---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1582.3"
title: "49"
number: "1582.3"
heading: "Terms used in this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1582.3"
---

# §1582.3. Terms used in this part.


In addition to the terms in §§ [1500.3](/cfr/49/1500.3.md), [1500.5](/cfr/49/1500.5.md), and [1503.202](/cfr/49/1503.202.md) of subchapter A and [§ 1570.3](/cfr/49/1570.3.md) of subchapter D of this chapter, the following term applies to this part.

Security-sensitive employee means an employee whose responsibilities for the owner/operator include one or more of the security-sensitive job functions identified in appendix B to this part if the security-sensitive function is performed in the United States or in direct support of the common carriage of persons or property between a place in the United States and any place outside of the United States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114; Pub. L. 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) secs. 1402 (6 U.S.C. 1131), 1405 (6 U.S.C. 1134), and 1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 16511, Mar. 23, 2020, unless otherwise noted.