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FEDERALhearing transcript

Senate Hearing on Passenger Train Discontinuance Appeals (1966)

Original title: Passenger train discontinuances: hearing before the Surface Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, second session on S. Res. 284, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that railroads and the public receive equal rights of judicial appeal, August 3, 1966.

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What This Bill Does

This document is a transcript of a 1966 Senate subcommittee hearing regarding S. Res. 284, a resolution aimed at ensuring railroads and the public have equal rights when appealing decisions about discontinuing passenger train services.

Why it matters

The hearing addresses the legal framework for how passenger train routes are canceled, specifically focusing on whether the public and railroad companies should have identical rights to challenge these decisions in court.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Railroad companies

The resolution impacts their legal standing and ability to appeal decisions regarding the discontinuation of passenger routes.

Directly affected

General public

The resolution addresses the public's legal right to challenge the removal of passenger train services.

Key Facts

  • The hearing was held on August 3, 1966, by the Surface Transportation Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce.
  • The subject of the hearing was S. Res. 284, a resolution concerning passenger train discontinuances.
  • The resolution proposes that railroads and the public should have equal rights of judicial appeal regarding train service changes.
  • The hearing took place during the second session of the 89th Congress.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the purpose of S. Res. 284?
It was a resolution expressing the that both railroads and the public should have equal rights to appeal decisions in court regarding the of passenger train service.
When did this hearing take place?
The hearing was held on August 3, 1966.

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Focus on Public Legal Standing

The hearing highlights a mid-1960s effort to elevate the public's legal standing in regulatory matters involving private infrastructure providers.

Surface Transportation Subcommittee

Connected Entities

Committee on Commerce, Surface Transportation Subcommittee
OrganizationCommittee on Commerce“The parent committee of the subcommittee.”Map →
OrganizationSurface Transportation Subcommittee“The Senate subcommittee conducting the hearing.”Map →

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