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Title 49

Transportation

1,371 sections in 113 chapters · usc49.xml · release point 119-108

Subtitle I — Department of Transportation

Ch. 1 Organization§§ 101–119
Ch. 3 General Duties and Powers§§ 301–355
Ch. 5 Special Authority§§ 501–526
Ch. 7 Transferred]§§ 701 to 706–727

Subtitle II — Other Government Agencies

Ch. 11 National Transportation Safety Board§§ 1101–1155
Ch. 13 Surface Transportation Board§§ 1301–1326

Subtitle III — General and Intermodal Programs

Ch. 51 Transportation of Hazardous Material§§ 5101–5128
Ch. 53 Public Transportation§§ 5301–5340
Ch. 55 Intermodal Transportation§§ 5501–5568
Ch. 57 Sanitary Food Transportation§ 5701
Ch. 59 Intermodal Safe Container Transportation§§ 5901–5908
Ch. 61 One-Call Notification Programs§§ 6101–6109
Ch. 63 Bureau of Transportation Statistics§§ 6301–6314
Ch. 65 Research Planning§§ 6501–6504
Ch. 67 Multimodal Infrastructure Investments§§ 6701–6703

Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation · Part A — Rail

Ch. 101 General Provisions§§ 10101–10102
Ch. 105 Jurisdiction§§ 10501–10502
Ch. 107 Rates§§ 10701–10747
Ch. 109 Licensing§§ 10901–10910
Ch. 111 Operations§§ 11101–11164
Ch. 113 Finance§§ 11301–11328
Ch. 115 Federal-State Relations§§ 11501–11502
Ch. 117 Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies§§ 11701–11708
Ch. 119 Civil and Criminal Penalties§§ 11901–11908

Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation · Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders

Ch. 131 General Provisions§§ 13101–13103
Ch. 133 Administrative Provisions§§ 13301–13304
Ch. 135 Jurisdiction§§ 13501–13541
Ch. 137 Rates and Through Routes§§ 13701–13713
Ch. 139 Registration§§ 13901–13909
Ch. 141 Operations of Carriers§§ 14101–14123
Ch. 143 Finance§§ 14301–14303
Ch. 145 Federal-State Relations§§ 14501–14506
Ch. 147 Enforcement; Investigations; Rights; Remedies§§ 14701–14711
Ch. 149 Civil and Criminal Penalties§§ 14901–14916

Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation · Part C — Pipeline Carriers

Ch. 151 General Provisions§§ 15101–15103
Ch. 153 Jurisdiction§§ 15301–15302
Ch. 155 Rates§§ 15501–15506
Ch. 157 Operations of Carriers§§ 15701–15723
Ch. 159 Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies§§ 15901–15906
Ch. 161 Civil and Criminal Penalties§§ 16101–16106

Subtitle V — Rail Programs · Part A — Safety

Ch. 201 General§§ 20101–20171
Ch. 203 Safety Appliances§§ 20301–20306
Ch. 205 Signal Systems§§ 20501–20505
Ch. 207 Locomotives§§ 20701–20703
Ch. 209 Accidents and Incidents§§ 20901–20903
Ch. 211 Hours of Service§§ 21101–21109
Ch. 213 Penalties§§ 21301–21311

Subtitle V — Rail Programs · Part B — Assistance

Ch. 221 Local Rail Freight Assistance§§ 22101–22108
Ch. 223 Capital Grants for Class Ii and Class Iii Railroads§ 22301
Ch. 224 Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing§§ 22401–22406
Ch. 225 Repealed]§ 22501 to 22505
Ch. 227 State Rail Plans§§ 22701–22706
Ch. 229 Rail Improvement Grants§§ 22901–22910

Subtitle V — Rail Programs · Part C — Passenger Transportation

Ch. 241 General§§ 24101–24105
Ch. 242 Project Delivery§§ 24201–24202
Ch. 243 Amtrak§§ 24301–24323
Ch. 244 Transferred]§ 24401 to 24408
Ch. 245 Repealed]§ 24501 to 24506
Ch. 247 Amtrak Route System§§ 24701–24712
Ch. 249 Northeast Corridor Improvement Program§§ 24901–24911
Ch. 251 Passenger Rail Planning§ 25101

Subtitle V — Rail Programs · Part D — High-Speed Rail

Ch. 261 High-Speed Rail Assistance§§ 26101–26106

Subtitle V — Rail Programs · Part E — Miscellaneous

Ch. 281 Law Enforcement§§ 28101–28103
Ch. 283 Standard Work Day§§ 28301–28302
Ch. 285 Commuter Rail Mediation§§ 28501–28505

Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs · Part A — General

Ch. 301 Motor Vehicle Safety§§ 30101–30183
Ch. 303 National Driver Register§§ 30301–30308
Ch. 305 National Motor Vehicle Title Information System§§ 30501–30505

Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs · Part B — Commercial

Ch. 311 Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety§§ 31100–31161
Ch. 313 Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators§§ 31301–31317
Ch. 315 Motor Carrier Safety§§ 31501–31504
Ch. 317 Participation in International Registration Plan and International Fuel Tax Agreement§§ 31701–31708

Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs · Part C — Information, Standards, and Requirements

Ch. 321 General§§ 32101–32102
Ch. 323 Consumer Information§§ 32301–32310
Ch. 325 Bumper Standards§§ 32501–32511
Ch. 327 Odometers§§ 32701–32711
Ch. 329 Automobile Fuel Economy§§ 32901–32919
Ch. 331 Theft Prevention§§ 33101–33118

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part A — Air Commerce and Safety · Subpart i — general

Ch. 401 General Provisions§§ 40101–40132

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part A — Air Commerce and Safety · Subpart ii — economic regulation

Ch. 411 Air Carrier Certificates§§ 41101–41113
Ch. 413 Foreign Air Transportation§§ 41301–41313
Ch. 415 Pricing§§ 41501–41511
Ch. 417 Operations of Carriers§§ 41701–41767
Ch. 419 Transportation of Mail§§ 41901–41912
Ch. 421 Labor-Management Provisions§§ 42101 to 42106–42121
Ch. 423 Passenger Air Service Improvements§§ 42301–42308

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part A — Air Commerce and Safety · Subpart iii — safety

Ch. 441 Registration and Recordation of Aircraft§§ 44101–44114
Ch. 443 Insurance§§ 44301–44310
Ch. 445 Facilities, Personnel, and Research§§ 44501–44520
Ch. 447 Safety Regulation§§ 44701–44748
Ch. 448 Unmanned Aircraft Systems§§ 44801–44814
Ch. 449 Security§§ 44901–44948
Ch. 451 Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing§§ 45101–45107
Ch. 453 Fees§§ 45301–45306

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part A — Air Commerce and Safety · Subpart iv — enforcement and penalties

Ch. 461 Investigations and Proceedings§§ 46101–46111
Ch. 463 Penalties§§ 46301–46320
Ch. 465 Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States§§ 46501–46507

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part B — Airport Development and Noise

Ch. 471 Airport Development§§ 47101–47175
Ch. 473 International Airport Facilities§§ 47301–47306
Ch. 475 Noise§§ 47501–47534

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part C — Financing

Ch. 481 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Authorizations§§ 48101–48114
Ch. 482 Advance Appropriations for Airport and Airway Trust Facilities§ 48201
Ch. 483 Repealed]§ 48301

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part D — Public Airports

Ch. 491 Metropolitan Washington Airports§§ 49101–49112

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs · Part E — Miscellaneous

Ch. 501 Buy-American Preferences§§ 50101–50105

Subtitle VIII — Pipelines

Ch. 601 Safety§§ 60101–60143
Ch. 603 User Fees§§ 60301–60303
Ch. 605 Interstate Commerce Regulation§§ 60501–60503

Subtitle IX — Multimodal Freight Transportation

Ch. 701 Multimodal Freight Policy§§ 70101–70103
Ch. 702 Multimodal Freight Transportation Planning and Information§§ 70201–70206

Subtitle X — Miscellaneous

Ch. 801 Bills of Lading§§ 80101–80116
Ch. 803 Contraband§§ 80301–80306
Ch. 805 Miscellaneous§§ 80501–80504