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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 60 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress: (1) that every effort should be made to encourage American industry and the American public to ship and travel on American ships to the end that the balance-of-payments drain resulting from payments to ships of other countries be substantially reduced; and (2) that the Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation, and all other Government agencies should take all measures at their disposal to accomplish this objective.
Bill· SS. 274 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Defines the term "causeway" under the River and Harbor Act of 1899 to mean a structure or highway which runs from bank to bank over a navigable body of water and which impedes normal navigation. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 401)
Bill· SS. 276 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Adds water areas to the park lands and recreation areas which are to be preserved and protected in the course of Federal transportation and highway projects traversing such areas. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1653(f); 23 U.S.C. 138)
Bill· HRH.R. 1591 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that the income derived from the operation of foreign ships and aircraft shall not be exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code if a substantial part of the ownership and/or control of such ship, or ships, is vested in a citizen of the United States, or any partner, affiliate, or subsidiary of such citizen, and if such ship, or ships, regularly serves a port or ports of the United States, and if a substantial portion of the gross income of such ship, or ships, is derived from commerce of the United States. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 883)
Bill· HRH.R. 1604 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that in the case of each State which before January 1, 1974, shall have constructed or acquired any interstate toll bridge (including approaches thereto), which caused such toll bridge to be made free, which bridge is owned and maintained by such State or by a political subdivision thereof, and which bridge is on the Federal-aid primary and secondary system (other than the Interstate System), sums apportioned to such State as primary and secondary system assistance for urban areas shall be available to pay the Federal share of a bridge construction project: (1) in such amount as the Secretary determines to be the resonable value of such bridge after deducting therefrom that portion of such value attributable to any grant or contribution previously paid by the United States in connection with the construction or acquisition of such bridge, and exclusive of rights-of-way; or (2) in the amount by which the principal amount of the outstanding unpaid bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction or acquisition of such bridge exceeds the amount of any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever is the lesser amount. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 129 (b))
Bill· HRH.R. 1568 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to administer a program of research, development, and demonstration for the purposes of advancing transportation technology, with priority given to applicants from the aircraft and defense industries which have had Government contracts canceled or which are located in high unemployment areas. Specifies projects to be given preference under this Act, including development of vertical and short takeoff and landing aircraft, improvement of high speed ground transportation, and advancement of technology in the areas of air traffic control, all-weather navigation systems for aircraft, and air safety. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $100,000,000 for this research and demonstration program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to Congress within 12 months as to the future growth potential of the airframe industry, its projected utilization of resources and manpower, and the potential for conversion of its productive capacity to alternative uses. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for this study.
Bill· HRH.R. 1517 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Panama Canal Modernization Act - Directs the Governor of the Canal Zone, under the supervison 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 $950,000,000. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1509 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Increases the authorization under the Federal-Aid Highway Act for the construction of bridges on Federal dams to $23,161,000 (presently $16,761,000). Provides that funds appropriated under this authorigation shall be used in connection with the reconstruction of a bridge across Chicamauga Dam on the Tennessee River. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 320(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 1475 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Establishes an urban mass transportation trust fund in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund past unexpended and future appropriations under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, 40 percent of the annual funds received in the highway trust fund, and such additional sums as may be necessary each year to make expenditures under this Act. Invests the management duties over the fund in the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1974, to report to the Congress annually on the status of the trust fund. Provides that amounts in the trust fund shall be available for making expenditures to meet obligations of the United States which are incurred on or after the effective date of this Act under the Urban Mass Transportation Act.
Bill· SS. 231 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Hawaii Public Interest Protection Act - States that when the State of Hawaii confronts a shipping strike on other labor-management dispute disrupting the free flow of maritime interstate commerce between Hawaii and the West Coast, such disruption shall be recognized as automatically and inevitably constituting an emergency deterimental to the public interest, health, and safety of the people of Hawaii. Declares to be the purpose and policy of this Act to assure as far as possible that no maritime as longshore industry disruption will hereafter imperil the health or safety of the people of the State of Hawaii by establishing means whereby vessels destined for Hawaii from west coast ports can continue for sixty days after the initiation of a strike, lockout, as other form of industry disruption which threatens the health on safety of the people of the State of Hawaii.
Bill· HRH.R. 1398 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Increases to 19,261,000 (now $16,761,000) the amount available to the Secretary of Transportation as an emergency fund to reimburse any agency for any additional costs or expenditures which it may be required to incur in designing and constructing any public highway bridges upon and across any dam under its jurisdiction. Provides that the $2,500,000 increase authorized above shall be available for expenditure only in connection with the construction of a bridge across lock and dam numbered 13 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Bill· HRH.R. 1399 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Provides for the construction of a highway bridge across the Norfork Reservoir in Arkansas by the Chief of Engineers Department of the Army. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1397 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provisions of Federal law or any court decision to the contrary, the contractual relationship between the Federal and State governments shall be ended with respect to all portions of the San Antonio North Expressway between Interstate Highway 35 and Interstate Loop 410, and the expressway shall cease to be a Federal-aid project.
Law· SS. 38 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands the definition of "airport development" under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include the following: (1) any work involved in constructing, improving, or repairing a public airport or portion thereof, including the construction, alteration, repair, or acquisition of airport passenger terminal buildings or facilities directly related to the handling of passengers or their baggage at the airport; (2) the removal, lowering, relocation, marking, and lighting of airport hazards; (3) the acquisition, removal, improvement, or repair of navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport; (4) 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; and (5) any acquisition of land or of any interest therein or of any easement through or other interest in airspace, which is necessary to permit any of the above or to remove, mitigate, prevent, or limit the establishment of airport hazards affecting a public airport. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for airport development totaling $375,000,000 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 $45,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases the total obligational authority of the Secretary to make grants for airport development to $1,680,000,000. Provides that no such obligation shall be incurred after June 30, 1975. States that such obligations shall not be liquidated in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,260,000,000 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount exceeding $1,680,000,000 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) fifty 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) seventy-five percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 1.00 percent of such passengers. Provides that to the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of safety equipment required under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after May 10, 1971. States that the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of security equipment required by the Secretary by rule or regulation, the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after September 28, 1971. 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.
Bill· SS. 138 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Hawaii Transportation Act - Authorizes common carriers by water to provide in their tariffs to or from the State of Hawaii for pickup or delivery of property incidental to ocean carriage. Excludes the carriage, storage or handling of property to or from Hawaii from the provision of the Intercoastal Shipping Act which provides for reduced rates for the United States, States or municipal governments, or for charitable purposes. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 844, 846; Amends 49 U.S.C. 316(c))
Bill· SS. 130 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to grant rights-of-ways for road improvement and location of public utility lines over a portion of Fort DeRussy, Hawaii.
Bill· SS. 181 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, reduced fares on the airlines on a space-available basis for individuals twenty-one years of age or younger or sixty-five years of age or older.
Bill· SS. 173 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the reinstatement and extension of the authorization for the beach erosion control project for Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pennsylvania. Authorizes an appropriation not to exceed $35,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 163 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report by January 1, 1974, a proposed interstate highway from Kansas City to Baton Rouge through the State of Arkansas.
