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[CITE: 48USC751]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 751. Interstate commerce and certain other laws 
        inapplicable to Puerto Rico
        
    Subtitle IV of title 49, and the Safety Appliance Acts and the 
several amendments made or to be made thereto, shall not apply to Puerto 
Rico.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, Sec. 38, 39 Stat. 964; Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 503, 
Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 1421; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

                       References in Text

    The Safety Appliance Acts, referred to in text, are acts Mar. 2, 
1893, ch. 196, 27 Stat. 531; Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, 32 Stat. 943; and 
Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, 36 Stat. 298, which were classified to sections 
1 to 16 of Title 45, Railroads, and were repealed and reenacted in 
sections 20102, 20301 to 20304, 21302, and 21304 of Title 49, 
Transportation, by Pub. L. 103-272, Secs. 1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 863, 881, 892, 893, 1379, the first section of which enacted 
subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49. Section 6 of act Apr. 14, 
1910, which was classified to section 15 of Title 45, was repealed and 
reenacted as section 501(b) of Title 49 by Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 
1983, 96 Stat. 2413.

                          Codification

    ``Subtitle IV of title 49'' substituted in text for ``The Interstate 
Commerce Act and the several amendments made or to be made thereto [49 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.]'' and ``the Act of Congress entitled `An Act to amend 
an Act entitled ``An Act to regulate commerce,'' approved February 4, 
1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of 
the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing 
information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities,' 
approved March 1, 1913 [49 U.S.C. 19a]'' on authority of Pub. L. 95-473, 
Sec. 3(b), Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1466, the first section of which 
enacted subtitle IV (Sec. 10101 et seq.) of Title 49, Transportation.
    Section is comprised of second paragraph of section 38 of act Mar. 
2, 1917. The first and third paragraphs of section 38 were classified to 
sections 750 and 753, respectively, of this title.


                               Amendments

    1927--Act Mar. 4, 1927, reenacted section without change.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.
