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[CITE: 49USC706]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                 CHAPTER 7--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT
 
Sec. 706. Reporting official action

    (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.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title II, Sec. 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
934.)
