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49 U.S.C. § 31310
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
31310(a) | 49 App.:2707(f). | Oct. 27, 1986,Pub. L. 99-570, §120081986,, 100 Stat. 3207-177. |
31310(b) | 49 App.:2707(a)(1). | |
31310(c) | 49 App.:2707(a)(2). | |
31310(d) | 49 App.:2707(b). | |
31310(e) | 49 App.:2707(c). | |
31310(f) | 49 App.:2707(e). | |
31310(g)(1) | 49 App.:2707(d). | |
31310(g)(2) | 49 App.:2718. | Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99-570, 100 Stat. 3207-170, §12020; added Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102-240, §4009(a), 105 Stat. 2156. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTParagraph (9) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9) ), referred to in subsec. (d)(2), was redesignated par. (11) of section 103 of that Act by Pub. L. 115-427, §2(1), Jan. 9, 2019, 132 Stat. 5503, and is classified to section 7102(11) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
AMENDMENTS2018-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115-106 substituted "Lifetime Disqualification Without Reinstatement" for "Controlled Substance Violations" in heading, inserted par. (1) designation and heading, and added par. (2).2012-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112-141, §32507, inserted "section 521 or" before "section 5102" in pars. (1) and (2). Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 112-141, §32931(d), which directed substitution of "The" for "Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the", was executed by making the substitution for "Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 112-141, §32204, added subsec. (k). 2005-Subsec. (i)(2). Pub. L. 109-59, §4102(b)(1), substituted "The Secretary" for "Not later than December 18, 1992, the Secretary" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (i)(2)(A). Pub. L. 109-59, §4102(b)(2), substituted "180 days" for "90 days" and "$2,500" for "$1,000".Subsec. (i)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109-59, §4102(b)(3), substituted "2 years" for "one year" and "$5,000;" for "$1,000; and".Subsec. (i)(2)(C). Pub. L. 109-59, §4102(b)(4), substituted "$25,000; and" for "$10,000." Subsec. (i)(2)(D). Pub. L. 109-59, §4102(b)(5), added subpar. (D). 1999-Subsec. (b)(1)(D), (E). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(a)(1), added subpars. (D) and (E).Subsec. (c)(1)(D), (E). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(a)(2)(A), (C), added subpars. (D) and (E). Former subpar. (D) redesignated (F).Subsec. (c)(1)(F). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(a)(2)(B), (D), redesignated subpar. (D) as (F) and substituted "subparagraphs (A) through (E)" for "clauses (A)-(C) of this paragraph".Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(b)(2), added subsecs. (f) and (g). Former subsecs. (f) and (g) redesignated (h) and (i), respectively.Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(b)(1), (3), redesignated subsec. (f) as (h) and substituted "(b) through (g)" for "(b)-(e)" in two places. Former subsec. (h) redesignated (j). Subsecs. (i), (j). Pub. L. 106-159, §201(b)(1), redesignated subsecs. (g) and (h) as (i) and (j), respectively. 1995-Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-88 added subsec. (h).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 112-141 effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112-141 set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88 set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of this title.
REGULATIONS Pub. L. 104-88, title IV, §403(b), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 956, provided that: "The initial regulations required under section 31310(h) of title 49, United States Code, shall be issued not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 29, 1995]."
- State
- "State" means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia.
- United States
- "United States" means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.
- employee
- "employee" means an operator of a commercial motor vehicle (including an independent contractor when operating a commercial motor vehicle) who is employed by an employer.
- employer
- "employer" means a person (including the United States Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State) that owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns employees to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
- felony
- "felony" means an offense under a law of the United States or a State that is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year.
- foreign commercial driver
- "foreign commercial driver" means an individual licensed to operate a commercial motor vehicle by an authority outside the United States, or a citizen of a foreign country who operates a commercial motor vehicle in the United States.
- motor vehicle
- "motor vehicle" means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on public streets, roads, or highways, but does not include a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer operated only on a rail line or custom harvesting farm machinery.