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[CITE: 49USC20138]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY
 
Sec. 20138. Tampering with safety and operational monitoring 
        devices
        
    (a) General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
regulations and issue orders to prohibit the willful tampering with, or 
disabling of, any specified railroad safety or operational monitoring 
device.
    (b) Penalties.--(1) A railroad carrier operating a train on which a 
safety or operational monitoring device is tampered with or disabled in 
violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under subsection 
(a) of this section is liable to the United States Government for a 
civil penalty under section 21301 of this title.
    (2) An individual tampering with or disabling a safety or 
operational monitoring device in violation of a regulation prescribed or 
order issued under subsection (a) of this section, or knowingly 
operating or allowing to be operated a train on which such a device has 
been tampered with or disabled, is liable for penalties established by 
the Secretary. The penalties may include--
        (A) a civil penalty under section 21301 of this title;
        (B) suspension from work; and
        (C) suspension or loss of a license or certification issued 
    under section 20135 of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 876.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20138.................................  45:431(o).                       Oct 16
, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  202(o); added June 22,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.  21, 102
                                                                          Stat.
 638; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L. 102-
                                                                          365, 
Sec.  2(3), 106 Stat. 972.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``within 90 days after June 22, 1988'' 
are omitted as expired.
    In subsection (b), the words ``by another person'' are omitted as 
surplus.
