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Bill· SS. 180 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1981
National Automotive Research Act of 1981 - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to require the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan, direct, and conduct automotive research and technology development activities, utilizing to the extent possible the capabilities of other Government laboratories, private industry, and institutions of higher learning. Requires NASA to establish and implement a program to solicit and evaluate ideas from inventors and to stimulate the further development of specified ideas. Transfers to NASA within two years of enactment all automotive research and technology development activities currently being conducted by other Federal departments and agencies and so much of the positions, personnel, property, and funds of such departments and agencies as the Administrator of NASA shall recommend. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to prepare a comprehensive management program for the conduct of research and technology development activities under this Act, including a progress report on the transfer to NASA of the automotive research and development activities of other departments and agencies. Requires the Administrator to transmit such program to the appropriate committees of Congress. Requires the Administrator to detail modifications in such program in the annual budget submission. Authorizes specified amounts through fiscal year 1984 and amounts to be set in annual authorization Acts for subsequent fiscal years to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 992 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981
Repeals the 55 miles per hour national maximum speed limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 922 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the repair of nontoll public roads which have incurred a substantial increase in use and deterioration as a result of transportation activities to meet national energy requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to apportion funds for transportation projects that will alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impact of substantial or increased train traffic to meet such energy requirements. Permits such projects to include systems management methods, grade crossing separation, and rail and highway relocation. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any such project to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula for the apportionment of funds under this Act. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent or more than 12 percent of the total apportionment made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for fiscal years 1982 through 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 942 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from permitting the transportation of any radioactive material through or into an area with a population density greater than 12,000 persons per square mile, except where such material is to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment or during a national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 94 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Directs that specified regulations issued by the Secretary of Transportation relating to highway routing of radioactive materials shall have no effect.
Bill· SS. 125 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1981
Ocean Shipping Act of 1980 - Title I: General Provisions - Declares that the national maritime policy of the United States is to promote and develop: (1) efficient, innovative, and economically sound ocean transportation to meet the needs of United States foreign commerce; (2) substantial participation by vessels of United States registry in the foreign commerce of the United States; (3) protection of the rights of shippers, ports, and consumers by preventing discriminatory or deceptive practices; (4) the lowest possible freight rates and the highest quality service; (5) increased United States exports; (6) comity with the United States' trading partners; (7) a regulatory environment responsive to the needs of the public in which decisions are reached promptly and fairly; (8) the maintenance of a dependable, responsive common carrier service; and (9) the efficient use of fuel for energy conservation. Title II: Federal Maritime Commission Reports to Congress; Authorization of Appropriations; Conditions Unfavorable to Foreign Commerce; General Rulemaking Authority - Directs the Federal Maritime Commission to: (1) report annually to Congress a summary of its activities, receipts, and expenditures; and (2) submit legislative recommendations to Congress and the President. Subjects the appropriation of funds for the Commission to annual authorization, beginning with fiscal year 1982. Directs the Commission to make rules and regulations affecting shipping in the foreign commerce of the United States in order to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to such shipping which result from foreign laws or from competitive methods employed by owners, operators, or masters of vessels of a foreign country. Authorizes petition to a United States district court for injunctive relief with respect to any such unfavorable conditions. Title III: Agreements and Contracts - Requires the filing with the Commission of assessment agreements and agreements between common carriers by water in foreign commerce, conferences of such carriers, or other persons subject to this Act, which affect competition in specified ways. Directs the Commission, after notice and hearing, to act upon any such agreements within specified time periods. Authorizes the Commission to grant temporary approval without a hearing to certain agreements. Directs the Commission to disapprove or modify a conference or shippers' council agreement under