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[CITE: 49USC5118]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
            CHAPTER 51--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 5118. Inspectors

    (a) General Requirement.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
maintain the employment of 30 hazardous material safety inspectors more 
than the total number of safety inspectors authorized for the fiscal 
year that ended September 30, 1990, for the Federal Railroad 
Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Research and 
Special Programs Administration.
    (b) Allocation To Promote Safety in Transporting Radioactive 
Material.--(1) The Secretary shall ensure that 10 of the 30 additional 
inspectors focus on promoting safety in transporting radioactive 
material, as defined by the Secretary, including inspecting--
        (A) at the place of origin, shipments of high-level radioactive 
    waste or nuclear spent material (as those terms are defined in 
    section 5105(a) of this title); and
        (B) to the maximum extent practicable shipments of radioactive 
    material that are not high-level radioactive waste or nuclear spent 
    material.

    (2) In carrying out their duties, those 10 additional inspectors 
shall cooperate to the greatest extent possible with safety inspectors 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and appropriate State and local 
government officials.
    (3) Those 10 additional inspectors shall be allocated as follows:
        (A) one to the Research and Special Programs Administration.
        (B) 3 to the Federal Railroad Administration.
        (C) 3 to the Federal Highway Administration.
        (D) the other 3 among the administrations referred to in clauses 
    (A)-(C) of this paragraph as the Secretary decides.

    (c) Allocation of Other Inspectors.--The Secretary shall allocate, 
as the Secretary decides, the 20 additional inspectors authorized under 
this section and not allocated under subsection (b) of this section 
among the administrations referred to in subsection (b)(3)(A)-(C) of 
this section.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 777.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5118(a)...............................  49 App.:1813 (note).             Nov. 1
6, 1990, Pub. L. 101-615, Sec.
                                                                          16(a)
 (1st sentence), 104 Stat. 3262.
5118(b)...............................  49 App.:1813 (note).             Nov. 1
6, 1990, Pub. L. 101-615, Sec.
                                                                          16(a)
 (2d, last sentences)-(c), 104
                                                                          Stat.
 3262.
5118(c)...............................  49 App.:1813 (note).             Nov. 1
6, 1990, Pub. L. 101-615, Sec.
                                                                          16(d)
, 104 Stat. 3262.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``in fiscal year 1991'' are omitted as 
executed.
    In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the words ``take such 
action as may be necessary to'' and ``the activities of'' are omitted as 
surplus.
    In subsection (b)(3)(A)-(C), the words ``not less than'' are omitted 
as surplus.
    In subsection (b)(3)(D), the words ``other 3'' are substituted for 
``remainder'' for clarity.
    In subsection (c), the word ``administrations'' is substituted for 
``agencies'' for consistency.
