EXAMINING CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AND THE POSSIBLE NECESSITY FOR CHANGE IN THE MANNER AND SCOPE OF ITS REGULATIONS. HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, AND MARCH 6, 1980.

Testimony, and submissions and additions to the record, are presented from a series of hearings on current conditions in the trucking industry. In H.R. 6418, changes are proposed to Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the U.S. Code to provide more effective regulation of motor carriers of property; changes are proposed in other related bills. Testimony and correspondence were received from members of Congress, and representatives of the Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, Interstate Commerce Commission, Office of Consumer Affairs, and spokesmen for consumer advocate organizations, household goods movers and associations, labor unions, independent business and truckers' (owner-operators) organizations, agricultural products and food transportation, trucking organizations, air cargo carriers and handlers, truck drivers' associations, motor vehicle administrators, regulatory utility commissioners, and university departments of transportation education.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 96th Congress, 2nd Session, H.R. 6418 and related bills H.R. 753, H.R. 2777, H.R. 3925, H.R. 4505, H.R. 4525, H.R. 4545, H.R. 4549, H.R. 4550, H.R. 4563, H.R. 4586, H.R. 4675, H.R. 4697, H.R. 4971, H.R. 5088, S. 1390, S. 1798, and S. 2245.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Congress

  House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20510
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 1634 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hearings; Motor carriers; Regulations; Testimony; Trucking
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Law; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369203
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-031 037
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM