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Bill· HRH.R. 779 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits the transportation of merchandise in other than domestic-built or rebuilt and documented vessels between points in the State of Alaska and points in the State of Hawaii whenever the Secretary of Commerce, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between such points for the transportation of such merchandise. Provides for the termination of this exception whenever the Secretary determines that the conditions required for the exception no longer exist. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 883)
Bill· HRH.R. 766 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to issue regulations requiring the disinsection of aircraft arriving at any point in the United States after flight through airspace outside the United States. Provides that such regulations shall establish, from time to time, minimum procedures, equipment, facilities, and materials required to be employed for the proper disinsection of aircraft and minimum training requirements for individuals engaged in aircraft disinsection.
Bill· HRH.R. 734 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that, under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, members of the Commission on American Shipbuilding who are not full-time employees of the United States may waive entitlement to per diem compensation for services heretofore or hereafter rendered.
Bill· HRH.R. 765 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for youth (between 12 and 22), elderly people (aged 65 and older), and military personnel who are members of the United States armed services traveling at their own expense, in uniform and while on official leave, furlough, or pass. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 739 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Shipping Act, for the establishment of single-factor rates under a through bill of lading for the transportation of property in the foreign and domestic offshore commerce of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 735 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Vessel Documentation Act - Provides for the revision of the laws relating to the documentation of vessels. Provides that the Secretary (of the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating) shall designate ports of documentation in the United States where vessels may be documented and instruments affecting title to, or interest in, documented vessels may be recorded. Asserts that the Secretary shall specify the geographic area to be served by each designated por, and he may discontinue, relocate, or designate additional ports of documentation. Provides that any vessel of at least five net tons, which is not registered under the laws of a foreign country, is eligible for documentation if it is owned by: (1) an individual who is a citizen of the United States; (2) a partnership or association whose members are all citizens of the United States; (3) a corporation created under the laws of the United States, or of any State, territory possession thereof; (4) the United States Government; or (5) the government of any State, territory or possession. Provides that a fishery license or an appropriately endorsed registry may be issued for any vessel which: (1) is eligible for documentation; (2) was built in the United States; and (3) qualifies under the laws of the United States to be employed in the fisheries. Asserts that a vessel for which a fishery license, or an appropriately endorsed registry, is issued may, subject to the laws of the United States regulating the fisheries, be employed in that trade. Provides that, to insure compliance with this Act and the laws governing the qualifications of vessels to engage in the coastwide trade and the fisheries, the Secretary may require owners and masters of documented vessels to submit reports in such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Provides that whoever violates any provision or any regulation of this Act for which no other penalty is specifically provided is liable to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.
Bill· HRH.R. 711 (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 stability and security of the Nation. 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 utilization 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 that interest earned by the Trust Fund shall be added to form a part of the Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of 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 preceding fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the current and next ensuing fiscal year, up to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980. 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. 736 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that rates and changes for the barging or affreighting of containers or containerized cargo by barge between points in the United States shall be filed solely with the Federal Maritime Commission where: (1) the cargo is moving between a point in a foreign country or a noncontiguous State, territory, or possession and a point in the United States; (2) the transportation by barge between points in the United States is furnished by a terminal operator as a service substitute in lieu of a direct vessel call by the common carrier by water transporting the containers or containerized cargo under a through bill of lading; (3) such terminal operator is a State, municipality, or other public body or agency subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission, and (4) such terminal operator is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Maritime Commission for the operation of such barge service. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission to promulgate rules and regulations for such barge operations within one hundred and twenty days after the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 691 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Highways and Related Transportation Systems Improvement Act - Sets forth findings that highway congestion, air pollution, and related safety problems are impairing the efficiency of the highway system; and declares that the level of efficiency can be improved by developing related systems, and that both highways and related systems can best be improved by giving States and local communities greater flexibility in the use of Federal highway funds. Reduces the present authorizations of $4,000,000,000 for the Interstate System of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to the sum of $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975, and $3,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979, and the amount of $1,257,000,000 for 1980. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make 1974 and 1975 Interstate System apportionments using the factors set forth in Table 5 of House Public Works Committee Print 92-29. Extends the time for completing the Interstate System by four years, from June 1976 to June 1980. Requires the Secretary to continue to report to Congress the cost of completing the Interstate System every second year, using the estimate shown therein for making apportionments for the subsequent two-year-period, upon approval of Congress. Authorizes additional mileage for the Interstate System to be used in making modifications or revisions in the Interstate System. Provides that upon joint request of the local governments, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any route or portion thereof on the System within a State if he determines that such route is not essential to the completion of a unified and connected Interstate System. States that after the Secretary has withdrawn his approval the mileage of such route and the additional mileage authorized by this Act shall be available to the State to provide the essential connection of the Interstate System in lieu of the route or portions thereof which were withdrawn. Extends the ten percent penalty, applicable to Federal-aid highway funds appropriated to a State, for failure to control outdoor advertising displays and devices which can be seen from the nearest roadway for the period after January 1, 1973. Extends the appropriations for carrying out the outdoor advertising program as follows: $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and Federal-aid primary system highways, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; and $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to apportion money from the Highway Trust Fund to assist States and local governments to operate, maintain, and improve highways and other transportation services, including public transit, if sufficient funds are not available from other Federal sources. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund the following amounts: $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $2,800,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979; and $4,500,000,000 for 1980. Provides that ninety percent of these amounts are to be appropriated in accordance with a prescribed formula, and the remaining ten percent shall be available to the Secretary as a discretionary fund. Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 1974, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts apportioned to the States or to local authorities under each of the three formula provisions specified in this Act. States that unwarranted reductions of allocations by States to local governments for transportation purposes may result in a reduction of a like amount of Federal funds to the State concerned. Requires each State to have a comprehensive State and local transportation plan, subject to approval by the Secretary of Transportation. States that such a plan must reflect transportation needs of the State and its communities and take into consideration the social and environmental impact of the alternate means available. Provides that it must be administered by a single State agency with full authority for executing the State's plan. States that local governments shall develop an areawide plan in incorporating long-range plans for highway and related transportation systems, with a schedule of projects to be undertaken annually. Provides that the local plan is to be developed by the local transportation planning agency, and be submitted to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary of Transportation for review. Provides that where a State or metropolitan plan is rejected by the Secretary, the State or local unit shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing. Limits planning and administrative costs of State or local units to three percent of the respective allocation. Provides for recordkeeping, audits, and reports. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe rules, regulations, and standards in implementing the highway and related transportation services improvement chapter. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on the developments and effectiveness of these activities. Specifies that no Federal contribution in addition to funds herein allocated shall be provided for relocation payments and assistance for those replaced by transportation activities. Provides that nothing in this chapter shall diminish the requirements respecting the establishment by States of highway safety programs approved by the Secretary of Transportation. Requires the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of loans or grants under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. Provides that the Secretary shall not approve any such loan or grant without first obtaining adequate assurance that required labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work.
Bill· HRH.R. 670 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Air Transportation Security Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and all property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin in air transportation be screened by weapon detecting devices prior to boarding the aircraft. Provides that the Administrator shall acquire such devices, and authorizes appropriations of $5,500,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for such purposes. Requires the Administrator to establish an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence at airports in the United States adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and aircraft piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Empowers the security force to: (1) detain and search any person attempting to board, or inspect any property intended to be placed aboard, any aircraft in air transportation to determine whether such person is unlawfully carrying, or such property unlawfully contains any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other destructive device; and (2) arrest any person where there is reasonable cause to believe that he has committed a specified crime against aircraft or aircraft facilities. Provides that, in administering the air transportation security program, the Administrator may provide training for State and local law enforcement personnel whose services may be made available by their employers to assist in carrying out the security program. Authorizes the Administrator to require any air carrier to refuse to transport any person or the property of any person who does not consent to a search to determine whether a dangerous weapon or substance is on his person or in his property. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 annually to establish and maintain the air transportation security force. 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, 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 adminsiter 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. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate negotiations for international agreements to assure the safety of persons and property moving in international air commerce, and to establish international measures to prevent international aircraft piracy. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1356, 1357, 1513, 1514; Amends 49 U.S.C. 1511)
Bill· HRH.R. 692 (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. 634 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out ten maintenance demonstration projects at locations to be determined in order to demonstrate the benefits of eliminating safety hazards through the proper maintenance of highways. Stipulates that each project shall be for highways which are on a Federal-aid system, other than the Interstate System, and that the total mileage of all projects shall not exceed five hundred lane-miles. States that such projects shall be selected so as to demonstrate proper maintenance techniques with respect to various classes of highways, various types of pavements, bases and subbases, and various locations having differing terrain and climatic conditions. Requires the Secretary, together with the State highway department, to establish standards for the projects, including: (1) periodic inspections by the Secretary; (2) test control sites for comparisons; and (3) appropriate recordkeeping requirements. Provides for an annual report to Congress by the Secretary, and authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 to carry out this Act. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 405)
Bill· HRH.R. 664 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Emergency Mass Transit Passenger Act - Provides for Federal assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for urban mass transportation systems to continue to provide vitally needed transportation services by helping to defray the costs of such systems, and allocating funds for operating subsidies to each such system in proportion to the total number of passengers it carries. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any local public body or agency thereof to help defray the operating costs of any urban mass transportation system which maintains mass transportation service in an urban area within its jurisdiction. Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 627 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 and other airport administrative buildings, and (2) the removal, lowering, relocation, marketing, and lighting of airport hazards, and (3) the acquisition, removal, improvement, or repair of navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport, and (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 in airspace, including land for future airport development, which is necessary to permit any such work or to remove or mitigate or prevent or limit the establishment of airport hazards. 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 for a period of more than three fiscal years. 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) 50 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less that 0.25 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) 75 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 0.25 percent of such passengers. Provides that the Federal share of project costs related to the security of persons and property on the airport shall be 82 percent of the allowable costs. States that such grant agreements must have been entered into after publication in the Federal Register of Notices of Proposed Rulemaking with respect to airport security. (Amends 49 U.S.C 1711, 1714 (a)(b), 1716 (c), 1717, 1720 (b)) (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1513) Provides for an initial United States share of 100 percent of the costs of the acquisition of land for future airport development. States that the sponsor acquiring such land shall agree to reimburse the Secretary for all costs incurred in excess of those authorized. Provides that the Federal share of the project cost related to the construction, alteration, repair, or acquisition of passenger and baggage facilities shall be 50 percent of the allowable costs. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived therefrom. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - States the finding of Congress that the United States Government must establish and maintain an air transportation security program and an air transportation security law enforcement force under the direction of the Administrator of the Federal Avaiation Administration in order to adequately assure the safety of passengers in air transportation. Provides that after June 30, 1973, no air carrier or foreign air carrier shall operate an aircraft in air transportation unless all passengers boarding that aircraft in the United States, and all such passenger's baggage brought aboard the aircraft, wherever stowed, shall have been inspected by means of a metal detection device or by an x-ray device immediately prior to boarding and have not been found to carry or contain an unauthorized explosive, device, or weapon of any kind. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of the above provisions. Authorizes to be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund such amounts, not to exceed $5,500,000, to acquire the devices required by this Act. Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, that the Administrator in administering the air transportation security program shall 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 or intrastate air transportation. Provides that the Administrator shall require any air carrier, intrastate air carrier, or foreign air carrier to refuse to transport: (1) any person who does not consent to a search of his person to determine whether he is unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon, explosive, or other destructive substance; or (2) any property of any person who does not consent to a search or inspection of such property to determine whether it unlawfully contains a dangerous weapon, explosive, or other destructive substance. Extends the criminal penalties for having a dangerous weapon on one's person while on board or while attempting to board an airplane, to having such a weapon in one's property and to attempting to place such a weapon aboard an aircraft. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1472) Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and such amounts as are necessary, not exceeding $50,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year, to establish, administer, and maintain the air transportation security force. 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, he may: (1) suspend the right of any air carrier and foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce, to and from that foreign nation; and (2) suspend the right of any air carrier and foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation and any 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 575 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Commuter Emergency Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States and local public bodies and agencies to assist in paying the yearly interest on, and discharging annual obligations on, instruments of indebtedness which have been incurred in the construction, operation, and maintenance of urban mass transportation. Provides that grants may be made when the Secretary determines that it is essential to keep a significant part of a community's transportation service running or that many low-income people would be adversely affected by a breakdown in public transportation. Limits grants to amounts no more than twice the amount provided by the applicant. Authorizes $75,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1972-1976. Allows the Secretary to make interim grants to States and local agencies to defray operating deficits of mass transit systems. Requires for approval that the Secretary determine that the transit system involved is necessary to carry out a development program in mass transit and that the applicant has submitted a plan for improving the area's mass transit system. Requires each applicant to provide funds equal to half the Federal contributions. Authorizes $75,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1972-1976 for this aid. Requires the Secretary to submit an interim report on the efficacy of this program by June 30, 1972. Requires an annual report of such findings and recommendations not later than June 30, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 577 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Emergency Mass Transit Passenger Act - Provides for Federal assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for urban mass transportation systems to continue to provide vitally needed transportation services by helping to defray the costs of such systems, and allocating funds for operating subsidies to each such system in proportion to the total number of passengers it carries. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any State agency or local public body or agency thereof to help defray the operating costs of any urban mass transportation service in an urban area within its jurisdiction. Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 576 (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, 1972, 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 from the operation of a rapid transit or commuter railroad facility. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1972-1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 481 (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. 398 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes necessary appropriations to be used for the elimination of rail-highway grade crossings in the State of Illinois.
