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[CITE: 49USC20136]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY
 
Sec. 20136. Automatic train control and related systems

    The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations and 
issue orders to require that--
        (1) an individual performing a test of an automatic train stop, 
    train control, or cab signal apparatus required by the Secretary to 
    be performed before entering territory where the apparatus will be 
    used shall certify in writing that the test was performed properly; 
    and
        (2) the certification required under clause (1) of this section 
    shall be maintained in the same way and place as the daily 
    inspection report for the locomotive.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 875; Pub. L. 103-
429, Sec. 6(19), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 103-272
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20136.................................  45:431(j).                       Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  202(j); added June 22,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.  9, 102
                                                                          Stat.
 628.
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    The words ``Within 90 days after June 22, 1988'' are omitted as 
expired.


                             Pub. L. 103-429

    This amends 49:20136(2) to correct an error in the codification 
enacted by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103-272, 108 
Stat. 875).


                               Amendments

    1994--Par. (2). Pub. L. 103-429 substituted ``section'' for 
``subsection''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 
of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
