---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 26103"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "26103"
heading: "Safety regulations and evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/26103"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part D — High-Speed Rail"
  - "Chapter 261 — High-Speed Rail Assistance"
---

# §26103. Safety regulations and evaluation


The [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14)—

- (1) shall promulgate such safety regulations as may be necessary for [high-speed rail](/usc/49/26105.md?p=2) services;
- (2) shall, before promulgating such regulations, consult with developers of new [high-speed rail](/usc/49/26105.md?p=2) technologies to develop a method for evaluating safety performance; and
- (3) may solicit feedback from relevant safety experts or representatives of rail [employees](/usc/49/21101.md?p=3) who perform work on similar technology or who may be expected to perform work on new technology, as appropriate.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–440, title I, § 103(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4618; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title II, § 22419(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 749.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–58 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary shall promulgate such safety regulations as may be necessary for high-speed rail services.”