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United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1990
Deems the Sidney Lanier Bridge at mile 6.3 on the Brunswick River in Georgia to be an obstruction to navigation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1990
Merchant Marine Revitalization Act of 1990 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to modify the authority and responsibility of the Secretary of Transportation with regard to investigating, determining, and keeping certain records concerning sailings and types of vessels. Requires that ocean services, routes, and lines determined essential on the date of enactment of this Act continue to be determined essential. Deems, for purposes of operating-differential subsidies (ODSs), vessel operations between and among foreign ports on the essential ocean services, routes, and lines to be vessel operations on such services, routes, and lines. Revises the requirements for ODS application approval, provisions regulating the amount of ODS payments, and the types of costs and services which may be subsidized. Sets forth special rules regarding bulk cargo carrying service. Regulates ODS payments for voyages involving coastwise or intercoastal trade and stopping at a port in the State of Hawaii. Extends the period of subsidizable life of vessels meeting certain requirements in specified circumstances. Prohibits payments for an essential bulk cargo carrying service (currently, an essential service) where service already exists, unless the existing service is inadequate. Sets forth requirements regarding the sale, assignment, or transfer, in whole or in part, of an ODS contract entered into under certain provisions added by this Act. Adds references to bulk cargo carrying service to provisions setting forth subsidy eligibility requirements. Adds to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 provisions authorizing and directing the Secretary to enter into ODS contracts with applicants meeting specified requirements. Provides for the amount of payments, including setting a maximum number of vessel days for which payment may be made. Allows any existing or future vessel that meets certain requirements, whenever or wherever built or rebuilt, to be operated under an ODS contract. Deems any such vessel, subject to exception, to have been U.S. built for purposes of ODS provisions. Prohibits, subject to the maximum number of vessel days: (1) requiring that service be performed on a particular ocean service, route, or line; and (2) limiting the number of sailings. Terminates such contracts 20 years after enactment of these provisions, subject to renewal. Allows a party with an ODS contract in existence at the enactment of these provisions to amend the contract to conform to these provisions, deeming the amended contract equivalent to a new one under these provisions. Allows only one contract of a given party to be so amended and terminates all other contracts of that party upon amendment. Declares that: (1) the contracts constitute binding legal obligations of the United States; and (2) the contracts, the authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts, and the entitlement of a U.S. citizen to enter into the contracts are not conditioned or limited by receiving budget authority in advance in an appropriations Act, or by the extent to which amounts to liquidate the obligations are provided in an appropriations Act. Provides for the sale, assignment, or transfer of a contract entered into under these provisions. Requires the Secretary to render a decision within 90 days on an application for a waiver of provisions prohibiting ODS recipients from operating competing foreign-flag vessels. Describes activities of an ODS contractor to which that prohibition does not apply. Limits the authority of the Secretary to authorize or condition certain ocean transportation service performed by an ODS contractor under the provisions added by this Act, or an associated renewal. Deems unconditional permission and authority to have been granted by the Secretary to such a contractor for specified types of vessel operations. Requires that ODS contracts with respect to bulk cargo carrying service be entered into so as to equitably serve the foreign trade requirements of U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, and Pacific ports. (Current law contains the same requirement but without reference to bulk cargo carrying service.) Removes provisions deeming, in certain circumstances and for specified purposes, alternate routing via a different range of ports during the seasonal closure of the St. Lawrence Seaway to be service from Great Lakes ports. Declares that certain cargo preference provisions are inapplicable to vessels that are operated in ocean common carrier service within the meaning of specified provisions of the Shipping Act of 1984 on the ocean services, routes, and lines described in certain provisions. Modifies the definition of "vessel," in provisions relating to Federal ship mortgage insurance, to include vessels wherever built. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to lend up to a specified sum to an ODS contractor meeting certain requirements to be used for the construction and/or charter of a new vessel or vessels. Requires the loan to be repaid after a term of 20 years without interest. Sets forth other requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Redesignates the Interstate Highway System as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Establishes as a position within the Department of Transportation an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence, appointed by the President for a term of five years, who shall be responsible for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to appropriate congressional committees on transportation security, including appropriate recommendations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the position of Federal Security Manager and initiate placement of such managers at high risk U.S. airports and abroad. Sets forth the duties of such managers. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to subject by regulation air carrier personnel with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft, or secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers, to initial and periodic employment investigations, including fingerprinting. Requires the Administrator and the Attorney General to establish fees to cover expenses incurred in carrying out this Act. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires the Administrator to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a Scientific Advisory Board to review and advise on the progress of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes within the FAA the position of Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees receiving information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Postmaster General to issue regulations to permit the screening by air carriers of mail not sealed against inspection. Requires the Administrator to require the screening of mail and cargo by air carriers or their agents before the transport of such materials. Directs the Administrator to develop model standards for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such Act. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress on efforts to implement recommendations of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism. Urges the President to initiate negotiations with foreign governments with respect to improving civil aviation security. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide compensation, including, but not limited to, monetary benefits or limited relief from Federal taxation, to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Authorizes the President to set up a board to develop compensation criteria and recommend appropriate changes to existing laws. Requires the Administrator to require all air carriers, including foreign air carriers, to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department of State (Department) not more than one hour after such carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States which involves such flight. Requires the Secretary of State (Secretary) to ensure the installation and use of passport reading machines at international gateway airports. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the purchase and installation of machines able to read U.S. passports and facilitate the collection of specified data. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a major aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman to the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as the disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 aviation disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future responses to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary of State to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Establishes within the Department the position of Coordinator for International Aviation Security. Declares that the Department of State shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning the implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign airports.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 to require each non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVO) to furnish to the Federal Maritime Commission a bond of an amount set (subject to a specified minimum) by the Commission to insure the financial responsibility of the carrier, making the bond available to pay any judgment for damages from transportation-related activities, any order for reparations, or any penalty assessed. Requires an NVO not domiciled in the United States to designate a resident agent in the United States for receipt of service. Provides for enforcement of the bond and resident agent requirements. Adds knowingly and willfully obtaining or attempting to obtain ocean transportation at less than the applicable rates to the list of violations for which additional penalties apply.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Aviation Security - Establishes as a position within the Department of Transportation an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence, appointed by the President for a term of five years, who shall be responsible for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to the Congress on transportation security, including appropriate recommendations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish the position of Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Requires the Assistant Administrator to review and prescribe measures to strengthen: (1) controls over checked baggage in air transportation, including measures to ensure baggage reconciliation with respect to passengers who meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) criteria as possibly having explosive devices in such baggage; (2) control of individuals with access to aircraft; (3) testing of security systems; (4) use of modern x-ray equipment; and (5) prescreening of passengers. Directs the Administrator of the FAA (Administrator) to establish the position of Federal Security Manager and initiate placement of such managers at U.S. airports. Sets forth the duties of such managers. Requires the Administrator to establish the position of Foreign Security Liaison Officer, who shall be stationed outside the United States and be liaison of the Assistant Administrator with foreign security authorities concerning implementation of Federal Security requirements. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations that subject air carrier personnel with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft or secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers to preemployment and postemployment investigations, including fingerprinting. Requires the Administrator and the Attorney General to establish fees to cover expenses incurred in carrying out this Act. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires the Administrator to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system, including the security of individual airports. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a scientific advisory board to review and advise on the progress of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees who receive information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Postmaster General to issue regulations to permit the screening by air carriers of mail not sealed against inspection. Requires the Administrator to require screening of mail and cargo by air carriers or their agents before the transport of such materials. Directs the Administrator to develop model standards for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Directs the heads of the agencies of the intelligence community to promulgate policies and procedures to ensure that intelligence reports concerning international terrorism are made available to other members of the intelligence community and the FAA. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to designate at least one intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in a senior staff position in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Requires the intelligence community and the FAA to review and revise all memoranda of understanding and other agreements between them. Title II: United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad - Declares that the Department of State (the Department) shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign airports. Establishes within the Department the position of Coordinator for International Aviation Security. Requires the Administrator to require all air carriers, including foreign air carriers, to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department not more than one hour after such carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States involving such flight. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the purchase and installation of machines able to read U.S. passports and facilitate the collection of specified data. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of an international aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman with foreign local authorities for the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as for disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 aviation disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future response to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should propose a protocol to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air (the Warsaw Convention) which would raise the limit on carrier liability above the $130,000 limit set under Montreal Protocol Three. Directs the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide monetary and tax relief as compensation to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Title I: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for airport development and planning projects. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to submit to the Congress a ten-year Airway Capital Investment Plan (currently, a national airways system plan). Authorizes appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for the general operations of the FAA. Repeals for FY 1991 and 1992 a specified reduction of the maximum amount which may be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for costs: (1) of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services which are assessed against the United States; and (2) incurred by the Secretary of Transportation to flight check, operate, and maintain air navigation facilities. Sets forth a formula for a higher ceiling on appropriations to cover such costs. Authorizes appropriations for the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in providing the FAA with weather reporting services. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to grant a public agency which controls a commercial service airport the authority to assess a fee for enplaning passengers at such airport to finance airport-related projects. Sets forth requirements with respect to the use and imposition of such fee. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reduce by a specified percentage airport improvement program apportionments for large and medium hub airports that impose a passenger facility charge. Earmarks a specified percentage of funds saved by such reduction for: (1) a specified discretionary fund; and (2) the establishment of a small airport fund to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary. Redefines "eligible point" for the small community air service program. Prohibits determination that a point is not eligible on the basis of the per passenger subsidy at the point or on any other unspecified basis. Provides funding for the program. Requires the Secretary to develop a system of manned Auxiliary Flight Service Stations. Directs the Administrator to conduct an air space study of the Caribbean and Miami air traffic control regions to determine methods of improving air safety. Provides for: (1) the operation of airport control towers for St. Thomas and St. Croix, Virgin Islands; and (2) the replacement of radar facilities for St. Thomas airport which were destroyed by Hurricane Hugo. Title II: Federal Aviation Administration Procurement Reform - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA (currently, the Secretary of Transportation) to procure personal property or services as well as real property on a noncompetitive basis under specified circumstances. Provides for multiyear service and property acquisition contracts with terms of up to five years.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1989 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to grant a public agency which controls a commercial service airport authority to assess a fee for enplaning passengers at such airport to finance airport-related projects. Sets forth requirements with respect to the use and imposition of such fee. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reduce by a specified percentage airport improvement program apportionments for large and medium hub airports that impose a passenger facility charge. Earmarks a specified percentage of funds saved by such reduction for: (1) a specified discretionary fund; and (2) the establishment of a small airport fund to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary. Redefines "eligible point" for the small community air service program. Prohibits determination that a point is not eligible on the basis of the per passenger subsidy at the point or on any other unspecified basis. Provides funding for the program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Merchant Marine Revitalization Act of 1990 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to modify the authority and responsibility of the Secretary of Transportation with regard to investigating, determining, and keeping certain records concerning sailings and types of vessels. Requires that ocean services, routes, and lines determined essential on the date of enactment of this Act continue to be determined essential. Deems, for purposes of operating-differential subsidies (ODSs), vessel operations between and among foreign ports on the essential ocean services, routes, and lines to be vessel operations on such services, routes, and lines. Revises the requirements for ODS application approval, provisions regulating the amount of ODS payments, and the types of costs and services which may be subsidized. Sets forth special rules regarding bulk cargo carrying service. Regulates ODS payments for voyages involving coastwise or intercoastal trade and stopping at a port in the State of Hawaii. Extends the period of subsidizable life of vessels meeting certain requirements in specified circumstances. Prohibits payments for an essential bulk cargo carrying service (currently, an essential service) where service already exists, unless the existing service is inadequate. Sets forth requirements regarding the sale, assignment, or transfer, in whole or in part, of an ODS contract entered into under certain provisions added by this Act. Adds references to bulk cargo carrying service to provisions setting forth subsidy eligibility requirements. Adds to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 provisions authorizing and directing the Secretary to enter into ODS contracts with applicants meeting specified requirements. Provides for the amount of payments, including setting a maximum number of vessel days for which payment may be made. Allows any existing or future vessel that meets certain requirements, whenever or wherever built or rebuilt, to be operated under an ODS contract. Deems any such vessel, subject to exception, to have been U.S. built for purposes of ODS provisions. Prohibits, subject to the maximum number of vessel days: (1) requiring that service be performed on a particular ocean service, route, or line; and (2) limiting the number of sailings. Terminates such contracts 20 years after enactment of these provisions, subject to renewal. Allows a party with an ODS contract in existence at the enactment of these provisions to amend the contract to conform to these provisions, deeming the amended contract equivalent to a new one under these provisions. Allows only one contract of a given party to be so amended and terminates all other contracts of that party upon amendment. Declares that: (1) the contracts constitute binding legal obligations of the United States; and (2) the contracts, the authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts, and the entitlement of a U.S. citizen to enter into the contracts are not conditioned or limited by receiving budget authority in advance in an appropriations Act, or by the extent to which amounts to liquidate the obligations are provided in an appropriations Act. Provides for the sale, assignment, or transfer of a contract entered into under these provisions. Requires the Secretary to render a decision within 90 days on an application for a waiver of provisions prohibiting ODS recipients from operating competing foreign-flag vessels. Describes activities of an ODS contractor to which that prohibition does not apply. Limits the authority of the Secretary to authorize or condition certain ocean transportation service performed by an ODS contractor under the provisions added by this Act, or an associated renewal. Deems unconditional permission and authority to have been granted by the Secretary to such a contractor for specified types of vessel operations. Requires that ODS contracts with respect to bulk cargo carrying service be entered into so as to equitably serve the foreign trade requirements of U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, and Pacific ports. (Current law contains the same requirement but without reference to bulk cargo carrying service.) Removes provisions deeming, in certain circumstances and for specified purposes, alternate routing via a different range of ports during the seasonal closure of the St. Lawrence Seaway to be service from Great Lakes ports. Declares that certain cargo preference provisions are inapplicable to vessels that are operated in ocean common carrier service within the meaning of specified provisions of the Shipping Act of 1984 on the ocean services, routes, and lines described in certain provisions. Modifies the definition of "vessel," in provisions relating to Federal ship mortgage insurance, to include vessels wherever built. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to lend up to a specified sum to an ODS contractor meeting certain requirements to be used for the construction and/or charter of a new vessel or vessels. Requires the loan to be repaid after a term of 20 years without interest. Sets forth other requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to permit Fayetteville, North Carolina, to allow vehicular traffic, other than buses, to use Hay Street.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend the civil penalty assessment demonstration program through August 1, 1993. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to approve a security program of an airport operator which incorporates a security program of an airport tenant having access to the secured areas of an airport if such program meets specified requirements. Directs the Administrative Conference of the United States to study the administrative adjudicatory procedures of the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and make recommendations with respect to whether the authority to adjudicate administrative complaints under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 should remain with the Department of Transportation, be transferred to the NTSB, or otherwise be modified. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Authorizes the National Transportation Safety Board to obtain laboratory records of toxicological tests conducted pursuant to post-accident or reasonable suspicion toxicological testing requirements of the Department of Transportation. Requires the Board to maintain the confidentiality of such records and cockpit voice recorder recordings and transcriptions. Provides for the use of such recordings in judicial proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Surplus Vessel Act of 1990 - Deems vessels in the national defense reserve that were constructed before 1946 to be surplus property and requires that they be disposed of by the Administrator of General Services by selling them for scrapping in the United States; disposing of 20 vessels the first year after this Act becomes effective, 30 vesssel the second year, and not more than 50 vessels each year thereafter. Declares that the authority of the Secretary of Commerce under specified provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and the Secretary of Transportation under specified provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 shall not apply to vessels deemed surplus under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to retain 15 of such surplus vessels for use for offshore artificial reefs under specified provisions of Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assist in the construction of an Appalachian highway system and local access roads serving the Appalachian region. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for such assistance out of the Highway Trust Fund. Exempts such assistance from any Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction program ceilings. Limits to 80 percent the Federal share of the cost of any construction project under this Act. Provides an apportionment formula to be followed by the Secretary in making funds available to States for such assistance. Requires the Appalachian Regional Commission to submit to the Secretary a list of estimated project costs. States that, beginning with FY 1993, projects eligible for assistance under this Act shall be eligible for funds available under law applicable to the construction and maintenance of Federal-aid primary highways.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operating-differential subsidies; (2) manpower, education, and training; (3) operating programs; (4) national security support capabilities; and (5) the Ready Reserve Force.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study regarding the use of electronic and microprocessor systems in automobiles and the safety risks associated with such use. Directs the Secretary to ask the Academy to report to the Secretary and the Congress by one year after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assist in the construction of an Appalachian highway system and local access roads serving the Appalachian region. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for such assistance out of the Highway Trust Fund. Exempts such assistance from any Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction program ceilings. Limits to 80 percent the Federal share of the cost of any construction project under this Act. Provides an apportionment formula to be followed by the Secretary in making funds available to States for such assistance. Requires the Appalachian Regional Commission to submit to the Secretary a list of estimated project costs. States that, beginning with FY 1993, projects eligible for assistance under this Act shall be eligible for funds available under law applicable to the construction and maintenance of Federal-aid primary highways.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt. Directs Amtrak to report to the Congress on its plan to eliminate its need for Federal operating support by the year 2000. Requires Amtrak to study the economic feasibility of providing new service to areas not served by it as of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assist in the construction of an Appalachian highway system and local access roads serving the Appalachian region. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for such assistance out of the Highway Trust Fund. Exempts such assistance from any Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction program ceilings. Limits to 80 percent the Federal share of the cost of any construction project under this Act. Provides an apportionment formula to be followed by the Secretary in making funds available to States for such assistance. Requires the Appalachian Regional Commission to submit to the Secretary a list of estimated project costs. States that, beginning with FY 1993, projects eligible for assistance under this Act shall be eligible for funds available under law applicable to the construction and maintenance of Federal-aid primary highways.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt. Directs Amtrak to report to the Congress on its plan to eliminate its need for Federal operating support by the year 2000. Requires Amtrak to study the economic feasibility of providing new service to areas not served by it as of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Airport Capacity and Air Service Enhancement Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize an airport authority to assess a passenger facility charge on enplaning passengers to finance airport development and airport planning projects. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the imposition and use of such charges. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reduce by a specified percentage airport improvement program apportionments for large and medium hub airports that impose a passenger facility charge.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Makes the following vessels available for use in providing health and humanitarian services to the peoples of developing countries: (1) U.S. Ship General Nelson M. Walker P2-SE2-R1; and (2) U.S. Ship Sanctuary AH-20. Transfers the following vessels to the National Defense Reserve Fleet: (1) U.S. Ship Robert Conrad; and (2) either U.S.S. Plymouth Rock LSD-29, U.S.S. Fort Snelling LSD-30, or U.S.S. Speigel Grove LSD-32.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to establish collective bargaining arbitration procedures for issues relating to the employment of railroad police by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a certain highway project in Youngstown and Campbell, Ohio, to construct an access ramp and to make certain highway improvements to enhance economic development. Declares that the Federal share of such project cost shall be 60 percent. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Prohibits the obligation of funds for the expansion or purchase of the Berz-Macomb Airport in Macomb County, Michigan.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Authorizes the States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to vehicles used either for transporting farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, or for custom harvesting, regardless of whether or not they are controlled or operated by a farmer.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Airport Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for airport development and planning projects. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to submit to the Congress a ten-year Airway Capital Investment Plan (currently, a national airways system plan). Authorizes appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for the general operations of the FAA. Repeals for FY 1991 and 1992 a specified reduction of the maximum amount which may be appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for costs: (1) of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services which are assessed against the United States; and (2) incurred by the Secretary of Transportation to flight check, operate, and maintain air navigation facilities. Sets forth a formula for a higher ceiling on appropriations to cover such costs. Authorizes appropriations for the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in providing the FAA with weather reporting services. Requires the Secretary to develop a system of manned Auxiliary Flight Service Stations. Title II: Federal Aviation Administration Procurement Reform - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA (currently, the Secretary of Transportation) to procure personal property or services as well as real property on a noncompetitive basis under specified circumstances. Provides for multiyear service and property acquisition contracts with terms of up to five years.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends Federal law to increase the civil penalties for violation of provisions relating to Great Lakes pilotage from $500 per day to up to $10,000 per day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990
Codifies existing Federal transportation law relating to: (1) the Department of Transportation; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) general and intermodal programs; (4) interstate commerce; (5) rail programs; (6) motor vehicle and driver programs; (7) aviation programs; (8) pipelines; (9) commercial space launch activities; (10) bills of lading; (11) contraband; (12) damage to transported property; (13) transportation of animals; (14) payments for inspection and quarantine services; and (15) medals of honor. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) ports of entry for civil aircraft; (2) customs violations, including public health, immigration, and controlled substances violations; (3) animal and plant quarantines; and (4) exempting mass transportation from Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction. Repeals various Acts of Congress relating to Federal transportation law.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for aviation research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to reimburse the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the cost of providing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with weather reporting services. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to colleges, universities, and nonprofit research organizations to: (1) conduct aviation safety research; and (2) establish a research consortium, consisting of regional centers for continuing research with respect to civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to make an annual report to specified congressional committees with regard to such research grant program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Aviation Training Research Act of 1990 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct a program of research and development with respect to technologies and techniques for training air traffic controllers and electronics technicians. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to conduct a five-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of: (1) conducting aptitude screening and initial training of training schools; and (2) performing initial air traffic controller training at the Aeronautical Center of the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration, to establish an instrument landing system at Bowling Green-Warren County Airport, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop technologies to assess the risk of and prevent defects of aircraft parts, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances which could result in a catastrophic aircraft failure. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to colleges and nonprofit research organizations to: (1) conduct aviation research relating to development of such technologies; and (2) establish centers of excellence for continuing such research. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Public-Private Toll Road Act of 1990 - Revises Federal law regarding toll facilities to authorize States to impose tolls on any highway (not part of the Interstate system), bridge, or tunnel constructed or rehabilitated with Federal-aid highway funds without having to repay such funds to the Federal Government if the tolls are used for major reconstruction or reconstruction to expand capacity. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to permit Federal participation in: (1) construction of any new toll highway; and (2) major reconstruction to accommodate capacity problems of, and relieve congestion on, any existing highway which is tolled or which will be tolled upon the completion of such reconstruction. Limits the Federal share payable for the construction or reconstruction of any toll highway, bridge or tunnel to 35 percent. Specifies conditions under which a highway, bridge, or tunnel toll facility may be privately constructed or reconstructed and owned and operated. Requires States to agree (and provide in their regulation of the private operators of such tolled facilities) that the revenues derived from the operation of such a facility beyond those necessary for certain expenses incurred with respect to the facility will be used for highway purposes before the Secretary may authorize participation by the Federal Government. Authorizes State highway departments to continue to charge tolls on such a facility after the date of final payment of debt service of such facility if the tolls do not exceed the costs necessary for proper operation and maintenance of the facility.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require each pipeline facility under the navigable waters of the marine environment to maintain a specified minimum cover. Requires annual inspections by the owner or operator of each facility. Allows the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to conduct inspections to determine compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish fees in reasonable relation to U.S. expenses in carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Designates October 7 through October 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Authorizes the States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to vehicles used either for transporting farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, or for custom harvesting, regardless of whether or not they are controlled or operated by a farmer.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Transportation Employee Alcohol and Drug Testing Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations which require air carriers and foreign air carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing for illegal use of alcohol or controlled substance by airmen, crewmembers, airport security screening contract personnel, and other air carrier employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions. Requires the Administrator to require the suspension or revocation of any certificate issued to such an individual, or his or her dismissal, where the individual has used alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Prohibits such persons from using alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations and serving in their capacity as an air carrier employee. Prohibits violators from serving in such capacity unless they have completed a program of rehabilitation. Sets forth specified requirements for such rehabilitation programs. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to require the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to issue regulations which require railroads to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of all railroad employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions for illegal use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Directs the Secretary to disqualify for an established period of time, or dismiss, a railroad employee found to have used or to have been impaired by alcohol while on duty, or a controlled substance whether or not on duty. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs which provide for treatment for railroad employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions in need of assistance in resolving problems with the use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Amends the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to require the Secretary to issue regulations which require motor carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of operaters of commercial motor vehicles for illegal use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs which provide treatment for operators of motor vehicles who have been found to have used alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Requires the Secretary to determine appropriate sanctions for violations of this Act. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to require the Secretary to issue regulations which require recipients of assistance under this Act to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of operators of mass transportation vehicles for use of alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs for treatment of operators of mass transportation vehicles who have been found to have illegally used alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires the Secretary to determine appropriate sanctions for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary to design a pilot test program for the testing of operators of commercial motor vehicles on a random basis to determine whether an operator has illegally used alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires such program to be administered as part of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. Provides that such program shall last for one year.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Public Works Act of 1990 - Title I: Statement Requirements - Provides that monies in any Public Works Fund established by a State under this Act shall be available for providing financial assistance for capital investment in the construction of: (1) waste-water treatment works; (2) public water systems; and (3) solid waste management facilities. Requires each State, before it may receive payments under this Act, to have: (1) established a Public Works Fund; and (2) entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary of the Army governing a State's receipt and deposit of payments into the Fund, State funds matching 25 percent of Federal payments, and accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures. Requires each State, before receiving any payments under this Act, to have prepared and had approved by the Secretary an Intended Use Plan for such payments. Outlines Plan requirements, including a methodology for allocating monies and designating priority among the categories of proposed projects. Allows a State to reserve annually from its Fund a specified amount for the purposes of planning and other related activities. Conditions project eligibility for State Fund disbursements on: (1) compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and the Resources Conservation and Control Act, as appropriate; and (2) existence of a local cooperation agreement signed by the local sponsor for the project, the proper representative of the State, and a designated representative of the Secretary and providing for a minimum of ten percent funding for each such project from local sources. Title II: Federal Requirements - Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to administer the authorities under this Act. Establishes an Office of Community Public Works Assistance to administer such authorities. Provides for the allocation among States of funds appropriated for this Act based on applications made by States for specific projects. Requires the Secretary and each State to jointly establish a schedule of payments for grants made to States under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to refuse to sign a local cooperation agreement for a project only if such project is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct annual reviews and audits to assure compliance with this Act. Requires the State to submit annual reports to the Secretary on the use of payments received. Requires the Secretary to notify the State of any noncompliance found and to require such State to take appropriate corrective action. Provides time limits for the corrective action after which additional financial assistance payments will be withheld. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Aviation Noise Abatement Policy Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to consider as being in the public interest aircraft noise reduction in communities near an airport (or under an aircraft flight path associated with an airport). Directs the Administrator to: (1) transmit to the Congress a comprehensive aircraft abatement noise plan for airports in the State of Washington; (2) make periodic progress reports to the Congress regarding implementation; and (3) submit biennial reports to certain congressional committees regarding noise level reductions. Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense regarding increased use by air carriers of special-use air space over the Pacific Ocean which is being used by military aircraft. Requires the Administrator to issue an environmental impact statement and hold hearings in certain cases of air route changes to altitudes of 15,000 feet or below in order to mitigate aircraft delays and congestion. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish advisory committees in the Department of Transportation to develop a national policy on reducing noise resulting from airport operations. Requires the Secretary to transmit such committees' recommendations to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress recommendations for the reduction of the commercial fleet of Stage II aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Army Corps of Engineers will take all reasonable action necessary to maintain navigable water levels on the Missouri River so as to protect the free flow of interstate commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Railroad Police Certification Act of 1990 - Provides authority to railroad police officers to enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which the rail carrier owns property for the purpose of protecting employees, passengers, and property of the rail carrier, property moving in interstate or foreign commerce, and personnel and equipment moving via railroad which is vital to national defense.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of certain motor vehicles or rail cars unless they are equipped with seat belts. Declares that such prohibition shall apply to: (1) any motor or rail carrier; and (2) any Federal, State, or local entity, school district, charitable organization, church, or other public or private entity providing transportation to passengers by motor vehicle or by rail. Requires persons who own or operate a motor vehicle or rail car constructed before enactment of this Act and used to provide passenger transportation for compensation, or to transport children under the age of 18, to equip such vehicle or rail car with seat belts. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Declares certain portions of Pelican Island, Texas, to be nonnavigable waters. Applies such declaration to areas which are or will be bulkheaded and filled or otherwise occupied by permanent structures, including marina facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
State Waterways Protection Act - Amends Federal law to require that a self-propelled commercial vessel in or entering San Francisco Bay, California, to discharge or receive bulk crude oil or hazardous materials be under the direction and control of a pilot licensed under the laws of the State of the respective body of water. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend the civil penalty assessment demonstration program for a three-month period. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize Hawaii to use certain excess funds generated in off-airport locations in the State from the sale of duty-free merchandise for highway construction aimed at facilitating access to its airports. Authorizes such use for revenues generated on sales through December 31, 1994. Prohibits the State, if any such revenues are used in a calendar year for airport facility improvement purposes, from receiving Federal grants for airport development, planning, or noise compatibility programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Interactive Highway Vehicle System Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to: (1) develop a plan for the implementation of a comprehensive, interactive highway vehicle system on the Federal-aid highway system, including an evaluation of existing and proposed systems; (2) identify one or more projects which will demonstrate the development of innovative and effective interactive highway vehicle systems; and (3) assure that the projects identified are in areas in which heavy commercial traffic adds to congestion and commuter traffic causes significant congestion during peak hours. Requires the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees with respect to the plan, evaluation, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations.