Interstate commerce and certain other laws inapplicable to Puerto Rico

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§751. Interstate commerce and certain other laws inapplicable to Puerto Rico

Subtitle IV of title 49, and the Safety Appliance Acts and the several amendments made or to be made thereto, shall not apply to Puerto Rico.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, §38, 39 Stat. 964 ; Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 503, §6, 44 Stat. 1421 ; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158 .)

References in Text

The Safety Appliance Acts, referred to in text, are acts Mar. 2, 1893, ch. 196, 27 Stat. 531 ; Mar. 2, 1903, ch. 976, 32 Stat. 943 ; and Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, 36 Stat. 298 , which were classified to sections 1 to 16 of Title 45, Railroads, and were repealed and reenacted in sections 20102, 20301 to 20304, 21302, and 21304 of Title 49, Transportation, by Pub. L. 103–272, §§1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 863 , 881, 892, 893, 1379, the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49. Section 6 of act Apr. 14, 1910, which was classified to section 15 of Title 45, was repealed and reenacted as section 501(b) of Title 49 by Pub. L. 97–449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2413 .

Codification

"Subtitle IV of title 49" substituted in text for "The Interstate Commerce Act and the several amendments made or to be made thereto [49 U.S.C. 1 et seq.]" and "the Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities,' approved March 1, 1913 [49 U.S.C. 19a]" on authority of Pub. L. 95–473, §3(b), Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1466 , the first section of which enacted subtitle IV (§10101 et seq.) of Title 49, Transportation.

Section is comprised of second paragraph of section 38 of act Mar. 2, 1917. The first and third paragraphs of section 38 were classified to sections 750 and 753, respectively, of this title.

Amendments

1927-Act Mar. 4, 1927, reenacted section without change.

Change of Name

"Puerto Rico" substituted in text for "Porto Rico" pursuant to act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.


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