Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73not60
§20163 Certification of Train Conductors
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— RAIL PROGRAMS › Part A— SAFETY › Chapter 201— GENERAL › Subchapter II— PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY › § 20163
Summary
The Secretary of Transportation must write rules, within 18 months after the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 became law, to set up a certification program for train conductors. The rules must require conductors to be trained under the training standards made in section 20162, and the Secretary can consider the requirements in section 20135(b)–(e) when making the rules.
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Title 49, §20163
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(a)Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to establish a program requiring the certification of train conductors. In prescribing such regulations, the Secretary shall require that train conductors be trained, in accordance with the training standards developed pursuant to section 20162.
(b)In developing the regulations required by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the requirements of section 20135(b) through (e).
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The date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of div. A of Pub. L. 110–432, which was approved Oct. 16, 2008.
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49 U.S.C. § 20163
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60