{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s20504","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f20504.","heading":"Inspection, testing, and investigation","text":"\u00a7\u202f20504.\nInspection, testing, and investigation\n(a)\nSystems in Use.\u2014\n(1) The Secretary of Transportation may\u2014\n(A) inspect and test a signal system used by a railroad carrier; and\n(B) decide whether the system is in safe operating condition.\n(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may employ only an individual who\u2014\n(A) has no interest in a patented article required to be used on or with a signal system; and\n(B) has no financial interest in a railroad carrier or in a concern dealing in railroad supplies.\n(b)\nSystems Submitted for Investigation and Testing.\u2014\nThe Secretary may investigate, test, and report on the use of and need for a signal system, without cost to the United States Government, when the system is submitted in completed shape for investigation and testing.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s20504.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f20504."},{"t":"heading","text":"Inspection, testing, and investigation"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Systems in Use.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The Secretary of Transportation may\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" inspect and test a signal system used by a railroad carrier; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" decide whether the system is in safe operating condition.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may employ only an individual who\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" has no interest in a patented article required to be used on or with a signal system; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" has no financial interest in a railroad carrier or in a concern dealing in railroad supplies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s20504/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Systems Submitted for Investigation and Testing.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may investigate, test, and report on the use of and need for a signal system, without cost to the United States Government, when the system is submitted in completed shape for investigation and testing.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}