Volume 71
Public Law 85–246
To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.
Approved August 31, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.,
That section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (49 U. S. C., Sec. 22), is amended as follows:
By inserting “(1)” immediately after “Sec. 22.”.
By inserting at the end of such section the following:
“(2) All quotations or tenders of rates, fares or charges under paragraph
Quotations of rates for U.S. Government.
(1) of this section for the transportation, storage, or handling of property or the transportation of persons free or at reduced rates for the United States Government, or any agency or department thereof, including quotations or tenders for retroactive application whether negotiated or renegotiated after the services have been performed, shall be in writing or confirmed in writing and a copy or copies thereof shall be submitted to the Commission by the carrier or carriers offering such tenders or quotations in the manner specified by the Commission and only upon the submittal of such a quotation or tender made pursuant to an agreement approved by the Commission under section 5a
of this Act shall the provisions 01 paragraph (9) of said section 5a apply, but said provisions shall continue to apply as to any agreement so approved by the Commission under which any such quotation or tender (a) was made prior to the effective date of this paragraph or (b) is hereafter made and for security reasons, as hereinafter provided, is not submitted to the Commission: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall affect any liability or cause of action which may have accrued prior to the date on which this paragraph takes effect. Submittal of such quotations or tenders to the Commission shall be made concurrently with submittal to the United States Government, or any agency or department thereof, for whose account the quotations or tenders are offered or for whom the proposed services are to be rendered. Such quotations or tenders shall be preserved by the Commission for public inspection. The provisions of this paragraph requiring submissions to the Commission shall not apply to any quotation or tender which, as indicated by the United States Government, or any agency or department thereof, to any carrier or carriers, involves information the disclosure of which would endanger the national security.”
Approved August 31, 1957.