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Bill· HRH.R. 2249 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake navigation improvements to: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; and (3) deep-draft access to the Ports of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of the date of enactment, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for each such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other pertinent statutory requirements. Deems the requirements of such statutes to have been satisfied unless Congress disapproves such final environmental impact statement by concurrent resolution within 60 days. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to develop, improve, and maintain the Nation's rivers, harbors, and other waterways, at such depths and dimensions and with such facilities to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation or foreign and domestic commerce. Requires the Chief of Engineers, prior to initiation of any such work, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for such improvements. Requires each such statement to be submitted to Congress within one year of the date of the completion of the draft environmental impact statement. Declares that the absence of Congressional disapproval shall constitute a determination that all environmental statutes have been satisfied. Declares that environmental impact statements for such projects and improvements authorized by this Act, findings and determinations by Congress, and actions to carry out such projects and improvements shall not be subject to judicial review except for claims alleging: (1) invalidity of this Act; (2) inadequacy of a final environmental impact statement; or (3) unconstitutionality. Gives exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. district courts for the district where the improvement is located. Gives docket priority to such proceedings in such courts. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Authorizes the transfer of Department of the Army civil funds until such appropriation.
Bill· SS. 576 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
National Harbor Improvement Act of 1981 - Establishes the Interagency Harbor Development Task Force to: (1) review feasibility studies of and prepare reports on harbor improvements; and (2) develop national harbor development plans for five-, ten-, and fifteen-year periods. Sets forth criteria to be observed by the Chief of Engineers in evaluating the desirability of a proposed project. Specifies that the feasibility study of a proposed project shall be conducted by the District Engineer for the district in which such project is to be undertaken. Directs the Chief of Engineers, within 18 months after the date of the beginning of such study, to transmit such study to the Task Force. Directs the Task Force to review such study, including comments thereon by interested States and agencies, and examine means of financing such project. Directs the Task Force, within 45 days of receipt of such feasibility study, to report its findings and recommendations to the President. Directs the President, within 90 days of receipt, to transmit such report to specified Congressional committees. Provides for veto of proposed harbor improvement projects described in such report by disapproval of either House of Congress within 45 days. Sets forth procedures by which such disapproval shall be considered. States that advanced engineering and design work on an authorized project shall be completed by a specified date. Directs the President to submit to Congress in his budget request for the fiscal year following completion of such work a request for funds for construction of such project. Specifies the Federal share of such construction costs. Directs the Federal Government to assume all operation and maintenance costs of such projects for a specified period of time. Decreases the Federal share of such costs to a certain level according to a specified schedule. Authorizes appropriations, with specified limitations, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2211 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving, at the end of a two year period, any Federal aid highway program in a State unless the State has: (1) established a form of identification to designate parking spaces reserved for physically handicapped individuals and which distinguishes motor vehicles used by such individuals; and (2) enacted legislation setting forth penalties for the use of such spaces by non-handicapped persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 2170 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one-percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985 out of revenues of the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil.
Bill· HRH.R. 2148 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Repeals the 55 miles per hour national maximum speed limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 2140 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to protect and restore the river diversion structures and associated canals attendant to the operations of certain historical acequias (irrigation ditches) in the State of New Mexico. Directs the State of New Mexico to pay 20 percent of the cost of such work. Limits such costs to a specified sum. Authorizes the appropriation of a specified sum for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2116 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Modifies the Theodore Ship Channel navigation project, Alabama, to provide for non-Federal contribution to the costs of spoil sites. Waives such requirement if the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator finds: (1) that the State and other parties are participating in an approved plan for waste treatment facilities; and (2) that applicable water quality standards are not being violated.
Bill· HRH.R. 2115 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends Federal law to increase the maximum Federal contribution for publicly-owned shore restoration and protection projects to 90 percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 2052 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
National Driver Register Act of 1981 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit specified information on certain drivers to the Secretary. Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and statistical research. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1981 through 1990.
