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United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1985
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide that the term "privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels" shall not include any vessel built outside the United States that is U.S.-flag registered subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1985
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to authorize a vessel operator receiving or applying for an operating-differential subsidy to construct or reconstruct its vessels in a foreign shipyard, or acquire such vessels outside the United States, if certain vessel conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to cause certain vessels to be documented as vessels of the United States entitled to engage in the coastwise trade, as long as certain conditions are met. Provides that one such named vessel shall lose all such trade rights if it does not operate solely on a specified trade route. Prohibits other vessels afforded such right from operating on such trade route.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985
Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to repeal Title IV provisions requiring sale of the Federal interest in the common stock of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail). Requires Conrail to pay certain amounts to the general fund of the Treasury as repayment of loans made by the United States or the United States Railway Association.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1985
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee Act - Establishes in the Department of Transportation as a Federal advisory committee the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) whose function is to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (the Secretary) on matters relating to: (1) navigation safety; (2) safety equipment and procedures; (3) marine insurance; (4) vessel design, construction, maintenance, and operation; and (5) personnel qualifications and training. Authorizes the Committee to make available to the Congress any information authorized to be given to the Secretary. Requires the Committee to meet at least once during each calendar year. Requires the Committee to consist of 17 members having various knowledge and experience in the commercial fishing industry. Requires public notice for annual appointments to such Committee. Provides a three-year term of service for appointed members, with no limit on terms per member. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to designate a representative to participate as an observer with the Committee. Directs the Secretary, except regarding national security issues, to consult with the Committee before: (1) proposing legislation or regulations; (2) authorizing or conducting research; or (3) taking any other major action of the U.S. Government. Allows for compensation for such Committee members unless he or she is an officer, enlisted member, or employee of the United States. Terminates the Committee on September 30, 1991. Requires the Committee, two years before such termination, to recommend to the Congress whether it should be renewed and continue beyond such termination date. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1985
Air Traveler Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to assess the efficacy of security measures at foreign airports which serve U.S. carriers or from which foreign air carriers serve the U.S. Requires the Secretary to: (1) use security criteria equal to or above certain internationally established standards; (2) report to the Congress regarding such assessments; (3) notify the appropriate authorities if a foreign airport does not administer effective security measures; (4) publish in the Federal Register all foreign airports which have failed to bring their security measures up to an acceptable level of effectiveness; and (5) prominently display at all U.S. airports from which air carriers provide foreign air transportation the identity of foreign airports whose security measures have not reached an acceptable level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance concerning aviation security to a foreign government; and (2) withhold or impose conditions on the operating authority of any carrier to engage in foreign air transportation utilizing a foreign airport with deficient security measures. Directs the Secretary (with the approval of the Secretary of State) to suspend (without notice or a hearing) the right of an air carrier (or foreign air carrier) to engage in foreign air transportation to or from an airport which the Secretary has determined presents a safety threat to either passengers, aircraft, or the public interest. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress a study of the need for an expanded air marshal program on international flights by United States air carriers. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to permit air transportation security personnel to carry firearms and to make warrantless arrests if such personnel have reasonable grounds to believe a felony is being committed. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for research and development of aviation security measures.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985
Amends the law regarding the national minimum drinking age to direct the Secretary of Transportation in each fiscal year after a specified date to withhold certain Federal-aid highway funds from States permitting persons who are less than 21 years of age to purchase alcoholic beverages (thus making permanent such withholding). Directs the Secretary to promptly apportion to a State any funds which have been withheld from apportionment in FY 1987 or 1988, if in the succeeding fiscal year the State has made it unlawful for a person under 21 years of age to purchase or possess any alcoholic beverage.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985
Extends from FY 1986 through 1990 the authorization of appropriations for the minimum allocation highway program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985
Provides that the Federal share payable for installation of highway guardrails and other safety appurtenances may amount to 100 percent of the construction costs. Limits such share to 75 percent of the right-of-way and property damage costs paid from public funds.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1985
