H. R. 2297
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve
the United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 2721(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended as
follows:
(1) In the matter before clause (1), strike ‘‘the Automobile
Information Disclosure Act, the Motor Vehicle Information and
Cost Saving Act, the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
Act of 1966, the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, and the Clean
Air Act’’ and substitute ‘‘titles I and IV of the Anti Car Theft
Act of 1992, the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15
U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.), and chapters 301, 305, and 321–331 of title 49’’.
(2) In clause (9), strike ‘‘the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2710 et seq.)’’ and substitute
‘‘chapter 313 of title 49’’.
SEC. 2. TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.
In the catchline for section 103(e)(4)(L) of title 23, United States
Code, strike ‘‘FTA’’ and substitute ‘‘CHAPTER 53 OF TITLE 49’’.
SEC. 3. TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE.
In section 1445(a) of title 28, United States Code, strike ‘‘sections
51–60 of Title 45’’ and substitute ‘‘sections 1–4 and 5–10 of the
Act of April 22, 1908 (45 U.S.C. 51–54, 55–60)’’.
SEC. 4. TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In section 1105(a), redesignate clauses (27) through the
end as clauses (26) through the end.
(2) Section 9101 is amended as follows:
(A) Clause (2)(J) is repealed.
(B) Redesignate clauses (2)(K) through the end as clauses
(2)(J) through the end.
(C) In clause (3)(B), strike ‘‘Fund;’’ and substitute
‘‘Fund.’’.
(D) Clause (3)(N), as added by section 902(b) of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486, 106 Stat.
2944), is redesignated as clause (3)(O).
SEC. 5. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 49, United States Code, is amended as follows:
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(1) In section 106(b), strike ‘‘the date of the enactment of
this sentence’’ and substitute ‘‘August 23, 1994,’’.
(2) In section 111(b)(4) and (g), strike ‘‘the date of the enact-
ment of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 18, 1991’’.
(3) Section 329 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (b)(1), strike ‘‘(as those terms are used
in such Act)’’ and substitute ‘‘(as that term is used in
part A of subtitle VII of this title)’’.
(B) In subsection (d), strike ‘‘that Act’’ and substitute
‘‘that part’’.
(4) In section 521(b)(1)(B), strike ‘‘the date of enactment
of this subparagraph’’ and substitute ‘‘November 3, 1990’’.
(5) Section 701(b)(4) is amended as follows:
(A) Strike ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(B) Strike ‘‘the date of the enactment of the ICC Termi-
nation Act of 1995’’ and substitute ‘‘December 29, 1995,’’.
(6) In section 702, strike ‘‘the effective date of such Act’’
and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(7) In section 726(a), strike ‘‘the date of enactment of the
ICC Termination Act of 1995’’ and substitute ‘‘December 29,
1995’’.
(8) In section 5116(j)(4)(A), strike ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘section 5115 of this title’’.
(9) In sections 5119(b)(2), 5309(g)(1)(B) and (m)(3), 5328(b)(3),
5334(b)(1), 5335(b)–(d), 31134(c)(1)(B) and (C) and (2),
40112(e)(2), 41105(b), 41310(f), 41714(e)(2), 42104(b), 44506(d),
44913(a)(2), 47107(k), 48102(d)(2), and 48109, strike ‘‘Public
Works and Transportation’’ and substitute ‘‘Transportation and
Infrastructure’’.
(10) Section 5303 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (f)(2), strike ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
(B) In subsection (h)(4), strike ‘‘section 5338(g)(1)’’ and
substitute ‘‘section 5338(g)’’.
(11) Section 5307 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(2)(A), strike ‘‘title;’’ and substitute
‘‘title; or’’.
(B) In subsection (a)(2)(B), strike ‘‘transportation; or’’
and substitute ‘‘transportation.’’.
(C) Strike subsection (a)(2)(C).
(12) Section 5309 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)—
(i) insert ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
(ii) redesignate clauses (1)–(7) as clauses (A)–(G),
respectively;
(iii) redesignate subclauses (A) and (B) as subclauses
(i) and (ii), respectively; and
(iv) insert at the end the following:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Transportation shall require that all grants
and loans under this subsection be subject to all terms, conditions,
requirements, and provisions the Secretary decides are necessary
or appropriate for the purposes of this section, including require-
ments for the disposition of net increases in value of real property
resulting from the project assisted under this section.’’.
(B) In subsection (e)(4)(B), strike ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and
substitute ‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
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(C) In subsection (m)(1)(A), insert ‘‘rail’’ before ‘‘fixed
guideway modernization’’.
(13) Section 5315(d) is amended by striking ‘‘5304 and 5306’’
and substituting ‘‘5307 and 5309’’.
(14) Section 5317(b)(5) is amended as follows:
(A) In subparagraph (C), strike ‘‘under this paragraph’’
and substitute ‘‘under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph’’.
(B) In subparagraph (D), strike ‘‘(except this paragraph)’’.
(15) Section 5323(b)(1), (c), and (e) is amended by striking
‘‘(except section 5307)’’ wherever it appears.
(16) The catchline for section 5325(d) is amended by striking
‘‘MANAGEMENT, 
ARCHITECTURAL, 
AND
ENGINEERING
CON-
TRACTS.’’ and substituting ‘‘ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND
DESIGN CONTRACTS.’’.
(17) Section 5327(c) is amended by striking ‘‘to carry out
a major project under section 5307’’ and substituting ‘‘to carry
out a major project under section 5309’’.
(18) In section 5335(d)(2)(B), strike ‘‘With’’ and substitute
‘‘with’’.
(19) Section 5336(b)(2) is amended as follows:
(A) In subparagraphs (A) and (B), add at the end the
following:
‘‘An urbanized area with a population of at least 750,000 in
which commuter rail transportation is provided shall receive
at least .75 percent of the total amount apportioned under
this subparagraph.’’.
(B) Strike subparagraph (C).
(C) Redesignate subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subpara-
graphs (C) and (D), respectively.
(20) Section 5338(g)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘section
5308(b)(2)’’ and substituting ‘‘section 5311(b)(2)’’.
(21) In section 10501(c)(3)(B), strike ‘‘the effective date of
the ICC Termination Act of 1995’’ and substitute ‘‘January
1, 1996’’.
(22) In section 10701(d)(3), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
paragraph’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(23) In section 10704(d), strike ‘‘the effective date of the
ICC Termination Act of 1995’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(24) In sections 10706(a)(5)(C) and 10709(e), strike ‘‘the effec-
tive date of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980’’ and substitute
‘‘October 1, 1980,’’.
(25) In sections 11101(f) and 11301(f), strike ‘‘the effective
date of the ICC Termination Act of 1995’’ and substitute ‘‘Janu-
ary 1, 1996’’.
(26)(A) The heading for part B of subtitle IV is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘PART B—MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS,
BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS’’.
(B) The heading for chapter 131 is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 131—GENERAL PROVISIONS’’.
(27) Section 13102 is amended as follows:
(A) In clause (4)(A), strike—
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(i) ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and substitute
‘‘January 1, 1996’’; and
(ii) ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(B) In clause (4)(B), strike ‘‘on or after such date’’ and
substitute ‘‘after December 31, 1995’’.
(28) Section 13703 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (e), strike—
(i) ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995,’’; and
(ii) ‘‘such effective date’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1,
1996’’.
(B) In subsection (f)(2), strike ‘‘the day before the effective
date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(29) Section 13709 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(1) and (3), strike ‘‘the day before
the effective date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December
31, 1995’’.
(B) In subsection (e), strike—
(i) ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and substitute
‘‘January 1, 1996’’; and
(ii) ‘‘the day before such effective date’’ and substitute
‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(30) Section 13710 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(4), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
(B) In subsection (b), strike—
(i) ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’; and
(ii) ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and substitute
‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
(31) Section 13711 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a), strike—
(i) ‘‘or, before the effective date of this section’’ and
substitute ‘‘or, before January 1, 1996’’;
(ii) ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’; and
(iii) ‘‘provided before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘provided before January 1, 1996’’.
(B) In subsection (d), strike—
(i) ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and substitute
‘‘January 1, 1996’’; and
(ii) ‘‘the day before such effective date’’ and substitute
‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(C) In subsection (g), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(32) Section 13902 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (b)(8)(A)—
(i) insert ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘(iv) any Indian tribe,’’;
(ii) strike ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv),’’;
and
(iii) strike ‘‘the effective date of this subsection’’ and
substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
(B) In subsection (b)(8)(B), strike ‘‘the effective date of
this paragraph’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
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(C) In subsections (c)(4)(A) and (d)(1)(A) and (2), strike
‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(33) In section 13905(a), strike ‘‘the day before the effective
date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(34) In section 13906(d), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
(35) Section 13907(e) is amended as follows:
(A) In clause (1), strike ‘‘the day before the effective
date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(B) In clause (2), strike ‘‘the day before such effective
date’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(36) Section 13908 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (d)(1), strike ‘‘the day before the effec-
tive date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31,
1995’’.
(B) In subsection (e), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(37) Section 14302 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (c)(4), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(B) In subsection (g), strike ‘‘the effective date of this
section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996,’’.
(C) In subsection (h)(1), strike ‘‘the day before the effec-
tive date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31,
1995’’.
(D) In subsection (h)(2), strike ‘‘the day before such effec-
tive date’’ and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(38) In sections 14706(g)(3) and 14708(g), strike ‘‘the effective
date of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(39) In section 14709, strike—
(A) ‘‘the effective date of this section’’ and substitute
‘‘January 1, 1996’’; and
(B) ‘‘the day before the effective date of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘December 31, 1995’’.
(40) The heading for part C of subtitle IV is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘PART C—PIPELINE CARRIERS’’.
(41) In the analysis of chapter 151, strike—
‘‘CHAPTER 151—GENERAL PROVISIONS’’.
(42) In the analysis of chapter 153, strike—
‘‘CHAPTER 153—JURISIDICTION’’.
(43) The analysis and subchapter headings of chapter 157
are amended as follows:
(A) The analysis of chapter 157 is amended as follows:
(i) Strike—
‘‘CHAPTER 157—OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS’’.
(ii) Strike—
‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS’’
and substitute—
‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS’’.
(iii) Strike—
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS’’
and substitute
‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS’’.
(B)(i) The heading for subchapter A is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS’’.
(ii) The heading for subchapter B is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS’’.
(44) Section 15701(e) is amended by striking ‘‘the effective
date of this section’’ and substituting ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.
(45) The analysis of chapter 159 is amended as follows:
(A) Strike—
‘‘CHAPTER 159—ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND
REMEDIES’’.
(B) Strike the item related to section 15907.
(46) In the analysis of chapter 161, strike—
‘‘CHAPTER 161—CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES’’.
(47) Section 20133(b) is amended as follows:
(A) In paragraph (1), strike ‘‘the date of enactment of
the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994’’
and substitute ‘‘November 2, 1994’’.
(B) In paragraph (2), strike ‘‘such date of enactment’’
and substitute ‘‘November 2, 1994’’.
(48) In sections 20134(c)(2), 20145, 22108(b), 24314(b),
24702(c), and 24903(a), strike ‘‘Committee on Energy and Com-
merce’’ and substitute ‘‘Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure’’.
(49) In sections 20145, 20146, and 20151(a) and (c), strike
‘‘the date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety
Authorization Act of 1994’’ and substitute ‘‘November 2, 1994’’.
(50) In section 20152(b), strike ‘‘the date of enactment of
this section’’ and ‘‘that date’’ and substitute ‘‘November 2, 1994’’
and ‘‘November 2, 1994,’’, respectively.
(51) In section 20153(g), strike ‘‘the date of enactment of
this section’’ wherever it appears and substitute ‘‘November
2, 1994’’.
(52) Add at the end of section 20301(b) the following:
‘‘(4) a car, locomotive, or train used on a street railway.’’.
(53) In section 21301(a)(1)—
(A) insert ‘‘A person may not fail to comply with a regula-
tion prescribed or order issued by the Secretary of
Transportation under chapter 201 of this title.’’ before ‘‘Sub-
ject to ’’; and
(B) strike ‘‘Secretary of Transportation under chapter
201 of this title is liable’’ and substitute ‘‘Secretary under
chapter 201 is liable’’.
(54) In section 21303(a)(1), strike ‘‘chapter 211 of this title’’
and substitute ‘‘chapter 211 of this title,’’.
(55) In section 22106(b), insert ‘‘in the same manner and
under the same conditions as if they were originally granted
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to the State by the Secretary of Transportation’’ after ‘‘under
this chapter’’.
(56)(A) Insert after chapter 281 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 283—STANDARD WORK DAY
‘‘Sec.
‘‘28301. General.
‘‘28302. Penalties.
‘‘§ 28301. General
‘‘(a) EIGHT HOUR DAY.—In contracts for labor and service, 8
hours shall be a day’s work and the standard day’s work for deter-
mining the compensation for services of an employee employed
by a common carrier by railroad subject to subtitle IV of this
title and actually engaged in any capacity in operating trains used
for transporting passengers or property on railroads from—
‘‘(1) a State of the United States or the District of Columbia
to any other State or the District of Columbia;
‘‘(2) one place in a territory or possession of the United
States to another place in the same territory or possession;
‘‘(3) a place in the United States to an adjacent foreign
country; or
‘‘(4) a place in the United States through a foreign country
to any other place in the United States.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) of this section—
‘‘(1) does not apply to—
‘‘(A) an independently owned and operated railroad not
exceeding one hundred miles in length;
‘‘(B) an electric street railroad; and
‘‘(C) an electric interurban railroad; but
‘‘(2) does apply to an independently owned and operated
railroad less than one hundred miles in length—
‘‘(A) whose principal business is leasing or providing
terminal or transfer facilities to other railroads; or
‘‘(B) engaged in transfers of freight between railroads
or between railroads and industrial plants.
‘‘§ 28302. Penalties
‘‘A person violating section 28301 of this title shall be fined
under title 18, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’.
(B) In the analysis for subtitle V, insert after item 281
the following:
‘‘283.
STANDARD WORK DAY ..........................................................................28301’’.
(57) In section 30144(a)(1)(A), strike ‘‘Organization’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘Organizations’’.
(58) In section 30168(c), strike ‘‘Committees on Energy and
Commerce and Public Works and Transportation’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘Committees on Commerce and Transportation and
Infrastructure’’.
(59) In section 30308, insert a comma after ‘‘1994’’.
(60) In section 31136(e)(2)(A) and (J) (i) and (ii) and (3),
strike ‘‘the date of the enactment of this paragraph’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘November 28, 1995’’.
(61) In section 32702(8), insert ‘‘any’’ after ‘‘or’’.
(62) Section 32705 is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(a)(1) DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS.—Under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Transportation that include the way
in which information is disclosed and retained under this section,
a person transferring ownership of a motor vehicle shall give the
transferee the following written disclosure:
‘‘(A) Disclosure of the cumulative mileage registered on the
odometer.
‘‘(B) Disclosure that the actual mileage is unknown, if the
transferor knows that the odometer reading is different from
the number of miles the vehicle has actually traveled.
‘‘(2) A person transferring ownership of a motor vehicle may
not violate a regulation prescribed under this section or give a
false statement to the transferee in making the disclosure required
by such a regulation.
‘‘(3) A person acquiring a motor vehicle for resale may not accept
a written disclosure under this section unless it is complete.’’.
(B) In subsection (b)(3)(A), strike ‘‘may’’ and ‘‘only if’’
and substitute ‘‘may not’’ and ‘‘unless’’, respectively.
(63) In sections 32904(b)(6)(C) and 32905(g), strike ‘‘Commit-
tee on Energy and Commerce’’ and substitute ‘‘Committee on
Commerce’’.
(64) In the analysis of subtitle VII, strike the item related
to part D and item 491 and substitute—
‘‘PART D—RESERVED
‘‘PART E—MISCELLANEOUS
‘‘501.
BUY-AMERICAN PREFERENCES ..........................................................50101’’.
(65) In section 40109(c)—
(A) strike ‘‘sections 41301–41306, 41308–41310(a), 41501,
41503, 41504, 41506, 41510, 41511, 41701, 41702, 41705–
41709, 41711, 41712, and 41731–41742,’’ and substitute
‘‘chapter 413 (except sections 41307 and 41310(b)–(f)), chap-
ter 415 (except sections 41502, 41505, and 41507–41509),
chapter 417 (except sections 41703, 41704, 41710, 41713,
and 41714),’’; and
(B) strike ‘‘section 46301(b)’’ and substitute ‘‘sections
44909 and 46301(b)’’.
(66) In section 40116(d)(2)(A)(iv), strike ‘‘Levy’’ and ‘‘the date
of enactment of this clause’’ and substitute ‘‘levy’’ and ‘‘August
23, 1994’’, respectively.
(67) Section 40117(e)(2) is amended as follows:
(A) In clause (B), insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon.
(B) Strike clause (C).
(C) Redesignate clause (D) as clause (C).
(68) Section 40118 is amended as follows:
(A) In the catchline for subsection (d), strike ‘‘TRANSPOR-
TATION BY FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS’’ and substitute ‘‘CERTAIN
TRANSPORTATION
BY AIR OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES’’.
(B) In subsection (f)(1), strike ‘‘(f)(1) No’’ and substitute
‘‘(f) 
PROHIBITION
OF
CERTIFICATION
OR
CONTRACT
CLAUSE.—(1) No’’.
(69)(A) Add at the end of chapter 401 the following:
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‘‘§ 40121. Interstate agreements for airport facilities
‘‘Congress consents to a State making an agreement, not in con-
flict with a law of the United States, with another State to develop
or operate an airport facility.’’.
(B) In the analysis for chapter 401, insert after item 40120
the following:
‘‘40121.
Interstate agreements for airport facilities.’’.
(70) Add at the end of section 41109(a) the following:
‘‘(5) As prescribed by regulation by the Secretary, an air carrier
other than a charter air carrier may provide charter trips or other
special services without regard to the places named or type of
transportation specified in its certificate.’’.
(71) In section 41309(b)(2)(B), strike ‘‘common’’.
(72) In section 41312(a)(1), insert ‘‘of Transportation’’ after
‘‘Secretary’’.
(73) In section 41715(a), strike ‘‘Secretary’s’’ and substitute
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’s’’.
(74) In sections 44501(c)(1), 44511(e), 48102(c)(2)(A) and
(d)(2), and 70112(d)(1), strike ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology’’
and substitute ‘‘Science’’.
(75) Section 44502 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (c)(1), strike ‘‘To ensure that’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘To ensure’’.
(B) Strike subsection (e) and redesignate subsection (f)
as subsection (e).
(76) In section 45301(c)(5), strike ‘‘the date of the enactment
of this subsection’’ and substitute ‘‘August 23, 1994,’’.
(77) Section 46301 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(1)(A)—
(i) strike ‘‘any of sections 41301–41306, 41308–
41310(a), 41501, 41503, 41504, 41506, 41510, 41511,
41701, 41702, 41705–41709, 41711, 41712, or 41731–
41742,’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 413 (except sections
41307 and 41310(b)–(f)), chapter 415 (except sections
41502, 41505, and 41507–41509), chapter 417 (except
sections 41703, 41704, 41710, 41713, and 41714),’’;
(ii) strike ‘‘or any of sections 44701(a) or (b), 44702–
44716, 
44901, 
44903(b) 
or 
(c), 
44905, 
44906,
44907(d)(1)(B), 44909(a), 44912–44915, 44932–44938,’’
and substitute ‘‘section 44502(b) or (c), chapter 447
(except sections 44717 and 44719–44723), chapter 449
(except sections 44902, 44903(d), 44904, 44907(a)–
(d)(1)(A) and (d)(1)(C)–(f), and 44908), or section’’;
(iii) insert ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘46303,’’; and
(iv) strike ‘‘, or 41715’’.
(B) In subsection (a)(2)(A), strike ‘‘or any of sections
44701(a) or (b), 44702–44716, 44901, 44903(b) or (c), 44905,
44906, 44912–44915, or 44932–44938’’ and substitute
‘‘, section 44502 (b) or (c), chapter 447 (except sections
44717–44723), or chapter 449 (except sections 44902,
44903(d), 44904, and 44907–44909)’’.
