Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 21


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 21 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 11, 38 Stat. 734; June 19, 1934, ch.
    652, title VII, Sec. 702(d), formerly title VI, Sec. 602(d), 48
    Stat. 1102; renumbered Pub. L. 98-549, Sec. 6(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98
    Stat. 2804; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, Sec. 203(a), 49 Stat. 704; June
    23, 1938, ch. 601, Sec. 1107(g), 52 Stat. 1028; June 25, 1948, ch.
    646, Sec. 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 127, 63
    Stat. 107; Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1184, 64 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 85-726,
    title XIV, Sec. 1401(b), Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 806; Pub. L.
    85-791, Sec. 4, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 943; Pub. L. 86-107, Sec.
    1, July 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 243; Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m), Oct. 4,
    1984, 98 Stat. 1708; Pub. L. 98-620, title IV, Sec. 402(10)(B),
    Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3358; Pub. L. 104-88, title III, Sec.
    318(2), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 949.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The antitrust laws, referred to in subsec. (e), are defined in
    section 12 of this title.
                               CODIFICATION                           
      In subsec. (a), "part A of subtitle VII of title 49" substituted
    for "the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 [49 App. U.S.C. 1301 et
    seq.]" on authority of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July 5, 1994,
    108 Stat. 1378, the first section of which enacted subtitles II,
    III, and V to X of Title 49.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1995 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-88 substituted "Surface
    Transportation Board where applicable to common carriers subject to
    jurisdiction under subtitle IV of title 49" for "Interstate
    Commerce Commission where applicable to common carriers subject to
    the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended".
      1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m)(1), substituted
    "Secretary of Transportation where applicable to air carriers and
    foreign air carriers subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958"
    for "Civil Aeronautics Board where applicable to air carriers and
    foreign air carriers subject to the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938".
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m)(2), substituted
    "Commission, Board, or Secretary" for "Commission or Board"
    wherever appearing.
      Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m)(3), substituted
    "commission, board, or Secretary" for "commission or board"
    wherever appearing.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-620 struck out provision that such
    proceedings in the court of appeals had to be given precedence over
    other cases pending therein, and had to be in every way expedited.
      Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m)(3), substituted "commission, board, or
    Secretary" for "commission or board".
      Subsecs. (f) to (j), (l). Pub. L. 98-443, Sec. 9(m)(3),
    substituted "commission, board, or Secretary" for "commission or
    board" wherever appearing.
      1959 - Pub. L. 86-107 amended section generally, and among other
    changes, authorized the Commission or Board, upon notice and
    opportunity for hearing, in cases where a petition for review has
    not been filed within the time allowed, to reopen and alter,
    modify, or set aside, in whole or in part, any report or order,
    whenever conditions of fact or law have so changed as to require
    such action or if the public interest so requires, and added
    subsecs. (g) to (k), providing for finality of orders, and subsec.
    (l), prescribing the civil penalty for violation of orders.
      1958 - Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 4(a), struck out "a transcript of"
    after "Until" in last sentence of second par.
      Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 4(b), substituted in first sentence of third
    par., "file the record in the proceeding, as provided in section
    2112 of title 28" for "certify and file with its application a
    transcript of the entire record in the proceeding, including all
    the testimony taken and the report and order of the Commission or
    Board", and in second sentence of third par., struck out "and
    transcript" after "application", inserted "concurrently with the
    Commission or Board until the filing of the record", and struck out
    "upon the pleadings, testimony, and proceedings set forth in such
    transcript" after "make and enter".
      Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 4(c), substituted in second sentence of
    fourth par., "transmitted by the clerk of the court to" for "served
    upon" and "shall file in the court the record in the proceeding, as
    provided in section 2112 of title 28" for "forthwith shall certify
    and file in the court a transcript of the record in the proceeding,
    as hereinbefore provided", and in third sentence of fourth
    paragraph substituted "such petition" for "the transcript" and
    inserted "determined as provided in section 1009(e) of title 5,".
      Pub. L. 85-791, Sec. 4(d), substituted in fifth par., "Upon the
    filing of the record with it the" for "The".
      1950 - Act Dec. 29, 1950, amended section generally to allow the
    Attorney General to intervene and appear in any proceeding brought
    by any Commission or Board to enforce sections 13, 14, 18, and 19
    of this title, but the amendment in nowise affects the jurisdiction
    of the Department of Justice to enforce these sections in the
    courts.
      1938 - Act June 23, 1938, inserted "in the Civil Aeronautics
    Authority where applicable to air carriers and foreign air carriers
    subject to the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938", and "authority"
    after "commission" wherever appearing.
      1935 - Act Aug. 23, 1935, changed the name of Federal Reserve
    Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
      1934 - Act June 19, 1934, amended first par.
                              CHANGE OF NAME                          
      Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24,
    1949, substituted "court of appeals" for "circuit court of
    appeals".
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2
    of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section
    701 of Title 49, Transportation.
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with
    certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 8 of 1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat.
    1264, set out under section 41 of this title.
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 21a, 57b-1 of this title.

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