Methanol Vehicle Incentives Act of 1985 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to set forth the manner of determining the fuel economy of methanol powered automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Designates a portion of a specified street in the District of Columbia as Raoul Wallenberg Avenue.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) immediately halt all United States carrier traffic into and out of Athens airport; (2) promptly consult with the signatories of the "Bonn Declaration" to urge their joining in an international boycott of the Athens airport and other similar international airports unless their countries agree to take immediate action to bring their security measures up to internationally acceptable standards for aircraft security; and (3) call a meeting of the signatories of international antihijacking agreements to establish an International Commission on Airport Safety to certify international airport security measures as a basis for an international boycott of facilities failing to meet international standards.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Authorizes any State to utilize highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds to construct a bridge which replaces: (1) any low-water crossing; (2) any bridge destroyed prior to 1960; and (3) any ferry which was in existence on January 1, 1984. States that the Federal share payable on any bridge construction shall be 80 percent of the cost of such construction.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Airport and Air Carrier Security Improvement Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to assess the efficacy of security measures at foreign airports which serve United States carriers or from which foreign air carriers serve the United States. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make such assessments by employing the criteria used to assess the security of United States airports; (2) use criteria based on certain international standards; (3) report to the Congress regarding such assessments; (4) notify the appropriate authorities if a foreign airport does not administer effective security measures; (5) publish in the Federal Register the names of all foreign airports which have failed to bring their security measures up to an acceptable level of effectiveness; and (6) prominently display at all United States airports regularly serving scheduled air carrier operations the names of foreign airports whose security measures have not reached an acceptable level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to withhold or impose conditions on the operating authority of any carrier to engage in foreign air transportation utilizing foreign airports with lax security measures. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance concerning aviation security to foreign governments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986, 1987 and 1988. Urges the President to seek international agreements to assure more effective international cooperation regarding airport and air carrier security.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to define "eligible vessel" for purposes of eligibility for an operating differential subsidy. Outlines operational requirements for vessels obtaining funding from the capital construction fund.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
International Airport Security Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of State (the Secretary) to: (1) determine which countries are high terrorist threats; (2) determine which international airports in those countries are serviced by U.S. air carriers or are otherwise frequently used by U.S. citizens; and (3) determine which of those airports fail to comply with the minimum international airport security standards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine which international airports are not under the de facto control of the government of the country in which they are located; and (2) determine which of those international airports pose a high risk of introducing danger to international air travel. Directs the Secretary to publish a list within six months of enactment of this Act of the airports identified as failing to meet minimum security standards and airports identified as posing a high risk of introducing danger to international travel. Directs the Secretary to issue a travel advisory with respect to each airport on such list. Directs the President, if after 120 days an international airport is still on the list, to prohibit: (1) U.S. air carriers from landing at the listed airport; (2) all air carriers of the country in which the airport is located from landing at U.S. airports; and (3) the air carriers of all other countries from making direct flights between the listed airport and the United States. Lists additional sanctions which the President may impose. Authorizes the President to waive some of the sanctions for national security or humanitarian reasons. Authorizes the President to lift the travel advisory and other sanctions only if the President determines that the international airports in that country no longer meet specified criteria. Prohibits the removal of a sanction from taking effect until 15 days after the President notifies the Congress of such decision. Directs the Secretary to: (1) call for a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to discuss current compliance of airports with existing international security standards and to upgrade the security standards for international airports; and (2) call on member countries of ICAO to enforce existing standards and impose a moratorium on the use of any non-complying international airport. Directs the Secretary to seek agreement on strengthening enforcement measures and standards for compliance with respect to aircraft sabotage, aircraft hijacking, and airport security. Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out the antiterrorism programs of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for FY 1986 and 1987. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for research on and development of airport security devices or techniques for detecting explosives. Calls upon the President to seek the establishment of an international committee (the International Anti-Terrorism Committee) to focus the attention and secure the cooperation of governments and of the public on the problems and responses to international terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
