Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/477

 PUBLIC LAW 98-554—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2849

authorizing the carrier to provide interstate transportation of property (including exempt items) in any registrable year, if^ "(1) the Commission finds that the carrier is fit, willing, and able— "(A) to provide the transportation to be authorized by the certificate; and "(B) to comply with this subtitle and regulations of the Commission; and "(2) the carrier demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Commission that the carrier has paid (or will pay in a timely manner) all taxes imposed by section 4481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 on any motor vehicle which such carrier operated in the United States in the most recent taxable period (as such term is defined under section 4482(c) of such Code) ending before the first day of such registrable year. "(d) A foreign motor carrier and a foreign motor private carrier must file an application with the Commission for a certificate of registration under this section to provide interstate transportation. The Commission may approve any part of the application or deny the application. The application must— "(1) be under oath; "(2) contain such information as the Commission may require by regulation; and "(3) be filed with the Commission at such times as the Commission may require by regulation. "(e) The requirement that foreign motor carriers and foreign motor private carriers issued certificates of registration under this section be fit, willing, and able means— "(1) safety fitness; and "(2) proof of minimum financial responsibility— "(A) under section 30 of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, in the case of a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier which provides transportation in the United States of an item referred to in subsection (b)(1) of such section; and "(B) under the laws of the State or States in which the carrier is operating, in the case of a foreign motor private carrier which provides interstate transportation in the United States of property (other than an item referred to in such subsection). "(f) Each certificate of registration issued under this section shall specify the transportation to be provided under the certificate. "(g)(1) Any motor vehicle which is used to provide transportation under a certificate of registration issued under this section shall have a copy of such certificate in such motor vehicle at any time such vehicle is being used to provide such transportation. "(2) The Commission, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall deny entry into the United States of any motor vehicle in which there is not a copy of the certificate of registration required to be in such vehicle by paragraph (1) of this subsection. "(h) When a certificate of registration is issued under this section, the Commission may prescribe such conditions on the transportation to be provided under the certificate as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of this section. "(i)(l) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, this section shall not apply with respect to any contiguous foreign country with

26 USC 4481. 26 USC 4482.

Ante, p. 2846.

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