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title: "45 U.S.C. § 16"
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title_name: "RAILROADS"
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# 45 U.S.C. § 16 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379

## Notes

Section, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, § 1, 36 Stat. 298; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, § 13(3)(E), 102 Stat. 632, defined “railroad” as used in sections 1 to 16 of this title. See section 20102 of Title 49, Transportation.