49 USC 20102 - Sec. 20102. Definitions
US Code - Title 49: Transportation
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In this part - (1) "railroad" - (A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including - (i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and (ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but (B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation. (2) "railroad carrier" means a person providing railroad transportation.
Historical And Revision Notes
Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section
20102(1) 45:16. Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 298; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(3)(E), 102 Stat. 632. 45:22. Feb. 17, 1911, ch. 103, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 913; June 7, 1924, ch. 355, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 659; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 14(1), 102 Stat. 632. 45:38 (last May 6, 1910, ch. 208, 36 sentence). Stat. 350, Sec. 1 (last sentence); added June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 15(1)(C), 102 Stat. 633. 45:61(a). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, Sec. 1(a), 34 Stat. 1415; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91-169, Sec. 1, 83 Stat. 463; restated Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-574, Sec. 5, 92 Stat. 2461; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 16(1)(A), 102 Stat. 634. 45:61(b)(1). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, Sec. 1(b)(1), 34 Stat. 1415; restated Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91-169, Sec. 1, 83 Stat. 463; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 16(1)(B), 102 Stat. 634. 45:431(e). Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, Sec. 202(e), 84 Stat. 971; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 7(a), 102 Stat. 628. 49:App.:26(a). Feb. 4, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379, Sec. 25(a); added Feb. 28, 1920, ch. 91, Sec. 441, 41 Stat. 498; Aug. 26, 1937, ch. 818, 50 Stat. 835; Sept. 18, 1940, ch. 722, Sec. 14(b), 54 Stat. 919; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 17(1), 102 Stat. 635. 20102(2) (no source).
Clause (1) is substituted for the source provisions to avoid repeating the definition of "railroad" in each chapter in this part. Clause (2) is added to distinguish between railroad transportation and the entity providing railroad transportation.
Section Referred To In Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 24301 of this title; title 42 sections 3771, 12181.
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