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 90 STAT. 56

Review.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 94-210—FEB. 5, 1976 identify and define the following items as they pertain to each facet of rail operations: "(i) operating and nonoperating revenue accounts; " (ii) direct cost accounts for determining fixed and variable cost for materials, labor, and overhead components of operating expenses and the assignment of such costs to various functions, services, or activities, including maintenance-of-way, maintenance of equipment (locomotive and car), transportation (train, yard and station, and accessorial services), and general and administrative expenses; and "(iii) indirect cost accounts for determining fixed, common, joint, and constant costs, including the cost of capital, and the method for the assignment of such costs to various functions, services, or activities. " (c) The accounting system established pursuant to this paragraph shall be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles uniformly applied to all common carriers by railroad subject to this part, and all reports shall include any disclosure considered appropriate under generally accepted accounting principles or the requirements of the Commission or of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Commission shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, to the extent possible, devise the system of accounts to be cost effective, nonduplicative, and compatible with the present and desired managerial and responsibility accounting requirements of the carriers, and to give due consideration to appropriate economic principles. The Commission should attempt, to the extent possible, to require that such data be reported or otherwise disclosed only for essential regulatory purposes, including rate change requests, abandonment of facilities requests, responsibility for peaks in demand, cost of service, and issuance of securities. "(d) In order that the accounting system established pursuant to this paragraph continue to conform to generally accepted accounting principles, compatible with the managerial responsibility accounting requirements of carriers, and in compliance with other objectives set forth in this section, the Commission shall periodically, but not less than once every 5 years, review such accounting system and revise it as necessary. "(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this paragraph such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $1,000,000, to be available for— "(i) procuring temporary and intermittent services as authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed $250 per day plus expenses; and "(ii) entering into contracts or cooperative agreements with any public agency or instrumentality or with any person, firm, association, corporation, or institution, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5).". SECURITIES

"Interest in a railroad equipment trust.

SEC. 308. (a)(1) Paragraph (6) of section 3(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77c(a)(6)) is amended to read as follows: "(6) Any security issued by a motor carrier the issuance of which is subject to the provisions of section 214 of the Interstate Commerce Act, or any interest in a railroad equipment trust. For purposes of this paragraph 'interest in a railroad equipment trust' means any interest in an equipment trust, lease, conditional sales contract, or other

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