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[CITE: 49USC20306]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                     CHAPTER 203--SAFETY APPLIANCES
 
Sec. 20306. Exemption for technological improvements

    (a) General.--Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary of Transportation may exempt from the requirements of this 
chapter railroad equipment or equipment that will be operated on rails, 
when those requirements preclude the development or implementation of 
more efficient railroad transportation equipment or other transportation 
innovations under existing law.
    (b) Conditions for Exemption.--The Secretary may grant an exemption 
under subsection (a) of this section only on the basis of--
        (1) findings based on evidence developed at a hearing; or
        (2) an agreement between national railroad labor representatives 
    and the developer of the new equipment or technology.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 883.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20306.................................  45:1013.                         May 30
, 1980, Pub. L. 96-254, Sec.
                                                                          117, 
94 Stat. 406.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law'' and ``the mandatory requirements of'' are omitted as surplus. 
The words ``existing law'' are substituted for ``the existing statutes'' 
for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (b), the words before clause (1) are added because of 
the restatement. Clause (1) is substituted for ``after a hearing and 
consistent with findings based upon evidence developed therein'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (2), the words ``an agreement'' 
are substituted for ``expressions of agreement'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
