The Corporation shall be a rail carrier as defined in section 10102 of title 49, notwithstanding this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, §4036, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1909; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, §332, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 953.)