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PART A—SAFETY Chapter Sec. 201. General 20101 203. Safety Appliances 20301 205. Signal Systems 20501 207. Locomotives 20701 209. Accidents and Incidents 20901 211. Hours of Service 21101 213. Penalties 21301 PART B—ASSISTANCE 221. Local Rail Freight Assistance 22101 223. Capital Grants for Class II and Class III Railroads 22301 225. Federal grants to States for highway-rail grade crossing safety ^[1] 22501 227. State rail plans ^[2] 22701 PART C—PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION 241. General 24101 243. Amtrak 24301 244. Intercity Passenger Rail Service Corridor Capital Assistance 24401 [245. Repealed.] 247. Amtrak Route System 24701 249. Northeast Corridor Improvement Program 24901 PART D—HIGH-SPEED RAIL 261. High-Speed Rail Assistance 26101 PART E—MISCELLANEOUS 281. Law Enforcement 28101 283. Standard Work Day 28301 285. Commuter Rail Mediation 28501

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title II, § 207(b), div. B, title III, § 301(b), title IV, § 401(b),Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4875, 4946, 4956, added items for chapters 225, 244, and 285.

Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 303(b),Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4951, which directed insertion of the item for chapter 227 after the item for chapter 223, was executed by making the insertion after the item for chapter 225 to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2007—Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, § 1112(b),Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1759, substituted “Capital Grants for Class II and Class III Railroads” for “Light Density Rail Line Pilot Projects” in item for chapter 223.

1998—Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7202(b),June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 471, added item for chapter 223.

1997—Pub. L. 105–134, title I, § 106(a),Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2573, struck out item for chapter 245 “Amtrak Commuter”.

1996—Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(56)(B),Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394, added item for chapter 283.

1994—Pub. L. 103–440, title I, § 103(b)(1),Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4618, added part D and item for chapter 261, struck out former part D “MISCELLANEOUS” and former item for chapter 261 “Law Enforcement . . . 26101”, and added part E and item for chapter 281.

Footnotes
[1] So in original. Probably should be “Federal Grants to States for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety”.

[2] So in original. Probably should be “State Rail Plans”.

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