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49 U.S.C. § 20133 — Passenger cars

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49 U.S.C. § 20133 — Passenger cars

**(a) Minimum Standards.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations establishing minimum standards for the safety of cars used by railroad carriers to transport passengers. Before prescribing such regulations, the Secretary shall consider— (1) the crashworthiness of the cars; (2) interior features (including luggage restraints, seat belts, and exposed surfaces) that may affect passenger safety; (3) maintenance and inspection of the cars; (4) emergency response procedures and equipment; and (5) any operating rules and conditions that directly affect safety not otherwise governed by regulations. The Secretary may make applicable some or all of the standards established under this subsection to cars existing at the time the regulations are prescribed, as well as to new cars, and the Secretary shall explain in the rulemaking document the basis for making such standards applicable to existing cars. **(b) Initial and Final Regulations.—** (1) The Secretary shall prescribe initial regulations under subsection (a) within 3 years after November 2, 1994. The initial regulations may exempt equipment used by tourist, historic, scenic, and excursion railroad carriers to transport passengers. (2) The Secretary shall prescribe final regulations under subsection (a) within 5 years after November 2, 1994. **(c) Personnel.—** The Secretary may establish within the Department of Transportation 2 additional full-time equivalent positions beyond the number permitted under existing law to assist with the drafting, prescribing, and implementation of regulations under this section. **(d) Consultation.—** In prescribing regulations, issuing orders, and making amendments under this section, the Secretary may consult with Amtrak, public authorities operating railroad

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49 U.S.C. § 24102 — Definitions

In this part— (1) “auto-ferry transportation” means intercity rail passenger transportation— (A) of automobiles or recreational vehicles and their occupants; and (B) when space is available, of used unoccupied vehicles. (2) “commuter authority” means a State, local, or regional entity established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation. (3) “commuter rail passenger transportation” means short-haul rail passenger transportation in metropolitan and suburban areas usually having reduced fare, multiple-ride, and commuter tickets and morning and evening peak period operations. (4) “intercity rail passenger transportation” means rail passenger transportation, except commuter rail passenger transportation. (5) “long-distance route” means a route described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (7). (6) “National Network” includes long-distance routes and State-supported routes. (7) “national rail passenger transportation system” means— (A) the segment of the continuous Northeast Corridor railroad line between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, District of Columbia; (B) rail corridors that have been designated by the Secretary of Transportation as high-speed rail corridors (other than corridors described in subparagraph (A)), but only after regularly scheduled intercity service over a corridor has been established; (C) long-distance routes of more than 750 miles between endpoints operated by Amtrak as of the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008; and (D) short-distance corridors, or routes of not more than 750 miles between endpoints, operated by— (i) Amtrak; or (ii) another rail carrier that receives funds under chapter 229. (8) “Northeast Corridor” means Con

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49 U.S.C. § 20133 — Passenger cars

Page 571 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 20133 and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Railroad Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation, and mainte- nance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program. (Added Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11413(a), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1688.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amend- ment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Or- ganization and Employees. SUBCHAPTER II—PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY § 20131. Restricted access to rolling equipment The Secretary of Transportation shall pre- scribe regulations and issue orders that may be necessary to require that when railroad carrier employees (except train or yard crews) assigned to inspect, test, repair, or service rolling equip- ment have to work on, under, or between that equipment, every manually operated switch, in- cluding each crossover switch, providing access to the track on which the equipment is located is lined against movement to that track and se- cured by an effective locking device that can be removed only by the class or craft of employees performing the inspection, testing, repair, or service. (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 872.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 20131 .......... 45:431(g) (1st sen- tence cl. (1)). Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, 84 Stat. 971, § 202(g) (1st sentence cl. (1)); added July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, § 5(b),

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