Title 49 — Transportation
Chapter 1 — Organization
§ 107. Federal Transit Administration
Statutory text
The Federal Transit Administration is an administration in the Department of Transportation.
The head of the Administration is the Administrator who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator reports directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
The Administrator shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary.
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. 97–449 § 1(b) · 96 Stat. 2413
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 107
Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2417
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2417Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking out the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles and subtitles I and II:Federal Transit Act Amendments of 1991
Pub. L. 102–240 title III § 3004(c)(1) · 105 Stat. 1914
Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 107
Pub. L. 102–240 substituted “Federal Transit Administration” for “Urban Mass Transportation Administration” in section catchline and subsec. (a)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–240 substituted “Federal Transit Administration” for “Urban Mass Transportation Administration” in section catchline and subsec. (a).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Amendment to text.— Section 107(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “Urban Mass Transportation Administration” and inserting “Federal Transit Administration ’ ’.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 107 | 49:1608 (note). | Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1968, eff. July 1, 1968, § 3, 82 Stat. 1369. |
In subsection (b), the words “and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level III of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314)” are omitted as surplus because of 5:5314.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–240 substituted “Federal Transit Administration” for “Urban Mass Transportation Administration” in section catchline and subsec. (a).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Pub. L. 102–240, title III, § 3004(a), (b), , 105 Stat. 2088, provided that:
“(a) Redesignation of UMTA.—
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation shall be known and designated as the ‘Federal Transit Administration’.
“(b) References.—
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘Federal Transit Administration’.”
Credits
1983–1991 · 2 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), , 96 Stat. 2417
- 1991Pub. L. 102–240, title III, § 3004(c)(1), (2), , 105 Stat. 2088.
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(Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), , 96 Stat. 2417; Pub. L. 102–240, title III, § 3004(c)(1), (2), , 105 Stat. 2088.)