Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73not60
§32509 Information and Assistance From Other Departments, Agencies, and Instrumentalities
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VI— MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS › Part C— INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS › Chapter 325— BUMPER STANDARDS › § 32509
Summary
The Secretary of Transportation can ask any federal department, agency, or government unit for information needed to carry out this law, and the head of that agency must give the information. Agency heads may also send staff to help the Secretary, and their agency can be reimbursed for the cost.
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Title 49, §32509
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(a)The Secretary of Transportation may request information necessary to carry out this chapter from a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government. The head of the department, agency, or instrumentality shall provide the information.
(b)The head of a department, agency, or instrumentality may detail, on a reimbursable basis, personnel to assist the Secretary in carrying out this chapter.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3250915:1914(c).Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 104(c), 86 Stat. 951. In subsection (a), the words “he deems” and “his functions under” are omitted as surplus. The words “head of the” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “cooperate with the Secretary and” and “to the Department of Transportation upon request made by the Secretary” are omitted as surplus.
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Citation
49 U.S.C. § 32509
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60