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Current textIn force on March 23, 2026Source: eCFR

§ 385.4 Matter incorporated by reference.

Current wording, effective September 20, 2024.

eCFR as of March 23, 2026 ↗
49 CFR § 385.4 — Matter incorporated by reference.. Text in force on March 23, 2026. This wording effective September 20, 2024 to present. Source: eCFR as of March 23, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-03-23/title-49/section-385.4. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/385.4?asof=2026-03-23, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved incorporation by reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at the FMCSA and at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact FMCSA at: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; Attention: Chief, Compliance Division at (202) 366-1812. For information on inspection at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from the source in the following paragraph of this section.

(b) Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), 99 M Street SE, Suite 1025, Washington, DC 20003, telephone (202) 998-1002, www.cvsa.org.

(1) “North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria and Level VI Inspection Procedures and Out-of-Service Criteria for Commercial Highway Vehicles Transporting Transuranics and Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials as defined in 49 CFR part 173.403,” April 1, 2024; incorporation by reference approved for § 385.415(b).

(2) “Operational Policy 4: Inspector Training and Certification”, Revised April 29, 2021 (CVSA Operational Policy 4); incorporation by reference approved for § 385.207. (Also available at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/certification).

[87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022, as amended at 88 FR 77014, Nov. 8, 2023; 89 FR 67562, Aug. 21, 2024]

Amendment history

20 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2004
  1. Sept. 20, 2024 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022, as amended at 88 FR 77014, Nov. 8, 2023; 89 FR 67562, Aug. 21, 2024]
  2. Aug. 21, 2024 → Sept. 20, 2024eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022, as amended at 88 FR 77014, Nov. 8, 2023]
  3. Dec. 8, 2023 → Aug. 21, 2024eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022, as amended at 88 FR 77014, Nov. 8, 2023]
  4. Nov. 8, 2023 → Dec. 8, 2023eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022]
  5. Jan. 23, 2023 → Nov. 8, 2023eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [87 FR 78582, Dec. 22, 2022]
  6. Dec. 22, 2022 → Jan. 23, 2023eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 10310, Feb. 24, 2020; 86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021; 86 FR 72854, Dec. 23, 2021]
  7. Feb. 22, 2022 → Dec. 22, 2022eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 10310, Feb. 24, 2020; 86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021; 86 FR 72854, Dec. 23, 2021]
  8. Dec. 23, 2021 → Feb. 22, 2022eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 10310, Feb. 24, 2020; 86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021]
  9. Aug. 27, 2021 → Dec. 23, 2021eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 10310, Feb. 24, 2020; 86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021]
  10. March 25, 2020 → Aug. 27, 2021eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 10310, Feb. 24, 2020]
  11. Feb. 24, 2020 → March 25, 2020eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019]
  12. July 8, 2019 → Feb. 24, 2020eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [84 FR 32326, July 8, 2019]
  13. Oct. 1, 2016 → July 8, 2019annual edition 2016diff vs. previous
    [77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 56620, Sept. 13, 2013; 78 FR 58481, Sept. 24, 2013; 79 FR 27768, May 15, 2014; 80 FR 34841, June 18, 2015; 81 FR 39590, June 17, 2016]
  14. Oct. 1, 2015 → Oct. 1, 2016annual edition 2015diff vs. previous
    [77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 56620, Sept. 13, 2013; 78 FR 58481, Sept. 24, 2013; 79 FR 27768, May 15, 2014; 80 FR 34841, June 18, 2015]
  15. Oct. 1, 2014 → Oct. 1, 2015annual edition 2014diff vs. previous
    [77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 56620, Sept. 13, 2013; 78 FR 58481, Sept. 24, 2013; 79 FR 27768, May 15, 2014]
  16. Oct. 1, 2013 → Oct. 1, 2014annual edition 2013diff vs. previous
    [77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 56620, Sept. 13, 2013; 78 FR 58481, Sept. 24, 2013]
  17. Oct. 1, 2012 → Oct. 1, 2013annual edition 2012diff vs. previous
    [77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012]
  18. Oct. 1, 2009 → Oct. 1, 2012annual editions 2009–2011diff vs. previous
    [69 FR 39367, June 30, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 55700, Oct. 1, 2007]
  19. Oct. 1, 2007 → Oct. 1, 2009annual editions 2007–2008diff vs. previous
    [69 FR 39367, June 30, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 55700, Oct. 1, 2007]
  20. Oct. 1, 2004 → Oct. 1, 2007annual editions 2004–2006
    [69 FR 39367, June 30, 2004]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.