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United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1974
Requires, under the Internal Revenue Code, that tickets for all taxable airline transportation show the total amount paid and the taxes imposed thereon. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 7275)
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to provide financial assistance for 24 months based on fuel price increases resulting from the energy crisis to United States air carriers engaged in overseas and foreign air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall take all appropriate actions within their jurisdiction to attempt to eliminate discriminatory and unfair competitive practices against United States air carriers in the international air transportation industry. Provides for compensatory charges to be imposed on foreign air carriers of the Country concerned if discriminatory charges against United States air carriers are not reduced or eliminated within a reasonable time after negotiations are undertaken for such purpose. States that the amounts so collected shall be used to compensate such air carriers for the excessive or discriminatory charges paid by them to the foreign countries involved. Provides that the Postmaster General shall not authorize a higher rate of compensation for the transportation by foreign carriers of mail between the United States and such foreign country as that country pays to air carriers transporting its mail by aircraft between such country and the United States. Requires that the government-financed air transportation of passengers and property be provided by air carriers holding certificates under the Federal Aviation Act to the extent practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Civil Aeronautics Board shall immediately take steps to eliminate discrimination in mail compensation in favor of foreign flag carriers and to assure fair and reasonable compensation for the transportation of passengers and freight; and (2) the Civil Aeronautics Board and the responsible executive agencies shall cooperate with the United States-flag international air carriers to improve their route structures and shall take steps to eliminate any discrimination against the United States carriers being practiced by foreign governments or authorities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Authorizes the construction of a highway bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall take all appropriate actions within their jurisdiction to attempt to eliminate discriminatory and unfair competitive practices against United States air carriers in the international air transportation industry. Provides for compensatory charges to be imposed on foreign air carriers of the Country concerned if discriminatory charges against United States air carriers are not reduced or eliminated within a reasonable time after negotiations are undertaken for such purpose. States that the amounts so collected shall be used to compensate such air carriers for the excessive or discriminatory charges paid by them to the foreign countries involved. Provides that the Postmaster General shall not authorize a higher rate of compensation for the transportation by foreign carriers of mail between the United States and such foreign country as that country pays to air carriers transporting its mail by aircraft between such country and the United States. Requires that the government-financed air transportation of passengers and property be provided by air carriers holding certificates under the Federal Aviation Act to the extent practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Amendments Act to the Federal-Aid Highway Act - Declares it to be the intent of Congress to establish a national transportation policy recognizing the interdependence of the cities and the countryside, the interrelationships between various transportation modes, and the necessity to make use of the best available technology and transportation resources to meet the transportation needs of the Nation. Increases authorizations for primary and secondary highway systems, bridge replacement and reconstruction, and for projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards of high-accident sections of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Provides for a program to be administered at the county level with funds from the Highway Trust Fund to initiate an emergency bridge replacement program for non-Federal countryside roads and highways.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Air Travelers Fair Security Costs Act - Prohibits air carriers from charging passengers for security services in excess of the actual costs to the air carriers for providing the services. Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board within sixty days after enactment of this Act to establish procedures whereby each carrier shall report to the Board at the end of every six-month period thereafter the following: (1) the actual costs to said carrier for the provision of security measures for the protection of passengers during the preceding six-month period; and (2) the total amount of surcharges collected during the same six-month period for security measures to protect passengers.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Provides that it shall be unlawful for any air carrier or any foreign air carrier to demand the payment of money from, or otherwise to assert legal liability against, a ticket agent for the usage by persons known or unknown of airline tickets stolen by persons known or unknown from said ticket agent, if: (1) said ticket agent was not a participant, directly or indirectly, in the theft of said tickets, and (2) said ticket agent has given notice to the carrier or a representative of the carrier of the fact of the theft and the identifying serial numbers of the stolen tickets. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1388)