Conrail Public Sale Act of 1985 - Title I: Amendments to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to terminate the authority of the United States Railway Association (the Association) to purchase certain Conrail stock. Releases any Conrail director from liability for implementing in good faith the sale of the Federal interest in Conrail common stock. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to execute and deliver Purchase Agreements on behalf of the United States no later than ten days following the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the sale of Conrail; (2) the cancellation of Conrail debt and preferred stock; (3) public interest covenants; and (4) accounting determinations. Makes Conrail responsible for funding all labor protection benefits after the closing date, and absolves the United States from any liability for such benefits after that date. Title II: Technical and Conforming Amendments and Repeals - Defines "Purchasers" to mean the investor group organized by Morgan Stanley and Company, Inc., to purchase the Federal interest in Conrail common stock as identified in the Shareholders' Agreement. Defines "Shareholders' Agreement" as the agreement among the Purchasers, Conrail, and Morgan Stanley and Company, Inc. in the form filed with the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate. Title III: Revenue Provisions - Provides guidelines for the tax treatment of Conrail after the closing date. Specifies the earnings and profits which Conrail shall be deemed to have accumulated as of the closing date. Closes the Conrail taxable year upon the closing date. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Retains the common carrier status of Conrail after the sale. Provides that purchase of Conrail stock shall not be the sole basis of a determination that a purchaser has become a common carrier by railroad under Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should strive to eliminate terrorism across international boundaries by exerting all possible means to: (1) suspend commercial air service between Athens, Greece, and the United States until such time as Athens International Airport is considered safe by the Federal Aviation Administration and takes other specified actions to combat aircraft piracy; (2) call upon Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and Great Britain and Northern Ireland to consider, pursuant to the Bonn Anti-Hijacking Declaration, canceling all commercial flights to and from countries that assist terrorists; (3) encourage the reestablishment of the death penalty in instances where a death occurs from aircraft piracy; and (4) consider measures to be taken against governments involved in state-supported terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
National Wildflower Landscaping Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the purchase, lease, or acquisition of control in any manner of a substantial portion of an air carrier by the following persons: (1) any air carrier which is a debtor; (2) any person who is a debtor and controls an air carrier; (3) any person controlling an air carrier which is a debtor; or (4) any person who is a debtor and is substantially engaged in the business of aeronautics.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
Conrail Public Sale Act of 1985 - Title I: Amendments to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to terminate the authority of the United States Railway Association (the Association) to purchase certain Conrail stock. Releases any Conrail director from liability for implementing in good faith the sale of the Federal interest in Conrail common stock . Directs the Secretary of Transportation to execute and deliver Purchase Agreements on behalf of the United States no later than ten days following the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the sale of Conrail; (2) the cancellation of Conrail debt and preferred stock; (3) public interest covenants; and (4) accounting determinations. Makes Conrail responsible for funding all labor protection benefits after the closing date, and absolves the United States from any liability for such benefits after that date. Title II: Technical and Conforming Amendments and Repeals - Defines "Purchasers" to mean the investor group organized by Morgan Stanley and Company, Inc., to purchase the Federal interest in Conrail common stock as identified in the Shareholders Agreement. Defines "Shareholders' Agreement" as the agreement among the Purchasers, Conrail, and Morgan Stanley and Company, Inc. in the form filed with the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Title III: Revenue Provisions - Provides guidelines for the tax treatment of Conrail after the closing date. Specifies the earnings and profits which Conrail shall be deemed to have accumulated as of the closing date. Closes the Conrail taxable year upon the closing date. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Retains the common carrier status of Conrail after the sale. Provides that purchase of Conrail stock shall not be the sole basis of a determination that a purchaser has become a common carrier by railroad under Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should retain the current corporate average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1985
National Mass Transportation Act of 1985 - Title I: Urban Mass Transportation - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prescribe certain percentages of urban discretionary grant funds which the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) is authorized to allot beginning FY 1986 for: (1) rail modernization; (2) development and construction of new fixed guideway systems; and (3) extraordinary bus and bus-related activities. Prohibits financial assistance for new fixed guideway systems unless the Secretary determines that the proposed project is: (1) based upon an alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering; (2) cost effective; and (3) supported by local financial commitment, including dependable funding sources for the construction, maintenance, and operation of such systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 for the public transportation projects substituted for certain withdrawn Interstate segments. Grants the Secretary authority to apportion at the beginning of each fiscal year funds made available for such year from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) certain urban formula grant programs; and (2) small urban and rural transportation programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to States and local public entities for the renewal of rolling stock subsystems after depletion of at least one-third of the rolling stock's useful life. Authorizes a Federal financial assistance grantee to procure capital replacement materials directly from the original supplier (without receiving a sole source justification from the Secretary) if such materials were originally purchased under competitive bidding procedures which the Secretary adjudged to be fair and reasonable. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 for specified programs. Authorizes appropriations from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for specified programs for FY 1986 through 1989. Prescribes percentage guidelines under which funds appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury are available to implement: (1) the urban formula grant program; and (2) the small rural and urban transportation program. Amends the Federal-aid highway program to provide that the Federal share of the cost to complete a withdrawn Interstate route segment (as that cost is included in the latest Interstate System cost estimate approved by the Congress) shall be determined by the Secretary based on construction cost increases of the withdrawn portion for the period beginning January 1, 1984, and ending on the date of approval of each substitute project. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to provide that the sum available to the Secretary as the result of a withdrawn Interstate System route shall be the completion cost as of June 30, 1980, subject to increase (as determined by the Secretary) based on such routes' construction cost increases for the period beginning January 1, 1984, and ending on the date of approval of specified substitute projects. Title II: Extension of Gas Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from October 1, 1988, to October 1, 1991, taxes imposed upon diesel and special motor fuels and gasoline.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1985
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to set aside specified surplus government vessels for use by LIFE International in providing health education, training and care to the peoples of developing countries. Makes the Secretary's set-aside authority inapplicable during any time in which the Secretary determines that such vessel is needed for national security purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that whenever a person is transported aboard an international air carrier at Federal expense, the appropriate Federal agency shall assure that any beer or wine served on such aircraft is principally a product of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1985
Anti-Hijacking Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to report to the Congress on the results of a study coordinated with the Secretary of State regarding the need for an expanded air marshal program on international flights of United States air carriers. Authorizes appropriations of funds if the two Secretaries find that such an expanded airmarshal program is necessary. Authorizes the Secretary (with the approval of the Attorney General and the Secretary of State) to permit air transportation security personnel to carry firearms and to make warrantless arrests if such personnel have reasonable grounds to believe a felony is being committed. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend any foreign air travel between the United States and a foreign airport if the Secretary determines that safe passage and the public interest requires an immediate suspension of services between the United States and such airport.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1985
Anti-Hijacking Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress on the results of a study coordinated with the Secretary of State regarding the need for an expanded airmarshal program on international flights of U.S. air carriers. Authorizes appropriations to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund if the two Secretaries find that such an expanded airmarshal program is necessary. Authorizes the Secretary (with the approval of the Attorney General and the Secretary of State) to permit air transportation security personnel to carry firearms and to make warrantless arrests if such personnel have reasonable grounds to believe a felony is being committed. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend any foreign air travel between the United States and a foreign airport if the Secretary determines that safe passage and the public interest requires an immediate suspension of services between the United States and such airport.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1985
International Airport Security Cooperation Act - Directs the Secretary of State (the Secretary) to determine: (1) which countries are high terrorist threats; (2) which international airports in such countries are serviced by United States air carriers or frequently used by United States citizens; and (3) which of these airports do not comply with minimum international airport security standards. Requires the Secretary, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, to publish in the Federal Register a list of the airports identified as especially vulnerable to terrorist threats, and to update such list at least every six months. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and to publicize widely a travel advisory regarding such airports. States that with respect to international airports which fail to meet minimum security standards, the President shall prohibit: (1) U.S. air carriers from landing at such an airport; (2) all air carriers of the country in which the airport is located from landing at U.S. airports; and (3) the air carriers of all other countries from making direct flights between that airport and the United States. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions if a national security or humanitarian emergency requires such waiver. Directs the President to suspend assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act to any countries which are the sites of international airports which are officially listed as especially vulnerable to terrorist threats and have not met minimum international airport security standards. Permits the President to lift the travel advisory and sanctions only if the minimum international airport security standards have been met. Precludes the lifting of any sanction until 15 days after the Congress has been notified. Requires the Secretary to call for an immediate meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization to: (1) discuss international airport compliance with existing international security standards; (2) upgrade security standards for international airports; and (3) call on the member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organization to enforce such Organization's existing standards and impose a moratorium on the use of any international airport which does not comply with such standards. Directs the Secretary immediately to seek to renegotiate existing treaties regarding enforcement procedures with respect to aircraft hijacking and to establish an international sky marshal program.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1985
National Public Works Corporation Act - Amends title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to name such title "Public Works Corporation." Establishes the National Public Works Corporation. Provides for the Board of Directors, the officers and employees, and the powers of such Corporation. Requires the principal office to be in the District of Columbia. Provides for the borrowing authority, capitalization, and reserve fund of the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for the capitalization of the Corporation for fiscal years following 1985. Authorizes States electing to participate in the Corporation to make certain contributions. Sets the maximum amount of contributions any one State may make to the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans to participating States and local governments for projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of public facilities in accordance with this Act. Prohibits loan plans from being used to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of Federal projects. States the maximum amount of outstanding loans authorized for such projects. Prohibits the Corporation from making a loan for a public facility project unless it determines that such facility, upon completion, will generate sufficient fees to repay the principal and interest on such loans and create a sufficient reserve for the operation and maintenance of the project, including replacement costs over the useful life of the project. Requires applicants for such loans to demonstrate to the Corporation that they have legal authority to assess and collect such fees and that such fees will provide sufficient revenues to meet the conditions for making such loans. States additional conditions and requirements for such loans. Requires the Governor of a State to submit applications for public facility project loans for the State or State agency or instrumentality. Requires the responsible official of local government to submit applications for public facility project loans for such unit or agencies thereof. Prohibits the Corporation from approving local government project loans unless the Governor of the appropriate State certifies approval of the application. Prohibits any Governor from submitting or approving loan applications for more than the maximum amount allowable to any one State. Requires Governors to ensure a proper distribution of available loan funds in a State between urban and rural areas according to a certain allocation formula. Requires the Corporation to require all contracts made with such loan proceeds to be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding. Requires the Corporation to conduct necessary audits to enforce this Act. States procedures to be followed if the Corporation determines that insufficient fees are being collected. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for fiscal years after 1983, in order to reduce interest rates paid by borrowers under this Act. Declares that the Corporation, its assets, and certain property shall be exempt from State, local, or Federal taxes, except for certain real property and tangible personal property. States that any obligations issued by the Corporation shall be taxed as to principal and interest to the same extent as the obligations of private corporations. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transactions of the Corporation. Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event of a default on any loan made under this Act. Requires the Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President after each fiscal year on the status of the Corporation and its reserve fund. Requires such report to include a description of the projects for which loans were made during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1985
Air Passenger Security Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to employ United States Air Marshals to serve as unidentified armed passengers on unsecure foreign flights (a public charter passenger flight of a United States civil aircraft departing from a foreign airport not included on a certain list of secure foreign airports). Specifies the law enforcement duties of such Air Marshals. Requires the Administrator to continually review foreign airport security programs and to publish in the Federal Register those airports which the Administrator has determined to have an effective security program. Requires the President to take action as if he had determined a foreign nation was acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft whenever a foreign nation impedes United States Air Marshals from fulfilling their functions as unidentified armed passengers. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1985
