The report added that the agency was failing to assure the safety of drinking water on aircraft and other interstate carriers serving 600,000 people a year.

Since deregulation undermined the ability of major trucking concerns to limit competition, the number of interstate carriers has more than doubled, to 37,000.

The proposed rule covers interstate carriers that currently use log books to record driver's hours of service.

The court thus overturns an ICC order dismissing a complaint against an interstate carrier.

In addition, the Committee regulates all interstate common carriers, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, civil aviation and telecommunications.

At the time, interstate carriers were tightly regulated by the federal government, but Southwest, operating entirely within Texas, was free to innovate.

Contains only thefts from licensed dealers and interstate carriers (optional).

The area has one railroad, six freight lines and six interstate carriers.

In 1980, there were about 2,100 licensed interstate carriers in the United States.

Likewise, the number of agents - small moving companies that serve as local affiliates of the interstate carriers - has remained constant at 5,000.