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Provides for participation by and representation of the Civil Aeronautics Board proceedings through its own counsel as a matter of right and to provide for all review of Board actions in the Courts of Appeals.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Exempts highway motor vehicles which are not for hire and are used exclusively in soil and water conservation work from the highway use tax.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Establishes a grant program to enable any State, local government, or interstate agency or other public port authority to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for financial assistance to assist such agency in making such improvements as may be required to any port operated by it in order to bring such port into compliance with any requirements relating to environmental protection, the public health and safety, or port or cargo security which may be imposed by Federal law. Defines the term "improvements" as including, but not limited to, the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of port structures and areas, the training of employees, and the hiring of additional employees. States that the Secretary may grant to the applicant all or a part of the money applied for, except that no grant or aggregate of grants made under this Act to any State, local, or interstate agency or public port authority may exceed $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and each fiscal year thereafter for grants under this Act. Directs the Secretary to undertake a comprehensive study to determine the immediate and long-range requirements of public ports in the United States: (1) for expansion and modernization in order to meet adequately the economic and defense needs of the United States, and (2) to meet such standards as may be imposed by law for purposes of environmental protection and port safety and security. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the final results of such study not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for purposes of conducting the study.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Removes the requirement that State highway safety plans obligate motorcyclists to wear safety helmets when riding a motorcycle on the streets and highways of such State.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Provides that nothing in the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act, or regulations pursuant thereto, shall require any motor vehicle to be equipped with any starter interlock system, or any buzzer, light, or other warning system, associated with seatbelts or upper torso restraints, or any similar system requiring the use of such belts or restraints in order to start or operate the vehicle or producing a buzzing, light, or other warning signal if such belts or restraints are not used. Requires standards to be promulgated by the Secretary within sixty days of enactment of this Act to require that such a starter interlock system, and such a warning sytem, be made available with any new motor vehicles at the option of the purchaser.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1974
Requires, under the Federal Aviation Act, that each air carrier shall provide half-fare air transportation on a space-available basis to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who hold a total and permanent service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1974
Railroad Revenue Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including to organize a nonprofit corporation to acquire, rehabilitate, and modernize, the rail lines. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires every rail carrier to provide the Secretary of Transportation, the Rail Services Planning Office, and the Interstate Railroad Corporation with specified information on time tables, slow orders, restrictions, and speeds authorized on every rail line for freight and passenger trains at all times since January 1, 1935. Provides that the initial Interstate Railroad System shall consist of all rail lines operated within the United States by domestic railroad companies which as of the date of enactment of this Act are subject to traffic usage of at least 10 million gross ton-miles per year per mile of rail line. Provides for hearings and recommendations by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the System, and subsequently, for final designation of such System. Requires the prescribing of maintenance standards for the System. Enumerates procedures for modification of the System. States that within two years after enactment of this Act the Secretary and the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, shall jointly carry out a study of the long-term capital needs for modernization and major upgrading of the Interstate Railroad System, including high density passenger corridors. Title III: Interstate Railroad Corporation - Authorizes to be created an Interstate Railroad Corporation to rehabilitate, maintain, and modernize the rail lines of the Interstate Railroad System so as to develop the potential of modern rail service in meeting the transportation requirements of the Nation. Sets forth the processes of organization, board of directors, general powers, and bookkeeping, recordkeeping and reporting aspects of the Corporation. Title IV: Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Rail Lines by Corporation and States - Provides for the conveyance of rights, titles and interest in rail lines to the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated during each fiscal year for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury to State and local governments an amount equivalent to the State and local property taxes which railroad companies are relieved of responsibility for payment of in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth Corporation responsibilities with respect to operations of the rail lines, liability, operations of rail freight carriers, and operations of rail passenger carriers. Provides that rail carriers operating over rail lines of the Corporation or any State shall pay to the Corporation or State, a user charge of $1 per thousand gross ton-miles of locomotive and train operation. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary during each of the six fiscal years following enactment of this Act such sums as may be necessary to be disbursed in accordance with an application by the Corporation or any State for the following purposes: (1) rehabilitation of Corporation rail lines; and (2) rehabilitation of State rail lines in accordance with the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. Establishes a State maintenance assistance fund. Title V: Maintenance of and Access to Rail Lines of Railroad Companies - Provides for the maintenance of rail lines in accordance with standards issued under this Act. Provides for access to rail lines under provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act. Title VI: Protection of Employees - Provides for a contracting out limitation on rehabilitation or maintenance work. Provides for a guarantee of the prevailing wage for projects financed under this Act. Requires protective arrangements in specified transactions. Title VII: Oversight and Enforcement - Imposes penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary for administration and enforcement of this Act, not to exceed $10,000,000 in any one fiscal year. Title VIII: Railroad Rehabilitation Fund - Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, upon the amount paid for the transportation of property within the United States by rail, motor vehicle, or water, a tax equal to 1 percent of the amount so paid. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth antitrust, evidential and separability provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1974
Provides, under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, for an extension of the deadlines for the preliminary system plan and the final system plan. Increases the authorization of appropriations for administrative expenses of the U.S. Railway Association from $26,000,000 to $40,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1974
States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway System. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Requires, under the Interstate Commerce Act, that a two-way radio and a respirator be carried in any motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier to transport a charter party of passengers, a majority of whom are at least sixty years of age.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that prior to the close of the 1975 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, for a determination of the amounts, if any, which if added to or subtracted from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would place each such Trust Fund in the same position in which it would have been if: (1) service as an employee after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term 'employment' as defined in the Social Security Act and in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act; and (2) this Act had not been enacted. Provides for the transfer to and from the Railroad Retirement Account the sums so determined.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Allows the Secretary of Transportation to exempt any project for the reconstruction of any highway on the Interstate System from the provisions of Federal law relating to the issuance of reports, standards, and guidelines and provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 upon determining that such exemption is necessary for the expedient completion of such project in the interests of highway safety or the economic welfare of the area, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold funding of Federal-aid highway projects from any State which has a maximum speed limit on any public highway in excess of 55 miles per hour.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate on highway safety standards involving seatbelts and ignition interlock systems. Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) that the consumer be offered an interim option which allows the motorist to elect to override the interlock system prior to starting the vehicle; (2) that the Department of Transportation promulgate a revised Motor Vehicle Safety Standard to become effective as soon as practicable, which removes the ignition interlock system entirely and that a passive restraint system such as an air cushion capable of operating under extreme climatic conditions or belt system be made standard equipment at such time; (3) that a passive restraint system is one that requires no specific manual activity on the part of the occupant to make such system operative; and (4) that the insurance industry and State insurance regulators cooperate in the establishment of auto insurance rates which reflect the relative injury reducing characteristics of the optional restraint systems available and that such representative rate information be given to the purchaser at the time of sale in accordance with procedures for consumer information dissemination contained in the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1974
Allows the Secretary of Transportation to exempt any project for the reconstruction of any highway on the Interstate System from the provisions of Federal law relating to the issuance of reports, standards, and guidelines and provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 upon determining that such exemption is necessary for the expedient completion of such project in the interests of highway safety or the economic welfare of the area, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway System. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Authorizes appropriations up to $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 to the Secretary of Commerce for the promotion of tourist travel in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Railroad Revenue Act - Imposes, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to transportation by air, a tax equal to one percent of the amount paid for the transportation of property within the United States by rail, motor vehicle, or water. States that in the case of property transported: (1) from a point outside the United States to a point within the United States, or (2) from a point within the United States to a point outside the United States, the tax imposed shall apply to the amount paid for that part of the transportation which takes place within the United States. Provides that, with specified exceptions, the tax imposed by this Act shall be paid by the person making the payment subject to the tax.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Federal Aid Railroad Act - Title I: Fundings, Purposes, and Definitions - Enumerates the purposes of this Act, including that it is necessary to designate an Interstate Railroad System and to organize a nonprofit corporation to modernize the rail lines. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires every rail carrier to submit an inventory of rail lines to the Secretary of Transportation, the Rail Services Planning Office and the Interstate Railroad Corporation. States that the initial Interstate Railroad System shall consist of all rail lines operated by domestic railroad companies which are subject to traffic usage of at least 10 million gross ton-miles per year per mile of rail line. Prescribes the procedures for final designation of the System and for the establishment, maintenance and modification of the System. Provides for the designation of high density passenger corridors in the System and for satisfaction of long-term capital improvement needs. Authorizes to be appropriated, for purposes of this title, $1,000,000 each for the Rail Services Planning Office and for the Corps of Engineers. Title III: Interstate Railroad Corporation - Authorizes to be created an Interstate Railroad Corporation to rehabilitate, maintain, and modernize the rail lines of the System. Prescribes the processes for organization, bylaws, officers and general powers of the Corporation. Requires annual auditing of the accounts of the Corporation and the making of quarterly and annual reports. Title IV: Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Rail Lines by Corporation and States - Provides, upon consideration of specified criteria, for the conveyance by any railroad to the corporation of its right, title, and interest in all its rail lines included within the System. Authorizes appropriations of sums for Federal payments of property tax equivalents. Sets forth the operational responsibilities of the corporation and the States and the procedures for: (1) the operations of rail freight carriers; and (2) the operations of rail passenger carriers. Authorizes to be appropriated for the next six fiscal years specified sums for financial assistance for rehabilitation. Establishes a State maintenance assistance fund. Title V: Maintenance of and Access to Rail Lines of Railroad Companies - Provides that rail lines included within the System which are owned or processed by a railroad company shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Requires railroad companies to file schedules of maintenance to be performed on a regular basis. Prohibits the deferral of any scheduled maintenance activity. Provides for access to rail lines. Title VI: Protection of Employees - States that rail lines shall not contract out for work required by this Act of a value over $450 per month which is performed by employees in any bargaining unit covered by a labor agreement. Provides for a guarantee of the prevailing wage and requires protective arrangements in specified transactions. Title VII: Oversight and Enforcement - Directs eight organizations, including the National Governors Conference and the Congress of Railway Unions, to appoint a representative to form an advisory committee to monitor activities carried on under this Act and to submit a one-year report. Requires a report to be filed annually by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to perform specific investigative and inspection functions. Imposes penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 per fiscal year for the Secretary's administration and enforcement of this Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides an antitrust exemption for persons contracting for the joint use of railroad tracts and facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974
Federal-Aid Highway Amendments - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) parkways; (2) Indian reservation roads and bridges; (3) the rural highway public transportation demonstration program; and (4) a railroad-highway crossing demonstration project in Lafayette, Indiana. Sets limitations on the granting of Federal financial assistance for charter buses. Declares the national policy that elderly and handicapped persons have the same right as other persons to utilize mass transportation facilities. Provides for the implementation of such policy. Requires States to certify that State law respecting maximum vehicle size and weight on Federal-aid systems in such State is being enforced. Sets limitations on Alaska ferry operations. Provides for the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards, authorizing appropriations for such control measures. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) landscaping and scenic enhancement; and (2) the special bridge replacement program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to not approve specified projects in any State which has a maximum speed limit in excess of 55 miles per hour. Authorizes appropriations for access highways to public recreation areas on Federal lakes. Empowers the Secretary, with regard to the Northeast corridor demonstration rail crossings, to permit selected public crossings of unusually low-potential hazard to remain at ground level. Authorizes projects to reconstruct or replace the Overseas Highway to Key West, Florida. Establishes a bikeway demonstration program. Provides for the termination of Federal highway construction contracts upon application by the contractor.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, that matters requiring a decision by the Civil Aeronautics Board shall be acted upon by a quorum of not less than three members of the Board meeting jointly.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1974
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to undertake a study to determine the immediate and long-range requirements of public ports in the United States. Provides that any State, local government, interstate agency or public port authority may apply to the Secretary for financial assistance in making improvements required by Federal law. Prescribes the restrictions on such loans. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out the study and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and each fiscal year thereafter for purposes of making the loans under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1974