Bill· HRH.R. 2058 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Modifies the Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, navigation project to authorize the enlargement of the turning basin known as area E by extending it eastward for up to 500 feet and northward to within 150 feet of the east breakwater.
Bill· SS. 508 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1981
Airport and Airway System Development Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review and revise the existing national airport system plan to provide for the development of public-use airports in the United States. Specifies that such plan shall include the type and estimated cost of eligible airport development considered by the Secretary to be necessary for civilian, military, and postal purposes. Directs the Department of Defense to make domestic military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the extent feasible. Directs the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Comptroller General, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress: (1) a joint evaluation of the military airport system; and (2) a plan to make such system available for civil uses compatible with national defense requirements. Specifies that the costs incurred by the Secretary of Transportation for improvements to air navigation facilities shall be charged to funds appropriated by this Act. Sets forth the aggregate funding level for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for airport development and planning in the form of project-grants or block-grants. Allows expenditures for such development or planning at a privately owned reliever airport under certain conditions. Authorizes appropriations out of the Trust Fund for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 for: (1) establishment of air navigation facilities; (2) airport research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects; (3) costs of services provided under international agreements relating to the joint financing of air navigation services; and (4) costs incurred by the Secretary to flight check and maintain such air navigation facilities. Sets forth the method for apportioning the funds made available under this Act. States that the funds of the Trust Fund shall not be appropriated except for purposes described in this Act. Specifies that funds apportioned by this Act and unobligated within a certain time shall be added to a discretionary fund established by this Act. Sets forth airport funding requirements. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with State and local officials in the development of airport plans and programs which are formulated on the basis of overall transportation needs and coordinated with other transportation planning with due consideration to comprehensive long-range land-use and access plans and overall social, economic, environmental, system performance, and energy conservation goals and objectives. Sets forth procedures for the submission of project-grant and block-grant airport development applications and requirements which must be satisfied for approval of such applications. Requires a sponsor of an airport project to hold public hearings where the project-grant application involves the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a major runway extension. States that such a grant shall not be made unless the Governor of the State in which the project is to be located certifies in writing to the Secretary that there is a reasonable assurance that the project will comply with applicable air and water quality implementation plans. Authorizes the Secretary to approve State airport development standards at specified kinds of public-use airports. Directs the Secretary to accept conclusionary certifications from participating project sponsors that they have complied or will comply with all of the statutory, regulatory, and procedural requirements imposed under this Act or any other Federal law. Limits the United States' share of allowable project costs to 90 percent. Establishes lower percentages for such projects under specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary to receive specified written assurances before approving an airport development project contained in a project-grant application. Exempts certain project sponsors from contractual obligations to provide free space in airport buildings to the Federal Government. Directs airport sponsors to consult affected parties in making a decision to undertake any airport development project. Sets forth procedures for acceptance of project-grant and block-grant agreements and allowable project costs. Requires that construction work on projects funded under this Act be subject to inspection and approval by the Secretary and be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Provides that contracts in excess of $2,000 for such construction projects shall include provisions establishing minimum rates of wages to be predetermined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Requires that construction contracts for airport development projects grant employment preferences to Vietnam and disabled veterans. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in the event that a public airport project will require the use of Federal lands, to request the head of the Federal agency or department controlling such lands to transfer the necessary property interests to the participating public agency. Requires the head of such agency or department to notify the Secretary within four months of its decision with respect to such a request. Exempts from such requests lands under the administration of the National Park Service, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System or similar areas under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or within any national forest or Indian reservation. Sets forth criminal penalties for fraudulent acts committed with regard to projects under this Act. Sets forth recordkeeping and auditing requirements with respect to projects under this Act. Requires annual documentation by hub airports of the need for Federal assistance. Directs the Secretary to take affirmative action to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from participating in any activity conducted with funds received from any grant made under this Act. Provides that no obligation for airport development shall be incurred by the Secretary after September 30, 1981, at any airport which enplanes more than .5 percent (.25 percent after September 30, 1982) of the total number of passengers enplaned in calendar year 1979 at all commercial service airports. Authorizes other airports after such date to elect not to receive such assistance. Directs the Secretary to issue criteria pursuant to which an owner or operator of an airport that becomes ineligible to receive Federal assistance under this Act may terminate any existing obligations with the United States that arose from the acceptance of such Federal assistance. Sets forth procedures for the termination of such obligations. Permits an air carrier airport owner or operator to renegotiate rates, fees, or other charges paid by air carriers to replace such Federal assistance revenues. Repeals sections of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 relating to airport development funding. Directs the Secretary to transmit annually to Congress a report describing the status of the revenues and expenditures of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and its programs and operations. Directs the Secretary and the Comptroller General, within nine months of the date of enactment of this Act, to conduct separate studies of airports ineligible to receive Federal assistance under this Act to determine the ability of such airports to replace the moneys they would otherwise receive as Federal assistance. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require that airport operating certificates prescribe terms, conditions, and limitations relating to such friction treatment for runways as the Secretary determines to be necessary. Requires that all airports upon which Federal funds have been expended shall be available for: (1) public use; and (2) all types of aeronautical use on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms.
Bill· HRH.R. 1920 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Bus Regulatory Modernization and Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to promote and maintain a privately owned motor bus system in the United States. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider the need for specified revenue levels in the exercise of its ratemaking powers concerning common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle. Prohibits the Commission from finding any fare or rate for the transportation of passengers to be unreasonable on the basis that it is too high or too low if it is within a specified standard fare range. Authorizes the Commission to suspend interstate passenger fares and express rates under specified conditions. Directs the Commission to adjust such rates and charges periodically. States that such findings, suspensions, or adjustments shall not apply to excursion, special, or charger fares. Authorizes a motor common carrier of passengers to enter into a rate agreement with one or more other carriers. Directs the Commission to approve such agreement subject to specified criteria. Sets forth requirements with which an organization established or continued under such agreement must comply. Grants the Commission exclusive authority to prescribe an intrastate rate for transportation provided by a rail carrier or motor carrier of passengers (formerly rail only). Makes conforming amendments to specified Acts concerning the issuance of securities by motor carriers of property. Sets forth procedures for a consolidation, merger, or an acquisition of control involving a motor carrier of passengers. Expands the scope of certificates authorizing the transportation of passengers in charger or special operations. Directs the Commission, under specified conditions, to issue a certificate to a person authorizing that person to provide transportation as a motor common carrier of passengers. Makes such certificates issued to persons not holding authority from the Commission effective for a maximum of three years. Prohibits a motor carrier of passengers from: (1) engaging in interstate or foreign commerce; or (2) receiving a certificate or permit unless such carrier has filed a surety bond or certificate of insurance with the Commission. Sets forth requirements to be met by publicly owned or government owned motor carriers of passengers which apply for such certificate or permit for special or charter operations. Prohibits a carrier from protesting an application for such certificate or permit unless it has met specified conditions. Prohibits a State, political subdivision thereof, or an interstate agency from enacting any law, rule, regulation, or other provision relating to the discontinuance of regular-route service by a motor common carrier of passengers. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules for the discontinuance of essential intrastate and interstate regular route service by such carriers. Specifies criteria for such rules and sets forth procedures for the investigation of proposed discontinuance of service. Directs the Commission to take final action within 90 days on an application by a motor carrier of passengers for temporary authority (30 days for emergency temporary authority) to provide certain transportation. Directs that proceedings begun by the Commission under this Act shall be dismissed automatically unless they are concluded with administrative finality within three years after they were initiated.
Bill· HRH.R. 1914 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Directs a motor carrier of passengers providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow its bus operators to install and operate citizens band radios and related accessories in such vehicles for: (1) the safety and benefit of passengers; (2) assisting motor vehicle operators in trouble; and (3) aiding law enforcement officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 1896 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to prohibit certain oil tankers from entering Puget Sound, Washington.
Bill· HRH.R. 1855 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1981
Grants the consent of Congress to the city of Boston to construct, maintain, and operate a causeway and fixed-span bridge in and over Fort Point Channel, Boston, Massachusetts. Requires approval for the location and plans of such bridge and causeway from the Secretary of Transportation.
Bill· SS. 459 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, upon application by the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, to make a grant for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Requires the Federal share of the project costs to be 100 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, a specified sum to carry out the provisions of this Act beginning in fiscal year 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 1820 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to require the denial of a project grant application for an airport unless the Secretary of Transportation is satisfied that such airport's owner and operator: (1) will not deny reasonable opportunity to pick up and discharge passengers at such airport to certain motor common carriers of persons; and (2) will provide areas at such airport where information relating to such transportation provided by such carriers may be displayed.
Bill· SS. 422 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Extends from 50 years to 80 years the period for repayment of revenue bonds issued by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (the Corporation) to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Corporation and the Secretary to make all revenue bonds outstanding on the effective date of this Act payable in equal annual amounts over the remainder of the 80 year period established by this Act.
Bill· SS. 402 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to permit the placement of signs on United States Highway 19 to memorialize the New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 1744 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require operators of commuter service airports to establish air transportation security programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 1774 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make construction-differential subsidies available to United States built or documented vessels for replacement or upgrading of such vessels' existing propulsion machinery in order to improve energy efficiency. Establishes guidelines for the approval of such subsidies. Sets forth procedures for the negotiation, acceptance, and payment of such subsidies by the Secretary. Requires replacement propulsion equipment to be of United States origin except under specified circumstances. Classifies such upgraded vessel as "new" or "reconstructed" for specified purposes of such Act. Reduces the age of such vessel by ten years for purposes of the obligation to replace it under any operating- differential subsidy and capital construction fund contract or program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1775 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Makes air traffic controllers who are eligible for immediate retirement ineligible for full time training on the basis of their inability to continue their work as controllers for physical or other specified reasons. Entitles any employee who provides preflight, in-flight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators and any immediate supervisor of such an employee to a civil service pension after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1732 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, in exceptional cases, to make funds available to a State for the acquisition of rights-of-way on a Federal-aid highway system before completion of an environmental impact statement. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate Congressional committees of a State's request for such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 1742 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Federal Highway Beautification Assistance Act of 1979 - Authorizes a State to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs adjacent to the Interstate and primary highway systems within its borders. Sets forth procedures by which a State may acquire by purchase or condemnation lawfully erected signs or related devices. Increases the Federal share of such acquisitions from 75 to 80 percent. Specifies criteria for an effective statewide system of control over such signs and devices. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the States, to provide areas adjacent to the Interstate Highway System for placement of specified signs and devices. States that such signs shall conform to national standards promulgated by the Secretary. Authorizes a State, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish information centers at safety rest areas and other travel information systems within a highway's right-of-way.
Bill· HRH.R. 1703 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Repeals the 55 miles per hour national maximum speed limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 1689 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to permit, for use to meet operating expenses, up to 20 percent of the funds allocated to make grants and loans to private nonprofit corporations and associations for the purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services for elderly and handicapped persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 1664 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to enter into negotiations with the designated Virginia department or agency for leasing Dulles International Airport to the State of Virginia. Directs the Secretary to lease such airport to such State if the parties agree to terms.
Bill· HRH.R. 1639 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to remove silt and debris from and along the Martin Pena Canal near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bill· HRH.R. 1655 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Limousine Limitation Act of 1981 - Prohibits any Government agency from purchasing, hiring, or operating a motor vehicle for transporting any Federal employee or official, with specified exceptions, between his or her home and place of employment.
Bill· SS. 355 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to adjust the financial considerations to be made by the Secretary of Transportation in granting rehabilitation and improvement financing to railroads. Directs the Secretary to assign the highest priority to applications of carriers unable to generate such funds in the private sector.