Bill· SS. 143 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Noncontiguous State Transportation Act - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary from the highway trust fund for use in each non-contiguous State for transportation purposes the amount elected to be used for such purposes by the Governor of such non-contiguous State. Permits the Governor of a non-contiguous State to elect to have all or part of one or more of such non-contiguous State's Federal-aid-highway system apportionments for a fiscal year made available to the Secretary for making grants in that year to such non-contiguous State, or to local public bodies or agencies in such non-contiguous State. Requires such grants to be made in accordance with the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, or in accordance with any other Act of Congress authorizing grants to the several States, or political subdivisions thereof, for providing transportation facilities and services, including the development of plans for balanced statewid, metropolitan or regional transportation systems within such non-contiguous State; except that not to exceed one-half of the amount available to the Secretary for making such grants in any non-contiguous State may, upon the requrest of the Governor of such non-contiguous State, be paid to such non-contiguous State, or such agency or agencies thereof as the Governor may designate, for expenditure in accordance with the laws of such non-contiguous State for transportation purposes. Provides that such election shall be made in such manner as the Secretary shall be regulation prescribe, within sixty days after he certifies to the Governor the sums apportioned to that non-contiguous State for a fiscal year. Requires the Governor in making such election, to specify the amount to be deducted from one or more of the non-contiguous State for a fiscal year. Requires the Governor in making such election, to specify the amount to be deducted from one or more of the non-contiguous State's Federal-aid-highway system apportionments in order to make available to the Secretary amounts elected to be used for transportaion purposes. Provides that if the amount which a Governor of a non-contiguous State elects to have used in a fiscal year for transportaion in such non-contiguous State exceeds the sum of amounts expended and obligated by the Secretary in such fiscal year in such non-contiguous State from amounts appropriated, then at the end of such fiscal year, such excess shall no longer be available for such purposes and shall, on January 1 of the next succeeding fiscal year, be added to the non-contiguous State's Federal-aid-highway system apportionments for the second fiscal year beginning after such election. Requires the addition to each of a non-contiguous State's apportionments to bear the same proportion to such excess as the amount deducted from the corresponding apportionment for the fiscal year in which such excess occurred bore to the amount elected to be used for transportation purposes in such fiscal year. Defines various terms in this Act.
Bill· SS. 46 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the improvement of specified roads in the vicinity of Melvern and Pomona Reservoirs, Osage County, Kansas. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 26 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer the Canyon County National Parkway in the State of Utah. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the objectives of this Act.
Bill· SS. 61 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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)
Bill· SS. 45 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the advance relocation of FAS Route 1343 in connection with the Onaga Lake project in the State of Kansas.
Law· SS. 39 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 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 and any 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 of 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 years 1973, and 1974 to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1293 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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· HRH.R. 1289 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Emergency Public Interest Protection Act Title I: Amendments to the Labor-Management Relations Act Relating to Emergency Disputes in the Transportation Industry - Makes the national emergency provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act applicable to all transportation industries by repealing the emergency procedures of the Railway Labor Act. Empowers the President to use, in addition to the basic emergency dispute provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, one of three new options for dealing with national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Provides that these optional procedures could be used if a transportation national emergency dispute was still unresolved after the 80-day cooling-off period provided in the Labor-Management Relations Act. Directs that the basic 80-day injunction would have to be issued by a three judge court in the case of national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Empowers the President to choose any one of these new procedures, but if the one chosen does not result in the resolution of the dispute, the provisions in current law for a report to the Congress would remain in effect. Authorizes the President to extend the cooling-off period, with continued bargaining between the parties, for a period of up to thirty days. Permits arranging for operation of only an essential part of the industry or by requiring production or service only to a critical class of customers. Authorizes the President to appoint a special board and to direct them to review the feasibility of partial operations. Permits any party or any member of the board to present to the board a plan defining the stike or lockout action that would be consistent with the public interest. Authorizes the board, after appropriate hearing in which the Government would be a party to protect the public interest, to adopt or modify the plan. Provides that before approving the plan the board would have to find that the partial strike or lockout is sufficiently extensive to encourage resolution of the dispute. Provides that the board's decision must be made within 30 days and during that period the status quo must be maintained. Limits partial operation pursuant to the board's decision to a maximum of 6 months. Requires the parties to submit their final proposals for full resolution of the controversy following the 80-day cooling-off period. Provides that the parties would be given 3 days in which to submit two final offers and that if any party failed to submit a final offer or offers, the last offer made during bargaining would be deemed its final offer. Directs that following this submission, to the Secretary of Labor, the parties would be required to meet and bargain for five days, with or without mediation by the Secretary. Provides that as a second step, the parties would be given an opportunity to select a panel to act as "Final Offer Selector" and that if the parties were unable