
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 49USC5711]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
                CHAPTER 57--SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 5711. Enforcement and penalties

    (a) Actions.--The Secretary of Transportation shall request that a 
civil action be brought and take action to eliminate or ameliorate an 
imminent hazard related to a violation of a regulation prescribed or 
order issued under this chapter in the same way and to the same extent 
as authorized by section 5122 of this title.
    (b) Applicable Penalties and Procedures.--The penalties and 
procedures in sections 5123 and 5124 of this title apply to a violation 
of a regulation prescribed or order issued under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 858.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
5711(a)...............................  49 App.:2810(b).                 Nov. 3
, 1990, Pub. L. 101-500, Sec.
                                                                          11, 1
04 Stat. 1217.
5711(b)...............................  49 App.:2810(a).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------

    This section is substituted for the source provisions for 
consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5713 of this title.
