49 U.S.C. § 5126 : US Code - Section 5126: Relationship to other laws

Search 49 U.S.C. § 5126 : US Code - Section 5126: Relationship to other laws

(a) Contracts. - A person under contract with a department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government that
transports hazardous material, or causes hazardous material to be
transported, or designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks,
maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or
packaging component that is represented as qualified for use in
transporting hazardous material shall comply with this chapter,
regulations prescribed and orders issued under this chapter, and
all other requirements of the Government, State and local
governments, and Indian tribes (except a requirement preempted by a
law of the United States) in the same way and to the same extent
that any person engaging in that transportation, designing,
manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, maintaining,
reconditioning, repairing, or testing that is in or affects
commerce must comply with the provision, regulation, order, or
requirement.
(b) Nonapplication. - This chapter does not apply to -
(1) a pipeline subject to regulation under chapter 601 of this
title; or
(2) any matter that is subject to the postal laws and
regulations of the United States under this chapter or title 18
or 39.