Title 49, Chapter 311 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Purpose

Definitions

Motor carrier safety assistance program

Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program

Authorization of appropriations

Employee protections

Information systems

Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5101(e)(3), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1525]

Motor carrier research and technology program

Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5101(e)(4), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1525]

Authorization of appropriations

Length limitations

Property-carrying unit limitation

Width limitations

Access to the Interstate System

Enforcement

Purposes and findings

Definitions

General powers of the Secretary of Transportation

Requirement for registration and USDOT number

Duties of employers and employees

United States Government regulations

Electronic logging devices and brake maintenance regulations

Minimum financial responsibility for transporting passengers

Minimum financial responsibility for transporting property

Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4008(d), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 404]

Review and preemption of State laws and regulations

Inspection of vehicles

Investigating complaints and protecting complainants

Safety fitness of owners and operators

Coordination of Governmental activities and paperwork

Relationship to other laws

Limitations on authority

Certified motor carrier safety auditors

Medical program

Safety performance history screening

Roadability

International cooperation