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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 825 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Prohibits urban mass transportation systems from raising their fares above present levels for a two-year period beginning November 14, 1973. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to assist any system which incurs an operating deficit due to the prohibitions contained in this Act. Sets forth a formula for distribution of the funds made available for grants. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $400,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $400,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the purpose of financing grants to assist urban mass transportation systems. Provides that no assistance shall be provided to any urban mass transportation system or any State or local public body or agency unless the applicant agrees that the rates charged elderly and handicapped persons during non-peak hours for transportation utilizing or involving the facilities and equipment involved will not exceed one-half of the rates generally applicable to other persons. Prohibits assistance under the terms of this resolution unless the applicant has submitted a comprehensive mass transportation service improvement plan which is approved by the Secretary and which sets forth a program meeting criteria established by the Secretary for capital or service improvements to be undertaken for the purpose of providing more efficient, economical, and convenient mass transportation service in the urban area or areas involved, and for placing mass transportation operations in such areas on a sound financial basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 11412 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1973
Carpool Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of general local government to implement programs which are designed to increase the use of carpools by commuters.
Bill· HRH.R. 11390 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 11317 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Establishes a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary of Transportation as a revolving fund for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation offered to him which he determines is eligible for insurance under this Act. States that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of equipment obligations insured under this part shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 at any one time. Sets forth specified standards and conditions to be satisfied before the Secretary shall insure any equipment obligation. States that if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount the Secretary is required to pay under an agreement made under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations as may be prescribed by the Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides penalties for any person who makes any statement knowing it to be false, or who wilfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of obtaining any loan guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the design of a national rolling stock information service and to contract with and provide technical and financial assistance to individual railroads or groups of railroads. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress with respect to the progress made by railroads in implementing the national system. Authorizes to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the purpose of this section. States that in any case in which any person enters into a contract to export grain from the United States, which contract calls for the exportation of more than one million bushels of grain, such person shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a plan for the transportation of such grain to the United States port from which it is proposed to be exported. Requires the Secretary to determine if such plan will jeopardize the availability of railroad freight cars for the movement of other commodities in interstate commerce. Sets forth criteria under which the Secretary may disapprove any such plan. Provides penalties for any person, partnership or corporation which fails to submit a plan to the Secretary or which ships such grain to port in spite of the Secretary's disapproval.
Bill· HRH.R. 11313 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Prohibits, under the Shipping Act, 1916, the practice of port equalization. Defines the term "port equalization" to mean the practice whereby a carrier absorbs the additional cost involved in transporting cargo from or to the inland point of origin or destination and a port other than the port closest to or from the inland point of origin or point of destination.
Bill· HRH.R. 11331 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Terminates the Airlines National Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977 effective January 2, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 11288 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Basic Commodities and Energy Resources Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide mass transportation assistance essential for the movement of basic commodities and energy resources to and from production areas and major distribution and processing centers. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes appropriations totalling $350,000,000 to carry out the assistance provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans made to railroads under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2651 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11163 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Mulholland National Scenic Parkway in the State of California. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11133 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Basic Commodities and Energy Resources Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide mass transportation assistance essential for the movement of basic commodities and energy resources to and from production areas and major distribution and processing centers. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes appropriations totalling $350,000,000 to carry out the assistance provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans made to railroads under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11042 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 2598 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Carpool Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects designed to encourage the use of carpools in urban areas throughout the country while not adversely affecting bus and other mass transportation ridership in such areas. Provides that from proposals submitted by the States to the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve for funding those projects which offer the best prospects of achieving the objectives of this Act and which provide a reasonable balance among cities of various population sizes, traffic patterns, and geographical locations. States that the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per cent, except that the Federal share shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any single project. Directs the Secretary to give permits to demonstration projects proposed for cities or areas in air quality control regions after consultation with the Environment Protection Agency as to the value of such projects as a part of a transportation control plan for such region. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full investigation of the effectiveness of measures employed in the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10998 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Carpool Service Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide technical assistance to cities to aid in the implementation of programs which are designed to increase the use of carpools by commuters.
