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United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Bicentennial Advanced Technology Transportation System Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a comprehensive study of a high-speed ground transportation system between Washington, District of Columbia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and a high-speed marine vessel transportation system between the Baltimore-Annapolis area in Maryland and the Yorktown-Williamsburg-Norfolk area in Virginia. Authorizes the construction of such system if such study demonstrates their feasibility. Authorizes appropriations of $300,000 for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Urban Transport Data Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of comprehensive, comparable, objective, and reliable data and information about the current status and changing trends of mobility in urban areas, and the operating and financial conditions of urban passenger and freight properties and carriers. Establishes within the Department of Transportation an Urban Transport Data Board consisting of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the purposes of the Board as to assist Federal, State, and local governments to: (1) determine adequate quality, safety, and quantity of all urban transport systems and services in urban areas; (2) support Federal, State, and local evaluations of the efficient performance of urban transport operations and services; (3) provide information by which urban transport properties can comparatively analyze and evaluate their own properties and procedures; and (4) provide factual information to assist governments in deciding allocations of public funds for assisting urban transport systems and services. Authorizes the Board to establish such rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of its functions and to carry out the purposes for which it is created. Provides that the Board shall have the same powers as are vested in the Secretary of Transportation to hold hearings, assign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive testimony at any place in the United States it may designate. Authorizes the appropriation each year, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed the higher of: (1) $8,000,000, or (2) one-quarter of 1 per cent of the total Federal funds committed during the preceding year for assistance to all forms of urban transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Authorizes the Coast Guard, pursuant to international agreements, to establish and operate icebreaking facilities on, under, and over waters other than the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Amends 14 U.S.C. 2).
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Highway Beautification Act - States that the provisions of law relating to the control of outdoor advertising, junkyards, and allocation of funds for the scenic enhancement with respect to Federal-aid primary highways shall be applicable to Federal-aid urban systems. Provides for a ten percent reduction in Federal-aid highway funds to States apportioned on or after January 1, 1975, unless specified outdoor advertising is effectively controlled. Defines the term "effective control" for purposes of this Act. Provides that in order to promote the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising while remaining consistent with the purposes of this Act, signs, displays, and devices whose size, lighting, and spacing, consistent with customary use is to be determined by agreement between the several States and the Secretary of Transportation may be erected and maintained within areas adjacent to the Interstate and primary systems which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of State law, or in unzoned commercial or industrial areas as may be determined by agreement between the several States and the Secretary." Authorizes specified appropriations through fiscal year 1976 for the control of outdoor advertising, the control of junkyards, and landscaping and scenic enhancement on applicable highway systems. Provides that no directional sign, display, or device lawfully in existence on June 1, 1972, giving specific information in the interest of the traveling public shall be required to be removed until December 31, 1975, or until the State in which the sign, display, or device is located certifies that the directional information about the service or activity advertised on such sign, display, or device may reasonably be available to motorists by some other method or methods, whichever shall occur first.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Energy Relief and Reorganization Act - Title I: Urban Mass Transportation Act and Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Provides, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, that the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make grants in the amount of the fuel price increase adjustment to assist States and local public bodies and agencies in the payment of operating expenses incurred in connection with the provision of urban mass transportation bus service in urban areas in fuel price increase years. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purposes. Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that in the case of any taxpayer who operates an urban mass transportation bus service during a calendar year beginning after December 31, 1972, and ending with or within his taxable year, there shall be allowed as a credit an amount equal to the fuel price increase adjustment for such calendar year which is attributable to such services. Title II: Ban on Ornamental Gas Lighting and Pilot Lights - Provides, under the National Gas Act, that natural gas companies and distribution companies shall be prohibited from selling natural gas to any person whom such company knows will use such gas for exterior lighting purposes on or about a residence. Title III: Establishing a Standing House Committee on Energy - Provides for the creation of a standing Committee on Energy in the House of Representatives to conduct studies of the development, application, use, and control of all forms of energy and power in order to establish a coordinated program for the development, application, use, and control, for and in the United States, of all forms of energy and power. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Requires air carriers to grant free air transportation to specified attorneys and witnesses attending proceedings before the Civil Aeronautics Board. Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to hold public hearings in at least one location in each geographic area directly affected by the matter with respect to which such hearings are held.