An Act to amend the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the use by motor carriers (under leases, contracts, or other arrangements) of motor vehicles not owned by them, in the furnishing of transportation of property
PL 84-957 (S.898), enacted 08/03/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 957-AUG. 3, 1956 
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Public Law 957 
CHAPTER 928 
AN ACT 
To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to the authority of the 
Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the use by motor carriers (under 
leases, contracts, or other arrangements) of motor vehicles not owned by 
them, in the furnishing of transportation of property. 
August 3,1956 
[S. 898] 
L e a s e s , 
tracts, etc. 
D i r e c t i o n and 
control. 
Be it sTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That section 204 
use^^of ^hi'cies 
of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (49 U. S. C , sec. 304), o*«»«g''y *l*i'|"' 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(e) Subject to the provisions of subsection (f) hereof, the Commis-
sion is authorized to prescribe, with respect to the use by motor carriers 
(under leases, contracts, or other arrangements) of motor vehicles 
not owned by them, in the furnishing of transportation of property— 
"(1) regulations requiring that any such lease, contract, or 
other arrangement shall be in writing and be signed by the parties 
thereto, shall specify the period during which it is to be in effect, 
and shall specify the compensation to be paid by the motor car-
rier, and requiring that during the entire period of any such lease, 
contract, or other arrangement a copy thereof shall be carried in 
each motor vehicle covered thereby; and 
"(2) such other regulations as may be reasonably necessary in 
order to assure that while motor vehicles are being so used the 
motor carriers will have full direction and control of such vehicles 
and will be fully responsible for the operation thereof in accord-
ance with applicable law -and regulations, as if they were the 
owners of such vehicles, including the requirements prescribed 
by or under the provisions of this part with respect to safety of 
operation and equipment and inspection thereof, which require-
ments may include but shall not be limited to promulgation of 
regulations requiring liability and cargo insurance covering all 
such equipment. 
"(f) Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize the Com-
mission to regulate the duration of any such lease, contract, or other 
arrangement for the use of any motor vehicle, with driver, or the 
amount of compensation to be paid for such use— 
"(1) where the motor vehicle so to be used is that of a farmer 
or of a cooperative association or a federation of cooperative asso-
ciations, as specified in section 203 (b) (4a) or (5), or is that 
of a private carrier of property by motor vehicle as defined in 
section 203 (a) (17) and is used regularly in the transportation 
of property of a character embraced within section 203 (b) (6) 
or perishable products manufactured from perishable property 
of a character embraced within section 203 (b) (6), and such 
motor vehicle is to be used by the motor carrier in a single move-
ment or in one or more of a series of movements, loaded or empty, 
in the general direction of the general area in which such motor 
vehicle is based; or 
"(2) where'the motor vehicle so to be used is one which has 
completed a movement covered by section 203 (b) (6) 'and such 
motor vehicle is next to be used by the motor carrier in a loaded 
movement in any direction, and/or in one or more of a series of 
movements, loaded or empty, in the general direction of the gen-
eral area in which such motor vehicle is based. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Exceptions. 
49 Stat. 303.