Bill· HRH.R. 10975 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Requires, under the Washington Area Transit Authority Compact, the inclusion of rail commuter service in the mass transit plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 10932 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 2576 (93rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Provides, under the Shipping Act, that every nonnational flag carrier in the foreign commerce of the United States shall not maintain rates in its tariffs that are lower than the lowest corresponding rate of any national flag carrier unless such rate is first determined by the Federal Maritime Commission to be compensatory on a fully distributed commercial cost basis. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 817)
Bill· SS. 2575 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Provides, under the Shipping Act and the Intercoastal Shipping Act, for sanctions against shippers and consignees seeking carriage of their cargo at less than the published rates in the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States. States that any person may file a sworn complaint setting forth any violation of this Act by a common carrier by water, a shipper, consignee, or other person subject to this Act, asking reparation for injuries caused. Sets forth the procedures for review of such complaints.
Bill· HRH.R. 10895 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Removes the exception of jet-powered aircraft, aircraft used in air transportation, aircraft used solely for localized training purposes, and aircraft used for aerial application of chemicals. Exempts military aircraft from the requirement that fixed-wing, powered aircraft must have emergency locator beacons. Requires that minimum standards requiring installation of such beacons prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administrator and as changed by this Act shall become effective with respect to civilian aircraft not earlier than six months and not later than one year after enactment of this Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1421(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 10881 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Extends, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the tariff-filing period for proposed tariff changes under such Act. Provides that the Civil Aeranautics Board cannot suspend a proposed tariff for interstate or overseas air transportation less than fifteen days before the time when the tariff would otherwise go into effect. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(c), 1482(g))
Bill· SS. 2533 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Provides that no financial assistance may be provided under the Urban Mass Transportation Act for the purchase of buses unless the applicant for assistance has first entered into an agreement that he will not engage in charter or sightseeing service with any bus so purchased, except when such service is incidental to the use of the bus in mass transportation service.
Bill· HRH.R. 10785 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
Bill· HRH.R. 10781 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
Bill· HRH.R. 10773 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Basic Commodities and Energy Resources Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide mass transportation assistance essential for the movement of basic commodities and energy resources to and from production areas and major distribution and processing centers. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes appropriations totalling $350,000,000 to carry out the assistance provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans made to railroads under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10769 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 10767 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 10768 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 2526 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
American Railroad Consolidation Act - Establishes an American Railroad Consolidation Commission. Prescribes the composition of such Commission and the rates of compensation. Directs the Commission to (1) after investigation and study, formulate a plan for the consolidation of all class I, privately owned, common carriers by railroad, including their railroad subsidiaries and affiliated terminal companies, in the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, and excluding lines wholly owned and operated by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways) into one private corporation and to determine the value of such railroads as a whole, the value of each separate component and proper capitilization of the entire system and distribution of securities to its components. (2) After adoption and authorization of such plan by Act of Congress, take such initial steps as are authorized by such Act, to carry out such plan. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Commission in performing its duties under this Act. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress the plan formulated within one year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10734 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Carpool Service Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide technical assistance to cities to aid in the implementation of programs which are designed to increase the use of carpools by commuters.
Bill· HRH.R. 10716 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
Bill· HRH.R. 10681 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
Bill· HRH.R. 10694 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Establishes a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary of Transportation as a revolving fund for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation offered to him which he determines is eligible for insurance under this Act. States that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of equipment obligations insured under this part shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 at any one time. Sets forth certain specified standards and conditions to be satisfied before the Secretary shall insure any equipment obligation. States that if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount the Secretary is required to pay under an agreement made under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations as may be prescribed by the Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides penalties for any person who makes any statement knowing it to be false, or who wilfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of obtaining any loan guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the design of a national rolling stock information service and to contract with and provide technical and financial assistance to individual railroads or groups of railroads. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress with respect to the progress make by railroads in implementing the national system. Authorizes to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the purposes of this section. States that in any case in which any person enters into a contract to export grain from the United States, which contract calls for the exportation of more than one million bushels of grain, such person shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a plan for the transportation of such grain to the United States port from which it is proposed to be exported. Requires the Secretary to determine if such plan will jeopardize the availability of railroad freight cars for the movement of other commodities in interstate commerce. Sets forth criteria under which the Secretary may disapprove any such plan. Provides penalties for any person, partnership or corporation who fails to submit a plan to the Secretary or who ships such grain to port in spite of the Secretary's disapproval.
