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49 U.S.C. § 31502

Requirements for qualifications, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 31502, Requirements for qualifications, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490700
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This section applies to transportation— The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe requirements for— The Secretary may prescribe requirements for the comfort of passengers, qualifications and maximum hours of service of operators, and safety of operation and equipment of a motor carrier of migrant workers. The requirements only apply to a carrier transporting a migrant worker— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations issued under this section or section 31136 regarding— Within 30 days after the end of the declared emergency period the official who issued the emergency declaration shall file with the Field Administrator a report of each safety-related incident or accident that occurred during the emergency period involving— In this subsection, the following definitions apply: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations issued under this section or section 31136 (including section 395.1(e)(1)(ii) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) regarding reporting, recordkeeping, or documentation of duty status shall not apply to any driver of a ready mixed concrete delivery vehicle if— the motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true time records that show—

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. 97-449(H.R. 6993)1983-01-12
    A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to transportation as subtitle I and chapter 31 of subtitle II of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-554(S. 2217)1984-10-30
    Tandem Truck Safety Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended 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. 104-88(H.R. 2539)1995-12-29
    ICC Termination Act of 1995
    House: 417–8Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-178(H.R. 2400)1998-06-09
    Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-59(H.R. 3)2005-08-10
    SAFETEA-LU
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-94(H.R. 22)2015-12-04
    FAST Act