Airport and Air Carrier Security Improvement Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to assess the efficacy of security measures at foreign airports which serve United States carriers or from which foreign air carriers serve the United States. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make such assessments by employing the criteria used to assess the security of United States airports; (2) use criteria based on certain international standards; (3) report to the Congress regarding such assessments; (4) notify the appropriate authorities if a foreign airport does not administer effective security measures; (5) publish in the Federal Register the names of all foreign airports which have failed to bring their security measures up to an acceptable level of effectiveness; and (6) prominently display at all United States airports regularly serving scheduled air carrier operations the names of foreign airports whose security measures have not reached an acceptable level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to withhold or impose conditions on the operating authority of any carrier to engage in foreign air transportation utilizing foreign airports with lax security measures. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance concerning aviation security to foreign governments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986, 1987 and 1988. Urges the President to seek international agreements to assure more effective international cooperation regarding airport and air carrier security.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) provide specially trained security personnel for each air carrier flight in foreign air transportation; and (2) condition foreign air transportation permits upon the requirement that each air carrier carries security personnel on each such flight. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the security personnel requirements if the Secretary determines that passenger safety does not require the presence of security personnel. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1985
Coast Guard User Fee Authorization Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish a system of fees to be charged to users of Coast Guard services. Prohibits the operating expenses of certain specified Coast Guard programs, including waterways management, from being recovered through such user fees. Outlines factors to be considered by the Secretary in establishing such user fees. Outlines those users of Coast Guard services from whom the Secretary may collect such fees, including owners and operators of vessels or recreational boats, licensees of the Coast Guard, and manufacturers of boating equipment and materials. Requires annual verification by the Secretary that the amounts spent on Coast Guard search and rescue activities are not less than the amounts collected annually for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to grant exemptions from such user fees. Provides that the collection of such fees does not alter the duties and liability of the United States in the performance of functions for which such fees are collected. Specifies civil penalties for various users of Coast Guard services who fail to pay the user fee. Requires such penalties to be assessed by the Secretary via written notice. Authorizes the Secretary to refer a penalty matter to the Attorney General for collection in appropriate cases. Authorizes the Secretary to deny entry to a port of the United States to a vessel if any required fees have not been paid.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1985
Urges the Departments of State, Justice, Transportation, Commerce, and Defense to create a task force to review security procedures to better insure the safety of Americans traveling abroad on American flag carriers. Urges the special task force to consider: (1) the need for a Federal sky marshal program aboard international flights involving American carriers and passengers; and (2) current regulations regarding luggage and body searches. Urges that any new international air agreement meet the security criteria recommended by the task force as a prerequisite to Federal approval.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1985
Foreign Air Travel Security Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to assess the efficacy of security measures at foreign airports which serve United States carriers or from which foreign air carriers serve the United States. Requires the Secretary to: (1) use criteria based on certain international standards; (2) report to the Congress regarding such assessments; (3) notify the appropriate authorities if a foreign airport does not administer effective security measures; (4) publish in the Federal Register the names of all foreign airports which have failed to bring their security measures up to an acceptable level of effectiveness; and (5) prominently display at all United States airports regularly serving scheduled air carrier operations the names of foreign airports whose security measures have not reached an acceptable level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to withhold or impose conditions on the operating authority of any carrier to engage in foreign air transportation utilizing foreign airports with deficient security measures. Requires air carriers, including foreign air carriers, providing service between the United States and a foreign airport determined by the Secretary to have deficient security measures to notify passengers of that determination by written material included with the ticket to the relevant airport.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to immediately suspend (without notice or hearing) the right of any air carrier or foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air commerce to and from a nation in which a commercial passenger aircraft has been unlawfully seized by persons who boarded it in one of the nation's airports. Requires the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretary of State) to suspend the right of any foreign carrier to engage in foreign air transportation if it provides transportation to a foreign airport at which tightened security measures have not been implemented within 48 hours of an unlawful air carrier seizure. Provides that, if a nation does not implement certain minimum security measures within 30 days after the Secretary's notification that such steps are necessary, the Secretary is authorized to: (1) revoke or impose conditions upon the operating authority of that nation's airlines; and (2) suspend the right of air carriers or aircraft operators to engage in foreign air transportation to or from such nation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the sanctions imposed upon a non-compliant nation. States that the Secretary's authority to impose conditions upon an airline's operating authority or upon an air carrier's transportation rights shall be deemed to be a condition to any certificate to engage in foreign air commerce. Imposes civil penalties upon air carriers or aircraft operators who engage in foreign air transportation in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that if a foreign nation with which the United States has a bilateral air transport agreement does not implement minimum transportation security measures upon notification by the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary shall within 180 days: (1) suspend the foreign air carrier permit issued to such nation; and (2) suspend the right of any air carrier to operate in foreign air transportation to or from such nation. Provides for the reinstatement of such permit and foreign air operations upon the Secretary's determination that such foreign nation effectively administers the minimum security measures standards. Prohibits any air carrier or foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation or commerce in violation of the suspensions imposed by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1985