Bill· SS. 364 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to protect and restore the river diversion structures and associated canals attendant to the operations of certain historical acequias (irrigation ditches) in the State of New Mexico. Requires the State of New Mexico to pay 20 percent of the cost of such work. Limits such costs to a specified sum. Authorizes the appropriation of a specified sum for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1576 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Air Traffic Controller Act of 1981 - Redefines the terms "air traffic controller" and "controller," for purposes of civil service provisions, to mean any air traffic control specialist of the GS-2152 series. Establishes a salary classification system for air traffic controllers. Requires: (1) semiannual salary cost of living adjustments of one and one half percent for each one percent increase in the the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI); (2) an additional ten percent increase annually; and (3) automatic annual step increases within and between pay grades. Establishes differential payments for hours worked during a night shift, midnight shift, weekend, or assignment as an on-the-job training instructor. Exempts the salary of an air traffic controller from provisions limiting the pay of Federal employees. Establishes a work week of four consecutive eight-hour days for controllers. Entitles controllers to form labor organizations and bargain collectively for wages, hours, leave, and other terms of employment. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations providing that: (1) a controller shall be eligible for retirement with a reduced pension after fifteen years of service, or full retirement with an income equal to 75 percent of the controller's highest salary after 20 years of service, regardless of age; and (2) retired controllers shall receive a semiannual cost of living increase of seven percent or the percentage increase in the CPI, whichever is larger.
Bill· HRH.R. 1559 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants under the Airport and Airway Act of 1970 to hospitals nearest to air carrier airports for the acquisition of medical equipment and supplies to treat burn injuries resulting from aircraft accidents. Specifies that the Federal share of the costs of such equipment and supplies shall be 100 percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 1602 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Defective Aircraft Remedy Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to determine, on the record after an opportunity for a hearing, whether an unsafe condition in an aircraft is related to a design or manufacturing defect. Directs the Secretary, if such relationship exists, to: (1) notify the manufacturer and the registered owner of such aircraft of such determination; and (2) order the manufacturer to remedy such condition. Directs a manufacturer to notify the registered owner and the Secretary if such manufacturer knows that: (1) an unsafe condition exists in an aircraft; and (2) such condition is related to a design or manufacturing defect. States that the cost of repairs (except labor) mandated by this Act shall not be charged to the registered owner of the aircraft involved. Provides for reimbursement of an aircraft owner by the manufacturer if such owner performs required repairs within a specified period. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to compromise such penalties subject to specified considerations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1518 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1981
Emergency Automobile Regulatory Relief Act of 1981 - Directs the President to require the head of each Federal agency that has authority to regulate specified aspects of the manufacture, distribution, or sale of automobiles to review and evaluate regulations affecting the automobile industry. Requires the revision or repeal of duplicative, obsolete, or inadequate regulations within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1489 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Authorizes the transportation of passengers on foreign vessels between ports in Puerto Rico and ports in the United States unless the Secretary of Commerce determines that United States flag service is available for such transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 1393 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Makes temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve eligible for veterans' benefits, if they so elect.
Bill· HRH.R. 1438 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations and standards requiring that the windows in the locomotive and rear car of all passenger, freight, and commuter trains be bulletproof and to require that such cars be equipped with temperature controlling equipment.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 141 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Requests the President to designate the week of October 4, 1981, through October 10, 1981, as "National Schoolbus Safety Week."
Bill· SS. 264 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Provides that such projects may include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 1326 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, upon application by the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, to approve a project for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, a specified sum to carry out the provisions of this Act beginning in fiscal year 1982. Prohibits the Secretary from including any costs for such bridge in any revised estimate of the cost of completing the Interstate Highway System.
Bill· HRH.R. 1271 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985.
