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[CITE: 49USC10708]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                              PART A--RAIL
 
                           CHAPTER 107--RATES
 
                     SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 10708. Rail cost adjustment factor

    (a) The Board shall, as often as practicable, but in no event less 
often than quarterly, publish a rail cost adjustment factor which shall 
be a fraction, the numerator of which is the latest published Index of 
Railroad Costs (which index shall be compiled or verified by the Board, 
with appropriate adjustments to reflect the change in composition of 
railroad costs, including the quality and mix of material and labor) and 
the denominator of which is the same index for the fourth quarter of 
every fifth year, beginning with the fourth quarter of 1992.
    (b) The rail cost adjustment factor published by the Board under 
subsection (a) of this section shall take into account changes in 
railroad productivity. The Board shall also publish a similar index that 
does not take into account changes in railroad productivity.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
816.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10712 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
    A prior section 10708, Pub. L. 95-473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1382; 
Pub. L. 96-296, Sec. 11, July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 97-261, 
Secs. 11, 12(a), Sept. 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 1112, 1113; Pub. L. 99-521, 
Sec. 7(d), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2995, related to investigation and 
suspension of new nonrail carrier rates, classifications, rules, and 
practices, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 
104-88, Sec. 102(a).
