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Code · U.S. Code · Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION · CHAPTER 313— COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS · § 31316

§ 31316. Limitation on statutory construction

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This chapter does not affect the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to regulate commercial motor vehicle safety involving motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 26,001 pounds or a lesser gross vehicle weight rating the Secretary decides is appropriate under section 31301(4)(A) of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1029.)
The words “This chapter does not affect” are substituted for “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish, limit, or otherwise affect” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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