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Bill· HRH.R. 2598 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulatory requirements by a certain date in order to ensure that imported motor vehicles are brought into compliance with Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Prescribes guidelines for such requirements. Sets forth a specific time-frame within which the Secretary is required to report to the Congress regarding the efficacy of such regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2575 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985
Preservation of International Air Service Act of 1985 - Prohibits controlling stockholders of any major United States airline (and persons associated with controlling stockholders) from exercising any voting rights of such stock during a period of 90 days beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Requires such persons to place all their stock in a trust for the remainder of such period, under trust terms that insure they do not exercise any control over the voting of such stock. Directs the Department of Transportation to determine whether all controlling stockholders of major United States international airlines are willing and able to continue the transportation authorized by certificates of public convenience and necessity. Requires the Department to render a final decision on the matter within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Confers jurisdiction upon Federal district courts to enforce compliance with this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 294 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985
Designates the visitors center at Caesar Creek Lake, Ohio, as the J.E. Carnahan Visitors Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 2573 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1985
Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act of 1985 - Title I: Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding - Requires each importer or exporter of bulk cargoes to transport at least five percent of such cargoes in United States-flag ships in the calendar year following enactment of this title. Requires annual one percent increases until the percentage of bulk cargoes carried on U.S.-flag ships reaches 20 percent. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide relief from the requirements of this Act upon a finding that U.S.-flag ships are not available within guideline rates. Sets forth factors which the Secretary shall consider in determining the extent of relief granted. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish guideline rates for the carriage of bulk cargoes subject to this Act. Requires the Secretary to assure that such rates take into account certain objectives. Requires the Secretary, in order to establish guideline rates, to estimate the current cost of operating U.S.-flag ships in the foreign bulk trades of the United States and of constructing such ships. Requires such cost estimates to be published within six months after enactment of this Act. Requires such estimates to be revised annually. Requires that such rates: (1) be reviewed and adjusted at least annually; (2) not reflect costs greater than the estimated current costs; and (3) be the maximum rates which may be charged for the charter of U.S.-flag ships for the transportation of bulk cargoes governed by this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish interim guideline rates in the first calendar year following the enactment of this Act. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in determining such rates. Requires anyone engaged in importing or exporting bulk commodities in U.S. foreign commerce to report to the Secretary on the percentages of such person's exports and imports carried on U.S.-flag ships. Requires anyone who fails to transport the required percentage of U.S. bulk cargoes to use exclusively U.S.-flag ships until the deficiency has been recouped, unless relief has been granted. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Sets forth procedures for judicial review of violations of this Act. Title II: Income Tax Credit for Increased Shipping Costs - United States-Flag Ship Use Incentive Tax Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 100 percent of the qualified increased shipping costs where importers and exporters use U.S.-flag ships. Provides for the carryover of such credit for up to three years.
Bill· HRH.R. 2550 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1985
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to allow a vessel for which a construction-differential subsidy (CDS) has been paid to operate in the domestic trade under specified conditions which include the repayment of a proportionate share of such subsidy by the owner to the Secretary of Transportation. Allows vessels which have been engaged in the domestic trade for two and one half years and which were built without a CDS to file a notice of harm (a notice that CDS-built vessels are harming such vessels to the point where they no longer can compete) with the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the operation of the CDS-built vessel if the notice of harm is granted. Allows CDS-built vessels with three years of uninterrupted service in the domestic trade to operate permanently in the domestic trade if a proportionate share of CDS repayment is made.
Bill· SS. 1173 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1985
Forgives 80 percent of the principal and interest owed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority on certain loans entered into with the Secretary of Transportation for the acquisition of certain rights-of-way. Authorizes the Secretary to convert the remaining portion of the principal and interest to grant agreements under a specified formula for public transportation projects.
Bill· SS. 1162 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985
Nuclear Waste Policy Improvements Act of 1985 - Title I - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require that the nomination of sites for repositories of high-level radioactive waste be accompanied by an environmental assessment which includes the environmental impact of transporting high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel through the region surrounding such site. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the President to include, in their consideration of recommended sites, the effect of transportation of high-level radioactive waste on States containing possible transportation routes. Requires the Secretary to include, in a public site recommendation statement, specified details of the effect of such transportation on those States. Requires the Secretary, when considering alternative nuclear waste sites, to take into consideration such transportation routes and the impact of such transportation on routes in States adjacent to the State in which a repository has been selected. Title II - Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to any State that contains likely transportation routes to a high-level nuclear waste repository in such State, if the State's application demonstrates assistance is needed to upgrade or maintain such routes in order to provide adequate public protection from accidents involving high-level nuclear waste.
Bill· HRH.R. 2533 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985
Amends the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to maintain a Replacement Training Vessel Fund for the building or acquisition of modern maritime training vessels.
Bill· HRH.R. 2538 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985
Exempts the export of certain agricultural commodities from the cargo preference provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
Bill· HRH.R. 2537 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985
Amends Federal law concerning the national minimum drinking age to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promptly apportion to a State funds which have been withheld in any fiscal year because such State's legal minimum drinking age was less than 21 years of age if the number of traffic fatalities involving persons 18 through 20 years old who were driving while intoxicated in each of two consecutive years following such fiscal year is at least ten percent less than the number of such fatalities occurring in that State within the calendar year preceding the first day of such fiscal year.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 175 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985
Declares that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any legislation relating to the sale of the Federal interest in the common stock of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to the Norfolk Southern Corporation until: (1) the Department of Justice reports to the Congress regarding long-term viability and competitiveness of the rail lines involved in any divestiture proposal with respect to such sale; and (2) such report is reviewed by the congressional committees having jurisdiction over the subject matter.
Bill· SS. 1137 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1985
Requires the Federal interest in the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to be disposed of by the offering of public stock, as proposed by the Morgan Stanley Company on May 14, 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 2522 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1985
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to redefine the term "construction" to include a project for the overhaul of rolling stock, whether or not such overhaul increases the useful life of such stock. Redefines "associated capital maintenance items" (for which block grants are available) to mean any equipment and materials each of which costs no less than one-half of one percent of the current fair market value of comparable rolling stock. States that a project for the reconstruction of any equipment and materials, each of which will have a fair market value no less than one-half of one percent of the current fair market value of comparable rolling stock, will be considered a project for construction of an associated capital maintenance item. Provides that removal and installation activities involved in any project for acquisition or construction of an associated capital maintenance item will be considered eligible for block grant assistance. Provides that the Federal grant for the acquisition or construction of an associated capital maintenance item shall be 80 percent of the net project cost of such project. Prohibits Federal grants or loans for urban mass transportation unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that the applicant has sufficient capabilities to maintain the facilities and equipment, and will do so.
Law· SS. 1124 (99th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1985
Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act of 1985 - Amends Federal shipping laws to eliminate Interstate Commerce Commission regulations governing the operations of surface freight forwarders.
Bill· HRH.R. 2495 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1985
Prohibits the obligation of Federal highway funds for the initial construction of a four-mile route on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways which is located mainly in landfill placed in a river after May 1, 1985, and which is adjacent and parallel to a shoreline. Limits the obligation of Federal funds after enactment of this Act to the initial construction of an alternative interstate route which meets certain construction guidelines. Makes inapplicable to such alternative interstate route the restriction placed upon the obligation of funds to the actual costs of construction features included in the 1981 interstate cost estimate. Prohibits the obligation of Federal funds for any such substitute highway or transit project if such project includes landfill construction (except for a landfill necessary to preserve the existing character and facilities of the waterfront). Prescribes the formula for determining sums made available for the Federal share of public mass transit projects which will serve the area in which such alternative project shall be located. Limits such Federal share to a maximum of 85 percent of the project cost. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1992.
Bill· HRH.R. 2485 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1985
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to allow the owner of a liquid bulk cargo vessel for which a construction-differential subsidy has been paid to operate that vessel in the domestic trade under specified conditions which include repayment of such subsidy by the vessel owner to the Secretary of Transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2460 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1985
Fiscal Year 1986 Highway Amendments Act - Amends the law relating to Federal-aid highway projects to provide that obligations for substitute highway and mass transit projects for FY 1986 shall be paid out of the Highway Trust Fund. (Currently, substitute transit projects are funded from the general fund of the Treasury.) Provides that 25 percent of such funds shall be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, and the remaining 75 percent shall be apportioned on the basis of the Federal share of the cost to complete withdrawn interstate routes. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to repeal authorizations for parkways and park highways out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 2466 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1985
Amends the Federal vessel inspection law to authorize the head of the department in which the U.S. Coast Guard is operating to allow more than 16 individuals in addition to the crew to be carried in an emergency on a documented vessel not engaged on an international voyage. Increases the number of vessels exempted from Federal law requiring certain ships to be constructed of fire-retardant material. Authorizes the Coast Guard to acquire a site on the State pier in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for specified construction. Authorizes the Coast Guard, beginning in FY 1986, to use appropriated funds for certain construction and improvements on a State pier leased from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Exempts certain U.S. Coast Guard employees from any civilian personnel level limitations until September 30, 1988.
Bill· HRH.R. 2461 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1985
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion the funds authorized to be appropriated for FY 1987 for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Directs the Secretary to use the apportionment factors from the Interstate Cost Estimate submitted to the Congress in January 1985.
Bill· SS. 1110 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1985
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for FY 1986 to the Washington Metropolitan Airports for: (1) development of a mid-field terminal at the Washington Dulles International Airport; and (2) improvements at the Washington National Airport (including new roads and additional parking and terminal space).
Bill· SS. 1097 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1985
Methanol Vehicle Incentives Act of 1985 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to set forth the manner of determining the fuel economy of methanol powered automobiles. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, for certain labeling purposes, to determine the fuel economy of a methanol powered automobile to be 15 percent of the prescribed fuel economy as calculated.
Bill· HRH.R. 2372 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, to issue a final rule or regulation to ensure the prevention of alcohol and drug use in railroad operations. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to issue such rules, regulations, orders, and standards as necessary to: (1) ensure the safe maintenance, inspection, and testing of signal systems at rail-highway crossings; and (2) define qualification standards for employees who conduct railroad power brake and freight car inspections. Requires an inquiry into whether training standards are necessary for train dispatchers, with a report to the Congress, along with any recommendations. Requires the National Railroad Adjustment Board to resolve any dispute, grievance, or claim within 180 days after its filing with such Board. Authorizes the Board to award an aggrieved employee compensation equivalent to one year's pay, if the violation is a certain form of discrimination. Prohibits the Secretary from disclosing the name of any railroad employee who has provided information regarding alleged violations of railroad safety law. Exempts from this proscription disclosures made to the Attorney General for enforcement purposes. Authorizes a railroad employee to commence a civil action to compel the Secretary to perform an act related to enforcement under the Federal railroad safety laws, if such act is not discretionary, and if the failure to perform such act creates a danger of serious injury or death to such employee. Requires such action to be brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, or the U.S. district court for the judicial district where the alleged violation occurred. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for: (1) Federal railroad safety provisions; (2) State safety programs; (3) research and development activities; and (4) rail planning for Toledo, Ohio. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the employee assistance program related to drug and alcohol abuse operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation and report to the Congress on its effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to encourage the establishment of a private, nonprofit corporation, financially supported by individual railroad employees and companies, to support and promote specified items relating to alcohol and drug abuse assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide certain materials and office space if such corporation is established within 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2414 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a feasibility study to improve the safety, capacity, and operational characteristics of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge on I-66 connecting Virginia and the District of Columbia. Requires a report to the Congress within six months of enactment of this Act. Requires the study to: (1) ensure the maintenance of a bicycle and pedestrian path; and (2) investigate the feasibility of altering the entrance and exit ramps on both the Virginia and District of Columbia sides of the bridge. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a construction project on such bridge if the study finds it feasible. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 2413 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study in cooperation with the District of Columbia, Virginia, and the Department of the Interior regarding the interchange between the George Washington Memorial Parkway and northbound I-395 in Virginia. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such study to the Congress within six months of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a construction project in cooperation with the District of Columbia, Virginia, and the Department of the Interior if the study concludes that certain construction measures are feasible. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2395 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987. Confers jurisdiction upon district courts to issue orders requiring immediate compliance with a subpoena or directive issued by the Secretary of Transportation against an entity which is located or doing business within such district court's jurisdiction.
Bill· SS. 1080 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Title I: Railroad Safety - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to confer jurisdiction upon any Federal district court to order, upon the petition of the Attorney General, that an entity comply with the directive (or subpoena) of the Secretary of Transportation if such entity: (1) resides or conducts business within the jurisdiction of such district court; and (2) is in willful disobedience of such directive. Authorizes the court to punish failure to obey its order with an action for contempt of court. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987. Title II: Railroad Accounting Principles Board - Authorizes appropriations for the Railroad Accounting Principles Board for FY 1986-1987.
Bill· HRH.R. 2357 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Provides that no export of agricultural commodities shall be subject to the cargo preference requirements of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or the Joint Resolution requiring agricultural or other products to be shipped in vessels of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2337 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1985
Metropolitan Washington Airports Transfer Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer all authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, including all airport employees) to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Airports Authority) under the terms of a 35-year lease and operations agreement set forth in this Act. Defines the Airports Authority as a single, independent airport authority to be created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia for the purpose of operating the Metropolitan Washington Airports. Declares that the Secretary's authority to enter into a lease and agreement for such transfer shall lapse two years after enactment of this Act. Requires that basic lease and acquisition payments be sufficient to repay to the United States the hypothetical indebtedness of the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Treasury, as determined by the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires the Airports Authority to pay to the Treasury, for deposit to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, certain costs incurred by such Fund due to the transfer of authorities under this Act. Requires that the lease of real property constituting Washington Metropolitan Airports comply with the operation and development of the Washington Metropolitan Airports as a unit and as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area. Requires the Airports Authority to be a public corporate body with powers conferred upon it jointly by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia under specified guidelines which include: (1) operation of Metropolitan Washington Airports for public purposes; (2) independence from the State and local governments of Virginia and the District of Columbia; (3) authority to issue bonds; (4) acquisition of real and personal property; (5) power of eminent domain within the Commonwealth of Virginia; (6) a corporation constituted solely to operate both Metropolitan Washington Airports as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area; and (7) authority to levy fees and enter into agreements. Prescribes the membership and terms of the Airport Authority's board of governors, including the appointment of: (1) five members by the Governor of Virginia; (2) three members by the Mayor of the District of Columbia; (3) two members by the Governor of Maryland; and (4) one member by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prescribes the terms and conditions of the lease, including the continued applicability of airport regulations that: (1) the High Density Rule for Washington National Airport may only be amended for safety considerations; and (2) current nighttime noise limitation standards may not be amended. Transfers all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Airports Authority. Retains the responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration to reimburse the Employees Compensation Fund. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct periodic audits of the Airports Authority's activities. Grants jurisdiction upon the United States district court to compel compliance with the lease terms. Sets forth guidelines for the protection of Federal employee interests during the two-year period starting on the date of transfer, including: (1) retention of employees; (2) adoption of pre-transfer labor agreements; (3) credit for accrued annual and sick leave and seniority rights; (4) life and health insurance benefits; and (5) retention of pre-transfer retirement benefits. Confers upon the Airports Authority during the 35-year lease the same proprietary powers and restrictions with respect to Federal law as any other airport. Declares that the Metropolitan Washington Airports qualify as a "public airport" eligible for Federal assistance on the same basis as any comparable public airport operated by a regional authority. Grants the Commonwealth of Virginia concurrent police power authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports, and grants the Virginia courts jurisdiction over airport land. Makes the authority of the National Capital Planning Commission inapplicable to the Airports Authority, but requires the Airports Authority to consult with such Commission and with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before undertaking actions which would materially alter either the exterior of the Dulles Terminal, or the skyline of Washington National Airport. Provides that title to all real property shall pass to the Airports Authority upon conclusion of the 35-year lease and that at the end of such lease the United States shall relinquish all jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Repeals upon lease expiration certain Acts relating to the administration and maintenance of a public airport in the vicinity of the District of Columbia.
Bill· HRH.R. 2283 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1985
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, upon request by the State of West Virginia, to enter into an agreement with such State providing for the designation of United States Route 22 By-Pass in Weirton, West Virginia, as a future part of the Interstate System.
Bill· HRH.R. 2266 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1985
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for FY 1986 and 1987. Establishes the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Financial Status Commission (the Commission) to study the financial performance of Amtrak, including its short-term and long-term capital needs, and alternative funding mechanisms. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress by a specified date regarding its findings and recommendations for legislation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986.
Bill· SS. 1017 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Metropolitan Washington Airports Transfer Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer all authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, including all airport employees) to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Airports Authority) under the terms of a 35-year lease and operations agreement set forth in this Act. Defines the Airports Authority as a single, independent airport authority to be created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia for the purpose of operating the Metropolitan Washington Airports. Declares that the Secretary's authority to enter into a lease and agreement for such transfer shall lapse two years after enactment of this Act. Requires that basic lease and acquisition payments be sufficient to repay to the United States the hypothetical indebtedness of the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Treasury, as determined by the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires the Airports Authority to pay to the Treasury, for deposit to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, certain costs incurred by such Fund due to the transfer of authorities under this Act. Requires that the lease of real property constituting Washington Metropolitan Airports comply with the operation and development of the Washington Metropolitan Airports as a unit and as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area. Requires the Airports Authority to be a public corporate body with powers conferred upon it jointly by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia under specified guidelines which include: (1) operation of Metropolitan Washington Airports for public purposes; (2) independence from the State and local governments of Virginia and the District of Columbia; (3) authority to issue bonds; (4) acquisition of real and personal property; (5) power of eminent domain within the Commonwealth of Virginia; (6) a corporation constituted solely to operate both Metropolitan Washington Airports as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area; and (7) authority to levy fees and enter into agreements. Prescribes the membership and terms of the Airport Authority's board of governors, including the appointment of: (1) five members by the Governor of Virginia; (2) three members by the Mayor of the District of Columbia; (3) two members by the Governor of Maryland; and (4) one member by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prescribes the terms and conditions of the lease, including the continued applicability of airport regulations that: (1) the High Density Rule for Washington National Airport may only be amended for safety considerations; and (2) current nighttime noise limitation standards may not be amended. Transfers all rights, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Airports Authority. Retains the responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration to reimburse the Employees' Compensation Fund. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct periodic audits of the Airports Authority's activities. Grants jurisdiction to U.S. district courts to compel compliance with the lease terms. Sets forth guidelines for the protection of Federal employee interests during the two-year period starting on the date of transfer, including: (1) retention of employees; (2) adoption of pre-transfer labor agreements; (3) credit for accrued annual and sick leave and seniority rights; (4) life and health insurance benefits; and (5) retention of pre-transfer retirement benefits. Confers upon the Airports Authority during the 35-year lease the same proprietary powers and restrictions with respect to Federal law as any other airport. Declares that the Metropolitan Washington Airports qualify as a "public airport" eligible for Federal assistance on the same basis as any comparable public airport operated by a regional authority. Grants the Commonwealth of Virginia concurrent police power authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports, and grants the Virginia courts jurisdiction over airport land. Makes the authority of the National Capital Planning Commission inapplicable to the Airports Authority, but requires the Airports Authority to consult with such Commission and with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before undertaking actions which would materially alter either the exterior of the Dulles Terminal or the skyline of Washington National Airport. Provides that title to all real property shall pass to the Airports Authority upon conclusion of the 35-year lease and that at the end of such lease the United States shall relinquish all jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Washington Airports to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Repeals upon lease expiration certain Acts relating to the administration and maintenance of a public airport in the vicinity of the District of Columbia.
Bill· HRH.R. 2248 (99th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1985
Motor Vehicle Safety Authorization Act of 1985 - Amends the following Acts to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987: (1) the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966; and (2) the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act with respect to bumper standards, automobile consumer information and odometer requirements. Prohibits the licensing of motor vehicles when the ownership is transferred unless: (1) the application for a new certificate of title is accompanied by the prior owner's title; and (2) the new certificate of title is printed in a specified manner indicating the odometer mileage. Authorizes States to submit alternative mileage disclosure requirements for the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. Provides that auction companies selling motor vehicles must maintain records showing: (1) the name of the most recent owner; (2) the vehicle identification number; and (3) the odometer reading on the date the auction company took possession of the vehicle. Requires such mileage information to be disclosed by the lessee of a leased motor vehicle when the lease ends or is transferred. Increases the civil penalty for violations of the odometer requirements from $1,000 to $2,000, and increases the criminal penalty for such violations from one to three years maximum imprisonment. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize a tire dealer or distributor whose business is not owned or controlled by a tire manufacturer to elect to be subject to tire registration requirements. Revises the restrictions on certain imported vehicles that do not conform to Federal standards. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to exempt certain motor vehicles or equipment from such restrictions for purposes of: (1) research, investigation, study, demonstration, training, or national security; (2) completion in the United States of an incomplete foreign-built vehicle or equipment item; or (3) importation by certain uniformed service members for personal use. Requires motor vehicle distributors to furnish dealers with the manufacturer's certification previously furnished to the distributor. Prohibits dealers from selling defective motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. Imposes criminal penalties upon manufacturers who knowingly and willfully fail to notify owners or purchasers of motor vehicle safety defects or of failures to comply with motor vehicle safety standards. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to direct the Secretary to promulgate Federal motor vehicle safety standards, establishing passenger motor vehicle bumper system rating and labeling requirements. Requires that comparative information regarding bumper system impact speed rating be distributed to the public. Directs the Secretary to arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the effectiveness of State motor vehicle safety inspection programs in reducing highway accidents and limiting the number of defective or unsafe motor vehicles on the highways. Requires completion of the study and transmittal to the Congress by September 1, 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 2234 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1985
Amends Federal law relating to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission over motor carrier transportation to exempt from such jurisdiction motor vehicle transportation of frozen foods.
Bill· HRH.R. 2215 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, upon State request, to credit any amount expended by State and local sources for eligible off-system bridge construction projects towards the non-Federal share of other State projects eligible for Federal funds if such expended amount exceeds 20 percent of construction costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 2207 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to airspace control and facilities to require the Secretary of Transportation to determine for each high density airport the number of slots needed to be reserved in order to provide adequate air transportation between such airport and eligible small communities. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall create a pool of such slots and allocate them to air carriers.
Bill· HRH.R. 2213 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Economic Development Administration Termination Act of 1985 - Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (grants for public works projects), the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act (public works employment), and title I of the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977 (community disaster relief loans) to terminate the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce. Enables the Economic Development Revolving Fund to continue in existence to: (1) receive collections and repayments of assistance extended under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (2) pay all obligations arising in connection with such Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to determine when the Fund is no longer needed and deposit any remaining moneys into the general fund of the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the orderly phase-out of EDA.
Bill· SS. 976 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985
Consolidated Rail Corporation Profit Transfer Act of 1985 - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to direct the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to pay all profits earned for FY 1986 and 1987 to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Authorizes the United States Railway Association to monitor the compliance of Conrail in making such payments. Prohibits any payments made by Conrail from exceeding losses incurred by Amtrak during the fiscal year preceding the date of such payment. Requires Amtrak to use all monies paid by Conrail to offset losses incurred during the fiscal year preceding receipt of such monies.
Bill· HRH.R. 2161 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1985
Requires the Maritime Administration to set aside for five years certain named vessels for the use of LIFE International to provide health education and care, technical assistance, and humanitarian services in developing countries.
Bill· HRH.R. 2144 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Establishes within the Treasury the Ready Reserve-Sealift Enhancement Revolving Fund. Authorizes appropriations of such funds as may be necessary to capitalize such Fund. Provides that the Secretary of the Navy shall administer such Fund. Requires that amounts in such Fund shall be used only for the construction in private shipyards in the United States of merchant vessels capable of serving as naval and military auxiliaries in time of war or national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary to award contracts to private shipyards for the construction of merchant vessels capable of serving as naval and military auxiliaries. Authorizes the Secretary to charter or sell any merchant ship constructed under this Act to citizens of the United States for operation in foreign commerce.
Bill· HRH.R. 2141 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to improve public access to Pearson-Skubitz Big Hill Lake, Kansas, by upgrading existing roads and constructing new roads.
Bill· HRH.R. 2119 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Designates a portion of a specified street in the District of Columbia as Raoul Wallenberg Avenue.
Bill· SS. 927 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Fiscal Year 1986 Highway Amendments Act - Amends the law relating to Federal-aid highway projects to provide that obligations for substitute highway and mass transit projects for FY 1986 shall be paid out of the Highway Trust Fund. (Currently, substitute transit projects are funded from the general fund of the Treasury). Provides that 25 percent of such funds shall be distributed at the Secretary's discretion, and the remaining 75 percent shall be apportioned on the basis of the Federal share of the cost to complete withdrawn interstate routes. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to repeal authorizations for parkways and park highways out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1986.
Bill· SS. 928 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Interstate System Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Amendment of 1985 - Revises the apportionment formula for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate Highway System.
Bill· SS. 926 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion the funds authorized to be appropriated for FY 1987 for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Directs the Secretary to use the apportionment factors from the Interstate Cost Estimate submitted to the Congress in January 1985.
Law· HRH.R. 2092 (99th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to take into account the extent to which a qualifying State agency exercises jurisdiction over intrastate pipeline facilities when the Secretary allocates appropriated funds. Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to repeal appropriations authorized for FY 1980 and 1981. Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to require that annual reports submitted to the Secretary of Transportation by State agencies having safety jurisdiction over intrastate pipeline transportation include property damage incidents which exceed an amount established by regulation (currently the amount, $5,000, is established by such Act).
Bill· HRH.R. 2089 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to repeal the authority for small community air service. Repeals the requirement that an air carrier give specified notice before terminating or suspending air transportation to a small community. Amends the Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984 to make technical and conforming changes.
Bill· SS. 921 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to revise restrictions on certain imported vehicles that do not conform to Federal standards. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to exempt certain motor vehicles or equipment from such restrictions for purposes of research, investigation, study, demonstration, training, national security, or completion in the United States of an incomplete foreign-built vehicle or equipment item. Authorizes the Secretaries of Transportation and of the Treasury to promulgate joint regulations which authorize the importation of non-conforming vehicles if an individual has never imported such a vehicle before and seeks to do so for personal use to meet unforeseen cases of extreme hardship or extraordinary circumstances. Permits such regulations to require the vehicles, as a condition of importation, to be brought into conformity with prescribed safety standards.
Bill· SS. 863 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1985 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987: (1) under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966; and (2) for the bumper standards, automobile consumer information study, and odometer requirements provisions of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to derive a specified maximum amount from unobligated highway safety program funds to implement a national program encouraging the use of safety belts and passive restraints (airbags) in passenger automobiles. Title II: Drunk Driving Incentive Grants - Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out highway safety programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund to implement alcohol traffic safety programs for FY 1987. Title III: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reopen certain rulemaking proceedings to implement the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish performance criteria for occupant protection in side impact under dynamic crash tests; and (2) apply the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard to light trucks, vans, and multipurpose passenger vehicles. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle safety standard establishing passenger automobile crashworthiness rating and labeling requirements for such automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1986. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Secretary to require automobile dealers to make available to prospective purchasers data comparing the crashworthiness of passenger automobiles.
Bill· SS. 847 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission, not to exceed $2,300,000 in any fiscal year, for FY 1986 through FY 1988. Permits the Commission to lease office space through FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of highways in the Appalachian region for FY 1986 through FY 1992. Increases from 70 percent to 80 percent the maximum Federal share of such highway construction costs. Allows for Federal supplements to the Federal grant-in-aid programs to continue through FY 1988. Permits the Commission to provide assistance for demonstration projects showing the development of the region's economic resources. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988. Sets forth an October 1, 1988, termination date for specified sections of such Act.
Bill· SS. 864 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Automobile Occupant Protection Improvement Act of 1985 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require passenger automobile manufacturers to install front seat airbags in each passenger automobile manufactured for the American domestic market. Sets deadlines by which such airbags must be installed. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to dissemminate information to the public about the performance and benefits of airbags.