---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 20121"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "20121"
heading: "Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/20121"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part A — Safety"
  - "Chapter 201 — General"
  - "Subchapter I — General"
---

# §20121. Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment


The [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) of Transportation may receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United States Government-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the [Railroad](/usc/49/22401.md?p=12) Safety and Operations account of the Federal [Railroad](/usc/49/22401.md?p=12) Administration and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation, and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11413(a), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1688.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.