49 USC § 32305 - Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities

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title: "49 USC § 32305 - Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "32305"
section_name: "Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities"
chapter_number: 323
chapter_name: "CONSUMER INFORMATION"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS"
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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. 1040.)"
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# § 32305. Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities

**(a)** **Authority To Request.—** The Secretary of Transportation may request information necessary to carry out this chapter from a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government. The head of the department, agency, or instrumentality shall provide the information.

**(b)** **Detailing Personnel.—** The head of a department, agency, or instrumentality may detail, on a reimbursable basis, personnel to assist the Secretary in carrying out this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1040.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 32305 | 15:1943. | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 203, 86 Stat. 957. |

In this section, the word “independent” is omitted as surplus.

In subsection (a), the words “he deems” and “his functions under” are omitted as surplus. The words “head of the” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “cooperate with the Secretary and” and “to the Department of Transportation upon request made by the Secretary” are omitted as surplus.