96 STAT. 2414
PUBLIC LAW 97-449—JAN. 12, 1983
49 USC 101.
§101. Purpose (a) The national objectives of general welfare, economic growth and stability, and security of the United States require the development of transportation policies and programs that contribute to providing fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation at the lowest cost consistent with those and other national objectives, including the efficient use and conservation of the resources of the United States. (b) A Department of Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to— (1) ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government; (2) make easier the development and improvement of coordinated transportation service to be provided by private enterprise to the greatest extent feasible; (3) encourage cooperation of Federal, State, and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested persons to achieve transportation objectives; (4) stimulate technological advances in transportation; (5) provide general leadership in identifying and solving transportation problems; and (6) develop and recommend to the President and Congress transportation policies and programs to achieve transportation objectives considering the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and national defense.
49 USC 102.
§102. Department of Transportation (a) The Department of Transportation is an executive department of the United States Government at the seat of Government. (b) The head of the Department is the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (c) The Department has a Deputy Secretary of Transportation appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Secretary— (1) shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary; and (2) acts for the Secretary when the Secretary is absent or unable to serve or when the office of Secretary is vacant. (d) The Department has 4 Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department also has an Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Administration appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary, with the approval of the President. They shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary. An Assistant Secretary or the General Counsel, in the order prescribed by the Secretary, acts for the Secretary when the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary are absent or unable to serve, or when the offices of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are vacant. (e) The Department shall have a seal that shall be judicially recognized.
Department ^^^49 USC 103.
§ 103. Federal Railroad Administration (a) The Federal Railroad Administration is an administration in the Department of Transportation. To carry out all railroad safety laws of the United States, the Administration is divided on a
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