§ 20116. Rulemaking process

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.

1. 2008

   Pub. L. 110–432 div. A title I § 107(a) · 122 Stat. 4848

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 20116

   Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title I, § 107(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4859

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title I, § 107(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4859

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Amendment.— Subchapter I of chapter 201 is amended by inserting after section 20115 the following new section: “§ 20116. Rulemaking process   “No rule or order issued by the Secretary under this part shall be effective if it incorporates by reference a code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice issued by an association or other entity that is not an agency of the Federal Government, unless the date on which the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice was adopted is specifically cited in the rule or order, or the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice has been subject to notice and comment under a rule or order issued under this part.” .

2. 2015

   Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–94 div. A title XI § 11316(c) · 129 Stat. 1312

   1. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 20116

      Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “unless—” for “unless”

   2. Inserted · 49 U.S.C. § 20116

      Pub. L. 114–94 inserted par. (1) designation before “the date”

   3. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 20116

      Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “order; or” for “order, or” in par. (1)

   4. Inserted · 49 U.S.C. § 20116

      Pub. L. 114–94 inserted par. (2) designation before “the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice has been subject to notice and comment under a rule or order issued under this part.”, and realigned margins

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “unless—” for “unless”, inserted par. (1) designation before “the date”, substituted “order; or” for “order, or” in par. (1), inserted par. (2) designation before “the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice has been subject to notice and comment under a rule or order issued under this part.”, and realigned margins.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Rulemaking Process.— Section 20116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(2)” before “the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice has been subject to notice and comment under a rule or order issued under this part.” and indenting accordingly; (2) by inserting “(1)” after “unless” and indenting accordingly; (3) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking “order, or” and inserting “order; or”; and (4) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking “unless” and inserting “unless—”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision