49 U.S.C. § 20118
Prohibition on public disclosure of railroad safety analysis records
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 20118, Prohibition on public disclosure of railroad safety analysis records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490356
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Except as necessary for the Secretary of Transportation or another Federal agency to enforce or carry out any provision of Federal law, any part of any record (including, but not limited to, a railroad carrier’s analysis of its safety risks and its statement of the mitigation measures it has identified with which to address those risks) that the Secretary has obtained pursuant to a provision of, or regulation or order under, this chapter related to the establishment, implementation, or modification of a railroad safety risk reduction program or pilot program is exempt from the requirements of section 552 of title 5 if the record is—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008House: 377–38Senate: no recorded tally