TRUCKING

Articles and editorials

Foregone Conclusion, 17307 [27JN]

Misunderstood and Controversial Topic, 13399-13403 [23MY], 16289 [16JN]

Repeal the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (series), 1755-1757 [3FE]

Tandem Truck Amendments (sundry), 8328 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust laws: exemption from certain (see H.R. 3735)

Competition: promote (see S. 2038)

Diesel fuel: increase tax (see S. 113, 1475; H.R. 1525, 2124, 2337, 3534)

Double-bottom trucks: authority of States to prohibit (see H.R. 2438)

Farm trucks: tax treatment (see H.R. 964)

Freight forwarder operating authorities: allow deduction (see H.R. 3528)

Highway use tax (see H.R. 2401)

———reduce (see S. 343)

———repeal (see S. 1475; H.R. 2124, 3534)

———repeal increase (see S. 103, 113; H.R. 1067, 1436, 1447, 1481, 1525, 1537, 2301, 2337, 2384)

Intermodal ownership: remove restrictions (see S. 48)

Interstate highways: double bottom trucks (see H.R. 2530)

Manufacturers: taxes (see H.R. 2301, 2384)

National Trucking Industry Commission: establish (see H.R. 3612)

Piggyback trailers and semitrailers: tax exemption (see S. 1231)

Regulation: reduce (see S. 2038)

Retirement plans: tax treatment (see H.R. 978)

Tandem trailer trucks: delay implementation requirement (see H.R. 2497)

———guidelines and standards (see S. 1048)

Taxation: heavy truck use (see H.R. 905, 2337, 2384)

Tires: excise tax (see H.R. 1481)

Trailers: tax treatment of certain (see H.R. 3003)

Width: provide uniform (see S. 926)

Working Group on National Uniform State Regulation of Interstate Motor Carriers: establish (see H.R. 4518)

Letters

Increase in truck user fees (sundry), 3881-3882 [3MR]

Motor Carrier Ratemaking Study Commission resignation, Representative Seiberling, 10438 [28AP]

State authority to prohibit use of double-bottom trucks, Michele C. Lacobelle, 17198 [23JN]

Trucking tax, Marjorie Carter, 6019 [17MR]

Uniform standards for commercial motor vehicle width (S. 926): Brae Corp., 7269 [24MR]

———Fruehauf Corp., 7269 [24MR]

———Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, 7269 [24MR]

Memorials of legislature

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: Virginia, 3250 [1MR]

Tractor-trailer length and width regulations: Virginia, 3113 [28FE]

Remarks in House

American Trucking Associations: anniversary, 26560 [29SE]

Citrus industry: impact of independent trucker strike, 1863 [8FE]

Diesel fuel: increase tax (H.R. 2124), 6052 [17MR]

———tax increase (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

Freight forwarders: deductions for certain operating authorities (H.R. 3528), 18807 [12JY]

Gasoline taxes: impact, 1862 [8FE]

Heavy trucking: repeal highway use fee (H.R. 2124), 5854 [16MR]

Highway use tax: repeal (H.R. 2124), 6052 [17MR]

———repeal increase (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

Independents: strike, 1774 [3FE]

Insterstate highways: uniform national standards for regulation of widths (S. 926), 7329 [24MR]

National Transportation Week: observance, 12678 [17MY]

Oliver Brown Trucking Co., Middlesex, N.J.: tribute, 15087 [8JN]

Roads: impact of heavy trucks, 17673 [28JN]

Single-Line Prohibition Extension Amendment—Motor Carriers of Property Act: introduction (H.R. 3260), 16289, 16291 [16JN]

States: authority to prohibit use of double-bottom trucks (H.R. 2438), 17198 [23JN]

Tandem trailer trucks: operation on certain roads and interstate highways (H.R. 2497), 8097, 8098 [12AP], 9231 [20AP]

Taxation: treatment of piggyback trailers (H.R. 3003), 12266 [12MY]

Truckers Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

User tax: impact, 1797 [7FE]

Remarks in Senate

American Trucking Associations: anniversary, 25635 [23SE]

Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: congressional consent (S. 1581), 18007 [29JN]

Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 1596), 18497 [11JY]

Heavy vehicle use tax: repeal (S. 103), 660 [26JA]

Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Adjustment Act: introduction (S. 343), 1294-1295 [1FE]

Highway Tax Equity Act: introduction (S. 113), 754 [26JA]

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act: introduction (S. 1475), 15933-15935 [15JN]

Highway user fees: impact on trucking industry, 15945 [15JN]

Highway user tax: repeal (S. 138), 801 [26JA]

Motor Carrier Safety Act: introduction (S. 2174), 34505 [18NO]

Oliver Brown Trucking Co.: 20th anniversary, 18677 [12JY]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: repeal (S. 15), 1755 [3FE]

Tandem truck amendments: introduction (S. 1048), 8327 [13AP]

Truck size and weight: limits, 17307 [27JN]

Trucking Competition Act: introduction (S. 2038), 30216 [1NO]

Width: uniformity (S. 926), 7269 [24MR]

Reports

Tandem-Trailer Truck Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (excerpt), 11750 [10MY]

Statements

Concern Over Problems of Trucking Industry, various Members of Congress, 5864 [16MR]

Tables

Highway user tax, comparison of proposals (selected data), 802 [26JA]

Texts of

H.R. 1436, repeal increase in truck use tax and diesel fuel tax, 2191 [15FE]

S. 15, repeal the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 1755 [3FE]

S. 113, Highway Tax Equity Act, 754 [26JA]

S. 138, repeal of highway user tax, 802 [26JA]

S. 343, Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Adjustment Act, 1294 [1FE]

S. 926, uniform standards for commercial motor vehicle width, 7270 [24MR], 7331 [24MR]

S. 1048, Tandem truck amendments, 8328 [13AP]

S. 1475, Highway Use Tax Equalization Act, 15934 [15JN]

S. 1596, Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act, 18497 [11JY]

S. 2174, Motor Carrier Safety Act, 34506-34509 [18NO]