Bill· HRH.R. 10637 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Deepwater Pool Facilities Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate or make any significant addition to a deepwater port facility without first receiving a license from the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to any citizen of the United States a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility if he first determines that: (1) the applicant is financially responsible and has demonstrated his ability and willingness to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and license conditions; (2) the construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port facility will not unreasonably interfere with international navigation or other reasonable uses of the high seas, and is consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and (3) the facility will be located, constructed, or operated in a manner which will minimize or prevent any adverse significant environmental effects. Directs the Secretary not to issue a license in any case where the President determines that it would be contrary to the national security of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue reasonable rules and regulations governing application for and issuance of licenses and the construction and operation of deepwater port facilities under this Act. Declares that an application filed with the Secretary for a license under this Act shall constitute an application for all Federal authorizations required for construction and operation of a deepwater port facility. States that any person adversely affected by an order of the Secretary granting or denying a license may within sixty days after such order is issued seek judicial review thereof in the United States court of appeals for the circuit nearest to wich the facility is sought to be located. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by regulation the procedures, including appropriate charges, for the submission and consideration of applications for licenses. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that whenever a licensee fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule, regulation, restriction, or condition made or imposed by the Secretary under the authority of this Act or fails to pay any civil penalty assessed by the Secretary except where a proceeding for judicial review of such assessment is pending, the Secretary may file an appropriate action in a United States district court to (1) suspend operations under the license or (2) if such failure is knowing and continues for a period of thirty days after the Secretary mails notice of such failure by registered letter to the licensee at his post office address, revoke such license.
Bill· HRH.R. 10680 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Provides that after December 31, 1975, the Secretary of Transportation shall not apportion any funds under this Act to any State which has not fully implemented the requirements of those uniform safety standards promulgated by the Secretary on or before December 31, 1973, or with respect to standards revised or promulgated after December 31, 1973, has not fully implemented the requirements of such standards within two years after their revision or promulgation. Provides that Federal-aid highway funds apportioned on or after January 1, 1976, to any State which has not fully implemented the requirements of the uniform standards promulgated by the Secretary under this section on or before December 31, 1973, or, with respect to standards revised or promulgated after December 31, 1973, has not fully implemented the requirements of such standards within two years after their revision or promulgation, shall be reduced by amounts equal to 20 percent of the amounts which would otherwise be apportioned to such State until such time as such State is fully implementing such standards. Allows the Secretary to suspend, whenever he deems it to be in the public interest, the application of the two preceding sentences to a State for a period not to exceed one additional year. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 402)
Bill· HRH.R. 10591 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Extends the power of the Commandant of the Coast Guard to prescribe formulas and rules for the operation of boilers, piping, valves, and fittings on ships as well as for their construction. Deletes language relating to the safety factor of boilers, and minimum thickness and maximum working pressure of valves and fittings on ships.
Bill· HRH.R. 10561 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to handicapped persons and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation by railroad under the Interstate Commerce Act for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 22, 1373(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 10557 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Directs the administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, establish minimum standards relating to firefighters and rescue equipment and personnel. Requires that applicants for airport operating certificates (for airports serving air carriers certified by the Civil Aeronautics Board) demonstrate to the administrator that: (1) at least one firefighting and rescue vehicle required of the applicant by the Administrator can reach any point with the airport land boundary from its assigned standby position or airport fire station with two minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application; (2) at least one other such required vehicle can reach such point from its assigned post within three minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application; and (3) all other such required such vehicles can respond to any point within the airport and boundary within three and one-half minutes from the time of alarm to the time of initial agent application. Requires the administrator to utilize the most advanced technology available to prescribe minimum standard for protective outerwear to assure the maximum degree of safety for firefighting and rescue personnel. Directs the administrator to require such applicants to establish an efficient emergency communications center, and radio communications facilities capable of maintaining continuous communications center between all firefighting and rescue vehicles and the communications center. Each such applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the administrator that they are capable of providing information necessary to facilitate maximum coordination between all participants involved in any emergency situation. Directs the administrator to establish minimum standards regarding number of emergency personnel and training programs to be maintained by such applicants. Establishes criteria for such training programs. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1432)
Bill· HRH.R. 10549 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 10556 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to appoint an advisory committee composed of representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Air Transport Association of America, the Air Line Pilots Association, the National Fire Protection Association, and the National Transportation Safety Board for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive study of practical fire-retardant or noncombustible materials for use in the interior of aircraft cabins designed for the carriage of passengers and available for use in insulating such aircraft cabins including binders. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the results of such study, together with such recommendations as it may deem appropriate." Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum standards governing the use of materials which are flammable, combustible, or when ignited produce toxic or irritating products of combustion in the interior of aircraft cabins designed for the carriage of passengers and governing the use of such materials in insulating such aircraft cabins including binders. Provides that initial standards issued under this Act shall become effective not later than the expiration of the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 10511 (93rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Declares that on and after July 1, 1974, no Federal financial assistance shall be provided under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for the purchase of buses to any applicant for such assistance unless such applicant and the Secretary of Transportation shall have entered into an agreement that such applicant or the publicly owned operator of mass transportation service for the applicant will not engage in charter bus operations in unfair or destructive competition with private bus operators outside of the urban area or areas within which such applicant provides regularly scheduled mass transportation service.
Bill· HRH.R. 10531 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 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 or subsonic speeds in the navigable airspace of the United States until: (1) the Congress, by law, approves findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the operation of such supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States will not have deterimental physiological or psychological effects on persons on the ground and will not have detrimental effects on the environment; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation shall have made affirmative findings, and submitted a written report thereon to the Congress, that the operation of supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States meets all noise, envornimental, and safety standards prescribed under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to the operation of aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 10523 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Authorizes reduced-fare transportation on airplanes, railroads, and motor buses on a space-available basis for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b), 22)
Bill· HRH.R. 10505 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Senior Citizens' Transportation Services Act - Requires State plans for urban mass transportation assistance to provide for specially reduced rates during non-rush hours for any elderly person using federally financed facilities. Allows air carriers to grant reduced-rate transportation to youths, elderly persons, handicapped persons, and military personnel on a space-available basis. Defines such persons for purposes of this provision. Provides for mandatory half fare rates on common carriers during nonpeak periods of travel for elderly persons. Allows federal subsidies to common carriers showing economic loss because of this provision. Makes it unlawful and provides penalties for any person engaged in the business of insuring motor vehicles who denies or refuses to sell insurance to any individual on account of his age if that individual possesses a valid driver's license. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to prescribe such standards for mass transportation facilities design as are necessary to insure that elderly and physically and mentally handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, the buildings. Makes provisions for grants for transportation research and demonstration projects for the elderly totalling $7,500,000 for fiscal years 1974-1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 10514 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
