{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1.86","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1.86","heading":"The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.","body":"Is responsible for:\n(a) Managing program and regulatory activities, including administering laws and promulgating and enforcing regulations on safety matters relating to motor carrier safety;\n(b) Carrying out motor carrier registration and authority to regulate household goods transportation;\n(c) Developing strategies for improving commercial motor vehicle, operator, and carrier safety and administering grants to implement these strategies;\n(d) Inspecting records and equipment of commercial motor carriers, and investigating accidents and reporting violations of motor carrier safety regulations;\n(e) Carrying out research, development, and technology transfer activities to promote safety of operation and equipment of motor vehicles for the motor carrier transportation program; and\n(f) Carrying out an effective communications and outreach program which includes providing relevant safety data to the public.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 1—ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES","Subpart D—Operating Administrations"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"de242161d29b1045615335b66418aa80a386acdbadb32b5c071901418cb970c7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1.85","next":"us/49-cfr-1.87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}