Railroads--1975: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - Railroad law |
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Page 312 - this section, prior to referral to the *" Attorney General. The amount of any such penalty, when ** finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the United
Page 501 - just and reasonable, and the Commission shall give to the hearing and decision of the question preference over all other questions pending before it and decide the same as speedily as possible.
Page 514 - of the Treasury shall purchase any notes or other obligations issued under this subsection and for such purposes the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act
Page 353 - (2) there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity permit of such abandonment.", (b)
Page 485 - the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier 15 for which the rates are prescribed, and to the need in the 16 public interest of adequate and efficient railway
Page 513 - the Treasury, but any interest payments so deferred shall themselves bear interest. If at any time the Secretary determines that moneys in the fund exceed the present and any reasonably prospective future requirements of the funds, such excess may
Page 494 - A railroad conference, bureau, committee, or other organization established or continued pursuant to any agreement approved under this section, shall take final ac=tion upon a rule, rate, or charge docketed with it within one hundred and twenty days from the date of docketing.
Page 501 - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a carrier under this part may file with the Commission a notice of intention to file a schedule stating a new rate, fare, charge, classification, regulation, or practice whenever the implementation of the proposed schedule would require a total capital investment of $1,000,000 or more, individually or collectively by
Page 413 - to guarantee shall be extended in such form, under such terms and conditions, and pursuant to such regulations as the Board deems appropriate, consistent with the purposes of this title, Each guarantee and commitment to guarantee shall inure to the benefit of
Page 361 - as depriving any person of any right of action which 9 he may have otherwise than under this Act, or of relieving any person of any punishment, liability, or sanction which may be imposed otherwise than under this Act.