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[CITE: 49USC20139]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY
 
Sec. 20139. Maintenance-of-way operations on railroad bridges

    Not later than June 22, 1989, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
prescribe regulations and issue orders for the safety of maintenance-of-
way employees on railroad bridges. The Secretary at least shall provide 
in those regulations standards for bridge safety equipment, including 
nets, walkways, handrails, and safety lines, and requirements for the 
use of vessels when work is performed on bridges located over bodies of 
water.

(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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20139.................................  45:431(n).                       Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  202(n); added June 22,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-342, Sec.  19(a),
                                                                          102 S
tat. 637; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L.
                                                                          102-3
65, Sec.  2(2), 106 Stat. 972.
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    The words ``Not later than June 22, 1989'' are substituted for 
``within one year after June 22, 1988'' for clarity.
