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[CITE: 49USC20903]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                  CHAPTER 209--ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
 
Sec. 20903. Reports not evidence in civil actions for damages

    No part of an accident or incident report filed by a railroad 
carrier under section 20901 of this title or made by the Secretary of 
Transportation under section 20902 of this title may be used in a civil 
action for damages resulting from a matter mentioned in the report.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 887.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20903.................................  45:41.                           May 6,
 1910, ch. 208, Sec.  4, 36 Stat.
                                                                          351.
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    The words ``civil action'' are substituted for ``suit or action'' 
for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code.
