Title 45 — Railroads
Chapter 2 — Liability for Injuries to Employees
§ 54a. Certain Federal and State regulations deemed statutory authority
Statutory text
A regulation, standard, or requirement in force, or prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation under chapter 201 of title 49 or by a State agency that is participating in investigative and surveillance activities under section 20105 of title 49, is deemed to be a statute under sections 53 and 54 of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 103–272 § 4(i) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 54a
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 4A, as added Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(i), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1365.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 4A, as added Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(i), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1365.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(i) The Act of April 22, 1908 (45 U.S.C. 51 et seq.), is amended by inserting immediately after section 4 the following new section: “Sec. 4A. A regulation, standard, or requirement in force, or 45 USC 54a. prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation under chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, or by a State agency that is participating in investigative and surveillance activities under section 20105 of title 49, is deemed to be a statute under sections 3 and 4 of this Act.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 4A, as added Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(i), , 108 Stat. 1365.)