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B-194263 1 (1979-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I ,.k * COMPTROLLER GECRAL OF THE UHITE STATES 14, ' WASIIWCI-TON, D.C. 20348 E-19423 AR 2 2 1979 Do zio, £asko aval ble to Ptbljo z' The Honorable John Melcher Unted States Senate Dear Senator Mclcher: You have as1ked for otur opinion on whetwor the Oft've of Rail Public Counel (ORPC) haci statutsrjrthority to 9xpendjpp'oprhded unds-1 to intervene in ral'rad civl.04W.6 ruptcytcatep, YtgU 9itate that te 4 ORPCJ has previously filed an tItarvenor brief in Nationa1 Railroad Passo'nger Corporation v, United States, Civil Adtiff, o crreitly peding lef6e the Court of Appeals for the District of Colturcbia, It is presently considering intervening in a Milwaukee bankriptcy case now beforc a district court inthe Sevenlth Circuit. The tOffice of Rail Public Counsel vas establiisied b the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory, Reform Act ,pf 1976 (4R Act), Pub, L. No, 94t,210, (February 5, 1976), § .O4(a), '90 Stat, 31, 51, which added a new section 27 to part I of the Interstate Commerce Ac4, Section 27(1) designa;ed the ORPC as an independent office affiliated vith the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). Section 27(4) p.rescribed the duties of the ORPC as follows: C In addition to any other duties and respona\ibilities' prescribed by law, the Office of Rail Public Counsel--,, (a) shall have standing to become a party to any proceeding, formal or informal, which is pending or initiated before tle Commission and which involves a common carrier by railroad subject to this part; (b) may petition the Commission for the initiation of proceedings on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission which involves a common c&rrier by railroad subject to this part; ()may seek judicial review of any'Commission action on any matter involving a common carrier by, railroad subject to this part, to the extent such reviewv i authorized by law for any person and on the same t basis; (di) shall solicit, study, evaluate, and present before the Commission, in any proceeding, formal or t ,I , iIi

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