Public Law 87-707 87th Congress, S. 319 September 27, 1962 An Act To amend part I of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide that the provisions of section 4(1) thereof, relating to long- and short-haul charges, shall not apply to express companies. 76 STAT. 635. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4(1) Interstate Com of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 4(1)) is amended by in- merce Act, amendserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: haul charges, "And provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall Long- and shortnot apply to express companies subject to the provisions of this part, exemption. except that the exemption herein accorded express companies shall not 71 Stat. 292. be construed to relieve them from the operation of any other provision contained in this Act". Approved September 27, 1962. 87th Congress, H. J. Res, 693 Joint Resolution 76 STAT. 764. Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, and for other purposes. Whereas the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia have entered into a compact, known as the Washington Metropolitan Washington MetroArea Transit Regulation Compact, hereinafter called compact, politan Area creating the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, Transit Regulahereinafter called Commission; and tion Compact, amendment.. Whereas Congress, by Public Law 86-794 (74 Stat. 1031), consented to the entry into the compact by the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and authorized and directed the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to enter into and execute the compact on behalf of the United States for the District of Columbia; and Whereas the Commission has recommended specific amendments to the compact, to wit: (1) To include within the Washington metropolitan area transit district the Dulles International Airport and all cities which lie within the metropolitan district; (2) To exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction transportation performed by a carrier whose only transportation is between points outside the metropolitan district and points inside the metropolitan district; (3) To clarify the Commission's jurisdiction over interstate taxicab operations; (4) To provide that the annual reports of the Commission be submitted on a fiscal year basis; and Whereas the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia have by legislation (chapter 114, Acts of Maryland General Assembly, 1962; and chapter 67, Acts of Virginia General Assembly, 1962) adopted identical amendments to the compact, to become effective upon consent of Congress, by which article I, and sections 1 and 24 of article XII, respectively, of the compact are amended to 74 Stat. 1032, read as follows: 1035, 1049. "ARTICLE I "There is hereby created the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District, hereinafter referred to as Metropolitan District, which shall embrace the District of Columbia, the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, and political subdivisions of the State of Virginia located within those counties and that portion of Loudoun County, Virginia, occupied by the Dulles International Airport and the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges, in the State of Maryland and political subdivisions of the State of Maryland located within said counties, and all other cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined area of said counties, cities and airport. "ARTICLE XII "Transportation Covered "1. (a) This Act shall apply to the transportation for hire by any carrier of persons between any points in the Metropolitan 24 Stat. 379. 76 STAT. 765. District and to the persons engaged in rendering or performing such transportation service, except "(1) transportation by water; "(2) transportation by the Federal Government, the signstories hereto, or any political subdivision thereof; "(3) transportation by motor vehicles employed solely in transporting school children and teachers to or from public or private schools; "(4) transportation performed in the course of an operation over a regular route, between a point in the Metropolitan District and a point outside the Metropolitan District, including transportation between points on such regular route within the Metropolitan District as to interstate and foreign commerce, if authorized by certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and any carrier whose only transportation within the Metropolitan District is within this exemption shall not be deemed to be a carrier subject to the Compact; provided, however, if the primary function of a carrier's entire operations is the furnishing of mass transportation service within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District, then such operations in the Metropolitan District shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission; "(5) transportation performed by a common carrier by railroad subject to Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. "(b) The provisions of this Title II shall not apply to transporta tion as specified in this section solely within the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the activities of persons engaged in such transportation, nor shall any provision of this Title II be construed to infringe the exercise of any power or the discharge of any duties conferred or imposed upon the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia by the Virginia Constitution. "(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, this Act shall apply to taxicabs and other vehicles used in performing a bona fide taxicab service having a seating capacity of eight passengers or less in addition to the driver thereof with respect only to (i) the rate or charges for transportation from one signatory to another within the confines of the Metropolitan District, and (ii) requirements for minimum insurance coverage. "Annual Report of the Commission "24. The Commission shall make an annual report for each fiscal year ending June thirtieth, to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of Maryland, and to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia as soon as practicable after June thirtieth, but no later than the 1st day of January of each year, which shall contain, in addition to a report of the work performed under this Act, such other information and recommendations concerning passenger transportation within the Metropolitan District, as the Commission deems advisable." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Consent of is hereby given to the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth Congress. of Virginia to effectuate the foregoing amendments to the compact, 76 STAT. 765. and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and 76 STAT. 766. directed to effectuate said amendments on behalf of the United States for the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. Section 5 of Public Law 86-794 (74 Stat. 1050) is repealed. Repeal. SEC. 3. The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved." Approved October 9, 1962. Public Law 87-773 An Act 76 STAT. 775, To provide criminal penalties for trafficking in phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 113, title 18, United States Code, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 2318. Transportation, sale, or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels "Whoever knowingly and with fraudulent intent transports, causes to be transported, receives, sells, or offers for sale in interstate or foreign commerce any phonograph record, disk, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, to which or upon which is stamped, pasted, or affixed any forged or counterfeited label, knowing the label to have been falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." SEC. 2. The chapter analysis of chapter 113, title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Sec. 2318. Transportation, sale, or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels." Approved October 9, 1962. Phonograph records bearing forged labels. Penalty for transportation. |