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49 U.S.C. § 31136

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United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 31136, United States Government regulations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490661
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Subject to section 30103(a) of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations on commercial motor vehicle safety. The regulations shall prescribe minimum safety standards for commercial motor vehicles. At a minimum, the regulations shall ensure that— Before prescribing regulations under this section, the Secretary shall consider, to the extent practicable and consistent with the purposes of this chapter— Within each regulatory impact analysis of a proposed or final major rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Secretary shall, whenever practicable— To the extent feasible and appropriate, and consistent with law, an analysis described in paragraph (1) shall— If a proposed rule under this part is likely to lead to the promulgation of a major rule, the Secretary, before publishing such proposed rule, shall— Each advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued under paragraph (1) shall—

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.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    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
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-59(S. 440)1995-11-28
    National Highway System Designation Act of 1995
    House: no recorded tallySenate: 80–16
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-287(H.R. 2297)1996-10-11
    To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-178(H.R. 2400)1998-06-09
    Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
    House: 190–195Senate: 88–5
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-59(H.R. 3)2005-08-10
    SAFETEA-LU
    House: 412–8Senate: 91–4
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-141(H.R. 4348)2012-07-06
    MAP-21
    House: 373–52Senate: 74–19
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-94(H.R. 22)2015-12-04
    FAST Act
    House: 359–65Senate: 83–16