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title: "49 U.S.C. § 31316"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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section: "31316"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31316"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 31316 - Limitation on statutory construction

## Text

This chapter does not affect the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to regulate commercial motor vehicle safety involving motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 26,001 pounds or a lesser gross vehicle weight rating the Secretary decides is appropriate under section 31301(4)(A) of this title.

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1029.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3131649 App.:2714.Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12017, 100 Stat. 3207–187. The words “This chapter does not affect” are substituted for “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish, limit, or otherwise affect” to eliminate unnecessary words.