(C) Adjust the margins of clauses (A) and (B) of sub-
section (a)(3) to be the same as clauses (A) and (B) of
subsection (a)(2).
(D) In subsection (c)(1)(A)—
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(i) strike ‘‘any of sections 41301–41306, 41308–
41310(a), 41501, 41503, 41504, 41506, 41510, 41511,
41701, 41702, 41705–41709, 41711, 41712, or 41731–
41742,’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 413 (except sections
41307 and 41310(b)–(f)), chapter 415 (except sections
41502, 41505, and 41507–41509), chapter 417 (except
sections 41703, 41704, 41710, 41713, and 41714),’’;
(ii) strike ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘subchapter II’’; and
(iii) insert ‘‘, or section 44909’’ before ‘‘of this title’’.
(E) In subsection (d)(2), strike ‘‘or any of sections 44701(a)
or (b), 44702–44716, 44901, 44903(b) or (c), 44905, 44906,
44907(d)(1)(B), 44912–44915, 44932–44938,’’ and substitute
‘‘section 44502(b) or (c), chapter 447 (except sections 44717
and 44719–44723), chapter 449 (except sections 44902,
44903(d), 44904, 44907(a)–(d)(1)(A) and (d)(1)(C)–(f), 44908,
and 44909), or section’’.
(F) In subsection (f)(1)(A)(i), strike ‘‘or any of sections
44701(a) or (b), 44702–44716, 44901, 44903(b) or (c), 44905,
44906, 44907(d)(1)(B), 44912–44915, or 44932–44938’’ and
substitute ‘‘section 44502(b) or (c), chapter 447 (except sec-
tions 44717 and 44719–44723), or chapter 449 (except sec-
tions 44902, 44903(d), 44904, 44907(a)–(d)(1)(A) and
(d)(1)(C)–(f), 44908, and 44909)’’.
(78) In section 46306(c)(2)(B), insert ‘‘that is’’ before ‘‘pro-
vided’’.
(79) In section 46316(b), strike ‘‘and sections 44701(a) and
(b), 44702–44716, 44901, 44903(b) and (c), 44905, 44906, 44912–
44915, and 44932–44938’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 447 (except
sections 44717–44723), and chapter 449 (except sections 44902,
44903(d), 44904, and 44907–44909)’’.
(80) In section 47107(l )(1), strike ‘‘the date of the enactment
of this subsection’’ and substitute ‘‘August 23, 1994’’.
(81) Section 47115 is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (f)(2) as enacted by section 112(d) of the
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–305, 108 Stat. 1576) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the date of the enactment of this subsection’’ and
substituting ‘‘August 23, 1994’’.
(B) Subsection (f) as enacted by section 6(67) of the
Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103–429, 108 Stat.
4386), is redesignated subsection (g).
(82) Section 47117 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (e)(1)(B), strike ‘‘47504(c)(1)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘47504(c)’’.
(B) In subsection (g)(1), strike ‘‘47105(e)’’ and substitute
‘‘47105(f)’’.
(83) Section 47118 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a), strike ‘‘on or before the date of
the enactment of this sentence’’ and substitute ‘‘before
August 24, 1994’’.
(B) In subsection (e), strike ‘‘Notwithstanding section
47109(c) of this title, not’’ and substitute ‘‘Not’’.
(84) In the catchline for section 47128(d), strike ‘‘AND
REPORT’’.
(85) Section 47129 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(1), strike ‘‘of this subtitle’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘of this title’’.
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(B) In subsections (b), (e)(2), and (f)(2), strike ‘‘the date
of the enactment of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘August
23, 1994’’.
(C) In subsection (e)(3), strike ‘‘such date of enactment’’
and substitute ‘‘August 23, 1994’’.
(86) In section 47509(d), strike ‘‘the date of the enactment
of this section’’ and substitute ‘‘August 23, 1994’’.
(87) In the catchline for section 48104(b), strike ‘‘YEARS’’
and substitute ‘‘YEAR’’.
(88)(A) Part D of subtitle VII is redesignated as part E.
(B) Chapter 491 is redesignated as chapter 501.
(C) Items 49101–49105 in the analysis of chapter 501, as
redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, are
redesignated as items 50101–50105.
