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Law· HRH.R. 15427 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Provides for an extension of the procedures for discontinuance of service by railroads under the Rail Passenger Service Act until July 1, 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated until expended to the Secretary of Transportation for payment to the Railroad Passenger Corporation $543,300,000 for fiscal year 1975. Increases the maximum amount of guaranteed loans which may be outstanding at any one time from $500,000,000 to $900,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 15428 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Prevents any person or railroad from voting more than 33 1/3 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, even where such person or railroad owns more than 33 1/3 percent of such shares. Increases the amount of loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act which may be outstanding at any one time from $500,000,000 to $700,000,000. Provides that the Commission shall recommend to the Secretary, the Corporation, and the Congress in its annual report, such measures as it considers necessary to provide adequate service, equipment, and other facilities for quality intercity rail passenger service and shall report on the effectiveness of its prior recommendations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15413 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Permits the transportation of passengers by foreign vessels between ports or places in the United States if such transportation is not in direct competition with United States-flag vessels as determined by the Commissioner of Customs, after notice and hearings.
Bill· HRH.R. 15415 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1178 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that for a period of two years following the passage of this resolution there be a moratorium on deelectrification of railroads and that the departments and agencies of the Federal Government make funds available for studies of the energy efficiency and environmental implications of deelectrification and electrification of railroads.
Bill· SS. 3650 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make improvements in specified highways in order to more effectively carry out the purposes of the Navajo Indian irrigation project, New Mexico. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund up to $5,000,000 for each fiscal year for fiscal years 1975 through 1979.
Bill· SS. 3642 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Transportation Innovation Act - Stipulates, under the Federal Aviation Act, that any application for a certificate or permit, or change therein, or for a change in any rate, fare, or charge, classification, rule, regulation, or practice, or for any other action which would affect service to the public shall be accompanied by an estimate of public benefits and losses resulting therefrom, including any unusual benefits or losses to identifiable major groups within the public. Authorizes the conduct of a demonstration program by the Civil Aeronautics Board to enable Congress to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a contract method of providing air service to small communities. Directs the Board to enter into contracts with air carriers by which such carriers undertake to provide air service to and from small communities selected by the Board. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Board in selecting the small communities to be serviced, including: (1) the need for sufficient diversity among the various small communities selected; (2) the availability and practicability of alternative means of transporation to and from the various small communities; and (3) the views of the small communities and of the appropriate agencies of the government of each State. Directs the Board to report annually to the Congress on the progress of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations of up to $2,000,000 per fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration programs in order to determine whether (1) airport congestion may be reduced through increased user charges and (2) highway congestion may be reduced through the establishment of tolls on heavily used highways and streets during peak hours.
Bill· SS. 3648 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require that transportation facilities built and rolling stock purchased with Federal funds under the Urban Mass Transportation Act are designed and constructed to be accessible to the physically handicapped and the elderly. Provides that, with regard to buses only, a Governor or local public body may satisfy the requirements of this Act by providing alternative transportation service for physically handicapped persons and elderly persons with limited mobility in accordance with standards promulgated by the Secretary.
Bill· SS. 3643 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Rail Passenger Service Amendments - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to establish rail passenger service on such extensions of the basic system as are necessary to provide the following: (A) by July 1, 1974, through service to every standard metropolitan statistical area in the contiguous 48 States exceeding 1,000,000 in population; (B) by July 1, 1976, through service to every such standard metropolitan statistical area exceeding 500,000 in population; (C) by July 1, 1978, through service to every such standard metropolitan statistical area exceeding 250,000 in population; and (D) by July 1, 1976, adequate service between all standard metropolitan statistical areas exceeding 500,000 in population which are between 100 and 300 miles apart. States that the Corporation may preliminarily exclude an entension upon a preliminary finding by the Secretary of Transportation that the public convenience and necessity does not require such extension, or that establishment of such service is unnecessary or impracticable. Authorizes appropriations for the benefit of the Corporation of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1976, $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1977, and 25,000,000 in fiscal year 1978. Directs the Corporation to initiate not less than two experimental routes each year, such routes to be designated by the Corporation on the sole basis of the demonstrated need and probable use of such service, and to operate such routes for not less than two years. Requires the Corporation to study the need for and potential use of routes between major centers of population and heavily used recreation areas 100 to 300 miles from such population centers. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase evidences of indebtedness and to make loans to any State or to any local or regional agency for purposes of capital construction, acquisition, and improvement cost of rail lines and facilities to recreation areas. Directs the Secretary to study the need for and potential use of routes between urbanized population centers and airports serving those population centers and the estimated initial costs of each such route. Provides that not later than July 1, 1975, he shall report to the Congress on the results of this study along with his recommendations as to whether the Corporation should provide any or all such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 15390 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Provides that every State will be apportioned at least 80 percent of its tax contribution of the preceding fiscal year to the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 15385 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Revises the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by increasing the period of time during which interested members of the public may comment on proposed preliminary railway system plans. Increases the time limit within which the United States Railway Association shall submit a final railway system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 15328 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1053 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1974
Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission not to authorize the abandonment of any line of railroad prior to June 30, 1976.
Bill· SS. 3613 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1974
Deems shares in excess of 33 1/3 percent owned by a single railroad in the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as not having been issued and outstanding for voting purposes. Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the Rail Passenger Service Act. Increases the limitation of aggregate unpaid securities, obligations or loans permitted under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15302 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1974
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· SS. 3601 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1974
Urban Public Transportation Assistance Act - Defines the term "urbanized area" under the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Defines such term as meaning an area so designated by the Bureau of the Census, within boundaries which shall be fixed by responsible State and local officials in cooperation with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary, which shall at a minimum, in the case of any such area, encompass the entire urbanized area within the State as designated by the Bureau of the Census, and which has a population of at least fifty thousand. Provides that, in approving the plans, specification and estimates for any proposed project under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, the Secretary of Transportation shall assure that possible adverse economic, social, and environmental effects relating to the proposed project have been fully considered in developing the project, and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe, and efficient transportation, public services, and conservation of environment and natural resources, and the costs of eliminating or minimizing any such adverse effects, including: (1) air, noise, and water pollution; (2) destruction or disruption of man-made and natural resources, esthetic values, community cohesion, and the availability of public facilities and services; (3) adverse employment effects, and tax and property value losses; (4) injurious displacement of people, businesses, and farms; and (5) disruption of desirable community and regional growth. Increases the basic assistance authority under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
Bill· HRH.R. 15275 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Exempts the Chautauqua Lake Bridge in the State of New York from the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Bill· HRH.R. 15243 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any agreement between air carriers established for the purpose of apportioning earnings, losses, traffic, service, or equipment during any labor dispute between one of the parties thereto and its employees. Provides that no employee of an air carrier shall receive money from any fund established for the purpose of making payments to such employees during any such labor dispute if any employee of any other carrier has paid into such fund.
Law· HRH.R. 15223 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Federal Railroad Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Amendments - Authorizes not more than $35,000,000 to be appropriated for specified uses for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report on Federal railroad safety standards and state railroad safety programs planned or underway. Increases the penalties for common carriers failing to make accident reports within the time required by law. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $3,000,000 to carry out the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Control Act of 1970. Provides that, in order to assure safe transportation of hazardous materials in interstate and foreign commerce, the Secretary may prescribe regulations applicable to: (1) the manufacture, fabrication, marking, maintenance, reconditioning, repair, testing, and distribution of packages or containers which may be used for such transportation of hazardous materials; and (2) any carrier who engages in interstate or foreign transportation and who transports hazardous materials and any shipper who transports hazardous materials by carrier. Establishes civil penalties for violations of such regulations. Increases the civil and criminal penalties which may be imposed for violations of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to the transportation of hazardous materials. Provides for the delegation by the Secretary of Transportation of all functions with respect to enforcement of regulations pertaining to the transportation of dangerous articles to the Federal Railroad Administrator and the Federal Highway Administrator. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations governing the rail transportation of explosives as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15222 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or a nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 15206 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Provides that any public road to and from a county seat shall be held to be of value to the general public, and such public interest shall override any release by the local governing board of any county for the destruction of or damages to any such public road. Authorizes the Corps of Engineers to restore any road so damaged or destroyed, including bridges, to accommodate the traveling public.
Bill· HRH.R. 15194 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to investigate and report to the Congress with respect to whether railroad facilities and equipment owned and operated by the Penn Central Railroad Company meet Federal safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 15219 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive, nationwide study of the effects of railroad abandonment, and to develop an effective policy to assure an adequate economic system for the transportation of freight with emphasis on branch line facilities in the movement of agricultural commodities. Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from authorizing any further abandonments of railway freight facilities for a period of three years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15170 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Highway Energy Conservation and Safety Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold funding of Federal-aid highway projects from any State which has a maximum speed limit on any public highway of over 55 miles per hour.
Bill· SS. 3569 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1974
Amtrak Improvement Act - Provides that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately give first priority to the direct performance of all maintenance, rehabilitation, repair, and refurbishment of rail passenger equipment. Provides for the facilitation of completion of the Northeast Corridor Project. Provides for the establishment of efficient customs inspection procedures aboard trains operated in international intercity rail passenger service. States that the Corporation may apply to all railroad employees eligible to receive full or reduced rate transportation a single system-wide rate schedule reflecting the terms applicable to the majority of such employees in policies or agreements in effect on April 30, 1971. Provides for reimbursement of 50 percent of the regular fare by the railroad for such employees to the Corporation. Increases the amount of annual Federal financial assistance to the Corporation from $334,300,000 to $534,300,000. Increases the amount of unpaid securities, obligations, or loans to the Corporation which may be outstanding at any one time from $500,000,000 to $900,000,000. Provides for an investigation and study of the social advisability, technical feasibility and economic practicability of a high-speed ground transportation system between the cities of Tijuana, Mexico and Vancouver, British Columbia by way of specified cities in Washington, Oregon, and California. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $8,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out such an investigation and study.
Bill· SS. 3564 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1974
Authorizes the financing of parkways from the Highway Trust Fund, provided such parkways are managed solely for scenic and recreational use and passenger car travel.
Bill· SS. 3563 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1974
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake the construction of a highway bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.
Bill· SS. 3557 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
National Transportation Finance Emergency Act - Allows the use of 50 percent of funds available under specified provisions of law from the Highway Trust Fund to alleviate the financial hardship to States due to the impoundment of such Highway Trust Fund moneys, inflation, and reduced motor gasoline tax revenues to pay the costs of eligible highway and transportation construction projects.
Bill· SS. 3556 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Highway Energy Conservation and Safety Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold funding of Federal-aid highway projects from any State which has a maximum speed limit on any public highway of over 55 miles per hour.
Bill· HRH.R. 15122 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Barrier-Free Transportation Act - Requires transportation facilities manufactured, constructed, or renovated with Federal funds under the Urban Mass Transportation Act to comply with minimum standards, to be effective not later than January 1, 1976, of accessibility and safety for the elderly and the handicapped.
Bill· HRH.R. 15136 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Title I: Purpose and Definitions - States that the Congress of the United States recognizes the environmental and economic importance of efficient railroad transportation to interstate commerce. Declares that it is therefore the national policy of the United States to improve rail service and that such improvement requires public investment in and maintenance of railroad track and roadbed. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Transfer of Rail Lines - Provides that title to all rail lines operated by rail carriers will be transferred to the Department of Transportation on a date designated by the Secretary of Transportation, such date to be no later than one year from the date this Act becomes law. States that at the time title to the rail lines owned by a rail carrier is conveyed to the Department, the Secretary shall convey, in consideration thereof, a Certificate of the Right to Carriage. Provides that such certificate shall entitle the holder to enter into contracts with other rail carriers to operate trains upon the rail line conveyed in consideration for such certificate. Makes it unlawful to operate a train upon any rail line so conveyed to the Department unless the operator is the holder of a Certificate of the Right to Carriage or has entered into a contract with such holder. Grants the Commission the authority to issue additional Certificates of the Right to Carriage in the event it finds that the issuance of such certificates is in the public convenience and necessity. Title III: Unified Surface Transportation Trust Fund - Requires that all moneys now in the Highway Trust Fund or which would be credited to that fund shall instead be paid into a fund hereby established in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the Unified Surface Transportation Fund. Provides that such transfers as are currently authorized to be made into the Highway Trust Fund shall be made into the Unified Surface Transportation Fund. Requires rail carriers which convey rail lines to the Department pursuant to title II of this Act to pay into the Unified Surface Transportation Fund such moneys as the Commission shall determine in accord with enumerated criteria. Title IV: Federal Railroad Maintenance and Improvement - Directs the Department of Transportation to maintain and improve the rail lines conveyed to it by the rail carriers. Directs the Secretary to designate an interstate railroad system composed of rail lines linking: (1) large metropolitan areas; and (2) major areas producing agricultural, commodity, and manufactured products with market areas for those products. Directs the Secretary to designate a regional railroad system composed of routes linking regional metropolitan areas with the Interstate Railroad System. Directs the Secretary to designate a local railroad system composed of routes linking small communities and sources of agricultural, commodity, and manufactured products with either the interstate or regional railroad system. Requires that the Secretary shall not abandon any rail line conveyed unless: (1) public hearings are held at least six months in advance of the proposed date of abandonment to consider the impact such abandonment would have; (2) it is determined that adequate alternative modes of transportation are in existence; (3) it is determined that there is inadequate potential freight volume to make the rail line profitable at current tariffs; and (4) that shippers or State and local governments are unwilling to subsidize the continued operation of that rail line. Title V: Maintenance and Improvement - Provides for the maintenance and improvement of rail lines conveyed under this Act. Requires that the construction of improvements shall be undertaken by privately owned construction companies who have engaged in a process of competitive bidding as specified by the Secretary in regulations he shall cause to be published in the Federal Register. Title VI: Rail Line Condition and Arbitration - Provides that in the event that a rail carrier receiving a Certificate of the Right to Carriage believes that the Department has failed to execute its responsibility under title IV of this Act, that carrier may request that the issue be submitted to compulsory arbitration. States that a report of findings and conclusions shall determine: (1) if the rail line meets the performance standards designated by the Secretary; (2) if the rail line has deteriorated from its condition at time of conveyance; (3) if the findings in (2) of this part is affirmative, the report shall conclude what steps should be taken to insure that the rail lines are adequately maintained; (4) and if the finding in (1) is negative, and if the schedule adopted by the Secretary pursuant to title VI of this Act requires that the rail line be maintained at that level, the report shall conclude what steps should be taken to insure that such standards will be met. Title VII: Impoundment - States that appropriations from the Unified Surface Transportation Fund shall not be subject to impoundment by the President, the Office of Management and Budget, or the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to not withhold or delay the expenditure of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any reason other than those necessary for the proper management of the functions assigned to him by this Act. Title VIII: Repeal Of Certain Sections Of Public Law 93-236 - Provides that this Act shall repeal any sections of Public Law 93-236 in conflict with it. Provides that all abandonment of rail lines shall be pursuant to the provisions of title IV of this Act. Title IX: The Property Tax Replacement - Establishes in the United States Treasury a fund known as the Property Tax Replacement Fund. Provides that those sums necessary to accomplish the payment of this title may be appropriated to this fund. Provides that the Governor of each State may certify to the Secretary of the Treasury one year after the conveyance of rail lines in his State, a report detailing the loss of property tax revenue resulting from such conveyance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payment to each Governor who certifies a report pursuant to this title in an amount provided for under a schedule set forth in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish such regulations as he deems necessary consistent with this Act for accomplishing the functions assigned to him in this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1158 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that, during the period pending investigation and action by the Civil Aeronautics Board on an order suspending a proposal by Western airlines to extend its Hawaii triangle coach fares beyond the current expiration date of May 31, 1974, Western Airlines be granted an extension of its Hawaii triangle fares.
Law· SS. 3546 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Extends, under the Water Resources Development Act, for one year the time in which the States of Illinois and Missouri may enter into a contract, either jointly or individually, with the city of Chester, Illinois, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Chester Bridge.
Bill· HRH.R. 15055 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or a nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 15056 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or a nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 15018 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Extends, under the Water Resources Development Act, for one year the time in which the States of Illinois, and Missouri may enter into a contract, either jointly or individually, with the city of Chester, Illinois, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Chester Bridge.
Bill· HRH.R. 14990 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to investigate and report to the Congress with respect to whether railroad facilities and equipment owned and operated by the Penn Central Railroad Company meet Federal safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 15011 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
Extends the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, relating to war risk insurance, for an additional five years, ending September 7, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 14970 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to provide financial assistance for 24 months based on fuel price increases resulting from the energy crisis to United States air carriers engaged in overseas and foreign air transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 14917 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Directs the owners of bridges over navigable waters of the United States to submit to the Secretary of Transportation for approval general plans and specifications to provide for such alteration of any bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the necessities of railroad or highway traffic, or both. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 514)
Bill· HRH.R. 14932 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 for the purposes of carrying out the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Control Act of 1970. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress by March 17, 1976, a report describing the areas of railroad safety for which Federal safety standards have or have not been issued pursuant to the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, and a description of the railroad safety program underway or planned in each State as of June 30, 1975. Provides for a civil penalty between $250 and $2500 for the failure of a common carrier to make an accident report as required by the Accident Reports Act, if no penalty is assessed under the prior provisions of that Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14928 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Revises the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by increasing the period of time during which interested members of the public may comment on proposed preliminary railway system plans. Increases the time limit within which the United States Railway Association shall submit a final railway system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 14885 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Authorizes States whose highway trust fund apportionments have been withheld through impoundment to construct qualified highways in advance of receipt of the impounded funds. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 115)
Bill· HRH.R. 14887 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Authorizes the operation of foreign-built dredges as trailing hopper-dredges in the United States under conditions specified in this Act.
Law· SS. 3490 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Provides that sums authorized for fiscal year 1972 and apportioned to States for forest highways shall remain available until expended.
Bill· HRH.R. 14789 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Bicycle Safety Act - Make it the purpose of this Act to reduce the number of bicycles inadequately assembled and thereby aid in eliminating a major cause of bicycle-related accidents by requiring any retail dealer engaging in interstate commerce to assemble fully any bicycle sold by such dealer. Requires that any retail dealer who engages in interstate commerce shall: (1) assemble fully, prior to the purchaser's taking possession of, any bicycle sold by such dealer; and (2) disclose, prior to such sale, to any such purchaser the requirement of this Act in a manner to be determined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Provides that any retail dealer who fails to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each such failure. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission, established by the Consumer Product Safety Act, to prescribe rules for the administration and the enforcement of this Act no later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14762 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Provides for import duty-free treatment of any aircraft engine used as a temporary replacement for an aircraft engine being overhauled within the United States if duty was paid on such replacement engine during a previous importation.
Law· SS. 3481 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall take all appropriate actions within their jurisdictions to attempt to eliminate discrimination and unfair competitive practices against United States air carriers in the international air transportation industry. Provides for compensating changes to be imposed on foreign air carriers of the country concerned if discriminatory charges against United States air carriers are not reduced or eliminated within a reasonable time after negotiations are undertaken for such purpose. States that the amounts so collected shall be used to compensate such air carriers for the excessive or discriminatory charges paid by them to the foreign countries involved. Provides that the Postmaster General shall not authorize a higher rate of compensation for the transportation by foreign carriers of mail between the United States and such foreign country as that country pays to air carriers transporting its mail by aircraft between such country and the United States. Requires that the Government-financed air transportation of passengers and property be provided by air carriers holding certificates under the Federal Aviation Act to the extent practicable.
Bill· SS. 3485 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974
Revises the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by increasing the period of time during which interested members of the public may comment on proposed preliminary railway system plans. Increases the time limit within which the United States Railway Association shall submit a final railway system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 14744 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).