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[CITE: 49USC5907]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
          CHAPTER 59--INTERMODAL SAFE CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 5907. Effective date

    This chapter shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment 
of the Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Amendments Act of 1996.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 862; Pub. L. 104-
291, title II, Sec. 208(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3457.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5907(a)...............................  49:508 (note).                   Oct. 2
8, 1992, Pub. L. 102-548, Sec.
                                                                          2(d),
 106 Stat. 3649.
5907(b)...............................  49:508(a)(3) (related to
                                         effective date).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``shall initiate a proceeding to issue 
regulations . . . within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act'' are omitted as executed.
    Subsection (b) is substituted for the source provision and made 
applicable to the entire chapter for clarity.

                       References in Text

    The date of enactment of the Intermodal Safe Container 
Transportation Amendments Act of 1996, referred to in text, is the date 
of enactment of Pub. L. 104-291, which was approved Oct. 11, 1996.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-291 substituted ``Effective date'' for 
``Regulations and effective date'' in section catchline and amended text 
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(a) Regulations.--Not later than July 25, 1993, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall prescribe final regulations to enforce this 
chapter. The Secretary may establish by regulation exemptions to the 
regulations that are in the public interest and consistent with the 
purposes of this chapter.
    ``(b) Effective Date.--This chapter is effective on the date final 
regulations to enforce this chapter are prescribed.''
