S 2564 · 93th Congress · Claims
Claims Adjudication Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.(1973-10-10)
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Claims Adjudication Acts - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act and the Harter Act, that an action for loss, damage or injury by owners, shippers and receivers of property transported in interstate or foreign commerce, may include a claim for the recovery of attorney's fees unless the defendant common carrier, railroad, or transportation company has filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission giving notice that it accepts as final an adjudication of liability by the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this Act.…
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