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                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M.
                                     WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1984

               UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548
                            STATEMENT OF
                OLIVER W. KRUEGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
       RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
                             BEFORE THE
                HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                     COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                 ON
                THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S
                         ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM


Mr. Chairman  and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate  the opportunity to be here today to discuss our

review of various  aspects of the Interstate Commerce Commission's

(ICC) enforcement program  as it relates to motor carriers.  We

undertook this  review at your request, focusing our work on

ICC's enforcement priorities,  the standards used by ICC to measure

the effectiveness of  its enforcement efforts, and the procedures

ICC used in allocating  resources.  We also examined to b limited

degree the feasibility of  transferring ICC enforcement activities

to other organizations.

     In spite of the  important regulatory changes legislated by

the motor carrier laws enacted  in 1980 and 1982, ICC still retains

an enforcement role.  Many of  the motor carrier obligations were

retained and new penalties were  added.  Examples of ICCI's enforce-

ment activities include the  following:  Carriers hauling regulated

goods must still obtain operating  authority from the IqC and are

subject to prosecution for failing  to do so.  Lumping, which is a




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