---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stIV/ptA/ch117"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 117"
heading: "Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stIV-ptA-ch117"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 117 — Enforcement: Investigations, Rights, and Remedies

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation › Part A — Rail

## Sections

- [§11701. General authority](/usc/49/11701.md)
- [§11702. Enforcement by the Board](/usc/49/11702.md)
- [§11703. Enforcement by the Attorney General](/usc/49/11703.md)
- [§11704. Rights and remedies of persons injured by rail carriers](/usc/49/11704.md)
- [§11705. Limitation on actions by and against rail carriers](/usc/49/11705.md)
- [§11706. Liability of rail carriers under receipts and bills of lading](/usc/49/11706.md)
- [§11707. Liability when property is delivered in violation of routing instructions](/usc/49/11707.md)
- [§11708. Voluntary arbitration of certain rail rates and practices disputes](/usc/49/11708.md)