National Agency for Transportation Safety Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares it to be the purpose of this Act to promote safety in transportation. Provides that the National Transportation Safety Board shall, on and after the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, be known as the National Agency for Transportation Safety and shall be an independent agency of the United States Provides that the Agency shall be directed and administered by an Administrator, pursuant to this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish bureaus to investigate and report on accidents involving the following modes of transportation: aviation; marine and maritime; highway and motor vehicle; railroad and rail; and pipeline. Provides for staffing and supplies of the Agency. Enumerates the duties of the Agency, including: (1) investigate, analyze, and determine the cause or probable cause of specified transportation accidents; (2) report in writing on the facts, conditions, and circumstances of each accident investigated; (3) issue periodic reports to the Congress, Federal, State, and local agencies concerned with transportation safety; (4) advocate the cause of safety in transportation in accordance with this Act; (5) conduct special studies on matters pertaining to safety in transportation, including human injury avoidance; (6) assess techniques of accident investigation; (7) develop a sophisticated capacity to monitor the adequacy of safeguards concerning the transportation of hazardous materials; (8) review on appeal the suspension, amendment, modification, revocation, or denial of any operating certificate or license issued by the Secretary of Transportation, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs that the Administrator shall be appointed by the President within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from lists of qualified individuals recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Comptroller General of the United States. Sets forth the Administrator's term of office and powers. Provides that whenever the Administrator determines that the result of specified Federal department or agency proceedings may substantially affect aviation, marine, motor vehicle, railroad, or pipeline safety, the Administrator may intervene on behalf of the Agency as a party. States that the Administrator or any duly designated employee of the Agency is authorized to intervene, or otherwise to participate, in any State or local agency or court proceeding, where the Administrator determines that the result of such proceeding may substantially affect an important interest of the public in transportation safety, accident avoidance, or accident loss reduction and such intervention or participation has been requested in writing. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress and specifies the content of such report. Requires copies of any communication, document, investigation or other information received or sent by the Administrator or any employee of the Agency to be made available to the public upon identifiable request and at reasonable cost, unless such information may not be publicly released. States that whenever the Agency submits a recommendation regarding transportation safety to the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary shall respond formally and in writing to such recommendation not later than one hundred and twenty days after receipt. Requires such response to contain enumerated items regarding the recommendation. Provides for review of operating certificates and license actions of the Secretary by a Review Board consisting of the Administrator and Assistant Administrators. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified acts. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 10493 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Exempts from the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention (International Labor Organization Draft Convention Numbered 53, "concerning the minimum requirement of professional capacity for masters and officers on board merchant ships"), for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act, the United States trash fishing vessels F/V Lady Claire, currently in operation, and the F/V John Mavar, Senior, currently under construction, both of which are owned and operated by the Mavar Board Company, Incorporated, of Biloxi, Mississippi, and are more than two hundred gross tons but less than three hundred gross tons provided that such vessels do not engage in foreign or nearby foreign trade.
Bill· HRH.R. 10496 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 743 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, in the case of any crime involving the seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence and with wrongful intent, of an aircraft in flight, the power of the Congress to declare punishment therefor shall include the power to provide, by law, for the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty.
Bill· SS. 2458 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that whenever the Interstate Commerce Commission determines that any person, class of persons, service, or trnasportation is: (1) not necessary to effectuate the National Transportation Policy; (2) not necessary for effective regulation by the Commission; or (3) serves little or no useful public purpose, it may exempt such persons, service, or transportation from provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Bill· SS. 2461 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Permits, under the Interstate Commerce Act, contracts between freight forwarders and railroads. Requires that such contracts be just, fair and equitable, non-prejudicial to participants or any other freight forwarder, and consistent with the National Transportation Policy. Retains the 450-mile limiation in connection with line-haul transportation by motor common carriers. Exempts such contracts from the antitrust laws. Requires that the contracts be made pursuant to procedures filed with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Permits all rail carriers can participate in such contracts.
Bill· SS. 2460 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Confers jurisdiction upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize single carrier acquisitions, limited, to the requirement that authorization be obtained for railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and all other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Authorizes the Commission to designate a person not a carrier to be a carrier for purposes of reporting, maintaining accounts and issuing securities. Empowers the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating to transactions between affiliated companies and railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Establishes a presumption of control where any person owns 10 percent or more of the voting securities of the carrier. Provides that the Commission may enter such orders including divestiture, whenever it finds that the continued maintenance of control will impair the ability of a carrier to render its services. Requires the recording in the manner prescribed by the Commission, of the beneficial or record ownership by those who hold more than 1 percent of any class of stock of a railroad having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually, or 5 percent of any other carrier having operating revenues in excess of $4 million annually. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe the accounts and reports to be rendered by persons controlling, controlled by and under common control with carriers, and by carriers themselves. Permits the inspection of the records of such persons, as well as those of the carriers themselves. Makes it a crime to misappropriate funds by the officials of carriers and persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with such carriers.
Bill· SS. 2459 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall have the authority to inspect and copy any and all accounts, books, memoranda and other documents of railroad carriers, lessors and associations, whether or not such documents are related to their prescribed or authorized accounting and corporate records. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 20(5)).