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[CITE: 45USC1104]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                   CHAPTER 20--NORTHEAST RAIL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1104. Definitions

    As used in this subtitle, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
term:
        (1) ``Amtrak'' means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
    created under chapter 243 of title 49.
        (2) ``Commission'' means the Interstate Commerce Commission.
        (3) ``Commuter authority'' means any State, local, or regional 
    authority, corporation, or other entity established for purposes of 
    providing commuter service, and includes the Metropolitan 
    Transportation Authority, the Connecticut Department of 
    Transportation, the Maryland Department of Transportation, the 
    Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the New Jersey 
    Transit Corporation, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 
    the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, any successor agencies, 
    and any entity created by one or more such agencies for the purpose 
    of operating, or contracting for the operation of, commuter service.
        (4) ``Commuter service'' means short-haul rail passenger service 
    operated in metropolitan and suburban areas, whether within or 
    across the geographical boundaries of a State, usually characterized 
    by reduced fare, multiple-ride, and commutation tickets, and by 
    morning and evening peak period operations.
        (5) ``Conrail'' means the Consolidated Rail Corporation created 
    under title III of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 
    U.S.C. 741 et seq.).
        (6) ``Rail carrier'' means a common carrier engaged in 
    interstate or foreign commerce by rail subject to subtitle IV of 
    title 49.
        (7) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Transportation.
        (8) ``Special court'' means the judicial panel established under 
    section 209(b)(1) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 
    (45 U.S.C. 719(b)(1)) or, with respect to any proceedings that arise 
    or continue after the panel is abolished pursuant to section 
    209(b)(2) of such Act [45 U.S.C. 719(b)(2)], the United States 
    District Court for the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, Sec. 1135(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 645; 
Pub. L. 104-317, title VI, Sec. 605(c)(3), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3859.)

                       References in Text

    This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle E (Secs. 1131-1169) 
of title XI of Pub. L. 97-35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 643, as amended, 
known as the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981. For complete 
classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Short Title note set 
out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.
    The Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, referred to in par. 
(5), is Pub. L. 93-236, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 985, as amended. Title 
III of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 is classified 
generally to subchapter III (Sec. 741 et seq.) of chapter 16 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    In par. (1), ``chapter 243 of title 49'' substituted for ``title III 
of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 541 et seq.)'' on authority 
of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1378, the first 
section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, 
Transportation.


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (8). Pub. L. 104-317 amended par. generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. read as follows: `` `Special court' means the judicial 
panel established under section 209 of the Regional Rail Reorganization 
Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 719).''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-317 effective 90 days after Oct. 19, 1996, 
and except as otherwise provided, applicable proceedings that arise or 
continue after such effective date, see section 605(e) of Pub. L. 104-
317, set out as a note under section 719 of this title.

  Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions

    Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission 
transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104-88, to Surface 
Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, 
Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note 
under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce 
Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or 
employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, 
see section 205 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 701 
of Title 49.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 49 section 24905.
