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United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Airport and Airway Improvemement Act - Increases, under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, the United States share of allowable project costs under such Act. Prohibits, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, State taxation of persons in air commerce. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1711, 1712(a) and 1714(b))
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, that ticket agents observe currently effective tariffs for air transportation. Grants the Civil Aeronautics Board access to specified records of tickets agents. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b), 49 U.S.C. 1377(e))
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends the provisions of the Railway Labor Act relating to the creation of an emergency board for an additional period of time commencing at the expiration of the thirty-day period provided for in the Railway Labor Act and ending at 12:01 antemeridian September 24, 1973, so that during such period no change except by agreement shall be made by the Penn Central Transportation Company or its employees or by order of any court in the conditions out of which such dispute arose. Requires the President, not later than sixty days from the enactment of this joint resolution, to submit to the Congress a report which, regardless of the settlement of the particular dispute between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union, provides a full and comprehensive plan for the preservation of essential rail transportation services in the northeast section of the Nation, including the President's proposals, if any, regarding Federal financial expenditures necessary for restoration or preservation of rail transportation services imperiled by the financial failure of rail carriers, and for alternative means for providing essential transportation services now provided by such carriers. Requires the President, not later than thirty days prior to the expiration date specified in the first section of this joint resolution, to submit to the Congress a full and comprehensive report containing: (1) the progress, if any, of negotiations between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union; and (2) any such recommendations for a proposed solution of the dispute described in this joint resolution as he deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Bicentennial Advanced Technology Transportation System Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a comprehensive study of a high-speed ground transportation system between Washington, District of Columbia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and a high-speed marine vessel transportation system between the Baltimore-Annapolis area in Maryland and the Yorktown-Williamsburg-Norfolk area in Virginia. Authorizes the construction of such system if such study demonstrates their feasibility. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Extends to July 1, 1974, Federal financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 if such grants comply with the specified terms and conditions of the Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1604)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Exempts private aircraft entering or departing from the United States and Canada at night, or on Sunday or a holiday, from the provisions under the Tariff Act requiring payment to the United States for overtime services of customs officers and employees. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1451)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that a brokerage license, authorizing the arranging of transportation for passengers and baggage, shall be issued, under the Interstate Commerce Act, only when the applicant: (1) is fit, willing and able to perform the service; (2) has, or will provide, appropriate and adequate facilities for performing such service; and (3) is authorized to perform such service with respect to air, water and rail transportation, or has had at least five years' experience in providing such service. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 311)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that any person who knowingly commits an act in violation of any motor carrier safety requirement, rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation under the Interstate Commerce Act (Part II) relating to qualifications and maximum hours of service employees and safety of operation and equipment shall be fined not less than $250 nor more $1,000 for the first offense and not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for any subsequent offense. Provides that each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. Extends the application of such penalties to all violations of the motor carrier safety regulations (including violations by motor carriers, private carriers and carriers of migrant workers by motor vehicle). Provides that the Secretary of Transportation may, without notice, order for a period of up to sixty days any common, contract, or private carrier to cease and desist from operating motor vehicles in interstate commerce where he, for good cause, finds that the carrier's operations will create an unreasonable risk of accident, injury, or death to persons or damage to property. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 322)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Designates Interstate Route Numbered 70 as the Disabled American Veterans Memorial Highway.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that regulations shall be prescribed, under the Federal Aviation Act, requiring that all passengers and carry-on baggage in regularly scheduled air transportation be screened by weapons-detecting devices. Authorizes appropritations for such purpose. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1348)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to become effective not later than July 1, 1974, requiring the placarding of vehilces transporting hazardous materials by land in interstate and foreign commerce. Requires such placarding so that law-enforcement and firefighting personnel of communities, and carriers and shippers, may identify the type of hazardous material being transported, the degree of hazard involved, and any particular procedure which should be followed or avoided in dealing with emergency situations arising in connection with the transportation of such hazardous material.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to become effective not later than July 1, 1974, requiring the placarding of vehilces transporting hazardous materials by land in interstate and foreign commerce. Requires such placarding so that law-enforcement and firefighting personnel of communities, and carriers and shippers, may identify the type of hazardous material being transported, the degree of hazard involved, and any particular procedure which should be followed or avoided in dealing with emergency situations arising in connection with the transportation of such hazardous material.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation on airlines under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to handicapped persons and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes free or reduced rate railroad transportation for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older under the Interstate Commerce Act. (Amends 490 U.S.C. 1373 (b), 22)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands on the definition of 'airport development' under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include the acquisition, improvement, or repair of safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by rule or regulation of the Federal Aviation Administration for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for airport development totaling $312,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the purpose of developing airports serving segments of aviation other than air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board totaling $37,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases the total obligational authority of the Secretary to make grants for airport development to $1,540,000,000. States that such obligations shall not be liquidated in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,190,000,000 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount exceeding $1,540,000,000 prior to June 30, 1975. Provides that the Federal share of allowable project costs incurred under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 shall be: (1) 50 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less than 1.00 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) 75 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 1.00 percent of such passengers. Provides that the Federal share of project costs related to the security of persons and property on the airport shall be 82 percent of the allowable costs. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived therefrom. Specifies States and local taxes which are permitted under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to become effective not later than July 1, 1974, requiring the placarding of vehilces transporting hazardous materials by land in interstate and foreign commerce. Requires such placarding so that law-enforcement and firefighting personnel of communities, and carriers and shippers, may identify the type of hazardous material being transported, the degree of hazard involved, and any particular procedure which should be followed or avoided in dealing with emergency situations arising in connection with the transportation of such hazardous material.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, to make grants or loans to assist State and local public bodies and agencies thereof in the payment of operating expenses incurred in connection with the provision of mass transportation service in urban areas. Requires a State or public body or agency to submit a comprehensive mass transportation service improvement plan to qualify for such assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1974. Increases to 80 percent the Federal share of projects other than projects for the paying of operating expenses. Increases to $6,100,000,000 the obligations the Secretary may incur to finance urban mass transportation projects under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans under the Act to private nonprofit corporations and associations for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons for whom mass transportation services, planned, designed, and carried out under the Act are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate. Provides that no financial assistance shall be provided under the Act to any State or local public body or agency thereof which engages directly or indirectly in the transporting of schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school and school-authorized functions, (other than the transporting of such children and personnel, along with other passengers, as part of the regular operations of a public transit authority in the urban area within which it provides mass transportation service) or proposes to expand present routes, schedules, service, or facilities for the purpose of providing transportation for schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school-authorized functions, in competition with or supplementary to the service currently provided by a private transportation company, or other person, engaged in transporting such schoolchildren and school personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Allows the President to create a special Emergency Board in addition to the present Mediation Board to settle disputes between railroad carriers and employees which substantially threatens interstate or foreign commerce. Authorizes the Emergency Board to investigate the facts of any dispute with or without hearings and to report to the President within 60 days their findings if the dispute has not been settled. Gives the President, upon expiration of 30 days after the Emergency Board's report, discretionary power to: (a) notify the parties of his intention to establish a special board to resolve the dispute; (b) direct the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of such carrier's property and to operate such property, or (c) transmit recommendations for legislation deemed necessary. Provides that if a special board is established the President must notify the affected parties and allow a specified period for the parties to establish a special board to make a final determination of the dispute. Requires the President to create a special board if the parties fail to establish a special board. Authorizes the special board to hold hearings and publish its determinations within 60 days after its appointment. Provides that the final determination by the special board may be reviewed by any U.S. district court if a review order is obtained within 30 days by an aggrieved party. Requires that such property so seized under paragraph (b) above be returned to the carrier within 30 days after the settlement of the dispute. Provides that any violation of the special board's determination by the parties within two years of such determination shall be a misdemeanor. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 160)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that rates and changes for the barging or affreighting of containers or containerized cargo by barge between points in the United States shall be filed solely with the Federal Maritime Commission where: (1) the cargo is moving between a point in a foreign country or a noncontiguous State, territory, or possession and a point in the United States; (2) the transportation by barge between points in the United States is furnished by a terminal operator as a service substitute in lieu of a direct vessel call by the common carrier by water transporting the containers or containerized cargo under a through bill of lading; (3) such terminal operator is a State, municipality, or other public body or agency subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission, and (4) such terminal operator is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Maritime Commission for the operation of such barge service. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for such barge operations within one hundred and twenty days after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Title I: Airline Passenger Right to Travel Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purpose of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft. Sets forth penalties for the willful and malicious imparting or conveying of false information concerning an attempt to carry out any prohibited act contained in the provisons of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Anti-Air Piracy Act - Defines the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States", when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) civil aircraft of the United States; (2) aircraft of the national defense forces of the United States; (3) any other aircraft within the United States; and (4) any other aircraft outside the United States that has its next scheduled destination or last point of departure in the United States, if that aircraft next actually lands in the United States; or that has "an offense", as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (5) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished: (1) by death if the jury recommends or so orders; (2) by imprisonment for not less than twenty years, if the death penalty is not imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Prohibits the making of extortion payments in connection with the commission of the crimes of aircraft piracy, and specified other crimes against aircraft and motor vehicles. Provides that whoever knowingly pays, or furnishes any services (including parachutes), to aid in the commission of such crime shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 32, 33)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Anti-Hijacking Act - Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft. Authorizes the President and the Secretary of Transportation to curtail the operating rights of air carriers deemed not to observe such Conventions provisions concerning the problem of unlawful seizure of aircraft. Imposes statutory penalties for the crime of aircraft piracy.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Cargo Security Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to assure the security and safety of property in transportation. Specifies civil and criminal penalties for the violation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act of $1,000,000 annually for fiscal for years 1974 and 1975, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Anti-Hijacking Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training, or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Designates the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as the "Rayburn-Johnson Highway System."
