Compilation of Certain Railroad Laws Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Including Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act: Prepared for the Use of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, July 1975 |
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Page 300 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the
Page 300 - (9) The forfeiture provided for in this part shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the district where the carrier has its principal operating office, or in any district through which the road of the carrier runs.
Page 226 - (15) Whenever the Commission is of opinion that shortage of equipment, congestion of traffic, or other emergency requiring immediate action exists in any section of the country, the Commission shall have, and it is hereby given, authority, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, at once, if it so
Page 13 - (41 USC 5) such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of the functions and duties of the Office with any person (including a government entity). Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government and each independent regulatory agency of the United States is
Page 339 - or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion, or to municipal governments for the transportation of indigent persons, or to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes .for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and of Soldiers' and Sailors
Page 297 - (1) (A) ; part IV, § 406a (1). (b) All complaints against carriers subject to this part for the recovery of damages not based on overcharges shall be filed with the Commission within two years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after, subject to subdivision (d). 24 Stat. 384. 25 Stat. 859. 34
Page 293 - to which the rate is applicable. Kates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect the traffic of any other mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the objectives of the national transportation policy declared in this Act. This paragraph shall not apply to common earners by railroad subject to this part.
Page 325 - [49 USC § 20a.] (1) That as used in this section, the term "carrier" means a common carrier by railroad (except a street, suburban, or interurban electric railway which is not operated as a part of a general steam railroad system of transportation) which is subject to this part, or any corporation organized for the prupose of engaging in transportation Time
Page 217 - arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment ; or (b) The transportation of oil or other commodity, except water and except natural or artificial gas, by pipe line, or partly by pipe line and partly by railroad or by water. —from one State or Territory of the United States,
Page 270 - and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion