Federal

Title 49 — Transportation

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

• § 24702 — Transportation requested by States, authorities, and other persons
• § 24703 to 24705 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–134, title I , §§ 103–105(a), Dec. 2, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2572 , 2573]
• § 24706 — Discontinuance
• § 24707, 24708 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–134, title I, § 101(d) , (e), Dec. 2, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2572 ]
• § 24709 — International transportation
• § 24710 — Long-distance routes
• § 24711 — Competitive passenger rail service pilot program
• § 24712 — State-supported routes operated by Amtrak
• § 24901 — Definitions
• § 24902 — Goals and requirements
• § 24903 — General authority
• § 24904 — Northeast Corridor planning
• § 24905 — Northeast Corridor Commission; Safety Committee
• § 24906 — Eliminating highway at-grade crossings
• § 24907 — Note and mortgage
• § 24908 — Transfer taxes and levies and recording charges
• § 24909 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 24910 — Rail cooperative research program
• § 24911 — Federal-State partnership for intercity passenger rail
• § 25101 — Corridor Identification and Development Program
• § 26101 — High-speed rail corridor planning
• § 26102 — High-speed rail technology improvements
• § 26103 — Safety regulations and evaluation
• § 26104 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 26105 — Definitions
• § 26106 — High-speed rail corridor development
• § 28101 — Rail police officers
• § 28102 — Limit on certain accident or incident liability
• § 28103 — Limitations on rail passenger transportation liability
• § 28301 — General
• § 28302 — Penalties
• § 28501 — Definitions
• § 28502 — Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests
• § 28503 — Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests
• § 28504 — Applicability of other laws
• § 28505 — Rules and regulations
• § 301 — Leadership, consultation, and cooperation
• § 30101 — Purpose and policy
• § 30102 — Definitions
• § 30103 — Relationship to other laws
• § 30104 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 30105 — Restriction on lobbying activities
• § 30106 — Rented or leased motor vehicle safety and responsibility
• § 30111 — Standards
• § 30112 — Prohibitions on manufacturing, selling, and importing noncomplying motor vehicles and equipment
• § 30113 — General exemptions
• § 30114 — Special exemptions
• § 30115 — Certification of compliance
• § 30116 — Defects and noncompliance found before sale to purchaser
• § 30117 — Providing information to, and maintaining records on, purchasers
• § 30118 — Notification of defects and noncompliance
• § 30119 — Notification procedures
• § 30120 — Remedies for defects and noncompliance
• § 30120A — Recall obligations and bankruptcy of a manufacturer
• § 30121 — Provisional notification and civil actions to enforce
• § 30122 — Making safety devices and elements inoperative
• § 30123 — Tires
• § 30124 — Nonuse of safety belts
• § 30125 — Schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment
• § 30126 — Used motor vehicles
• § 30127 — Automatic occupant crash protection and seat belt use
• § 30128 — Vehicle rollover prevention and crash mitigation
• § 30129 — Crash avoidance technology
• § 30141 — Importing motor vehicles capable of complying with standards
• § 30142 — Importing motor vehicles for personal use
• § 30143 — Motor vehicles imported by individuals employed outside the United States
• § 30144 — Importing motor vehicles on a temporary basis
• § 30145 — Importing motor vehicles or equipment requiring further manufacturing
• § 30146 — Release of motor vehicles and bonds
• § 30147 — Responsibility for defects and noncompliance
• § 30161 — Judicial review of standards
• § 30162 — Petitions by interested persons for standards and enforcement
• § 30163 — Actions by the Attorney General
• § 30164 — Service of process; conditions on importation of vehicles and equipment
• § 30165 — Civil penalty
• § 30166 — Inspections, investigations, and records
• § 30167 — Disclosure of information by the Secretary of Transportation
• § 30168 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title I, § 31204(b)(2)(B) , July 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 760 ]
• § 30169 — Annual reports
• § 30170 — Criminal Penalties
• § 30171 — Protection of employees providing motor vehicle safety information
• § 30172 — Whistleblower incentives and protections
• § 30181 — Policy
• § 30182 — Powers and duties
• § 30183 — Prohibition on certain disclosures
• § 302 — Policy standards for transportation
• § 303 — Policy on lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites
• § 30301 — Definitions
• § 30302 — National Driver Register
• § 30303 — State participation
• § 30304 — Reports by chief driver licensing officials
• § 30305 — Access to Register information
• § 30306 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title IV, § 24218(a) , Nov. 15, 2021 , 135 Stat. 831 ]
• § 30307 — Criminal penalties
• § 30308 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 303a — Development of water transportation
• § 304 — Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects
• § 304a — Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews
• § 305 — Transportation investment standards and criteria
• § 30501 — Definitions
• § 30502 — National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
• § 30503 — State participation
• § 30504 — Reporting requirements
• § 30505 — Penalties and enforcement
• § 306 — Prohibited discrimination
• § 307 — Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews
• § 308 — Reports
• § 309 — High-speed ground transportation
• § 310 — Aligning Federal environmental reviews
• § 311 — Congressional notification requirements
• § 31100 — Purpose
• § 31101 — Definitions
• § 31102 — Motor carrier safety assistance program
• § 31103 — Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program
• § 31104 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 31105 — Employee protections
• § 31106 — Information systems
• § 31107 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5101(e)(3) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1525 ]
• § 31108 — Motor carrier research and technology program
• § 31109 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5101(e)(4) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1525 ]
• § 31110 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 31111 — Length limitations
• § 31112 — Property-carrying unit limitation
• § 31113 — Width limitations
• § 31114 — Access to the Interstate System
• § 31115 — Enforcement
• § 31131 — Purposes and findings
• § 31132 — Definitions
• § 31133 — General powers of the Secretary of Transportation
• § 31134 — Requirement for registration and USDOT number
• § 31135 — Duties of employers and employees
• § 31136 — United States Government regulations
• § 31137 — Electronic logging devices and brake maintenance regulations
• § 31138 — Minimum financial responsibility for transporting passengers
• § 31139 — Minimum financial responsibility for transporting property
• § 31140 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4008(d) , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 404 ]
• § 31141 — Review and preemption of State laws and regulations
• § 31142 — Inspection of vehicles
• § 31143 — Investigating complaints and protecting complainants
• § 31144 — Safety fitness of owners and operators
• § 31145 — Coordination of Governmental activities and paperwork
• § 31146 — Relationship to other laws
• § 31147 — Limitations on authority
• § 31148 — Certified motor carrier safety auditors
• § 31149 — Medical program
• § 31150 — Safety performance history screening
• § 31151 — Roadability
• § 31161 — International cooperation
• § 312 — Alternative timing system
• § 313 — Nontraditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council
• § 31301 — Definitions
• § 31302 — Commercial driver’s license requirement
• § 31303 — Notification requirements
• § 31304 — Employer responsibilities
• § 31305 — General driver fitness, testing, and training
• § 31306 — Alcohol and controlled substances testing
• § 31306a — National clearinghouse for controlled substance and alcohol test results of commercial motor vehicle operators
• § 31307 — Minimum training requirements for operators of longer combination vehicles
• § 31308 — Commercial driver’s license
• § 31309 — Commercial driver’s license information system
• § 31310 — Disqualifications
• § 31311 — Requirements for State participation
• § 31312 — Decertification authority
• § 31313 — Commercial driver’s license program implementation financial assistance program
• § 31314 — Withholding amounts for State noncompliance
• § 31315 — Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs
• § 31316 — Limitation on statutory construction
• § 31317 — Procedure for prescribing regulations
• § 31501 — Definitions
• § 31502 — Requirements for qualifications, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards
• § 31503 — Research, investigation, and testing
• § 31504 — Identification of motor vehicles
• § 31701 — Definitions
• § 31702, 31703 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4013 , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 409 ]
• § 31704 — Vehicle registration
• § 31705 — Fuel use tax
• § 31706 — Enforcement
• § 31707 — Limitations on statutory construction
• § 31708 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4013 , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 409 ]
• § 321 — Definitions
• § 32101 — Definitions
• § 32102 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 322 — General powers
• § 323 — Personnel
• § 32301 — Definitions
• § 32302 — Passenger motor vehicle information
• § 32303 — Insurance information
• § 32304 — Passenger motor vehicle country of origin labeling
• § 32304A — Consumer tire information and standards
• § 32304B — Child safety
• § 32305 — Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities
• § 32306 — Personnel
• § 32307 — Investigative powers
• § 32308 — General prohibitions, civil penalty, and enforcement
• § 32309 — Civil penalty for labeling violations
• § 32310 — New Car Assessment Program roadmap
• § 324 — Members of the armed forces
• § 325 — Advisory committees
• § 32501 — Purpose
• § 32502 — Bumper standards