---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 856"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "856"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 103–429, § 7(a)(1), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4388"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/856"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform"
  - "Subchapter III — Northeast Corridor Project Implementation"
---

# [§856. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–429, § 7(a)(1), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4388 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 94–210, title VII, § 708, as added Pub. L. 102–533, § 4(a), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3516, directed Secretary to develop and report to Congress within one year after Oct. 27, 1992, on a program master plan for improvements in passenger service between Boston and New York.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 103–429, § 7(a)(1), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4388, provided that the repeal by section 7(a)(1) is effective July 5, 1994.