specified conditions. Directs the members of each conference agreement and certain ocean common carriers to engage the services of an independent neutral body to police the obligations of such conferences and carriers. Authorizes the Commission to disapprove or modify any such conference agreement or to suspend the tariffs of any such conference or carrier. Directs a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or a conference that proposes to enter into a patronage contract to submit such contract to the Commission. Directs the Commission to permit the use of any such patronage contract that meets the requirements of this Act and which is available to all shippers and consignees on equal terms. Specifies requirements for such patronage contracts. Directs the Commission to withdraw such permission if it finds, after notice and hearing, that the use of such contract is inconsistent with this Act. States that such contract shall not be reinstated except with the permission of the Commission. Exempts certain agreements and patronage contracts from specified antitrust laws. Sets forth civil penalties for the implementation of an agreement or contract without prior Commission approval. Title IV: Tariffs and Rates - Directs common carriers by water in foreign commerce and conferences of such carriers to file with the Commission and keep open to public inspection tariffs which: (1) show rates and charges; (2) indicate the places between which the cargo will be carried; (3) list cargo classifications; (4) state additional charges, privileges, or facilities; (5) state rules or regulations which affect any part of such rates or charges; and (6) include sample copies of any bill of lading, contract of affreightment, or other related document. Directs the Commission to prescribe the manner in which such tariffs shall be published and filed. States that rates and charges for the barging and affreighting of containers and containerized cargo by barge between points in the United States shall be filed solely with the Commission under specified guidelines. Subjects a terminal operator who provides services described in this title to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules which provide that such rates shall be based upon factors normally considered by a commercial operator in the same service. Sets forth requirements and procedures for changing or instituting such rates, charges, classifications, rules, or regulations. States that no person subject to this Act shall demand or receive a different compensation than the rate or charge specified in the applicable tariff in effect at that time. Specifies that such carriers shall not: (1) rebate, refund, or remit any portion of such rates; (2) extend or deny to any person any privilege, concession, equipment, or facility, except in accordance with such tariffs; or (3) allow any person to obtain transportation of cargo at less than the rates or charges specified in such tariffs by any other means. Prohibits shippers or other persons subject to this Act from demanding or receiving transportation of cargo by such a carrier or conference of carriers at less than the applicable rates and charges. Authorizes the Commission to permit such a carrier or conference to refund a portion of freight charges collected from a shipper under specified conditions. Directs the Commission to disapprove a rate or charge filed by such carrier or conference which it finds to be detrimental to the commerce of the United States or in violation of this Act. Authorizes the Commission, upon complaint of an exporter from the United States, to disapprove any rate or charge of such carrier or conference for the carriage of cargo from the United States to any foreign country if such rate or charge is higher than the rate or charge of that carrier or conference for the carriage of similar cargo which moves from: (1) that foreign country to the United States; or (2) a third country to that foreign country. Directs that no controlled carrier shall maintain rates or charges in its tariffs that are below a level which is just and reasonable, nor shall any such carrier establish classifications, rules, or regulations in such tariffs which are likely to result in the transportation or handling of cargo at rates or charges which are below a level which is just and reasonable. Sets forth criteria for determining such just and reasonable rates. Authorizes the Commission, after notice and hearing, to disapprove any rates, charges, classifications, rules, or regulations which such carrier has failed to demonstrate to be just and reasonable. Sets forth provisions for the suspension of such rates and for the issuance of orders to show cause why such rates should not be disapproved. Directs the Commission to transmit to the President any order of suspension or disapproval of such rates, charges, classifications, rules, or regulations of a controlled carrier. Authorizes the President to request the Commission to stay the effect of its order for specific reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Directs the Commission to comply with such request. Exempts specified carriers from the provisions of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act. Title V: Discrimination, Preference, Prejudice, and other Prohibited Acts - Prohibits a common carrier by water in foreign commerce from: (1) agreeing to pay or allow a deferred rebate to any shipper; (2) excluding, reducing, or destroying competition; (3) refusing transportation services or equipment to any shipper when such are available; (4) giving undue or unreasonable preference to a particular person, port, locality, or description of traffic; (5) collecting an unjustly discriminating rate or charge; and (6) establishing unjust or unreasonable regulations or practices related to the handling of property. Authorizes the Governor of any State, territory, or possession to file a protest with the Commission