49 USC § 20144 - Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles

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title: "49 USC § 20144 - Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "20144"
section_name: "Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles"
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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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 881.)"
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# § 20144. Blue signal protection for on-track vehicles

The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations applying blue signal protection to on-track vehicles where rest is provided.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 881.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20144 | (uncodified). | June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, § 19(c), 102 Stat. 638. |

The words “prescribe regulations” are substituted for “within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, amend part 218 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations” because the regulations to carry out this section have been prescribed.