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Interstate Highway System Extension Act - Increases from 41,000 to 82,000 the number of miles authorized to be constructed under the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Sets forth provisions governing the apportionment of funds between the States. Authorizes appropriations of $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and $4,500,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter, to construct the Interstate System.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Provides that any air carrier, may grant reduced rate transportation to individuals aged 21 and younger, upon such terms and conditions as the Civil Aeronautics Board may prescribe. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Makes the restriction of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 against taking into account for subsidy accounting purposes any salary for personal services in excess of $25,000, inapplicable to operators whose operating differential subsidy contracts terminated within 12 months prior to October 21, 1970. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1173 ut)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Provides that all portions of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways be free from tolls by the time the last segment of that system is completed in 1979. Provides for equitable reimbursement from the Federal Highway Trust Fund to each State having a highway, bridge or tunnel incorporated into the Interstate System. Provides that such payments shall be made in four equal annual installments starting with the 1975 fiscal year. Provides that the basis for reimbursement on toll facilities shall be 90 percent of the estimated 1979 depreciated value of each facility based on original construction costs plus the cost of all subsequent improvements minus the amount of the total principal paid on the bonded indebtedness of the facility as of June 30, 1979. Provides that the basis for reimbursement on toll-free facilities shall be 90 percent of the estimated 1979 depreciated value of each facility based on original construction costs plus the costs of all subsequent improvements which shall be based on the non-Federal-aid financing of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Highway Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations to specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $150,000,000 for fiscal 1974 and $225,000,000 for fiscal 1975 for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Authorizes the appropriation of $225,000,000 for fiscal 1974 and $450,000,000 for fiscal 1975 for bridge construction and replacement. Establishes special pavement marking programs and appropriates $125,000,000 for both fiscal 1974 and 1975 to be available until expended to carry out such programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out safety research on the following subjects: (1) the relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles; and (2) driver behavior research. Authorizes to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 the sum of $100,000,000 to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific locations or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials, such study to be conducted by the Federal Highway Administration. Provides that two-thirds of such funds authorized and expended in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. Requires each State to report to the Secretary not later than September 30, 1974, and every September 30 of each year thereafter, on the progress being made to implement projects for high-hazard locations and the effectiveness of such improvements. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full and complete investigation of the use of the mass media and other techniques for informing the public of means and methods for reducing the number and severity of highway accidents. Directs the Secretary to conduct an investigation of ways and means for encouraging greater citizen participation and involvement in the traffic enforcement process. Directs the Secretary to make a study of the feasibility of establishing a National Center for Statistical Analysis of Highway Operations designed to acquire, store, and retrieve highway accident data and standardize the information and procedures for reporting accidents on a nationwide basis. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress his findings and recommendations not later than January 1, 1975. Authorizes the Secretary to make a full and complete investigation and study of pedestrian safety and report his findings and recommendations to the Congress no later than January 31, 1975. Provides that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of all funds authorized to be appropriated for highway safety. Allows the Secretary to make incentive grants to states which have attained above average results in carrying out safety programs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Spirit of '76 High Speed Rail Act - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers to establish high speed rail passenger service between Boston, New York, and Washington, District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations of funds to finance equipment, construction and terminal improvements. Permits the Secretary of Transportation to accept donation of lands, easements, rights-of-way or materials required for such work. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress with respect to activities carried out under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Modern Railway Transportation Act - A bill to amend part I of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to revise the procedures for the abandonment of railroad lines, and for the establishment or revision of rates fares and charges for the transportation of property by common carriers by railroad. Gives railway management the unilateral right to abandon unproductive branch lines. Provides that if abandonment is desired the railway must give 90 days' notice to the public and the Secretary of Transportation. Directs that upon receipt of such notice the Secretary of Transportation may stay the abandonment of that facility, with or without a hearing, if he determines that the continued operation of that line is essential to the national economy, the regional economy, or the national defense. Provides that in the event that he stays the abandonment, the Department of Transportation shall reimburse the carrier for all out-of-pocket losses incurred in the operation of such line during the period of the stay. Provides that no employee's employment shall be terminated as a result of the abandonment except by attrition. Divests the Interstate Commerce Commission of all ratemaking authority. Allows each carrier to establish its own rates in the competitive market structure subject to the following limitations: (1) there shall be no rate discrimination as to the identity of the shipper, the direction in which the shipment moves, or the value of the cargo; (2) there shall be no rebates made to any shippers; and (3) there shall be no agreements between carriers with respect to rates or charges. Permits rates to be based upon the weight and cubic volume of the shipment, the need for special equipment or special switching, the distance traveled and whether the cargo was general meruchandise or a bulk commodity. Provides that rates could also be lowered for unit train shipments and multiple car shipments. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall administer the provisions of this Act and shall issue such regulation as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
States that any common carrier by railroad, motor vehicle, water, or air, may enter into an agreement for the interchange of equipment with another mode of common carrier, and for the establishment of procedures to determine rates of compensation for such interchanged equipment. Provides that the Chairmen of the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to each appoint one member from their respective agencies to act as a joint board to consider and approve or disapprove agreement between carriers under this Act. Sets for th procedures for the consideration of agreements by the Joint Board, and exempts approved agreements from the operation of the antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Removes the percentage limitations on the amount of urban mass transportation grant assistance which may be available in any one State under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. (Repeals 49 U.S.C. 1611)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Prohibits sonic booms by civil aircraft within the navigable airspace of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of establishing a proposed Ohio River National Parkway a study of Indiana. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Provides that the imposition of taxes the proceeds of which are appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund shall be suspended during any period when amounts in the Fund are impounded or otherwise withheld from expenditure. States that this suspension shall not apply to sums determined to be necessary to be withheld from obligation for specific periods of time in order to assure that sufficient amounts will be available in the Highway Trust Fund to defray the expenditures which will be required to be made from such Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Authorizes the expenditure of Federal-aid highway funds for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of such roads to meet Interstate System standards on toll roads which are approved as part of the Interstate system on or before June 30, 1968, and are made toll-free to July 1, 1976. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 129(b))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Prohibits the impoundment of funds from the Highway Trust Fund which have been apportioned and appropriated by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Highways and Related Transportation Systems Improvement Act - Sets forth findings that highway congestion, air pollution, and related safety problems are impairing the efficiency of the highway system; and declares that the level of efficiency can be improved by developing related systems, and that both highways and related systems can best be improved by giving States and local communities greater flexibility in the use of Federal highway funds. Revises the present authorizations of $4,000,000,000 for the Interstate System of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to the sum of $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make 1974 and 1975 Interstate System apportionments using the factors set forth in Table 5 of House Public Works Committee Print 92-29. Extends the time for completing the Interstate System by four years, from June 1976 to June 1980. Requires the Secretary to continue to report to Congress the cost of completing the Interstate System every second year, using the estimate shown therein for making apportionments for the subsequent two-year-period, upon approval of Congress. Authorizes additional mileage for the Interstate System to be used in making modifications or revisions in the Interstate System. Provides that upon joint request of the local governments, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any route or portion thereof on the System within a State if he determines that such route is not essential to the completion of a unified and connected Interstate System. States that after the Secretary has withdrawn his approval the mileage of such route and the additional mileage authorized by this Act shall be available to the State to provide the essential connection of the Interstate System in lieu of the route or portions thereof which were withdrawn. Extends the ten percent penalty, applicable to Federal-aid highway funds appropriated to a State, for failure to control outdoor advertising displays and devices which can be seen from the nearest roadway for the period after January 1, 1973. Extends the appropriations for carrying out the outdoor advertising program as follows: $20,500,000 for 1972; and $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and Federal-aid primary system highways $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to apportion money from the Highway Trust Fund to assist States and local governments to operate, maintain, and improve highways and other transportation services, including public transit, if sufficient funds are not available from other Federal sources. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund the following amounts: $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Provides that ninety percent of these amounts are to be appropriated in accordance with a prescribed formula, and the remaining ten percent shall be available to the Secretary as a discretionary fund. States that unwarranted reductions of allocations by States to local governments for transportation purposes may result in a reduction of a like amount of Federal funds to the State concerned. Requires each State to have a comprehensive State and local transportation plan, subject to approval by the Secretary of Transportation. States that such a plan must reflect transportation needs of the State and its communities and take into consideration the social and environmental impact of the alternate means available. Provides that it must be administered by a single State agency with full authority for executing the State's plan. States that local governments shall develop an areawide plan incorporating long-range plans for highway and related transportation systems, with a schedule of projects to be undertaken annually. Provides that the local plan is to be developed by the local transportation planning agency, and be submitted to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary of Transportation for review. Provides that where a State or metropolitan plan is rejected by the Secretary, the State or local unit shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing. Limits planning and administrative costs of State or local units to three percent of the respective allocation. Provides for recordkeeping, audits, and reports. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe rules, regulations, and standards in implementing the highway and related transportation services improvement chapter. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on the developments and effectiveness of these activities. Specifies that no Federal contribution in addition to funds herein allocated shall be provided for relocation payments and assistance for those replaced by transportation activities. Provides that nothing in this chapter shall diminish the requirements respecting the establishment by States of highway safety programs approved by the Secretary of Transportation. Requires the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of loans or grants under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. Provides that the Secretary shall not approve any such loan or grant without first obtaining adequate insurance that required labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Title I: Airline Passenger Right to Travel Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purpose of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft. Sets forth penalties for the willful and malicious imparting or conveying of false information concerning an attempt to carry out any prohibited act contained in the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Title I: Anti-Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term: special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States: when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has: an offense:, as defined in the convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits an offense, as defined in the convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 20 years or for more than life. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist groups, he may without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure. Suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States any and foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the convention on international civil aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to resolution A 17-10 of the seventeenth assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purposes of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Provides that the Administrator may not require, by regulation or otherwise, the presence at airports in the United States of State or local law enforcement personnel to assist in or support the screening of passengers and property prior to boarding, or to enforce, or to act as a deterrent against Acts which are prohibited by, United States statutes other than as authorized by this Act. Provides that no person shall be frisked or searched unless he has been identified by a weapons detection device as a person who is reasonably likely to be carrying unlawfully a concealed weapon and before he has been given an opportunity to remove from his person or clothing objects which could have evoked a positive response from the weapons detection device, and unless he consents to such search. Provides that, if consent for such search is denied, such person shall be denied boarding and shall forfeit his opportunity to be transported in air transportation, intrastate air transportation, and foreign air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for the carrying aboard an aircraft of weapons. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and each succeeding fiscal year to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Title I: Airline Passenger Right to Travel Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purpose of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft. Sets forth penalties for the willful and malicious imparting or conveying of false information concerning an attempt to carry out any prohibited act contained in the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Bicycle Transportation Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Authorizes appropriations for construction of facilities and equipment for public mass transportation projects, including preferential bus lanes, highway traffic loading and parking facilities, construction of fixed rail facilities, and the purchase of passenger equipment, including rolling stock for fixed rail. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 142(b))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides for the reconstruction, enlargement, and extension of the eastern approach in Rock Island, Illinois, to the Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River. Specifies that such project shall be commenced not later than December 1, 1974, and shall be completed before December 1, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Allows an individual to deduct from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, the expenses, not exceeding $300 a year, paid for transportation to and from his place of abode and his place of business or employment. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 162(f))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Permits each member of a flight crew on duty on the flight deck of a civil aircraft to carry a firearm. Requires an intercommunication system to permit persons authorized to enter the flight deck to request that the door be opened. Provides that the door separating the flight deck from the passenger compartment shall be locked at all times in such a manner that it may be opened only from the flight deck. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 412 (a)(7))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Bicycle Transportation Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Increases funding from $500,000 to $600,000 for accelerated planning purposes with respect to the creation of a continuous Great River Road along the banks of the Mississippi River.