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49 U.S.C. § 13901 — Requirements for registration

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49 U.S.C. § 13901 — Requirements for registration

**(a) In General.—** A person may provide transportation as a motor carrier subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 or service as a freight forwarder subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of such chapter, or service as a broker for transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of such chapter only if the person is registered under this chapter to provide such transportation or service. **(b) Registration Numbers.—** (1) **In general.—** — If the Secretary registers a person under this chapter to provide transportation or service, including as a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker, the Secretary shall issue a distinctive registration number to the person for each such authority to provide transportation or service for which the person is registered. (2) **Transportation or service type indicator.—** — A number issued under paragraph (1) shall include an indicator of the type of transportation or service for which the registration number is issued, including whether the registration number is issued for registration of a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker. **(c) Specification of Authority.—** For each agreement to provide transportation or service for which registration is required under this chapter, the registrant shall specify, in writing, the authority under which the person is providing such transportation or service.

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**(a) In General.—** A person may provide transportation as a motor carrier subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 or service as a freight forwarder subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of such chapter, or service as a broker for transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of such chapter only if the person is registered under this chapter to provide such transportation or service. **(b) Registration Numbers.—** (1) **In general.—** — If the Secretary registers a person under this chapter to provide transportation or service, including as a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker, the Secretary shall issue a distinctive registration number to the person for each such authority to provide transportation or service for which the person is registered. (2) **Transportation or service type indicator.—** — A number issued under paragraph (1) shall include an indicator of the type of transportation or service for which the registration number is issued, including whether the registration number is issued for registration of a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or broker. **(c) Specification of Authority.—** For each agreement to provide transportation or service for which registration is required under this chapter, the registrant shall specify, in writing, the authority under which the person is providing such transportation or service.

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49 U.S.C. § 1301 — Establishment of Board

**(a) Establishment.—** The Surface Transportation Board is an independent establishment of the United States Government. **(b) Membership.—** (1) The Board shall consist of 5 members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than 3 members may be appointed from the same political party. (2) At all times— (A) at least 3 members of the Board shall be individuals with professional standing and demonstrated knowledge in the fields of transportation, transportation regulation, or economic regulation; and (B) at least 2 members shall be individuals with professional or business experience (including agriculture) in the private sector. (3) The term of each member of the Board shall be 5 years and shall begin when the term of the predecessor of that member ends. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of that term. When the term of office of a member ends, the member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified, but for a period not to exceed one year. The President may remove a member for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. (4) No individual may serve as a member of the Board for more than 2 terms. In the case of an individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed, such individual may not be appointed for more than one additional term. (5) A member of the Board may not have a pecuniary interest in, hold an official relation to, or own stock in or bonds of, a carrier providing transportation by any mode and may not engage in another busines

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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. § 10907 — Railroad development

**(a)** In this section, the term “financially responsible person” means a person who— (1) is capable of paying the constitutional minimum value of the railroad line proposed to be acquired; and (2) is able to assure that adequate transportation will be provided over such line for a period of not less than 3 years. Such term includes a governmental authority but does not include a Class I or Class II rail carrier. **(b)** (1) When the Board finds that— (A) (i) the public convenience and necessity require or permit the sale of a particular railroad line under this section; or (ii) a railroad line is on a system diagram map as required under [section 10903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section10903&num=0&edition=prelim), but the rail carrier owning such line has not filed an application to abandon such line under [section 10903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section10903&num=0&edition=prelim) before an application to purchase such line, or any required preliminary filing with respect to such application, is filed under this section; and (B) an application to purchase such line has been filed by a financially responsible person, the Board shall require the rail carrier owning the railroad line to sell such line to such financially responsible person at a price not less than the constitutional minimum value. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the constitutional minimum value of a particular railroad line shall be presumed to be not less than the net liquidation value of such line or the going concern value of such line, whichever is greater. **(c)** (1) For purposes of this section, the Board may determine that the public convenience and nece

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49 U.S.C. § 14901 — General civil penalties

**(a) Reporting and Recordkeeping.—** A person required to make a report to the Secretary or the Board, answer a question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under this part concerning transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 or transportation by a foreign carrier registered under section 13902, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person that— (1) does not make the report; (2) does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer the question; (3) does not make, prepare, or preserve the record in the form and manner prescribed; (4) does not comply with section 13901; or (5) does not comply with section 13902(c); is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 for each violation and for each additional day the violation continues; except that, in the case of a person or an officer, agent, or employee of such person, that does not comply with section 13901 or [section 13902(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section13902/c&num=0&edition=prelim), the amount of the civil penalty shall not be less than $10,000 for each violation, or $25,000 for each violation relating to providing transportation of passengers. **(b) Transportation of Hazardous Wastes.—** A person subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person, and who is required to comply with [section 13901 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section13901&num=0&edition=prelim) but does not so comply with respect to the transportation of hazardous wastes as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (but not including any

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49 U.S.C. § 13901 — Requirements for registration

Page 485 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 13901 1 So in original. Section catchline amended by Pub. L. 112–141 without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis. title by Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 804, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Chapter 107, as in effect on the date transportation was provided, referred to in subsec. (a), means chapter 107 of this title, as in effect on the date transportation was provided with respect to transportation provided before Jan. 1, 1996. Chapter 107 (§ 10701 et seq.) was omit- ted and a new chapter 107 enacted in the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 804, 809, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Sections 10761(a) and 10762, referred to in subsec. (d), were omitted in the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 804, effective Jan. 1, 1996. PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in section 2(e) of Pub. L. 103–180, set out as a note under former section 10701 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(31)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘or, before January 1, 1996’’ for ‘‘or, before the effective date of this section’’, ‘‘December 31, 1995’’ for ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’, and ‘‘provided before January 1, 1996’’ for ‘‘provided before the effective date of this section’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(31)(B), substituted ‘‘January 1, 1996’’ for ‘‘the effective date of this sec- tion’’ and ‘‘December 31, 1995’’ for ‘‘the day before such effective date’’. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(31)(C), substituted ‘‘January 1, 1996’’ for ‘‘the effective date of this sec- tion’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidi

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