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United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that qualified women shall be permitted to be nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for "young people." Defines "young people" as anyone between the ages of 12-21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Expresses the findings of Congress that international air transportation agreements are contrary to the public interest when foreign laws or requirements result in discrimination against American citizens on the basis of race, color or religion. Requires that all countries recognize the right of American citizens to travel without encountering such discrimination. Empowers the Civil Aeronautics Board to (1) examine the foreign laws and requirements, (2) receive written complaints, and 3) to hold hearings on such complaints. Provides that if the Board finds discriminatory practices against American citizens, the Board shall, absent overriding considerations, suspend the certificates issued to air carriers to serve the country and suspend the permit issued to the foreign air carrier until such discrimination is eliminated.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that it shall be unlawful for any air carrier or any foreign air carrier to demand the payment of money from, or otherwise to assert legal liability against, a ticket agent for the usage by persons known or unknown of airline tickets stolen by persons known or unknown from said ticket agent, if: (1) said ticket agent was not a participant, directly or indirectly, in the theft of said tickets, and (2) said ticket agent has given notice to the carrier or a representative of the carrier of the fact of the theft and the identifying serial numbers of the stolen tickets. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1388)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Changes the name of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the United States Maritime Academy. Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the mission of the United States Maritime Academy shall be expanded to include the instruction and preparation of selected persons to serve the United States as merchant marine officers and in the marine sciences and related maritime industries. Provides that in addition to an undergraduate program the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish at the Academy graduate-level programs of study and training.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestians, and others with respect to: (1) the dangers incurred when driving on, crossing, or otherwise using the highways, and (2) improving safety on the highways by improving driver skills, driver attitudes, and driver knowledge of highway regulations. Permits the Secretary to engage in research, provide training, and engage in any other activity which will effectuate the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned Unites States-flag commerical vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commerical vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commerical vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quatity.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost, or stolen airline tickets.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Travel Agents Registration Act - Declares the finding of Congress that it is in the public interest to strengthen the travel agency industry and to maintain public confidence in travel agents by regulating travel agents. Provides that on and after January 1, 1975, no person shall, directly or indirectly, engage in the business of conducting a travel agency without having first received a registration certificate as provided by this Act. Establishes in the Department of Transportation a Bureau of Travel Agents Registration, headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes a Travel Agents Registration Board to advise the Director and to pass on applications for registration certificates. Provides that the Director, with the advice of the Board, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are considered necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Director, with the advice of the Board, shall promulgate a code of ethics for the travel agency industry. Requires the granting of a certificate by the Director if the applicant was conducting a travel agency on September 3, 1968, has been doing so for two or more years, and has been approved for appointment as an agent for two or more years by two or more conferences of air or steamship carriers, unless the Director makes a specific determination that the applicant lacks good character or financial integrity. Provides that when an application for a registration certificate shall have been examined by the Director and the Director, with the advice of the Board, has determined that the applicant has complied with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director and the Director, with the advice of the Board, shall have determined that the applicant, if issued a certificate of authorization, would provide a useful public service, the Director shall issue and deliver a registration certificate to the applicant. Provides that a registration certificate shall not be issued to any person who has been convicted in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United States, of a felony or a crime concerning activities prohibited by this Act. Provides that registration certificates issued pursuant to this title shall not be assignable or transferable, and shall expire every second year. Provides for a fine of up to $1,000 upon a finding that the holder of a registration certificate has engaged in any of the following practices: (1) fraud or bribery in securing a registration certificate issued pursuant to this title; (2) the making of any false statement as to a material matter in any application or other statement required by or pursuant to this title; (3) violation of any provision of this title or any code, rule, or regulation adopted hereunder; (4) any fraud or fraudulent practice in the operation and conduct of a travel agency business including, but not limited to, intentionally misleading advertising; (5) activities prohibited by this title leading to conviction of a misdemeanor; and (6) activities leading to conviction of a felony. Provides for the revocation of the certificates of a registered agency for violations of this title after an opportunity for a hearing and review by the United States court of appeals Provides penalties of up to $500 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both, for any knowing and willful violations of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Exempts streams and other bodies of water, the navigable portions of which lie within a single State, from the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 796, 797, 817)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes appropriations for a bridge on the Chickamauga dam on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any agreement between air carriers established for the purpose of apportioning earnings, losses, traffic, service, or equipment during any labor dispute between one of the parties thereto and its employees.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost, or stolen transportation tickets.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any pipeline company engaged in the transportation of crude oil to transport such oil through its pipelines if that company has an interest in such oil.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of State to restrict the travel of United States citizens to a foreign country or area at war, or in armed hostilities, or engaged in armed conflict with the United States or when the national interest would be seriously impaired; and sets forth a penalty of 5 years imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both for violation of these travel restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Changes the name of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the United States Maritime Academy. Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the mission of the United States Maritime Academy shall be expanded to include the instruction and preparation of selected persons to serve the United States as merchant marine officers and in the marine sciences and related maritime industries. Provides that in addition to an undergraduate program the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish at the Academy graduate-level programs of study and training.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the modification of the New York Harbor collection and removal of drift project. Provides that such project be carried out immediately.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned Unites States-flag commerical vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commerical vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commerical vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quatity.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned Unites States-flag commerical vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commerical vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commerical vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quatity.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any pipeline company engaged in the transportation of crude oil to transport such oil through its pipelines if that company has an interest in such oil.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Permits cargo vessels, under the Merchant Marine Act, to carry more than 16 passengers when emergency situations arise.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Mulholland National Scenic Parkway in the State of California. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, that transportation facilities built and rolling stock purchased with Federal funds or by Federal authority be designed and constructed to be accessible to the physically handicapped and the elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Senior Citizens' Transportation Act - Prohibits common carriers in interstate commerce from charging elderly people more than half fare for their transportation during nonpeak periods of travel. Provides for grants to such carriers to cover such reductions on a showing by the carrier that it suffered an economic loss solely because of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to States and local public bodies and agencies which adopt specially reduced rates during nonrush hours for elderly persons.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act and the Interstate Commerce Act, reduced common carrier transportation fare on airlines and railroads on a space-available basis for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Panama Canal Modernization Act - Directs the Governor of the Canal Zone under the supervision of the Secretary of the Army to prosecute the work necessary to increase the capacity and improve the operations of the Panama Canal through the adaptation of the Third Locks project (H. Doc. 210, 76th Congress) at a total cost not to exceed $1,150,000,000. Establishes the Panama Canal Advisory and Inspection Board composed of 5 members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to study and review plans and designs for the Third Locks project. Gives the Board powers to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President and Congress on the progress of its work.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Governor of the Canal Zone, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Army, to construct and maintain across the Atlantic sea level portion of the Panama Canal a bridge clear of all locks and dams of the canal and with a clearance not less than the clearance of the Thatcher Ferry Bridge in the Canal Zone; to construct and maintain a bridge at a suitable point across the Chagres River in the Canal Zone; and to construct and maintain approaches and additional roads in the Canal Zone as may be necessary to provide appropriate highway connection of each such bridge with the road system of the Canal Zone and the road system of the Republic of Panama. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to finance the construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridges, approaches, and roads in accordance with the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that every State will be apportioned at least 80 percent of its tax contribution of the preceding fiscal year to the Highway Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1975 for specified maritime programs relating to vessel construction and maritime training assistance of the Department of Commerce. Establishes regional offices within the Maritime Administration as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to not authorize the abandonment of any line of railroad prior to June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to undertake and carry out a full and complete study of the costs, benefits, and methods of acquisition, operation, and maintenance by the Federal Government of all railroad tracks, rights-of-way, signal and train control systems, and other fixed facilities. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report to the Congress on or before June 30, 1976. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000 to carry out such study.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States maintain its sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Panama Canal Zone.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.