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49 USC § 20107 - Inspection and investigation | Title 49 - Transportation | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
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49 USC § 20107 - Inspection and investigation
General.— To carry out this part, the Secretary of Transportation may take actions the Secretary considers necessary, including—
Entry and Inspection.— In carrying out this part, an officer, employee, or agent of the Secretary, at reasonable times and in a reasonable way, may enter and inspect railroad equipment, facilities, rolling stock, operations, and relevant records. When requested, the officer, employee, or agent shall display proper credentials. During an inspection, the officer, employee, or agent is an employee of the United States Government under chapter 171 of title 28.
Railroad Radio Communications.— (1)
In general.— To carry out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this part and under chapter 51, the Secretary may authorize officers, employees, or agents of the Secretary to conduct, with or without making their presence known, the following activities in circumstances the Secretary finds to be reasonable:
Intercepting a radio communication, with or without the consent of the sender or other receivers of the communication, but only where such communication is broadcast or transmitted over a radio frequency which is—
Accident and incident prevention and investigation.— The Secretary, and officers, employees, and agents of the Department of Transportation authorized by the Secretary, may engage in the activities authorized by paragraph (1) for the purpose of accident and incident prevention and investigation.
Use of information.— (A)
Information obtained through activities authorized by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be admitted into evidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding except—
to impeach evidence offered by a party other than the Federal Government regarding the existence, electronic characteristics, content, substance, purport, effect, meaning, or timing of, or identity of parties to, a communication intercepted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) in proceedings pursuant to section 5122, 5123, 20702
(b), 20111, 20112, 20113, or 20114 of this title.
Application with other law.— Section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 605) and chapter 119 of title 18 shall not apply to conduct authorized by and pursuant to this subsection.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 866; Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title III, § 306,Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4880.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 20107(a) 45:437(a) (1st sentence words before 9th and after 14th commas). Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, § 208(a) (1st sentence words before 9th and after 14th commas), 84 Stat. 974, 975.
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “To carry out this part, the Secretary of Transportation may” are substituted for “In carrying out his functions under this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to perform . . . to carry out the provisions of this subchapter” and “In carrying out the functions formerly vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferred to the Secretary by section 1655(e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(6)(A) of title 49, Appendix, the Secretary is authorized to perform any act authorized in subsection (a) of this section . . . to carry out such transferred functions” to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (2), the word “entity” is substituted for “bodies” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title IV, § 416,Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4890, provided that: “Mechanical and brake inspections of rail cars performed in Mexico shall not be treated as satisfying United States rail safety laws or regulations unless the Secretary of Transportation certifies that—
[For definition of “railroad”, as used in section 416 ofPub. L. 110–432, set out above, see section 2(a) ofPub. L. 110–432, set out as a note under section 20102 of this title.]
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