Bill· SS. 202 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake, on an expedited and priority basis, navigation improvements to the Charleston Harbor and Channels, South Carolina. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other statutory requirements as determined to be pertinent by the Chief of Engineers. Deems the requirements of such statutes to have been satisfied unless Congress disapproves such final environmental impact statement within 60 days. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to develop, improve, and maintain the Nation's rivers, harbors, and other waterways, at such depths and dimensions and with such facilities to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation or foreign and domestic commerce. Requires the Chief of Engineers, prior to initiation of any such work, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for such improvements. Requires each such statement to be submitted to Congress within one year of the date of the completion of the draft environmental impact statement. Declares that the absence of Congressional disapproval shall constitute a determination that all environmental statutes have been satisfied. Declares that environmental impact statements for such projects and improvements shall not be subject to judicial review except that: (1) claims alleging the invalidity of this Act may be brought within 60 days following the enactment; (2) claims alleging the inadequacy of a final environmental impact statement transmitted to Congress pursuant to provisions of this Act may be brought within 60 days following the date of a finding and determination by Congress; and (3) claims alleging that an action to carry out projects and improvements authorized by this Act will deny rights under the Constitution, or that such action is beyond the scope of authority conferred by this Act, may be brought within 60 days following the date of such action. Gives exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. district courts for the district where the improvement is located. Gives docket priority to such proceedings in such courts. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1118 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Prohibits vessels transporting Alaskan oil to any port in California which is east or south of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa from using any route passing through the territorial or international waters which lies between such islands and the coast of California. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1178 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the reconstruction or repair of nontoll public roads that are incurring and will continue to incur a substantial increase in use as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Sets the Federal share of the cost of such projects at 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for apportionment of such funds. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 1052 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Independent Federal Aviation Agency Act of 1981 - Establishes the Federal Aviation Agency as an independent agency of the United States. Authorizes the appointment of an Administrator and a Deputy Administrator by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Administrator all functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Transportation and other officers of the Department of Transportation which are exercised by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, under the Federal Aviation Act, the Airport and Airway Development Act, and other specified laws. States that all orders, determinations, and rulings which have been issued or allowed to become effective shall continue in effect and that no suit or other proceeding shall be abated by reason of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1189 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to adjust the formulae under which entitlements of urbanized areas for construction and operating assistance under such Act are determined.
Bill· HRH.R. 1164 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the actual cost (not to exceed $300) of the burial and funeral expenses of a veteran whose death occurs in a State home.
Bill· HRH.R. 1027 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Establishes a uniform body of Federal law governing liability for damages arising from the takeoff, flight, or landing of aircraft, exclusive of State, admiralty, maritime, or other law. Details the substantive provisions of aviation liability law. Holds a common carrier to the highest degree of care for the safety of its passengers. Sets forth a rule of comparative fault and a right of contribution among joint tortfeasors. Establishes rights of action for damages for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death. Authorizes a decedent's survivors to bring a wrongful death action and an action for personal injury to the decedent. Stipulates that recovery in any such personal injury action shall not include damages for pain, suffering, or disfigurement. Bars a personal injury or death action which is inconsistent with applicable workers' compensation law, but permits a party to claim for contribution, indemnity, or other similar remedy against a person or party by whom or on whose behalf workers' compensation has been paid. Requires, if a decedent's survivors bring an action in Federal district court, that the claims of all beneficiaries of the decedent be brought in one action. Grants Federal district courts original jurisdiction, concurrently with State courts, over any civil action arising out of aviation activity involving: (1) large aircraft, high-performance aircraft, public aircraft, or common carrier aircraft; (2) the death of five or more persons; (3) a claim the liability for which is indemnified in whole or in part by the United States; or (4) a negligent or wrongful act of a Federal employee committed within the scope of duty and under circumstances where there would be liability if the act had been by a private employer. Specifies rules regarding separate trials, multiparty procedures, service of process, and venue. Makes statute of limitation guidelines applicable to State actions. Permits State aviation actions to be removed to Federal court. Sets forth rules regarding such removal.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 35 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Disapproves the issuance by the Secretary of Labor of certain regulations relating to protected employees of an air carrier that is subject to regulation by the Civil Aeronautics Board.