Public Laws

• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (P.L. 114-94)
  • Sections from FAST Act for which OST-R has primary responsibility
• Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141) (TXT | PDF)
  • Sections of MAP-21 for which RITA has primary responsibility (TXT | PDF)
• Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (P.L. 109-59) (TXT | PDF)
• Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act (P.L. 108-426) (TXT | PDF)
• Federal Acquisition Rules
• Transportation Acquisition Regulations
  
   

Delegations of Authority, Responsibilities, and Organization

• 49 U.S.C. § 112 – Research and Innovative Technology Administration (TXT | PDF)
• 49 U.S.C. § 328 – Transportation Systems Center Working Capital Fund (TXT | PDF)
• 14 C.F.R. Part 234 – Airline Service Quality Performance Reports (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.4 – General Responsibilities of RITA (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.17 –  OST Line of Secretarial Succession (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.23 – Spheres of Primary Responsibility (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.46 – Delegations to the Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration. (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.98 – Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (TXT | PDF)
• 49 C.F.R. § 1.99 – Delegations to the Research and Innovative Technology Administrator (TXT | PDF)
• Organizational Structure of Space-Based PNT National Executive Committee
  
   

Intellectual Property

• 15 U.S.C. Chapter 22 – Trademarks (TXT | PDF)
• 17 U.S.C. – Copyrights (TXT | PDF)
• 35 U.S.C. – Patents (TXT | PDF)
• 37 C.F.R. Chapter IV – Licensing of Government-owned Inventions and Rights to Inventions made by Organizations under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements (TXT | PDF)
• 37 C.F.R. § 501 – Uniform Patent Policy for Rights in Inventions made by Government Employees (TXT | PDF)
• 48 C.F.R. § 1227, Subpart 1227.3 – Patent Rights Under Government Contracts (TXT | PDF)
• Executive Order 10096 – Uniform Patent Policy for Inventions made by Government Employees (TXT)
• Executive Order 12591 – Facilitating Access to Science and Technology (TXT)
• Executive Order 12618 – Uniform Treatment of Federally Funded Inventions (TXT)
• Executive Memorandum on Government Patent Policy – February 18, 1983 (TXT)
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  
   

Accessibility

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (TXT | PDF)
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( TXT | PDF)
• 28 C.F.R. § 35 – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (TXT | PDF)
• 28 C.F.R. § 36 – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (TXT | PDF)
• 29 U.S.C. § 794d – Electronic and Information Technology (TXT | PDF)
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
  
   

Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Laws and Regulation