(D) Sections 49101–49105 are redesignated as sections
50101–50105.
(89) In sections 50101(a) and (b)(3), 50102, 50104(b)(1), and
50105, as redesignated by clause (88)(D) of this section, strike
‘‘sections 47106(d) and’’ and substitute ‘‘section’’.
(90) In
section
60101,
strike
‘‘(a)’’
and
substitute
‘‘(a)
GENERAL.—’’.
(91) In section 60114(a)(9), strike ‘‘60120, 60122, and 60123’’
and substitute ‘‘60120 and 60122’’.
(92) In section 70102(6), strike ‘‘facilities’’ and substitute
‘‘facilities at that location’’.
(93) In section 70112(a)(3)(B), insert ‘‘(i) or (ii)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’.
(94) In section 70113(e)(6)(D), insert ‘‘a’’ before ‘‘resolution’’.
(95) In section 70117(b)(2), strike ‘‘Land Remote–Sensing
Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.)’’ and
substitute ‘‘Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C.
5601 et seq.)’’.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CHANGES TO OTHER LAWS.
(a) Effective July 5, 1994—
(1) Section 4(f)(1)(S) of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law
103–272, 108 Stat. 1362), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(S) In section 6101(4)(B), strike ‘agency’ the 2d time it
appears and substitute ‘agency.’.’’.
(2) Section 5(e)(11) of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law
103–272, 108 Stat. 1374), as amended by section 7(a)(4)(A)
of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103–429, 108 Stat.
4389), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(11) In section 2516(1)(j), strike ‘section’ the first place it
appears and all that follows and substitute ‘section 60123(b)
(relating to destruction of a natural gas pipeline) or section
46502 (relating to aircraft piracy) of title 49;’.’’.
(b) Effective August 26, 1994, section 105(b)(2) of the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act of 1994 (title I of Public Law 103–
311, 108 Stat. 1674) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) by striking ‘the State’ the first place it appears;’’.
(c) Effective September 30, 1994, section 335A of the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995
(Public Law 103–331, 108 Stat. 2495) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 335A. Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘payments for the capital portions of rail
trackage rights agreements,’ after ‘rights of way),’.’’.
(d) Effective October 31, 1994—
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(1) Section 6 of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law
103–429, 108 Stat. 4378), is amended as follows:
(A) Clause (41) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(41) Section 32913(b) is amended as follows:
‘‘(A) In the catchline, strike ‘PENALTY REDUCTION’ and
substitute ‘CERTIFICATION’.
‘‘(B) In paragraph (1), strike ‘the penalty should be
reduced’ and substitute ‘a reduction in the penalty is nec-
essary’.’’.
(B) Clause (44)(B) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) Add before the period at the end ‘of this title’.’’.
(2) Section 8(1) of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law
103–429, 108 Stat. 4390), is amended by striking ‘‘1st para-
graph’’ and substituting ‘‘1st paragraph related to transfer of
aircraft’’.
(e) Effective November 2, 1994, section 10(c)(2)(A) of the Act
of November 2, 1994 (Public Law 103–437, 108 Stat. 4589), is
repealed and section 107(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450k(b)), as amended by section
105(1) of the Indian Self-Determination Act (Public Law 103–413,
108 Stat. 4269), is revived and shall read as if section 10(c)(2)(A)
of the Act of November 2, 1994 (Public Law 103–437, 108 Stat.
4589), had not been enacted.
(f) Effective December 29, 1995, the ICC Termination Act of
1995 (Public Law 104–88, 109 Stat. 809) is amended as follows:
(1) In section 102(b), strike ‘‘Commerce’’ and ‘‘Transpor-
tation’’ and substitute ‘‘Commerce’’ and ‘‘Transportation’’,
respectively.
(2) In section 305(d)(6), strike ‘‘part B or (C)’’ and substitute
‘‘part B or C’’.
(3) In section 308(j), strike ‘‘30106(d)’’ and substitute
‘‘30166(d)’’.
(4) Section 327 is amended as follows:
(A) in clause (3)(B), strike ‘‘ ‘Interstate Commerce Act’ ’’
and substitute ‘‘ ‘the Interstate Commerce Act’ in subsection
(b)(3)’’.