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as approved by the Civil Areonautics Board in docket 9977.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older under the Federal Aviation Act and Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Establishes the Federal Tourism Energy Resources Board within the Federal Energy Office. Directs the Board to: (1) review all regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and actions of the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office carried out pursuant to the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, with a view to determining whether they adversely affect tourism industries in the United States; and (2) determine what, if any, modifications of existing laws or regulations, including such regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and other actions of the Administrator, are required to insure an adequate supply of energy to all parts of the tourism industry in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Authorizes the use of rail passenger equipment by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, either by voluntary agreement between the Corporation and the railroads or by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission if an urgent need is established. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 562)
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an annual audit of each interstate transportation authority which has been established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement that has been approved by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to provide financial assistance for 24 months based on fuel price increases resulting from the energy crisis to United States air carriers engaged in overseas and foreign air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
National Transportation Safety Board Independence and Improvement Act - Removes the National Transportation Safety Board from the auspices of the Department of Transportation and establishes it as an independent agency within the executive branch of the Government. Enumerates powers granted to the Board in order to carry out its function. Specifies that the board is authorized to employ experts and consultants as provided by law, appoint advisory committees, make contracts, and take such other actions as may be required. States that the Board may hold hearings and that the process of the Board is recognizable and punishable by any court of law with proper jurisdiction. Lists the powers of duly designated employees, officers, and agents relating to the conduct of surface transportation accidents. Authorizes the Board to carry out a statewide motor vehicle accidents demonstration project in a State representative of the conditions and highways existing in the Nation. Declares that the purpose of such project is to determine if a greater focus on motor vehicle accidents by the Board would significantly reduce the number of motor vehicle accidents and fatalities. Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for this project for fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Authorizes the Coast Guard, pursuant to international agreements, to establish and operate icebreaking facilities on, under, and over waters other than the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Amends 14 U.S.C. 2)
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Eliminates that portion of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act establishing a national maximum speed limit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as approved by the Civil Areonautics Board in docket 9977.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Transportation Improvement Act - Provides that each rate for a service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable rate is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. States that whenever all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, is abandoned by a railroad carrier in accordance with the provisions of this section, any person may apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the applicant to operate as a common carrier over the route or routes necessary to provide service. States that, except as specifically authorized by another Act of Congress, a carrier by railroad subject to this part may not abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad or the operation thereof without first obtaining from the Commission a certification that the public convenience and necessity permits the abandonment. Allows the Commission, within forty-five days after receiving notice of an abandonment, upon complaint of an aggrieved user, to institute an investigation of the abandonment. Permits the Commission to order continued operation of the line proposed to be abandoned if it determines that the public convenience and necessity requires continuation and finds that continued operation of the line will produce sufficient revenue to the applicant or applicants to cover the cost of operating the line. States that if the Commission determines that the public convenience and necessity permit the abandonment of a line of railroad, or operation thereof, the Govenor of any State or the authorized representative of any local governing authority in which all or a portion of the line is located, or the shippers or receivers of traffic over the line may, prior to the effective date of the Commission's order, notify the Commission and the railroad of their intention, individually or collectively, to provide an operating subsidy to the railroad to assure a continuation of service. Prohibits the Commission from approving any agreement among railroad carriers that provides for or establishes procedures for joint consideration or other action protesting or otherwise seeking the suspension of any rate, fare, or charge pursuant to this Act when the rate, fare, or charge is established by independent action. Grants the Commission exclusive authority, upon application to it, to determine and prescribe intrastate rates. Directs the Commission to require the carrier to refund, with interest, to the persons in whose behalf the amounts were paid, that portion of an increased rate or charge found to be not justified, or that portion of a decreased rate or charge found to be justified. Prohibits unreasonable and unjust discrimination by States in taxing transportation property. Requires the Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. Authorizes the Secretary, on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to