Amendments clarify that nothing in the bill is intended to change in any way the current coverage of the Railway Labor Act and the Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Act; restore certain Staggers Act captive shipper protections, such as the so-called Long-Cannon guidelines, requirements for filing of contract summaries and minimum notification periods for changes in rates; restore the feeder line development program; place restrictions on the investigative authority of the transportation adjudicatory panel which will inherit remaining rail regulatory activities; make several technical and clarifying changes to the motor carrier rate provisions; reinstate provisions from current law relating to the payment of rates and bus carrier merger authority; update several provisions from the Negotiated Rates Act of 1994; clarify that carriers currently holding ICC operating authority are deemed to be registered with the Department of Transportation; make several changes to the current household goods provisions, including revisions to pooling authority and the determination of which party should pay the cost of loss and damage arbitration; and provide that carriers will be able to establish "released value" liability rates.