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Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 108 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Urges the executive branch to: (1) avoid taking any actions which could foreclose eventual U.S. participation in the Convention on the Law of the Sea; (2) evaluate U.S. objectives for ocean use and relevant foreign policy interests with respect to the Convention; and (3) designate a U.S. representative for the meetings of the Drafting Committee of the Law of the Sea Conference and for the 1982 sessions of the Conference.
Bill· HRH.R. 6677 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit Federal assistance for purchasers of capital equipment for mass rapid transportation subsidized in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Bill· SS. 2660 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Amends Federal law to recodify and consolidate specified shipping and related marine provisions. Reorganizes existing law with respect to: (1) the operation, inspection, and regulation of passenger, cargo, animal transport, and recreational vessels; (2) marine casualties and accidents; (3) licenses, certificates and merchant mariners' documents; (4) the manning of vessels; and (5) merchant seamen, their protection and relief. Repeals specified laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 6643 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1982
Mass Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from making a discretionary capital grant or loan unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Directs the Secretary to make public mass transportation grants to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and operating costs of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation service. Sets forth formulae for apportioning such grants between urbanized areas with populations of more than 200,000 and urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000. Limits Federal grants for construction projects to 80 percent of their costs and for project operating expenses to 50 percent of their costs. Requires a Governor, together with specified officials, to designate a recipient or recipients to receive and dispense funds apportioned for urbanized areas of 200,000 or more. Authorizes a Governor to transfer a State's apportionment between grant programs authorized under this Act. Sets forth requirements for recipients to receive grants for urbanized areas, including environmental protection procedures. Requires recipients to: (1) submit to the Secretary, at a time determined by the Secretary, a statement on the use of funds made available to them; and (2) make available independently conducted reviews and audits as determined necessary by the Secretary. Sets forth penalties for the submission of false or fraudulent statements under this Act. Reduces the Federal share of net projects costs of discretionary capital grants from 80 percent to 70 percent. Provides that appropriations for the long-range program of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 shall be authorized as necessary for administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; and (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems. Authorizes the Secretary to make capital grants to States and local public bodies for repair or replacement of public transportation equipment and facilities damaged by natural disaster or catastrophic occurrence. Sets forth conditions for approval of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to pay up to 100 percent of the net project costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to finance grants established under this Act and to finance grants for areas other than urbanized areas. Requires authorized appropriations for grants for construction or operating assistance for the urban mass transit program to remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary, in making grants for research and training in urban transportation problems, to give preference to public and private nonprofit organizations (currently, to institutions of higher learning). Revises the definition of a fixed guideway to include a public transit facility which uses a fixed catenary system and a right-of-way rail usable by other forms of transportation. Includes grants established under this Act in the public mass transportation reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Requires that unobligated or deobligated amounts remaining available for grants for areas other than urbanized areas after September 30, 1982, be added to amounts available for apportionment for such areas under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6634 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Community Air Service Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to continue Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) authority to require air carriers to establish just and reasonable joint fares. Transfers the authority of the CAB over joint rates, fares, and charges to the Department of Transportation. Sets forth procedures concerning the establishment and division of such joint fares. Terminates the authority of the CAB and the Secretary in regard to such joint rates six years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6609 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to remove obstructions which are hazardous to navigation in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and to maintain the channel depth authorized for the project for navigation and other purposes on such rivers.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 363 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that September 4, 1982, the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison's Pearl Street central power station, should be commemorated as Pearl Street Centennial Day.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 360 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Urges the executive branch to: (1) avoid taking any actions which could foreclose eventual U.S. participation in the Convention on the Law of the Sea; (2) evaluate U.S. objectives for ocean use and relevant foreign policy interests with respect to the Convention; and (3) designate a U.S. representative to the meetings of the Drafting Committee of the Law of the Sea Conference and to the 1982 sessions of the Conference.
Bill· HRH.R. 6580 (97th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Sailing School Vessels Act of 1982 - Sets forth provisions to include sailing school vessels operated by nonprofit educational institutions under the regulatory authority of the Coast Guard as small passenger-carrying vessels. Excludes sailing school instructors or students from the definition of "passenger" for such vessels. Declares that such instructors or students shall not be considered seamen under Federal statutes. Requires each owner or charterer of a sailing school vessel to maintain evidence of financial responsibility to meet liability for death or injury to sailing school students or instructors on vessel voyages. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe rules and regulations necessary to carry out this Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 357 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that September 4, 1982, the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison's Pearl Street central power station, should be commemorated as Pearl Street Centennial Day.
Bill· SS. 2616 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit Federal assistance for purchasers of capital equipment for mass rapid transportation subsidized in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Requires the Secretary to notify a recipient of the intent to withhold assistance and provide it with the opportunity to cure such violation.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 200 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Designates October 1982 as National Car Care Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 6552 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require any impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard to be five miles per hour.
Bill· SS. 2606 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1982
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase the authorized appropriations for FY 1983 to finance grants and loans to States and local public agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for the formula grant program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for the urban mass transit grant program and sets forth an apportionment formula for such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 6520 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Transfers the authority of the Secretary of Transportation under the Truman-Hobbs Act regarding the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. Repeals provisions of the Department of Transportation Act to conform with this Act.
Law· SS. 2574 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise the authorization of appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990 for the Interstate Highway System. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion, for FY 1984, the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified factors. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary program; (2) the Federal-aid rural program; (3) the Federal-aid urban program; (4) forest highways; (5) public lands highways; (6) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (7) highway safety improvements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for Indian reservation roads. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System for each of fiscal years 1984 through 1987. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs the Secretary to develop a selection process for discretionary bridges according to certain criteria. Revises the apportionment ratio for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the distribution of Federal financial assistance for such activities. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of appropriations from FY 1983 through 1987 for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing specified lanes on the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for FY 1983 through 1986 for substitute highway and mass transit projects. Repeals provisions concerning priority primary routes. Revises procedures concerning the Federal-aid urban and rural programs. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the States, to establish a highway safety improvement program for projects on public roads including: (1) specified highway safety improvement projects; (2) railway-highway crossing projects; (3) highway-related safety requirements and guidelines; and (4) evaluation of the highway safety improvement program. Sets forth procedures for the implementation of such program. Revises the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Revises provisions concerning the Federal lands highways program including forest highways and park roads. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) economic growth center development highways; (2) the national scenic and recreational highway; (3) access highways to certain public recreation areas; and (4) highway crossings. Directs the Secretary to expand such sums as are necessary (up to 100 percent of costs) for carpool and vanpool projects. Authorizes the Secretary to approve financial assistance for acquisition or construction of preferential parking facilities for carpools. Prohibits the use of emergency relief funds for the repair or reconstruction of certain bridges that have been permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Requires that emergency relief funds be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund. Revises the Federal share payable for emergency repairs or reconstruction. Allows Federal-aid highway projects to include nonconstruction programs or projects which enhance the safety and use of bicycles. Increases to 100 percent the Federal share for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 to allow limited truck traffic on the Highland Scenic Highway in West Virginia. Allows States to transfer funds allocated for a particular urbanized area to another such area. Authorizes the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to the physical construction phase of Interstate projects using established certification acceptance procedures. Eliminates the requirement for the Secretary to make a final inspection of each such project. Requires defense access roads to be funded from monies appropriated for defense maneuvers and exercises. Authorizes the Secretary, if after 90 days following notification of a State highway department a project is still not being properly maintained, to withhold project funds for one or more of the other Federal-aid systems or programs in the State. (Presently the Secretary is required to withhold funds from all projects in the State). Requires each State on January 1 of each year to certify to the Secretary that it has a program for the Interstate Highway System in accordance with the Secretary's guidelines. Combines highway planning and research funds into a single fund for administration by the Secretary. Establishes the Federal share for any project financed by such fund. Requires provision of equal employment opportunities for highway projects without regard to sex. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and finance training and assistance programs for minority business enterprises. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to minimize duplication, paperwork, and delays in the development of Federal highway projects. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent for Federal-aid rural and urban programs approved prior to enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Improvement Act of 1981, and to 50 percent for any such programs approved after enactment. Sets forth limitations on obligations and State allocations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1983. Repeals two laws relative to the State of Maryland's authority to construct, operate, and maintain certain bridges. Authorizes the State, through the Maryland Transportation Authority, to continue to collect tolls and use the revenues for transportation projects in accordance with State laws and applicable Federal laws. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the State of Vermont, to carry out a project to demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time required to complete highway projects by extending the coverage of State certifications to any Federal law, regulation, or policy applicable to such project. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for such project. States that the Federal share of any such project shall be 100 percent of the total cost and that authorized funds shall remain available until expended. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation report to Congress within six months of the project's completion. Allows the State of Alaska to expend Federal-aid highway funds on portions of an Alaskan highway that extend into Canada. Repeals the Territorial Highway Program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to repeal the acceleration of the bridge projects program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects in and around Devils Lake, North Dakota, to demonstrate construction techniques to prevent wave erosion on closed basin lakes with grade level highway crossings. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for such projects. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse North Dakota for funds previously expended on such projects. Sets forth the Federal share for the demonstration projects and makes authorized funding available until expended.
Bill· HRH.R. 6491 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
See summary of: H.R. 5133
Bill· HRH.R. 6501 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Permits any public authority having jurisdiction over a port or harbor to impose such tolls or other fees for the use of such port or harbor as may be necessary to finance the costs of any improvements. Grants the consent of Congress to the imposition of such tolls or other user fees.
Bill· HRH.R. 6427 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Motor Vehicle Title and Inspection Act of 1982 - Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to provide for the establishment by States of motor vehicle title and inspection requirements in order to promote traffic safety and deter motor vehicle theft. Directs approved State programs to establish a system to cancel a title to any motor vehicle determined nonsalvageable and to issue a salvage certificate for such automobile to make it suitable for operation on a highway. Authorizes the issuance of a title certificate based upon the State determination, after inspection, that the salvage vehicle is suitable for operation. Requires State programs to establish a system for the inspection of, and issuance of title for, motor vehicles previously registered in another State. Directs State programs to prohibit the sale of parts of a motor vehicle if a part's identification number has been destroyed, removed, obliterated, or otherwise altered. Requires State programs to include provisions requiring insurers to release pertinent information to law enforcement officers relative to motor vehicle thefts or accidents. Grants immunity from civil liability (in the absence of any fraud or malice) to such insurers. Sets forth provisions for the review of State programs by the Administrator, and direct take-over of any program that fails to meet the Administrator's approval.
Bill· SS. 2511 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to require that all government generated cargoes subject to the 50 percent tonnage requirement be transported on U.S. flag vessels or foreign vessels that will transport such cargo at the lowest landed cost. Defines "lowest landed cost" as the cost of transporting cargo from the point of final assembly to the designated port of entry abroad. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take necessary steps to assure compliance with this Act. Requires that government financed shipments of exports be transported in U.S. flag vessels at the lowest landed cost.
Bill· SS. 2502 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) Federal financial assistance for grants or loans to States and local public agencies; (2) the urban mass transit grant program; (3) the formula grant program for areas other than urbanized areas; (4) research, development, and demonstration projects; (5) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; (6) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (7) grants for establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to notify the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the proposed issuance of a letter of intent to obligate financial assistance to States and local public agencies. Grants priority funding to programs covered by letters of intent issued prior to enactment of this Act. Sets forth an apportionment formula for grants to assist the payment of construction and operating costs of public mass transportation systems for urbanized areas and for areas other than urbanized areas. Limits such assistance to the amount available for such areas in fiscal year 1982, except under certain circumstances. Sets forth provisions for compliance by grant recipients before any such assistance is made available. Makes funds apportioned for areas other than urbanized areas available for obligation for a period of two years (currently three years).
Bill· HRH.R. 6304 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Prohibits the repeal or modification, within the three-year period after enactment of this Act, of specified regulations of the Federal Highway Administration relating to the maintenance of logs by drivers employed by motor carriers.
Bill· HRH.R. 6308 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 - Title I: Rail Safety - Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to apply safety principles to track used for commuter or other short-haul rail passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of such Act for FY 1983 and 1984. Revises provisions concerning the movement of railroad cars in need of repair. Repeals the Act of May 30, 1908 (commonly referred to as the Ash Pan Act) concerning safety ash pans on locomotives. Title II: Bankrupt Railroads - Bankrupt Railroad Service Preservation and Employee Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to order directed service for three years (currently two years) over any railroad in operation on March 1, 1980, which is subject to Federal bankruptcy laws and which has ceased to provide passenger commuter service. Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to guarantee an obligation of any railroad in reorganization under the Federal bankruptcy laws for purposes of funding any agreement between such railroads and their employees which provides for the protection of employees adversely affected by reduction in service or restructuring transactions. Sets forth the maximum amount of such guarantees. Requires any class I rail carrier involved in a bankruptcy case, and in liquidation as a result, to enter into an agreement with its employees' labor organizations to provide protection for employees adversely affected by reductions in service by such carrier. Directs the ICC to prescribe fair and equitable terms if the parties do not agree within a specified time. Declares that any such order of the ICC or of any bankruptcy court having jurisdiction over the case may be appealed only to the appropriate United States Court of Appeals. Requires that employee claims for benefits and allowances under employee protection agreements be filed with the Railroad Retirement Board. Requires that benefits and allowances under such agreements be paid from bankrupt carrier's assets or obligation guarantees. Makes employees who elect to receive a separation allowance from a bankrupt railroad under an employee protection agreement eligible to receive career training assistance from the Railroad Retirement Board. Terminates such assistance after April 1, 1984. Deems employees receiving assistance under this title to have waived any employee protection benefits otherwise available under certain provisions of the Bankruptcy Act or other applicable agreements except a specified agreement regarding Midwest Rail employees. Sets forth procedures and limitations for employees who elect to receive assistance under this title. Provides that such obligation guarantees shall be treated as administrative expenses of the estate of the bankrupt carrier. Limits the total liability of a bankrupt carrier to the amount guaranteed by the Secretary. Declares that prerequisites, general requirements, and employee protection provisions of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 shall not apply to such guaranteed obligations. Provides for judicial review of this title. Authorizes the Railroad Retirement Board to prescribe regulations as necessary to carry out its duties. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act. Title III: Northeast Corridor Project - Transfers responsibility for the Northeast Corridor improvement project from the Secretary of Transportation to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Authorizes the improvement in facilities for rail passenger service to Buffalo, New York, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Revises the purposes for expenditures of authorized funding and authorizes appropriations for FY 1984. Authorizes Amtrak to submit requests for appropriations directly to Congress. Requires the Comptroller General to complete an audit of the Northeast Corridor improvement project within 90 days of enactment of this Act and make its results available to Congress, the Secretary, and Amtrak. Sets forth administrative procedures for the interim renewal or extension of contracts and the assumption of contractual obligations. Title IV: Continuance of Preference Share Program - Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend the preference share program until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary to purchase a specified amount of redeemable preference shares as necessary for the purchase, lease, or rehabilitation of properties of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) by non-carrier entities to be used for common carrier rail service, provided an application for a certificate of abandonment or notice of insufficient revenues has been filed with the ICC with respect to such rail service. Requires the Secretary to make certain that all indebtedness under this title is likely to be repaid or can be secured. Directs the Secretary to purchase a specified amount of shares for the rehabilitation of the rail properties of the Delaware River Port Authority, upon application by the Authority. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1983 for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund. Title V: Miscellaneous - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to revise the method of determining State rail service entitlements. Directs the Secretary to operate the Transportation Test Center in Pueblo, Colorado, until the Center is transferred to another party. Requires the Secretary to attempt to transfer the Center to a non-Federal party before January 1, 1983. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to revise insurance provisions relative to Conrail. Declares a specified portion of the Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, nonnavigable. Amends the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 and the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to provide for reappropriations to conform to provisions of this Act. Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to transfer authority for the Northeast Corridor coordination from the Board of Directors of Amtrak Commuter to the Northeast Corridor Coordination Board. Directs the United States Railway Association to make a specified amount available to Conrail to construct and improve a designated rail line connection. Directs the Secretary to transfer the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska before October 1, 1982, under specified terms. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 and 1984 for the Office of the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 6321 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Used Car Fair Dealing Act of 1982 - Makes it a deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any used vehicle dealer in the course of a sale to: (1) misrepresent the mechanical conditions of the vehicle; (2) fail to disclose any material defect or condition known to the dealer; (3) represent that the vehicle is free from material defects without a reasonable basis for such representation; (4) fail to provide a written copy of the warranty offered in connection with the sale; (5) misrepresent the terms of the warranty; (6) represent that a used vehicle is sold with a warranty when the vehicle is sold without such warranty; or (7) fail to disclose that a vehicle is sold without any warranty. Requires the dealer to prepare and display on such a vehicle a "Used Car Buyers Guide" reciting the specific terms of the warranty if one is given and clearly stating all disclosures. Requires the dealer to provide the consumer with a copy of such window form. Disallows any oral or written statements of the dealer which alter or contradict the disclosures required by this Act. Requires the window form to be in Spanish if the dealer conducts the sale of the used vehicle in Spanish. Requires the dealer to disclose any material defect in, or material condition of, the used vehicle of which the dealer has knowledge as a result of any inspection or test. Grants State exemptions from the requirements of this Act in certain situations.
Bill· HRH.R. 6310 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Air Traffic System Personnel Improvements Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to certify promptly to specified congressional committees whenever: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic allocation system ceases to be in effect; and (2) the FAA has employed adequate civilian personnel to operate the Federal air traffic control system at full capacity. Entitles the following FAA employees to a lump sum bonus payment if such a certification is made before January 1, 1983: (1) certain employees directly involved in the operation or maintenance of the air traffic control system; (2) certain flight test pilots; and (3) certain employees at the Federal Aviation Administration Academy in Oklahoma responsible for training air traffic controllers. Prohibits such entitlement for air traffic controllers who were terminated because of their participation in the 1981 air traffic controller strike. Provides that employees eligible for such bonus payment shall not be disqualified from receiving it if they stop working due to a disability. Provides that air traffic controllers who were terminated because of their participation in the 1981 strike shall not, as a class, be considered unsuitable for reinstatement or appointment to any position in the FAA. Repeals the limit on premium pay for Federal employees. Provides for a prohibition on furloughs and reductions-in-force for FAA employees eligible for the bonus payment during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending 180 days after the date of certification pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to pay premium pay to any air traffic controller assigned to provide on-the-job training to another controller. Provides that such premium pay shall be in addition to any other premium pay to which such a controller may be entitled. Entitles an air traffic controller to enter a training program for a second career if, in addition to the requirement that the controller is being removed from his or her position for medical reasons or because the Secretary determines the controller cannot maintain the necessary technical proficiency, the controller: (1) is not a supervisor; (2) has completed at least ten years of service as a controller; (3) is ineligible for immediate retirement; (4) within a specified time, has not declined a reasonable offer of a position in the Department of Transportation for which the controller is qualified and which is not lower than two grades below the controller's current grade level; (5) within a specified time, has notified the appropriate regional review board in writing of his or her intention to apply for such training; (6) submits to such board an application and a physician's certification that the controller will be able to complete the training and engage in the new occupation; and (7) within a specified time, notifies the Secretary in writing of the controller's intent to participate in an approved training program and agreement to repay training expenses if the controller fails to complete the program. Requires the Secretary to designate Department employees to serve as regional career counselors responsible for assisting controllers in developing proposed training programs. Directs the Secretary to establish regional review boards to consider applications for training. Sets forth the requirements for approval of a proposed training program. Requires a review board to modify a proposed training program which does not meet such requirements and approve it as modified. Requires a review board to notify the Secretary and the controller in writing of its approval and any modifications. Prohibits the approval of any training program which extends beyond two years. Requires each review board to maintain a list of physicians qualified to make the certification required under this Act. Directs a review board to notify the Secretary of Labor upon receiving notification of a controller's intention to apply for training and to request such Secretary to expedite any pending determination with respect to a disability compensation award. Permits the modification of an approved training program upon the controller's request with the consent of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to pay, or reimburse a controller for, the expenses of an approved training program. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the controller's liability for training expenses in any case where a controller fails to complete an approved training program. Requires the Administrator to develop and implement a personnel management improvement program within the FAA which: (1) improves communication between employees and management; (2) allows for employee participation in, and takes into account personnel factors associated with, major technological changes; (3) provides cost-efficient responses to variations in air traffic levels; (4) provides for periodic employee surveys with respect to organizational conditions, supervision, employee interaction, and job satisfaction; (5) modifies criteria for selection of supervisors; and (6) modifies criteria used for performance appraisals. Requires the Administrator to report periodically on such program to the Advisory Committee on Federal Aviation Personnel Management established under this Act and annually to Congress, the Secretary, and the National Transportation Safety Board. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on Federal Aviation Personnel Management to review the Administrator's reports and give advice on the program. Terminates the Committee ten years after the date of its establishment. Makes the 50-percent minimum annuity requirement for retiring Federal employees inapplicable in the case of an individual who: (1) has received a refund of retirement deductions covering any period in which the individual was an air traffic controller; and (2) has not made redeposits for credit for the amounts refunded.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 478 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Designates October 1982 as National Car Care Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 6283 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Used Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1982 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to set forth provisions requiring information disclosures and certifications regarding the sale of used motor vehicles. Requires the seller of a used motor vehicle to furnish the buyer with a written statement on the present condition of certain components of the vehicle as compared to the original condition of those components. Requires the seller to include as a provision of the sale contract, certification of the roadworthiness of such vehicle. Sets forth buyer remedies and civil penalties for violations of provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6285 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Motor Vehicle Title and Inspection Act of 1982 - Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Administration to provide for the establishment by States of motor vehicle title and inspection requirements in order to promote traffic safety and deter motor vehicle theft. Directs approved State programs to establish a system to cancel a title to any motor vehicle determined nonsalvageable and to issue a salvage certificate for such automobile to make it suitable for operation on a highway. Authorizes the issuance of a title certificate based upon the State determination, after inspection, that the salvage vehicle is suitable for operation. Requires State programs to establish a system for the inspection of, and issuance of titles for, motor vehicles previously registered in another State. Directs State programs to prohibit the sale of parts of a motor vehicle if a part's identification number has been destroyed, removed, obliterated, or otherwise altered. Requires State programs to include provisions requiring insurers to release pertinent information to law enforcement officers relative to motor vehicle thefts or accidents. Sets forth provisions for the review of State programs by the Administrator, and directs the take-over of any program that fails to meet the Administrator's approval.
Law· HRH.R. 6273 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to carry out provisions concerning: (1) motor vehicle safety standards; (2) bumper standards; (3) the automobile consumer information study; and (4) odomoter requirements. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to allow States to establish procedures to enforce safety standards identical to Federal standards, unless such procedures impose substantial burdens upon interstate commerce or are contrary to the purposes of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6284 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations prohibiting smoking on any aircraft engaged in interstate or overseas air transportation of passengers.
Bill· HRH.R. 6277 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve a project for the replacement of the Brightman Street Bridge over the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for such project and limits the Federal share to 80 percent of its costs.
Bill· SS. 2464 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Public Works and Economic Act Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Public Works and Economic Development - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to revise eligibility requirements for direct and supplementary grants for public works and development facilities. Declares that the Federal share of the cost of any such project for which a direct grant is made shall be the percentage determined either: (1) from the unemployment rate for the political subdivision where the project is located; or (2) from the percentage by which the per capita income for such political subdivision is below the national average, whichever results in the higher Federal share. Sets forth a table by which the Federal share shall be determined. Eliminates the Secretary of Commerce's authority to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of a grant to an Indian tribe or a project in a redevelopment area. Permits supplementary grant funds to be used only for projects in political subdivisions that are eligible for assistance under such Act. Prohibits the total amount of direct and supplementary grants for any project from exceeding 100 percent of the costs of such project. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 to carry out such grants for public works and development facilities. Subjects public works and development facility loans to specified limitations on business loan assistance as set forth by this Act. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 to carry out business loans and loan guarantees under such Act. Limits the annual appropriations for the purpose of purchasing evidences of indebtedness and guaranteeing loans. Terminates business loans and loan guarantees to redevelopment areas and authorizes such assistance to political subdivisions eligible for assistance under such Act. Provides for interest free loans to political subdivisions (previously redevelopment areas) eligible for assistance under such Act if a plan for redevelopment of the political subdivision is approved. Requires any such interest free loan to be repaid to the United States by the political subdivision receiving such loan in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 to carry out the interest free loan program. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of a business loan under such Act. Prohibits any applicant from receiving a business loan unless such applicant first pays an amount equal to one percent of the amount of the loan. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to interest subsidy contracts or agreements entered into by the Secretary of Commerce before the effective date of this Act. Makes any funds appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1982, which are authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, available to the Secretary of Commerce to make payments under interest subsidy contracts or agreements entered into by the Secretary under such Act before the effective date of this Act. Permits the Secretary to provide technical assistance which would be useful in alleviating or preventing conditions of excessive unemployment or underemployment to: (1) political subdivisions eligible for assistance under such Act; and (2) other political subdivisions which he finds have substantial need for such technical assistance. Excludes redevelopment areas from assistance for economic development planning. Directs such assistance to political subdivisions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for technical assistance and economic development planning. Redefines the eligibility of areas for assistance to make a political subdivision eligible for assistance in any period in which the Secretary of Labor finds that the current rate of unemployment for such political subdivision is five percent or more. Repeals the provisions of such Act which provided for an annual review of area eligibility and for Indian economic development. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator for Economic Development, to establish in the Economic Development Administration an Office of Program Evaluation to conduct assessments for each fiscal year of the effectiveness of the programs carried out under such Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out miscellaneous provisions of such Act through FY 1985. Repeals the provisions of such Act which provided for: (1) an extension of benefits made available under other Federal programs; (2) assistance to disaster areas; and (3) the job opportunities program. Authorizes appropriations for special economic development and adjustment assistance through FY 1985. Title II : Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the purposes of the Appalachian Regional Commission through FY 1985. Title III : Declares that the amendments and repeals made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1982. Declares that the authority to enter into contracts under the amendments made by this Act shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
Law· HRH.R. 6211 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to increase the authorized appropriations for the Interstate Highway System for FY 1984. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to use the apportionment factors revised by the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation for expenditures in FY 1984 on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) forest highways; and (4) public lands highways. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) Indian reservation roads and bridges; (2) the territorial highway program in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to increase authorized appropriations for FY 1984 for interstate resurfacing. Title II: Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program and the hazard elimination program. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings to September 30, 1983. Title III: Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 to carry out certain provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
Bill· HRH.R. 6193 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to carry out research and development purposes of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use such funds to conduct other demonstration projects relative to air traffic control needs for civil and military aviation. Requires notice to specified congressional committees of such other fund uses, plus a waiting period of 30 days, unless such committees waive it.
Bill· HRH.R. 6186 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Revises the apportionment formula for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program by dividing deficient bridges into specified categories. Provides that certain new bridges to be constructed under such program need not carry a specified roadway width.
Bill· SS. 2439 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1983 for: (1) direct and supplementary grants for public works and development facilities; (2) development facility loans and loan guarantees; (3) the Economic Development Revolving Fund; (4) technical assistance, research and information (earmarking a specified amount of such funds for grants to States in FY 1983); and (5) special economic development and adjustment assistance. Declares that assistance under such Act shall be provided only in redevelopment areas which: (1) the Secretary of Commerce identifies as most clearly entitled to eligibilty under the criteria set forth in this Act; (2) contain no more than 45 percent of the population of the United States; and (3) meet one of the eligibility criteria. Sets forth such eligibility criteria.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 379 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Declares that the Senate urges the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board to organize and cochair an Airline-Government Summit Conference at the earliest practical date. Makes the primary purpose of the conference to undertake a comprehensive review of all major proposals for Federal Government actions or inactions affecting the short and long-term future of the airline industry. Requires that an airline pricing policy meeting be held as part of such conference. Directs the cochairmen to report to the President and the Congress on suggested policy changes resulting from the conference that would assist the airline industry and its users. Urges the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant the conference antitrust immunity within certain limits.
Law· HRH.R. 6170 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which adopt and implement programs to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol. Limits the receipt of such grants to three fiscal years and sets forth the Federal share payable for each successive year. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for the grants based on areas of consideration provided under this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to implement such traffic safety programs after a period for public comment. Sets the effective date of such regulations, unless they are disapproved by either House of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 6172 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Transit Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit a discretionary capital grant or loan from being made by the Secretary of Transportation unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Decreases the Federal share of such grants and loans. Authorizes appropriations, beginning in fiscal year 1983, for administrative costs necessary to carry out the functions of such Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for the: (1) discretionary capital grant program; (2) innovative methods and techniques program; (3) planning program; (4) urbanized area capital formula program; (5) program to meet special needs of the elderly and handicapped; (6) formula grant program for other than urbanized areas; and (7) capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; and (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) grants for the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Authorizes appropriations for formula grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for: (1) urban mass transit; (2) construction or operating assistance; and (3) commuter rail and fixed guideway systems. Provides that any such unobligated or deobligated funds shall be added to amounts available for certain other capital grant programs. Declares that apportionments for fiscal year 1975 shall lapse on September 30, 1977, and apportionments for fiscal year 1976 shall lapse on September 30, 1978. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project for the payment of operating expenses of urban mass transit services after September 30, 1984. Repeals provisions that require that rates charged elderly and handicapped persons for transportation during non-peak hours be no more than one-half of peak hour full fares. Establishes a capital formula program for urbanized areas to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities, equipment, and spare parts for transit vehicles in mass transportation service. Prohibits the use of such grants for the construction or extension of fixed-guideway systems other than exclusive facilities for buses. Exempts from such prohibition projects already agreed upon for the District of Columbia metropolitan area. Provides a procedure for receiving and distributing assistance under such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a benchmark price representing the maximum Federal participation for the acquisition of buses. Transfers the enforcement of labor standards for construction projects funded by the Department of Transportation from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Transportation. Includes the capital formula programs for urbanized area and for non-urbanized areas within the reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Makes technical amendments to formula grants for nonurbanized areas to parallel the operation of formula grants for urbanized areas. Repeals provisions concerning terminal development programs and intercity bus service. Establishes a capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas consistent with provisions of formula grant programs for nonurbanized areas. Authorizes Governors to transfer funds between the two programs under certain circumstances. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations for a specified waterborne transportation demonstration project after September 30, 1982. Amends the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 to repeal provisions dealing with the investigation of safety hazards in urban mass transportation systems.
Bill· SS. 2430 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend until September 30, 1986, the authorization for the Secretary of Transportation to issue and sell anticipation notes for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund for FY 1983 to remain available until October 1, 1986. Sets forth limitations on authorized expenditures from the Fund. Provides that funds appropriated for the preference share program (a program which provides low interest loans for the rehabilitation and acquisition of railroad facilities) before October 1, 1982, shall remain available until expended.
Bill· SS. 2414 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include persons engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; and (2) transport such property between a point within the United States and a port in a nation contiguous to the United States. Directs such common carriers by water to file their tariffs with the Federal Maritime Commission within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) require such common carriers by water to reveal, in tariffs filed with the Commission, the portion of such tariffs attributable to inland transportation; (2) require such common carriers to reveal any information with regard to such inland transportation; or (3) extend to the Commission any jurisdiction over or authority to regulate rail carriers.
Bill· SS. 2402 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Multimodal Transportation Improvement Act of 1982 - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning funding of basic improvement and maintenance requirements of the multimodal transportation system in the United States. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 and the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970 to appropriate specified sums attributable to the collection of customs duties to the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Establishes in the Treasury the: (1) Navigable Waterways Trust Fund for navigation projects on U.S. navigable waters; and (2) Railroad Trust Fund for local rail service assistance. Appropriates to the Trust Funds certain amounts attributable to the collection of customs duties.
Bill· HRH.R. 6121 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for the purposes of such Act for FY 1983 and 1984. Revises provisions concerning the movement of railroad cars in need of repair. Repeals the Act of May 30, 1908 (commonly referred to as the Ash Pan Act) concerning safety ash pans on locomotives.
Bill· SS. 2377 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Mass Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from making a discretionary capital grant or loan unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Directs the Secretary to make public mass transportation grants to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and operating costs of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation service. Sets forth formulae for apportioning such grants between urbanized areas with populations of more than 200,000 and urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000. Limits Federal grants for construction projects to 80 percent of their costs and for project operating expenses to 50 percent of their costs. Requires a Governor, together with specified officials, to designate a recipient or recipients to receive and dispense funds apportioned for urbanized areas of 200,000 or more. Authorizes a Governor to transfer a State's apportionment between grant programs authorized under this Act. Sets forth requirements for recipients to receive grants for urbanized areas, including environmental protection procedures. Requires recipients to: (1) submit to the Secretary, at a time determined by the Secretary, a statement on the use of funds made available to them; and (2) make available independently conducted reviews and audits as determined necessary by the Secretary. Sets forth penalties for the submission of false or fraudulent statements under this Act. Reduces the Federal share of net projects costs of discretionary capital grants from 80 percent to 70 percent. Provides that appropriations for the long-range program of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 shall be authorized as necessary for administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; and (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems. Authorizes the Secretary to make capital grants to States and local public bodies for repair or replacement of public transportation equipment and facilities damaged by natural disaster or catastrophic occurrence. Sets forth conditions for approval of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to pay up to 100 percent of the net project costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to finance grants established under this Act and to finance grants for areas other than urbanized areas. Requires authorized appropriations for grants for construction or operating assistance for the urban mass transit program to remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary, in making grants for research and training in urban transportation problems, to give preference to public and private nonprofit organizations (currently, to institutions of higher learning). Revises the definition of a fixed guideway to include a public transit facility which uses a fixed catenary system and a right-of-way rail usable by other forms of transportation. Includes grants established under this Act in the public mass transportation reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Requires that unobligated or deobligated amounts remaining available for grants for areas other than urbanized areas after September 30, 1982, be added to amounts available for apportionment for such areas under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2364 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1982
Modifies the boundaries of the City Waterway Navigation Channel Project, Tacoma Harbor, Washington.
Bill· SS. 2367 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1982
Transit Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit a discretionary capital grant or loan from being made by the Secretary of Transportation unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Decreases the Federal share of such grants and loans. Authorizes appropriations, beginning in FY 1983, for administrative costs necessary to carry out the functions of such Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for the: (1) discretionary capital grant program; (2) innovative methods and techniques program; (3) planning program; (4) urbanized area capital formula program; (5) program to meet special needs of the elderly and handicapped; (6) formula grant program for other than urbanized areas; and (7) capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1986 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) grants for the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Authorizes appropriations for formula grants for FY 1981 through 1984 for: (1) urban mass transit; (2) construction or operating assistance; and (3) commuter rail and fixed guideway systems. Provides that any such unobligated or deobligated funds shall be added to amounts available for certain other capital grant programs. Declares that apportionments for FY 1975 shall lapse on September 30, 1977, and apportionments for FY 1976 shall lapse on September 30, 1978, Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project for the payment of operating expenses of urban mass transit services after September 30, 1984. Repeals provisions that require that rates charged elderly and handicapped persons for transportation during non-peak hours be no more than one-half of peak hour full fares. Establishes a capital formula program for urbanized areas to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities, equipment, and spare parts for transit vehicles in mass transportation service. Prohibits the use of such grants for the construction or extension of fixed-guideway systems other than exclusive facilities for buses. Exempts from such prohibition projects already agreed upon for the District of Columbia metropolitan area. Provides a procedure for receiving and distributing assistance under such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a benchmark price representing the maximum Federal participation for the acquisition of buses. Transfers the enforcement of labor standards for construction projects funded by the Department of Transportation from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Transportation. Includes the capital formula programs for urbanized areas and for non-urbanized areas within the reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Makes technical amendments to formula grants for nonurbanized areas to parallel the operation of formula grants for urbanized areas. Repeals provisions concerning terminal development programs and intercity bus service. Establishes a capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas consistent with provisions of formula grant programs for nonurbanized areas. Authorizes Governors to transfer funds between the two programs under certain circumstances. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations for a specified waterborne transportation demonstration project after September 30, 1982. Amends the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 to repeal provisions dealing with the investigation of safety hazards in urban mass transportation systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 6077 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Amends the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 with respect to the employee protection program by eliminating provisions which make payments under such program subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Requires that monthly assistance payments be equal to the average of such amounts provided in the previous year. Grants protected employees who were furloughed or terminated by air carriers certified under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 prior to enactment of this Act the first right of hire on a regional basis by any other such air carrier. Provides that flight deck operating crew members shall not retain rights of seniority or recall with the air carrier from which they were furloughed or terminated. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to periodically publish the comprehensive list of available jobs with certified air carriers on a regional basis. Terminates the Airline Employees Protective Account. Authorizes annual appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the employee protection program. Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify that employee protection agreements meet certain standards. Grants the United States district courts jurisdiction of actions to enforce duties under such agreements.
Bill· HRH.R. 6078 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Inland Waterway Improvement and Cost Recovery Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to levy ton-mile fees on commercial waterway transportation on the inland waterway system. Sets forth criteria by which fees shall be established. Directs the Secretary of the Army to adjust such fees at least every five years on the basis of: (1) anticipated Tennessee Valley Authority and Army Corps of Engineers expenditures for the inland waterway system; (2) corrections for actual expenditures and amounts recovered; (3) the expected volume of commercial traffic; and (4) any other factors that the Secretary finds reasonable and equitable. Authorizes the Secretary to levy congestion fees, designed to reduce delays, on all users of specified facilities. Requires collected fees to be credited to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and made available for making capital improvements and operation and maintenance expenditures on the inland waterway system. Permits the Secretary, for the purposes of developing fee schedules and determining violations of this Act, to require specified information from any person engaged in commercial waterway transportation. Increases to $200,000 the maximum fine for vessel owners who refuse to furnish required statements of business on navigable waters to the Secretary. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to pay user fees. Sets forth the percentages of expenditures for inland waterway project operation and maintenance and construction and rehabilitation which shall be assigned to commercial waterway transportation. Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to eliminate provisions which made amounts in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund available for expenditures for navigation construction and rehabilitation projects on inland waterways. Permits the Secretary to determine the interest rate used on any unrecovered balance of fees. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain new improvements, rehabilitations, and modifications of existing improvements on the inland waterway system. Requires submission to Congress of a final environmental impact statement prior to initiation of any such construction. Exempts such environmental impact statements from judicial review under any law. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2336 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for specified maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, including: (1) operating-differential subsidies; (2) research and development; and (3) operations and training expenses. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow an operator receiving or applying for an operating-differential subsidy to construct, reconstruct, or acquire its vessels of over 5,000 deadweight tons in a foreign shipyard without fiscal year limitation. Requires that additional limitations on new commitments for vessel construction loan guarantees be set in annual authorization Acts. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from entering into new commitments to guarantee construction-differential subsidies in excess of a specified sum. Amends the Bankruptcy Code to permit the Secretary to foreclose on specified vessel mortgages (thus excepting the Secretary from the provisions of such Act which impose an automatic stay of any foreclosure proceedings). Subjects the Federal Maritime Commission to annual authorization. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission's use for FY 1983.
Bill· SS. 2354 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Bus Deregulation Act of 1982 - Sets forth the findings of Congress regarding the need for a safe, competitive, and fuel-efficient motor bus system. Excludes from the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regarding motor carrier transportation: (1) brokers for motor carriers of passengers; (2) motor contract carriers of passengers; (3) transportation of motor carrier passengers in charter service or special operations; and (4) transportation of motor carrier passengers in vehicles carrying fewer than 30 individuals. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to include the interstate motor carrier transportation of passengers in the overall transportation policy of the United States. Revises the entry policy for motor carriers of passengers, motor contract carriers, and brokers of passengers. Directs the ICC to implement, within 120 days after the effective date of this Act, procedures to process expeditiously applications of motor carriers of passengers to remove certain operating restrictions. Allows a motor common carrier of passengers to transport special or charter passengers in the same motor vehicle with regular-route passengers. Describes ratemaking procedures and the use of rate bureaus by motor carriers of passengers. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to increase the membership of the Motor Carrier Ratemaking Study Commission. Extends to January 1, 1984, the due date of such Commission's final report on the collective ratemaking process. Sets forth the zone of pricing freedom for motor carriers of passengers. Permits the ICC to increase rates within specified percentage ranges. Declares that rates and fares implemented pursuant to this Act shall be subject to specified antitrust laws. Declares that certain rate establishment actions shall not be in and of themselves sufficient evidence of an antitrust violation. Exempts motor carriers of passengers from certain restrictions on the notice period when proposing a change in rates. Grants the ICC discretionary authority over permits for motor carriers from countries contiguous to the United States. Requires denial of permit to any person from a political subdivision of such a country which denies authority to United States motor carriers to provide transportation under continuing agreements in such subdivision or country. Sets forth procedures for carriers to discontinue or substantially reduce service on the intrastate portion of a route for which they have interstate and intrastate authority. Authorizes the ICC to prescribe rates, rules, or practices applicable to intrastate transportation provided by a motor common carrier of passengers under specified conditions. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that such rates, rules, or practices impose an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce if: (1) such a rate, rule, or practice results in intrastate rates lower than comparable interstate rates; (2) a carrier's revenues fall below the variable costs of providing such intrastate service; or (3) the State having jurisdiction over the rate, rule, or practice failed to act on a carrier's request within a specified time. Directs the ICC to report to Congress on the results of its efforts to establish uniform standards and procedures applicable to carrier rates, rules, and practices. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for any motor vehicle operated in interstate or international commerce by a motor carrier of passengers. Establishes civil penalties for violations of such financial responsibility provisions. Exempts school buses, taxicabs, and certain roundtrip commuter vehicles from such provisions. Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to grant jurisdiction over the issuance of securities by motor carriers of passengers to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prohibits a State or subdivision thereof from levying a discriminatory or unreasonably burdensome tax on interstate motor carrier transportation. Exempts motor carriers of passengers from ICC merger procedures. Authorizes the ICC, upon petition by the Secretary of Transportation, to suspend the certificate or permit of a motor carrier of passengers if it is determined that the carrier has been conducting unsafe operations which are a hazard to public health or property. Sets forth civil penalties for illegal operations. Authorizes the ICC to provide administrative assistance to small motor common carriers of passengers and local government preparing for certain of its proceedings. Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the use of citizen band radios by the bus operator on motor vehicles providing intercity motor carrier passenger transportation. Requests the Academy to report to the Secretary and to Congress on such study. Requires the Secretary and the ICC to report to the President and to Congress not later than December 31, 1982, on the ownership, location, and adequacy of bus terminals. Provides specified protection to employees whose employment is terminated by a motor common carrrier of passengers (other than for cause) within ten years after enactment of this Act. Directs the ICC to maintain a list of jobs available with class I motor carriers of passengers.