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 PUBLIC LAW 95-473—OCT. 17, 1978

92 STAT. 1337

Public Law 95-473 95th Congress An Act To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change the Interstate Commerce Act and related laws as subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That certain general and permanent laws of the United States, related to transportation, are revised, codified, and enacted as title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", as follows: TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE

I. XL III. IV. V.

Oct. 17, 1978 [H.R. 10965]

Interstate Commerce Act ^^ related laws. 49^8216 IV U.S. Code.

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[RESERVED—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION] [RESERVED—TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS] [RESERVED—AIR TRANSPORTATION] INTERSTATE COMMERCE [RESERVED—MISCELLANEOUS]

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SUBTITLE IV—INTERSTATE COMMERCE CHAPTER 101. GENERAL PROVISIONS 103. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 105. JURISDICTION 107. RATES, TARIFFS, AND VALUATIONS 109. LICENSING 111. OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS 113. FINANCE 115. FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS 117. ENFORCEMENT: INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES 119. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES

Sec. 10101 10301 10501 10701 10901 11101 11801 11501 11701 11901

CHAPTER 101—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 10101. Transportation policy. 10102. Definitions. 10103. Remedies as cumulative.

§ 10101. Transportation policy (a) To ensure the development, coordination, and preservation of a transportation system that meets the transportation needs of the United States, including the United States Postal Service and national defense, it is the policy of the United States Government to provide for the impartial regulation of the modes of transportation subject to this subtitle, and in regulating those modes— (1) to recognize and preserve the inherent advantage of each mode of transportation; (2) to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient transportation; (3) to encourage sound economic conditions in transportation, including sound economic conditions among carriers; (4) to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable rates for transportation without unreasonable discrimination or unfair or destructive competitive practices;

49 USC 10101.

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