Freight car shortages : Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Freight Car Shortages of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, first session

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Special Freight Car Shortage Subcommittee
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971 [that is, 1972]
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  • pt. 1
  • Ŝ. 1415 to amend the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide for the rail transportation of freight for the Department of Defense in general purpose boxcars owned by the United States S. 1720 to supply general services freight cars to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, national defense, and the consuming public S.̂1730 to provide a pool of general service railroad freight cars to be made available to shippers in any part of the country during times of regional car shortage and to be unrestrictedly available throughout the country according to the needs of shippers in the event of a general car shortage, and to assist in preventing or alleviating such shortages S.̂1731 to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to promote acquisition of general service railroad rolling stock by providing the Secretary of Transportation with authority to aid common carriers by railroad, their car furnishing subsidiaries, and car leasing companies in acquiring such general service railroad rolling stock pt. 2
  • Ŝ. 1416 to amend the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide for the rail transportation of freight for the Department of Defense in general purpose boxcars owned by the United States S.̂1729 to supply general service freight cars to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, national defense, and the consuming public S. 1730 to provide a pool of general service railroad freight cars to be made available to shippers in any part of the country during times of regional car shortage and to be unrestrictedly available throughout the country according to the needs of shippers in the event of a general car shortage, and to assist in preventing or alleviating such shortages S.̂1721 to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to promote acquisition of general service railroad rolling stock by providing the Secretary of Transportation with authority to aid common carriers by railroad, their car furnishing subsidaries, and car leasing companies in acquiring such general service railroad rolling stock.