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Code · U.S. Code · Title 23 - HIGHWAYS · CHAPTER 4— HIGHWAY SAFETY · § 401

§ 401. Authority of the Secretary

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The Secretary is authorized and directed to assist and cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, State and local governments, private industry, and other interested parties, to increase highway safety. For the purposes of this chapter, the term “State” means any one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Added Pub. L. 89–564, title I, § 101, Sept. 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 731; amended Pub. L. 93–87, title II, § 218, Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 290; Pub. L. 98–363, § 3(b), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 100–17, title I, § 133(b)(19), Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 172.)
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  • Pub. L. 93–87, title II, § 218
  • 87 Stat. 290
  • Pub. L. 98–363, § 3(b)
  • 98 Stat. 436
  • Pub. L. 100–17, title I, § 133(b)(19)
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  • Pub. L. 98–363, § 3(c)
  • Pub. L. 102–240, title II, § 2001
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  • Pub. L. 100–690
  • section 410 of this title
  • Pub. L. 100–17, title II, § 201
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  • Pub. L. 94–280, title II, § 201
  • 90 Stat. 451
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  • 87 Stat. 282
  • Pub. L. 91–605, title II, § 201
  • 84 Stat. 1739
  • Pub. L. 89–564, title II, § 208
  • 80 Stat. 737
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  • Pub. L. 109–59, title I, § 1119(n)
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