To improve judicial machinery by amending title 28, United States Code, with respect to judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and for other purposes.
PL 93-584 (S.663), enacted 01/02/1975

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-584-JAN. 2, 1975 
1917 
Public Law 93-584 
AN ACT 
To improve judicial macliinery by amending title 28, United States Code, with 
respect to judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1336 (a) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, the district 
courts shall have jurisdiction of any civil action to enforce, in whole 
or in part, any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and to 
enjoin or suspend, in whole or in part, any order of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission for the payment of money or the collection of 
fines, penalties, and forfeitures." 
SEC. 2. Section 1398(a) of title 28, United States Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a civil action brought 
under section 1336(a) of this title shall be brought only in a judicial 
district in which any of the parties bringing the action resides or has 
its principal office. 
SEC. 3. Section 2341 (3) (A) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting following "Federal Maritime Commission," the 
words "the Interstate Commerce Commission,". 
SEC. 4. Section 2342 of title 28, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) In the paragraph designated "(3)", following the semicolon, 
strike "and"; 
(b) In the paragraph designated "(4)", strike the period and insert 
in lieu thereof a semicolon followed by the word "and"; 
(c) Add a new paragraph " (5)" as follows: 
" (5) all rules, regulations, or final orders of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission made reviewable by section 2321 of this title." 
SEC. 5. Section 2321 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to 
read: 
"§2321. Judicial review of Commission's orders and decisions; 
procedure generally; process 
"(a) Except as otherwise provided by an Act of Congress, a pro-
ceeding to enjoin or suspend, in whole or in part, a rule, regulation, or 
order of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be brought in the 
court of appeals as provided by and in the manner prescribed in 
chapter 158 of this title. 
"(b) The procedure in the district courts in actions to enforce, in 
whole or in part, any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission 
other than for payment of money or the collection of fines, penalties, 
and forfeitures, shall be as provided in this chapter. 
"(c) The orders, writs, and process of the district courts may, in 
the cases specified in subsection (b) and in the cases and proceedings 
under section 20 of the Act of February 4, 1887, as amended (24 Stat. 
386; 49 U.S.C. 20), section 23 of the Act of May 16, 1942, as amended 
(56 Stat. 301; 49 U.S.C. 23), and section 3 of the Act of February 19, 
1903, as amended (32 Stat. 848; 49 U.S.C. 43), run, be served and be 
returnable anywhere in the United States." 
SEC. 6. The first paragraph of section 2323 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"The Attorney General shall represent the Government in the 
actions specified in section 2321 of this title and in actions under 
section 20 of the Act of February 4, 1887, as amended (24 Stat. 386; 
49 U.S.C. 20), section 23 of the Act of May 16, 1942, as amended (56 
January 2, 1«)75 
[S. 663] 
ICC decisions. 
Judicial review. 
S upra. 
Infra. 
28 u s e 2321. 
28 u s e 2341. 
Ante, 
p. 1'709. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-585-JAN. 2, 1975 
[88 STAT. 
A 
Rep 
Stat. 801; 49 U.S.C. 23), and section 3 of the Act of Febniarv 19. 1903, 
nfe.p. 1709. 
as amended (32 Stat. 848; 49 U.S.C. 43)." 
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SEC. 7. Sections 2324 and 2325 of title 28, United States Code, are 
liereby repealed. 
SEC. 8. The table of sections of chapter 157 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended to read: 
"Chapter 
157.—INTERSTATE 
COMMERCE 
COMMISSION 
ORDERS; ENFORCEMENT AND 
REVIEW 
••Sec. 
"2321. Judicial review of Commission's orders and decisions; procedure gen-
erally ; process. 
"2322. United States as party. 
•'2323. Duties of Attorney General; intervenors.". 
SEC. 9. The proviso in section 205(g) of the Motor Carrier Act, as 
amended (49 Stat. 550; 49 U.S.C. 305(g)), is amended by slriking 
"file a bill of complaint with the appropriate District Court of the 
United States, convened under section 2284 of title 28 of the United 
States" and inserting in lieu thereof "commence appropriate judicial 
proceedings in a court of the United States under those provisions of 
law applicable in the case of proceedings to enjoin or suspend rules, 
regulations, or orders of the Commission". 
_^^Nonappiicabii- 
gj^^, j^Q T\\\^ Act shall uot apply to any action commenced on or 
28 use 2321 
before the last day of the first month beginning after the date of 
"°*^- 
enactment. However, actions to enjoin or suspend orders of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission which are pending when this Act becomes 
effective shall not be affected thereby, but shall proceed to final 
disposition under the l
a
A
V existing on the date they were commenced. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-585 
o ,o.c 
AN ACT 
January 2, 1975 
[s-1418] 
x'o recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of 
Herbert Hoover, including his many great humanitarian endeavors, his chair-
manship of two Commissions of the Organization of the Executive Branch, 
and his service as thirty-first President of the United States, and in com-
memoration of the one hundredth anniversary of his birth on August 10, 1974, 
by providing grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. 
Hoover Institu 
tion on War, Rev-
University, Calif 
Grants. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) in order 
oiution, and '" 
to cstablish au appropriate memorial to the late President Herbert 
Peace, Stanford^ 
Hoover, the Sccrctary of the Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Secretary") is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, 
and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 
(b) No grant may be made under this Act for any fiscal year 
un^.ess— 
(1) the Secretary determines that the total of such grants for 
that year will not exceed the total amount of gifts, bequests, and 
devises of money, securities, and other property, made after the 
date of enactment of this Act, for that year for the benefit of the 
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; and 
(2) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace 
furnishes to the Secretary such information at such times and in 
such manner as he may require.