§28501. Definitions
49 U.S.C. § 28501
In this chapter—
the term “Board” means the Surface Transportation Board;
- 49 U.S.C. § 20102(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20109(a)(5)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20109(a)(6)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20120(a)(5)(A)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20171(a)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20302(a)(1)(C)
- 49 U.S.C. § 20902(d)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22101(a)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22103(b)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22107(c)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22402(f)(6)(B)(i)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22902(c)(2)(A)(iii)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22905(d)(2)(B)
- 49 U.S.C. § 22907(b)(11)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(1)(B)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(4)(D)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(5)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(6)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(a)(7)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(b)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(c)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(c)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(d)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24302(f)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24303(a)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24303(b)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24307(b)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(a)(2)(A)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(a)(2)(B)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(a)(2)(C)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(b)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(c)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(d)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(e)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(e)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(e)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(f)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(f)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(f)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24308(f)(4)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24311(c)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24311(c)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24311(c)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24316(a)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24316(b)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24316(c)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24316(d)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24317(g)(1)(A)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24317(g)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24317(g)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24320(c)(7)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24320(c)(8)(A)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24321(a)(2)(B)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24710(b)(5)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24711(d)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24711(g)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24711(g)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24712(c)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24712(c)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24712(c)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24902(g)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24902(g)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24903(c)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24903(c)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24905(c)(1)(C)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24905(c)(1)(E)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24905(c)(2)(B)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24905(c)(4)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24907(c)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24910(b)(5)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24910(c)(1)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24910(c)(2)
- 49 U.S.C. § 24910(c)(3)
- 49 U.S.C. § 28502
- 49 U.S.C. § 28503
- 49 U.S.C. § 28505
the term “capital work” means maintenance, restoration, reconstruction, capacity enhancement, or rehabilitation work on trackage that would be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as a capital item rather than an expense;
the term “commuter rail passenger transportation” has the meaning given that term in section 24102;
the term “public transportation authority” means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation;
the term “rail carrier” means a person, other than a governmental authority, providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under chapter 105;
the term “segregated fixed guideway facility” means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage, including relocated trackage, within the right-of-way used by a rail carrier for freight transportation purposes; and
the term “trackage” means a railroad line of a rail carrier, including a spur, industrial, team, switching, side, yard, or station track, and a facility of a rail carrier.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4955; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. C, § 30001(b)(4), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 890.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Par. (4). Pub. L. 117–58 substituted “section 5302” for “section 5302(a)(6)”.