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United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Extends the authorization for appropriations under the Federal Railroad Safety Act for one year.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Amtrak Improvement Act - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, under the National Passenger Service Act, to establish an auto-ferry service, characterized by the carriage of automobiles or other property belonging to passengers. Provides that the Corporation shall insure that no elderly or handicapped person is denied intercity transportation by: (1) acquiring special equipment; (2) eliminating architectural barriers; and (3) providing special assistance while boarding and alighting in terminal areas. Authorizes the Corporation to acquire property which is required for construction of facilities for intercity rail passenger service. Sets forth the procedure for exercise of such eminent domain proceedings. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) establish improved reservation sytems and advertising; (2) service railroad passenger equipment; (3) conduct research in rail passenger services; (4) establish essential fixed facilities; and (5) operate international intercity rail passenger service between points within the United States, Canada (including Montreal and Vancouver) and Mexico (including Nuevo Laredo). Provides that the Corporation is not subject to any State or local law interfering with its efficient provisions of mail, express, or auto-ferry service. Stipulates that if the Corporation and a railroad or government agency are unable to agree on the terms for sale of property to the Corporation, the Corporation may apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission for an order establishing the Corporation's need for such property and directing its conveyance, with just compensation. Directs the Corporation to initiate not less than one experimental route each year, to be operated for not less than two years. Authorizes appropriations of up to $185,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 for payment to the Corporation. Empowers the Commission to promulgate such regulations as necessary to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service. Provides penalties for violation of any such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Regulated Carriers Minimum Insurance Requirements Act - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the filing of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount as the Commission may require, to be conditioned to pay for loss of or damage to property with respect to which a transportation service subject to the Interstate Commerce Act is performed.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the completion of the New York Harbor collection and removal of drift project.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to carry out the New York Harbor collection and removal of drift project. Provides that all funds hereafter appropriated for such project be made immediately available.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer jurisdiction and control of a specified portion of the property comprising the Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take measures to preserve and administer such property. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Authorizes the foreign sale of the passenger vessel steamship Independence.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Exempts the Long Island Railroad from the definition of the term "carrier" under the Railway Labor Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to fix the per annum rates of basic pay of positions on the police force and the fire department of Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport in accordance with the rates of basic compensation, including longevity increases provided in the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia in corresponding or similar positions. Requires the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to permit any such officer or member of the police or fire department to elect the benefits provided officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Defines the term "inclusive tour charter trip", for purposes of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, to mean a charter trip which combines air transportation, pursuant to a contract between an air carrier or foriegn air carrier and a person authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board to sell inclusive tours, and land arrangements at one or more points of destination, sold to members of the public at a price which is not less than the just and reasonable fare for charter air transportation plus a compensatory charge for land arrangements, and subject to such other requirements not inconsistent herewith as the Board shall by regulation prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Title I: Northeast Railroad Restructuring Act - Finds that a rail crisis exists in the Northeast where six class I and one class II railroads are in reorganization and the largest railroad, the Penn Central, is on verge of liquidation. Declares that nationalization of rail freight operations is undesirable and unnecessary to establish a viable rail system in the Northeast. Title II: Creation of the Northeast Railroad Corporation - Authorizes, the creation of the Northeast Railroad Corporation to be established under the laws of a State and not as an agency of the Federal Government but subject to provisions of this Act. Authorizes the President to appoint 3 incorporators, with the consent of the Senate, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Provides that each incorporator receive compensation of $300 each day of work plus travel and subsistence expenses. Provides that the President shall appoint a board of advisers of 17 persons and outlines the basis for their selection. Prohibits the corporation from installing a board of directors to succeed the incorporations if it does not undertake to perform rail service under this Act. Allows the stockholders to elect a board of directors if the corporation undertakes the service. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 for payment to the corporation on such terms as the Secretary of Transportation prescribes. Grants to the corporation the powers conferred by the laws of the State or States in which they are incorporated and the usual powers granted to a railroad under the laws of any State in which they operate. Outlines the special powers and functions of the corporation including the right to issue and allocate common and preferred stock to bankrupt or other railroads entering into agreements with the corporation under title III of this Act. Lists the laws which do not apply to the Corporation: (1) the Interstate Commerce Act; (2) to the extent inconsistent with this Act, Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act; (3) Federal and State Antitrust laws; (4 to the extent inconsistent with this Act, the Railway Labor Act and the National Labor Relations Act; (5) any State law pertaining to the economic regulation of railroads, including laws pertaining to the merger of railroads; and (6) any State law pertaining to the number of employees to be used on trains. Title III: Restructuring of the Northeast Rail System - Directs the Secretary to prepare a preliminary report containing his recommendations for the identification of geographic zones in the eastern district rail freight service and the number of railroads to provide such service. Outlines the considerations to be used by the Secretary in determining whether service should be provided. Provides for the Secretary to make a preliminary report to be published in the Federal Register. Provides that, within 90 days after the enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall issue a final report, together with a summary of the recommendations of those preliminary reports and reasons for not adopting such. Directs each railroad in the eastern district to submit an inventory of rail facilities within 180 days after enactment of this Act to the Secretary. Directs each bankrupt railroad in the eastern district to provide information required by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary to obtain such information by subpena. Directs the corporation to prepare a plan for the operation of rail services provided by bankrupt railroads in the eastern district and other railroads with which it negotiated agreements under this Act. Directs the corporation to enter into agreements: (1) with any railroad in the eastern district for acquisition of rail assets in return for stock of the corporation; (2) with third parties, where appropriate; (3) with representatives of railroad employees; (4) with State and local governments, shippers, and other persons where possible; (5) with financial institutions; and (6) with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Commuter Agencies. Requires that, within 300 days after enactment of this Act, the corporation shall submit to the Secretary the services and agreements for review. Directs the Secretary to make findings required by this Act within 30 days after he receives the service plan. Directs the corporation to make amendments to a rejected plan or agreement after the Secretary has rejected the plan. Allows court review of the agreements negotiated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to appraise the impact of the decisions of the courts within 15 days after all such decisions and to notify the corporation whether these decisions would permit implementation of a viable service plan. Title IV: Regulation of Service - Deems the corporation a common carrier by railroad within the meaning of the Interstate Commerce Act. Defines "corporation" as any corporation established to provide rail service included in the service plan approved by the Secretary. Allows, after notice, for any bankrupt railroad in the eastern district to abandon operation of any rail service within any zone not designated in the final report under this Act. Allows any bankrupt railroad to transfer rail assets to the corporation and thereafter to abandon operation of any rail service not included in the service plan approved by the Secretary under title III of this Act. Allows the line to be abandoned if the entity holds open for not less than 120 days after the discontinuance of service an offer to sell the rail line intact for railroad purposes or to contract with any person for continuance of service. Title V: Federal Income Tax - Provides that, in the transfer of assets of specified railroad corporations as defined under the Bankruptcy Act, there shall be no gain or loss recognized solely in exchange for stock or securities in accordance with an agreement entered into under this Act. Details the transfer transaction procedures. Title VI: Miscellaneous - States that the provisions of this Act shall be treated severally as to the constitutionality of any provision. Directs the corporation to keep records on payments received by the corporation under this Act. Directs the Secretary and Comptroller General of the United States or their representatives to have access for purpose of audit and examination of all records of the corporation. States that nothing in this Act shall preclude State or local taxation. Provides remedies of equitable relief if the corporation violates this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestians, and others with respect to: (1) the dangers incurred when driving on, crossing, or otherwise using the highways, and (2) improving safety on the highways by improving driver skills, driver attitudes, and driver knowledge of highway regulations. Permits the Secretary to engage in research, provide training, and engage in any other activity which will effectuate the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Authorizes the apportionment of funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, based on the factors contained in table 5, House Committee Print numbered 92-29.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Changes the name of the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam Reservoir in Oklahoma to the Robert S. Kerr Harbor.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Permits the temporary loan, lease, or assignment of helicopters which are excess to operational and training needs of the military departments to State and local governments for use in carrying out public health and safety functions. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2545)
