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[CITE: 49USC303a]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 303a. Development of water transportation

    (a) Policy.--It is the policy of Congress--
        (1) to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, 
    service, and facilities for the commerce of the United States; and
        (2) to foster and preserve rail and water transportation.

    (b) Definition.--In this section, ``inland waterway'' includes the 
Great Lakes.
    (c) Requirements.--The Secretary of Transportation shall--
        (1) investigate the types of vessels suitable for different 
    classes of inland waterways to promote, encourage, and develop 
    inland waterway transportation facilities for the commerce of the 
    United States;
        (2) investigate water terminals, both for inland waterway 
    traffic and for through traffic by water and rail, including the 
    necessary docks, warehouses, and equipment, and investigate railroad 
    spurs and switches connecting with those water terminals, to develop 
    the types most appropriate for different locations and for 
    transferring passengers or property between water carriers and rail 
    carriers more expeditiously and economically;
        (3) consult with communities, cities, and towns about the 
    location of water terminals, and cooperate with them in preparing 
    plans for terminal facilities;
        (4) investigate the existing status of water transportation on 
    the different inland waterways of the United States to learn the 
    extent to which--
            (A) the waterways are being used to their capacity and are 
        meeting the demands of traffic; and
            (B) water carriers using those waterways are interchanging 
        traffic with rail carriers;

        (5) investigate other matters that may promote and encourage 
    inland water transportation; and
        (6) compile, publish, and distribute information about 
    transportation on inland waterways that the Secretary considers 
    useful to the commercial interests of the United States.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 4(j)(6)(A), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1366.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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303a..................................  49 App.:142.                     Feb. 2
8, 1920, ch. 91, Sec.  500, 41
                                                                          Stat.
 499; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97-
                                                                          31, S
ec.  12(9), 95 Stat. 154.
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    Section 4(j)(6)(A) amends 49:ch. 3 by restating 49 App.:142 as 
section 303a because the provision more appropriately belongs in chapter 
3.
    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``in full vigor both'' are omitted 
as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``be construed to'' are omitted as 
surplus.
    In subsection (c)(1), the word ``appropriate'' is omitted as 
surplus. The word ``vessels'' is substituted for ``boats'' for 
consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``the subject of'', ``apparatus'', 
``appliances in connection therewith'', and ``or interchange'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c)(3), the words ``appropriate'' and ``suitable'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c)(6), the words ``province and'', ``from time to 
time'', and ``useful statistics, data, and'' are omitted as surplus.
