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[CITE: 49USC20108]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 20108. Research, development, testing, and training

    (a) General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out, as 
necessary, research, development, testing, evaluation, and training for 
every area of railroad safety.
    (b) Contracts.--To carry out this part, the Secretary may make 
contracts for, and carry out, research, development, testing, 
evaluation, and training (particularly for those areas of railroad 
safety found to need prompt attention).
    (c) Amounts From Non-Government Sources for Training Safety 
Employees.--The Secretary may request, receive, and expend amounts 
received from non-United States Government sources for expenses incurred 
in training safety employees of private industry, State and local 
authorities, or other public authorities, except State rail safety 
inspectors participating in training under section 20105 of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 867.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20108(a)..............................  45:431(a) (1st sentence cl.      Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, Secs.
                                         (2)).                            202(a
) (1st sentence cl. (2)), 208(a)
                                                                          (1st 
sentence words before 3d comma
                                                                          and b
etween 9th-14th commas), 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
974.
20108(b)..............................  45:437(a) (1st sentence words
                                         before 3d comma and between
                                         9th-14th commas).
                                        45:437(d)(1) (1st sentence).     Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  208(d)(1) (1st sentence);
                                                                          added
 Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96-423,
                                                                          Sec. 
 6(b), 94 Stat. 1813.
20108(c)..............................  45:444(a) (last sentence).       Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  214(a) (last sentence);
                                                                          added
 Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96-423,
                                                                          Sec. 
 2, 94 Stat. 1811; Aug. 13, 1981,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-35, Sec.  1195, 95 Stat.
                                                                          702; 
Jan. 14, 1983, Pub. L. 97-468,
                                                                          Sec. 
 703, 96 Stat. 2580; restated
                                                                          June 
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.
                                                                          2, 10
2 Stat. 624; Nov. 5, 1990, Pub.
                                                                          L. 10
1-508, Sec.  10501(b), 104 Stat.
                                                                          1388-
400; restated Sept. 3, 1992, Pub.
                                                                          L. 10
2-365, Sec.  12, 106 Stat. 980.
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    In subsection (b), the words ``To carry out this part, the Secretary 
may'' are substituted for ``In carrying out his functions under this 
subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to perform such acts including, 
but not limited to . . . as he deems necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this subchapter'' and ``In carrying out the functions 
formerly vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferred to 
the Secretary by section 1655(e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(6)(A) of title 49, 
Appendix, the Secretary is authorized to perform any act authorized in 
subsection (a) of this section that he considers necessary to carry out 
such transferred functions, including, but not limited to'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 20115 of this title.
