49 U.S.C. § 20139
Maintenance-of-way operations on railroad bridges
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 20139, Maintenance-of-way operations on railroad bridges, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490369
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Not later than June 22, 1989, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations and issue orders for the safety of maintenance-of-way employees on railroad bridges. The Secretary at least shall provide in those regulations standards for bridge safety equipment, including nets, walkways, handrails, and safety lines, and requirements for the use of vessels when work is performed on bridges located over bodies of water.
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.
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally