49 USC § 20136 - Automatic train control and related systems

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title: "49 USC § 20136 - Automatic train control and related systems"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "20136"
section_name: "Automatic train control and related systems"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "SAFETY"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 875; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(19), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379.)"
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# § 20136. Automatic train control and related systems

The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations and issue orders to require that—

**(1)** an individual performing a test of an automatic train stop, train control, or cab signal apparatus required by the Secretary to be performed before entering territory where the apparatus will be used shall certify in writing that the test was performed properly; and

**(2)** the certification required under clause (1) of this section shall be maintained in the same way and place as the daily inspection report for the locomotive.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 875; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(19), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4379.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20136 | 45:431(j). | Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, 84 Stat. 971, § 202(j); added June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, § 9, 102 Stat. 628. |

The words “Within 90 days after ” are omitted as expired.

### Pub. L. 103–429

This amends 49:20136(2) to correct an error in the codification enacted by  (, ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Par. (2).  substituted “section” for “subsection”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .