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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 20163"
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description: "Certification of train conductors"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "201"
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chapter_name: "GENERAL"
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section: "20163"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 20163 - Certification of train conductors
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## Text
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(a) Regulations.— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to establish a program requiring the certification of train conductors. In prescribing such regulations, the Secretary shall require that train conductors be trained, in accordance with the training standards developed pursuant to section 20162.
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(b) Program Requirements.— In developing the regulations required by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the requirements of section 20135(b) through (e).
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(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title IV, § 402(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4884.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThe date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of div. A of Pub. L. 110–432, which was approved Oct. 16, 2008.
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