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United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on all scheduled airline flights and make such prohibition permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Army to collect and remove all floating material whenever the Secretary is collecting and removing debris which is an obstruction to navigation in New York Harbor. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Directs the President, subject to the Railway Labor Act, to create, not later than one day after enactment of this Act, an emergency board to investigate and report to him about the disputes between Eastern Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Air Line Pilots Association, and the Transport Workers Union of America.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit takeoffs and landings at U.S. airports of subsonic aircraft exceeding certain noise levels. States that this prohibition applies only to an airport during the three-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act if the number of individuals residing within five miles of it exceeds 100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Railroad Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations within 90 days after the enactment of this Act to establish a program requiring each rail carrier to conduct at its own expense: (1) an employee and job applicant program testing for the use of alcohol or controlled substances; and (2) a substance abuse rehabilitation program. Mandates the immediate testing of employees whose job performance is reasonably suspected by the employer to be alcohol- or drug-impaired. Mandates that an employee whose test results confirm unlawful use of alcohol or controlled substances be suspended from duty without pay and referred to such rehabilitation program. Subjects such employees to employment discharge if they fail to complete the program successfully or test positive following its successful completion. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act, including employee protection provisions. Authorizes aggrieved railroad employees or job applicants to institute a civil action in any Federal district court for violation of their rights under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require each rail carrier performing testing under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to report annually to the Secretary regarding the drug and alcohol testing programs. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress compiling and analyzing such information.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Provides for the implementation of a pay demonstration project for certain employees in air traffic control facilities serving Chicago O'Hare Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and New York Kennedy Airport.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Rural Bus Services Act - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for: (1) intercity bus service; and (2) the establishment and maintenance of rural feeder services for residents of rural and urban areas designated by the Bureau of the Census with populations of 5,000 or more which are not within an urbanized area. Modifies the funding formula for rural programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish pilot projects to provide incentives for rural feeder services to combine express pickup and small package delivery with passenger transportation; and (2) make grants for such projects. Sets a termination date for such grants. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a study evaluating the extent to which small package pickup and delivery is dependent upon Federal preemption of State regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for the Appalachian development highway system. Directs the Appalachian Regional Commission to allocate funds appropriated under this Act among the States within the Appalachian region according to a specified formula.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include as a purpose of such Act public investment in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties or areas lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations for the Appalachian Regional Commission for FY 1990 through 1994. Permits the Commission to lease office space through FY 1994. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for construction of the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads. Increases from 70 percent to 80 percent the maximum Federal share of such highway construction costs. Allows for Federal supplements to the Federal grant-in-aid programs to continue through FY 1994. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 to carry out such Act. Terminates specified provisions of such Act on October 1, 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for the Appalachian development highway system. Directs the Appalachian Regional Commission to allocate funds appropriated under this Act among the States within the Appalachian region according to a specified formula.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under the Federal-aid highway program if it is lawful in such State to: (1) possess an open alcoholic beverage container in the passenger area of any motor vehicle on a public highway; or (2) consume any alcoholic beverage in such motor vehicle on a public highway. Exempts from such withholding measures charter buses of ten or more passengers whose drivers are not permitted by State law to possess open alcoholic beverages in the passenger area. Provides for the release of withheld funds to States which comply with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations prohibiting any railroad employee from leaving either the scene of a railroad accident or such employee's appropriate place of duty (unless warranted because of injury or other urgent circumstances) if the employee: (1) may have caused or contributed to the accident; or (2) has specified responsibilities regarding the accident's aftermath. Sets forth criminal penalties for knowing or willful violation of regulations issued under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to identify, protect, and enhance scenic and historic roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) transmit to the Congress a nationwide, long-term plan for promoting, designating, protecting, and enhancing scenic and historic roads, including an analysis of available studies on a national scenic byways program, guidelines for administration of such a program, and forecasts of significant changes in traffic volumes, safety consequences, and environmental and economic impacts; (2) assemble for the Congress available information on economic activity associated with scenic and recreational travel; (3) conduct a study and make recommendations regarding economic impacts of promoting scenic byways as tourist attractions, techniques for incorporating scenic byways into tourism development and marketing programs, and alternative means to inform the public about scenic byways; and (4) conduct case studies of, and report on, States with existing scenic byway programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with the States on studies under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct national and regional conferences to ensure public involvement. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Amends the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to exempt from its requirements motor vehicles used solely for fire fighting purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2000, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I: National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Least-Cost Energy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan. Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires designated Secretaries to prepare reports for inclusion in the Plan with respect to: (1) all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures; (2) waste reduction options and recycling; (3) tree plantings to offset carbon dioxide emissions; and (4) transportation modes to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II: Energy Efficiency - Part A: Energy Efficiency Policy - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in: (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1991 through 1994 include recommendations for the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on end-use energy technologies. Requires the Panel to report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board on its assessment of promising energy efficiency research and development opportunities and policies. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress: (1) a long-term research and development plan that accelerates by five years the current Department of Energy multiyear program goals for energy efficiency; and (2) an estimate of the funding increase needed to achieve such accelerated goals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide financial assistance in consultation to ten research centers to achieve multiple improvements in energy-intensive industrial and manufacturing processes. Sets forth an operations timetable for such centers. Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish energy efficiency goals resulting in specified primary energy savings for federally owned or leased buildings, as well as federally assisted housing; and (2) include the use of renewable forms of energy within the energy efficiency options for such buildings. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretaries of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to convene a meeting of housing industry members to select a not-for-profit organization to administer a uniform nationwide home energy rating system. Mandates that such organization contract with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Center for Building Sciences by a certain deadline. Authorizes appropriations for such organization for FY 1990 through 1993. Mandates that certain institutions which offer federally assisted home mortgage loans take measures to encourage cost-effective energy efficiency improvements based upon a home energy audit and rating scheme. Directs the Secretary to promulgate energy efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent lamps and windows. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a research, development, and demonstration program on technologies to reduce chlorofluorocarbon use; (2) expand the Department of Energy's existing technology transfer initiative on least-cost electric utility planning; and (3) implement a least-cost gas utility initiative. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish an evaluation program regarding car-pooling arrangements and high-occupancy vehicle lanes; and (2) report to the Congress on nonmotorized transportation alternatives, as well as a fuel-savings mass transportation assistance program for State and local governments. Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the use of Highway Trust Fund moneys for non-motorized transportation alternatives and for carbon-dioxide emissions reductions. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) take certain prescribed actions to ensure the adoption of least-cost utility planning principles; and (2) detail for the Congress any amendments to the Federal Power Act which are necessary for the Commission to adopt such planning principles. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress on the results of a national power survey emphasizing policies and technologies within the electric utility industry which are designed to diminish global warming. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying efficiency. Mandates that such rules: (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement. Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Establishes Federal standards for least cost supply measures, and requires State regulatory authorities and nonregulated gas and electric utilities to implement such standards. Title III: State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that each State energy conservation plan which receives Federal assistance contain a goal to reduce by ten percent or more the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such year as of October 1, 1990. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs (including those for schools and hospitals) for FY 1990 through 1992. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to: (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report annually to the Secretary and the Congress on its activities. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to cite conditions under which the Secretary may approve a State application for a waiver of: (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992 for a weatherization research and technical assistance program which shall include the monitoring of indoor air quality in low-income homes. Title IV: Vehicle Energy Efficiency Improvements - Vehicle Energy Efficiency Performance Standards Act of 1989 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to increase the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light duty trucks for model year 1992 and thereafter according to prescribed guidelines. Exempts manufacturers of fewer than 10,000 light trucks and emergency vehicles from such prescribed standards. Establishes an incentives schedule for manufacturers of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assess a tax against any manufacturer who fails to comply with the prescribed average fuel economy standards. Terminates the current civil penalty after model year 1989. Prescribes a fleet average fuel economy schedule for all Federal passenger automobiles and light trucks for model years 1992 and thereafter. Amends the Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of Energy before establishing testing and calculation procedures for measuring automobile fuel economy. Revises from mandatory to discretionary the Administrator's authority to require fuel economy tests in conjunction with emissions tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to measure a sampling of production passenger automobiles for each model type and year during the first month of manufacture for sale. Directs the Administrator to review procedures periodically for testing fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to update the booklet containing fuel economy data at least twice a year. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 booklets each year to each dealer and additional numbers if requested. Cites conditions under which manufacturers of light vehicles with certain increased fuel economies shall be considered to have offered the Government a specified discounted bid. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to submit suggestions to the Congress for additional legislation to carry out its purposes and the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Congress on the results of its review of the research and development status of the fuel efficiency and energy consumption reduction of light vehicles, trucks, and passenger vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make changes in the Department of Energy's transportation research and development program based upon such report. Outlines criteria and procedures for prescribing amended vehicle fuel economy standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a gas guzzler tax schedule applicable to 1989 and later model year automobiles. Sets forth a tax credit schedule for the purchase of certain fuel efficient passenger vehicles. Title V: Solar and Renewable Resources - Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress regarding a long-term research, development and demonstration program with policy options necessary to achieve a quadrupling of renewable energy production and use by 2015. Requires the Secretary of Energy to work closely with specified Federal departments regarding the Federal Government's biofuels program, and to report to the Congress on the progress being made in the development of solar and renewable resources. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 - FY 1993 include the Secretary of Energy's recommendations for civilian research and development budgets necessary to implement such long-term program. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on Solar and Renewable Resources and Technologies which shall report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding the status of the solar and renewable resources program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through FY 1994 for such program. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1991 include the Secretary's recommendations for proof-of-concept or near-commercialization demonstration projects in specified categories. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and provide financial assistance to a joint research and development venture to develop advanced district cooling technologies applicable in cities with high cooling loads; and (2) appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology to assist in the implementation of such joint venture. Authorizes appropriations for such venture. Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding: (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Directs the Secretary to appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports to assist in the implementation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines for use by cities and municipalities, specifying environmental and safety standards for the use of fuel cell technology. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress regarding the export market potential for integrated fuel cells systems with renewable power technologies. Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the activities of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce, and Trade to promote exports of renewable energy technology. Requires each participating member of such Committee to report annually to the Congress on the Committee actions regarding renewable energy technology exports. Requires the Committee to establish a joint government-industry plan to promote the U.S. market share in international trade in renewable energy technologies, including the development of administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Committee to coordinate, contract with, and assist financially appropriate parties to build and demonstrate the commercial operation of a biomass gasified steam-injected gas turbine of up to 25 megawatts. Authorizes appropriations and requires a report to the Congress. Title VI: Solar Hydrogen Fuels - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time. Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Gives priority to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary: (1) to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology; and (2) to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen technology demonstration plan. Establishes a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program. Requires an annual report from the Panel to the Energy Research Advisory Board, which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII: Natural Gas and Coal - Part A: Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with and provide financial assistance to appropriate parties to construct and demonstrate the commercial operation of ten intercooled steam-injected gas turbines for generating electricity. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of this program. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Part B: Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally-funded projects under the Department of Energy's clean coal technology program. Directs the Secretary to establish and implement research and development technologies for preventing, reducing, recycling, or offsetting carbon-dioxide emissions from combusted coal. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of such technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VIII: Forest and Agriculture Policies - Part A: Forest Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a national forestation initiative. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) enter into contracts with ranch and farmland operators to place specified acreage of highly erodible cropland into the conservation reserve during certain crop years; and (2) report to the Congress regarding the potential for offsetting new carbon dioxide emissions through the use of tree plantations. Part B: Agricultural Policies - Mandates that specified Federal agencies conduct a joint study on critical linkages between agricultural production and global climate change. Directs specified Federal agencies to establish an interagency task force to ensure that all satellite and remote sensing information pertinent to agricultural needs and climate modeling are made available to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the "Low-Input Farming Systems Research and Education Program." Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Part C: Integrated Farming Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consult with the agriculture community and sustainable agriculture advocates for the purpose of developing an integrated farming research, development, and demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a national farm ethanol program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Part D: Urban Forestry Conservation Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an urban forestry education and accelerated tree planting program for: (1) energy conservation; (2) carbon-dioxide emissions reduction; (3) improved urban air quality; and (4) general environmental benefits. Outlines demonstration projects financed with Federal matching funds. Directs the Secretary to support urban forestry projects at Department of Agriculture stations and at Land Grant Universities. Authorizes appropriations. Part E: Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such Forest. Repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from Forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats, biological diversity, the old growth rain forest ecosystem, and other specified items. Requires the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry to be included for cooperation and consultation in a study of the Forest timber supply and demand. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate specified long-term timber sale contracts, and to revise the Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan of 1979 in a manner that fully protects long-term environmental and recreational concerns. Requires such Secretary to report to certain congressional committees regarding the status of such Forest Plan revision schedule. Imposes a moratorium on timber sales and harvest until the Forest Plan is completely revised and ready for implementation. Title IX: Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest and agroforestry plan with goals for each tropical country. Requires: (1) the Administrator to ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (2) the Administrator to take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury and the President must promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after enactment of this Act requiring wood and products containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the scientific and common names of such wood and the countries of origin. Directs such Secretary to impose a tropical woods tax upon products containing specified woods. Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from: (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon least-cost energy planning. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to: (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of a least-cost energy planning program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to: (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that its economic assistance programs to developing countries should encourage least-cost, sustainable transportation policies and practices based on a diverse mix of motorized and nonmotorized transport modes which minimize fuel needs and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to: (1) implement a study of the Agency's transportation-related programs and of the multilateral development bank policies regarding their transportation-related lending practices to recipient countries; and (2) redirect part of the Agency's resources to provide nonmotorized low-cost vehicles that can be sustained in the long term. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to increase the emphasis on nonmotorized, low-cost and energy efficient alternatives to private motor vehicles. Directs the Peace Corps to encourage the use of nonmotorized transport technologies in the projects it undertakes. Specifies non-motorized transportation policies to be promoted by the U.S. Government in implementing its development assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title X: International Activities - Directs the Secretary of State to convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection agreement with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act. Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding energy efficiency and solar/renewable energy resources that are environmentally sustainable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy source, greenhouse gas emissions, and least-cost non-motorized transportation systems. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning: (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; and (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long-term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991. Names the year of such program the "International Year of the Greenhouse Effect." Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement programs with respect to: (1) chlorofluorocarbon replacement; (2) methane control; (3) energy efficiency; and (4) alternative energy sources. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: World Population Growth -Declares it is the policy of the United States that family planning services should be made available to all persons requesting them. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for international population and family planning assistance. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) involuntary sterilization or abortion; or (2) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services. Requests the President to initiate an international conference on population, and to seek an international agreement on population growth. Establishes a National Commission on Population, Environment, and Natural Resources to prepare reports and convene conferences. Terminates such Commission three years after the enactment of this Act. Mandates that multilateral development banks adopt guidelines promoting lending strategies which emphasize the maintenance of sustainable world population levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Title XII: Recyclable Materials - Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding degradable materials and recycling methodologies. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding the national security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in items procured by the Department of Defense, and of requiring the Department to comply with specified prohibitions against the use of nondegradable materials. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency biennially to submit an updated report to the President and the Congress regarding Federal, State, and local policies and practices in recycling government wastes and procuring recyclable materials. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress the results of a pilot project to develop and demonstrate a viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to: (1) make grants for recycling research and development; (2) establish a national database information clearinghouse for recyclable materials; (3) report annually to the Congress regarding the status of recyclable wastes; and (4) make grants for scientific research on the use of plastic materials as part of a recycling program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for offenses involving the production, manufacturing, distribution or selling of specified nonrecycled consumer goods which have been proscribed by the Secretary of Commerce under regulations jointly issued with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Secretary of Commerce periodically to update the list of proscribed nonrecycled consumer goods.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to identify, protect, and enhance scenic and historic roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) transmit to the Congress a nationwide, long-term plan for promoting, designating, protecting, and enhancing scenic and historic roads, including an analysis of available studies on a national scenic byways program, guidelines for administration of such a program, and forecasts of significant changes in traffic volumes, safety consequences, and environmental and economic impacts; (2) assemble for the Congress available information on economic activity associated with scenic and recreational travel; (3) conduct a study and make recommendations regarding economic impacts of promoting scenic byways as tourist attractions, techniques for incorporating scenic byways into tourism development and marketing programs, and alternative means to inform the public about scenic byways; and (4) conduct case studies of, and report on, States with existing scenic byway programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with the States on studies under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct national and regional conferences to ensure public involvement. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Permits the city of Chester, Illinois, to improve, repair, operate, and maintain an existing toll bridge across the Mississippi River near Chester (including the existing approaches to such bridge) in accordance with certain conditions. Permits the city to refund certain outstanding revenue bonds which had been originally issued to pay for the bridge construction costs. Confers rights upon the city of Chester to acquire land from certain sources for such bridge reconstruction and maintenance purposes. Permits the city to establish bridge tolls sufficient to cover certain bridge-related expenses, including a sinking fund to amortize bridge-related costs over a specified period. Requires the city to adjust the rates (or operate the toll bridge free) of tolls to be charged to provide a fund not to exceed the amount necessary to operate the bridge once the sinking fund is fully funded. Mandates that a public record of bridge-related costs be available for all interested persons.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Fair and Equitable Cargo Allocation Act of 1989 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to repeal a provision which requires the Secretary of Transportation to preserve, during calendar years 1986 through 1989, the percentage share, or the metric tonnage of bagged, processed, or fortified commodities, whichever is lower, experienced in 1984, of waterborne cargoes exported from Great Lakes ports under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve projects within urbanized areas with populations of 50,000 or more for expanding the capacity of open-to-traffic routes on the Interstate Highway System, including construction of noise barriers, acquisition of right-of-ways for future construction of mass transit facilities, and acquisition of land for construction of parking lots. Sets forth a formula for apportionment of highway funds for such projects. Specifies: (1) the period of availability of funds apportioned to a State for Interstate System capacity expansion; (2) conditions that must be met in order to use lapsed funds for discretionary projects; and (3) the Federal share (80 percent) of any such expansion projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include certain noise control costs as allowable airport development project costs (thus providing Federal reimbursement for locally incurred noise abatement expenses).
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act of 1989 - States as the purpose of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (a project authorized under the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 as a research facility for demonstrating the safe disposal of radioactive waste) to receive, handle, and permanently dispose of defense transuranic waste. Sets forth the capacity of the WIPP. Declares that such waste shall be retrievable until the Secretary of Energy has complied with environmental standards for disposal of such waste established pursuant to this Act. Limits the type and amount of defense remote-handled transuranic waste that will be shipped to and handled by the WIPP. States that such plant is not designed for high-level radioactive waste. States that this Act shall be deemed to amend a specified provision of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980. Applies this Act with respect to any items in conflict with the Agreement for Consultation and Cooperation entered into in accordance with this Act. Withdraws lands to be known as the WIPP in Eddy County, New Mexico, from all forms of entry and disposal under public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Transfers such land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Energy. Provides that such withdrawal shall not take effect until: (1) the Final Safety Analysis Report prepared under Department of Energy (DOE) safety analysis procedures is submitted to specified parties for review; and (2) the Secretary of Energy notifies the Congress that he has approved the Report. Revokes specified public land orders made inconsistent by this Act. Describes the land to be so transferred. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to: (1) publish notice in the Federal Register of the lands withdrawn and reserved pursuant to this Act; and (2) file copies of appropriate land maps and legal descriptions of such land with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, the Secretary of Energy, and the State of New Mexico. Provides a disclaimer of the United States to any water rights on the withdrawn land. Requires the Secretary to be responsible for the management of the withdrawn lands and to consult and cooperate with the State of New Mexico in discharging responsibilities required under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for the withdrawn lands, requiring any use of such lands to be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be necessary to permit the use of such lands for WIPP activities. Provides that, in addition to other uses, the management plan shall provide for domestic livestock grazing, hunting and trapping, maintenance of wildlife habitat, and the disposal of salt tailings remaining on the surface, as well as mining. Authorizes the Secretary to close to the public any part of such withdrawn lands if required for public health and safety. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with: (1) the Secretary of the Interior and the State of New Mexico for the administration of grazing within the withdrawn lands; and (2) the State of New Mexico for the maintenance of the wildlife habitat of such lands. Directs the Secretary to submit the required management plan to the aforementioned congressional committees, as well as to the State of New Mexico. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with specified officials and agencies, to prepare a proposed experimental plan with respect to the WIPP. Requires the Secretary to submit such plan to the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), a scientific evaluation group for the WIPP to be established under this Act, and the State of New Mexico. Provides that within 60 days of receipt of such plan, the EEG or the State of New Mexico shall notify the Secretary of agreement or disagreement with the plan. Provides steps to be taken if the EEG or the State of New Mexico disagrees with such plan. Provides for ongoing review by the EEG and the State of New Mexico of all data, reports, and other material concerning the experimental program plan developed and implemented by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such program no later than two years after such program begins. Requires the Secretary, with respect to the WIPP, to be in compliance with appropriate EPA standards of waste management and storage, as well as with transuranic waste disposal standards. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the EPA to submit to the Congress a statement of compliance, prior to the permanent disposal of such waste at the WIPP. Requires the Secretary to conduct an annual demonstration at the WIPP that all transuranic waste stored there can be readily retrieved. Outlines administrative procedures with respect to such annual demonstrations. Outlines procedures to be followed if it is found that the waste is not readily retrievable. Limits the amount of radioactive waste to be received by the WIPP before it has demonstrated compliance with all the applicable standards and retrievability safeguards. Provides that, if the Administrator finds that the environmental standards for disposal of transuranic wastes have not been complied with, the Secretary shall notify the Congress within 30 days and shall remove the waste as soon as possible, decommission the WIPP, terminate the land withdrawal provided for in this Act, and transfer such lands to the Secretary of the Interior for management by the Bureau of Land Management. Authorizes additional time for compliance with standards (not to exceed 12 months) as agreed to by the Governor of New Mexico and the Secretary. Requires the WIPP to use both engineered and natural barriers to isolate the transuranic waste after disposal to the extent required by the EPA. Directs the Administrator to: (1) promulgate in the Federal Register proposed environmental standards for disposal of transuranic wastes not later than 12 months after the enactment of this Act; and (2) issue in the Federal Register such standards no later than two years after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any high-level radioactive waste from being brought to the WIPP for any purpose. Revokes the authority of the Secretary (as provided under prior Federal law) to conduct high-level radioactive waste experiments at the WIPP. Prohibits the transport of transuranic waste to the WIPP until: (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified a method of packaging for the transportation of such waste; and (2) the Secretary has fulfilled requirements of this Act with respect to the experimental program, has completed an environmental impact statement, and has approved a Final Safety Analysis Report for the WIPP. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide in-kind and cash assistance for emergency response-related activities to New Mexico and any other State or Indian tribe through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport transuranic waste to or from the WIPP. Requires transuranic waste transported to or from the WIPP to be in packages that have been certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as safe for the transportation of such material. Directs the Secretary, prior to any such transportation, to properly notify State and local governments and Indian tribes. Provides certain priorities in shipping for transuranic waste currently stored at specified storage plants. Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to continue to encourage business and employment opportunities related to the WIPP that may be conducive to the State of New Mexico, especially Lea and Eddy Counties, and report annually thereon to the State of New Mexico. Requires the Secretary to enter into benefits agreements with the State of New Mexico to provide financial and technical assistance to the State to study and mitigate the impact of the WIPP on the State and local governments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations relating to a certain mineral tract within the withdrawn lands. Authorizes appropriations to acquire such mineral interests. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to the State to prepare a report in conjunction with any such request. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide a grant each fiscal year to the State of New Mexico and each unit of local government in which such withdrawn land is located for payments equivalent to the taxes that would be generated by WIPP activities on the withdrawn lands. Directs the Secretary, no later than five years after the enactment of this Act, to report to the appropriate congressional committees, the State of New Mexico, the Administrator, and the EEG a plan for managing the WIPP after decommissioning. Directs the Secretary, within the same time span, to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the management and use of the withdrawn lands following the decommissioning of the WIPP. Authorizes the Secretary to permanently dispose of transuranic waste at the WIPP when certain requirements of this Act have been fulfilled and the Administrator concurs that the Secretary has complied with EPA standards established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to add certain highways to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (System) in exchange for the removal from the System of other highways connecting the same points. Disclaims any Federal financial responsibility for a highway which has been so designated, except with respect to specified Federal funds available for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing System highways.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve projects within urbanized areas with populations of 50,000 or more for expanding the capacity of open-to-traffic routes on the Interstate Highway System, including construction of noise barriers, acquisition of right-of-ways for future construction of mass transit facilities, and acquisition of land for construction of parking lots. Sets forth a formula for apportionment of highway funds for such projects. Specifies: (1) the period of availability of funds apportioned to a State for Interstate System capacity expansion; (2) conditions that must be met in order to use lapsed funds for discretionary projects; and (3) the Federal share (80 percent) of any such expansion projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize State and local governments to regulate the elevation, flight paths, and timing of aircraft used for advertising which is visible at ground level.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Repeals a provision of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 which prohibits Federal funding for the planning, design, construction, or approval of an interchange between Interstate 66 and a proposed Route 234 bypass in Prince William County, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should ensure that: (1) the highest level security standards currently in use in international aviation are applied by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to all international airlines and airports; (2) enhanced procedures are adopted at the February 16th meeting of the directors of the ICAO; (3) the ICAO requires all international airport authorities to take specified security measures, including detailed passenger profile checks, extensive background checks for personnel with access to secure areas, and acceleration of research and development of technology to detect plastic explosives; (4) specified ICAO security standards are implemented by all U.S. airlines and airports; (5) the Department of Transportation works with the Department of State to enhance the Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program; (6) the threat assessment capability of the U.S. intelligence community pertaining to international airport security is enhanced, and where a threat is deemed substantial, the affected passengers are informed; and (7) the ICAO establishes a task force to develop regulations to combat unlawful interference with any international flight.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1989
Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include certain noise control costs as allowable airport development project costs (thus providing Federal reimbursement for locally incurred noise abatement expenses).
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from issuing regulations under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act that characterize anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Army to collect and remove all floating material whenever the Secretary is collecting and removing from New York Harbor debris which is an obstruction to navigation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fleet Modernization Act of 1989 - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a fleet modernization and expansion program and to implement that program over a ten-year period beginning in FY 1990. Sets forth elements which must be included in the plan and a specific schedule for FY 1990 through 1992, including requirements relating to an oceanographic research vessel and a fisheries research vessel. Authorizes NOAA to fill ten additional personnel positions in connection with the modernization and expansion. Requires that an implementation plan be submitted to the Congress. Authorizes the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, notwithstanding specified provisions and if the Under Secretary makes certain findings, to enter into multi-year contracts for the construction, lease, or other acquisition of property, including vessels, and a multi-year charter agreement for a vessel. Authorizes the Under Secretary to provide in each contract or charter agreement for the liability of the United States in the event of termination of the contract or agreement before expiration of its term. Requires all modernization or construction work performed on vessels under this Act to be carried out, and all vessels acquired by NOAA after enactment of this Act to have been built, in private shipyards in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1999.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal motor vehicle safety standards requiring that school buses be equipped with a system of mirrors to provide the driver with a clear, unobstructed view of the ground area in front of the front tires, along both sides, and directly under the front bumper. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the number of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977, that are being used as school buses as of the date of the report.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
Authorizes the State of Florida to use certain apportioned Federal-aid highway funds to pay the Federal share of either a tunnel or bridge project to replace the 17th Street Causeway Bridge in Fort Lauderdale. Reduces the cost of completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in Florida by the amount used for such tunnel or bridge project.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989
Amends Federal law to require that each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of a vessel owned or operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration be subject to specified provisions of Federal law (commonly referred to as the "Walsh-Healey Act") relating to public contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for the Federal Maritime Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989
Repeals property conveyance restrictions placed upon certain property transferred to the Peninsula Airport Commission, Virginia, relating to: (1) the total acreage for which the Secretary of Transportation may grant releases; and (2) such Commission's conveyance of any property interest to persons other than the City of Newport News, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1975 to repeal provisions regarding automotive efficiency improvements. Provides that any credits earned by a manufacturer under the statutory automotive fuel economy standards can be used by such manufacturer to offset deficits incurred in any model year in which such manufacturer failed to exceed such standards without regard to the three-year limitation in carrying credits forward and backward.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to preclude an air carrier from establishing aircraft seating restrictions based upon a passenger's visual acuity or use of a white cane or dog guide or other such means of assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations assuring that, with limited exceptions, only domestic repair stations are used for U.S. registered aircraft and components.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that the prohibition against smoking on scheduled flights shall apply to flights of increasing duration (up to four-hour flights in calendar year 1991).