Bill· HRH.R. 391 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Title I: Railway Labor Act - Provides, under the Railway Labor Act, that when a dispute is not adjusted under the provisions of this Act, employees may selectively strike any of the carriers or carrier systems to whom their proposal was directed. Provides that whenever a selective strike or a strike of any combination of carriers occurs, such carriers and representatives of the employees on strike shall provide service and transportation for such persons and commodities as may be directed by the President, on a finding by the President, that such services or transportation cannot in any way be provided by alternate rail, truck, water, or air transportation, and that the termination of such services or transportation would immediately imperil the national health or safety. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any carrier to lock out any craft or class of its employees or any segment of any such class or craft unless such carrier is caused to diminish such service by a strike of all or some portion of its employees. Provides that any agreements affecting rates of pay, rules, or working conditions between employees and any carrier so selectively struck shall be immediately offered jointly, without change, to all carriers who have been jointly or concurrently involved in the previous handling of the dispute under this Act. Provides, under a new title III of the Railway Labor Act, that in the event a dispute is not settled under this Act, any changes in rate, pay, or working conditions made unilaterally subsequent to this Act shall be recinded and the original conditions reinstated, and any selective strike in progress under the provisions of this Act shall be terminated immediately, and for sixty days thereafter, and no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties to the controversy in the conditions out of which the dispute arose. Provides that the National Mediation Board shall recommend to the President specific actions which it deems most appropriate to the settlement of the dispute and the protection of the public interest. Provides that, during such sixty day period, the President may create a board to investigate and make, for transmittal to the parties in the dispute, a report respecting such dispute. Provides that if no resolution is reached at the end of such sixty days, and if the President finds that the dispute threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive any section of the country of essential transportation services, the President may: (1) order an additional sixty-day "cooling-off period" during which the parties shall continue collective bargaining under the National Mediation Board; or (2) permit the continuance of the selective strike under the limitations he deems necessary to protect the health or safety of the Nation or any region thereof; or (3) order the parties to submit final offers to the Secretary of Labor and submit such offers to a three-member panel for final settlement. Provides that such panel shall accept one of the final offers without compromise or alteration, except in the case of a settlement being reached by the parties through continued negotiation before such panel makes a final determination. Provides that the final offer selected by such panel shall be deemed to represent the contract between the parties and shall be conclusive unless found arbitrary and capricious. Title II: Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 - Broadens the powers of the President in labor disputes to cover situations which may imperil the health or safety of a substantial part of the Nation's population or territory (presently a threat to the national health or safety is required) and to cover situations which may deprive any section of the country of essential transportation services. Provides that the report of a Board of Inquiry appointed by the President shall contain the Board's recommendations for settlement. Provides that, upon receiving the report and until a final agreement to the labor dispute is reached, the President may issue an order for a specified period not to exceed thirty days that work shall resume or continue with no change in conditions, or he may issue an order for partial operation specifying the extent and condition of such operation. Provides that such orders shall be conclusive unless found arbitrary or capricious by a three-judge Federal district court (presently the President must direct the Attorney General to petition a district court for an injunction). Permits the President to modify his order upon notice to the parties. Requires the President to direct each party to submit a sealed final offer to the Secretary of Labor within five days. Permits each party to submit one alternative final offer. Deems the last offer of a party during previous negotiations to be the final offer if such party refuses to submit a final offer. Permits the parties within ten days to select a three-member panel composed of disinterested persons to act as a final offer selector. Provides that the President shall select the panel if the parties cannot agree. Provides that the Secretary shall transmit the final offers to the panel thirty days after its selection and requires the panel to select the most reasonable offer within five days thereafter. Sets forth factors which the panel may take into account in making its selection. Provides that the panel shall not alter the content of the offer selected. Directs the parties to undertake collective bargaining under the auspices of the Board of Inquiry throughout the period and provides that any complete agreement reached before the selection of a final offer shall be final and binding. Makes the final offer selected by the panel conclusive unless found arbitrary or capricious. Provides that members of the Board or panel shall receive compensation at the daily rate prescribed for the GS-18 level. Makes the provisions of this title enforceable upon suit by the Attorney General brought before a three-judge district court.
