§ 501. Definitions and application

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. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–449 § 1(b) · 96 Stat. 2413

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 501

   Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2431

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2431

   Enacted 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:

2. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–216 § 2(2) · 98 Stat. 3

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 501(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 98–216 substituted “49 App. U.S.C.” for “49 U.S.C.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98–216 substituted “49 App. U.S.C.” for “49 U.S.C.”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) In sections 103(c)(1), 106 (g)(1) and (h), 302(b), 321, 329 (b)(1) and (d), 334, and 501(b)(2), strike out “49 U.S.C.” wherever it appears and 96 Stat. 2415, 2416, 2419, 2422, 2426, 2430, 2431. 96 Stat. 2421. substitute “49 App. U.S.C.”.

3. 1992

   Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–548 § 2(c) · 106 Stat. 3646

   Added · 49 U.S.C. § 501(a)(4)(9)

   Pub. L. 102–548 added pars. (4) to (9)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(4) to (9). Pub. L. 102–548 added pars. (4) to (9).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Definitions.— Section 501(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(4) ‘beneficial owner’ means a person who does not have title to property but has ownership rights in the property. For purposes of this paragraph, a trustee of property in transit from an overseas point of origin who is domiciled in or is doing business in the United States shall be treated as a beneficial owner of such property. A carrier, agent of a carrier, broker, customs broker, freight forwarder, warehouseman, or terminal operator providing or arranging for any portion of intermodal transportation of property shall in no case be a beneficial owner of such property, for purposes of this para-graph, solely by reason of providing or arranging for such transportation. “(5) ‘carrier’ means— “(A) a motor carrier, water carrier, and rail carrier (as such terms are defined in section 10102 of this title), and “(B) an ocean common carrier (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. App. 1702)), providing transportation of property in commerce. “(6) ‘container’ has the meaning given the term ‘freight container’ by the International Standards Organization in Series 1, Freight Containers, 3rd Edition (reference number IS0668–1979(E)), including successive revisions thereto, and similar containers that are used in providing transportation in interstate commerce. “(7) ‘initial carrier’ means the first carrier transporting a loaded container or trailer in intermodal transportation. “(8) ‘intermodal transportation’ means successive carriage of a loaded container or trailer from an origin point to a destination point by more than one mode of transportation in interstate or foreign commerce. Such term shall include carriage by more than one mode of transportation in interstate or foreign commerce both under a single bill of lading and under separate bills of lading. “(9) ‘trailer’ means a nonpower, cargo carrying, trailing unit which is designed for use in combination with a truck tractor.”.

4. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–272 § 5(m)(9)(A) · 108 Stat. 745

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 501(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(A), substituted “section 31501” for “section 3101”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(A), substituted “section 31501” for “section 3101”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in subsection (a)(2), strike “section 3101” and substitute “section 31501”;

5. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–272 § 5(m)(9)(B) · 108 Stat. 745

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 501(a)(3)

   Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(B), substituted “section 31502(c)” for “section 3102(c)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(B), substituted “section 31502(c)” for “section 3102(c)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in subsection (a)(3), strike “section 3102(c)” and substitute “section 31502(c)”; and

6. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–272 § 4(j)(11)(A) · 108 Stat. 745

   Struck · 49 U.S.C. § 501(a)(4)(9)

   Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(j)(11)(A), struck out pars. (4) to (9) which defined “beneficial owner”, “carrier”, “container”, “initial carrier”, “intermodal transportation”, and “trailer”, respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(4) to (9). Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(j)(11)(A), struck out pars. (4) to (9) which defined “beneficial owner”, “carrier”, “container”, “initial carrier”, “intermodal transportation”, and “trailer”, respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) In section 501(a), strike clauses (4)–(9).

7. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–272 § 5(m)(9)(C) · 108 Stat. 745

   1. Added · 49 U.S.C. § 501(b)

      Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(C), added subsec. (b)

   2. Struck · 49 U.S.C. § 501(b)

      Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(C), struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “This chapter only applies in carrying out—

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(9)(C), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “This chapter only applies in carrying out—

   “(1) chapter 31 of this title; and “(2) other duties and powers transferred to the Secretary under section 6(e) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 App. U.S.C. 1655(e)) and vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission before October 15, 1966.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) strike subsection (b) and substitute the following: “(b) Application.— This chapter only applies in carrying out sections 20302(a)(1)(B) and (C), (2), and (3), (c), and (d)(1) and 20303 and chapters 205 (except section 20504(b)), 211, 213 (in carrying out those sections and chapters), and 315 of this title.”.

8. 1995

   ICC Termination Act of 1995

   Pub. L. 104–88 title III § 308(c)(2) · 109 Stat. 803

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 501(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “sections 10102 and 13102” for “section 10102”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “sections 10102 and 13102” for “section 10102”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 501(a)(1) by striking “section 10102” and inserting in lieu thereof “sections 10102 and 13102”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of this title.

9 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision