Mail Transportation by Passenger-carrying Motor-vehicle Common Carriers: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postal Affairs of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5179, an Act to Authorize the Postmaster General to Enter Into Agreements for the Transportation of Mail by Passenger Common Carriers by Motor Vehicle, and for Other Purposes, November 6, 1963

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Considers (88) H.R. 5179.

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Page 8 - Changes in Existing Law Made bt the Bill, As Reported In compliance with clause 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) : TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1— GENERAL 101. Definitions For the purposes of this...
Page 2 - States, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows : Page 2.
Page 5 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but subject to the provisions of sections 1 (7) and 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the full applicable commercial rates, fares, or charges shall be paid for transportation by any common carrier subject to such Act of any persons or property for the United States, or on its behalf...
Page 2 - Code, is amended by— (1) striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (8) ; (2) striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by adding immediately after paragraph...
Page 5 - SEC. 321. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but subject to the provisions of sections 1 (7) and 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the full applicable commercial rates, fares, or charges shall be paid for transportation by any common carrier subject to such Act of any persons or property for the United States...
Page 36 - If railroad passenger-miles, other than commutation, continue to decline at the average rate of reduction between 1947 and 1957, the parlor and sleeping-car service will have disappeared by 1965 and the coach service by 1970,
Page 2 - The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (HR...
Page 5 - Requirements of contracts let after competitive bidding" specified in section 6411 that — "(a) Formal contracts for transportation of mail which are required to be made after advertising shall — (1) be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder with sufficient guarantee for faithful performance in accordance with the terms of the advertisement ; and (2) require due celerity, certainty, and security in the performance of the service.
Page 4 - When service is principally for scheduled intercity transportation, use star route service. When local service is so extensive that a performance bond is needed to protect the Government's interest, use contract motor vehicle service. Mail messenger service will not be authorized to transport mail consigned between an airport and a post office at which there is Government-owned vehicle service operated by motor vehicle operators when the distance is not more than 35 miles, if it is possible to transport...
Page 1 - The Postal Service may enter into contracts under such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe and without advertising for bids for the transportation of mail, in passenger-carrying motor vehicles, by passenger common carriers, or by motor vehicles over the regular routes on which the carrier is permitted by law to transport passengers.

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