---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31145"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "31145"
heading: "Coordination of Governmental activities and paperwork"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/31145"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs"
  - "Part B — Commercial"
  - "Chapter 311 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety"
  - "Subchapter III — Safety Regulation"
---

# §31145. Coordination of Governmental activities and paperwork


The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate the activities of departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the [United States](/usc/49/31132.md?p=11) Government to ensure adequate protection of the safety and health of [operators](/usc/49/30501.md?p=6) of [commercial motor vehicles](/usc/49/31101.md?p=1). The Secretary shall attempt to minimize paperwork burdens to ensure maximum coordination and to avoid overlap and the imposition of unreasonable burdens on persons subject to [regulations](/usc/49/31132.md?p=7) under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1012.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31145 | 49 App.:2517(b). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–554, § 220(b), 98 Stat. 2846. |