Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/848

 94 STAT. 798

PUBLIC LAW 96-296—JULY 1, 1980 (c) Section 10526(a) of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by (1) striking the period at the end thereof and substituting a semicolon, and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(10) transportation of used pallets and used empty shipping containers (including intermodal cargo containers), and other used shipping devices (other than containers or devices used in the transportation of motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles); "(11) transportation of natural, crushed, vesicular rock to be used for decorative purposes; or "(12) transportation of wood chips.". FOOD TRANSPORTATION

49 USC 10732. Customer compensation.

Consumer savings. Report to Congress.

Ante, p. 793.

SEC. 8. (a) Subchapter II of chapter 107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: «§ 10732. Food and grocery transportation "(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be unlawful for a seller of food and grocery products using a uniform zone delivered pricing system to compensate a customer who picks up purchased food and grocery products at the shipping point of the seller if such compensation is available to all customers of the seller on a nondiscriminatory basis and does not exceed the actual cost to the seller of delivery to such customer. "(b) It is the sense of the Congress that any savings accruing to a customer by reason of compensation permitted by subsection (a) of this section should be passed on to the ultimate consumer. The Interstate Commerce Commission shall monitor the extent to which such savings are being passed on and shall report its findings to the Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and not less often than once a year thereafter. For purposes of this subsection, the Interstate Commerce Commission may exercise its powers to obtain relevant papers, books, documents, and other materials.". (b) The index for subchapter II of chapter 107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "10732. Food and grocery transportation.". PRIVATE CARRIAGE

Transportation of property, jurisdiction.

Publication in Federal Register.

SEC. 9. Section 10524 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting "(a)" before "The" and by adding at the end of such section the following new subsections: "(b) The Commission does not have jurisdiction under this subchapter over transportation of property by motor vehicle for compensation provided by a person who is a member of a corporate family for other members of such corporate family if— "(1) the parent corporation notifies the Commission of its intent or one of its subsidiaries' intent to provide the transportation; "(2) the notice contains a list of participating subsidiaries and an affidavit that the parent corporation owns directly or indirectly a 100 percent interest in each of the subsidiaries; "(3) the Commission publishes the notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of receipt; and

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