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              UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548

                                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                          EXPECTED AT 10:15 A.M.
   129908                                 MAY 13, 1986

                           STATEMENT OF

               HERBERT R. MCLURE, ASSOCIATE  DIRECTOR

      RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  DIVISION

                  U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                            BEFORE THE

                  SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                    COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                       UNITED STATES SENATE

                                ON

           BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THE ELIMINATION OF  ICC'S

               TRUCKING REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     I am pleased to be here to discuss the budgetary effects of
the possible elimination of the Interstate Commerce Commission's
regulatory responsibilities for trucking.


      In 1980, the Congress partially deregulated the trucking
industry, relaxing rate and entry regulation.  However, most
interstate truckers are still required to receive operating
authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission  (ICC), and their
rates still generally require approval by the ICC.  In this
Congress, three bills to complete the deregulation of the trucking
industry have been introduced by Senator Packwood, Senator
Danforth (on behalf of the Administration), and Representative
Moody.  All three bills eliminate rate regulation for commercial
trucking, and either eliminate entry regulation, confine  it to
carriers of household goods, or restrict it to considerations of

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