to select the panel, a panel composed of three neutral members would be appointed by the President. Asserts that the panel would hold hearings and determine which of the final offers constituted the final and binding resolution of the issues. Provides that in reaching its determination, the panel could not choose any settlement other than those represented by the final offers. Specifies the criteria to be used by the panel in reaching its decision. Provides that the panel's choice would become the contract between the parties. Title II: Amendments to the Railway Labor Act - Phases out over a 2 year period the National Railroad Adjustment Board system and special boards of adjustment. Provides that the parties would be encouraged in their collective bargaining agreements to provide for grievance machinery terminating in final and binding arbitration, together with provisions for no-strike and no-lockout clauses. Provides that until such time as the collective bargaining agreements contain such provisions, "minor disputes" would be resolved by private arbitration with the arbitrator selected by the parties on the basis of consent or elimination of alternates until one arbitrator remains. Directs that no strikes over such minor disputes would be permitted during this period. Provides that the notice-of-contract modification or termination provisions would be changed so as to direct the railroad and airline industries to the form of contract reopening existing in industries subject to the Taft-Hartley Act. Requires the parties to serve written notice of proposed contract changes on each other at least 60 days prior to the contract expiration date. Provides special provisions for the transition to the new method of contract reopening. Asserts that at the expiration of the contract or of 60 days, whichever is later, the parties would be free to resort to self-help. Transfers the mediation duties of the National Mediation Board and its staff to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Directs that the National Mediation Board would retain its function of determining the representatives of bargaining units, but its name would be changed to the Railroad and Airline Representation Board. Title III: Special Industries Commission - Establishes the National Special Industries Commission to study labor relations in those industries which the Secretary of Labor has determined to be particularly vulnerable to national emergency disputes. Empowers the commission to study all the factors affecting labor relations in these industries and to make recommendations to the President as to the best way of remedying the weaknesses of collective bargaining in the industries studied, including recommendations for legislation, if appropriate. Authorizes the Commission to study the operation of the revised emergency procedures. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines the jurisdictions in which such representatives of employees or carriers may be sued. Applies the judicial proceedings provisions of the Norris LaGuardia Act to the provisions amending the Railway Labor Act as well as the emergency disputes provisions. Repeals the provisions of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act that makes strikers eligible for benefits if the strike is not in violation of the Railway Labor Act or the rules of the labor organization of which he is a member. Disqualifies railroad workers who strike from unemployment insurance benefits in accordance with criteria in State unemployment insurance law applicable to other industries.
Bill· HRH.R. 1285 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to fix the per annum 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. 1207 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to become effective not later than July 1, 1973, requiring the placarding of vehicles 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1217 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 1173 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that, in fixing compensation to be paid for the use of any type of freight car, the Interstate Commerce Commission shall determine the value base of freight cars and shop facilities with additions and betterments, the depreciation thereon, and a rate of return on investment. Provides that the total annual ownership costs, including operating and maintenance costs, shall be converted by a car day divisor to car day cost brackets so as to produce daily car hire rates. Provides that such rates shall be recomputed annually. Gives the Commission authority to impose penalty per diem rates during periods when an emergency freight car shortage exists. (Amends 49 U.S.C.1 (14)(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 1143 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
National Transportation Act - Declares the Congressional finding that the development and implementation of a balanced national transportation system embracing all modes of transportation which will contribute to the provision of rapid, safe, efficient, and convenient movement of persons and goods is essential to the general welfare, the economic growth, and the stablity and security of the National. Title I: National Transportation - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a comprehensive plan for the effective implementation of national transportation policies. Provides that such plan shall include recommendations as to: the most effective utilitzation of money; the reorganization of governmental functions relating to transportation; and proposed legislation. Directs the Secretary to consult with regional, State, and local transportation agencies in developing the comprehensive plan. Provides that until Congress approves the utilization provisions for the Transportation Fund, transitional authority is granted to make allocations for the Trust Fund to highways, aviation and urban mass transportation programs. Title II: Transportation Trust Fund Revenue Act - Creates a Transportation Trust Fund which will be available for expenditures in accordance with the comprehensive national transportation plan to be approved by the Congress. Authorizes the sale and manner of sale of obligations which the trust fund may acquire and requires the interest earned by the Trust Fund shall be added to form a part of the Trust Fund. Authorizes the Treasury to make advances to the Trust Fund to be repaid when receipts catch up with expenditures. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Trust Fund, and (after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation) to report to the Congress not later than the first day of March of each year on the financial conditions and the results of the operations of the Trust Fund during the current and next ensuing fiscal year, up to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1982. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the Trust Fund to the Treasury amounts equivalent to credits allowed under the Internal Revenue Code relating to gasoline and lubricating oil and to the Land and Water Conservation Fund amounts equivalent to taxes received on or after January 1, 1965 with respect to special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats.
