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[CITE: 49USC20102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 20102. Definitions

    In this part--
        (1) ``railroad''--
            (A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that 
        runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including--
                (i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger 
            service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter 
            railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail 
            Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
                (ii) high speed ground transportation systems that 
            connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those 
            systems use new technologies not associated with traditional 
            railroads; but

            (B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban 
        area that are not connected to the general railroad system of 
        transportation.

        (2) ``railroad carrier'' means a person providing railroad 
    transportation.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 863.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20102(1)..............................  45:16.                           Apr. 1
4, 1910, ch. 160, Sec.  1, 36
                                                                          Stat.
 298; restated June 22, 1988,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 100-342, Sec.  13(3)(E), 102
                                                                          Stat.
 632.
                                        45:22.                           Feb. 1
7, 1911, ch. 103, Sec.  1, 36
                                                                          Stat.
 913; June 7, 1924, ch. 355, Sec.
                                                                           1, 4
3 Stat. 659; restated June 22,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.  14(1),
                                                                          102 S
tat. 632.
                                        45:38 (last sentence).           May 6,
 1910, ch. 208, 36 Stat. 350,
                                                                          Sec. 
 1 (last sentence); added June
                                                                          22, 1
988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.
                                                                          15(1)
(C), 102 Stat. 633.
                                        45:61(a).                        Mar. 4
, 1907, ch. 2939, Sec.  1(a), 34
                                                                          Stat.
 1415; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91-
                                                                          169, 
Sec.  1, 83 Stat. 463; restated
                                                                          Nov. 
2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-574, Sec.  5,
                                                                          92 St
at. 2461; June 22, 1988, Pub. L.
                                                                          100-3
42, Sec.  16(1)(A), 102 Stat.
                                                                          634.
                                        45:61(b)(1).                     Mar. 4
, 1907, ch. 2939, Sec.  1(b)(1),
                                                                          34 St
at. 1415; restated Dec. 26, 1969,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 91-169, Sec.  1, 83 Stat. 463;
                                                                          June 
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.
                                                                          16(1)
(B), 102 Stat. 634.
                                        45:431(e).                       Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, Sec.
                                                                          202(e
), 84 Stat. 971; restated June
                                                                          22, 1
988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.  7(a),
                                                                          102 S
tat. 628.
                                        49:App.:26(a).                   Feb. 4
, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379,
                                                                          Sec. 
 25(a); added Feb. 28, 1920, ch.
                                                                          91, S
ec.  441, 41 Stat. 498; Aug. 26,
                                                                          1937,
 ch. 818, 50 Stat. 835; Sept. 18,
                                                                          1940,
 ch. 722, Sec.  14(b), 54 Stat.
                                                                          919; 
restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L.
                                                                          100-3
42, Sec.  17(1), 102 Stat. 635.
20102(2)..............................  (no source).
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    Clause (1) is substituted for the source provisions to avoid 
repeating the definition of ``railroad'' in each chapter in this part.
    Clause (2) is added to distinguish between railroad transportation 
and the entity providing railroad transportation.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 24301 of this title; title 42 
sections 3771, 12181.
