49 USC § 1302 - Functions

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title: "49 USC § 1302 - Functions"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "1302"
section_name: "Functions"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 933, § 702; amended Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(6), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3389; renumbered § 1302, Pub. L. 114–110, § 3(a)(3), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228.)"
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# § 1302. Functions

January 1, 1996

Except as otherwise provided in the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or the amendments made thereby, the Board shall perform all functions that, immediately before , were functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission or were performed by any officer or employee of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the capacity as such officer or employee.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 933, § 702; amended Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(6), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3389; renumbered § 1302, Pub. L. 114–110, § 3(a)(3), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The ICC Termination Act of 1995, referred to in text, is , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1995 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

2015— renumbered  as this section.

1996— substituted “” for “the effective date of such Act”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission

Interstate Commerce Commission abolished by , set out as a note under .