Title 49

Transportation

1,311 sections in this title, page 1 of 14.

§ 101

Purpose

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 10101

Rail transportation policy

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 101 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 10102

Definitions

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 101 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 102

Department of Transportation

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 103

Federal Railroad Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 104

Federal Highway Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 105

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 10501

General jurisdiction

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 105 — JURISDICTION

§ 10502

Authority to exempt rail carrier transportation

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 105 — JURISDICTION

§ 106

Federal Aviation Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 107

Federal Transit Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 10701

Standards for rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10702

Authority for rail carriers to establish rates, classifications, rules, and practices

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10703

Authority for rail carriers to establish through routes

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10704

Authority and criteria: rates, classifications, rules, and practices prescribed by Board

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10705

Authority: through routes, joint classifications, rates, and divisions prescribed by Board

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10706

Rate agreements: exemption from antitrust laws

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10707

Determination of market dominance in rail rate proceedings

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10708

Rail cost adjustment factor

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10709

Contracts

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL AUTHORITY

§ 10721

Government traffic

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER II — SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

§ 10722

Car utilization

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER II — SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

§ 10741

Prohibitions against discrimination by rail carriers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10742

Facilities for interchange of traffic

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10743

Liability for payment of rates

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10744

Continuous carriage of freight

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10745

Transportation services or facilities furnished by shipper

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10746

Demurrage charges

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 10747

Designation of certain routes by shippers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 107 — RATES › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS

§ 108

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 109

Maritime Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 10901

Authorizing construction and operation of railroad lines

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10902

Short line purchases by Class II and Class III rail carriers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10903

Filing and procedure for application to abandon or discontinue

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10904

Offers of financial assistance to avoid abandonment and discontinuance

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10905

Offering abandoned rail properties for sale for public purposes

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10906

Exception

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10907

Railroad development

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10908

Regulation of solid waste rail transfer facilities

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10909

Solid waste rail transfer facility land-use exemption

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 10910

Effect on other statutes and authorities

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 109 — LICENSING

§ 110

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 1101

Definitions

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL

§ 11101

Common carrier transportation, service, and rates

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

§ 11102

Use of terminal facilities

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

§ 11103

Switch connections and tracks

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

§ 1111

General organization

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 1112

Special boards of inquiry on air transportation safety

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 11121

Criteria

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — CAR SERVICE

§ 11122

Compensation and practice

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — CAR SERVICE

§ 11123

Situations requiring immediate action to serve the public

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — CAR SERVICE

§ 11124

War emergencies; embargoes imposed by carriers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — CAR SERVICE

§ 1113

Administrative

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 1114

Disclosure, availability, and use of information

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 11141

Definitions

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTS AND RECORDS

§ 11142

Uniform accounting system

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTS AND RECORDS

§ 11143

Depreciation charges

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTS AND RECORDS

§ 11144

Records: form; inspection; preservation

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTS AND RECORDS

§ 11145

Reports by rail carriers, lessors, and associations

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTS AND RECORDS

§ 1115

Training

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 1116

Reports, studies, and retrospective reviews

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 11161

Implementation of cost accounting principles

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD COST ACCOUNTING

§ 11162

Rail carrier cost accounting system

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD COST ACCOUNTING

§ 11163

Cost availability

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD COST ACCOUNTING

§ 11164

Accounting and cost reporting

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 111 — OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD COST ACCOUNTING

§ 1117

Methodology

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 1118

Authorization of appropriations

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 1119

Accident and safety data classification and publication

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER II — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE

§ 113

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 11301

Equipment trusts: recordation; evidence of indebtedness

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — EQUIPMENT TRUSTS AND SECURITY INTERESTS

§ 1131

General authority

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1132

Civil aircraft accident investigations

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 11321

Scope of authority

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11322

Limitation on pooling and division of transportation or earnings

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11323

Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11324

Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control: conditions of approval

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11325

Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control: procedure

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11326

Employee protective arrangements in transactions involving rail carriers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11327

Supplemental orders

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 11328

Restrictions on officers and directors

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 113 — FINANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — COMBINATIONS

§ 1133

Review of other agency action

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1134

Inspections and autopsies

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1135

Secretary of Transportation’s responses to safety recommendations

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1136

Assistance to passengers involved in aircraft accidents and families of such passengers

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1137

Authority of the Inspector General

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1138

Evaluation and audit of National Transportation Safety Board

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 1139

Assistance to passengers involved in rail passenger accidents and families of such passengers

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 114

Transportation Security Administration

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 1140

Information individuals involved in accidents and families of such individuals

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER III — AUTHORITY

§ 115

Transportation Security Oversight Board

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 11501

Tax discrimination against rail transportation property

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 115 — FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS

§ 11502

Withholding State and local income tax by rail carriers

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 115 — FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS

§ 1151

Aviation enforcement

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 1152

Joinder and intervention in aviation proceedings

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 1153

Judicial review

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 1154

Discovery and use of cockpit and surface vehicle recordings and transcripts

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 1155

Penalties

SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 11 — NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

§ 116

National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 117

Council on Credit and Finance

SUBTITLE I — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION

§ 11701

General authority

SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART A — RAIL › CHAPTER 117 — ENFORCEMENT: INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES

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