Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part B · Chapter 4 — Transportation Security
§ 1172. Railroad security enhancements; Model State legislation
Statutory text
Not later than , the Secretary of Transportation shall develop and make available to States model legislation to address the problem of entities that claim to be railroad carriers in order to establish and run a police force when the entities do not in fact provide railroad transportation. In developing the model State legislation the Secretary shall solicit the input of the States, railroads carriers, and railroad carrier employees. The Secretary shall review and, if necessary, revise such model State legislation periodically.
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. 110–53 title XV § 1526(b) · 121 Stat. 266
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 1172
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1526(b), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 452.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1526(b), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 452.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Model State Legislation.— Not Deadline. 6 USC 1172. later than November 2, 2007, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop and make available to States model legislation to address the problem of entities that claim to be railroad carriers in order to establish and run a police force when the entities do not in fact provide railroad transportation. In developing the model State legislation the Secretary shall solicit the input of the States, railroads carriers, and railroad carrier employees. The Secretary shall review and, if necessary, revise such model State legislation periodically.
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