49 USC 21106 - Sec. 21106. Limitations on employee sleeping quarters
49 USC - US Code - Title 49: Transportation (January 2003)
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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.
Historical And Revision Notes
Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section
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.
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.
Section Referred To In Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 21303 of this title.
