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49 USC 10521. Weighing regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 96-454—OCT. 15, 1980

for transportation of household goods and for the proposed services. The Commission shall not prescribe specific formulas, forms, methods, or techniques for providing a prospective shipper with such an estimate. The Commission shall not prohibit any such carrier from charging a prospective shipper for providing a written, binding estimate for the transportation and proposed services, nor shall the Commission require the final charges to a shipper to be based on an estimate. "(2) Any charge for an estimate of charges provided by a motor common carrier to a shipper for transportation of household goods subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter II of chapter 105 of this title shall be subject to the antitrust laws, as defined in the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12). "(c) The Commission shall issue regulations that provide motor carriers providing transportation of household goods subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter II of chapter 105 of this title with the maximum possible flexibility in weighing shipments, consistent with assurance to the shipper of accurate weighing practices. The Commission shall not prohibit such carriers from backweighing shipments or from basing their charges on the reweigh weights if the shipper observes both the tare and gross weighings (or, prior to such weighings, waives in writing the opportunity to observe such weighings) and such weighings are performed on the same scale.". (2) The analysis for chapter 111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting "11110. Household goods carrier operations."

after "11109. Loading and unloading motor vehicles.". Rulemaking proceeding. 49 USC 11110 note. Ante, p. 2015.

ObXD Not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Interstate Commerce Commission shall institute a rulemaking proceeding in which it shall review and revise all of its operational regulations pertaining to transportation of household goods to carry out the purposes of section 11110(a) of title 49, United States Code. (2) The Interstate Commerce Commission shall conclude the rulemaking proceeding required by this subsection within two hundred and seventy days after the date of enactment of this Act. (3) To the maximum extent feasible, the provisions of this section, including the amendments made by this section, shall apply to rules and regulations pertaining to transportation of household goods for the United States Government issued by departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States (other than the Interstate Commerce Commission), including rules and regulations established for the distribution of such traffic, to the same extent as such provisions apply to rules and regulations issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

49 USC 11711. Applications.

SEC. 7. (a)(1) Chapter 117 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 11710 the following new section: "§11711. Dispute settlement program for household goods carriers "(a)(1) One or more motor common carriers providing transportation of household goods subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter II of chapter 105 of this title who want to establish

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