49 U.S.C. § 101
Purpose
A Department of Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to—
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49 U.S.C. § 102
Department of Transportation
The Department has a Deputy Secretary of Transportation appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Secretary— The Department has 8 Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel, including— There is established in the Department an Office of Tribal Government Affairs, under th…
49 U.S.C. § 103
Federal Railroad Administration
The Administrator shall carry out— The Administrator shall—
49 U.S.C. § 104
Federal Highway Administration
The Administrator shall carry out—
49 U.S.C. § 105
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Administrator shall carry out—
49 U.S.C. § 106
Federal Aviation Administration
The Administrator shall— The Deputy Administrator shall— A retired regular officer of the Armed Forces serving as the Deputy Administrator is entitled to hold a rank and grade not lower than that held when appointed as the Deputy Administrator and may elect to receive— In this section, the term “leadership of the Admin…
49 U.S.C. § 108
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Administrator shall carry out—
49 U.S.C. § 109
Maritime Administration
In the same manner that a private corporation may make a contract within the scope of its authority under its charter, the Secretary may make contracts and cooperative agreements for the United States Government and disburse amounts to— Only those amounts specifically authorized by law may be appropriated for the use o…
49 U.S.C. § 113
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Administrator shall carry out—
49 U.S.C. § 114
Transportation Security Administration
The Administrator must— The Deputy Administrator must— The Administrator shall be responsible for security in all modes of transportation, including— The Administrator shall— In addition to carrying out the functions specified in subsections (d) and (e), the Administrator shall— Subject to the direction and control of…
49 U.S.C. § 115
Transportation Security Oversight Board
The Board shall be composed of 7 members as follows: The Board shall—
49 U.S.C. § 116
National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau
The purposes of the Bureau shall be— The Executive Director shall— The Bureau shall administer the application processes for the following programs: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Executive Director shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House o…
49 U.S.C. § 117
Council on Credit and Finance
The Council shall be composed of the following members: The Council shall—
49 U.S.C. § 118
Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy
In this section: The purposes of the Freight Office shall be— The Freight Office shall— develop and manage— assist States in the establishment of— The Freight Office shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight, who shall— The Assistant Secretary shall— The Secretary may eliminate any office within…
49 U.S.C. § 119
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Infrastructure
In this section: The term “eligible entity” means— The term “infrastructure” includes— There is established within the Department an agency, to be known as the “Advanced Research Projects Agency–Infrastructure”, to support the development of science and technology solutions— The goals of ARPA–I shall be— to advance the…
49 U.S.C. § 301
Leadership, consultation, and cooperation
The Secretary of Transportation shall—
49 U.S.C. § 302
Policy standards for transportation
The Secretary shall consider the needs— It is the policy of the United States to promote the construction and commercialization of high-speed ground transportation systems by—
49 U.S.C. § 303
Policy on lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites
Subject to subsections (d) and (h), the Secretary may approve a transportation program or project (other than any project for a park road or parkway under section 204 11 See References in Text note below. of title 23) requiring the use of publicly owned land of a public park, recreation area, or wildlife and waterfowl…
49 U.S.C. § 303a
Development of water transportation
It is the policy of Congress— The Secretary of Transportation shall— investigate the existing status of water transportation on the different inland waterways of the United States to learn the extent to which—
49 U.S.C. § 304
Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects
In this section, the following definitions apply: In considering the environmental impacts of a proposed multimodal project, a lead authority may apply categorical exclusions designated under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) in implementing regulations or procedures of a cooperatin…
49 U.S.C. § 304a
Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews
In preparing a final environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if the lead agency modifies the statement in response to comments that are minor and are confined to factual corrections or explanations of why the comments do not warrant additional agency…
49 U.S.C. § 305
Transportation investment standards and criteria
Subject to sections 301–304 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop standards and criteria to formulate and economically evaluate all proposals for investing amounts of the United States Government in transportation facilities and equipment. Based on experience…
49 U.S.C. § 306
Prohibited discrimination
If a person does not comply with subsection (b) of this section within a reasonable time after receiving a notice under subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall take at least one of the following actions:
49 U.S.C. § 307
Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews
As part of the guidance issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure—
49 U.S.C. § 308
Reports
The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report on the conditions of the public ports of the United States, including the—
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