Staggers Rail Act

Staggers Rail Act
Long title	A bill to reform the economic regulation of railroads, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 96th United States Congress
Effective	October 14, 1980
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–448
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as "Harley O. Staggers Rail Act of 1980" (S. 1946) by Howard Cannon (D-NV) on October 29, 1979; Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Passed the Senate on April 1, 1980 (91-4); Passed the House on September 9, 1980 (337-20); Reported by the joint conference committee on September 29, 1980; agreed to by the Senate on September 30, 1980 (66-2) and by the House on September 30, 1980 ; Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 14, 1980;

The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 is a United States federal law that deregulated the American railroad industry to a significant extent, and it replaced the regulatory structure that had existed since the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.^[1]

^ Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–448, S. 1946, 94 Stat. 1895, enacted October 14, 1980