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[CITE: 49USC5329]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                     CHAPTER 53--MASS TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 5329. Investigation of safety hazards

    (a) General.--The Secretary of Transportation may investigate a 
condition in equipment, a facility, or an operation financed under this 
chapter that the Secretary believes causes a serious hazard of death or 
injury to establish the nature and extent of the condition and how to 
eliminate or correct it. If the Secretary establishes that a condition 
causes a hazard, the Secretary shall require the local governmental 
authority receiving amounts under this chapter to submit a plan for 
correcting it. The Secretary may withhold further financial assistance 
under this chapter until a plan is approved and carried out.
    (b) Report.--Not later than June 15, 1992, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report containing--
        (1) a description of actions taken to identify and investigate 
    conditions in a facility, equipment, or way of operating as part of 
    the findings and decisions required of the Secretary in providing a 
    grant or loan under this chapter;
        (2) a description of actions of the Secretary to correct or 
    eliminate, as a requirement for making an amount available through a 
    grant or loan under this chapter, a condition found to create a 
    serious hazard of death or injury;
        (3) a summary of all passenger-related deaths and injuries 
    resulting from an unsafe condition in a facility, equipment, or way 
    of operating a facility or equipment at least partly financed under 
    this chapter;
        (4) a summary of all employee-related deaths and injuries 
    resulting from an unsafe condition in a facility, equipment, or way 
    of operating a facility or equipment at least partly financed under 
    this chapter;
        (5) a summary of action of the Secretary to correct or eliminate 
    the unsafe condition to which the deaths and injuries referred to in 
    clauses (3) and (4) of this subsection were attributed;
        (6) a summary of actions of the Secretary to alert mass 
    transportation operators of the nature of the unsafe condition found 
    to create a serious hazard of death or injury; and
        (7) recommendations of the Secretary to Congress of any 
    legislative or administrative actions necessary to ensure that all 
    recipients of amounts under this chapter will undertake the best way 
    available to correct or eliminate hazards of death or injury, 
    including--
            (A) a timetable for undertaking actions;
            (B) an estimate of the capital and operating cost to take 
        the actions; and
            (C) minimum standards for establishing and carrying out 
        safety plans by recipients of amounts under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 830.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5329(a)...............................  49 App.:1618(a).                 July 9
, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
                                                                          302, 
Sec.  22(a); added Jan. 6, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-424, Sec.  318(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2154;
 Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102-240,
                                                                          Sec. 
 3026(1), 105 Stat. 2114.
5329(b)...............................  49 App.:1618(b).                 July 9
, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
                                                                          302, 
Sec.  22(b); added Dec. 18, 1991,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-240, Sec.  3026(2), 105
                                                                          Stat.
 2114.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``manner of'' are omitted as surplus. 
The word ``how'' is substituted for ``the means which might best be 
employed'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``or eliminating'' 
and ``from the local public body'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``a 
plan is approved and carried out'' are substituted for ``he approves 
such plan and the local public body implements such plan'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b)(1) and (2), the words ``a description of'' are 
added for clarity.
