A bill to amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to eliminate free or reduced rates for Government traffic, except in certain circumstances.

Summary

Provides that nothing under Part I (railroad and pipeline carriers) of the Interstate Commerce Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property at free or at reduced rates for the United States, States, or municipal governments to the extent that such services are performed in time of war or other national emergency, or involves the transportation of commodities which are exempt from economic regulation under the provisions of part II or III, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the free carriage of destitute and homeless persons transported by charitable societies, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation, or the transportation of persons for the United States Government free or at reduced rates, or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 July 1973

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