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to the Joint Committee concerning nuclear energy 

 which will assist the appropriate committees of the 

 Congress and individual members in the exercise of 

 informed judgment on matters of weaponry; foreign 

 policy; defense, international trade; and in respect 

 to the expenditure and appropriation of Government 

 revenues. Each report shall be presented formally 

 under circumstances which provide for clarification 

 and discussion by the Senate and the House of Rep- 



resentatives. In recognition of the need for public 

 understanding, presentations of the reports shall be 

 made to the maximum extent possible in open ses- 

 sions and by means of unclassified written materials. 

 (As amended Dec. 6, 1974, Pub. L. 93-514 88 Stat 

 1611.) 



Amendments 

 1974— Pub. L. 93-514 designated existing provisions as 

 subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 



5. Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Including Radioactive 



Substances 



18 UJS.C. 



Sec. 



831. Definitions. 



832. Transportation of explosives, radioactive materials. 



etiologlc agents, and other dangerous articles. 



833. Marking pacltages containing explosives and other 



dangerous articles. 



834. Regulation by Interstate Commerce Commission. 



835. Administration. 



836 Transportation of fireworks into State prohibiting 

 sale or use. 



Amendments 



1970— Pub. L. 91-452, title XI. 5 1106(b)(2), Oct. 15, 

 1970, 84 Stat. 960, struck out Item 837. 



1960 — Pub. L. 86-710, Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 808, sub- 

 stituted "Other Dangerous Articles" for "Combustibles" 

 in the chapter heading, "explosives, radioactive materials, 

 etiologic agents, and other dangerous articles" for "dyna- 

 mite, powder and fuses" in item 832. "Marking packages 

 containing explosives and other dangerous articles" for 

 "Transportation of nitroglycerin" in item 833, "Regulation 

 by Interstate Commerce Commission" for "Marking pack- 

 ages containing explosives ' in item 834. and "Administra- 

 tion" for "Regulations by Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion" in item 835. 



Pub. L. 86-449, title 11, § 204, May 6. 1960. 74 Stat. 88. 

 added item 837. 



1954 — Act June 4, 1954. ch. 261, § 2. 68 Stat. 171. added 

 item 836. 



§831. Definitions. 



As used in this chapter — 



Unless otherwise indicated, "carrier" means any 

 person engaged in the transportation of passengers 

 or property by land, as a common, contract, or pri- 

 vate carrier, or freight forwarder as those terms 

 are used in the Interstate Commerce Act. as 

 amended, and officers, agents, and employees of 

 such carriers. 



"Person" means any individual, firm, copartner- 

 ship, corporation, company, association, or joint- 

 stock association, and includes any trustee, 

 receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. 



"Por-hire carrier" includes common and contract 

 carriers. 



"Shipper" shall be construed to include officers, 

 agents, and employees of shippers, 



"Interstate and foreign commerce" means com- 



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merce between a point in one State and a point in 

 another State, between points in the same State 

 through another State or through a foreign country, 

 between points in a foreign country or countries 

 through the United States, and commerce between 

 a point in the United States and a point in a foreign 

 country or in a Territory or possession of the United 

 States, but only insofar as such commerce takes 

 place in the United States. The term "United 

 States" means all the States and the District of 

 Columbia. 



"State" includes the District of Columbia. 



"Detonating fuzes" means fuzes used in military 

 service to detonate the explosive charges of mili- 

 tary projectiles, mines, bombs, or torpedoes. 



"Fuzes" means devices used in igniting the ex- 

 plosive charges of projectiles. 



"Fuses" means the slow-burning fuses used com- 

 mercially to convey fire to an explosive combustible 

 mass. 



"FMsees" means the fusees ordinarily used on 

 steamboats, railroads, and motor carriers as night 

 signals. 



"Radioactive materials" means any materials or 

 combination of materials that spontaneously emit 

 Ionizing radiation. 



"Etiologic agents" means the causative agent of 

 such diseases as may from time to time be listed in 

 regulations governing etiologic agents prescribed by 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission under sec- 

 tion 834 of this chapter. (June 25. 1948. ch. 645. 62 

 Stat. 738: Sept. 6. 1960. Pub. L. 86-710. 74 Stat. 808; 

 July 27. 1965. Pub. L. 89-95, 79 Stat. 285.) 

 Amendments 



1965 — Pub. L. 89-95 struck out "other than pipelines," 

 following "by land," in the definition of "carrier". 



1980 — Pub. L. 86-710 Inserted definitions of "carrier", 

 "person", "for-hire carrier", "shipper", "interstate and 

 foreign commerce", "United States", "State", "radio- 

 active materials", and "etiologic agents", and substituted 

 "military service to detonate the explosive charges of 



