car visibility
• § 20149 — Coordination with the Department of Labor
• § 20150 — Positive train control system progress report
• § 20151 — Railroad trespassing, vandalism, and highway-rail grade crossing warning sign violation prevention strategy
• § 20152 — Notification of grade crossing problems
• § 20153 — Audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings
• § 20154 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11301(c)(1) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1648 ]
• § 20155 — Tank cars
• § 20156 — Railroad safety risk reduction program
• § 20157 — Implementation of positive train control systems
• § 20158 — Railroad safety technology grants
• § 20159 — Roadway user sight distance at highway-rail grade crossings
• § 20160 — National crossing inventory
• § 20161 — Fostering introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings
• § 20162 — Minimum training standards and plans
• § 20163 — Certification of train conductors
• § 20164 — Development and use of rail safety technology
• § 20165 — Limitations on non-Federal alcohol and drug testing
• § 20166 — Emergency escape breathing apparatus
• § 20167 — Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety
• § 20168 — Installation of audio and image recording devices
• § 20169 — Speed limit action plans
• § 20170 — Pre-revenue service safety validation plan
• § 20171 — Requirements for railroad freight cars placed into service in the United States
• § 20301 — Definition and nonapplication
• § 20302 — General requirements
• § 20303 — Moving defective and insecure vehicles needing repairs
• § 20304 — Assumption of risk by employees
• § 20305 — Inspection of mail cars
• § 20306 — Exemption for technological improvements
• § 20501 — Definition
• § 20502 — Requirements for installation and use
• § 20503 — Amending regulations and changing requirements
• § 20504 — Inspection, testing, and investigation
• § 20505 — Reports of malfunctions and accidents
• § 20701 — Requirements for use
• § 20702 — Inspections, repairs, and inspection and repair reports
• § 20703 — Accident reports and investigations
• § 20901 — Reports
• § 20902 — Investigations
• § 20903 — Reports not evidence in civil actions for damages
• § 21101 — Definitions
• § 21102 — Nonapplication, exemption, and alternate hours of service regime
• § 21103 — Limitations on duty hours of train employees
• § 21104 — Limitations on duty hours of signal employees
• § 21105 — Limitations on duty hours of dispatching service employees
• § 21106 — Limitations on employee sleeping quarters
• § 21107 — Maximum duty hours and subjects of collective bargaining
• § 21108 — Pilot projects
• § 21109 — Regulatory authority
• § 21301 — Chapter 201 general violations
• § 21302 — Chapter 201 accident and incident violations and chapter 203–209 violations
• § 21303 — Chapter 211 violations
• § 21304 — Willfulness requirement for penalties against individuals
• § 21311 — Records and reports
• § 22101 — Financial assistance for State projects
• § 22102 — Eligibility
• § 22103 — Applications
• § 22104 — State rail plan financing
• § 22105 — Sharing project costs
• § 22106 — Limitations on financial assistance
• § 22107 — Records, audits, and information
• § 22108 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11301(c)(4) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1648 ]
• § 22301 — Capital grants for class II and class III railroads
• § 22401 — Definitions
• § 22402 — Direct loans and loan guarantees
• § 22403 — Administration of direct loans and loan guarantees
• § 22404 — Employee protection
• § 22405 — Substantive criteria and standards
• § 22406 — Authorization of appropriations. 1 1 So in original. The period probably should not appear.
• § 22501 to 22505 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11301(c)(3) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1648 ]
• § 22701 — Definitions
• § 22702 — Authority
• § 22703 — Purposes
• § 22704 — Transparency; coordination; review
• § 22705 — Content
• § 22706 — Review
• § 22901 — Definitions
• § 22902 — Capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service
• § 22903 — Project management oversight
• § 22904 — Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project
• § 22905 — Grant conditions
• § 22906 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 22907 — Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements
• § 22908 — Restoration and enhancement grants
• § 22909 — Railroad Crossing Elimination Program
• § 22910 — Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program
• § 24101 — Findings, mission, and goals
• § 24102 — Definitions
• § 24103 — Enforcement
• § 24104 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11202(c)(2) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1630 ]
• § 24105 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11301(c)(2) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1648 ]
• § 24201 — Efficient environmental reviews
• § 24202 — Railroad rights-of-way
• § 24301 — Status and applicable laws
• § 24302 — Board of directors
• § 24303 — Officers
• § 24304 — Employee stock ownership plans
• § 24305 — General authority
• § 24306 — Mail, express, and auto-ferry transportation
• § 24307 — Special transportation
• § 24308 — Use of facilities and providing services to Amtrak
• § 24309 — Retaining and maintaining facilities
• § 24310 — Management accountability
• § 24311 — Acquiring interests in property by eminent domain
• § 24312 — Labor standards
• § 24313 — Rail safety system program
• § 24314 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–134, title IV, § 404 , Dec. 2, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2586 ]
• § 24315 — Reports and audits
• § 24316 — Plans to address needs of families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents
• § 24317 — Accounts
• § 24318 — Costs and revenues
• § 24319 — Grant process and reporting
• § 24320 — Amtrak 5-year service line and asset line plans
• § 24321 — Food and beverage service
• § 24322 — Rolling stock purchases
• § 24323 — Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains
• § 24401 to 24408 — Renumbered §§ 22901 to 22908]
• § 24501 to 24506 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–134, title I, § 106(a) , Dec. 2, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2573 ]
• § 24701 — National rail passenger transportation system