§5126. Relationship to other laws
(a) Contracts.-A person under contract with a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government that transports or causes to be transported hazardous material, or manufactures, fabricates, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a packaging or a container that the person represents, marks, certifies, or sells as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material must comply with this chapter, regulations prescribed and orders issued under this chapter, and all other requirements of the Government, State and local governments, and Indian tribes (except a requirement preempted by a law of the United States) in the same way and to the same extent that any person engaging in that transportation, manufacturing, fabricating, marking, maintenance, reconditioning, repairing, or testing that is in or affects commerce must comply with the provision, regulation, order, or requirement.
(b) Nonapplication.-This chapter does not apply to-
(1) a pipeline subject to regulation under chapter 601 of this title; or
(2) any matter that is subject to the postal laws and regulations of the United States under this chapter or title 18 or 39.
(
Pub. L. 103–272, §1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 783
;
Pub. L. 103–311, title I, §117(a)(2), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1678
.)
Historical and Revision Notes
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5126(a) |
49 App.:1818. |
Jan. 3, 1975,
Pub. L. 93–633,
88 Stat. 2156
, §120; added Nov. 16, 1990,
Pub. L. 101–615, §20, 104 Stat. 3270
. |
| 5126(b) |
49 App.:1811(f). |
Jan. 3, 1975,
Pub. L. 93–633, §112(f), 88 Stat. 2161
; Nov. 30, 1979,
Pub. L. 96–129, §216(a), 93 Stat. 1015
; restated Nov. 16, 1990,
Pub. L. 101–615, §13, 104 Stat. 3260
. |
In subsection (a), the word "manufactures" is substituted for "manufacturers" to correct an error in the source provisions. The words "of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch", "be subject to and", "substantive and procedural", and "this chapter or any other" are omitted as surplus.
Amendments
1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–311 substituted "a packaging or a" for "a package or".