Bill· HRH.R. 371 (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. 346 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an amortization deduction for income tax purposes to all taxpayers under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the purchase and construction of railroad rolling stock (presently limited to taxpayers who are common carriers).
Bill· HRH.R. 301 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits the Governor of a State which has completed its portion of the Interstate System to elect to use funds from the Highway Trust Fund for urban mass transportation projects. Sets forth the procedures for such election. Increases to 90% (previously 2/3) the percentage of the Federal share for the cost of specified urban mass transportation system projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 259 (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. 231 (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. 210 (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. 193 (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, 1974, requiring the placarding of vehilces transporting hazardous materials by land in interstate and foreign commerce. Requires such placarding so that law-enforcement and firefighting personnel of communities, and carriers and shippers, may identify the type of hazardous material being transported, the degree of hazard involved, and any particular procedure which should be followed or avoided in dealing with emergency situations arising in connection with the transportation of such hazardous material.
Bill· HRH.R. 99 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Title I: Anti-Hijacking Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training, or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention. Makes provisions for special airfare rates for individuals who are twenty-one years of age or younger, for those sixty-five or older, for the handicapped and their attendants, and for widows, widowers and minor children of airline employees. 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 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 safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for the carrying of weapons aboard an aircraft. Authorizes appropriations to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 124 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Extends the date for completion of the Interstate Highway System provided for under the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 from June 30, 1976 to June 30, 1981. Provides that, upon approval by the Congress, the Secretary of Transportation shall use the Federal share of his approved estimate in making apportionments for the Interstate Highway System for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1976 and June 30, 1977. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a revised estimate of the cost of completing the Interstate System after taking into account all previous apportionments made under the Highway Revenue Act and to transmit the same to the Senate and House of Representatives within ten days subsequent to January 2, 1976 (for the purpose of apportioning Federal funds for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978 and June 30, 1979), and within ten days subsequent to January 2, 1978 (for purpose of apportioning Federal funds for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1980, and June 30, 1981). Authorizes additional mileage of five thousand eight hundred miles under the Highway Revenue Act for an interstate route from Kansas City, Missouri, to connect with Interstate 95 in Georgia and such additional mileage as may be required elsewhere in the United States. Extends the provisions of the Highway Trust Fund for five years in order to provide financing for the Interstate Highway system extension stipulated in the Act. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 101(b); Amends 23 U.S.C. 104(b) 5; Amends 23 U.S.C 103(e)(i); Adds 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4); Amends 23 U.S.C. 120(c)(e)(F)nt)
Bill· HRH.R. 117 (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, 1974, requiring the placarding of vehilces transporting hazardous materials by land in interstate and foreign commerce. Requires such placarding so that law-enforcement and firefighting personnel of communities, and carriers and shippers, may identify the type of hazardous material being transported, the degree of hazard involved, and any particular procedure which should be followed or avoided in dealing with emergency situations arising in connection with the transportation of such hazardous material.
Bill· HRH.R. 101 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that sums appropriated for highways under the Federal-aid system shall be available to finance the Federal share of the cost of construction of and acquisition of facilities and equipment for public mass transportation projects. Provides that projects which may be financed under this Act shall include, but not be limited to, exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, passenger loading areas and facilities, including shelters, fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus, rail, and other public mass transportation passengers, construction of fixed rail facilities and the purchase of passenger equipment, including rolling stock for fixed rail.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 123 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Extends for one year (until December 31, 1973) the date by which the Commission on Highway Beautification must submit its final report. Increases appropriations authorized for the Commission to $450,000. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 131 nt.)
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 102 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 such study to include the following: (1) appropriate methods of Government acquisition, whether by taking by eminent domain or by voluntary sale, and the type of property interest (fee simple, easement, or otherwise) to be acquired; (2) the capital cost of Government acquisition, including consideration of compensation to the railroad companies by Government assumption of bonded indebtedness related to the initial financing of facilities, and of State and local property taxes now assessed against rail carriers by virtue of their ownership of facilities; (3) the relationship of the Government interest in rights-of-way to the continued ownership and development by present owners of property not needed for railroad transportation, including air rights; (4) modes of operation by the Government of signal and train control systems, including the authority to determine rights of trains as between passenger and freight trains and as between trains of different carriers using the same line of track; (5) the need for and feasibility of Government acquisition of such fixed facilities as yards, terminals, and stations in addition to tracks and signal systems, and the mode of operation by the Government of those facilities; (6) establishment of regular maintenance and capital improvement programs to assure uniform, high standard track and to facilitate faster, more dependable service for both passengers and freight; (7) establishment of standards governing the size, weight, and design of locomotives and cars which may be safely and expeditiously operated over given lines of track; (8) funding of maintenance and capital improvement programs by means of a railroad trust fund, to be financed by user charges to rail carriers; (9) assessment of such user charges against rail passenger carriers on an incremental basis on the assumption that well-maintained track, signal and train control systems, and other fixed facilities would be required for freight service even if no passenger service were provided; (10) the need for supplements to the trust fund by appropriations from the general fund to the Treasury, in view of the urgent need for modernization of rail facilities and the continuing substantial outlays from the general fund for other kinds of transportation facilities; (11) extension of franchises to existing and new carriers, both passenger and freight, over given lines of track not now operated by them, to provide better service and more competition and to allow for the fullest possible utilization of the most favorable and efficient routes; (12) a rationalization of the existing rail plant to promote more efficient utilization, reduce the overall need for maintenance and capital improvement funds, and facilitate urban and metropolitan redevelopment; and (13) an evaluation and delineation of the role, if any, which the Interstate Commerce Commission should play with respect to the planning and carrying out of any Government acquisition of railroad tracks, rights-of-way, systems, and facilities and with respect to the operation and maintenance thereof after the acquisition. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report to the Congress on or before June 30, 1974. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000 to carry out such study.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 50 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes a Commission on Railroad Transportation in the Northeast to keep itself closely informed on all developments in the Matter of Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor, Numbered 70-347, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Provides that whenever the Commission finds that there is no reasonable prospect of achieving a traditional income-based reorganization of the Company without the abandonment of subsidization of lines of road reasonably needed for useful transportation or the reduction of its work force to a degree not consistent with efficient, nonburdensome and safe operations, or the subsidization of intercity or commuter passenger operations to a degree more favorable than those generally prevailing, then the Commission shall so determine and declare. Establishes a Federal corporation to be known as the Northeast Transportation Authority. Provides that in the event the Commission makes the above determination and declaration, then all property, real or personal, owned or operated under the direction of the trustees of the Company and which is used or useful in the conduct of transportation shall become the property of the United States of America, and title thereto, with power to deal therewith, shall be vested in the Northeast Transportation Authority. Directs the Commission to negotiate with bankruptcy trustees of the Company in an effort to agree upon a sum of money that will constitute just and reasonable compensation for such property passing to the United States. Provides that the trustees shall distribute the transportation properties of the debtor together with the proceeds of liquidation of such other properties as the debtor may own, to the creditors and holders of other interests in the debtor in accordance with the laws applicable to bankruptcies and under the direction of the bankruptcy court. Provides that the Authority shall be deemed a common carrier, and shall be subject to all provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act. Provides that the primary objective of the Northeast Transportation Authority's operations shall be to provide the public with the most economic, attractive, safe, and useful railroad transportation service that can be furnished, while maintaining rates of pay, rules, and working conditions for employees at a level not less than that prevailing in the railroad industry in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, together with such sums as may be shown from time to time to be necessary to conduct the operations of the Authority in accordance with this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 40 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Suspends the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue a certificate permitting the abandonment of a line of railroad or the operation thereof, until January 1, 1974. Prohibits such abandonment by a carrier by rail upon the authority of a certificate issued after April 1, 1972, and prior to January 1, 1974.