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[CITE: 45USC802]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
        CHAPTER 17--RAILROAD REVITALIZATION AND REGULATORY REFORM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 802. Definitions

    As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
term--
        (1) ``Association'' means the United States Railway Association;
        (2) ``Commission'' means the Interstate Commerce Commission;
        (3) ``Corporation'' means the Consolidated Rail Corporation;
        (4) ``final system plan'' means the final system plan and any 
    additions thereto adopted by the Association pursuant to the 
    Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 701 et seq.);
        (5) ``includes'' and variants thereof should be read as if the 
    phrase ``but is not limited to'' were also set forth;
        (6) ``Office'' means the Rail Services Planning Office of the 
    Commission;
        (7) ``railroad'' means a rail carrier subject to part A of 
    subtitle IV of title 49, and includes the National Railroad 
    Passenger Corporation; and
        (8) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Transportation or his 
    designated representative.

(Pub. L. 94-210, title I, Sec. 102, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 
97-468, title VI, Sec. 615(b)(2), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578; Pub. L. 
104-88, title III, Sec. 330(1), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 953.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 94-210, Feb. 5, 1976, 
90 Stat. 31, as amended, known as the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of this 
title and Tables.
    The Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, referred to in par. 
(4), is Pub. L. 93-236, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 985, as amended, which is 
classified principally to chapter 16 (Sec. 701 et seq.) 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.


                               Amendments

    1995--Par. (7). Pub. L. 104-88 substituted ``rail carrier subject to 
part A of subtitle IV of title 49'' for ``common carrier by railroad or 
express, as defined in section 1(3) of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 
U.S.C. 1(3))''.
    1983--Par. (7). Pub. L. 97-468 struck out ``and the Alaska 
Railroad'' before the semicolon at end.


                    Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of 
Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of 
Title 49, Transportation.


                    Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-468 effective on date of transfer of Alaska 
Railroad to the State [Jan. 5, 1985], pursuant to section 1203 of this 
title, see section 615(b) of Pub. L. 97-468.

  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.

Abolition of United States Railway Association and Transfer of Functions 
                             and Securities

    See section 1341 of this title.
