49 U.S.C. § 31503 — Research, investigation, and testing
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 97-449 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 151 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may study vehicle sizes, weights, combinations, and motor-carrier employee qualifications and hours. The Secretary may use government and carrier organizations with relevant knowledge and reimburse government agencies.
(a) General Authority. The Secretary may investigate and report on whether the United States should regulate vehicle sizes, weights, and combinations, and the qualifications and maximum service hours of employees of covered motor carriers and private carriers. The Secretary must use departments, agencies, instrumentalities, and motor-carrier organizations with special knowledge of the subject. (b) Use of Services. To carry out this chapter, the Secretary may use a government body with safety expertise for scientific or technical research, investigation, and testing needed to promote safe vehicle operation and equipment, and may reimburse it.
The Secretary of Transportation may investigate and report on the need for regulation by the United States Government of sizes, weight, and combinations of motor vehicles and qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees of a motor carrier subject to subchapter I of chapter 135 of this title and a motor private carrier. The Secretary shall use the services of each department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government and each organization of motor carriers having special knowledge of a matter being investigated.
In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may use the services of a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government having special knowledge about safety, to conduct scientific and technical research, investigation, and testing when necessary to promote safety of operation and equipment of motor vehicles. The Secretary may reimburse the department, agency, or instrumentality for the services provided.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439, § 3103; renumbered § 31503 and amended Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(c), (e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745, 1030; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 308(k)(4), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 948.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2439
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 745, 1030
- 1995Amended · Pub. L. 104-88 · 109 Stat. 948
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