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Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§1306 Reporting Official Action

Title 49 › SUBTITLE II — OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES › CHAPTER 13 — SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT › § 1306

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Board must write a report for every proceeding started by a complaint or by the Board itself and give a copy to each party. The report must explain what the Board found, the conclusions, and the final order. If the Board awards money for damages, the report must show the facts that support that award. The Board may publish reports for public use, and a published report can be used as proof of what it says. For matters about rail carriers, the written record must say who took the action, their official title, and how each person voted or stood on it. If a member did not take part, the record must say so. Any participant may add their own written views. These records must also be made available to the public under section 552(a) of title 5.

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Title 49, §1306

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(a)Reports on Proceedings.—
The Board shall make a written report of each proceeding conducted on complaint or on its own initiative and furnish a copy to each party to that proceeding. The report shall include the findings, conclusions, and the order of the Board and, if damages are awarded, the findings of fact supporting the award. The Board may have its reports published for public use. A published report of the Board is competent evidence of its contents.
(b)Special Rules for Matters Related to Rail Carriers.—
(1)When action of the Board in a matter related to a rail carrier is taken by the Board, an individual member of the Board, or another individual or group of individuals designated to take official action for the Board, the written statement of that action (including a report, order, decision and order, vote, notice, letter, policy statement, or regulation) shall indicate—
(A)the official designation of the individual or group taking the action;
(B)the name of each individual taking, or participating in taking, the action; and
(C)the vote or position of each participating individual.
(2)If an individual member of a group taking an official action referred to in paragraph (1) does not participate in it, the written statement of the action shall indicate that the member did not participate. An individual participating in taking an official action is entitled to express the views of that individual as part of the written statement of the action. In addition to any publication of the written statement, it shall be made available to the public under section 552(a) of title 5.

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Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–110 renumbered section 706 of this title as this section.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 1306

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110