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OCE-84-2 1 (1984-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabemc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Committee On Finance United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES The Surface Transportation Assistance Act Of 1982: Comparative Economic Effects On The Trucking Industry The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 raised federal highway taxes for the first time in over two decades to obtain additional ,* funds for several major transportation pro- grams. The act also permitted larger and heavier trucks to use many federally aided *. highways. At the request of the Senate Com- mittee on Finance. GAO analyzed how the economic benefits and burdens of the act will be distributed among different segments of the commercial trucking industry. The effect of this act on a particular motor carrier will depend on the size of the carrier's additional tax burden and the carrier's ability to increase productivity and raise rates. GAO determined that these factors will vary signi- ficantly among different segments of the commercial trucking industry. Thus, some motor carriers will be comparatively better off, while others will be comparatively worse off, as a consequence of the act. JD S11 . 0. 04, 79 GAO/0CG4-t APRIL6. :1034 .'... ..

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