49 Usc 301

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TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS

SUBCHAPTER I--DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 301. Leadership, consultation, and cooperation

The Secretary of Transportation shall--
(1) under the direction of the President, exercise leadership in
transportation matters, including those matters affecting national
defense and those matters involving national or regional
emergencies;
(2) provide leadership in the development of transportation
policies and programs, and make recommendations to the President and
Congress for their consideration and implementation;
(3) coordinate Federal policy on intermodal transportation and
initiate policies to promote efficient intermodal transportation in
the United States;
(4) promote and undertake the development, collection, and
dissemination of technological, statistical, economic, and other
information relevant to domestic and international transportation;
(5) consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in
compiling information regarding the status of labor-management
contracts and other labor-management problems and in promoting
industrial harmony and stable employment conditions in all modes of
transportation;
(6) promote and undertake research and development related to
transportation, including noise abatement, with particular attention
to aircraft noise, and including basic highway vehicle science;
(7) consult with the heads of other departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities of the United States Government on the
transportation requirements of the Government, including encouraging
them to establish and observe policies consistent with maintaining a
coordinated transportation system in procuring transportation or in
operating their own transport services;
(8) consult and cooperate with State and local governments,
carriers, labor, and other interested persons, including, when
appropriate, holding informal public hearings; and
(9) develop and coordinate Federal policy on financing
transportation infrastructure, including the provision of direct
Federal credit assistance and other techniques used to leverage
Federal transportation funds.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2418; Pub. L. 102-240, title V,
Sec. 5002(a), title VI, Sec. 6017, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2158, 2183;
Pub. L. 105-178, title I, Sec. 1504, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 251.)