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Bill· SS. 2671 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and implement a new enforcement strategy for commercial aircraft inspection involving: (1) more frequent hands-on and en-route inspections; (2) periodic rotation of field inspectors from region to region; (3) programs designed to prevent the overscheduling of flight crews engaged in air commerce; and (4) a program to assure that the Military Airlift Command is promptly notified by the FAA whenever a contractor airline of such command has been cited for a safety violation. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that upon conviction of an air carrier for either failure to file requisite reports, or the falsification of such reports, the criminal penalty shall include a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, or a maximum term of five years' imprisonment, or both. Provides a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty which may be imposed for violation of certain administrative, security, and safety regulations by commercial aircraft operators. Prohibits certain FAA employees from accepting employment with any air carrier following their separation from the FAA if, during the 24-month period preceding such separation, the employees had any direct control or responsibility over such air carrier in matters directly involving air safety. Imposes a $10,000 fine or three-month maximum imprisonment, or both, for violations of such prohibition.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 450 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Directs the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs to: (1) study the advisability and feasibility of establishing an independent agency charged with the responsibility for enforcement of air safety in the field of aviation; and (2) report the results of such study, together with recommendations, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date.
Bill· HRH.R. 5219 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Household Goods Transport Competition Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding interstate household goods transportation to prohibit specified terms which have anti-competitive effects from appearing in agency contracts between household goods moving firms and motor common carriers of household goods. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to: (1) consider the effects that pooling agreements between a motor common carrier of household goods and its agents may have upon the agent firms and all forms associated with such agent firms by common ownership; and (2) preserve the operational flexibility and competitive potentials of such agents and firms under common ownership with them.
Bill· SS. 2662 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after ten years, with possible renewals for additional ten-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Outlines: (1) application procedures for entering into ODS contracts; and (2) procedures amending existing ODS contracts to bring them into conformity with contract changes in wage-differential payments made under this Act. Outlines terms and restrictions concerning the payment of subsidies by the Secretary to a contractor under an ODS contract. Limits, with exceptions, the amount of ODS payable annually to each contractor. Bases the amount of ODS payments to a contractor on the actual number of ship-years of operation by such contractor during that year. Authorizes specified payments for three years following the date of an amended contract to operators who on the date of enactment of this Act operated fewer than ten vessels, such payments to be used to construct, reconstruct, recondition, or charter eligible vessels or any marine-related equipment.
Bill· SS. 2665 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986
Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit up to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more.
Bill· SS. 2643 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Interstate Highway Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Act of 1986 - Amends the availability guidelines for apportionment of funds to the States for the Interstate Highway System to provide: (1) that such apportionments shall be available for expenditures in a State during the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which such apportionments were earmarked (thus shortening the period in which such sums are available for obligation by a State); and (2) that apportionments which remain unobligated at the close of such succeeding fiscal year shall be made available to the States for rehabilitation or reconstruction projects on the Interstate System. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to set aside for such projects $300,000,000 before any apportionments are made for a fiscal year beginning after 1986. Conditions the availability of such funds upon a determination by the Secretary that a State is willing and able to: (1) obligate such funds within an immediate one-year period; (2) apply the funds to a ready-to-commence project; and (3) begin construction within the 90-day period immediately following the obligation date of such funds. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to projects: (1) costing more than $10,000,000; and (2) involving either high-volume traffic in large urban areas or high-volume truck traffic in rural areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 5164 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Permits States which have a general speed limit less than the national maximum to monitor (for purposes of compliance with the national 55-mile-per-hour speed limit) Federal-aid primary highways posted at less than a 55-miles-per-hour. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion previously withheld Federal funds to any State from which they were withheld for failure to comply with enforcement of the national 55-mile-per-hour speed limit, if such State is now found to be in compliance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5102 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Amends the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 to authorize the United States as mortgagee to enforce a preferred mortgage lien in a suit under such Act. Requires the U.S. district court hearing such a suit to either appoint a receiver to operate or supervise the operation of the vessel for which the preferred mortgage lien suit is pending.
Bill· SS. 2581 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1986
Increases the obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 1986 through 1990 (except for emergency relief projects and national minimum drinking age programs). Prescribes allocation guidelines under which the Secretary of Transportation is directed to distribute the obligation limitation for FY 1987 through 1990. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which have been apportioned or allocated to a State; (2) revise a distribution of the funds made available for FY 1987 through 1990 if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during such fiscal year; (3) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during such fiscal year (giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds); and (4) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses, Federal lands highways, and the Strategic Highway Research Program. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to repeal the obligation limitations set therein.
Bill· SS. 2569 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1986 - Declares as a policy of the Congress that States should: (1) protect natural resources and habitat areas; (2) guarantee recreational exploration of shipwreck sites; and (3) allow for appropriate public or private sector recovery of shipwrecks which protect the historical values and environmental integrity of the shipwrecks and their sites. Allows any person engaging in the recovery of a shipwreck to which a State asserts title to receive reasonable compensation for such recovery. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after the enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties. Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) substantially buried in submerged lands of a State; (2) in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register, and the public is given adequate notice of the location of the shipwreck. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5040 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
National Capital Airports Corporation Act - Title I: National Capital Airports Corporation - Creates a federally-owned corporation under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) known as the National Capital Airports Corporation (the Corporation). Grants such Corporation control and responsibility for the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport). Establishes the Advisory Board of the National Capital Airports Corporation to review Corporation policies and to advise the Secretary and the General Manager of the Corporation. Title II: Operation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports - Transfers to the Corporation: (1) the real property constituting the Metropolitan Washington Airports; (2) all functions of the Secretary and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration relating to such airports; and (3) the personnel and assets of such airports. Prohibits the Corporation from: (1) increasing or decreasing the number of instrument flight rule take-offs and landings permitted for air carriers at Washington National Airport on the date of enactment of this Act (except for safety reasons); and (2) imposing a limitation after such date on the number of passenger arrivals or departures at such airport. Authorizes the Corporation to impose a specified minimum landing fee for general aviation aircraft. Prohibits revenues derived from automobile parking and certain aircraft operation charges at one airport from being used for maintenance or operating expenses at the other. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Corporation should: (1) pursue improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports; and (2) to the extent practicable, cause improvements which have been proposed before the date of enactment of this Act to be completed within five years after the earliest date on which the Corporation issues bonds. Establishes the National Capital Airports Fund to be available to the Corporation to pay all incurred expenses. Prohibits the Corporation from using funds for capital projects or new activities not included in its required annual budget program. Requires the Corporation to pay into the Treasury's general fund $400,000,000, plus interest at 4.905 percent, in equal annual installments over 35 years. Places limitations upon the amount of funds the Corporation is authorized to borrow. States the Corporation may require the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase specified amounts of Corporation obligations. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to: (1) make the Corporation eligible for Federal assistance; and (2) limit the discretionary grants that may be conferred upon either of the Washington Metropolitan Airports. Sets a maximum fine and imprisonment for violations of rules promulgated by the Corporation General Manager. Confers the power of arrest upon any Corporation employee appointed to protect life and property in any area within the Metropolitan Washington Airports. Prohibits nonstop flights between Washington National Airport and another airport that is more than 1,000 statute miles away.
Bill· HRH.R. 5044 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) the Federal-aid secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; and (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve until September 30, 1986, the withdrawal of any route which was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction as of November 6, 1978. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes appropriations for highway substitution projects for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary), in September of 1986 and every subsequent September, to adjust the last Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate approved to make apportionments for: (1) substitute highway projects; and (2) substitute transit projects. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to set aside funds from specified authorizations for the Strategic Highway Research Program. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary System; and (3) the Federal-aid Urban System. Authorizes a State to transfer up to 50 percent of its apportionment between the Urban and Secondary Systems. Requires the approval of the affected local area officials before a State may transfer the allocations for an urbanized area of 200,000 or more population. Authorizes the Secretary to waive competitive bidding on a reconstruction contract in an emergency situation. Makes available for obligation for four years the sums apportioned for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (3) the Federal-aid Urban system; and (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation. Declares that apportioned amounts remaining unobligated at the end of four years shall lapse (except for the bridge rehabilitation apportionments, which shall be allocated by the Secretary as bridge discretionary funds). Prohibits the Secretary from reducing more than ten percent of a State's apportioned funds for its failure to: (1) adequately maintain the Interstate system; or (2) certify a maintenance program. Prohibits the Federal share payable for the Primary system (other than the Interstate system) from exceeding 75 percent of construction costs. Allows certain Interstate routes to be improved at a 90 percent Federal share. States that the Federal share payable for a highway emergency relief project may be 100 percent for emergency repairs accomplished in the first 30 days after an occurrence. Authorizes Federal funds to reimburse State costs for the relocation of utility facilities necessitated by a highway construction project, or by a State's highway safety improvement program. Authorizes the expenditure of Federal emergency relief funds for: (1) the Virgin Islands; (2) Guam; (3) American Samoa; and (4) the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets a $5,000,000 obligation ceiling upon such funds during any fiscal year. Revises the penalty provisions regarding violations of vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate System to provide that withheld funds will not lapse if they are subsequently released and obligated within the normal four-year availability period. Precludes Federal funding out of the Highway Trust Fund for State toll facilities which have not been certified by State officials as: (1) being adequately maintained; and (2) having an operator able to fund inadequately-maintained facilities without the use of Federal-aid highway funds. Requires each State to survey and identify all highway-railroad crossings needing separation, relocation, or protective devices. Requires that half of all authorized funds for such crossings be made available for installing protective devices. Requires each State to report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on program progress. Makes certain sums available for obligation for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Authorizes the Secretary to implement the SHRP in cooperation with State highway departments. Directs the Secretary to set standards for the use of funds to conduct research, development, and technology transfer activities determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants and enter into cooperative agreements with State highway departments or the National Academy of Sciences to conduct such activities. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the progress and research findings of the SHRP. Credits certain State-financed off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects towards the non-Federal share of the cost of other Federal-aid bridge projects. Declares ineligible for Federal reimbursement State or local taxes which are based upon the amount of a federally-assisted contract or which are assessed upon construction materials to be incorporated into a federally-assisted project. Directs the Secretary to make a minimum allocation among the States so that a State's percentage of total apportionments shall be at least 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in such State paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Adds total allocations as well as apportionments to the calculation of the 85 percent minimum funds. (Currently only apportioned programs are considered in the minimum allocation calculation.) Establishes the Federal-Aid Interstate-Primary Program to bring all elements of the primary system up to certain Federal standards. Declares that such program shall consist of projects for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing or improvement of the primary system and the Interstate system. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs States to use for Federal-aid highway projects the net income received from the use, sale, or lease of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of certain Federal highway programs. Requires the designation of a territorial Federal-aid highway system in each territory. Permits States to use Federal-aid highway funds earmarked for highway substitute projects for bicycle projects. Authorizes States to use one and one-half percent of apportioned Interstate Highway Transfer funds for highway planning and research facilities. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Provides for: (1) crediting the fair market value of private right-of-way donations for highway projects to the State matching share when such donations are made to the State; and (2) revesting such property to the donor if it is not required after environmental assessments. States that the fair market value of lands donated to the State of California for a State Route 73 relocation and construction project in Orange County shall first be credited toward payment of the non-Federal share of such project cost. Prohibits the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act or admission as evidence in certain actions for damages of State documents regarding safety enhancement of potential accident sites, road conditions, or rail-highway crossings. Makes "Buy American" provisions applicable to projects whose total costs exceed $500,000. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Directs the Secretary to allocate among the States from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund amounts sufficient to insure that each State's percentage of total allocations from such Account is not less than 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Mass Transit Account in the latest fiscal year for which data are available. Requires States to expend a minimum of ten percent of Federal-aid highway contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prescribes guidelines for a disadvantaged business enterprise program. Releases the State of Maryland from accepting title to any road or portion thereof (such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway) in return for Federal participation in improvements to such Parkway. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (a nuclear waste storage repository in New Mexico). Sets forth obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Makes eligible for Federal-aid bridge funds costs incurred to mitigate harm to an historic bridge if the bridge remains part of the highway system. Requires States to identify historic bridges on the National Bridge Inventory. Requires the Transportation Research Board to review historic bridges and develop rehabilitation standards for such bridges. Sets forth allocation guidelines for forest highways for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to require the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways. Directs the Secretary to conduct a Combined Road Program Demonstration to test the feasibility of approaches for combining, streamlining, and increasing the flexibility in the administration of the Federal-aid secondary, Federal-aid urban, and off-system urban and secondary bridge programs. Makes the State of California eligible for Federal-aid emergency relief funds for the total amount of the 1986 California flood disaster. Makes certain unobligated balances available for specified projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 5043 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Highway Beautification Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding outdoor advertising to require the Secretary of Transportation to submit an annual report to the Congress detailing the extent to which each State is in compliance with the outdoor advertising requirements. Provides that a State shall be deemed as failing to provide effective control of outdoor advertising if the State allows vegetation located on State rights-of-way for Interstate or primary system highways to be altered or removed if the purpose of such alteration is to improve the visibility of certain outdoor advertising. Specifies exemptions.
Bill· SS. 2552 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Increases the maximum speed limit on interstate highways in rural areas from 55 to 65 miles an hour.
Bill· SS. 2543 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Federal Mass Transit Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to issue multi-year project obligations to States and public agencies for urban mass transportation projects. Requires the Secretary to notify certain congressional committees at least 30 days prior to issuing such advance obligations. Prohibits such multi-year obligations from exceeding any limitation specified in an appropriations Act. Prescribes guidelines for such obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to make specified grants out of a new balanced investment fund to States and local public bodies for FY 1987 through 1990 for buses and vans. Sets guidelines for the allocation of such funds for urban and rural areas of specified population size. Prohibits such funds from being made available for rail modernization or extension or construction of new rail systems. Prohibits grants or loans for any fixed guideway system construction or extension unless the Secretary has first ensured that the applicant has prepared an evaluation of the proposed project which includes certain information. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for transportation projects substituted for withdrawn Interstate segments. Sets a ceiling upon FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for grants made to States and local agencies for innovative methods in the management and operation of public transportation services. Makes grants for construction projects also available to finance cost-effective leasing projects. Expands the definition of "associated capital items," and reduces the measure of current fair market value of rolling stock from one percent to one-half of one percent. Allows a recipient to retain for specified projects: (1) the net income received from airspace or adjacent property acquired as a result of a federally funded project; or (2) the income derived from the disposal of fungible items which have been fully depreciated. Provides that no funds apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 may be used to pay the expenses of any State's management or administration of grant programs for such areas, except in the case of a statewide or regional agency or instrumentality responsible for financing, construction, and operation of public transportation services. Allows a State Governor to make block grant funds transfers between projects in any urbanized area of the State regardless of size: (1) only after approval by local elected officials and publicly owned operators of mass transportation services in each area to which the funding was originally apportioned; or (2) if funding is within 90 days of lapsing and no approvable grant applications are pending. Requires block grants to be apportioned within ten days after appropriation. Requires the Secretary to publish such apportionments on the apportionment date. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees an annual rulemaking agenda. Requires opportunity to be given for public comment on proposed rules, except in the case of emergency rules or rules of routine nature or insignificant impact. Expands the definition of "construction" to include any bus remanufacturing project which extends the economic life of a bus eight years or more, and any project for the overhaul of rolling stock. Sets deadlines by which the Secretary must certify the sampling techniques: (1) used by persons seeking grants; and (2) of newly urbanized areas. States that the receipt of Federal transit aid under this Act does not authorize the Secretary to: (1) regulate or prescribe the mode of operation of any mass transportation system, the choice of mass transportation service provider, or the level of service; or (2) condition the approval of such aid upon either the means by which providers of mass transit services or functions are selected, or the extent of service or functions to be carried out by various private mass transportation service providers. Declares that this Act does not limit the ability of Federal transit aid recipients to determine the extent and amount of mass transit service or functions to be carried out by private enterprise. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified amounts to finance grants for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative techniques for private sector involvement in all aspects of public mass transit operations. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the results of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Sets allocation guidelines for such funds, including allocations for university transportation centers. Requires as a condition of Federal financial assistance for a major capital project under this Act (or the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969) that the financial aid recipient prepare and implement a project management plan which meets specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public mass transit systems for crime prevention and security. Directs the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions which comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. Directs the Secretary to establish in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to: (1) coordinate the research and training to be carried out by grant recipients; (2) act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry; and (3) review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers.
Bill· SS. 2546 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Liability for Personal Injury on Fishing, Fish Tender, and Fish Processing Vessels - Amends Federal law to limit the liability of an employer for the temporary illness injury, or disability of a seaman employed on a fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessel as long as the employer has in effect certain prescribed minimum illness or injury maintenance coverage. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, on January 1 of each year, to review the dollar figure representing the annual minimum payment per year for a seaman's illness or disability, and to make certain adjustments to such figure if necessary. Requires a seaman to bring an action to obtain such coverage within two years from the date the cause of action accrued. Authorizes an owner or employer to limit his or her liability for non-temporary injuries to a specified amount per incident, unless gross negligence or willful misconduct is proven. Title II: Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law concerning fishing vessels to prescribe and require the prescription of certain safety standards on all fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessels. Defines the international equivalent of such required vessel safety standards. Authorizes an appropriate safety official to take appropriate action with respect to vessels operating in an unsafe condition or in violation of standards set forth under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain vessels from such standards for good cause shown. Outlines civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) to advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning various vessel safety matters. Directs the Secretary, at least once a year, to publish a notice soliciting nominations for membership on the Committee. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to designate a representative to participate as an observer with the Committee. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Committee before taking specified action affecting fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Terminates such Committee on September 30, 1991. Requires the Committee, two years prior to such termination, to recommend to the Congress whether the Committee should be renewed and continue beyond the termination date. Requires the Secretary to compile statistics concerning marine casualties in connection with fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Title III: Fishery Management Safety - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the contents of fishery management plans to include provisions relating to the safety of persons and vessels engaged in the fishery.
Bill· HRH.R. 5013 (99th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Liability for Personal Injury on Fishing, Fish Tender, and Fish Processing Vessels - Amends Federal law to limit the liability of an employer for the temporary illness, injury, or disability of a seaman employed on a fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessel as long as the employer has in effect certain prescribed minimum illness or injury maintenance coverage. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, on January 1 of each year, to review the dollar figure representing the annual minimum payment per year for a seaman's illness or disability, and to make certain adjustments to such figure if necessary. Requires a seaman to bring an action to obtain such coverage within two years from the date the cause of action accrued. Authorizes an owner or employer to limit his or her liability for non-temporary injuries to a specified amount per incident, unless gross negligence or willful misconduct is proven. Title II: Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law concerning fishing vessels to prescribe and to require the prescription of certain safety standards on all fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessels. Defines the international equivalent of such required vessel safety standards. Authorizes safety officials to take appropriate action with respect to vessels operating in an unsafe condition or in violation of standards set forth under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain vessels from such standards for good cause shown. Outlines civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) to advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning various vessel safety matters. Directs the Secretary, at least once a year, to publish a notice soliciting nominations for membership on the Committee. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to designate a representative to participate as an observer with the Committee. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Committee before taking specified action affecting fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Terminates such Committee on September 30, 1991. Requires the Committee, two years prior to such termination, to recommend to the Congress whether the Committee should be renewed and continue beyond the termination date. Requires the Secretary to compile statistics concerning marine casualties in connection with fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Title III: Fishery Management Safety - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the contents of fishery management plans to include provisions relating to the safety of persons and vessels.
Bill· HRH.R. 5012 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide a civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the civil penalty for certain safety or security violations of such Act or of its regulations by persons operating aircraft for the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire.
Bill· HRH.R. 5006 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to extend Pennsylvania Route 33 on the Federal-aid primary system from its terminus at U.S. Route 22 to Interstate Route I-78 in order to: (1) provide a four-lane limited access highway connecting Interstate Routes I-78 and I-80; and (2) fulfill certain highway demonstration purposes. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of such project. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that the Federal share of any project cost under this Act shall be 100 percent, and that the funds are not subject to any obligation limitation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4999 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 - Delineates the essential terms of an agricultural commodities transportation contract which must be made available to the general public in tariff format. Deems any subsequent changes to such terms to be a new contract for purposes of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate within 60 days after enactment of this Act regulations which require such essential contract terms to be made available to the general public in tariff format. Proscribes rail transportation service under a contract until such contract receives Commission approval. Directs the railroad contract rate advisory service to: (1) assess the impact on competition among agricultural shippers of contract rate variations for various shipments and published single car rates; and (2) report to the Congress within 120 days after the enactment date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4973 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 to revise the definitions of certain terms used under such Act. Revises the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission) to regulate the rates, fares, and charges of inland intercoastal common carriers. Prohibits the Commission from suspending the operation of any more than ten percent (currently five percent) of any increase or decrease in rates charged by inland intercoastal common carriers. Authorizes the Commission to increase the annual percentage exemption under certain specified conditions. Amends the Shipping Act, 1916 to make revisions to the definition of similar terms under such Act. Makes unlawful the use of a vessel for common carriage that on the same voyage is engaged in contract carriage. Requires every carrier offering port-to-port transportation by water to file with the Commission its rates, fees, and charges in connection with such transportation. Requires every carrier offering through transportation to make the same filing. Revises the authority of the Commission to regulate the rates, fares, and charges of inland intercoastal common carriers. Exempts any interstate water transportation rates, fares, or charges contained in a rail or motor service contract entered into and approved before March 15, 1986, from the requirements of either the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 or the Shipping Act, 1916 until the expiration of the current term of that contract.
Bill· HRH.R. 4961 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Repeals the requirement that the National Transportation Safety Board publish notice of the issuance and availability of its accident reports in the Federal Register. Empowers the Board to conduct schools for the training of Board employees, and to authorize attendance at such schools by U.S. and foreign government personnel as well as transportation industry personnel. Authorizes the Board to require payment from governmental entities for the reasonable cost of goods and services supplied, and to apply the funds received to the Board's appropriations. Prohibits the Board, except in specified circumstances, from disclosing records or information relating to its participation in foreign aircraft accident investigations.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 146 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Essential Air Service Program should be maintained for the ten-year period for which it is authorized.
Bill· HRH.R. 4939 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 to prohibit a group of two or more common carriers from establishing rates or service contracts applicable to the transportation of household goods and effects of U.S. military personnel and their dependents moving overseas through U.S. Government bills of lading issued pursuant to Government procurements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4924 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger aircraft if: (1) the flight is scheduled for two hours or less; or (2) seating is not assigned on such flight.
Bill· HRH.R. 4931 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Requires the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to: (1) pay $100,000,000 to the United States within 90 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) pay annually 25 percent of the profits from corporation operations to the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 4879 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase from 2.93 percent to five percent the amount allocated in any fiscal year for public transportation projects in non-urbanized areas.
Bill· SS. 2467 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve construction of a portion of Interstate Route H-3 in Hawaii between the Halawa interchange and the Halekou interchange, including the latter interchange.
Bill· SS. 2468 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Antiterrorism and Air Security Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to require the pre-employment investigation (including fingerprinting, if the Administrator determines it is necessary) of any employee with authorized access to: (1) air carriers or foreign air carrier aircraft; or (2) secured areas of U.S. airports serving such air carriers. Requires that any fingerprinting ordered by the Administrator in a criminal history records check shall be submitted to the Attorney General for identification and such a records check. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to implement the pre-employment investigation requirement. Prohibits, with certain exceptions, air carriers or airport operators from employing persons: (1) without the pre-employment investigation; or (2) if such an investigation indicates the existence of a factor which the Administrator determines warrants exclusion from access to aircraft or secured areas. Establishes criminal penalties (including a fine and imprisonment) for the willful violation of the security program relating to secured airport areas or aircraft. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) undertake discussions regarding air transportation security measures with any nation serviced by U.S. air travel; and (2) discourage U.S. air carriers from servicing any nation not cooperating in increasing air transportation security.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 339 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the essential air service to small communities program established under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 should be maintained for the ten-year period for which it is authorized; and (2) no executive action should be taken to undermine this program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4838 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 4836 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions. Makes this Act applicable to any merger or acquisition approval application submitted to the Secretary of Transportation on or after February 1, 1986.
Bill· SS. 2447 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986
Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 - Delineates the essential terms of an agricultural commodities transportation contract which must be made available to the general public in tariff format. Deems any subsequent change to such terms to be a separate and new contract for purposes of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate within 60 days after enactment of this Act regulations which require that such essential contract terms be made available to the general public in tariff format. Directs the Commission to liberally interpret the contract disclosure provisions in order to provide liberal discovery to shippers seeking remedies under this Act. Proscribes rail transportation service under a contract until such contract receives Commission approval. Directs the railroad contract rate advisory service to: (1) assess the impact on competition among agricultural shippers of contract rate variations for various shipments and published single car rates; and (2) report to the Congress within 120 days after the enactment date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4824 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986
Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to: (1) repeal the rule which permits airlines to buy and sell landing rights at specified high density traffic airports; and (2) refrain from issuing any rule, regulation, or order regarding such airports that is inconsistent with this Act (thus prohibiting future rules permitting the transfer of landing rights). Sets forth transition provisions which: (1) retain the slot allocations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) prohibit any slot transfers except for a trade of slots at the same airport. Requires the Administrator to establish a slot allocation method using either allocation by scheduling committee or allocation by sale or lease. Requires the Administrator to make slots available for foreign air transportation and essential air transportation. Declares that: (1) slot allocation is an exercise of the Administrator's authority to assign the use of navigable airspace; and (2) the use of a slot is an operating privilege within the Administrator's exclusive control and jurisdiction. Outlines the composition of slot allocation scheduling committees. Requires such committees to reach slot allocation agreements by a unanimous vote of the members present and voting. Makes such allocation agreements (including any committee deadlock-breaking mechanism employed by the Administrator) effective for a six-month period. Requires the Administrator to allocate slots by either lease or lottery if a scheduling committee is deadlocked. Requires the proceeds of such slot leases to be deposited in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Authorizes air carriers to trade or sublease slots allocated by the Administrator as a result of a scheduling committee deadlock. Requires the Administrator to redistribute a minimum of five percent of available slots to air carriers not currently serving an airport (or that have fewer than eight slots at such airport) if the Administrator has allocated slots by lottery in order to break a scheduling committee deadlock. Authorizes air carriers to transfer slots acquired (from the Administrator) through either sale or lease. States that slots reserved for foreign or essential air transportation may only be traded for another slot at the same airport for foreign or essential air transportation. Requires a specified percentage of the gain from a slot transfer or disposition to be transferred to the Administrator for deposit in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Prescribes guidelines under which the Administrator may withdraw slots. Prohibits the withdrawal of foreign and essential air transportation reserved slots. States that the Administrator is not required to compensate an air or commuter carrier for such withdrawals. Prohibits the Administrator from imposing slot restrictions unless a report has been submitted to the Congress justifying the need for such restrictions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) biennially review and reauthorize (or eliminate) slot restrictions at high density airports; and (2) report to the Congress regarding such restrictions. Terminates such review authority upon its required completion date unless reauthorized by rule by the Administrator.
Bill· HRH.R. 4817 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Amends Federal law regarding toll collection for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, to repeal the requirement that tolls be collected only from those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.
Bill· HRH.R. 4812 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to: (1) repeal a certain final rule which permits airlines to buy and sell landing rights at specified high density traffic airports; and (2) refrain from issuing a rule, regulation, or order restricting instrument flight rule takeoffs or landings at any airport that is inconsistent with this Act (thus prohibiting future rules permitting the transfer of operating rights). Requires the Administrator to establish a method for the equitable allocation of operating rights ("slots") at high density traffic airports which is consistent with aviation safety. Requires that such slot allocations be made by separate air and commuter carrier scheduling committees established for each high density traffic airport. Directs the Administrator to establish the composition of such committees. Requires such committees to allocate and reallocate slots according to a time schedule established by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide slots for foreign air transportation and for essential air transportation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a special mechanism for slot allocation if the scheduling committee is unable to agree on allocation within the established time schedule; and (2) formulate an allocation mechanism for all new, voluntarily returned, and unused slots. Terminates such special slot mechanism after December 31, 1988. Requires that any slot allocation mechanism established by the Administrator: (1) adequately ensure the opportunity for new entry; (2) maintain essential air transportation; and (3) protect the access rights of commuter operators. Prohibits the sale, lease, or transfer of allocated slots by an air carrier or a commuter air carrier, with specified exceptions. Declares that slots are public property and that their use represents a nonpermanent operating privilege within the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to recall or reallocate such slots for specified reasons (including withdrawal if a slot is substantially unused). Requires the Administrator to employ a slot withdrawal method that ensures that no carrier incurs the loss of an undue proportion of its slots. Prohibits the Administrator from restricting aircraft operation at certain airports by means of slot control (except on an emergency basis) unless a written report has been transmitted to the Congress justifying the need for such a restriction within a 90-day notice period. Requires the Secretary to conclude a rulemaking to reauthorize or eliminate all high density traffic airport slot controls no later than January 1, 1987, and every two years thereafter. Terminates any slot control regulation two years from the date it becomes effective (unless such regulation has been reauthorized). Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress regarding legislative recommendations and the extent to which slot allocation mechanisms and slot control regulations have minimized barriers to entry at high density traffic airports.
Bill· SS. 2417 (99th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986 - Establishes the Aviation Safety Commission to study how the Federal Aviation Administration may most effectively perform its responsibilities and increase aviation safety. Outlines the main considerations in such study. Requires the Commission to submit a report of such study to the President and the Congress by one year after the appointment of all Commission members. Terminates the Commission one year after such appointment. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· HRH.R. 4767 (99th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Deauthorizes the project for improvements at Racine Harbor, Wisconsin. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to transfer to Racine County, Wisconsin, title to any facilities constructed as part of such project.
Bill· SS. 2405 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid Urban system; (3) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; and (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to approve until September 30, 1986, the withdrawal of any route which was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction as of November 6, 1978. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes appropriations for highway substitution projects for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust in September 1986 and every subsequent September the last approved Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate to make apportionments for: (1) substitute highway projects; and (2) substitute transit projects. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to set aside funds from specified authorizations for the Strategic Highway Research Program. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary System; and (3) the Federal-aid Urban System. Authorizes a State to transfer up to 50 percent of its apportionment between the Urban and Secondary Systems. Requires the approval of the affected local area officials before a State may transfer the allocations for an urbanized area of 200,000 or more population. Authorizes the Secretary to waive competitive bidding on a reconstruction contract in an emergency situation. Makes available for obligation for four years the sums apportioned for: (1) the Interstate Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (3) the Federal aid Urban system; and (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation. Declares that apportioned amounts remaining unobligated at the end of four years shall lapse (except for the bridge rehabilitation apportionments, which shall be allocated by the Secretary as bridge discretionary funds). Prohibits the Secretary from reducing more than ten percent of a State's apportioned funds for its failure to: (1) adequately maintain the Interstate system; or (2) certify a maintenance program. Prohibits the Federal share payable for the Primary system (other than the Interstate system) from exceeding 75 percent of construction costs. Allows certain Interstate routes to be improved at a 90 percent Federal share. States that the Federal share payable for a highway emergency relief project may be 100 percent for emergency repairs accomplished in the first 30 days after an occurrence. Authorizes Federal funds to reimburse State costs for the relocation of utility facilities necessitated by a highway construction project, or by a State's highway safety improvement program. Authorizes the expenditure of Federal emergency relief funds for: (1) the Virgin Islands; (2) Guam; (3) American Samoa; and (4) the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets a $5,000,000 obligation ceiling upon such funds during any fiscal year. Revises the penalty provisions regarding violations of vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate System to provide that withheld funds will not lapse if they are subsequently released and obligated within the normal four-year availability period. Precludes Federal funding out of the Highway Trust Fund for State toll facilities which have not been certified by State officials as: (1) being adequately maintained; and (2) having an operator able to fund inadequately-maintained facilities without the use of Federal-aid highway funds. Requires each State to survey and identify all highway-railroad crossings needing separation, relocation, or protective devices. Requires that half of all authorized funds for such crossings be made available for installing protective devices. Requires each State to report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on program progress. Makes certain sums available for obligation for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Authorizes the Secretary to implement the SHRP in cooperation with State highway departments. Directs the Secretary to set standards for the use of funds to conduct research, development, and technology transfer activities determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with State highway departments or the National Academy of Sciences to conduct such activities. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the progress and research findings of the SHRP. Credits certain State-financed off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects towards the non-Federal share of the cost of other Federal-aid bridge projects. Declares ineligible for Federal reimbursement State or local taxes which are based upon the amount of a federally-assisted contract or which are assessed upon construction materials to be incorporated into a federally-assisted project. Directs the Secretary to make a minimum allocation among the States so that a State's percentage of total apportionments shall be at least 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in such State paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Adds total allocations as well as apportionments to the calculation of the 85 percent minimum funds. (Currently only apportioned programs are considered in the minimum allocation calculation.) Establishes the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program to bring all elements of the primary system up to certain Federal standards. Declares that such program shall consist of projects for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing or improvement of the primary system and the Interstate system. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs States to use for Federal-aid highway projects the net income received from the use, sale, or lease of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of certain Federal highway programs. Requires the designation of a territorial Federal-aid highway system in each territory. Permits States to use Federal-aid highway funds earmarked for highway substitute projects for bicycle projects. Authorizes States to use one and one-half percent of apportioned Interstate Highway Transfer funds for highway planning and research facilities. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Provides for: (1) crediting the fair market value of private right-of-way donations for highway projects to the State matching share when such donations are made to the State; and (2) revesting such property to the donor if it is not required after environmental assessments. States that the fair market value of lands donated to the State of California for a State Route 73 relocation and construction project in Orange County shall first be credited toward payment of the non-Federal share of such project cost. Prohibits the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act or admission as evidence in certain actions for damages of State documents regarding safety enhancement of potential accident sites, road conditions, or rail-highway crossings. Makes "Buy American" provisions applicable to projects whose total costs exceed $500,000. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Directs the Secretary to allocate among the States from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund amounts sufficient to insure that each State's percentage of total allocations from such Account is not less than 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Mass Transit Account in the latest fiscal year for which data are available. Requires States to expend a minimum of ten percent of Federal-aid highway contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prescribes guidelines for a disadvantaged business enterprise program. Releases the State of Maryland from accepting title to any road or portion thereof (such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway) in return for Federal participation in improvements to such Parkway. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (a nuclear waste storage repository in New Mexico). Sets forth obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Makes eligible for Federal-aid bridge funds costs incurred to mitigate harm to an historic bridge if the bridge remains part of the highway system. Requires States to identify historic bridges on the National Bridge Inventory. Requires the Transportation Research Board to review historic bridges and develop rehabilitation standards for such bridges. Sets forth allocation guidelines for forest highways for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to require the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways. Directs the Secretary to conduct a Combined Road Program Demonstration to test the feasibility of approaches for combining, streamlining, and increasing the flexibility in the administration of the Federal-aid secondary, Federal-aid urban and off-system urban and secondary bridge programs. Makes the State of California eligible for Federal-aid emergency relief funds for the total amount of the 1986 California flood disaster. Makes certain unobligated balances available for specified projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 4749 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to eliminate as a condition of Federal financial assistance to State and local public mass transit agencies the retention of certain employee protective arrangements including: (1) collective bargaining rights; (2) pension rights; (3) certain assurances of employment and reemployment; and (4) paid training or retraining programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 4740 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require specified information to be included in the manifests of cargo vessels of less than five tons or any vehicle arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. Makes available for public disclosure certain information contained in such manifests. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if the Secretary of the Treasury makes a finding that disclosure will pose a threat of personal injury or property damage or such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests.
Bill· SS. 2369 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1986
Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to require rail rate reductions to reflect cost decreases due to deflation. Prescribes guidelines for such reductions.
Bill· SS. 2325 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Increases the maximum speed limit on routes within the Interstate System from 55 to 70 miles per hour.
Bill· HRH.R. 4612 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Amendments of 1986 - Transfers to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): (1) the motor carrier safety functions of the Federal Highway Administration; and (2) the hazardous materials transportation functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration. Establishes in the NHTSA the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety (the Bureau), headed by an Associate Deputy Administrator for Motor Carrier Safety who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary). Outlines the motor carrier safety functions of the Associate Deputy Administrator. Establishes in the NHTSA the Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation, headed by an Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Transportation. Outlines the functions of such Associate Administrator. Requires the Associate Deputy Administrator for Motor Carrier Safety to: (1) notify each motor carrier of the safety rating for such carrier; and (2) publish such ratings annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1988: (1) for motor carrier safety functions; (2) to increase to 150 the number of motor carrier safety inspectors; and (3) for the hazardous materials transportation program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to increase the authorizations used to reimburse the States' pro rata share of costs incurred to implement Federal motor vehicle safety rules. Amends the Surface Transportation Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to make grants to States and political subdivisions for the designation of: (1) hazardous materials transportation routes; and (2) hazardous materials parking sites. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to require registered carriers of hazardous materials to maintain records of the routes followed in the transportation of such materials. Requires persons engaged in the commercial transportation of certain hazardous materials to prepare an annual registration statement. Authorizes appropriations to make emergency response personnel (police and fire fighters) training grants available to States and local subdivisions for FY 1987 through 1991. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for emergency response training programs; (2) publish emergency response procedures; and (3) establish minimum qualifications for the licensing by the States of drivers of motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) such licensing qualifications; and (2) training and retraining programs for personnel engaged in hazardous materials transportation. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a hazardous materials flow study and to report the results of such study to the Congress; and (2) conduct a risks analysis regarding the transportation of high level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel to geologic repository sites and monitored retrievable storage sites, and report the results to the Congress and the Secretary of Energy. Nullifies certain truck brake regulations permitting front brake disconnections. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing new regulations to the same effect. Requires the Secretary to conduct public information programs regarding truck brakes safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 4635 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Highway Beautification Act of 1986 - Requires States and Federal agencies to control, according to prescribed guidelines, the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in rural areas adjacent to the Federal-aid primary and the Interstate systems. Provides that a State shall be deemed as failing to provide effective control of outdoor advertising if the State allows vegetation located on State rights-of-way for Interstate or primary system highways to be altered or removed if the purpose of such alteration is to improve the visibility of certain outdoor advertising. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide for rights-of-way areas on the Federal-aid primary and Interstate systems in which informational signs may be erected according to national standards. Sets deadlines for the removal of nonconforming signs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve payments out of certain apportionments for sign acquisition and removal by a State. Repeals, effective September 30, 1988, Federal law enacted prior to this Act regarding outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the Interstate and primary systems. Provides for the payment of outdoor advertising bonus claims submitted by a State before such effective repeal date.
Bill· HRH.R. 4625 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that: (1) any person delivering property to an air carrier for shipment in air commerce is deemed to have consented to a search of such property by a law enforcement officer at any time; and (2) any person presenting himself for boarding an aircraft for transportation in air commerce is deemed to have consented to a search, including a search of his or her property intended to be transported on such aircraft.
Bill· SS. 2316 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require specified information to be included in the manifests of cargo vessels of less than five tons arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. Makes available for public disclosure certain information contained in such manifests. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if the Secretary of the Treasury makes a finding that disclosure will pose a threat of personal injury or property damage or such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests.
Bill· SS. 2307 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration for FY 1987 through 1989.
Bill· HRH.R. 4584 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize persons who qualify to enter into operating-differential subsidy contracts with the Secretary of Transportation. Authorizes any person currently under contract with the Secretary to have such contract amended to provide for the payment of such an operating-differential subsidy (ODS). Makes an owner or operator of a qualified vessel (certain liners) eligible to receive ODS payment if such vessel is operating in international trade on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes certain other vessel owners or operators to file for an amended contract under this Act. Requires the Secretary, when entering into a contract or an amended contract under this Act, to provide that: (1) the contract vessel shall be manned exclusively by U.S. citizens; (2) such vessel shall be offered for enrollment in a sealift readiness program approved by the Secretary of Defense; and (3) the construction plan of vessels constructed after the enactment of this Act is reviewed by the Secretary of the Navy for possible equipment modification for purposes of national defense. Terminates each ODS contract and contract amendments 15 years after enactment of this Act, with possible 15-year renewals. Allows each such contract or amended contract to be further amended or rescinded only upon the mutual consent of the Secretary and the contractor. Requires liner vessels receiving ODS payments under this Act to operate only in international trade or in accordance with the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Prohibits any liner vessel receiving ODS payments under this Act from also receiving payments under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such contracts and contract amendments. Requires the Secretary to employ a wage index, revised at least every two years, for the purpose of calculating ODS payments. Requires the Secretary to make such ODS payments on a monthly basis. Provides that the computation of ODS payments shall be determined by the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews on qualified vessels. Prohibits any person who has entered into an ODS contract or contract amendment from directly or indirectly competing in international trade with any U.S.-built, U.S.-flag liner vessel which operated on an essential trade route, or service area to such route, in 1984, unless certain conditions are met. Allows such competition to occur if a rationalization agreement (a cooperative working arrangement using pooling or allocation of earnings, losses, or traffic) has been drawn up between such vessels. Provides for review and enforcement of such rationalization agreements by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). Allows persons who have entered into ODS contracts or other such contracts under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to file complaints with the FMC. Requires the FMC to establish an Arbitration Board to hear such complaints within 15 days after receiving such complaint. Outlines administrative procedures relating to the hearing and decision process of the Arbitration Board of the FMC. Establishes, three years after the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Policy Review Board. Requires such Board, within one year after its appointment, to report to the Congress on whether to continue provisions of this Act relating to rationalization agreements and complaint procedures. Authorizes the FMC to investigate and, if necessary, issue remedial orders proscribing any activity or practice by any person, foreign or domestic, or by any foreign government, which the Commission considers to be contrary to the purposes of this Act. Outlines civil penalties for any person failing to comply with remedial orders. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to include the purposes of this Act within such Act's declaration of policy and purposes. Provides for the waiver of certain restrictions (regarding transportation of Government cargoes) against vessels built or rebuilt outside the United States or documented under any foreign registry from operation in a specific trade route if every person operating a U.S.-flag liner vessel on such trade route agrees to waive such restrictions. Makes funds authorized or appropriated under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 for the operation of liner vessels available to satisfy obligations under this Act. Authorizes certain persons operating steam-powered U.S.-flag vessels for a specified period to apply to the Secretary for a grant to repower such vessel with a diesel engine. Provides for resale to the Secretary of such vessels for their insurance value when the vessel reaches 25 years of age. Authorizes appropriations. Requires any vessel of which the Secretary has custody or title on the effective date of this Act to be made available for charter in seaworthy condition.
Bill· HRH.R. 4583 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews abroad such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after 15 years, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Outlines: (1) application procedures for entering into ODS contracts; and (2) procedures amending existing ODS contracts to bring them into conformity with contract changes in wage-differential payments made under this Act. Outlines terms and restrictions concerning the payment of subsidies by the Secretary to a contractor under an ODS contract. Limits, with exceptions, the amount of ODS payable annually to each contractor. Bases the amount of ODS payments to a contractor on the actual number of ship-years of operation by such contractor during that year. Outlines alternatives for operators of smaller liner vessels (those operators with fewer than ten qualified vessels) who may receive smaller ODS payments due to the increase in ODS payments to large liner operators brought about by this Act. Allows such smaller operators, as part of such alternatives, to: (1) continue to receive their present ODS payments for an extended period of time; (2) receive a large, additional lump-sum ODS payment; and (3) if they so choose, sell their liners to the U.S. Government for placement in the Ready Reserve Fleet. Declares that there should be authorized and appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.