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49 U.S.C. § 5102 — Definitions

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49 U.S.C. § 5102 — Definitions

In this chapter— (1) “commerce” means trade or transportation in the jurisdiction of the United States— (A) between a place in a State and a place outside of the State; (B) that affects trade or transportation between a place in a State and a place outside of the State; or (C) on a United States-registered aircraft. (2) “hazardous material” means a substance or material the Secretary designates under [section 5103(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5103/a&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) “hazmat employee”— (A) means an individual— (i) who— (I) is employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer; or (II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and (ii) who during the course of such full time, part time, or temporary employment, or such self employment, directly affects hazardous material transportation safety as the Secretary decides by regulation; and (B) includes an individual, employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer, or self employed, who during the course of employment— (i) loads, unloads, or handles hazardous material; (ii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce; (iii) prepares hazardous material for transportation; (iv) is responsible for the safety of transporting hazardous material; or (v) operates a vehicle used to transport hazardous material. (4) “hazmat employer”— (A) mean

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In this chapter— (1) “commerce” means trade or transportation in the jurisdiction of the United States— (A) between a place in a State and a place outside of the State; (B) that affects trade or transportation between a place in a State and a place outside of the State; or (C) on a United States-registered aircraft. (2) “hazardous material” means a substance or material the Secretary designates under [section 5103(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5103/a&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) “hazmat employee”— (A) means an individual— (i) who— (I) is employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer; or (II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and (ii) who during the course of such full time, part time, or temporary employment, or such self employment, directly affects hazardous material transportation safety as the Secretary decides by regulation; and (B) includes an individual, employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer, or self employed, who during the course of employment— (i) loads, unloads, or handles hazardous material; (ii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce; (iii) prepares hazardous material for transportation; (iv) is responsible for the safety of transporting hazardous material; or (v) operates a vehicle used to transport hazardous material. (4) “hazmat employer”— (A) means a person— (i) who— (I) employs or uses at least 1 hazmat employee on a full time, part time, or temporary basis; or (II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and (ii) who— (I) transports hazardous material in commerce; (II) causes hazardous material to be transported in commerce; or (III) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce; and (B) includes a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, or an authority of a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe, carrying out an activity described in clause (ii). (5) “imminent hazard” means the existence of a condition relating to hazardous material that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury, or endangerment. (6) “Indian tribe” has the same meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ([25 U.S.C. 450b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section450b&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 See References in Text note below. (7) “motor carrier”— (A) means a motor carrier, motor private carrier, and freight forwarder as those terms are defined in section 13102; but (B) does not include a freight forwarder, as so defined, if the freight forwarder is not performing a function relating to highway transportation. (8) “National Response Team” means the National Response Team established under the National Contingency Plan established under section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ([42 U.S.C. 9605](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9605&num=0&edition=prelim)). (9) “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)— (A) includes a government, Indian tribe, or authority of a government or tribe that— (i) offers hazardous material for transportation in commerce; (ii) transports hazardous material to further a commercial enterprise; or (iii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce; but (B) does not include— (i) the United States Postal Service; and (ii) in sections 5123 and 5124 of this title, a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government. (10) “public sector employee”— (A) means an individual employed by a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe and who during the course of employment has responsibilities related to responding to an accident or incident involving the transportation of hazardous material; (B) includes an individual employed by a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe as a firefighter or law enforcement officer; and (C) includes an individual who volunteers to serve as a firefighter for a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe. (11) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation except as otherwise provided. (12) “State” means— (A) except in [section 5119 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5119&num=0&edition=prelim), a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and any other territory or possession of the United States designated by the Secretary; and (B) in [section 5119 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5119&num=0&edition=prelim), a State of the United States and the District of Columbia. (13) “transports” or “transportation” means the movement of property and loading, unloading, or storage incidental to the movement. (14) “United States” means all of the States.

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25 U.S.C. § 5304 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter. **(b) Availability of appropriations** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provision of funds under this chapter shall be subject to the availability of appropriations and the Secretary is not required to reduce funding for programs, projects, or activities serving a tribe in order to make funds available to another tribe or tribal organization under this chapter.

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49 U.S.C. § 13102 — Definitions

In this part, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Board.—** — The term “Board” means the Surface Transportation Board. (2) **Broker.—** — The term “broker” means a person, other than a motor carrier or an employee or agent of a motor carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by motor carrier for compensation. (3) **Carrier.—** — The term “carrier” means a motor carrier, a water carrier, and a freight forwarder. (4) **Contract carriage.—** — The term “contract carriage” means— (A) for transportation provided before January 1, 1996, service provided pursuant to a permit issued under section 10923, as in effect on December 31, 1995; and (B) for transportation provided after December 31, 1995, service provided under an agreement entered into under section 14101(b). (5) **Control.—** — The term “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. (6) **Foreign motor carrier.—** — The term “foreign motor carrier” means a person (including a motor carrier of property but excluding a motor private carrier)— (A) (i) that is domiciled in a contiguous foreign country; or (ii) that is owned or controlled by persons of a contiguous foreign country; and (B) in the case of a person that is not a motor carrier of property, that provides interstate transportation of property by motor vehicle under an agreement or contract entered into with a motor carrier of property (other

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42 U.S.C. § 9605 — National contingency plan

**(a) Revision and republication** Within one hundred and eighty days after December 11, 1980, the President shall, after notice and opportunity for public comments, revise and republish the national contingency plan for the removal of oil and hazardous substances, originally prepared and published pursuant to [section 1321 of title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1321&num=0&edition=prelim), to reflect and effectuate the responsibilities and powers created by this chapter, in addition to those matters specified in section 1321(c)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 33. Such revision shall include a section of the plan to be known as the national hazardous substance response plan which shall establish procedures and standards for responding to releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants, which shall include at a minimum: (1) methods for discovering and investigating facilities at which hazardous substances have been disposed of or otherwise come to be located; (2) methods for evaluating, including analyses of relative cost, and remedying any releases or threats of releases from facilities which pose substantial danger to the public health or the environment; (3) methods and criteria for determining the appropriate extent of removal, remedy, and other measures authorized by this chapter; (4) appropriate roles and responsibilities for the Federal, State, and local governments and for interstate and nongovernmental entities in effectuating the plan; (5) provision for identification, procurement, maintenance, and storage of response equipment and supplies; (6) a method for and assignment of responsibility for reporting the existence of such facilities which may be located on federally owne

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25 U.S.C. § 450b — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 458bbb–2, Pub. L. 93–638, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 106–568, title XIII, § 1302, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2938, was renumbered section 803 of Pub. L. 93–638 and transferred to [section 458ddd–2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section458ddd-2&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to editorial reclassification as [section 5423 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5423&num=0&edition=prelim).

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1 U.S.C. § 1 — Words denoting number, gender, and so forth

In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise—

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23 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions and declaration of policy

**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply: (1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws. (2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost. (3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided. (4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon

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49 U.S.C. § 5119 — Uniform forms and procedures

**(a) Establishment of Working Group.—** The Secretary shall establish a working group of State and local government officials, including representatives of the National Governors’ Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uniform Hazmat Transportation Procedures. **(b) Purpose of Working Group.—** The purpose of the working group shall be to develop uniform forms and procedures for a State to register, and to issue permits to, persons that transport, or cause to be transported, hazardous material by motor vehicle in the State. **(c) Limitation on Working Group.—** The working group may not propose to define or limit the amount of a fee a State may impose or collect. **(d) Procedure.—** The Secretary shall develop a procedure for the working group to employ in developing recommendations for the Secretary to harmonize existing State registration and permit laws and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials, with special attention paid to each State’s unique safety concerns and interest in maintaining strong hazmat safety standards. **(e) Report of Working Group.—** Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the working group shall transmit to the Secretary a report containing recommendations for establishing uniform forms and procedures described in subsection (b). **(f) Regulations.—** Not later than 18 months after the date the working group’s report is delivered to the Secretary, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out such recommendations of the working group as the Secretary considers appropriate. In developing such regulations, the Secretary shall con

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49 U.S.C. § 31301 — Definitions

In this chapter— (1) “alcohol” has the same meaning given the term “alcoholic beverage” in [section 158(c) of title 23](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section158/c&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) “commerce” means trade, traffic, and transportation— (A) in the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place outside that State (including a place outside the United States); or (B) in the United States that affects trade, traffic, and transportation described in subclause (A) of this clause. (3) “commercial driver’s license” means a license issued by a State to an individual authorizing the individual to operate a class of commercial motor vehicles. (4) “commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property that— (A) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds, whichever is greater, or a lesser gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight the Secretary of Transportation prescribes by regulation, but not less than a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds; (B) is designed to transport at least 16 passengers including the driver; or (C) is used to transport material found by the Secretary to be hazardous under [section 5103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5103&num=0&edition=prelim), except that a vehicle shall not be included as a commercial motor vehicle under this subclause if— (i) the vehicle does not satisfy the weight requirements of subclause (A) of this clause; (ii) the vehicle is transporting material listed as hazardous under section 306(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ([

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49 U.S.C. § 44801 — Definitions

In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) **Actively tethered unmanned aircraft system.—** — The term “actively tethered unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft system in which the unmanned aircraft component— (A) weighs 55 pounds or less, including payload but not including the tether; (B) is physically attached to a ground station with a taut, appropriately load-rated tether that provides continuous power to the unmanned aircraft and is unlikely to be separated from the unmanned aircraft; (C) is controlled and retrieved by such ground station through physical manipulation of the tether; (D) is able to maintain safe flight control in the event of a power or flight control failure during flight; and (E) is programmed to initiate a controlled landing in the event of a tether separation. (2) **Appropriate committees of congress.—** — The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. (3) **Arctic.—** — The term “Arctic” means the United States zone of the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, and Bering Sea north of the Aleutian chain. (4) **Certificate of waiver; certificate of authorization.—** — The terms “certificate of waiver” and “certificate of authorization” mean a Federal Aviation Administration grant of approval for a specific flight operation. (5) **Counter-UAS system.—** — The term “counter-UAS system” means a system or device capable of lawfully and safely disabling, disrupting, or seizing control of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system. (6) **Permanent areas.—** — The term “permanent areas” means areas on land or water that provide for launch, recovery, and

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25 U.S.C. § 450b — Transferred

Page 141 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 450f Section was formerly classified to section 93 of Title 45, Railroads. § 443c. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 443c was editorially reclassified as section 1684 of this title. § 443d. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 443d was editorially reclassified as section 1685 of this title. §§ 444 to 449. Repealed. Aug. 5, 1954, ch. 658, § 5, 68 Stat. 675 Sections, act Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 129, §§ 1–6, 66 Stat. 35, re- lated to Indian hospital services and facilities. See sec- tion 2001 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel- fare. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective July 1, 1959, see section 6 of act Aug. 5, 1954, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2001 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. SUBCHAPTER II—INDIAN SELF-DETER- MINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE § 450. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450 was editorially reclassified as section 5301 of this title. § 450a. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450a was editorially reclassified as section 5302 of this title. § 450a–1. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450a–1 was editorially reclassified as section 5303 of this title. § 450b. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450b was editorially reclassified as section 5304 of this title. § 450c. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450c was editorially reclassified as section 5305 of this title. § 450d. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450d was editorially reclassified as section 5306 of this title. § 450e. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 450e was editorially reclassified as section 5307 of this title. § 4

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