Chapter 70. To amend subdivisions (a) and (c) of section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920
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CHAP. 70.— An Act To amend subdivisions
(a)and
(c)of section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920. February 24, 1922.[[S. 621](/us/bill/67/s/621).][[Public, No. 149](/us/67/pl/149).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That subdivision
(a)ofFederal Railroad Control.Vol. 41, p. 461, amended. section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920, be, and the same hereby is,394amended by striking out the period at the end thereof, substituting a semicolon, and adding the following: " Time allowed for suits against agent of the President, atter award of Commission.“except that actions to enforce awards made by the commission under the provisions of subdivision
(c)against the agent so designated by the President may be brought within one year after the date of the commission’s award.” " Sec. 2. Vol. 41, p. 462, amended. That subdivision
(c)of said section 206 be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: " “(c) Reparation for damages by violations of interstate commerce laws.Claims to be filed against agent of the President. Complaints praying for reparation on account of damage claimed to have been caused by reason of the collection or enforcement by or through the President during the period of Federal control of rates, fares, charges, classifications, regulations, or practices (including those applicable to interstate, foreign, or intrastate traffic) which were unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly or unreasonably prejudicial, or otherwise in violation of the Interstate Time limit.Commerce Act, may be filed with the commission within one-year, or, Extended for overcharges.if so claimed in respect of overcharges above the legal tariff charge, within two years and six months, after the termination of Federal control, against the agent designated by the President, under subdivision (a), naming in the petition the railroad or system of transportation against which such complaint would have been brought if such railroad or system had not been under Federal control at the Jurisdiction of Commission.time the matter complained of took place. The commission is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and decide such complaints in the manner provided in the Interstate Commerce Act, and all notices and orders in such proceedings shall be served upon the agent designated by the President under subdivision (a).” " Approved, February 24, 1922.