Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1150

 96 STAT. 1108

PUBLIC LAW 97-261—SEPT. 20, 1982

common carrier, or any permit to any motor contract cairier, domiciled in any contiguous foreign country or owned or controlled by persons of any contiguous foreign country in the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this subsection. The President of the United States may extend, beyond such two-year period, such moratorium with respect to any contiguous foreign country or political subdivision thereof which substantially prohibits grants of authority to persons from the United States to provide transportation by motor vehicle for compensation in such foreign country or political subdivision. "(2) The President of the United States may remove or modify, in whole or in part, any moratorium imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection on the issuance of certificates or permits if the President determines that such removal or modification is in the national interest and notifies, in writing, the Congress of such removal or modification before the date on which such removal or modification is to take effect. In any case in which such moratorium applies to a contiguous foreign country or political subdivision thereof which substantially prohibits grants of authority to persons from the United States to provide transportation by motor vehicle for compensation in such foreign country or political subdivision, such removal or modification shall not take effect before the 60th day following the date on which the Congress is notified of such removal or modification.". RESTRICTION REMOVAL

SEC. 7. Section 10922(i) of title 49, United States Code, as redesignated by section 6Q)) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(3) On the effective date of this paragraph, a certificate to provide interstate transportation of passengers issued under this section shall be deemed to authorize (but not require)— "(A) round-trip operations where only one-way authority exists; and "(B) special and charter transportation from all points in a political subdivision of a State in any case in which special and charter transportation authority is limited to one or more points of origin in such political subdivision. "(4) Upon request of any person issued a certificate to provide interstate transportation of passengers under this section, the Commission shall within 90 days remove any operating restriction imposed on the certificate in order to authorize interstate transportation to intermediate points on any route covered by the certificate unless the Commission finds, on the basis of evidence presented by a person objecting to the removal of such an operating restriction, that the resulting interstate transportation directly competes with a commuter bus operation and will have a significant adverse effect on commuter bus service in the area in which the competing service will be provided.". MIXING OF REGULAR AND CHARTER PASSENGERS

SEC. 8. Subsection (j) of section 10922 of title 49, United States Code, as redesignated by section 6(b) of this Act, is amended by redesignating clauses (1) and (2) as clauses (A) and (B), respectively.

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