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Bill· HRH.R. 3334 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Amendments Act to the Federal-Aid Highway Act - Declares it to be the intent of Congress to establish a national transportation policy recognizing the interdependence of the cities and the countryside, the interrelationships between various transportation modes, and the necessity to make use of the best available technology and transportation resources to meet the transportation needs of the Nation. Increases authorizations for primary and secondary highway systems, bridge replacement and reconstruction, and for projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards of high-accident sections of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Provides for a program to be administered at the county level with funds from the Highway Trust Fund to initiate an emergency bridge replacement program for non-Federal countryside roads and highways.
Bill· HRH.R. 3263 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate the right-of-way for a parkway, generally following the existing Beartooth Highway, in Montana. Designates such parkway as the James E. Murray Memorial Parkway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3214 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 3215 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 3155 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1975
Provides, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, operating assistance of up to $250,000,000 from existing authorizations for projects located in areas other than urbanized areas. Allows the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to private mass transportation operators to provide fellowships for training of personnel employed in managerial, technical, and professional positions in the urban mass transportation fields. Expands the definition of "construction" as used in that Act to include engineering. Directs the Secretary to require that projects receiving Federal financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 be planned, designed, constructed, and operated to allow effective utilization of mass transportation services by elderly and handicapped persons who are unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize such facilities and services effectively. Secretary shall not approve any program or project under this Act unless he finds that the program or project complies with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Council on Accessibility of Mass Transportation at least 50 percent of the members of which shall be elderly and handicapped persons. Advisory Council shall advise and consult with the Secretary on all matters relating relating to mass transportation for elderly and handicapped persons.
Bill· SS. 681 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1975
National Transportation Finance Emergency Act - Allows the use of 50 percent of funds available under specified provisions of law from the Highway Trust Fund to alleviate the financial hardship to States due to the impoundment of such Highway Trust Fund moneys, inflation, and reduced motor gasoline tax revenues to pay the costs of eligible highway and transportation construction projects.
Bill· SS. 671 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 February 1975
Federal Inland Waterways Administration Act - Establishes a Federal Inland Waterways Administration in the Department of Transportation. Declares that such administration shall initiate and coordinate programs for the development, regulation, and improvement of inland waterways and transportation thereon. Provides that such functions of: (1) the Maritime Administration of the Department of Commerce; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army; (4) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (5) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (6) the Coast Guard; and (7) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation which relate to inland waterways shall be transferred to and administered through such Administration. Stipulates that all orders, rules, contracts, and licenses which have been issued by organizations affected by this Act shall remain in effect until modified by the Secretary of Transportation. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall not afect hearings or suits commenced prior to the date this Act takes effect. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5314)
Bill· HRH.R. 3120 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1975
Makes it unlawful to operate a supersonic aircraft, manufactured in the United States or in a foreign nation, for a commercial flight at supersonic speeds in the navigable airspace of the United States until: (1) the Congress, by law, approves findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the operation of such supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States will not have detrimental physiological and psychological effects on persons on the ground and will not have detrimental effects on the environment; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation shall have made affirmative findings, and submitted a written report thereon to the Congress, that the operation of supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States meets all noise and safety standards prescribed by the Secretary with respect to the operation of aircraft capable of operating at supersonic speeds.
Bill· SS. 662 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Provides, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, for the payment of subsidies of operating expenses for mass transportation projects located in areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States and private mass transportation operators to provide fellowships for training of personnel employed in the urban mass transportation fields. Declares it to be the national policy that elderly and handicapped persons have the same right as other persons to utilize mass transportation facilities and services. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to insure that any project receiving Federal financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 have facilitaties accessible to elderly and handicapped persons. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Council on Accessibility of Mass Transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to States and local public bodies for the specific purpose of providing mass transporation services to meet the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons. Allows the Secretary to convert equipment and facilities loans made pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and the Housing Amendments of 1955, to grants, under conditions stipulated, to mass transportation projects. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on or before February 1, l976, a detailed estimate of the cost of grants to be made for providing public mass transportation service for each fiscal year from 1977 to 1981.
Bill· SS. 636 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Terminates the Highway Trust Fund and covers its assets and liabilities into the general fund of the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 3060 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement on the ground that it is adverse to the public interest. Makes this Act effective March 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 3034 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement on the ground that such agreement is adverse to the public interest. States that the effective date of this Act is January 1, 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 3027 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 2960 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Requires, under the Federal Aviation Act, that all aircraft operated within the United States be marked by number, letter, symbol, or any combination thereof, so as to be readily identifiable by persons on the ground whenever such aircraft is operated at low altitudes.
Bill· SS. 589 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes reduced rate transportation on air carriers and common carriers, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act, respectively, for handicapped persons, members of a family traveling together, and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger, and in the case of air carriers, ministers of religion.
Bill· HRH.R. 2919 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement on the ground that such agreement is adverse to the public interest. States that this Act shall take effect 30 days after enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2740 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of specified property conveyed to the city of Elkhart, Kansas, for airport purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 2721 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide for an emergency off-system bridge replacement program for toll-free roads in rural areas which is not on any Federal aid system road. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for such purpose for the fiscal years 1976-1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 2688 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Provides for the addition of 320 miles to the Federal Highway Interstate System and for the inclusion of a critical north-south highway corridor between Buffalo, New York, and Morgantown, West Virginia. Authorizes appropriations of $534,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2687 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Provides for the addition of three hundred and thirty-seven miles to the Interstate System. Stipulates that such mileage shall be available only for designation as an Interstate System traffic corridor between Buffalo, New York, and the vicinity of Grantsville, Maryland. Authorizes appropriations of $562,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 515 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Requires that before the National Railroad Passenger Corporation changes any schedule of, or increases any rate, fare, or charge for , rail passenger service, the Corporation shall hold a public hearing and make a finding that such change or increase in reasonable and in the public interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 2594 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 2615 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Authorizes appropriations of up to $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years to the Secretary of Commerce for the promotion of tourist travel in the United States.
Bill· SS. 499 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - States that the purpose of this Act is (1): to make grants for, and support through loan guarantees, research and development leading to production prototypes of an advanced automobile or automobiles within four years from the date of enactment and to secure the certification after testing of those prototypes which are likely to meet the Nation's long-term goals with respect to fuel economy, environmental protection, and other objectives; and (2) to interpret and carry out this Act to preserve, enhance and facilitate and competition in research, development, and production of existing and alternative automobiles automobile components. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to perform specific tasks, including the following: (1) make grants for research and development efforts likely to lead or contribute to the development of an advanced automobile or automobiles; (2) make loan guarantees for research and development efforts which show promise of leading or contributing to the development of an advanced automobile or automobiles; (3) conduct and accelerate research and development programs within the Department of Transportation for the purpose of contributing to the research and development of a production prototype of an advanced automobile or automobiles; and (4) test or direct the testing of production prototypes and secure certification as advanced automobiles those which meet the applicable requirements. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $200,000,000 to pay the interest on, and the principal balance of, any obligation guaranteed by the Secretary as to which the obligor has defaulted. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to test each production prototype of an automobile developed in whole or in part with Federal financial assistance under this Act, or referred to him for such purpose by the Secretary to determine whether such production prototype complies with any exhaust emission standards or any other requirements promulgated or reasonably expected to be promulgated under any provision of the Clean Air Act, the Noise Control Act, or any other provision of Federal law administered by him. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $50,000,000 for fiscal year year 1976, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
Bill· SS. 491 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Rail Passenger Service Amendments - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to establish rail passenger service on such extensions of the basic system as are necessary to provide the following: (A) by July 1, 1975, through service to every standard metropolitan statistical area in the contiguous 48 States exceeding 1,000,000 in population; (B) by July 1, 1976, through service to every such standard metropolitan statistical area exceeding 500,000 in population; (C) by July 1, 1978, through service to every such standard metropolitan statistical area exceeding 250,000 in population; and (D) by July 1, 1976, adequate service between all standard metropolitan statistical areas exceeding 500,000 in population which are between 100 and 300 miles apart. States that the Corporation may preliminarily exclude an extension upon a preliminary finding by the Secretary of Transportation that the public convenience and necessity does not require such extension, or that establishment of such service is unnecessary or impracticable. Authorizes appropriations for the benefit of the Corporation of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1976, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1977, and 25,000,000 in fiscal year 1978. Directs the Corporation to initiate not less than two experimental routes each year, such routes to be designated by the Corporation on the sole basis of the demonstrated need and probable use of such service, and to operate such routes for not less than two years. Requires the Corporation to study the need for and potential use of routes between major centers of population and heavily used recreation areas 100 to 300 miles from such population centers. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase evidences of indebtedness and to make loans to any State or to any local or regional agency for purposes of capital construction, acquisition, and improvement cost of rail lines and facilities to recreation areas. Directs the Secretary to study the need for and potential use of routes between urbanized population centers and airports serving those population centers and the estimated initial costs of each such route. Provides that not later than January 1, 1976, he shall report to the Congress on the results of this study along with his recommendations as to whether the Corporation should provide any or all such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 2486 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Public Transit Commuters' Tax Credit Act - Allows a credit against individual income taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code for funds expended by a taxpayer for payment of public transit transportation from his or her residence to his or her place of employment and from his or her place of employment to his or her residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 2421 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Increases the authorization of appropriations from $2,050,000 to $3,550,000 in order to complete the Mission 66 Bypass Road at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Bill· HRH.R. 2380 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Establishes a grant program to enable any State, local government, or interstate agency or other public port authority to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for financial assistance to assist such agency in making such improvements as may be required to any port operated by it in order to bring such port into compliance with any requirements relating to environmental protection, the public health and safety, or port or cargo security which may be imposed by Federal law. Defines the term "improvements". States that the Secretary may grant to the applicant all or part of the money applied for, except that no grant or aggregate of grants made under this Act to any State, local, or interstate agency or public port authority may exceed $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and each fiscal year thereafter for grants under this Act. Directs the Secretary to undertake a comprehensive study to determine the immediate and long- range requirements of public ports in the United States: (1) for expansion and modernization in order to meet adequately the economic and defense needs of the United States; and (2) to meet such standards as may be imposed by law for purposes of environmental protection and port safety and security. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the final results of such study not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for purposes of conducting the study.
Bill· HRH.R. 2372 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
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 to construct the Interstate System and for interest payments on notes.
Bill· HRH.R. 2377 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Makes it unlawful to operate a supersonic aircraft, manufactured in the United States or in a foreign nation, for a commercial flight at supersonic or subsonic speeds in the navigable airspace of the United States until: (1) the Congress, by law, approves findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the operation of such supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States will not have detrimental physiological or psychological effects on persons on the ground and will not have detrimental effects on the environment; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation shall have made affirmative findings, and submitted a written report thereon to the Congress, that the operation of supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States meets all noise, envornimental, and safety standards prescribed under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to the operation of aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2357 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 2358 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Regional Rail Reorganization Act Amendments - Increases, under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, the sum authorized to be appropriated to the United States Railway Association for loans to railroads and specified corporations for specified purposes. Provides for an increase from $85,000,000 to $210,000,000. Provides that, prior to the date upon which rail properties are conveyed to the Consolidated Rail Corporation under this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval of the United States Railway Association, is authorized to enter into agreements with the trustees of the railroads subject to bankruptcy proceedings: (1) to perform maintenance on designated rail properties until the date of conveyance under this Act; (2) to improve railroad facilities or equipment for lease or loan. States that agreements pursuant to this Act shall contain such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Association to issue obligations to finance such agreements and requires the Corporation to assume any such obligations. States the aggregate amount of obligations outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $300,000,000. Provides that whenever a court having jurisdiction over a railroad subject to reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act has found, pursuant to a final order under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, that the reorganization of such railroad shall not be proceeded with pursuant to this Act, such reorganization court may, upon the petition of the trustees of such railroad, reconsider the order. States that such court shall: (1) affirm its previous order or (2) issue an order that the reorganization of the railroad be proceeded with unless such reorganization does not provide a process which would be fair and equitable.
Bill· HRH.R. 2345 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 2297 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Permits the disposition, by the Secretary of the Army, of easements along the Louisana- Texas Intracoastal Waterway considered to be no longer necessary for the Federal navigation projects governed by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Bill· HRH.R. 2290 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to initiate additional rail passenger service in the northeast corridor, including points in the States of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, to determine the feasibility of utilizing such service to provide alternative transportation systems. Requires the Corporation to report to the Secretary of Transportation and the Congress within one year the results of such service, together with such recommendations as the Corporation deems appropriate. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 653).
Bill· HRH.R. 2237 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 2233 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to remove Shooters' Island, located north of Staten Island, New York, at the mouth of Arthur Kill. Directs the Secretary to utilize such removed material for for fill and widening of Arthur Kill.
