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[CITE: 49USC20301]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                     CHAPTER 203--SAFETY APPLIANCES
 
Sec. 20301. Definition and nonapplication

    (a) Definition.--In this chapter, ``vehicle'' means a car, 
locomotive, tender, or similar vehicle.
    (b) Nonapplication.--This chapter does not apply to the following:
        (1) a train of 4-wheel coal cars.
        (2) a train of 8-wheel standard logging cars if the height of 
    each car from the top of the rail to the center of the coupling is 
    not more than 25 inches.
        (3) a locomotive used in hauling a train referred to in clause 
    (2) of this subsection when the locomotive and cars of the train are 
    used only to transport logs.
        (4) a car, locomotive, or train used on a street railway.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 104-
287, Sec. 5(52), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3393.)

                                          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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20301(a)..............................  45:8 (``trains, locomotives,
                                         tenders, cars, and similar
                                         vehicles'').
                                        45:9 (3d sentence).
20301(b)..............................  45:6 (1st sentence proviso).     Mar. 2
, 1893, ch. 196, Sec.  6 (1st
                                                                          sente
nce proviso), 27 Stat. 532;
                                                                          resta
ted Apr. 1, 1896, ch. 87, 29
                                                                          Stat.
 85.
                                        45:8 (words after 16th comma).   Mar. 2
, 1903, ch. 976, Sec.  1 (words
                                                                          after
 23d comma), 32 Stat. 943.
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    Subsection (a) is added to avoid repeating the substance of the 
definition throughout this chapter.
    In subsection (b), the words before clause (1) are substituted for 
``Provided, That nothing in sections 1 to 7 of this title shall apply 
to'' in 45:6 because 45:9, 11, and 16 provide that 45:9 and 11-16 apply 
to the same vehicles and trains as 45:1-7 apply to. In clause (1), the 
word ``coal'' is added for clarity because of the decision of the 
Supreme Court in Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson, 353 U.S. 325, 
333 (1957) and the legislative history of 45:6 (proviso). See 24 Cong. 
Rec. 1477 (1893). The text of 45:8 (words after last comma) is omitted 
as unnecessary because of the definition of ``railroad'' in section 
20102 of the revised title.


                             Pub. L. 104-287

    This amends 49:20301(b) to clarify the restatement of 45:8 by 
section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103-272, 108 Stat. 
881).


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-287 added par. (4).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-287 effective July 5, 1994, see section 
8(1) of Pub. L. 104-287, set out as a note under section 5303 of this 
title.
