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49 U.S.C. § 10708
Rail cost adjustment factor
(a) The Board shall, as often as practicable, but in no event less often than quarterly, publish a rail cost adjustment factor which shall be a fraction, the numerator of which is the latest published Index of Railroad Costs (which index shall be compiled or verified by the Board, with appropriate adjustments to reflect the change in composition of railroad costs, including the quality and mix of material and labor) and the denominator of which is the same index for the fourth quarter of every fifth year, beginning with the fourth quarter of 1992.(b) The rail cost adjustment factor published by the Board under subsection (a) of this section shall take into account changes in railroad productivity. The Board shall also publish a similar index that does not take into account changes in railroad productivity.(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 816.)Editorial NotesPrior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10712 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
A prior section 10708, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1382; Pub. L. 96–296, § 11, July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 97–261, §§ 11, 12(a), Sept. 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 1112, 1113; Pub. L. 99–521, § 7(d), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2995, related to investigation and suspension of new nonrail carrier rates, classifications, rules, and practices, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
Maislin Indus., U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc., 497 U.S. 116 (1990).
· cites it 2× “See § 11, codified at 49 U. S. C. § 10708 (1982 ed.). More importantly, the MCA also allows motor carriers to operate as both common carriers and contract carriers.”
Interstate Com. Comm'n v. Am. Trucking Associations, 467 U.S. 354 (1984).
· cites it 2× “, 49 U. S. C. § 10708 (a)(1) (suspension of proposed rates), the absence of limitation in § 10762(e) suggests that the Commission may reject both proposed and effective tariffs.”
United States v. City of Fulton, 475 U.S. 657 (1986).
“§204 ; Interstate Commerce Act, § 15(7), 49 U. S. C. § 10708 . See generally W. Jones, Cases and Materials on Regulated Industries 122-126 (2d ed.”
Regular Common Carrier Conf. v. United States, 793 F.2d 376 (D.C. Cir. 1986).
“…impossible for the public to assert its right to challenge the lawfulness of existing or proposed rates, see 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 10708 (a)(1) & 11701(a). The matter is placed beyond all doubt, however, by the fact that § 10761 contains its own waiver provision, authorizing…”
Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc., 760 F.2d 1347 (2d Cir. 1985).
· cites it 2× “For example, § 11 of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, the most directly relevant legislation here, added subsection (d) to 49 U.S.C. § 10708 . This bars the Commission from interfering with a rate proposed by individual carriers on the basis that it is too high or too low if the…”
Am. Trucking Ass'n, Inc. v. United States of Am. & Interstate Com. Comm'n, 755 F.2d 1292 (7th Cir. 1985).
“(1980 Act, § 11, codified at 49 U.S.C. § 10708 (d)). This change did not alter the Commission’s duty to adjudicate formal complaints concerning rate reasonableness, but Congress sharply curtailed the Commission’s discretion to suspend individually set rates that fell within the…”
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