Amends Federal provisions concerning the sale and distribution of charts and related materials to allow all aeronautical and nautical charts and related materials published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be sold at prices determined by the Secretary of Commerce according to a specified schedule. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish annually the prices at which such products are sold to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to either sell or exchange such products to certain foreign governments or international agencies, Federal departments, or agencies of the United States. States that such fees are collected for the purpose of reimbursing the U.S. Government for the costs of producing or publishing such products.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1985
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) from approving any construction or renovation of a mass transportation facility unless the engineers of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration have reviewed the plans and certified that the proposed facility will be sturdy, durable, and safe. Requires the Secretary to provide for periodic inspections during the construction or renovation of any mass transportation facility to ensure compliance with approved plans, estimates, and local building codes. Requires the Administrator of General Services to: (1) inspect renovated or constructed facilities at least once every five years to determine safety conditions; and (2) report the results of such inspection to the Secretary and to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1985
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit Federal financial assistance for bus acquisition unless the bus manufacturer: (1) provides a written guarantee that the bus will perform for a period of 12 years under proper maintenance and operation; and (2) furnishes security in an amount sufficient to satisfy the manufacturer's liability if the guarantee requirements are not met. Imposes liability upon the bus manufacturer for a portion of the Federal share of the bus acquisition cost if a bus acquired with financial assistance does not meet the guarantee requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1985
Department of Transportation Air Carrier Acquisition Approval Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require any person seeking ownership or control of any air carrier whose Board of Directors has not approved such proposed ownership to file an application with the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) which discloses specified information, including the identities of the persons involved and their managerial and financial resources. Requires the Secretary to hold a hearing within 60 days after the receipt of such application to determine whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be served by the approval of such application. Makes it unlawful for any person who owns an air carrier which is the subject of such an application to purchase any of the carrier's equity securities from any person who holds more than three percent of the class of securities to be purchased and has held such securities for less than two years, unless: (1) such purchase has been approved by the affirmative majority vote of the outstanding aggregate voting securities of the issuer; and (2) the issuer offers a price (equal to the price paid to such person) to all holders of securities of such class and to all holders of any class into which such securities may be converted.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1985
Foreign Motor Carrier Registration Act of 1985 - Amends the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 to exempt commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by foreign carriers providing interstate transportation of property from Federal regulations regarding: (1) certain Federal safety standards; (2) safety equipment inspection; and (3) safety fitness certification. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations regarding the safety roadworthiness of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by foreign motor carriers and foreign motor private carriers providing interstate transportation of property (trucks). Requires such standards to differentiate among various categories of commercial motor vehicles and among various cross-border entry levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the Department of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission (the Commission) to investigate the safety roadworthiness of such vehicles. States that foreign motor carriers and foreign motor private carriers providing interstate transportation of property shall be subject only to the safety roadworthiness rules adopted under this Act. Declares that commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier providing interstate transportation of property may be required to pass safety roadworthiness inspections if the Department of Transportation and the Commission deem such an inspection to be in the national interest. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish procedures to determine safety roadworthiness. Directs the Commission to find an applicant unfit to operate under a foreign motor carrier registration certificate if the applicant does not meet the safety roadworthiness requirements. Prohibits a foreign motor private carrier from providing interstate transportation of property without an appropriate certificate of registration. States that the requirement that certificated foreign carriers be fit, willing, and able means safety roadworthiness and proof of minimum financial responsibility. Declares that the procedures to require proof of minimum financial responsibility shall differentiate among various categories of commercial vehicles and among various cross-border entry levels. Denies entry into the United States to any commercial motor vehicle providing transportation under a certificate of foreign motor carrier registration if a copy of such certificate is not in the vehicle. Requires the Commission to issue certificates of foreign motor carrier registration during a certain moratorium period only for the purpose of transporting property in a designated United States port adjacent to the foreign country in which the motor carrier or its owners are domiciled.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should retain the current corporate average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1985
