49 U.s.c. 21106

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49 USC CHAPTER 211 - HOURS OF SERVICE 01/03/2007

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TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS

PART A - SAFETY

CHAPTER 211 - HOURS OF SERVICE

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CHAPTER 211 - HOURS OF SERVICE

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Sec.

21101. Definitions.

21102. Nonapplication and exemption.

21103. Limitations on duty hours of train employees.

21104. Limitations on duty hours of signal employees.

21105. Limitations on duty hours of dispatching service

employees.

21106. Limitations on employee sleeping quarters.

21107. Maximum duty hours and subjects of collective

bargaining.

21108. Pilot projects.

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-440, title II, Sec. 203(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108

Stat. 4620, added item 21108.

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49 USC Sec. 21106 01/03/2007

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TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS

PART A - SAFETY

CHAPTER 211 - HOURS OF SERVICE

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Sec. 21106. Limitations on employee sleeping quarters

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A railroad carrier and its officers and agents -

(1) may provide sleeping quarters (including crew quarters,

camp or bunk cars, and trailers) for employees, and any

individuals employed to maintain the right of way of a railroad

carrier, only if the sleeping quarters are clean, safe, and

sanitary and give those employees and individuals an opportunity

for rest free from the interruptions caused by noise under the

control of the carrier; and

(2) may not begin, after July 7, 1976, construction or

reconstruction of sleeping quarters referred to in clause (1) of

this section in an area or in the immediate vicinity of an area,

as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of

Transportation, in which railroad switching or humping operations

are performed.

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(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 891.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)

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21106 45:62(a)(3), (4). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, 34

Stat. 1415, Sec. 2(a)(3),

(4); added July 8, 1976,

Pub. L. 94-348, Sec.

4(a)(3), 90 Stat. 818; June

22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342,

Sec. 16(2), 102 Stat. 634.

45:62(e). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, 34

Stat. 1415, Sec. 2(e); added

June 22, 1988, Pub. L.

100-342, Sec. 19(b)(1), 102

Stat. 638.

45:63a(d) (related Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, 34

to 45:62(a)(3)). Stat. 1415, Sec. 3A(d)

(related to Sec. 2(a)(3));

added July 8, 1976, Pub. L.

94-348, Sec. 4(d), 90 Stat.

819; June 22, 1988, Pub. L.

100-342, Sec. 16(4), 102

Stat. 635.

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In this section, before clause (1), the words "and any

individuals employed to maintain the right of way of a railroad

carrier" are substituted for 45:62(e) because of the restatement.

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