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Subjects passenger vans to the same safety standards as are applicable to passenger motor vehicles under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to amend a specified bumper standard to ensure that it is identical to the one in effect on January 1, 1982. Prohibits the Secretary from modifying the application of such standard in any respect which results in less impact protection than that afforded under the January 1, 1982, standard.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989
Provides for a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour on highways with four lanes or more located outside of urbanized areas. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, the effects on highway safety of such an increase in the speed limit.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each State to develop a statewide trauma and emergency medical services plan which: (1) provides for the designation of hospitals as level I, level II, or level III trauma centers; (2) establishes standards for the prehospital care and emergency transport of trauma patients; and (3) sets forth guidelines for the transfer of patients to trauma centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the development and implementation of such plans. Covers 40 percent of State expenditures on such plans, but limits State allotments to five cents multiplied by the number of State residents. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study and report to the Congress by March 1, 1991, on the adequacy of Medicare payments for trauma discharges.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989
Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey the right, title, and interest of the United States in vessels of a specified minimum displacement tonnage in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to each group, not to exceed three such groups, of nonprofit organizations for use in funding merchant marine memorials, provided the vessels have no usefulness to the Government and are scheduled to be scrapped and the organizations agree to sell the vessels for scrap, divide the proceeds, and use them for the memorial. Requires organizations to have raised a minimum amount from non-Federal sources before enactment of this Act in order to participate in the sale. Limits an organization to one grant under this Act. Terminates this Act two years after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989
East Coast Aircraft Noise Abatement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) issue an environmental impact statement on the effects of changes in aircraft flight patterns over the States of New York and New Jersey as a result of the expanded East Coast Plan; (2) investigate the effects on air safety over such States as a result of the Plan; (3) report to the Congress on the results of the environmental impact statement and of the investigation; and (4) implement any appropriate plan modifications. Requires the Administrator to issue an environmental impact statement if there are proposed significant air route or flight procedure changes over certain urbanized areas due to air traffic delays and congestion.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to mandate that businesses engaged in passenger motor vehicle repair provide to the vehicle owner written identification regarding the manufacturer of the parts proposed to be installed.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations allowing the States to use rights-of-way along Federal-aid highways for the construction of magnetic levitation systems as part of the Federal-aid highway system.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Local Rail Service Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Transportation Act regarding local rail service assistance to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Extends through FY 1991 the period during which the authorization of appropriations is permissible. Decreases the Federal share of rail service assistance program costs from 70 percent to 60 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to establish within the Urban Mass Transportation Administration a Rural Mobility Task Force to coordinate activities affecting rural and specialized transportation, and to serve as an information clearinghouse for rural program activities. Directs the Task Force to invite rural and specialized transportation operators to quarterly roundtables to advise the Task Force. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to the Congress comparing the different modes of assistance available to rural and specialized transportation with the assistance available to other urbanized areas under the Act.