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49 U.S. Code § 5331 - Alcohol and controlled substances testing | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 5331. Alcohol and controlled substances testing
49 U.S. Code § 5331. Alcohol and controlled substances testing
“public transportation” means any form of public transportation, except a form the Secretary decides is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under section 20140 or 31306 of this title or section 2303a, 7101(i), or 7302(e) of title 46. The Secretary may also decide that a form of public transportation is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under the alcohol and controlled substance statutes or regulations of an agency within the Department of Transportation or the Coast Guard.
(b)Testing Program for Employees.—
(2) In prescribing regulations under this subsection, the Secretary—
(c)Disqualifications for Use.—
(1) When the Secretary considers it appropriate, the Secretary shall require disqualification for an established period of time or dismissal of any employee referred to in subsection (b)(1) of this section who is found—
(d)Testing and Laboratory Requirements.—In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall develop requirements that shall—
The Secretary shall prescribe regulations establishing requirements for rehabilitation programs that provide for the identification and opportunity for treatment of any public transportation employee referred to in subsection (b)(1) of this section who is found to have used alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of law or a Government regulation. The Secretary shall decide on the circumstances under which employees shall be required to participate in a program. This subsection does not prevent a public transportation operation from establishing a program under this section in cooperation with another public transportation operation.
(f)Relationship to Other Laws, , Standards, and Orders.—
(2) In prescribing regulations under this section, the Secretary—
(g) Conditions on Federal Assistance.—
(1)Ineligibility for assistance.—
A person that receives funds under this chapter is not eligible for financial assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of this title if the person is required, under regulations the Secretary prescribes under this section, to establish a program of alcohol and controlled substances testing and does not establish the program in accordance with this section.
(2)Additional remedies.—
If the Secretary determines that a person that receives funds under this chapter is not in compliance with regulations prescribed under this section, the Secretary may bar the person from receiving Federal transit assistance in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 832; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(13), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379; Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 342(a), Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 608; Pub. L. 109–59, title III, §§ 3002(b)(3), (4), 3030, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1545, 1625; Pub. L. 112–141, div. B, §§ 20022, 20030(f), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 717, 731.)
5331(a)
49 App.:1618a(a).
Oct. 28, 1991, Pub. L. 102–143, § 6, 105 Stat. 962.
5331(b)
49 App.:1618a(b).
5331(c)
49 App.:1618a(f).
5331(d)
49 App.:1618a(d).
5331(e)
49 App.:1618a(c).
5331(f)
49 App.:1618a(e).
5331(g)
49 App.:1618a(g).
2012—Pub. L. 112–141, § 20030(f), substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 112–141, § 20022, added subsec. (g) and struck out former subsec. (g). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A person is not eligible for financial assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of this title if the person is required, under regulations the Secretary of Transportation prescribes under this section, to establish a program of alcohol and controlled substances testing and does not establish the program.”
2005—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3030(a), substituted “section 20140 or 31306 of this title or section 2303a, 7101(i), or 7302(e) of title 46” for “section 20140 or 31306 of this title” and inserted at end “The Secretary may also decide that a form of public transportation is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under the alcohol and controlled substance statutes or regulations of an agency within the Department of Transportation or the Coast Guard.”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(3), substituted “Public” for “Mass” in heading.
Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3030(b), struck out “or section 103(e)(4) of title 23” after “5311 of this title”.
Subsecs. (b)(1)(B), (2), (c)(2), (e). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3002(b)(4), substituted “public transportation” for “mass transportation” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3030(c), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “This section does not prevent the Secretary of Transportation from continuing in effect, amending, or further supplementing a regulation prescribed before October 28, 1991, governing the use of alcohol or a controlled substance by mass transportation employees.”
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 109–59, § 3030(b), struck out “or section 103(e)(4) of title 23” after “5311 of this title”.
1995—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104–59 added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: “In the interest of mass transportation safety, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations not later than October 28, 1992, that establish a program requiring mass transportation operations that receive financial assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of this title or section 103(e)(4) of title 23 to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of mass transportation employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Secretary) for the use of alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of law or a United States Government regulation.”
1994—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103–429 substituted “section 20140 or 31306” for “subchapter III of chapter 201 or section 31306”.