Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§1302 Functions
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT › § 1302
Summary
The Board must take over all duties and jobs the Interstate Commerce Commission and its staff were doing right before January 1, 1996. That change applies unless the ICC Termination Act of 1995 or its later amendments say something different.
Full Legal Text
Title 49, §1302
Transportation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Except as otherwise provided in the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or the amendments made thereby, the Board shall perform all functions that, immediately before January 1, 1996, were functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission or were performed by any officer or employee of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the capacity as such officer or employee.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The ICC Termination Act of 1995, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 104–88, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 803. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1995 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2015—Pub. L. 114–110 renumbered section 702 of this title as this section. 1996—Pub. L. 104–287 substituted “January 1, 1996” for “the
Effective Date
of such Act”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Commission abolished by section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
49 U.S.C. § 1302
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73