(B) in clause (5), insert ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(5)’’ and add at
the end of the clause the following:
‘‘(B) by inserting after item 712 in the table of contents
the following:
‘Sec. 713. Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance.’.’’.
(g) Section 401 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 451) is amended by striking ‘‘such Secretary’’ and
substituting ‘‘the Secretary’’.
(h) Section 917(a)(4) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15
U.S.C. 1693o(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘Civil Aeronautics
Board’’ and substituting ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’.
(i) In section 17(d) of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Public
Law 92–574, 86 Stat. 1249), strike ‘‘such terms have under the
first section of the Act of February 17, 1911 (45 U.S.C. 22)’’ and
substitute ‘‘the term ‘railroad carrier’ has in section 20102 of title
49, United States Code’’.
(j) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended
as follows:
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(1) In section 101(26), strike ‘‘the Pipeline Safety Act’’ and
substitute ‘‘section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code’’.
(2) In section 107(c)(1)(C), strike ‘‘the Hazardous Liquid Pipe-
line Safety Act of 1979’’ and substitute ‘‘section 60101(a) of
title 49, United States Code’’.
(k) Section 241(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12161(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘commuter service’’
and substituting ‘‘commuter rail passenger transportation’’.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF OTHER LAWS.
The following are repealed:
(1) Section 119 ‘‘Sec. 404(f)’’ of the Amtrak Reorganization
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–73, 93 Stat. 547).
(2) Sections 1(a)(3) and (b), 2, and 4–6 of the Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1968 (effective June 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 1369,
1370).
(3) Sections 5005 and 6020 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act (49 U.S.C. 301(notes)).
(4) Section 317 of the Department of Transportation and
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 
1995 
(49 
U.S.C.
44502(note)).
(5) The Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89–
670, 80 Stat. 931).
(6) Sections 129 and 135 of the Airport and Airway Safety,
Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–581, 106 Stat. 4886, 4888).
(7) Section 27 of the Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982
(Public Law 97–261, 96 Stat. 1126).
(8) Section 4007(a), (c), (d), and (e) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240,
105 Stat. 2151, 2152).
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(1) The amendments made by sections 3 and 5(10)–(17), (19),
(20), (52), (53), (55), (61), (62), (65), (70), (77), (78), and (91)–
(93) of this Act shall take effect on July 5, 1994.
(2) The amendment made by section 5(82)(A) of this Act shall
take effect on October 31, 1994.
SEC. 9. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION.
(a) NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.—This Act restates, without sub-
stantive change, laws enacted before March 1, 1996, that were
replaced by this Act. This Act may not be construed as making
a substantive change in the laws replaced. Laws enacted after
February 29, 1996, that are inconsistent with this Act supersede
this Act to the extent of the inconsistency.
(b) REFERENCES.—A reference to a law replaced by this Act,
including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed
to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.
(c) CONTINUING EFFECT.—An order, rule, or regulation in effect
under a law replaced by this Act continues in effect under the
corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amend-
ed, or superseded.
(d) ACTIONS AND OFFENSES UNDER PRIOR LAW.—An action taken
or an offense committed under a law replaced by this Act is deemed
to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision
enacted by this Act.
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(e) INFERENCES.—An inference of a legislative construction is
not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States
Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of a caption
or catchline of the provision.
(f) SEVERABILITY.—If a provision enacted by this Act is held
invalid, all valid provisions that are severable from the invalid
provision remain in effect. If a provision enacted by this Act is
held invalid in any of its applications, the provision remains valid
for all valid applications that are severable from any of the invalid
applications.
SEC. 10. REPEALS.
(a) INFERENCES OF REPEAL.—The repeal of a law by this Act
may not be construed as a legislative inference that the provision
was or was not in effect before its repeal.
(b) REPEALER SCHEDULE.—The law specified in the following
schedule is repealed, except for rights and duties that matured,
penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun
before the date of enactment of this Act:
Schedule of Laws Repealed
Statutes at Large
Date
Chapter
or Public
Law
Section
Statutes at Large
U.S. Code
Vol-
ume
Page
Title
Section
1916
Sept.
3, 5
436 .........
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721, 722 ...
65, 66
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.