45 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Section 1 TO 14: Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379

Search 45 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Section 1 TO 14: Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379

Section 1, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 1, 27 Stat. 531; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(A), 102 Stat. 630, related to
use of power driving-wheel brakes and appliances for operating
train-brake systems. See section 20302 of Title 49, Transportation.
Section 2, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 2, 27 Stat. 531; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(B), 102 Stat. 630, related to
use of cars not equipped with automatic couplers. See section 20302
of Title 49.
Section 3, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 3, 27 Stat. 531; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(C), 102 Stat. 630, related to
refusal to receive insufficiently equipped cars from connecting
lines. See section 20302 of Title 49.
Section 4, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 4, 27 Stat. 531; Oct.
15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(A), 80 Stat. 939; June 22,
1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(D), 102 Stat. 630, related to
grab irons or handholds for security in coupling and uncoupling
cars. See section 20302 of Title 49.
Section 5, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 5, 27 Stat. 531; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(E), 102 Stat. 630, related to
exclusion from traffic of freight cars not complying with
prescribed standard for height of drawbars.
Section 6, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 6, 27 Stat. 532; Apr.
1, 1896, ch. 87, 29 Stat. 85; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62
Stat. 909; Aug. 14, 1957, Pub. L. 85-135, Sec. 1(1), 71 Stat. 352;
Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(A), 80 Stat. 939; July
8, 1976, Pub. L. 94-348, Sec. 3(a), 90 Stat. 818; Nov. 2, 1978,
Pub. L. 95-574, Sec. 7(a), 92 Stat. 2461; Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96-
423, Sec. 8(b), 94 Stat. 1814; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342,
Sec. 13(1)(F), 102 Stat. 630; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L. 102-365, Secs.
4(a)(1), (c)(3), 9(a)(3), 106 Stat. 973, 974, 977, related to use
of cars in violation of sections 1 to 7 of this title and
enforcement duties of United States attorneys and Secretary of
Transportation. See sections 20301, 21302, and 21304 of Title 49,
Transportation.
Section 7, acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, Sec. 8, 27 Stat. 532; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(1)(H), 102 Stat. 631, related to
assumption of risk by railroad employees. See section 20304 of
Title 49.
Section 8, acts Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 943; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(2)(A), 102 Stat. 631, extended
provisions of sections 1 to 7 of this title to include railroads in
the Territories and the District of Columbia and to apply in other
cases. See sections 20301, 20302, 20304, and 21302 of Title 49.
Section 9, acts Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, Sec. 2, 32 Stat. 943; Apr.
11, 1958, Pub. L. 85-375, 72 Stat. 86; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-
670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(B), 80 Stat. 939; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-
342, Sec. 13(2)(B), 102 Stat. 631, provided that locomotive
engineers were to operate power and train brakes on not less than
50 percent of cars of trains operated with power or train brakes,
and retained rules, standards, and instructions of Association of
American Railroads for installation, inspection, maintenance, and
repair of such brakes. See sections 20301, 20302, and 21302 of
Title 49.
Section 10, acts Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, Sec. 3, 32 Stat. 943;
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub.
L. 89-670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(B), 80 Stat. 939; June 22, 1988, Pub. L.
100-342, Sec. 13(2)(C), 102 Stat. 631; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L. 102-
365, Sec. 9(a)(4), 106 Stat. 977, related to continuation of
duties, requirements, and liabilities specified under sections 1 to
7 of this title unless specifically amended by sections 8 to 10 of
this title. See section 21302 of Title 49.
Section 11, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 298;
June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(3)(A), 102 Stat. 631,
related to use of cars not equipped as required by sections 11 to
16 of this title. See section 20302 of Title 49.
Section 12, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, Sec. 3, 36 Stat. 298;
Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(C), 80 Stat. 939; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(3)(B), 102 Stat. 631, continued
to maintain designations of safety appliances by Secretary of
Transportation as standards of equipment for railroad cars, unless
changed by order of Secretary, and authorized Secretary to modify
standard height of drawbars. See sections 20302 and 21302 of Title
49.
Section 13, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 299;
Aug. 14, 1957, Pub. L. 85-135, Sec. 1(2), 71 Stat. 352; July 8,
1976, Pub. L. 94-348, Sec. 3(b), 90 Stat. 818; Nov. 2, 1978, Pub.
L. 95-574, Sec. 7(b), 92 Stat. 2461; Jan. 14, 1983, Pub. L. 97-468,
title VII, Sec. 704, 96 Stat. 2580; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342,
Sec. 13(3)(C), 102 Stat. 632; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L. 102-365, Secs.
4(a)(1), (c)(4), 9(a)(5), 106 Stat. 973, 974, 978, related to
penalty for using cars not equipped as provided by sections 1 to 16
of this title, with provisos for hauling cars for repairs when
equipment becomes defective, liability for death or injury to
employees in connection with such hauling, and use of chains
instead of drawbars in conducting such hauling. See sections 20303,
21302, and 21304 of Title 49.
Section 14, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, Sec. 5, 36 Stat. 299;
Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(e)(1)(C), 80 Stat. 939; June
22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, Sec. 13(3)(D), 102 Stat. 632, related to
liability for using cars with defective or insecure equipment. See
section 21302 of Title 49.
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