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Bill· SS. 960 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to evaluate training programs conducted by Federal, State, and local agencies and private organizations for those who are involved in the transportation of hazardous materials under the authority of such Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an interim report within four months and such final evaluation within eight months following the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to develop appropriate training programs and to make recommendations as to how to improve existing programs. Directs the Secretary to maintain an information service to disseminate instructional materials for use in training personnel in safe and proper methods of transporting hazardous materials. Directs the Secretary to establish or encourage establishment of regional training centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the development and implementation of programs for the enforcement of Federal rules, regulations, standards, and orders applicable to hazardous materials transportation. Directs the Secretary to formulate procedures for a State to submit a plan with regard to hazardous materials transportation. Sets forth criteria for approval of such plans. Provides for a continuing evaluation of such plans. Specifies procedures for the withdrawal of approval of a plan. Directs the Secretary to reimburse a State up to 50 percent for costs related to such plans. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act and in consultation with Federal agencies and State, local, and regional governments, to determine whether to issue regulations with regard to the routing of hazardous materials being transported in interstate commerce. Sets forth criteria to be considered in promulgating such regulations. Directs the Secretary, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the establishment of a prenotification system that would inform State or local governments in advance of the timing, nature, and routing of hazardous materials shipments through their jurisdictions. Specifies groups and organizations to be consulted in preparing such report. Authorizes one or more demonstration projects of such system. Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with the Secretary and other responsible agencies, to study and evaluate programs that provide training to agencies or organizations responsible for responding to incidents involving hazardous materials transportation. Requires that such study be submitted to Congress within a specified time. Authorizes the Director, in coordination with the Secretary, to develop appropriate training programs for such incident response personnel. Directs the Secretary, or the Director, to maintain an information dissemination service that provides the necessary instructional materials for training personnel in safe and proper methods for responding to such incidents. Authorizes the Director to make emergency response planning grants to State, regional, and local governments for specified purposes. Directs the Director to establish the necessary rules and regulations concerning the administration of such grants. Specifies research and development activities to be conducted by the Director in coordination with the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act. Permits the Secretary to enter into a contract with a private entity for use of a supplemental reporting system and data center operated and maintained by such entity.
Bill· HRH.R. 3197 (97th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981
Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Interstate Highway System for fiscal years 1983 through 1990. Limits the obligation of such funds to specified objectives. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in making the revised estimate of the cost by completing the then designated Interstate System, to include only those costs eligible under such Act, as amended. Authorizes the Secretary to assess the status of all incomplete segments of the Interstate System and to withdraw approval of any routes as appropriate. Directs the Secretary to use specified apportionment factors in allocating funds for the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986, out of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) the Federal aid primary system in rural and urban areas; (2) forest highways; (3) public lands highways; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (5) resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing (through fiscal year 1987) certain nontoll portions of the Interstate System. Directs that the unobligated balance of contract authority established by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1978 for the Great River Road and highway safety programs shall lapse September 30, 1981. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Makes highway reconstruction eligible for Interstate System apportioned funds. Revises Interstate System resurfacing procedures and the Federal share thereof. Establishes a discretionary fund with unobligated Interstate System funds. Directs the Secretary, in allocating such funds, to give priority to specified Interstate System projects. Repeals appropriations for and provisions related to the priority primary route program. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of funds for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs that emergency financial assistance necessitated by national natural disasters or catastrophic failures shall be authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund. Increases the authorization for such emergency assistance. Limits, to a specified sum, the amount of such assistance to any State. Allows funds allocated to an urbanized area to be transferred to another such area or to the State under certain circumstances. Removes the limit on appropriations for defense access roads. Revises the Secretary's authority with regard to a State's failure to maintain projects under its jurisdiction. Allows the Secretary to discharge any responsibilities under such Act relative to the physical construction phase of Interstate resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction projects by using certain certification procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the inspection of construction and repair projects (currently directs the Secretary to make a final inspection). Amends such Act and the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 to delete the prohibition on the use of land from a historic site of national, State, or local significance for transportation projects. Authorizes the Secretary, upon application of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to approve reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Sets forth funding criteria for such project and limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the project cost. Directs that the parties shall agree, as a condition precedent to such reconstruction and rehabilitation, to convey the respective portions of the Bridge to Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia without monetary consideration. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act in cooperation with Federal and State agencies and foreign countries without regard to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Repeals the territorial highway program. Repeals the provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 dealing with the acceleration of bridge projects. Authorizes the Secretary to approve, for Federal financial assistance, projects for use as preferential parking for carpools. Sets forth criteria for the operation and management of such parking facilities. Amends the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 to allow limited truck traffic on the Highland Scenic Highway. States that such commercial use by trucks may be limited and controlled by permit. Limits funds for research and planning to specified amounts. Specifies the Federal share of such funding pursuant to certain criteria. Transfers to the Secretary the functions, powers, and duties of the Appalachian Regional Commission related to the Appalachian Development Highway. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for such Highway system for fiscal years 1982 through 1986. Increases the Federal share for such Highway system. Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1981 - Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for highway safety programs and highway safety research and development. Repeals provisions that require the Secretary's approval of a State's highway safety program. Revises specified highway safety program requirements. Repeals provisions relating to: (1) school bus driver training; and (2) innovative project grants. Title III: Highway Revenue Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, through fiscal year 1989, the excise taxes that are transferred into the Highway Trust Fund. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to extend, for six years, the Highway Trust Fund. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend, for six years, the land and water conservation fund within the Department of the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 3184 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 (passive occupant restraint) so that such standard does not require any manufacturer to install an automatic occupant restraint system in any motor vehicle.
Bill· HRH.R. 3183 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 (passive occupant restraint) so that such standard does not require any manufacturer to install an automatic occupant restraint system in any motor vehicle.
Bill· SS. 927 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Motor Bus Act of 1981 - Sets forth the findings of Congress in regard to the need for a safe, competitive, and fuel-efficient motor bus system. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the effects of this Act no less than annually for five years following the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to include the interstate motor carrier transportation of passengers in the overall transportation policy of the United States. Revises the entry policy for motor carriers of passengers. Eliminates specified restrictions on the operations of motor carriers of passengers, including charter and special operations carriers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to: (1) eliminate gateway restrictions and circuitous route limitations; and (2) implement procedures to expedite processing of applications seeking removal of operating restrictions. Authorizes a motor carrier of passengers to provide transportation between any two points on its regular routes regardless of whether such points lie within the same State. Sets forth the zone of pricing freedom for motor carriers of passengers. Permits the Commission to increase rates within specified percentage ranges. Declares that rates and fares implemented pursuant to this Act shall be subject to specified antitrust laws. Describes the use of rate bureaus and motor carrier brokers of passengers by motor carriers of passengers. Authorizes the Commission to grant, to motor carriers of passengers, emergency temporary authority to provide transportation. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for any vehicle operated in interstate commerce by a motor carrier of passengers. Prohibits a State, political subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or other political agency from enacting or enforcing any law or regulation relating to the discontinuance of regular-route service by an authorized motor common carrier of passengers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate rules for the discontinuance of essential intrastate and interstate regular route service by such carriers. Describes procedures postponing or challenging such discontinuances. Empowers the Commission to enjoin discontinuances that do not comply with such procedures. Sets forth procedures for certification of State authorities that regulate passenger fares and express rates. Authorizes a motor common carrier of passengers to provide: (1) charter passenger service in the same vehicle and at the same time as it provides regular route, scheduled passenger service; and (2) transportation for newspapers, baggage of passengers, or mail in the same motor vehicle with passengers or in a separate vehicle of any type. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress on more flexible entry policies for the motor bus industry. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Commission to report to the President and Congress on the relationship between the ownership and location of bus terminals and the level of competition among bus carriers. Prohibits a State or subdivision thereof from levying a discriminatory or unreasonably burdensome tax on interstate motor carrier transportation.
Bill· SS. 926 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Bus Regulatory Modernization and Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to include the interstate motor carrier transportation of passengers in the overall transportation policy of the United States. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue a certificate, under specified circumstances, to a person authorizing that person to provide transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as a motor common carrier of passengers. Places upon the applicant for such certificate the burden of proving that: (1) he is fit, willing, and able to provide such transportation; and (2) such transportation would serve a useful public purpose. Lists factors to be considered by the Commission in its determination of whether an application is consistent with the public convenience and necessity. Prohibits the Commission from issuing such certificates to specified public carriers and foreign governments. Exempts specified charter and special operations carriers from certain requirements of this Act. Sets forth procedures by which the Commission shall approve an application for a certificate. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules of procedure for processing such applications. Revises criteria concerning: (1) the investigation and suspension of new nonrail carrier rates, classifications, rules, and practices; and (2) ratemaking and rate bureaus to include motor carriers of passengers. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to increase the membership of the Motor Carrier Ratemaking Study Commission to include a representative of the National Bus Traffic Association. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to revise State authority over intrastate transportation to include transportation provided by motor carriers of passengers. Prohibits a State, political subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or other political agency from enacting or enforcing any law or regulation relating to the discontinuance of regular-route service by an authorized motor common carrier of passengers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate rules for the discontinuance of essential intrastate and interstate regular route service by such carriers. Describes procedures for postponing or challenging such discontinuances. Authorizes the Commission to order a carrier to continue service on such routes under certain circumstances. Prohibits a State or subdivision thereof from levying a discriminatory or unreasonably burdensome tax on interstate motor carrier transportation. Amends such Act and the Securities Act of 1933 to specify that only motor carriers of property (currently "motor carriers") may issue securities and assume obligations and liabilities. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for any vehicle operated in interstate commerce by a motor carrier of passengers. Requires, under certain circumstances, that the Secretary of Transportation certify to the Commission that an applicant is in compliance with applicable Federal motor carrier safety regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 3143 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Mass Transportation Maintenance Assistance Act of 1981 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to local public bodies for maintenance expenses of mass transportation systems. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1983 through 1986. Allocates ten percent of such appropriation to States according to specified formula. Limits the expenditure of such funds to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 which have maintenance programs approved under this Act. Apportions the remainder of such appropriations to urbanized areas with populations of over 200,000. Limits to 15 percent of operating costs the amount of such grants for maintenance expenses. Directs the Secretary to develop a system of measuring improved efficiency of mass transportation systems resulting from such maintenance programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus related facilities. Authorizes appropriations, to remain available until expended, for such grants for fiscal years 1983 through 1986. Sets forth an apportionment formula for such funds. Directs a Governor to: (1) take service based factors into account when distributing such funds; and (2) report annually to the Secretary concerning such allocations. Directs that sums apportioned under this Act shall be available for obligation by the Governor or designated recipient for three years following the close of the fiscal year for which they were apportioned. Limits the Federal share of any project for: (1) the payment of maintenance expenses to 75 percent; and (2) the purchase of buses and related equipment to 80 percent. Specifies criteria by which a grant applicant shall be found eligible for approval. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for formula grants for areas other than urbanized areas. Limits the application of this Act to amounts apportioned for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 3151 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct that motor vehicle safety standards established by the Secretary of Transportation that require the installation of any automatic occupant restraint system in passenger cars: (1) shall not apply to cars manufactured before September 1, 1983; and (2) shall thereafter apply equally to passenger cars.
Law· SS. 896 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Designates the air traffic control tower at Memphis International Airport as Omlie Tower.
Bill· HRH.R. 3072 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Designates the air traffic control tower at Memphis International Airport as Omlie Tower.
Bill· HRH.R. 3121 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Prohibits the State of California from restricting to high-occupancy vehicles the use of any highway lane on the Federal-aid system in the unincorporated areas of Alameda County.
Bill· HRH.R. 3094 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Directs the Chief of Engineers, in lieu of local interests, to dredge and maintain a suitable channel of a specified depth and distance from the inner end of the navigation project for Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts.
Bill· SS. 877 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1981
Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for certain Department of Commerce maritime programs including: (1) ship construction and acquisition; (2) operating-differential subsidy payments; (3) research and development; (4) operations and training; (5) fleet expenses; and (6) maritime education. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for employee benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 2960 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the purposes of such Act. Allows the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a contract with a private entity for use of a supplemental reporting system and data center operated and maintained by such entity.
Bill· HRH.R. 2961 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 2959 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Requires the appropriate non-Federal public body to reimburse the Federal Government for expenditures by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for certain operation, maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation activities concerning deep draft channels or ocean or Great Lakes ports. Makes such reimbursement requirement effective commencing October 1, 1982. Provides for annual payments thereafter. 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. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the rate of interest to be charged on any unpaid balance. Allows non-Federal public bodies to secure financing through means other than provided for in this Act. Permits an affected non-Federal public body to recover its reimbursement obligation by collecting fees from specified vessels engaged in commercial waterway transportation in such deep draft channels or ports. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines concerning such fee collections. States that this Act shall not prohibit or interfere with national defense transportation requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report annually to Congress on the actual and anticipated receipts of such fee collections. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to study, design, construct, and rehabilitate channel and port projects according to the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2962 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Inland Waterway User Fee Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to prescribe a system of user fees to be levied on commercial transportation on the inland waterway system pursuant to this Act. Sets forth criteria by which such fees shall be established. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to utilize various mechanisms as means to recover Federal costs from system users. Specifies that such fees shall recover 100 percent of Federal operation and maintenance expenditures and an amount necessary to amortize capital expenditures for rehabilitation or replacement of existing structures completed after October 1, 1981. Directs that such fees shall be credited to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to pay user fees. Lists, by project, the percentage of Federal expenditures for operation, maintenance, construction, and rehabilitation of inland waterway projects to be assigned to commercial waterway transportation. Specifies that costs assigned to commercial waterway transportation for the Mississippi River and tributaries project shall be 25 percent of total project costs. Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to make amounts in the Trust Fund available for operation and maintenance expenditures for navigation on all inland and intracoastal waterways with an authorized depth of 14 feet or less used for commercial transportation. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 841 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1981
Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Interstate Highway System for fiscal years 1983 through 1990. Limits the obligation of such funds to specified objectives. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in making the revised estimate of the cost of completing the then designated Interstate System, to include only those costs eligible under such Act, as amended. Authorizes the Secretary to assess the status of all incomplete segments of the Interstate System and to withdraw approval of any routes as appropriate. Directs the Secretary to use specified apportionment factors in allocating funds for the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986, out of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) the Federal aid primary system in rural and urban areas; (2) forest highways; (3) public lands highways; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (5) resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing (through fiscal year 1987) certain nontoll portions of the Interstate System. Directs that the unobligated balance of contract authority established by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1978 for the Great River Road and highway safety programs shall lapse September 30, 1981. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Makes highway reconstruction eligible for Interstate System apportioned funds. Revises Interstate System resurfacing procedures and the Federal share thereof. Establishes a discretionary fund with unobligated Interstate System funds. Directs the Secretary, in allocating such funds, to give priority to specified Interstate System projects. Repeals appropriations for and provisions related to the priority primary route program. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of funds for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs that emergency financial assistance necessitated by natural disasters or catastrophic failures shall be authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund. Increases the authorization for such emergency assistance. Limits, to a specified sum, the amount of such assistance to any State. Allows funds allocated to an urbanized area to be transferred to another such area or to the State under certain circumstances. Removes the limit on appropriations for defense access roads. Revises the Secretary's authority with regard to a State's failure to maintain projects under its jurisdiction. Allows the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities under such Act relative to the physical construction phase of Interstate resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction projects using certain certification procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the inspection of construction and repair projects (formerly, directed the Secretary to make a final inspection). Amends such Act and the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 to delete the prohibition on the use of land from a historic site of national, State, or local significance for transportation projects. Authorizes the Secretary, upon application of the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, to approve reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Sets forth funding criteria for such project and limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the project cost. Directs that the parties shall agree, as a condition precedent to such reconstruction and rehabilitation, to convey the respective portions of the bridge to the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia without monetary consideration. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act in cooperation with Federal and State agencies and foreign countries without regard to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Repeals the territorial highway program. Repeals the provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 dealing with the acceleration of bridge projects. Authorizes the Secretary to approve, for Federal financial assistance, projects for use as preferential parking for carpools. Sets forth criteria for the operation and management of such parking facilities. Amends the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 to allow limited truck traffic on the Highland Science Highway. States that such commercial use by trucks may be limited and controlled by permit. Limits funds for research and planning to specified amounts. Specifies the Federal share of such funding pursuant to certain criteria. Transfers to the Secretary the functions, powers, and duties of the Appalachian Regional Commission related to the Appalachian Development Highway. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for such Highway system for fiscal years 1982 through 1986. Increases the Federal share for such highway system. Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1981 - Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for highway safety programs and highway safety research and development. Repeals provisions that require the Secretary's approval of a State's highway safety program. Revises specified highway safety program requirements. Repeals provisions relating to: (1) school bus driver training; and (2) innovative project grants. Title III: Highway Revenue Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, through fiscal year 1989, the excise taxes that are transferred into the Highway Trust Fund. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to extend, for six years, the Highway Trust Fund. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend, for six years, the land and water conservation fund within the Department of the Treasury.
Law· SS. 831 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1981
Coast Guard Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: 1982 Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) the alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters; and (4) research, development, testing, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard an end-year strength of 39,904 active duty personnel. Authorizes average military training student loads. Title II: Coast Guard Management - Authorizes the Coast Guard to place orders for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services of any kind that any requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply or obtain. Excludes specified reserve officers on active duty from the active duty promotion list. Makes the rear admiral designated by the Commandant to the position of Chief of Staff the senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay. Eliminates a reservist's exemption from registration and liability for military training and service under other law. Increases the authorization of appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981. Increases the end-year strength of active duty personnel for fiscal year 1981 from 39,600 to 39,819. Permits the Commandant of the Coast Guard to authorize the installation and use of telephones in residences leased or owned by the Government of the United States to assure efficient response to extraordinary operational contingencies. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1983 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1983 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2924 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to take whatever steps are necessary, including research and development, to promulgate standards for an airborne collision avoidance system for all United States aircraft, both civil and military, to improve aviation safety. Requires the Secretary to promulgate such regulations within one year. Sets forth certain requirements with regard to such system which the Secretary shall include in such regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2930 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1981
Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review and revise the existing national airport system plan to provide for the development of public-use airports in the United States. Directs that such plan shall include the type and estimated cost of eligible airport development considered by the Secretary to be necessary to provide a safe and efficient system of public-use airports to anticipate and meet the needs of civil aeronautics, to meet requirements in support of the national defense, and to meet the needs of the postal service. Directs the Department of Defense to make military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the extent feasible. States that the costs of site preparation work associated with acquisition, establishment, or improvement of air navigation facilities shall be charged to funds appropriated to the Secretary by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for airport development and planning in the form of project grants, block-grants, or block-grant supplements. Limits the annual funding level for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1986 to a specified sum. Prohibits the Secretary from incurring obligations: (1) for such grants after September 30, 1986; and (2) for airport development or planning at ineligible airports. Authorizes appropriations out of such fund for fiscal years 1981 through 1986 for: (1) the establishment and improvement of air navigation facilities; (2) airport research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects; (3) training State and local government employees to carry out the purposes of this Act; (4) costs of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services; and (5) costs incurred in operating and maintaining air navigation facilities in a safe and efficient condition. Sets forth the method for apportioning the funds made available under this Act. Specifies conditions which determine eligibility for funding under this Act. Sets forth procedures for submission of project-grant and block-grant airport development applications and requirements which must be satisfied to approve such applications. Requires a sponsor of an airport project to hold public hearings where the project-grant application involves the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a major runway extension. Directs that such a grant shall not be made unless the Governor of the State in which the project is to be located certifies in writing to the Secretary that there is a reasonable assurance that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated so as to comply with applicable air and water quality standards. Authorizes the Secretary to approve standards (other than standards for safety of approaches) established by a State for airport development at public-use airports which are not primary airports. Authorizes the Secretary, in connection with any project-grant, to require the project sponsor to certify that all of the statutory and administrative requirements imposed by this Act will be observed. Directs that the United States' share of allowable project costs for a project approved under this Act shall not exceed 75 percent of its cost. Establishes higher percentages for projects in States containing specified amounts of public lands. Imposes upon the Secretary, as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project contained in a project grant application submitted under this Act, the duty to receive written assurances that: (1) such airport will be available for public use on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms; (2) such airport and related facilities will be suitably operated and maintained, with due regard to climatic and flood conditions; (3) the aerial approaches to such airport will be adequately cleared, protected, and hazard-free; (4) land in the immediate vicinity of such airport will be used for purposes compatible with airport operations; (5) such airport's facilities will be available for use by United States Government aircraft; (6) the airport operator or owner will furnish certain land, water, or estate therein to the Federal Government for use in connection with air traffic control, navigation, weather reporting, or communications activities related to air traffic control; (7) the airport operator or owner will maintain a fee and rental structure for the facilities and services being provided to airport users which will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible; (8) the airport and all airport records will be available for the Secretary's inspection; and (9) such operator or owner who receives a grant for the purchase of land for noise compatibility purposes which is conditioned on the disposal of the acquired land at the earliest practicable time will use its best efforts to so dispose of such land. Authorizes the Secretary to relieve a project sponsor from contractual obligations entered into under this Act, the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, or the Federal Airport Act, to provide free space in airport buildings to the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary, upon approving a project grant application, to transmit an offer to the sponsors thereof to make a grant for the U.S. share of allowable project costs. Sets forth procedures for the execution of such agreements. Directs the Secretary first to determine that the cost of any airport development or planning project is allowable before the United States pays from amounts appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth criteria to be used in determining whether such costs are allowable. Authorizes the Secretary to approve, as allowable costs of an airport development project, terminal development costs in nonrevenue producing public-use areas which are directly related to the movement of passengers and baggage. Limits, under specified conditions, amounts to be obligated for project costs. Directs that the U.S. share of such costs shall not exceed 50 percent. Describes project costs not allowed under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to determine, within certain parameters, the times and amounts in which payments shall be made under such agreements. Directs that construction work on projects funded under this Act shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Secretary and shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. States that contracts in excess of $2,000 for such construction projects shall include provisions establishing minimum rates of wages to be predetermined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Requires that construction contracts for airport development projects grant employment preferences to Vietnam and disabled veterans. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in the event that a public airport project will require the use of Federal lands, to request the head of the Federal agency or department controlling such lands to transfer the necessary property interests to the public agency sponsoring the project or which owns or controls the airport involved. Requires the head of such an agency or department to notify the Secretary within four months of its decision with respect to such a request. Exempts from such requests lands under the administration of the National Park Service, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System or similar areas under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, or within any national forest or Indian reservation. Sets forth criminal penalties for fraudulent acts committed with respect to projects under this Act. Specifies recordkeeping and auditing requirements in regard to projects under this Act. Directs the Secretary to take affirmative action to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from participating in any activity conducted with funds received from any grant made under this Act. Provides that no obligation for airport development shall be incurred by the Secretary after September 30, 1981, at any airport which enplanes more than one and four-tenths percent (.50 percent after September 30, 1982) of the total number of passengers enplaned in calendar year 1979 at all commercial service airports. Authorizes other airports after such date to elect not to receive such assistance. Directs the Secretary to issue criteria pursuant to which an owner or operator of an airport that becomes ineligible to receive Federal assistance under this Act may terminate any existing assurances, requirements, or contractual obligations with the United States that arose from the acceptance of such Federal assistance. Sets forth procedures for the termination of such obligations. Requires that any airport which receives assistance under this Act, the Federal Airport Act of 1946, the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, or the Surplus Property Act of 1944 shall be available for public use on fair and reasonable terms without unjust discrimination. Repeals sections of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 relating to airport development funding. Title II: Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate, and revise the rates of, the taxes on fuel used in noncommercial aviation. Reduces the airline ticket tax for individual travel from eight to six and one half percent. Reinstates the tax on the use of international travel facilities and the tax on transportation of property by air. Amends the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970 to continue the transfer of such taxes to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund beyond June 30, 1981. Extends, beyond June 30, 1981, the availability of Trust Fund assets for specified expenditures. Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit the imposition by a State (or political subdivision thereof) of a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge for the use of any airport that is ineligible to receive Federal assistance for airport development or planning under this Act. Revises standards by which airports are granted operating certificates. Amends the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 to redefine "airport" and "airport operator" for purposes of such Act. Limits, to specified air carriers, loan guarantees for the purchase of limited seating aircraft. Title IV: Accelerated Sunset of the Civil Aeronautics Board - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 to accelerate, to September 30, 1982, the termination of the Civil Aeronautics Board and the transfer of its functions. Revises, to January 1, 1982, the date by which the Board shall submit to Congress a comprehensive review of its implementation of such Acts.
Bill· SS. 828 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1981
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake navigation improvements to: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; and (3) deep-draft access to the Ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for each such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other pertinent statutory requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop and maintain the Nation's rivers, harbors, and other waterways to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation and foreign and domestic commerce. Requires the Chief of Engineers, prior to initiation of any such work, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement. Requires each such statement to be submitted to Congress within one year of the date of the completion of the draft environmental impact statement. Declares that the absence of a concurrent resolution of Congressional disapproval within 60 days after submission shall constitute a determination of compliance with the appropriate environmental requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request of responsible non-Federal interests and subject to written agreements by such interests to repay or reimburse the Federal government, to plan and design terminals, berthing areas, storage, and transfer facilities at the harbors and ports authorized by and in accordance with this Act. Declares that environmental impact statements for such projects and improvements authorized by this Act, findings and determinations by Congress, and actions to carry out such projects and improvements shall not be subject to judicial review except for claims alleging: (1) invalidity of this Act; and (2) unconstitutionality. Gives exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. district court for the district where the improvement is located. Gives docket priority to such proceedings in such court. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Authorizes the transfer of Department of the Army civil works funds until such appropriation.
Bill· SS. 809 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Requires the appropriate non-Federal public body to reimburse the Federal Government for expenditures by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for certain operation, maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation activities concerning deep draft channels or ocean or Great Lakes ports. Makes such reimbursement effective commencing October 1, 1982. Provides for annual payments thereafter. 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. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the rate of interest to be charged on any unpaid balance. Allows non-Federal public bodies to secure financing through means other than those provided for in this Act. Permits an affected non-Federal public body to recover its reimbursement obligation by collecting fees from specified vessels engaged in commercial waterway transportation in such deep draft channels or ports. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines concerning such fee collections. States that this Act shall not prohibit or interfere with national defense transportation requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report annually to Congress on the actual and anticipated receipts of such fee collections. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to study, design, construct, and rehabilitate channel and port projects according to the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 810 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Inland Waterway User Fee Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to prescribe a system of user fees to be levied on commercial transportation on the inland waterway system pursuant to this Act. Sets forth criteria by which such fees shall be established. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to utilize various mechanisms as means to recover Federal costs from system users. Specifies that such fees shall recover 100 percent of Federal operation and maintenance expenditures and an amount necessary to amortize capital expenditures for rehabilitation or replacement of existing structures completed after October 1, 1981. Directs that such fees shall be credited to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to pay user fees. Lists, by project, the percentage of Federal expenditures for operation, maintenance, construction, and rehabilitation of inland waterway projects to be assigned to commercial waterway transportation. Specifies that costs assigned to commercial waterway transportation for the Mississippi River and tributaries project shall be 25 percent of total project costs. Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to make amounts in the Trust Fund available for operation and maintenance expenditures for navigation on all inland and intracoastal waterways with an authorized depth of 14 feet or less used for commercial transportation. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 808 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Air Traffic Controller Act of 1981 - Redefines the terms "air traffic controller" and "controller," for purposes of civil service provisions, to mean any air traffic control specialist of the GS-2152 series. Establishes a salary classification system for air traffic controllers. Requires: (1) semiannual salary cost of living adjustments of one and one half percent for each one percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI); (2) an additional ten percent increase annually; and (3) automatic annual step increases within and between pay grades. Establishes differential payments for hours worked during a night shift, midnight shift, weekend, or assignment as an on-the-job training instructor. Exempts the salary of an air traffic controller from provisions limiting the pay of Federal employees. Establishes a work week of four consecutive eight-hour days for controllers. Entitles controllers to form labor organizations and bargain collectively for wages, hours, leave, and other terms of employment. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations providing that: (1) a controller shall be eligible for retirement with a reduced pension after fifteen years of service, or full retirement with an income equal to 75 percent of the controller's highest salary after 20 years of service, regardless of age; and (2) retired controllers shall receive a semiannual cost of living increase of seven percent or the percentage increase in the CPI, whichever is larger.