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission, in coooperation with the United States Department of Transportation and other appropriate departments and agencies of Federal and State governments, declare a moratorium on all futher abandonment of rail service or railways until such time as appropriate studies and analysis can be made abandonment are having on the area and communities served by rail transportation. Requires that recommendations should be submitted to the Congress, the executive branch, and to the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding what actions maght be taken to continue such rail service where it is essential to the continued growth and development of the regions and communities largely dependent upon such service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Regulated Carriers Minimum Insurance Requirements Act - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the filing of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount as the Commission may require, to be conditioned to pay for loss of or damage to property with respect to which a transportation service subject to the Interstate Commerce Act is performed.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that when the National Railroad Passenger Corporation cannot acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owner of property as to the compensation to be paid for, any right-of-way, land, or other property (except right-of-way, land, or other property of a railroad or property of a State or local government or other public agency) required for the construction of tracks or other facilities necessary to provide intercity rail passenger service, it may acquire the same by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in the district court of the United States for the district in which the property is located, or in one such court in the event a single property is located in two districts. States that if the Corporation and a railroad are unable to agree upon terms for the sale to the Corporation of property owned by the railroad and required for the construction of tracks or other facilities necessary to provide intercity rail passenger service, the Corporation may apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission for an order establishing the need of the Corporation for the property at issue and requiring the conveyance thereof from the railroad to the Corporation on reasonable terms and conditions, including just compensation. Declares that if at any time after June 30, 1973, the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that the continuation of a train operated in the basic system on June 30, 1973, will impair the financial ability of the Corporation adequately to provide other intercity rail passenger service, the Corporation may discontinue the train. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of the Rail Passenger Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Permits the continuation of family fares and authorizes reduced-rate transportation for young people and for elderly people on a space-available basis pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to continue rail transportation service whenever the Commission is of the opinion that any interstate railroad carrier is unable to transport the traffic offered it so as to properly serve the public. (Amends 49 U.S.C. sec. 1(16))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program to demonstrate the practicability of extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. Requires the Secretary to submit a report describing the results of such program no later than July 30, 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such program an amount not to exceed $9,500,000.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Title I: Antihijacking Act - Antihijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by death if convicted or by imprisonment for not less than 20 years if the accused surrendered himself to the captain of the aircraft. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist groups, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the Convention on Internationl Civil Aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to Resolution A 17-10 of the Seventeenth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purposes of this Act. Requires the Administrator to submit semiannual reports to Congress on the effectiveness of the screening program. Requires the Administrator to provide regulations for the establishment and maintenance of air transportation security forces to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Establishes powers and responsibilities of such security forces. Authorizes the Administrator to require air carriers to refuse transportation to persons or property where there is refusal to consent to search. Set forth criminal penalties for the carrying aboard an aircraft of weapons. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and each succeeding fiscal year to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for "young people". Defines "young people" as anyone between the ages of 12-21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take into consideration the public interest in the freedom of movement of surface land transportation when prescribing rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States. Authorizes Secretary of Transportation to assess a civil penalty for any violation of such regulations. Provides for a criminal penalty of not more than $2,000, or one year, imprisonment, or both, for a knowing and willful violation of such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take into consideration the public interest in the freedom of movement of surface land transportation when prescribing rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States. Authorizes Secretary of Transportation to assess a civil penalty for any violation of such regulations. Provides for a criminal penalty of not more than $2,000, or one year, imprisonment, or both, for a knowing and willful violation of such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Northeast Railroad Restructuring Act - Title I: Short Title and So Forth - Sets forth the congressional findings and declaration of purpose. Title II: Creation of the Northeast Railroad Corporation - Authorizes the creation of a Northeast Railroad Corporation which would be established under the laws of a State, and not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. Directs the President to appoint three incorporators by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom the President shall designate to serve as chairman. Directs the President to appoint a board of advisors consisting of 17 persons. Provides that the board of advisors would formulate and submit from time to time to the incorporators recommendations respecting the preparation of the service plan under this Act and the conduct of other functions of the incorporators. Provides that the board would cease to exist on the date the incorporators are succeeded by a board of directors elected under this Act. Authorizes not to exceed $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Secretary for payment to the Corporation for the purpose of meeting the necessary expenses of the board of incorporators and the board of advisors and other expenses necessarily incurred in organizing the Corporation. Provides that the Corporation and any corporation it may create shall have the powers vested in the Corporation under this Act and the powers conferred upon them under the laws of the State in which they are incorporated and the usual powers of a railroad under the laws of any State in which they operate. Authorizes the Corporation to carry out various actions and to exercise powers as necessary to carry out the service plan and agreements approved under title III of this Act. Title III: Restructuring of the Northeast Rail System - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a preliminary report containing his recommendations for the identification of geographic zones in the eastern district within and between which rail freight service shall be provided and the minimum number of railroads that shall provide the service. Requires the Secretary, within 30 days after the date of enactment of the Act, to make the preliminary report available for comment by the Interstate Commerce Commission, States, shippers, and others. Affords such parties 30 days to submit written comments before the Secretary is required within 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act to issue his final report on Core rail service. Requires each railroad in the eastern district to compile and submit to the Secretary and the Corporation within 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act data respecting the physical and operating characteristics of its railroad lines. Requires the Corporation to prepare a plan for the operation of rail services provided by bankrupt railroads in the eastern district and other railroads with which it negotiates agreements under this Act. Requires the Corporation in a manner consistent with the service plan to enter into specified agreements with respect to the operation of any railroad required under this Act. Requires the Corporation to submit to the Secretary within 300 days after the date of enactment of the Act the service plan and the agreements entered into under this Act. Requires the Secretary to make the findings required by this Act 30 days after he receives the service plan and to approve the service plan and the agreements if he finds they meet the requirements of this Act. Requires the trustees of bankrupt railroads to submit for approval to the appropriate reorganization courts: (1) the agreements negotiated under this Act under which the Corporation is to acquire the assets of the bankrup railroads; and (2) the agreements between bankrupt railroads and representatives of their employees providing for fair and equitable arrangements for employees of those railroads who are not to be hired by the Corporation by the time it implements rail service under the Act. Establishes a procedure for the transfer to a single district court of all proceedings respecting the review of all agreements submitted to the reorganization courts for approval under this Act. States that in the case of agreements negotiated under which the Corporation is to acquire the assets of bankrupt railroads, the sole issues before the court shall be whether the agreements are in the best interests of the debtor's estate and whether, in approving the service plan, the Secretary considered its overall environmental consequences in compliance with the policies of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Provides that, except with respect to the judicial review provided this Act, there shall not be any judicial review of any aspect of the Secretary's actions or failure to act under this Act. Title IV: Regulation of Service - States that, except as otherwise provided in Title IV, on and after the date the Corporation begins rail service, it shall be deemed a common carrier by railroad within the meaning of the Interstate Commerce Act and shall be subject to that Act. Authorizes bankrupt railroads in the eastern district to abandon the operation of any rail service within any zone for which no rail service is designated in the final report issued by the Secretary under this Act. Requires the bankrupt railroad to provide 60 days notice of the discontinuance to State governors and publish notice in accordance with the Interstate Commerce Act. Authorizes any bankrupt or any other railroad which agrees to transfer rail assets to the Corporation under this Act and thereafter transfers any assets to the Corporation to abandon the operation of any rail service not included in the service plan approved by the Secretary under Title III of the Act. Authorizes any bankrupt or other railroad which does not agree to transfer rail assets to the Corporation under this Act but thereafter transfers a portion of its rail assets to the Corporation to abandon the operation of any rail service provided over those assets on the date that the Corporation, by contract or otherwise, begins rail service thereon. Permits the Corporation during the first two years of providing service to abandon any rail service following changed market or other conditions or a natural disaster, after providing 60 days' notice as indicated above and after the Secretary finds that there is no reasonable prospect that the service can become self-sustaining under efficient and economical management. States that if a rail line used for service discontinued is no longer required by the entity which provided the service, the line may be abandoned if the entity holds open for not less than 120 days after the discontinuance of service an offer to sell the rail line intact for railroad purposes or to contract with any person including a State or local government for the continuation of rail service thereon on terms and conditions that insure the entity does not incur any losses as a result of the provision of the service. Title V: Federal Income Tax - Sets forth special provisions under the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the transfer of assets under this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Requires the Corporation to keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe which disclose the amount and disposition by the Corporation of payments received by the Corporation. Authorizes access by the Secretary and the Comptroller General for the purpose of audit and examination to any books and papers of the Corporation that are pertinent to such payments. States that nothing in the Act shall preclude a State or local jurisdiction from imposing on the Corporation in accordance with laws of such State or local jurisdiction any valid nondiscriminatory tax.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Federal-Aid Railroad Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Sets forth Congressional findings and purposes and the definition of the terms used in this Act. Title II: Interim and Emergency Measures - States that within 90 days after enactment of this Act, the trustee or trustees of any railroad in reorganization, all owners of rail lines leased to such railroad, whether ratified or affirmed or not, and all wholly owned subsidiaries and affiliates of such railroad, upon authorization therefor from the reorganization court, may tender all lines and other transportation properties, assets, and interests of such companies to the United States for lease by the United States for a term not to exceed three years. Provides that within 30 days of the receipt of such tender, the United States shall execute a lease agreement, and shall concurrently execute an operating agreement with the trustees or companies making such tender, and the operating agreement shall be executed by such trustees or companies as of the same date. States that as consideration for leasing the lines and other transportation properties, assets, and interests tendered for lease under this Act, and for their operation by the lessor, the United States shall pay to the lessors an amount to be negotiated between the trustee or trustees of the railroad in reorganization and the Interstate Commerce Commission, which amount shall be the least amount necessary to protect the interests of the creditors of such railroad during the period such lease is in effect and to carry out the other purposes of this Act. States that within 30 days after the execution of a lease and operating agreement, as provided in this Act, the Commission shall enter into an investigation of the railroad service performed by the lessor railroad; whereupon the Commission may direct all railroads in the area served by the lessor railroad, including the lessor railroad, and other interested parties to submit within 30 days, unless such period is extended by the Commission, recommendations indicating steps deemed prudent to preserve essential services performed by the lessor railroad and to eliminate or reduce operating losses of the lessor railroad, including plans for restructuring railroad service in the area served by the lessor railroad. States that in adopting a plan of restructuring the Commission shall give consideration: (1) to the effect cessation of such railroad service would have on the industries in the area involved; (2) to any plan which may have been mutually agreed to by employee unions and railroads to increase the efficiency of operations of the distressed railroad; (3) to any aid which States or other governmental agencies in the area are granting or propose to grant, and (4) the availability of alternate transportation. Provides that any plan of restructuring shall provide for reasonable protection for employees affected, subject to further relief which may be recommended to the President and Congress by the Commission. Sets forth the penalties for the willful failure or refusal to comply with the terms of any order of the Commission pursuant to this Act. Title III: The Federal-Aid Railroad System - States that the Federal-aid railroad system shall consist initially of those main lines, yards, and terminals, located in the Northeast region and operated by domestic railroad companies, found by the Commission to be essential to the present and future public convenience and necessity and best suited for inclusion on an integrated system of main-line, yard, and terminal facilities capable of meeting the needs of commerce of the United States and the national defense. Provides that within one hundred twenty days after the enactment of this Act, any railroad company or railroad companies jointly may file with the Commission an application seeking the designation of any main line, yard, or terminal operated by it or them, and located in the Northeast region, as part of the System. States that concurrently with the designation of the System under this title, the Commission shall prescribe standards for the rehabilitation and maintenance of all main-line track on the system for dependable operation of freight trains at speeds up to sixty miles an hour and passenger trains at speeds up to eighty miles an hour, and of all yards and terminals on the system for the efficient switching and classification of cars. States that as soon as practicable after the plans, specifications, and estimates for a specific project have been approved, the Commission shall enter into a formal project agreement with the railroad concerning the construction and maintenance of such project. States that all rehabilitation, maintenance, and improvement work performed pursuant to this Title shall be undertaken by the railroad and shall be done by railroad employees. Provides that upon execution of a project agreement, the Commission is authorized to reimburse railroads for funds expended by them in carrying out the design and construction of projects approved by it for inclusion on the System. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to bring all rail lines, yards, and terminals on the system into compliance with the requirements of this title and of the Rail Safety Act of 1970, and for the administration of this title, but not to exceed $400,000,000 in any fiscal year. Imposes upon the amount paid within the United States for the transportation of property, except by air, from one point in the United States to another, beginning 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a tax equal to one percent of the amount so paid. Provides that the tax imposed by this Act shall be paid by the person making the payment subject to the tax. Title IV: Local Rail Services - Sets forth procedures to be followed regarding railroad abandonment under the Interstate Commerce Act. Provides that any construction, operation, or abandonment contrary to the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act may be enjoined by any United States district court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the United States, the Commission, any commission or regulating body of the State or States affected, or any party in interest; and any carrier which, or any director, officer, receiver, operating trustee, lessee, agent, or person, acting for or employed by such carrier, who knowingly authorizes, consents to or permits any violation of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Authorizes the Commission pursuant to regulations prescribed by it to reimburse a State for 70 percent of the amount paid by such State as operating subsidy to continue service on a rail line or lines that would otherwise have been abandoned. States that the Commission shall not reimburse a State for operating subsidy paid to a State for operating subsidy paid to a railroad unless such State has adopted legislation extending authority to the Governor or other appropriate State official or agency to perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this title and regulation issued by the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission not to exceed $50,000,000 of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
States that, the following action by any State, or subdivision or agency thereof, whether such action be taken pursuant to a constitutional provision, statute, or administrative order or practice, or otherwise, is hereby declared to constitute an unreasonable and unjust discrimination against and an undue burden upon interstate commerce under the Interstate Commerce Act and is hereby forbidden and declared to be unlawful: (1) the assessment, for purposes of a property tax levied by any taxing district, of transportation property owned or used by any common or contract carrier subject to economic regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act at a value which bears a higher ratio to the true market value of such transportation property than the assessed value of all other industrial and commercial property in the assessment jurisdiction of any State in which is included such taxing district and subject to a property tax levy bears to the true market value of all such other commercial and industrial property; (2) the collection of any tax on the portion of such assessmen so declared to be unlawful; or (3) the collection of any ad valorem property tax on such transportation property at a tax rate higher than the tax rate generally applicable to commercial and industrial property in the taxing district.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Title I: Anti Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by death if convicted or by imprisonment for not less than 20 years if the accused surrendered himself to the captain of the aircraft. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist groups, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the Convention on International Civil Aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to Resolution A 17-10 of the Seventeenth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purposes of this Act. Requires the Administrator to submit semiannual reports to Congress on the effectiveness of the screening program. Requires the Administrator to provide regulations for the establishment and maintenance of air transportation security forces to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Establishes powers and responsibilities for such security forces. Authorizes the Administrator to require air carriers to refuse transportation to persons or property where there is a refusal to consent to search. Set forth criminal penalties for the carrying aboard an aircraft of weapons. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and each succeeding fiscal year to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for youth (between 12 and 22), elderly people (aged 65 and older), and military personnel who are members of the United States armed services traveling at their own expense, in uniform and while on official leave, furlough, or pass. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for youth (between 12 and 22), elderly people (aged 65 and older), and military personnel who are members of the United States armed services traveling at their own expense, in uniform and while on official leave, furlough, or pass. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Permits the continuation of family fares under the Federal Aviation Act. Authorizes reduced-rate transportation for handicapped persons and their attendants. Authorizes reduced-rate transportation for elderly people and young people on a space-available basis.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Defines Continental Shelf fishery resources which appertain to the United States. States that such resources refer to living organisms belonging to sedentary species; that is to say, organisms which, at the harvestable stage, either are immobile on or under the seabed or are unable to move except in constant physical contact with the seabed or the subsoil of the Continental Shelf.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Requires 45 days notice before any change may be made in the tariff of air carriers by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Requires the Board to make public its decision on whether to suspend a tariff at least 15 days before its effective date in the case of tariffs for interstate or overseas air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
States that the term 'intermodal carrier' means a common carrier by water, a common carrier certificated under parts I, II, and III of the Interstate Commerce Act or a direct air carrier subject to the Federal Aviation Act, holding itself out as a common carrier to provide through intermodal transportation of property, part of which involves the foreign or domestic offshore waterborne commerce of the United States and part of which involves movements outside of or within the United States, including intercoastal or coastwise water transportation or transportation on the Great Lakes, or transportation within a territory, a district, a possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which carrier does one or more of the following: (1) quotes rates for an intermodal service over a through route, (2) assumes responsibility for the through transportation of such property from place of receipt to place of delivery, (3) utilizes for a portion of the transportation its own facilities and instrumentalities and for a portion of the transportation the underlying facilities and instrumentalities of another common carrier or other common carriers by water, or certificated under parts I, II, or III of the Interstate Commerce Act, or a direct air carrier subject to the Federal Aviation Act, or a carrier operating transportation company located in a foreign country, or enters into arrangements with another such common carrier or common carriers for joint rates or through rates. Defines 'domestic offshore commerce' as commerce by water on the high seas or the Great Lakes on regular routes from port to port between any State, a territory, a district, a possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory, district, possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or between the State of Alaska, or the State of Hawaii, and any State, or between places within a territory, a district, a possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that tariff rates, fares, and charges, and classifications, rules, and regulations explanatory thereof agreed upon by a common carrier by water or conferences of such carriers and any other person subject to this Act whose facilities and instrumentalities are utilized for a portion of the through intermodal transportation of property, and changes and amendments thereto, if otherwise in accordance with law, shall be permitted to take effect without prior approval upon compliance with the publication and filing requirements of the Intercoastal Shipping Act with respect to domestic offshore commerce and with the provisions of any regulations the Commission may adopt. Provides that an intermodal carrier receiving property for transportation in foreign or domestic offshore commerce shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any underlying carrier or other person to whom such property may be delivered or whose facilities or services may be utilized in such transportation. Provides that the intermodal carrier's liability to the holder of the receipt or bill of lading shall be determined according to the laws pursuant to which the liability of the ocean carrier is determined. States that this Act shall not be construed to affect the power or jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to commerce between the forty-eight contiguous States and carriers operating pursuant to operating authorities issued by such Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Permits State and local governments to prescribe curfews and other airport noise regulations for airports in their jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Title I: Railroad Retirement Act Amendments - Railroad Retirement Amendments - Provides that individuals who will have attained the age of sixty and will have completed thirty years of service will be eligible for annuities under this Act. Sets forth the rate of tax imposed on the income of every employee covered under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act. Revises the computation for deductions of the tax from the employees' compensation. Sets forth the rate of taxation to be applied against the employer. Extends the provisions of this Act to December 31, 1974. Provides that if title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act is amended to provide an increase in benefits payable thereunder at any time during the period July 1, 1973, through December 31, 1974, the individual's annuity computed under the preceding provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act shall be increased in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount (before any reduction on account of age) which would be payable to such individual under the then current law if his or her annuity were computed under this Act, without regard to the words 'plus 10 percent of such total amount' contained therein; (2) the amount (before any reduction on account of age) which would have been payable to such individual under the law as in effect prior to July 1, 1973, if his or her annuity had been computed under this Act, without regard to the words 'plus 10 percent of such total amount' contained therein. Revises the method of computing a spouse's annuity under this Act. Provides that, not later than March 1, 1974, representatives of employees and retirees and representatives of carriers, acting through the group designated by them pursuant to this Act, shall submit to Congress a report containing their joint recommendations for restructuring the railroad retirement system in a manner which will assure the long-term actuarial soundness of such system, which recommendations shall take into account the specific recommendations of the Commission on Railroad Retirement. Title II: Interstate Commerce Act Amendments - Railroad Rate Adjustment Act - Provides that the Interstae Commerce Commission shall by rule establish within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act requirements for petitions for adjustment of interstate and intrastate rates of common carrier by railroad based upon increases in expenses of such carriers pursuant to the Railroad Retirement Amendments of 1973. Provides that such requirements shall be designed to facilitate fair and expeditious action on any such petition as required by this Act by disclosing such information as the amount needed in rate increases to offset such increases in expenses and the availability of means other than a rate increase by which the carrier might absorb or offset such increases in expenses. Provides that prior to action upon any provision in a verified petition which relates to intrastate rates, the Commission shall request from any State authority having jurisdiction over any such rates, within ten days from the filing of such petition, a recommendation as to the action the Commission should take. Provides that the Commission shall give due regard to any such recommendation received within forty-five days from the date of request. Title III: Separability - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances should be held invalid, the remainder of such Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of specified property conveyed to the city of Rolla, Missouri, for airport purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer jurisdiction and control of a portion of the property comprising the Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine (1) the feasibility of establishing a naval museum on such site, and (2) which portion of the shipyard shall be preserved as a national historic site. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt a moratorium on railroad abandonments until such time as the Commission determines that petroleum fuel supplies are adequate to assure availability of alternative modes of transportation to serve agricultural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))