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[CITE: 49USC501]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                      CHAPTER 5--SPECIAL AUTHORITY
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--POWERS
 
Sec. 501. Definitions and application

    (a) In this chapter--
        (1) the definitions in sections 10102 and 13102 of this title 
    apply.
        (2) ``migrant worker'' has the same meaning given that term in 
    section 31501 of this title.
        (3) ``motor carrier of migrant workers'' means a motor carrier 
    of migrant workers subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
    Transportation under section 31502(c) of this title.

    (b) Application.--This chapter only applies in carrying out sections 
20302(a)(1)(B) and (C), (2), and (3), (c), and (d)(1) and 20303 and 
chapters 205 (except section 20504(b)), 211, 213 (in carrying out those 
sections and chapters), and 315 of this title.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2431; Pub. L. 98-216, 
Sec. 2(2), Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 102-548, Sec. 2(c), Oct. 
28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3648; Pub. L. 103-272, Secs. 4(j)(11)(A), 5(m)(9), 
July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1368, 1376; Pub. L. 104-88, title III, 
Sec. 308(c)(2), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 947.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 97-449
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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501(a)................................  (no source).
501(b)................................  45:15.                           Apr. 1
4, 1910, ch. 160, Sec.  6, 36
                                                                          Stat.
 299.
                                        49:26(g).                        Feb. 4
, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379,
                                                                          Sec. 
 25(g); added Aug. 26, 1937, ch.
                                                                          818, 
50 Stat. 837; Sept. 18, 1940, ch.
                                                                          722, 
Sec.  14(b), 54 Stat. 919.
                                        49:1655(f)(2).                   Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(f)(
2), 80 Stat. 940.
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    In the chapter, the source provisions are those in effect on March 
31, 1967, the day before the effective date of the Department of 
Transportation Act (Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat. 931), because 49:1655(f)(2) 
gave the Secretary of Transportation the same powers enumerated in 
49:1655(f)(2) that the Interstate Commerce Commission had before certain 
duties and powers under 49:1655(e) were transferred on April 1, 1967, 
from the Commission to the Secretary. All references to brokers in the 
source provisions are omitted as not being applicable to the duties and 
powers transferred to the Secretary of Transportation.
    Subsection (a) is included to ensure that the identical definitions 
that are relevant are used without repeating them. The source provisions 
for the definitions are found in the revision notes for sections 3101, 
3102(c), and 10102 of the revised title.
    In subsection (b), the provisions of law to which the chapter 
applies are only certain laws listed in 49:1655(e). Those laws include 
the source provisions restated in chapter 31 of the revised title and 
45:4, 5, 6 (in carrying out 45:4 and 5), 11, 12, 13 (proviso), 13 (less 
proviso in carrying out 45:11, 12, and 13 (proviso)), and 61-64b, and 
49:26(a)-(f) (words before last semicolon) and (h). The administrative 
powers of the Secretary under the chapter are based on the 
administrative powers of 49:1655(f)(2). That provision lists 
administrative powers the Commission had under the Interstate Commerce 
Act (ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379) to carry out the Act, and certain other laws 
authorized the Commission to use its powers under the Act to carry out 
those other laws. The administrative powers listed in 49:1655(f)(2) and 
codified in the chapter therefore apply only to a law listed in 
49:1655(e) that was a part of the Interstate Commerce Act or to which 
the powers of the Commission under the Act were applied. The text of 
45:61-64b is included because section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1907 (ch. 
2939, 34 Stat. 1417), stated, ``It shall be the duty of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission to execute and enforce the provisions of this Act, 
and all powers granted to the Interstate Commerce Commission are hereby 
extended to it in the execution of this Act''. The transfer to the 
Secretary was executed on March 31, 1967. The Act of March 4, 1907, was 
restated by the Act of December 26, 1969 (Pub. L. 91-169, 83 Stat. 463); 
section 4 was not included in the restatement. However, repeal by 
implication is not favored and the transfer was completed on March 31, 
1967. Therefore, the text of 45:61-64b is included within the scope of 
the chapter. The text of 49:304(a)(3) (last sentence 1st-7th words) and 
(3a) (last sentence 1st-5th words) is omitted as executed.


                             Pub. L. 103-272

    Section 4(j)(11) makes conforming amendments to 49:ch. 5 to reflect 
the restatement of 49:508 and related provisions in chapter 59 of the 
revised title.


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-88 substituted ``sections 10102 
and 13102'' for ``section 10102''.
    1994--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(m)(9)(A), substituted 
``section 31501'' for ``section 3101''.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(m)(9)(B), substituted 
``section 31502(c)'' for ``section 3102(c)''.
    Subsec. (a)(4) to (9). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 4(j)(11)(A), struck out 
pars. (4) to (9) which defined ``beneficial owner'', ``carrier'', 
``container'', ``initial carrier'', ``intermodal transportation'', and 
``trailer'', respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(m)(9)(C), added subsec. (b) and 
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``This chapter only 
applies in carrying out--
        ``(1) chapter 31 of this title; and
        ``(2) other duties and powers transferred to the Secretary under 
    section 6(e) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 App. U.S.C. 
    1655(e)) and vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission before 
    October 15, 1966.''
    1992--Subsec. (a)(4) to (9). Pub. L. 102-548 added pars. (4) to (9).
    1984--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98-216 substituted ``49 App. U.S.C.'' 
for ``49 U.S.C.''.


                    Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of 
Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of 
this title.


                      Short Title of 1992 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 102-548 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
section 508 of this title, amending this section and section 521 of this 
title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 508 of 
this title] may be cited as the `Intermodal Safe Container 
Transportation Act of 1992'.''