Bill· SS. 813 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Modifies the Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, navigation project to authorize the enlargement of the turning basin known as area E by extending it eastward for up to 500 feet and northward to within 150 feet of the east breakwater.
Bill· HRH.R. 2831 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Exempts vehicles transporting livestock on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways from certain weight limitations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2866 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the purposes of such Act for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. States that such sums shall remain available until expended. States that certain investigations conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board shall have priority over all other investigations conducted by Federal regulatory agencies. Includes aviation incidents under requirements binding on persons reporting such incidents subject to the Board's investigatory jurisdiction. Specifies that any properly credentialed employee of the Board, in investigating a transportation accident, may examine and test any materials determined to be required for the purpose of the investigation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2836 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Repeals the 55 miles per hour national maximum speed limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 2785 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1981
Puerto Rico Transportation Equalization Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to reimburse eligible exporters and importers for the difference between ocean freight rates charged for shipping any eligible commodity on U.S. vessels between the United States and Puerto Rico and the rates charged by foreign-flag carriers for shipping such commodities on similar routes using similar vessels. Defines "eligible commodity" to include petroleum, petrochemical products, natural gas, coal, and certain products used in agricultural production. Requires the Secretary, before reimbursing such exporter or importer, to: (1) determine that the benefits of reimbursement will be realized by consumers or local producers of such commodity, depending upon whether the commodity is imported or exported; and (2) enter a contract with such importer or exporter. Provides for renewal of such contract.
Bill· SS. 741 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine the economic impact of a rail line abandonment when public convenience and necessity require or permit such abandonment. Directs the Commission, where such an abandonment will have an adverse affect upon a leaseholder and community, to provide specified conditions in its order of abandonment. Requires submission of disagreements as to the price for the sale of the subject property to binding arbitration.
Bill· HRH.R. 2643 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to publish biennially the status of the existing national airport system plan to provide for the development of public-use airports in the United States. Directs that such plan shall include the type and estimated cost of eligible airport development considered by the Secretary to be necessary to provide a safe and efficient system of public use airports to anticipate and meet the needs of civil aeronautics, requirements in support of the national defense, and the needs of the Postal Service. Declares that such plan shall be known as the national plan of integrated airport systems. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to submit to the Congress, and revise and publish annually, a national airways system plan. Specifies that such plan shall set forth, for a ten-year period, the programs, facilities, and equipment considered by the Administrator to be necessary for a system of airways, air traffic services, and navigation aids which will meet the needs of: (1) civil aeronautics; (2) the national defense; and (3) air commerce safety. Sets forth additional information to be included in such plan. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the operations of such national airways system. Directs the Department of Defense to make military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the extent feasible. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an evaluation of the military airport system and a plan to make military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the maximum extent feasible. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for airport development and planning in the form of project grants. Sets forth the aggregate funding level for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. States that no obligation shall be incurred by the Secretary for airport development at a privately owned public-use airport unless the Secretary receives assurances that such airport will continue to function as a public-use airport during the economic life (no less than ten years) of any facility at such airport that was developed with Federal financial assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations out of the Trust Fund for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 for: (1) the establishment of air navigation facilities (of which not less than 20 percent of the total amount appropriated shall be for the installation of guidance and safety equipment at commercial service and reliever airports); (2) airport research, engineering, and development, and demonstration projects; (3) training of State and local government employees to carry out the purposes of this Act; (4) costs of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services; and (5) costs incurred in operating and maintaining air navigation facilities in a safe and efficient condition. Limits expenditures for such services and facilities. Prohibits appropriations from the Trust Fund to carry out programs or activities, except as specified, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Directs that amounts authorized shall remain available in the Trust Fund until appropriated for the purposes described. States that amounts transferred to the Trust Fund by the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970 may not be appropriated for administrative expenses of the Department of Transportation. Grants the Secretary the authority to obligate to an airport by grant agreement the unobligated balance of amounts that were apportioned in prior fiscal years and that remain available for approved airport development projects, in addition to amounts authorized for that fiscal year by this Act. Directs the Administrator to submit budget information or legislative recommendations to specified Congressional officials and committees whenever he submits these to the Executive Branch. Sets forth the method for apportioning the funds made available under this Act. Specifies conditions applicable to such apportionments for airports, including primary airports and primary hubs, airport system planning, and ground access projects. Directs that not less than $7,500,000 of such funds shall be distributed to reliever heliports during fiscal years 1981 through 1985, except that no heliport shall receive more than $1,000,000 of such funds during such period. Sets forth procedures for the submission of project grant airport development applications and requirements which must be satisfied for approval of such applications. Requires a sponsor of an airport project to hold public hearings where the project grant application involves the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a major runway extension. States that such a grant shall not be made unless the Governor of the State in which the project is to be located certifies in writing to the Secretary that there is a reasonable assurance that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated so as to comply with applicable air and water quality implementation plans. Prohibits a project for airport development involving a ground access system from being approved unless: (1) there are no unmet safety needs at the airport proposing the project; (2) such system will be used primarily by individuals traveling to or from the airport; and (3) the project will not extend more than five miles from the nearest border of airport property. Authorizes the Secretary to approve standards (other than standards for safety of approaches) established by a State for airport development at public- use airports which are not primary airports. Authorizes the Secretary, in connection with any project under this Act, to require the project sponsor to certify that all of the statutory and administrative requirements imposed by this Act will be observed. States that the United States share of allowable project costs for a project approved under this Act shall be 90 percent of its cost. Establishes lower percentages for such projects under specified circumstances. Imposes upon the Secretary, as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project contained in a project grant application submitted under this Act, the duty to receive written assurances that: (1) such airport will be available for public use on fair, reasonable, equitable, and nondiscriminatory terms; (2) generally, no person providing aeronautical services to the public will have an exclusive right to use such airport; (3) such airport and related facilities will be suitably operated and maintained, with due regard to climatic and flood conditions; (4) the aerial approaches to such airport will be adequately cleared, protected, and hazard-free; (5) land in the immediate vicinity of such airport will be used for purposes compatible with airport operations; (6) such airport's facilities will be available for use by United States Government aircraft; (7) the airport operator or owner will furnish certain land, water, or estate therein to the Federal Government for use in connection with air traffic control, navigation, weather reporting, or communications activities related to air traffic control; (8) all project records will be kept in accordance with a standard accounting system; (9) the airport operator or owner will maintain a fee and rental structure for the facilities and services being provided to airport users which will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible; (10) such operator or owner will submit reports as requested by the Secretary; (11) the airport and all airport records will be available for the Secretary's inspection; and (12) such operator or owner who receives a grant for the purchase of land for noise compatibility purposes which is conditioned on the disposal of the acquired land at the earliest practicable time will use its best efforts to so dispose of such land. Authorizes the Secretary to relieve a project sponsor from contractual obligations entered into under this Act, the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, or the Federal Airport Act to provide free space in airport buildings to the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary, upon approving a project grant application, to transmit an offer to the sponsors thereof to make a grant for the United States share of allowable project costs. Sets forth procedures for the execution of such agreements. Directs the Secretary first to determine that the cost of an airport development or planning project is allowable before the United States pays from amounts appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth criteria to be used in determining whether such costs are allowable. Authorizes the Secretary to approve, as allowable costs of an airport development project, terminal development costs in nonrevenue producing public-use areas that are directly related to the movement of passengers and baggage. Limits, under specified conditions, amounts to be obligated for project costs. Directs that the United States' share of such costs shall not exceed 50 percent. Describes project costs not allowed under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to determine, within certain parameters, the times and amounts in which payments shall be made under such agreements. States that construction work on projects funded under this Act shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Secretary and shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. States that contracts in excess of $2,000 for such construction projects shall include provisions establishing minimum rates of wages to be predetermined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Requires that construction contracts for airport development projects grant employment preferences to Vietnam and disabled veterans. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in the event that a public airport project will require the use of Federal lands, to request the head of the Federal agency or department controlling such lands to transfer the necessary property interest to the public agency sponsoring the project or owning or controlling the airport involved. Requires the head of such an agency or department to notify the Secretary within four months of its decision with respect to such a request. Exempts from such request lands under the administration of the National Park Service, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System or similar areas under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or within any national forest or Indian reservation. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress describing operations under this Act during the preceding fiscal year. Sets forth criminal penalties for fraudulent acts committed with regard to projects under this Act. Sets forth recordkeeping and auditing requirements with regard to projects under this Act. Directs the Secretary to take affirmative action to assure that no person shall on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participating in any activity conducted with funds received from any grant made under this Act. Repeals the provisions of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. Amends the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 to authorize the Secretary to incur obligations to make grants for airport noise compatibility planning. States that all of the provisions of this Act applicable to grants made herein shall be applicable to grants made under such Act. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments of 1976 to authorize $19,750,000 to be appropriated out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund before the date which is 180 days after the date of enactment of the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary to determine the need for: (1) an airborne surveillance radar system for low level air traffic control at Tyrone, Pennsylvania; and (2) an air traffic control center in the region which includes central and western Pennsylvania and New York and northern Maryland. Directs the Secretary to report such findings to Congress within six months after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a task force to study the problems of allocating the use of airport facilities and airspace. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to study and report to Congress on: (1) the effectiveness of airport emergency plans; and (2) the utility of mobile medical emergency facilities as an element of such plans. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 1983, to provide for the part-time operation of not more than 60 existing flight service stations operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Permits the Secretary to close not more than five such stations before October 1, 1983, and to close additional stations if the service provided after such closing (provided by mechanical device or by contract with another party) is as good as or better than the service provided when the station was open.
Bill· HRH.R. 2599 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a specified navigation project at Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi. Directs that dredged material from such project shall be disposed of in open water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bill· HRH.R. 2559 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Coast Guard Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: 1982 Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) the alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters; and (4) research, development, testing, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard an end-year strength of 39,904 active duty personnel. Authorizes average military training student loads. Title II: Coast Guard Management - Authorizes the Coast Guard to place orders for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services of any kind that any requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply or obtain. Excludes specified reserve officers on active duty from the active duty promotion list. Makes the rear admiral designated by the Commandant to the position of Chief of Staff the senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay. Eliminates a reservist's exemption from registration and liability for military training and service under other law. Increases the authorization of appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981. Increases the end-year strength of active duty personnel for fiscal year 1981 from 39,600 to 39,819. Permits the Commandant of the Coast Guard to authorize the installation and use of telephones in residences leased or owned by the Government of the United States to assure efficient response to extraordinary operational contingencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 2553 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to permit a State or a recipient of Federal financial assistance under such Act to submit a program to the Secretary of Transportation with regard to the transportation of handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, to approve, subject to specified criteria, such programs. Requires such State or recipient of Federal financial assistance to consult with the community of handicapped persons for whom such transportation will be provided. Requires each State and recipient to certify annually that it is in compliance with such program. Prohibits Federal funds from being made available to a State or recipient not in compliance with its program.
