---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 26103"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "26103"
heading: "Safety regulations and evaluation"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/26103"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part D — High-Speed Rail"
  - "Chapter 261 — High-Speed Rail Assistance"
---

# §26103. Safety regulations and evaluation


The [Secretary](/usc/49/26105.md?p=4)—

- (1) shall promulgate such safety regulations as may be necessary for [high-speed rail](/usc/49/26105.md?p=2) services;
- (2) shall, before promulgating such regulations, consult with developers of new [high-speed rail](/usc/49/26105.md?p=2) technologies to develop a method for evaluating safety performance; and
- (3) may solicit feedback from relevant safety experts or representatives of rail employees who perform work on similar technology or who may be expected to perform work on new technology, as appropriate.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–440, title I, § 103(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4618; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title II, § 22419(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 749.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–58 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary shall promulgate such safety regulations as may be necessary for high-speed rail services.”