Bill· HRH.R. 2222 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· SS. 421 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Low-Cost Air Transportation Act - Declares the sense of Congress, including that: (1) scheduled air carrier services are becoming increasingly costly and financially prohibitive for millions of Americans who want to travel by air; (2) the promotion, development, and removal of impediments to charter or nonscheduled air carrier services is in the public interest; (3) the Civil Aeronautics Board has failed consistently to provide for responsible regulation of such services consistent with the need to encourage and develop such services; and (4) senior citizens who have retired, young people who have not yet entered the job market, and the handicapped should not be denied access to air transportation, but such a denial occurs unless a reduction in fare is authorized for such persons consistent with their lower-than-average incomes. Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to issue regulations, defining the full scope of the activities in air commerce which are permitted to be engaged in by persons who have not been authorized to engage in air transportation within the meaning of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 but who are: (1) air travel clubs which operate aircraft and which are engaged in the carriage of persons who pay an assessment, dues, membership fees, or any similar type of remittance; or (2) commercial operators of aircraft who are engaged in the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire. Stipulates that any air carrier or foreign air carrier, under such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, may grant reduced rate transportation to families and to handicapped persons and may grant reduced rate transportation on a space-available basis to religious ministers and to persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger. Defines "inclusive tour charter trip" and "advance-looking charter trip."
Bill· HRH.R. 2160 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Provides, under the Regional Rail Reorgnaization Act, that if a U.S. district court determines that a railroad is reorganizable on an income basis under the Bankruptcy Act, and thereafter finds that such railroad is not reorganizable, it shall order that reorganization proceed unless such process is not fair and equitable to the railroad's estate. Provides that such order may be appealed within five days following entry of such order, such appeal to be made to a special district court.
Bill· HRH.R. 2161 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to fix the annual rates of basic pay of positions on the police force of Washington National Airport and the police force of Dulles International Airport in accordance with the rates of basic compensation, including longevity increases, provided in the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force in corresponding or similar classes or subclasses.
Bill· HRH.R. 2149 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 2163 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1973.
Bill· SS. 333 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Requires, under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, that vessels subject to such Act shall be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States situated on internal waters and straits, if the vessel's construction is contracted for or begun after June 30, 1975, to be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity.
Law· SS. 332 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1975 for: (1) acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of ships; (2) payment of obligations incurred for ship operating- differential subsidy; (3) research and development; (4) reserve fleet; (5) training at the Merchant Marine Academy; (6) financial assistance to State Marine Schools, and (7) increases in employee salary and benefits. Revises the Merchant Marine Act to establish regional offices of the Maritime Administration as may be necessary.
Bill· HRH.R. 2051 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Regional Rail Reorganization Act Amendments - Increases from $85,000,000 to $185,000,000 under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, the sum authorized to be appropriated to the United States Railway Association for loans to railroads and specified corporations for specified purposes. Provides that, prior to the date upon which rail properties are conveyed to the Consolidated Rail Corporation under this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval of the United States Railway Association, is authorized to enter into agreements with the trustees of the railroads subject to bankruptcy proceedings: (1) to perform maintenance on designated rail properties until the date of conveyance under this Act; (2) to improve railroad facilities and equipment; and (3) to acquire railroad facilities or equipment for lease or loan. States that agreements pursuant to this Act shall contain such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Association to issue obligations to finance such agreements and requires the Corporation to assume any such obligations. States the aggregate amount of obligations outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $300,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2036 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Elderly and Handicapped Americans Transportation Services Act - Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, free or reduced rate transportation to handicapped persons and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes, under the Interstate Commerce Act, free or reduced rate transportation for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes grants for special transportation planning, research and demonstration projects for the handicapped and the elderly. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2035 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Elderly and Handicapped Americans Transportation Services Act - Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, free or reduced rate transportation to handicapped persons and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes, under the Interstate Commerce Act, free or reduced rate transportation for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes grants for special transportation planning, research and demonstration projects for the handicapped and the elderly. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2007 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, that no air carrier shall discontinue service, in whole or in part, unless such discontinuance is found to be in the public interest by the Civil Aeronautics Board after public hearings.
Bill· HRH.R. 1917 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes reduced air rate transportation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, for youth, elderly people, and military personnel on a space available basis.
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