Bill· HRH.R. 2529 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Modifies the navigation project for Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, New York, to require the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to take action to stabilize Moriches Inlet at ten feet mean low water. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation and maintenance of such project. Requires contributions from local interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 2526 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for certain Department of Commerce maritime programs including: (1) ship construction and acquisition; (2) operating-differential subsidy payments; (3) research and development; (4) operations and training; (5) fleet expenses; and (6) maritime education. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for employee benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 2488 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1981
Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to include: (1) comprehensive alcohol-traffic safety programs; and (2) penalties to deter motorists from driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Bill· HRH.R. 2511 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1981
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to permit a recipient of Federal financial assistance under such Act to submit a program to the Secretary of Transportation with regard to the transportation of handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, to approve, subject to specified criteria, such programs. Requires the recipient of such Federal financial assistance to consult with the community of handicapped persons for whom such transportation will be provided. Requires that such program be developed in cooperation with the responsible local elected officials. Directs the Secretary to withhold not less than 25 percent of a recipient's Federal funding under this Act if such recipient does not comply with its program or the requirements of this Act. Requires each recipient to certify annually that it is complying with such program. Exempts specified fixed rail systems from the provisions of this Act. Directs the appropriate Congressional committees to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the effect of this Act no less than annually for the first five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Defines "handicapped individual" for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2467 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Great Lakes Maritime Act of 1981 - Title I: Restructuring the Financing of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation - 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. Directs the Corporation to establish tolls so that the rate of return on the United States' investment in the Saint Lawrence Seaway will be equal to the rate of return on the Canadian investment in the Seaway. Cancels the balance owed by the Corporation on bonds issued to the Secretary of the Treasury. Title II: Equitable United State Flag Service for Great Lakes Ports - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish trade routes, services, or lines that take into account the seasonal closure of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and that provide for alternate shipping routes via a different range of ports during such closure. Title III: Regulation of Common Carriers by Water - Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include persons engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; or (2) issue or deliver ocean or through intermodal bills of lading or other contracts of affreightment for such transportation. Directs that specified contracts or agreements be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission within 30 days after finalization. Directs such common carriers by water to file their tariffs with the Commission within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs. Title IV: Environmental Study of the Great Lakes - Creates an interagency task force to study the environmental and ecological effects of a specified program that would extend the navigation season of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior. Directs the task force to submit reports to specified Congressional committees within certain time constraints. Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to study: (1) island transportation needs on the Saint Mary's and Saint Clair Rivers; and (2) the extent of damage related to a specified program extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes. Requires the Secretary to report on such studies to certain Congressional committees by June 30, 1983. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such studies. Title V: Study of Shoreline Erosion Related to Regulation of Lake Superior by International Joint Commission - United States and Canada - Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States, and with State and local governments, to survey the extent of shoreline erosion damage in the United States causally related to the regulation of the waters of Lake Superior by the International Joint Commission - United States and Canada. Requires a report on such findings to Congress before September 30, 1983. Authorizes appropriations for such study. Title VI: Amendment to the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 - Amends the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 to limit the liability for negligent torts of United States registered pilots to $1,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2478 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Title I: Quantitative Limitations on the Importation of Automobiles - Limits the total number of automobiles produced by each automobile manufacturer that may be imported into the United States during calendar years 1981-1983. Bases the total number upon the number of automobiles imported in 1979. Specifies decreases in the number of automobiles that may be imported after 1983. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to compute and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the total number of automobiles produced by each manufacturer that may be imported each year. Exempts automobiles produced in Canada from such quotas. Title II: Restrictions on the Domestic Sale of Automobiles - Prohibits the domestic sale or distribution of a nondomestically manufactured automobile by any domestic automobile manufacturers. Specifies the percentage of cost to such manufacturer that must be attributable to value added in the United States and Canada during model years 1983-1985 in order for an automobile to be considered domestically manufactured. Exempts automobiles imported in accordance with the quotas set forth in title I from such prohibition. Sets forth penalties for violations of this title.
Bill· SS. 671 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to include: (1) comprehensive alcohol-traffic safety programs; and (2) penalties to deter motorists from driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Bill· SS. 659 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with State officials, and acting through the Chief of Engineers, to reroute Nebraska Highway Numbered 12, with the necessary connections to Nebraska Highway Numbered 14, through the relocated town of Niobrara, Nebraska. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for such purpose.
Bill· SS. 672 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
National Driver Register Act of 1981 - 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 specified information on certain drivers to the Secretary. Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and statistical research. 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 1981 through 1990.
Bill· HRH.R. 2384 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Transportation Users Equity Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, after public hearings and consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to promulgate regulations establishing a user charge for shallow-draft cargo vessels that use any navigation project on any inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States. Requires that such charges be structured to recover, in the fifth year after the effective date of such charges, 25 percent of the Federal costs of the operation, maintenance, construction, and rehabilitation of all navigation projects maintained by the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers. Sets forth methods by which such user charges may be collected. Establishes civil penalties for owners or operators of shallow-draft cargo vessels who fail to pay such charges. Specifies that funds collected by such charges shall be appropriated to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 2413 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Establishes a national fund for the renovation, expansion, and construction of customs port facilities located on State or municipal marine terminal property. Designates one percent of the customs import revenues at ports from the preceding fiscal year for this fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to administer this fund to individual customs districts on a pro rata basis.
Bill· SS. 630 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Airline Deregulation Act Amendments of 1981 - Repeals specified provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 that repealed rate-setting, division of rates, and through service provisions of such Act. Transfers authority over such provisions from the Civil Aeronautics Board to the Secretary of Transportation as of January 1, 1983. Transfers to the Secretary, as of December 31, 1981, authority over terminations, reductions, and suspensions of air carrier service. Directs the Secretary to give priority to applicants who apply for aircraft loan guarantees for the purchase of limited seating airplanes. Terminates the authority of the Secretary with regard to aircraft loans and loan guarantees 12 years after the date of enactment of this Act. Increases to 180 days the notice required before an air carrier may terminate, suspend, or reduce specified air transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2348 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to allow an automobile manufacturer to include alternative-fuel-powered vehicles in its calculation of average fuel economy. Sets forth adjustments to be made in such calculations. Defines "alternative-fuel-powered vehicle" and "alternative fuel" for purposes of such Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe, within 90 days after the date of this Act, regulations pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture in prescribing such regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2328 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one-percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985 out of revenues of the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil.
Bill· HRH.R. 2278 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to permit the placement of signs on United States Highway 19 to memorialize the New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia.