SURFACE FREIGHT FORWARDER DEREGULATION ACT OF 1985. HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION. UNITED STATES SENATE, NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION ON S-1124

This is a transcript of a hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act of 1985 is intended to strengthen the freight forwarding industry and to lead to more effective competition between freight forwarders and other transportation intermediaries, as well as the trucking and railroad industries. This transcript contains testimony from representatives of the freight forwarding industry about the need for deregulation, as well as possible areas where continued limited Federal regulation may be necessary. as well as possible areas where continued limited Federal regulation may be necessary.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20510
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: 69 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deregulation; Federal government; Freight transportation; Laws
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Forwarding
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451774
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Senate 99-81
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:14PM