Title 49 of the United States Code


Title 49 of the United States Code is a positive law title of the United States Code with the heading "Transportation."
The title was enacted into positive law by, § 1, October 17, 1978, ;, § 1, January 12, 1983, ; and, July 5, 1994,
During the time between when the Title 49 positive law codification began in 1978 and when it was completed in 1994, the remaining non-positive law sections were placed in an appendix to Title 49.
In 1995, the ICC Termination Act, substantively and significantly amended Title 49.
In 2010, Congress enacted Title 51 as a new positive law title concerning NASA and commercial space programs. As part of the codification, the heading of Subtitle IX was marked "transferred" and the contents of such subtitle were moved to Title 51. Five years later, the FAST Act inserted a new Subtitle IX. The heading of new Subtitle IX was given the heading "Multimodal Freight Transportation."
  • Subtitle I—Department of Transportation
  • Subtitle II—Other Government Agencies
  • Subtitle III—General and Intermodal Programs
  • Subtitle IV—Interstate Transportation
  • Subtitle V—Rail Programs
  • Subtitle VI—Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs
  • Subtitle VII—Aviation Programs
  • Subtitle VIII—Pipelines
  • Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation
  • Subtitle X—Miscellaneous

Outline of title 49

Subtitle I — Department of Transportation

  • — Organization
  • — General Duties and Powers
  • — Special Authority
  • — Transferred

Subtitle II — Other Government Agencies

Subtitle III — General and Intermodal Programs

  • — Transportation of Hazardous Material
  • — Public Transportation
  • — Intermodal Transportation
  • — Sanitary Food Transportation
  • — Intermodal Safe Container Transportation
  • — One-Call Notification Programs
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • — Research Planning
  • — Multimodal Infrastructure Investments

Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation

  • — Rail
  • * — General Provisions
  • * — Jurisdiction
  • * — Rates
  • * — Licensing
  • * — Operations
  • * — Finance
  • * — Federal-State Relations
  • * — Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies
  • * — Civil and Criminal Penalties
  • — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders
  • * — General Provisions
  • * — Administrative Provisions
  • * — Jurisdiction
  • * — Rates and Through Routes
  • * — Registration
  • * — Operations of Carriers
  • * — Finance
  • * — Federal-State Relations
  • * — Enforcement; Investigations; Rights; Remedies
  • * — Civil and Criminal Penalties
  • Pipeline Carriers
  • * — General Provisions
  • * — Jurisdiction
  • * — Rates
  • * — Operations of Carriers
  • * — Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies
  • * — Civil and Criminal Penalties

Subtitle V — Rail Programs

  • — Safety
  • * — General
  • * — Safety Appliances
  • * — Signal Systems
  • * — Locomotives
  • * — Accidents and Incidents
  • * — Hours of Service
  • * — Penalties
  • — Assistance
  • * — Local Rail Freight Assistance
  • * — Capital Grants for Class II and Class III Railroads
  • * — Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing
  • * — Repealed
  • * — State Rail Plans
  • * — Rail Improvement Grants
  • Passenger Transportation
  • * — General
  • * — Project Delivery
  • * — Amtrak
  • * — Transferred
  • * — Repealed
  • * — Amtrak Route System
  • * — Northeast Corridor Improvement Program
  • * — Passenger Rail Planning
  • — High-Speed Rail
  • * — High-Speed Rail Assistance
  • — Miscellaneous
  • * — Law Enforcement
  • * — Standard Work Day
  • * — Commuter Rail Mediation

Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs

Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs

  • — Air Commerce and Safety
  • * — General
  • ** — General Provisions
  • * — Economic Regulation
  • ** — Air Carrier Certificates
  • ** — Foreign Air Transportation
  • ** — Pricing
  • ** — Operations of Carriers
  • ** — Transportation of Mail
  • ** — Labor-Management Provisions
  • ** — Passenger Air Service Improvements
  • * — Safety
  • ** — Registration and Recordation of Aircraft
  • ** — Insurance
  • ** — Facilities, Personnel, and Research
  • ** — Safety Regulation
  • ** — Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • ** — Security
  • ** — Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing
  • ** — Fees
  • * — Enforcement and Penalties
  • ** — Investigations and Proceedings
  • ** — Penalties
  • ** — Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States
  • — Airport Development and Noise
  • * — Airport Development
  • * — International Airport Facilities
  • * — Noise
  • — Financing
  • * — Airport and Airway Trust Fund Authorizations
  • * — Advance Appropriations for Airport and Airway Trust Facilities
  • * — Repealed
  • — Public Airports
  • * — Metropolitan Washington Airports
  • — Miscellaneous
  • * — Buy-American Preferences

Subtitle VIII — Pipelines

  • — Safety
  • — User Fees
  • — Interstate Commerce Regulation

Subtitle IX — Multimodal Freight Transportation

Subtitle X — Miscellaneous

  • — Bills of Lading
  • — Contraband
  • — Miscellaneous