Bill· HRH.R. 1103 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the use of metal detection devices or X-ray devices to inspect all passengers and baggage boarding commercial aircraft in the United States after December 31, 1973. Provides for a penalty of a fine of up to $25,000, or of imprisonment for up to two years, or both, for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1101 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1067 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 1104 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that no permit issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board shall continue in force, and that no permit shall be issued by the Board, to a foreign air carrier which operates in any nation which does not agree to prosecute or extradite to the United States, upon request of the United States, any person alleged by the United States to have committed or attempted to commit aircraft piracy within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1372(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 1011 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires that any air carrier proposing to discontinue any air transportation to or from any point named in its certificate to give notice thereof at least sixty days in advance of the proposed discontinuance. Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board during such sixty day period to investigate the proposed discontinuance of service. States that if the Board, after an investigation and hearing, finds that the operation of such air transportation is required for public convenience and necessity it may require the continuance of such service, in whole or in part. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1371(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 991 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Urban Transportation Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to states, local governments and public agencies in an amount equal to all or a part of the total cost incurred after January 1, 1973, of the regular maintenance and repair of the right-of-way of a rapid transit or commuter railroad facility serving a city or metropolitan area surrounding a city. Provides that a state or local public agency shall be considered to have incurred these costs if it is charged by law or contract with the responsibility to operate or provide at least 80 percent of any annual deficit arising form the operation of a rapid transit or commuter railroad facility. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974-1978.
Bill· HRH.R. 1032 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act - Provides authorizations for the interstate highway program through fiscal year 1979 in the amount of $3,500,000,000 for each fiscal year from 1974 to 1978, and $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make the apportionment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, of the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for expenditures on the National System of Interstate Defense Highways. Makes appropriations for specified highway projects under title 23 of the United States Code for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 including the following: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) forest highways; (4) specified roads and trails; (5) parkways; and (6) Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to forward to Congress, within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act, final recommendations proposed to him by the Administrator of the Federal highway Administration in accordance with this Act. Extends the date of completion of certain highways under title 23 of the United States Code from June 30, 1976, to June 30, 1979. Directs the Secretary and all other heads of Federal agencies involved in the construction of the Federal aid highway system to encourage the minimization of paperwork and unnecessary delays in the administration of the program. Extends from July 1, 1975, to July 1, 1977, the deadline for States to submit plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction of its segment of the Interstate Highway System. Provides that the Secretary shall apportion one-third of the annual appropriations for the Federal-aid highway system to each State in the ratio system to each state in the ratio which the rural population of such State bears to the total rural population of all the States. Stipulates that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of each annual apportionment. Provides that an agreement between the Secretary and a State highway department for the reimbursement of the cost of acquiring rights-of-way under the Federal-Aid Highway Act shall provide for the actual construction of a road on such rights-of-way within a period not exceeding ten years following the fiscal year in which the request is made. Provides that after July 1, 1973, the State highway department shall not erect on any project where actual construction is in progress and visible to highway users any informational signs other than official traffic control devices conforming with standards developed by the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes a procedure whereby the Secretary may discharge any of his responsibilities under this Act relative to Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, by accepting a certification by any State highway department that it has met certain requirements. Provides that when any toll road which the Secretary has approved as a part of the Interstate System is made a toll-free facility, Federal-aid highway funds may be expended for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of that road to meet the standards adopted for the improvement of projects located on the Interstate System. Establishes standards for the control of outdoor advertising along the Interstate and primary highway systems. Provides that just compensation shall be paid upon the removal of any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device (as required by this act) lawfully erected under State law. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 for both fiscal year 1974 and 1975 to carry out the provisions of this section. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for both 1974 and 1975 for the control of junkyards adjacent to the Interstate and primary highway systems. States that in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles (other than on rail) on Federal-aid highways for the transportation of passengers, so as to increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems for the movement of persons, the Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid system the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger loading areas and facilities (including shelters), and fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers. Provides that in any case where sufficient land exists within the publicly acquired rights-of-way of any Federal-aid highway to accommodate needed rail or nonhighway public mass transit programs and where this can be accomplished without impairing automotive safety or future highway improvements, the Administrator may authorize a State to make such lands and rights-of-way available without charge to a publicly owned mass transit authority for such purposes wherever he may deem that the public interest will be served thereby. Appropriates out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. Provides that the Secretary shall develop guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the allocation of funds for this purpose. States that high traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which connect to the Interstate System shall be selected by each State highway department, in consultation with appropriate local officals, subject to approval by the Secretary, for priority of improvement as supplementary routes to extend and supplement the service provided by the Interstate System by furnishing needed adequate traffic collector and distributor facilities as well as extensions. Provides that a total of not more than 10,000 miles shall be selected under this section. Authorizes $300,000,000 to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for both fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of this section. Authorizes the construction of and the appropriation of funds for specified projects including the following: (1) a segment of the Alaska Highway; (2) bridges over the Arkansas and Tennessee rivers; and (3) the Great River Road. Stipulates that the Highway Beatification Commission shall, not later than December 31, 1973, submit to the President and Congress its final report. Authorizes the Clintion Bridge Commission to transfer to the State of Iowa all of its real and personal assets in order to expedite the completion of interstate bridge facilities accross the Mississippi River. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to pay to the State of Illinois, not to exceed #55,000,000 on condition: (1) that all of Interstate Route Numbered 90 within the city of Chicago, Illinois, shall be operated free to the public, on and after the date such payment is made, and (2) that the Secretary finds that the operation of such route free to the public will avoid the need for the expansion of the traffic capacity of any parallel portion of Interstate Route. Directs that all Federal-aid highway funds expended for certain sections of Route 101 in New Hampshire must be repaid before any tolls may be collected thereon. Authorizes the Secretary to make available Federal-aid highway funds to any State which changes any interstate toll bridge to a free bridge on or before January 1, 1974. Directs the Secretary to make a study of regulations governing toll bridges over navigable waters of the United States and a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways. States that no court shall have the power or authority to issue any order or to take any action which will impede, delay, or halt construction of the project known as the Three Sisters Bridge. Title II: Highway Safety Act - Authorizes the appropriation of specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs under title 23 of the United States Code. 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 $150,000,000 for fiscal 1974 and $300,000,000 for fiscal 1975 for bridge construction and replacement. Establishes a special pavement marking program and appropriate $100,000,000 for both fiscal 1974 and fiscal 1975, to be available until expended, to carry out the purposes of this section. Authorizes the Secretary 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, including the characteristics of driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abilities to the driving task, and the relationship of frequency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. States that in order to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific locations or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials, designated by the Federal Highway Administration, there is authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, the sum of $100,000,000, to be available until expended, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended under authority of this section in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full and complete investigation of the use of 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 of Transportation to make a thorough 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. Provides that such study should include an estimate of the cost of establishing and maintaining such a center, including the means for acquiring the accident information to be stored therein. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress his findings and recommendations not later than June 30, 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 958 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 $850,000,000. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 992 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes grants and loans to State and local public bodies and agencies thereof and to private nonprofit organizations to assist them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use two percent of the annual appropriation for transportation research, development, and demonstration projects, to finance the programs of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 915 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits an annuitant who has completed 10 years of service under the Railroad Retirement Act to receive his annuity even though he renders compensated service for the outside employer by whom he was last employed before his annuity began to accrue.
Bill· HRH.R. 870 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 875 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Increases the penalty for destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities to a minimum $10,000 fine or imprisonment for life, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 32)
Bill· HRH.R. 908 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 858 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Reduces the mandatory retirement age for non-United States citizen employees of the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government employed on the Isthmus of Panama to sixty-two years of age. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8335(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 834 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation under the Federal Aviations Act of 1958 for individuals over the age of 65 on a space-available basis. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 826 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Prohibits the contracting for the construction of any vessel for the United States Navy at any place outside of the United States. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 7309)
Bill· HRH.R. 841 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
Bill· HRH.R. 783 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use for airport purposes of property conveyed to the city of Algona, Iowa.
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