Foreign Motor Carrier Registration Act of 1985 - Amends the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 to exempt commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by foreign carriers providing interstate transportation of property from Federal regulations regarding: (1) certain Federal safety standards; (2) safety equipment inspection; and (3) safety fitness certification. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations regarding the safety roadworthiness of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by foreign motor carriers and foreign motor private carriers providing interstate transportation of property (trucks). Requires such standards to differentiate among various categories of commercial motor vehicles and among various cross-border entry levels and authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the Department of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission (the Commission) to investigate the safety roadworthiness of such vehicles. States that foreign motor carriers and foreign motor private carriers providing interstate transportation of property shall be subject only to the safety roadworthiness rules adopted under this Act. Declares that commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier providing interstate transportation of property may be required to pass safety roadworthiness inspections if the Department of Transportation and the Commission deem such inspection to be in the national interest. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish procedures to determine safety roadworthiness. Directs the Commission to find an applicant unfit to operate under a foreign motor carrier registration certificate if the applicant does not meet the safety roadworthiness requirements. Prohibits a foreign motor private carrier from providing interstate transportation of property without an appropriate certificate of registration. States that the requirement that certificated foreign carriers be fit, willing, and able means safety roadworthiness. Declares that the procedures to require proof of minimum financial responsibility shall differentiate among various categories of commercial vehicles and among various cross-border entry levels. Denies entry into the United States to any commercial motor vehicle providing transportation under a certificate of foreign motor carrier registration if a copy of such certificate is not in the vehicle while it is being used to provide such transportation. Requires the Commission to issue certificates of foreign motor carrier registration during a certain moratorium period only for the purpose of transporting property in a designated United States port adjacent to the foreign country in which the motor carrier or its owners are domiciled.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985
National Wildflower Landscaping Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985
Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation reduce part of the apportionment of a State's Federal-aid highway funds for any fiscal year beginning after FY 1984 during which such State permits the registration of heavy vehicles which have not presented proof of payment of a certain use tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Makes such repeal applicable to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985
International Air Transportation Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to revoke an air carrier's international air transportation certificate if the Secretary establishes that a hostile takeover of such air carrier has occurred, and that a sale or transfer of such certificate has occurred (or been attempted) as part of the liquidation of such air carrier (other than in the ordinary course of business). States that the Secretary is not precluded from issuing any certificate for international air transportation if the Secretary finds the applicant is willing and able to provide such transportation and it is consistent with public convenience and necessity. Directs the Department of Transportation to determine whether each major United States international airline is fit, willing, and able to continue the transportation authorized by its certificate of public convenience and necessity. Requires the Department to render a final decision in such proceedings within 90 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1985
Repeals the law directing the Secretary of Transportation to withhold certain Federal-aid highway sums from States permitting persons who are less than 21 years of age to purchase alcoholic beverages.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
International Air Transportation Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to revoke an air carrier's international air transportation certificate if the Secretary establishes that a hostile takeover of such air carrier has occurred, and that a sale or transfer of such certificate has occurred (or been attempted) as part of the liquidation of such air carrier (other than in the ordinary course of business). States that the Secretary is not precluded from issuing any certificate for international air transportation if the Secretary finds the applicant is willing and able to provide such transportation and such transportation is consistent with public convenience and necessity.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to require that fixed guideway system construction or extension proposals include a local private sector financial commitment of at least ten percent of the construction cost before a grant or loan may be made for such a project. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress regarding the local private sector financial commitment for each project, and the effect of such requirement upon project selections.