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[CITE: 49USC702]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                 CHAPTER 7--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT
 
Sec. 702. Functions

    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.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title II, Sec. 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
933; amended Pub. L. 104-287, Sec. 5(6), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3389.)

                       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

    1996--Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ``January 1, 1996'' for ``the 
effective date of such Act''.

               Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission

    Interstate Commerce Commission abolished by section 101 of Pub. L. 
104-88, set out as a note under section 701 of this title.
