---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stI/ch5/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Powers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stI-ch5-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — Powers

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle I — Department of Transportation › Chapter 5 — Special Authority

## Sections

- [§501. Definitions and application](/usc/49/501.md)
- [§502. General authority](/usc/49/502.md)
- [§503. Service of notice and process on certain motor carriers of migrant workers and on motor private carriers](/usc/49/503.md)
- [§504. Reports and records](/usc/49/504.md)
- [§505. Arrangements and public records](/usc/49/505.md)
- [§506. Authority to investigate](/usc/49/506.md)
- [§507. Enforcement](/usc/49/507.md)
- [§508. Safety performance history of new drivers; limitation on liability](/usc/49/508.md)