Permits cargo vessels, under the Merchant Marine Act, to carry more than 16 passengers when emergency situations arise.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Agricultural and Rural Commodities Transportation Act - Title I: Short Title - Sets forth the title by which this Act is to be cited. Title II: Amendments to Part 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act - Defines specific terms as they are held to be meant in the application of provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act. Defines such terms as "variable cost" and "fully allocated cost". Empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine and prescribe what will be a just, reasonable, and compensatory individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, or rates, fares, or charges not less than the variable cost or in excess of 100 percent of the fully allocated total cost, to be charged by a common carrier or carriers by railroad subject to this part for the transportation of agricultural commodities, where shippers have no effective alternative means of transport, and to make an order that the carrier or carriers shall cease and desist from such violation to the extent to which the Commission finds that the same does or will exist. Directs the Commission to promulgate and publish rules and regulations prescribing uniform cost accounting methods for carriers by railroad subject to this part. States that such rules and regulations shall prescribe the elements of cost to be included in the calculation of carriers' variable and fully allocated total costs as required in this Act. Directs the Commission to promulgate, publish, maintain, and update a formula necessary to determine the variable and fully allocated total costs of railroad carriers, on an individual and regional grouped basis, necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title III: Effective Dates - Sets forth a schedule of effective dates whereunder specified provisions of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway system. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the finding of Congress that it is in the national interest to encourage the construction and improvement of highways on the Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System) providing access to rural areas where mining and extraction of mineral resources, including power production activities, to meet the Nation's growing energy needs have been accelerated and thereby have created new transportation demands exceeding existing highway capabilities. Authorizes the making of grants to States for the construction and improvement of such highways. Directs each State highway department to designate substantial energy mining impact areas in the State. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Removes the requirement that State highway safety plans obligate motorcyclists to wear safety helmets when riding a motorcycle on the streets and highways of such State.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1974
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to investigate and report to the Congress with respect to whether railroad facilities and equipment owned and operated by the Penn Central Railroad Company meet Federal safety standards.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Permits nationals of the United States to serve as officers and crew aboard vessels documented under laws of the United States under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to exchange a portion of real property conveyed to the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, for airport purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards to require that gasoline tank openings shall not be placed near the front or rear of motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement, effective January 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Amendments Act to the Federal-Aid Highway Act - Declares it to be the intent of Congress to establish a national transportation policy recognizing the interdependence of the cities and the countryside, the interrelationships between various transportation modes, and the necessity to make use of the best available technology and transportation resources to meet the transportation needs of the Nation. Increases authorizations for primary and secondary highway systems, bridge replacement and reconstruction, and for projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards of high-accident sections of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Provides for a program to be administered at the county level with funds from the Highway Trust Fund to initiate an emergency bridge replacement program for non-Federal countryside roads and highways.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Terminates, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, those requirements pertaining to seatbelt standards which require the vehicle to be equipped with any starter interlock system, or any buzzer light, or other warning system.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Railroad Right-of-Way Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, to establish fire Safety requirements for locomotives to minimize the danger of fires along railroad rights-of-way. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 431-441)
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Provides for the addition of 320 miles to the Federal Highway Interstate System and for the inclusion of a north-south highway corridor between Buffalo, New York, and Morgantown, West Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Provides for the addition of three hundred and thirty-seven miles to the Interstate System. Stipulates that such mileage shall be available only for designation as an Interstate System traffic corridor between Buffalo, New York, and the vicinity of Grantsville, Maryland. Authorizes appropriations of $562,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Provides for the addition of five hundred and twenty-two miles to the Interstate System. Stipulates that such mileage shall be available only for designation as an Interstate System traffic corridor between Buffalo, New York, and Princeton, West Virginia. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund of $870,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Authorizes an additional 90 miles to the Interstate System and authorizes $150,000,000 to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund in order to improve ninety miles of U.S. Route 219 between I-76 and I-80 to full interstate standards.