Common use of Expedited Proceedings Clause in Contracts

Expedited Proceedings. (a) The Commission shall give all proceedings involving the Rock Island Railroad preference over all other pending proceedings related to rail carriers and make all of its decisions at the earliest practicable time. (b) The Commission shall, within 100 days of the filing of an application (or such shorter pe- riod as the court may set) pursuant to section 915 of this title, reach a decision on all proceed- ings filed after January 1, 1980, which involve a sale, transfer or lease of any line of the Rock Is- land Railroad to a solvent carrier. (Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 111, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 404.) ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and func- tions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appro- priate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. The provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] and section 6362(b) of title 42 shall not apply to transactions carried out pursuant to this chapter. (Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 113, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat.

Expedited Proceedings. (a) The Commission shall give all proceedings involving the Rock Island Railroad preference over all other pending proceedings related to rail carriers and make all of its decisions at the earliest practicable time. (b) The Commission shall, within 100 days of the filing of an application (or such shorter pe- riod as the court may set) pursuant to section 915 of this title, reach a decision on all proceed- ings filed after January 1, 1980, which involve a sale, transfer or lease of any line of the Rock Is- land Railroad to a solvent carrier. (Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 111, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 404.) ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and func- tions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appro- priate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. The provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] and section 6362(b) of title 42 shall not apply to transactions carried out pursuant to this chapter. (Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 113, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat.