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Bill· SS. 2315 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise the authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1984 through 1990 for the Interstate Highway System. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion, for FY 1984, the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified factors. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary program; (2) the Federal-aid rural program; (3) the Federal-aid urban program; (4) forest highways; (5) public lands highways; (6) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (7) highway safety improvements. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System for each of fiscal years 1984 through 1987. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs the Secretary to develop a selection process for discretionary bridges according to certain criteria. Revises the apportionment ratio for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the distribution of Federal financial assistance for such activities. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of appropriations from FY 1983 through 1987 for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing specified lanes on the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for substitute highway and mass transit projects. Repeals provisions concerning priority primary routes. Revises procedures concerning the Federal-aid urban and rural programs. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the States, to establish a highway safety improvement program for projects on public roads including: (1) specified highway safety improvement projects; (2) railway-highway crossing projects; (3) highway-related safety requirements and guidelines; and (4) evaluation of the highway safety improvement program. Sets forth procedures for the implementation of such program. Revises the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Revises provisions concerning the Federal lands highways program including forest highways and park roads. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) economic growth center development highways; (2) the national scenic and recreational highway; (3) access highways to certain public recreation areas; and (4) highway crossings. Directs the Secretary to expend such sums as are necessary (up to 100 percent of costs) for carpool and vanpool projects. Authorizes the Secretary to approve financial assistance for acquisition or construction of preferential parking facilities for carpools. Prohibits the use of emergency relief funds for the repair or reconstruction of certain bridges that have been permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Requires that emergency relief funds be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund. Revises the Federal share payable for emergency repairs or reconstruction. Allows Federal-aid highway projects to include nonconstruction programs or projects which enhance the safety and use of bicycles. Increases to 100 percent the Federal share for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 to allow limited truck traffic on the Highland Scenic Highway in West Virginia. Allows States to transfer funds allocated for a particular urbanized area to another such area. Authorizes the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to the physical construction phase of Interstate projects using established certification acceptance procedures. Eliminates the requirement for the Secretary to make a final inspection of each such project. Requires defense access roads to be funded from monies appropriated for defense maneuvers and exercises. Authorizes the Secretary, if after 90 days following notification of a State highway department a project is still not being properly maintained, to withhold project funds for one or more of the other Federal-aid systems or programs in the State. (Presently the Secretary is required to withhold funds from all projects in the State.) Requires each State on January 1 of each year to certify to the Secretary that it has a program for the Interstate Highway System in accordance with the Secretary's guidelines. Combines highway planning and research funds into a single fund for administration by the Secretary. Establishes the Federal share for any project financed by such fund. Requires provisions of equal employment opportunities for highway projects without regard to sex. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and finance training and assistance programs for minority business enterprises. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to minimize duplication, paperwork, and delays in the development of Federal highway projects. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent for Federal-aid rural and urban programs approved prior to enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Improvement Act of 1981, and to 50 percent for any such programs approved after enactment. Sets forth limitations on obligations and State allocations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1983. Repeals two laws relative to the State of Maryland's authority to construct, operate, and maintain certain bridges. Authorizes the State, through the Maryland Transportation Authority, to continue to collect tolls and use the revenues for transportation projects in accordance with State laws and applicable Federal laws. Requires the Secretary to carry out a project to demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time required to complete highway projects by extending the coverage of State certifications to any Federal law, regulation, or policy applicable to such project. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for such project. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation report to Congress within six months of the project's completion. Allows the State of Alaska to expend Federal-aid highway funds on portions of an Alaskan highway that extends into Canada. Repeals the Territorial Highway Program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to repeal the acceleration of bridge projects program. Title II: Highway Revenue Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend from 1984 through 1989 the highway excise taxes allocated to the Highway Trust Fund. Makes funds available for expenditure from the fund until October 1, 1990. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to conform to provisions of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relative to the tax on use of certain motor vehicles to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the beginning of a tax year or taxable period.
Bill· SS. 2300 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Motor Vehicles - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 50,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Authorizes the imposition of import restrictions on manufacturers violating such standards. Title II: Unfair Actions Affecting Domestic Parts Manufacturers - Makes it unlawful for any vehicle manufacturer to refuse to determine whether parts produced in the United States by a parts manufacturer satisfy reasonable replacement part standards established by the vehicle manufacturer. Makes violators civilly liable to the United States.
Bill· SS. 2301 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for the purposes of such Act for FY 1983 and 1984. Revises provisions concerning the movement of railroad cars in need of repair. Repeals the Act of May 30, 1908 (commonly referred to as the Ash Pan Act) concerning safety ash pans on locomotives.
Bill· HRH.R. 5983 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to report to Congress in regard to the adequacy of certain airline industry practices and FAA rules and regulations concerning air quality aboard aircraft. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5986 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend from FY 1982 through FY 1985 the rehabilitation and improvement financing available to rail lines through redeemable preference shares and fund anticipation notes.
Bill· SS. 2276 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the General Bridge Act of 1946 to eliminate the requirements for review and approval of the location and plans for bridges and causeways over navigable waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.
Law· HRH.R. 5930 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend to September 30, 1987, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide certain aviation insurance and reinsurance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5931 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Requires prenotification of the appropriate State and local emergency service agencies whenever the Federal Government intends to transport hazardous material within a State or across State boundaries.
Law· SS. 2252 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Coast Guard Authorization Act for 1983 and 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1983 and 1984 for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (4) retired pay, including payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans and the Dependents Medical Care Act. Authorizes end-strength levels of 41,500 active duty and 5,484 civilian personnel for both fiscal years. Authorizes average military student training loads for both fiscal years. Permits the Coast Guard to delegate by contract its aids to maritime navigation responsibilities. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report to Congress within the year on the effects of such delegation and on the advantages of increasing the ratio of civilian to military employees in the operation of aids to navigation on the inland waterways. Requires that complete records of inspections or examinations delegated to the American Bureau of Shipping or a similar entity be kept in the United States and be accessible to the Coast Guard. States that a vice admiral's place on the active duty promotion list, grade, rank, pay, and allowances shall not be disturbed by the termination of an appointment for reappointment to another position as vice admiral. Repeals the requirement that the Coast Guard discharge upon petition any person under 21 who enlisted without parental consent. Permits the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide medical and dental care to entitled personnel. Eliminates the Secretary's annual report to Congress concerning: (1) the utilization of authority to lease housing facilities for military personnel and their dependents; and (2) inspection and enforcement activities on vessels having inflammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 74 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that a Law of the Sea Treaty is of strategic importance to the United States. Urges the U.S. delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to: (1) seek changes in the draft treaty that would protect U.S. interests while recognizing the other interests represented at the conference; and (2) conclude a treaty as soon as possible.
Bill· HRH.R. 5894 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Authorizes any State to permit the placement of vending machines in rest areas on rights-of-way of the Interstate Highway System. Declares that the installation, operation, and maintenance costs of such machines are ineligible for Federal assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5897 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
National Defense Port System Act of 1982 - Title I: Establishment of National System of User Taxes for Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than three months after recommendations have been made by the Deep-Draft Port Task Force established by this Act, to develop a nationally uniform system of user taxes to be imposed on the use of ports with deep-draft channels or harbors by any vessel which is in: (1) the business of transporting property or passengers for compensation or hire; or (2) transporting property or passengers in the business of the owner, lessee, or operator of the vessel. Requires such taxes to be imposed with respect to commodities, classes of commodities, and passengers. Prohibits any such tax from being levied on any item with respect to which such a tax has been previously paid. Allows the Secretary to increase or decrease such user tax under certain circumstances. Requires the master of any vessel with respect to which a tax is imposed to deliver to the Customs Service a manifest of the cargo and a declaration of the passengers upon arrival in a port having a deep-draft channel or harbor. Establishes the Deep-Draft Commercial Port Task Force to make specific recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the classifications and amounts of tax which should be established for commodities. Directs the Secretary to impose a tax on the use of any deep-draft channel or harbor by any vessel transporting property which is to be unloaded at a privately owned port which is not open to public navigation and is not operated and maintained by the United States. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the imposition of certain State user fees at deep-draft channels or harbors. Requires the net produce of such fees to be transferred to, and for the use of, the United States Treasury. Prohibits the use of funds from the Port System Trust Fund or the general fund of the Treasury for any approved navigation improvement project, the operation or maintenance of any deep-draft channel or harbor, or any other civil works project of the Secretary of the Army in any State unless such State has port user fees in effect not later than two years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to collect and enforce such State port user fees. Establishes the Port System Trust Fund within the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on Trust Fund operations. Makes amounts in the Trust Fund available for: (1) navigation improvement projects; and (2) operation and maintenance of specified channels and harbors, including those in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, or their connecting waters. Sets the Federal share of any approved navigation improvement project at 90 percent. Revises financing procedures of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Terminates Corporation obligations outstanding on the effective date of this Act. Title II: Construction and Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects to Increase the Depth of Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors to More Than Forty-Five Feet - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to expedite construction of approved navigation improvement projects if the appropriate State port authority enters into a specified agreement with the Secretary. Requires such port authority to reimburse the United States for 100 percent of construction, operation, and maintenance costs. Allows State port authorities to construct approved navigation improvement projects at their own expense and to finance such construction through the adoption of duties of tonnage. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the levying by the States of such duties of tonnage. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the operations of such State port authorities and to report to Congress thereon. Sets forth enforcement procedures concerning such duties of tonnage. Title III: Expedited Procedure for Approval of Navigation Improvement Projects and Related Landside Facilities Projects - Directs the Secretary to establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to navigation improvements and landside facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the project schedule at any time. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions covered by a project schedule.
Bill· SS. 2230 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Automobile Research Competition Act - Establishes an automobile research competition to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such competition. Makes a research award of a specified sum to qualified participants. Lists requirements for the new motor vehicle produced pursuant to this Act, including high fuel economy and specified acceleration and braking standards. Directs the Secretary to promulgate testing standards to be used to measure such requirements. Allows the Secretary to request assistance from the appropriate Federal agencies in order to evaluate the motor vehicles submitted pursuant to the competition. Declares that all determinations made by the Secretary in regard to the competition are final.
Bill· HRH.R. 5880 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Automobile Research Competition Act - Establishes an automobile research competition to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such competition. Makes a research award of a specified sum to qualified participants. Lists requirements for the new motor vehicle produced pursuant to this Act, including high fuel economy and specified acceleration and braking standards. Directs the Secretary to promulgate testing standards to be used to measure such requirements. Allows the Secretary to request assistance from the appropriate Federal agencies in order to evaluate the motor vehicles submitted pursuant to the competition. Declares that all determinations made by the Secretary in regard to the competition are final.
Bill· HRH.R. 5882 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Declares a specified portion of the Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to be a nonnavigable water of the United States.
Bill· SS. 2217 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
National Defense Port System Act of 1982 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial channels and harbors in the United States. Title II: Creation of Task Force and Trust Fund to Administer Duties or Taxes - Establishes a deep-draft port task force that shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury regarding the uniform rate of: (1) Federal duty or tax on cargo unloaded at such deep-draft U.S. ports; (2) duty or tax on the export of cargo by a State port authority; and (3) specified vessel or tonnage charges. Establishes the National Port System Trust Fund within the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress annually on the status of the Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary to transfer certain duties, taxes, and tonnage charges from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations out of amounts in the Trust Fund for: (1) operation and maintenance costs in regard to eligible deep-draft commercial channels or harbors, including the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes; (2) 90 percent of the costs of authorized navigation improvement projects; and (3) costs incurred on behalf of the task force. Requires a State port authority to reimburse the Corps of Engineers for the additional costs of operation and maintenance for portions of channel or harbor in excess of 45 feet nominal depth. Title III: Construction and Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects to Increase the Depth of Deep-Draft Commercial Channels and Harbors - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to recommend annually to Congress new navigation improvement construction projects that should be authorized for deep-draft commercial channels and harbors. Authorizes such projects only after agreement that the relevant State port authority will reimburse the Federal Government for: (1) ten percent of project construction costs for new projects under 45 feet nominal depth; and (2) 100 percent of costs for projects over 45 feet nominal depth. Requires such port authority to provide evidence that it has established a mechanism that will assure payment of such amount. Requires completion of such reimbursements within the life of the project concerned but in no event more than 50 years after the date the project is available for use. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the Department of the Army or other Federal authority to operate, maintain, or improve any deep-draft commercial channel or harbor for purposes of Coast Guard navigation requirements or other national defense and security requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish cost allocation guidelines to carry out the provisions of this title. Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by the States of a duty or tax on cargo loaded onto or unloaded from a commercial vessel with a draft in excess of 45 feet at a deep-draft commercial channel or harbor. Title IV: Imposition of Duty or Tax on Deep-Draft Cargo - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a duty or tax on cargo unloaded from any commercial vessel with a draft greater than 14 feet at U.S. deep-draft commercial channels or harbors. Limits the imposition of such duty to States which elect not to impose similar duties of their own. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a nationally uniform schedule of vessel or tonnage charges that may be imposed upon deep-draft commercial vessels which use deep-draft channels and harbors. Sets forth regulations concerning the imposition of such duty or tax. Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by the States of duties or taxes on cargo to be exported from a State's deep-draft commercial channels and harbors. Lists conditions concerning the imposition of such duties or taxes. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the deep-draft commercial harbor operations of States that have not authorized the U.S. Customs Service to accept payment of the duty or tax levied under this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress concerning such audits. Authorizes a State port authority to build and maintain locally financed improvements to ports located in such State without congressional authorization. Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to require such Corporation to pay excess revenues into the general fund of the Treasury. Revokes the Corporation's authority to levy tolls or other charges except for specified activities. Cancels the balance owed by the Corporation on revenue bonds issued to the Secretary of the Treasury. Authorizes the Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the non-Federal share of its improvement activities. Title V: Expedited Procedure for Approval of Navigation Improvement Projects and Related Landside Facilities Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to navigation improvements and landside facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the project schedule at any time. Sets forth procedures for expediting such agency decisions. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions covered by a project schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 5822 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to report to Congress on the feasibility of installing arresting gear on the runway at National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 5723 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for specified maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, including: (1) construction differential subsidies; (2) operating differential subsidies; and (3) salaries and employee benefits. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to increase funds available for obligation guarantees for commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships. Declares that no application for such guarantees shall be denied or deferred if it meets the standards and criteria of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5717 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Community Air Service Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to continue Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) authority to require air carriers to establish just and reasonable joint fares. Transfers the authority of the CAB over joint rates, fares, and charges to the Department of Transportation. Sets forth procedures concerning the establishment and division of such joint fares. Terminates the authority of the CAB and the Secretary in regard to such joint rates six years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2158 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Title I: Incentive Grants for States with Strict Driving While Intoxicated Statutes - Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make incentive grants to States that have specified statutes concerning driving while intoxicated. Title II: National Driver Register - National Driver Register Act of 1982 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit to the Secretary specified information on certain drivers (including reversals of previously transmitted traffic offense convictions). Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and other specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot test program to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of a system for electronic referral and relay of information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Describes State participation in such program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the program. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1983 through 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 5640 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Prohibits the Coast Guard from using funds authorized for fiscal year 1983 to collect certain user fees.
Bill· HRH.R. 5597 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Motor Vehicles - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 50,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Authorizes the imposition of import restrictions on manufacturers violating such standards. Title II: Unfair and Deceptive Practices by Vehicle Manufacturers - Defines as an unfair method of competition and deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act the refusal of any vehicle manufacturer to determine whether parts produced in the United States by a parts manufacturer satisfy reasonable replacement part standards established by the vehicle manufacturer. Grants the Federal Trade Commission rulemaking authority to administer this title.
Bill· HRH.R. 5617 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Coast Guard Authorization Act for 1983 and 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1983 and 1984 for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; and (3) research, development, testing, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard an end-year strength of 41,500 active duty personnel. Authorizes average military training student loads. Revises the authority of the Coast Guard to establish and operate aids to maritime navigation on the inland waterways by contract with persons or public bodies or instrumentalities. Recommends that such services be provided by civilian rather than military members of the Guard. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report to Congress within a year on the exercise of such contracting authority and on increased civilian participation. Eliminates the Secretary's annual report to Congress concerning the utilization of authority to lease housing facilities for military personnel and their dependents. Amends the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 to eliminate a semi-annual report on expenditures from the Commandant of the Coast Guard to the appropriate committees of Congress. Repeals the current provisions concerning the guaranty, apportionment, and payment of cost for the alteration of bridges. Permits the Secretary, before ordering a bridge altered or relocated, to require equitable contributions from any interested party or political sub-division for such alteration, whether necessitated by its obstruction of navigation or other causes. (Currently, contributions by other than the bridgeowner are required only for other causes.) Amends the General Bridge and other Acts to exclude from specified bridge construction and operation provisions bridges over waters not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and not used in interstate or foreign commerce. Eliminates the misdemeanor of unreasonable delay in opening a drawbridge. Requires that violations of regulations for bridges over navigable waters be willful to be punishable. Prohibits a vessel owner or operator from signaling a drawbridge to open for any nonstructural vessel appurtenance which is not essential to navigation. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of specified bridge regulations and orders of the Army Chief of Engineers. Requires the owner or operator of a bridge or causeway to keep it in proper repair so that it does not obstruct or make navigation hazardous. Requires that complete files of vessel inspections or examinations delegated to the American Bureau of Shipping or a similar agent be kept in the United States and accessible by the Coast Guard. Revises personnel and manning standards for foreign vessels. Increases the amount of penalties under the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to review policies and procedures for towing and salvaging disabled vessels to minimize competition with private enterprise. Establishes an end strength level for full-time civilian employees for FY 1983 and 1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 5601 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to permit the President or Secretary of Defense to delegate to another U.S. official the authority vested in them by such Act. Prohibits further delegation of such authority. Authorizes payment of a housing allowance in lieu of specified additional compensation available for certain Federal employees in the Panama Canal Zone. Amends the provisions relating to hours of work for Federal employees to make Good Friday and November 3, Panamanian Independence Day, legal public holidays for Panama Canal Commission employees who are stationed in the Republic of Panama. Makes the Panama Canal Zone a foreign area for purposes of overseas differentials and allowances for Federal employees. Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to retain the minimum annual pay increase for certain Federal employees stationed in the Republic of Panama. Authorizes the use of regulations issued pursuant to the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to provide for the depreciation of certain Canal assets that need replacement. Revises the provisions requiring an annual audit of the Commission's financial transactions by the U.S. Comptroller General. Provides for collection of amounts payable for certain reimburseable services. Requires specific congressional approval for spending or obligating U.S. tax revenues to implement the Panama Canal Treaty after the effective date of this Act. Deletes the provision for Federal payment of the costs of transferring the remains of U.S. dead from a cemetery in Panama to the United States. Adds to the costs that must be covered by tolls collected on the Canal: (1) the cost of reimbursing the Treasury for providing educational, health, and other services to the Commission, its employees and their dependents; and (2) any costs that are incurred in implementing the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and associated with maintaining the Canal. Authorizes the President to regulate swimming in the Canal. Transfers, on April 1, 1982, jurisdiction over all actions that originated in the U.S. District Court for the District of the Canal Zone to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Grants original jurisidiction to U.S. district courts over all new Federal offenses committed in the Republic of Panama by a U.S. citizen employee of the Commission, a member of the civilian component, or specified dependents. Requires prosecution of such new offenses to be brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Sets forth the criminal law which applies within the Republic of Panama to U.S. citizen employees of the Commission, members of the U.S. military and civilian forces, and their dependents. Repeals the Panama Canal Code, a specified provision of the Federal Criminal Code relating to the Panama Canal, and specified sections of the Panama Canal Act of 1979.
Bill· HRH.R. 5567 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Department of the Coast Guard Organization Act - Transfers the Coast Guard from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Defense as a separate military department headed by a Secretary of the Coast Guard.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 271 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that a Law of the Sea Treaty is of strategic importance to the United States. Urges the U.S. delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to: (1) seek changes in the draft treaty that would protect U.S. interests while recognizing the other interests represented at the conference; and (2) conclude a treaty as soon as possible.
Bill· SS. 2108 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend from FY 1982 through FY 1985 the rehabilitation and improvement financing available to rail lines through redeemable preference shares and fund anticipation notes.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 317 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Interstate Commerce Commission should temporarily refrain from granting applications for motor carrier operating authority filed by foreign companies or by companies controlled by foreign nationals.
Bill· SS. 2057 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize a motor common carrier of property to provide single-line service between points in the United States and points in Canada or Mexico under specified conditions. Prohibits the Commission from authorizing freight transportation in interstate or foreign commerce by persons domiciled in Canada or Mexico if either of their governments prohibits U.S. domiciliaries from transporting freight within Canada or Mexico on substantially the same licensing standards as apply to freight transportation by their own nationals.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 401 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Repeals provisions of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, which prohibit the use of grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to pay certain taxes or fees.
Bill· SS. 2045 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to the compact between Mississippi and Louisiana which establishes a commission to study the feasibility of providing rapid rail transit service between the two States.
Bill· SS. 2050 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Amends the River and Harbor Acts of 1958 and 1965 to increase the annual funding authority for aquatic plant control.
Bill· HRH.R. 5409 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Designates the Rochambeau Bridge located in Virginia and the District of Columbia as the Heroes Bridge.
Bill· SS. 2022 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Urgent Coast Guard Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982 - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Transportation for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard for FY 1982.
Bill· SS. 2032 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Permits amounts available as a result of a withdrawal of approval of a portion of the Interstate Highway System to be used to provide operating assistance for mass transportation systems. Extends such substitution program to September 30, 1988.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 60 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on January 28, 1982.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 256 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on January 28, 1982.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 254 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on January 28, 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 5348 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982
Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Transportation for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard during FY 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 5317 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Permits amounts available as a result of a withdrawal of approval of a portion of the Interstate Highway System to be used to provide operating assistance for mass transportation systems. Extends such substitution program to September 30, 1988.
Bill· HRH.R. 5319 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving any State highway safety program that does not require the suspension of driving privileges of persons convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Bill· HRH.R. 5314 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Permits the Coast Guard to use funds appropriated in 1982 for acquisition, construction, and improvement for operating expenses.