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49 U.S.C. § 24901 — Definitions
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In this chapter—
(1) “final system plan” means the final system plan (including additions) adopted by the United States Railway Association under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 ([45 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) “rail carrier” means an express carrier and a rail carrier as defined in [section 10102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section10102&num=0&edition=prelim), including Amtrak.
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In this chapter—
(1) “final system plan” means the final system plan (including additions) adopted by the United States Railway Association under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 ([45 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) “rail carrier” means an express carrier and a rail carrier as defined in [section 10102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section10102&num=0&edition=prelim), including Amtrak.
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) Essential rail service in the midwest and northeast region of the United States is provided by railroads which are today insolvent and attempting to undergo reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.
(2) This essential rail service is threatened with cessation or significant curtailment because of the inability of the trustees of such railroads to formulate acceptable plans for reorganization. This rail service is operated over rail properties which were acquired for a public use, but which have been permitted to deteriorate and now require extensive rehabilitation and modernization.
(3) The public convenience and necessity require adequate and efficient rail service in this region and throughout the Nation to meet the needs of commerce, the national defense, the environment, and the service requirements of passengers, United States mail, shippers, States and their political subdivisions, and consumers.
(4) Continuation and improvement of essential rail service in this region is also necessary to preserve and maintain adequate national rail services and an efficient national rail transportation system.
(5) Rail service and rail transportation offer economic and environmental advantages with respect to land use, air pollution, noise levels, energy efficiency and conservation, resource allocation, safety, and cost per ton-mile of movement to such extent that the preservation and maintenance of adequate and efficient rail service is in the national interest.
(6) These needs cannot be met without substantial action by the Federal Government.
**(b) Purposes** It is therefore declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to provide for—
(1) the identification of a rail service system in the midwest and
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In this part—
(1) “Board” means the Surface Transportation Board;
(2) “car service” includes (A) the use, control, supply, movement, distribution, exchange, interchange, and return of locomotives, cars, other vehicles, and special types of equipment used in the transportation of property by a rail carrier, and (B) the supply of trains by a rail carrier;
(3) “control”, when referring to a relationship between persons, includes actual control, legal control, and the power to exercise control, through or by (A) common directors, officers, stockholders, a voting trust, or a holding or investment company, or (B) any other means;
(4) “person”, in addition to its meaning under [section 1 of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section1&num=0&edition=prelim), includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of a person;
(5) “rail carrier” means a person providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation, but does not include street, suburban, or interurban electric railways not operated as part of the general system of rail transportation;
(6) “railroad” includes—
(A) a bridge, car float, lighter, ferry, and intermodal equipment used by or in connection with a railroad;
(B) the road used by a rail carrier and owned by it or operated under an agreement; and
(C) a switch, spur, track, terminal, terminal facility, and a freight depot, yard, and ground, used or necessary for transportation;
(7) “rate” means a rate or charge for transportation;
(8) “State” means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia;
(9) “transportation” includes—
(A) a locomotive, car, vehicle, vessel, warehouse, wharf, pier, dock, yard, property, facility, instrumentality, or equipment of any kind rela
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 701
Sec.
722.
Records, audit, and examination.
723.
Emergency assistance pending implementa-
tion.
724.
Authorization of appropriations.
725.
Interim agreements.
726.
Debentures and series A preferred stock.
727.
Additional purchases of Series A preferred
stock.
728.
Reports to Congress.
729.
Advisory Board.
SUBCHAPTER III—CONSOLIDATED RAIL
CORPORATION
741.
Formation and structure.
742.
Powers and duties of Corporation.
743.
Valuation and conveyance of rail properties.
744.
Termination and continuation of rail serv-
ices.
744a.
End of Conrail commuter service obligation.
745.
Continuing
reorganization;
supplemental
transactions.
746.
Certificates of value.
747.
Protection of Federal funds.
748.
Abandonments.
SUBCHAPTER IV—TRANSFER OF FREIGHT
SERVICES
761 to 769c. Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER V—EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
771 to 780. Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
791.
Relationship to other laws.
792, 793.
Repealed.
794.
Tax payments to States.
SUBCHAPTER VII—PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES
797.
Repealed.
797a.
Termination allowance.
797b.
Preferential hiring.
797c.
Central register of railroad employment.
797d.
Election and treatment of benefits.
797e.
Assignment of work.
797f.
Contracting out.
797g.
New collective-bargaining agreements.
797h.
Employee and personal injury claims.
797i.
Limitations on liability.
797j.
Preemption.
797k.
Factfinding panel.
797l.
Class II railroads receiving Federal assist-
ance.
797m.
Arbitration.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 701. Congressional declaration of policy
(a) Findings
The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) Essential rail service in the midwest and
northeast region of the United States is pro-
vided by railroads wh
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 24901
1 So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.
(l) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the
term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States, in-
cluding the District of Columbia, that sponsor
the operation of trains by Amtrak on a State-
supported route, or a public entity that sponsors
such operation on such a route.
(Added Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11204(a),
Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1634; amended Pub. L.
117–58, div. B, title II, § 22211, Nov. 15, 2021, 135
Stat. 708; Pub. L. 117–328, div. L, title I, § 158,
Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5125.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im-
provement Act of 2008, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1),
(7)(A), (B)(i), (iii), and (c)(1), is section 209 of div. B of
Pub. L. 110–432, which is set out as a note under section
24101 of this title.
The date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Expan-
sion and Rail Safety Act of 2021, referred to in subsecs.
(g)(2) and (j), is the date of enactment of title II of div.
B of Pub. L. 117–58, which was approved Nov. 15, 2021.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (a)(8), (9). Pub. L. 117–328 added pars. (8)
and (9).
2021—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–58, § 22211(a)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘There is established’’ for ‘‘Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail
Reform and Investment Act of 2015, the Secretary of
Transportation shall establish’’ and inserted ‘‘current
and future’’ before ‘‘rail operations’’.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 117–58, § 22211(a)(3), added par.
(4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 117–58, § 22211(a)(2), (4), redesig-
nated par. (4) as (5) and substituted ‘‘define and periodi-
cally update’’ for ‘‘convene a meeting and
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