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[PUBLIC-No. 400-74TH CONGRESS]

(H. R. 8652]

AN ACT

To levy an excise tax upon carriers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1. That as used in this Act

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(a) The term "carrier means any express company, sleeping-car company, or carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and any company which may be directly or indirectly owned or controlled thereby or under common control therewith, and which operates any equipment or facilities or performs any service (other than trucking service) in connection with the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, or the receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, or handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of and operating the business of any such "carrier": Provided, however, That the term "carrier " shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power. The Interstate Commerce Commission is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or upon complaint of any party interested to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this proviso.

(b) The term "employee" means (1) each person who at or after the enactment hereof is in the service of a carrier, and (2) each officer or other official representative of an "employee organization", herein called "representative", who before or after the effective date has performed service for a carrier, who is duly designated and authorized to represent employees under and in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, and who, during, or immediately following employment by a carrier, was or is engaged in such representative service in behalf of such employees.

(c) A person shall be deemed to be in the service of a carrier whenever he may be subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service, for which service he receives compensation.

(d) The term "compensation " means any form of money remuneration for active service, received by an employee from a carrier, including salaries and commissions, but shall not include free trans

portation nor any payment received on account of sickness, disability, or other form of personal relief.

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(e) The term effective date" means March 1, 1936.

(f) The term "enactment" means the date on which this Act may be approved by the President or be finally passed.

INCOME TAX ON EMPLOYEES

SEC. 2. In addition to other taxes, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the income of every employee, 31⁄2 per centum of the compensation of such employee (except a representative) not in excess of $300 per month, received by him after the effective date.

DEDUCTION OF TAX FROM WAGES

SEO. 3. (a) The tax imposed by section 2 of this Act shall be collected by the employer of the taxpayer, by deducting the amount of the tax from the compensation of the employee as and when paid. Every employer required so to deduct the tax is hereby made liable for the payment of such tax and is hereby indemnified against the claims and demands of any person for the amount of any such pay. ment made by such employer.

(b) If more or less than the correct amount of tax imposed by section 2 is paid with respect to any compensation payment, then, under regulations made under this Act by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, proper adjustments, with respect both to the tax and the amount to be deducted, shall be made, without interest, in connection with subsequent wage payments to the same employee by the same employer.

EXCISE TAX ON CARRIERS

SEC. 4. In addition to other taxes, every carrier shall pay an excise tax of 32 per centum of the compensation not in excess of $300 per month paid by it to its employees after the effective date.

ADJUSTMENT OF TAX

SEC. 5. If more or less than the correct amount of the tax imposed by section 4 is paid, with respect to any compensation payment, then, under regulations made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, proper adjustments with respect to the tax shall be made, without interest, in connection with subsequent excise-tax payments made by the same employer.

REFUNDS AND DEFICIENCIES

SEC. 6. If more or less than the correct amount of the tax imposed by sections 2 or 4 of this Act is paid or deducted with respect to any compensation payment and the overpayment or underpayment of the tax cannot be adjusted under sections 3 or 5, the amount of the overpayment shall be refunded, or the amount of the underpayment shall be collected in such manner and at such times (subject to the statute of limitations properly applicable thereto) as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act as made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

INCOME TAX ON EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVE

SEC. 7. In addition to other taxes, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the compensation of each employees' representative received by such representative an income tax of 7 per centum annually upon that portion of the compensation of such employees' representative not in excess of $300 per month. The compensation of a representative for the purpose of ascertaining the tax thereon shall be determined according to such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall deem just and reasonable and as near as may be shall be the same compensation as if the representative were still in the employ of the last former carrier.

COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF TAXES

SEC. 8. (a) The taxes imposed by this Act shall be collected by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States as internal-revenue receipts. If the taxes are not paid when due, there shall be added as part of the tax (except in the case of adjustments made in accord with the provisions of this Act) interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum, or for any part of a month, from the date the tax became due until paid.

(b) Such taxes shall be collected and paid quarterly in such manner and under such conditions not inconsistent with this Act as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. (c) All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to any tax imposed by section 600 or section 800 of the Revenue Act of 1926, and the provisions of section 607 of the Revenue Act of 1934, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by this Act.

(d) In the payment of any tax under this Act a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to 1 cent.

COURT JURISDICTION

SEC. 9. The several Districts Courts of the United States and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, respectively, shall have jurisdiction to entertain an application and to grant appropriate relief in the following cases which may arise under the provisions of this Act:

(a) An application by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to compel an employee or other person residing within the jurisdiction of said court or a carrier subject to service of process within said jurisdiction, to comply with any obligations imposed on said employee, other person, or carrier under the provisions of this Act.

(b) The jurisdiction herein specifically conferred upon the said Federal courts shall not be held exclusive of any jurisdiction otherwise possessed by said courts to entertain actions at law or suits in equity in aid of the enforcement of rights or obligations arising under the provisions of this Act.

PENALTIES

SEC. 10. Any person or any carrier which shall willfully fail or refuse to make any report in accordance with this Act required by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the administration of this Act, or which shall knowingly make any false or fraudulent statement or report in response to any report or statement required by this Act shall be punished on conviction by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $10,000.

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

SEC. 11. The term "employment ", as defined in subsection (b) of section 811 of Title VIII of the Social Security Act, shall not include service performed in the employ of a carrier as defined in subdivision (a) of section 1 of this Act.

TERMINATION OF TAXES

SEC. 12. The taxes imposed by this Act shall not apply to any compensation received or paid after February 28, 1937.

SEPARABILITY

SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Approved, August 29, 1935, 3 p. m.

[PUBLIC NO. 162-75TH CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 382-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 7519]

AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes", approved August 29, 1935.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

PART I

That the Act of August 29, 1935, entitled "An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes", be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"DEFINITIONS

"SECTION 1. For the purposes of this Act

"(a) The term 'employer' means any carrier (as defined in subsection (m) of this section), and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more such carriers or under common control therewith, and which operates any equipment or facility or performs any service (except trucking service, casual service, and the casual operation of equipment or facilities) in connection with the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, or the receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, or handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of the property or operating all or any part of the business of any such employer: Provided, however, That the term 'employer' shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power. The Interstate Commerce Commission is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Board, or upon complaint of any party interested, to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this proviso. The term 'employer' shall also include railroad associations, traffic associations, tariff bureaus, demurrage bureaus, weighing and inspection bureaus, collection agencies and other associations, bureaus, agencies, or organizations controlled and maintained wholly or principally by two or more employers as hereinbefore defined and engaged in the performance of services in connection with or incidental to railroad transportation; and railway labor organizations, national in scope, which have been or may be organized in accordance with the provisions of

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