guarantee any lender against loss of principal and interest on securities, obligations, or loans (including refinancing thereof) issued for the purpose of financing acquisition, construction, maintenance, or development of railroad facilities and equipment. Creates in the Treasury a fund for such purposes and authorizes necessary appropriations to it. States that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such securities, obligations, or loans outstanding at any one time, which are guaranteed by the Secretary, may not exceed $2,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development into the design of a national rolling stock scheduling and control system which, utilizing advanced computer and communication techniques, would be capable of locating and expediting the movement of rolling stock on a national basis. Requires that, within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall begin demonstrations to test the feasibility of, and the benefits to be derived from, the installation of rolling stock scheduling and control systems (including technological innovations) in railroad yards and terminals. Authorizes an appropriation of $35,000,000 for such research and testing.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement effective the date this Act is enacted. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require under the Urban Mass Transportation Act that transportation facilities built and rolling stock purchased with Federal funds be or by Federal authority be designed and constructed to be accessible to the physically handicapped and the elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Federal Transportation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a program of coordinated Federal assistance for all forms of transportation in the United States. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Federal Transportation Trust Fund, and transfers and appropriates specified amounts into such fund. Makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) hold the trust fund; (2) report annually to Congress on its financial status; and (3) invest portions of the fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. States that amounts from the fund shall be used, as provided by appropriation acts, in making payments to carry out approved comprehensive State transportation plans for fiscal years beginning after 1975 and before 1985. Sets forth the conditions of eligibility for State and political subdivisions plans. Prescribes an allocation procedure for distribution of fund moneys among States, based on a population ratio. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the administrative expenses of carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Revises the Intercoastal Shipping Act by eliminating the provision that nothing in the Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reducted rates for the United States, States, municipal Governments, or for charitable purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Provides for the rehabilitation of a road relocated by the Bureau of Reclamation in the vicinity of Glendo Dam and Reservoir, Platte County, Wyoming.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Urban Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes appropriations as follows for the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; for the extensions of the Federal-aid primary and secondary system in urbanized areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977; for the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and for the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas out of the Highway Trust Fund $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require that any bus or other mass transportation rolling stock acquired or any mass transportation station, terminal, or other passenger loading facility improved or constructed after June 30, 1974, with Federal financial assistance under this title, and the Urban mass Transportation Act of 1964, be designed with practical and reasonable features which allow their utilization by physically handicapped persons and elderly persons with limited mobility. States that, in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways for transportation of passengers in small urban and rural areas, the Secretary may, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, approve as a project on the Federal-aid primary or secondary systems, for payment from sums apportioned under this title, the purchase of buses. Authorizes to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the three-fiscal year period ending June 30, 1977, of which $50,000,000 shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund, to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in such areas. Provides that, in order to finance grants and loans under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Secretary is authorized to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise in amounts aggregating not to exceed $7,400,000,000. Requires the Secretary to apportion from such sum, to the Governors of the fifty States, to Puerto Rico and to the Mayor of the District of Columbia $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated for liquidation of the obligations incurred under this title not to exceed an aggregate of $1,260,000,000 prior to July 1, 1974, not to exceed an aggregate of $1,860,000,000 prior to July 1, 1975, and not to exceed an aggregate of $7,400,000,000 thereafter. Provides an apportionment formula for funds authorized under such Act to the Governors. States that the Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds made available under this title shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the project. Requires the Governors to submit to the Secretary for his approval such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for each proposed project under this title as the Secretary may require. Requires the Secretary to assure that possible adverse economic, social, and environmental effects relating to any proposed project have been fully considered in developing such project, and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe, and efficient transportation, public services, and the costs of eliminating or minimizing such adverse effects. Permits the Secretary, from time to time as the work progresses, to make payments to a Governor for costs of construction incurred by him on a project. Allows the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to highway and mass transportation projects on Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, under this title, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Department of Transportation Act, upon the request of any Governor, by accepting a certification by the Governor if the Secretary finds, after consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, that (1) such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, such acts, and (2) with respect to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Department of Transportation Act, the Governor has an agency suitably equipped and organized to carry out to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties under these Acts. Sets forth the percentages of apportionment for the Federal aid-urban system which may be used for operating expenses incurred as a result of improving mass transportation service. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal-aid urban system of $2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980; and for the urban mass transportation capital grant program of $700,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise for highway relocations projects. Authorizes appropriations for highway relocation projects not to exceed $200,000,000 prior to July 1, 1978, which amount may be increase to not to exceed an aggregate of $400,000,000 prior to July 1, 1979, and not to exceed an aggregate of $2,100,000,000 thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist Governors and local public bodies in financing the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service in urbanized areas and in coordinating such service with highway and other transportation in such areas. Directs the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of grants under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1974
Revises the Intercoastal Shipping Act by eliminating the provision that nothing in the Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reducted rates for the United States, States, municipal Governments, or for charitable purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1974
Urban Bikeway Transportation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States and to municipalities wholly or partly within urbanized areas for projects for the construction of bikeways. States that such bikeways shall be for commuting and for recreational purposes and shall be located in urbanized areas. Provides that the Federal share of any project shall be 80 percent of the total cost of such project. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act, $10,000,000 per fiscal year out of the Highway Trust Fund, and $10,000,000 per fiscal year out of any other money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1974
Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to initiate rail passenger service designed to improve the availability of rail passenger service into metropolitan areas of the northeast corridor. Requires the Corporation to report to the Congress and the Secretary of Transportation after one year with regard to the results of such service, such report to include appropriate recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Urban Transport Data Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of comprehensive, comparable, objective, and reliable data and information about the current status and changing trends of mobility in urban areas, and the operating and financial conditions of urban passenger and freight properties and carriers. Establishes within the Department of Transportation an Urban Transport Data Board consisting of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the purposes of the Board as to assist Federal, State, and local governments to: (1) determine adequate quality, safety, and quantity of all urban transport systems and services in urban areas; (2) support Federal, State, and local evaluations of the efficient performance of urban transport operations and services; (3) provide information by which urban transport properties can comparatively analyze and evaluate their own properties and procedures; and (4) provide factual information to assist governments in deciding allocations of public funds for assisting urban transport systems and services. Authorizes the Board to establish such rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of its functions and to carry out the purposes for which it is created. Provides that the Board shall have the same powers as are vested in the Secretary of Transportation to hold hearings, assign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive testimony at any place in the United States it may designate. Authorizes the appropriation each year, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed the higher of: (1) $8,000,000, or (2) one-quarter of 1 per cent of the total Federal funds committed during the preceding year for assistance to all forms of urban transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Title I: Financial Assistance to Railroads - Rail Freight Transportation Improvement Act - Sets forth the purpose of this Act and defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes a Federal Railroad Loan Guarantee Fund to be used by the Secretary of Transportation as a revolving fund for the purposes of guaranteeing equipment obligations and loans for railroad facilities. Declares that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of obligations guaranteed under this title shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee the payment of the interest on and the unpaid balance of principal of any equipment obligation eligible to be guaranteed under this title. Enumerates limitations and conditions before the Secretary can guarantee any equipment obligation, establishes premium charges. Permits the Secretary, in the case of a common carrier by railroad, including any express company, to authorize loan guarantees for the financing or refinancing of expenditures made in acquiring, constructing, maintaining, or developing enumerated railroad facilities. Lists restrictions and limitations on the Secretary's guarantee of loans for railroad facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations, if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount the Secretary is required to pay under an agreement made under this title. Makes provisions for a default, which has continued for 30 days, in any payment by the obligor of principal or interest due under an obligation guaranteed under this title. Title II: Rolling Stock Scheduling and Control System - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development into the design of a national rolling stock management information system which would be capable of locating and expediting the movement of rolling stock on a national basis. Requires the Secretary, within 2 years from this title's enactment, to report to the Congress respecting the organization, development, funding, and implementation of any national system which he may design as a result of research and development. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study respecting: (1) the costs to individual railroads of installing rolling stock management information systems; and (2) the economic, safety, and service benefits to be derived from compatible systems. Provides that not later than 2 years from the date of this title's enactment the Secretary shall announce his recommendations for the installation of the systems by individual railroads. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the potential benefits of railroad electrification for high density rail lines in the United States and to report the findings of this study to the Congress not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Revises the Intercoastal Shipping Act by eliminating the provision that nothing in the Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, States, municipal Governments, or for charitable purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Rail Revitalization and Energy Conservation Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Abandonment Moratorium, Track Standards, and Alternative Service - Declares that no rail service may be discontinued and no rail properties hereafter abandoned except in accordance with this Act or the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Requires the Secretary of Transportation within 90 days after enactment to prescribe standards (effective one year later) for all main tracks based upon certain factors including high speed operation, energy conservation, and the needs of manufacturers, farmers, and other rail users as distinct from present minimum safety requirements. Permits a railroad carrier or other interested party to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to abandon rail lines or services, or for alternative service. Permits abandonment of rail lines or discontinuation of rail service only where it would not adversely affect the economic well being of any community or where alternative means of transportation are available at a reasonable cost. Provides alternatives to abandonment. Authorizes the Commission, in lieu of a petition for abandonment, to approve the transfer to a State, local, or regional transportation authority, or the Consolidated Rail Corporation, of all or part of a railroad's equipment and/or rights in its lines, provided the railroad agrees to provide service on the lines and the transportation authority or the Corporation agrees to maintain, upgrade, consolidate, and expand such lines, and assume the payment of State and local property taxes. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to lines which could not continue to function without such assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for interim subsidies $50,000,000 for the first fiscal year and $25,000,000 for the second fiscal year after enactment of this Act, such sums as appropriated to remain available until expended. Title III: Amendments to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 - Authorizes the Corporation to acquire lines outside the Northwest Region. Directs the Corporation to acquire rail lines pursuant to an application for alternative service under this Act. Provides for a negotiated agreement between the carrier and the Corporation subject to the approval of the Commission. Provides that any railroad company which conveys its line to the Corporation, or which holds trackage rights over rail lines which are conveyed to the Corporation, shall have the right to continue its regular freight and passenger service. Enables the Corporation to fix rights of trains, maximum train speeds, size and weight limits for equipment, and other rules governing operations over Corporation rail lines. Makes the Corporation liable for injury and damage. Provides for a reduction in capacity of rail lines, if such a reduction will not result in elimination of service to any point. Title IV: Car Allocation Program - Provides that if a railroad car manufacturer cannot deliver orders within one year after receipt, the Secretary shall establish priorities for manufacture and delivery based upon the following criteria: (1) the supply and delivery of health and food products, (2) conservation of the nation's energy supply, and (3) improvement of mass transit systems. Title V: Equipment Improvement - Rolling Stock Utilization and Financing Act - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this title. Establishes in the Department of Transportation an independent agency to be known as the Obligation Guarantee Board. Authorizes the Board to guarantee the payment of interest and principal of an equipment obligation prior to, on, or after the date of execution or the disbursement of such obligation. Provides that an Obligation Guarantee Fund shall be established and administered by the Board as a revolving fund to carry out the provisions of this title. States that, except as otherwise provided, the Board shall not guarantee the payment of the principal of an equipment obligation in an amount in excess of 80 percent of the value of the rolling stock or equipment or facilities which are being financed. Enumerates the requirements for guarantees and lease obligations. Authorizes the Board to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury whenever the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount which the Board is required to pay under an agreement under this title. Directs the Secretary to designate a plan to establish a national rolling stock information system designed to facilitate equitable distribution and expeditious utilization of rolling stock operated within the continental United States and/or owned directly or indirectly by railroads and carpooling companies. Declares that the antitrust laws of the United States are inapplicable to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this title as to any person who contracts with the Secretary or acts in conformity with the final plan. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000,000. Establishes a corporation to be known as the Railroad Equipment Authority to acquire, maintain, and provide general service railroad freight cars and other rolling stock; to manage a pool of such rolling stock; and to employ innovative concepts for equitable distribution and expeditious use of such stock to meet the needs of the national economy and the national defense. Details the general powers of the Authority. Provides for financing of the Authority through (1) a per diem surcharge; (2) negotiable debentures; and (3) purchase of obligations by the Treasury. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 to be used to acquire capital stock of the Authority. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to pay the principle and interest on notes or obligations issued by him as a consequence of any guarantee made under this section. Directs a panel composed of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chairman of the Commission and the Chairman of the Directors of the Authority to submit to the President and Congress a plan for the public sale of stock in the Authority after finding that a market exists for the sale of such stock and that the purposes of this title will be served thereby. Specifies the content of such plan. States that if a national rolling stock information system is not operating effectively when the Authority is established, it shall establish such a system. Directs the Authority to establish and maintain a schedule of charges for the use of general service railroad freight cars and other rolling stock, and equipment directly related to the utilization of rolling stock. Provides that, in carrying out their functions under this Act, the Board, the Secretary, and the Authority shall take adequate steps to protect the interests of affected employees. Title VI: National Rail Service and Transportation Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare a National Rail Service and Transportation Plan and supporting studies to be submitted to Congress and the Commission one year after enactment. Directs the Secretary to prepare a financial analysis of the Nation's railroads, other than those in reorganization under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, including a projection of capital requirements over the next 10 years for each category of investment including equipment maintenance, rolling stock, rail yards, and track construction and rehabilitation. Lists the elements the Secretary shall report on a region-by-region basis in a survey of existing railroad equipment and personnel. Requires the Secretary to project railroad equipment and facilities necessary to meet the transportation requirements of the United States, based upon: (1) different transportation models, utilizing various coordinated modes of transportation and (2) alternative kinds of Federal assistance. Directs the Secretary to evaluate and develop cost estimates for the Federal assistance necessary for each projected transportation model. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive report containing his conclusions with respect to essential rail services within the Nation and his recommendations as to the geographic zones at and between which rail service should be provided. States that the Secretary shall formulate and submit to Congress a national transportation policy based upon the foregoing studies and a comprehensive report on the feasibility and desirability of expanding service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Requires the Commission to study and evaluate the Secretary's reports on rail services in the Nation and to: (1) solicit and study the views of Governors, mayors, shippers, the Secretary of Defense, wholesalers, and retailers within each region, farmers, consumers of goods shipped by rail, and other interested parties in public hearings held in the various regions of the country and (2) recommend changes in the National Rail Service and Transportation Plan. Provides for Congressional review of the Secretary's and Commission's reports. Authorizes to be appropriated: (1) to the Secretary such sums as are necessary not to exceed $25,000,000 for purposes of preparing the reports and exercising his functions under this title; and (2) to the Commission such sums as are necessary not to exceed $10,000,000 for purposes of evaluating the Secretary's report and exercising its functions under this title. Provides that such sums appropriated shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Highway Beautification Act - Provides for a ten-percent reduction in Federal-aid highway funds to States apportioned on or after January 1, 1975, unless specified outdoor advertising is effectively controlled. Defines the term "effective control" for purposes of this Act. Provides that in order to promote the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising while remaining consistent with the purposes of this Act, signs, displays, and devices whose size, lighting, and spacing, consistent with customary use is to be determined by agreement between the several States and the Secretary of Transportation, may be erected and maintained within areas adjacent to the Interstate and primary systems which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of State law, or in unzoned commercial or industrial areas as may be determined by agreement between the several States and the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1976 for the control of outdoor advertising and the control of junkyards.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the construction of bikeways in urbanized areas. Provides that the Federal share of any project for the construction of a bikeway shall be 80 percent of the total cost of such project, with the remaining 20 percent of such cost to be paid by the grantee. Authorizes $10,000,000 to be appropriated per fiscal year from the Highway Trust Fund, and $10,000,000 per fiscal year out of any other money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement effective the date this Act is enacted. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commercial vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commercial vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and at least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quantity.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides for import duty-free treatment of any aircraft engine used as a temporary replacement for an aircraft engine being overhauled within the United States if duty was paid on such replacement engine during a previous importation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1974
Authorizes construction of the Clinton Parkway, Douglas County, Kansas. States that the Federal share of the cost of such construction shall not exceed 70 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated $6,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is March 29, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Suspends, until November 1, 1975, the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia. (Suspends 46 U.S.C. 883)