49 U.S. Code § 1139 - Assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1109(d)(1), substituted “resulting in any loss of life, and for which the National Transportation Safety Board will serve as the lead investigative agency” for “resulting in a major loss of life” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1109(d)(2), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘rail passenger accident’ means any rail passenger disaster resulting in a major loss of life occurring in the provision of—
“(A) interstate intercity rail passenger transportation (as such term is defined in section 24102); or
“(B) interstate or intrastate high-speed rail (as such term is defined in section 26105) transportation,
regardless of its cause or suspected cause.”
2015—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–94, § 11316(a)(1), substituted “telephone number” for “phone number”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–94, § 11316(a)(2), substituted “post-trauma communication with families” for “post trauma communication with families”.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 114–94, § 11316(a)(3), substituted “rail passenger accident” for “railroad passenger accident” in pars. (1) and (2).
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title V, § 503, Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4899, provided that: