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

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This law lets the Secretary of Transportation study rules on vehicle size, weight, and driver hours. The Secretary must use help from other federal agencies and carrier groups with special knowledge. The Secretary can also use, and pay, other federal agencies to run safety-related scientific research and testing.

(a) General Authority — The Secretary of Transportation can investigate and report on whether the federal government should regulate the sizes, weights, and combinations of motor vehicles, and the qualifications and maximum work hours of employees, for motor carriers covered by chapter 135, subchapter I, and for private motor carriers. The Secretary must use the help of federal agencies and carrier organizations that have special knowledge about whatever is being investigated. (b) Use of Services — In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary can use a federal agency with special safety knowledge to run scientific and technical research, investigations, and tests, whenever needed to promote the safety of motor vehicle operations and equipment. The Secretary can pay that agency back for the work.

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(a)General Authority.—

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.

(b)Use of Services.—

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.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

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

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-449 on 1983-01-12.

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