---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 20145"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "20145"
heading: "Report on bridge displacement detection systems"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/20145"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part A — Safety"
  - "Chapter 201 — General"
  - "Subchapter II — Particular Aspects of Safety"
---

# §20145. Report on bridge displacement detection systems


Not later than 18 months after November 2, 1994, the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) of Transportation shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report concerning any action that has been taken by the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) on [railroad](/usc/49/22401.md?p=12) bridge displacement detection systems.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–440, title II, § 207(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4621; amended Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(48), (49), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3393.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–287 substituted “November 2, 1994” for “the date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994” and “Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure” for “Committee on Energy and Commerce”.