§ 5329. — Investigation of safety hazards.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 49USC5329]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 53--MASS TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 5329. Investigation of safety hazards
(a) General.--The Secretary of Transportation may investigate a
condition in equipment, a facility, or an operation financed under this
chapter that the Secretary believes causes a serious hazard of death or
injury to establish the nature and extent of the condition and how to
eliminate or correct it. If the Secretary establishes that a condition
causes a hazard, the Secretary shall require the local governmental
authority receiving amounts under this chapter to submit a plan for
correcting it. The Secretary may withhold further financial assistance
under this chapter until a plan is approved and carried out.
(b) Report.--Not later than June 15, 1992, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report containing--
(1) a description of actions taken to identify and investigate
conditions in a facility, equipment, or way of operating as part of
the findings and decisions required of the Secretary in providing a
grant or loan under this chapter;
(2) a description of actions of the Secretary to correct or
eliminate, as a requirement for making an amount available through a
grant or loan under this chapter, a condition found to create a
serious hazard of death or injury;
(3) a summary of all passenger-related deaths and injuries
resulting from an unsafe condition in a facility, equipment, or way
of operating a facility or equipment at least partly financed under
this chapter;
(4) a summary of all employee-related deaths and injuries
resulting from an unsafe condition in a facility, equipment, or way
of operating a facility or equipment at least partly financed under
this chapter;
(5) a summary of action of the Secretary to correct or eliminate
the unsafe condition to which the deaths and injuries referred to in
clauses (3) and (4) of this subsection were attributed;
(6) a summary of actions of the Secretary to alert mass
transportation operators of the nature of the unsafe condition found
to create a serious hazard of death or injury; and
(7) recommendations of the Secretary to Congress of any
legislative or administrative actions necessary to ensure that all
recipients of amounts under this chapter will undertake the best way
available to correct or eliminate hazards of death or injury,
including--
(A) a timetable for undertaking actions;
(B) an estimate of the capital and operating cost to take
the actions; and
(C) minimum standards for establishing and carrying out
safety plans by recipients of amounts under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 830.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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5329(a)............................... 49 App.:1618(a). July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
302, Sec. 22(a); added Jan. 6, 1983,
Pub. L. 97-424, Sec. 318(b), 96 Stat.
2154; Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102-240,
Sec. 3026(1), 105 Stat. 2114.
5329(b)............................... 49 App.:1618(b). July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-365, 78 Stat.
302, Sec. 22(b); added Dec. 18, 1991,
Pub. L. 102-240, Sec. 3026(2), 105
Stat. 2114.
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In subsection (a), the words ``manner of'' are omitted as surplus.
The word ``how'' is substituted for ``the means which might best be
employed'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``or eliminating''
and ``from the local public body'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``a
plan is approved and carried out'' are substituted for ``he approves
such plan and the local public body implements such plan'' to eliminate
unnecessary words.
In subsection (b)(1) and (2), the words ``a description of'' are
added for clarity.
