§20301 Definition and nonapplication

Pub. L. 103–272 Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 20301(a)45:8 (“trains, locomotives, tenders, cars, and similar vehicles”). 45:9 (3d sentence). 20301(b)45:6 (1st sentence proviso).Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, § 6 (1st sentence proviso), 27 Stat. 532; restated Apr. 1, 1896, ch. 87, 29 Stat. 85. 45:8 (words after 16th comma).Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, § 1 (words after 23d comma), 32 Stat. 943. 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).