upon the ground that such rate, rule, or regulation subjects that State, territory, or possession to undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. Directs the Commission to rule on such protest within 180 days. Exempts maritime labor agreements from the provisions of this title. Title VI: Licensing and Bonding - Permits only certain persons licensed by the Commission to engage in freight forwarding. Sets forth provisions for the issuance and revocation of such licenses. Prescribes specified requirements for the compensation of freight forwarders by such carriers. Requires non-vessel-operating common carriers to file a bond with the Commission. Title VII: Exemptions - Sets forth criteria by which the Commission may exempt (or revoke such exemption) for any class of agreements or specified activities subject to this Act from the requirements thereof. Title VIII: Commission Proceedings; Subpoenas and Discovery; Enforcement of Commission Orders - Sets forth provisions for the satisfaction or investigation of complaints filed with the Commission against a carrier, shipper, or other person. Authorizes the Commission to subpoena witnesses, compel the production of documents, and utilize other discovery methods in the course of such investigation. Prescribes penalties for the failure of a person subject to this Act to comply with such subpoenas or orders. Directs the Commission, in specified circumstances, to notify the Secretary of State of such failure to comply. Directs the Secretary to consult with the government of the nation named by the accused party as the holder of such documents or information. Authorizes the Commission to order a person subject to this Act to file periodic or special reports. Directs the Commission to require the chief executive officer of every vessel operating as a common carrier by water in foreign commerce and others to file a certification under oath with the Commission attesting to specified policies. Directs the Commission to issue a written report of every investigation made under this Act in which a hearing has been held. Authorizes the Commission to reverse, suspend, modify, or reconsider any of its orders. Allows the Commission, any party injured by the violation, or the Attorney General to seek judicial enforcement of any Commission order. Declares that the findings and order of the Commission regarding the payment of reparation shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated. Authorizes the Commission to apply to an appropriate United States district court for an order to enjoin specified violative practices or acts. Requires each person subject to this Act to maintain a resident agent in the United States for the purpose of service of process. Title IX: Intergovernmental Maritime Agreements - Directs that maritime agreements between the United States and foreign governments must include: (1) provision for free and open access to United States-flag ships; (2) an equal division of cargo sharing between United States fleets and reciprocal trading nations; (3) provision for nondiscriminatory requirements for shippers and ports; and (4) assurances that carriers involved will comply with United States law by means of neutral policing systems. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Maritime Industry Advisory Committee. Directs the Committee to submit to the Secretary its recommendations and views on intergovernmental maritime agreements. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to negotiate such agreements which are presumed to further: (1) the declaration of policy set forth in this Act; and (2) the opportunity of the United States-flag carriers to participate in the reciprocal nation's trade with countries other than the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to restrict or ban participation of national carriers of nations which fail to assure United States-flag carriers equivalent participation in that nation's trade with countries other than the United States. Declares that nothing in this title shall supersede specified Acts and Resolutions. Title X: Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Shipping Act of 1916, the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
Bill· SS. 96 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1981
Prohibits Federal expenditures or the issuance of Federal permits for: (1) construction of facilities or roads on the barrier islands; (2) any road, bridge, airport, or boat landing facility which provides access to such islands; (3) flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 for specified structures on such islands; or (4) any project to prevent the shoreline erosion of such islands. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) energy development and production activities; (2) navigational safety and aids; (3) expenditures under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; (4) fish and wildlife improvement projects; and (5) repair or replacement of specified structures and roads consistent with Federal hazard mitigation policies. Allows the issuance of a permit pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and the Clean Water Act of 1977 to an individual for reasonable noncommercial use of such individual's property. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make minor boundary revisions in the barrier islands and accept donations of land located on any such island in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 844 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1981
Amends the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 to limit the liability for negligent torts of United States registered pilots to $1,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 845 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1981
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Refinancing Act of 1981 - Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to require such Corporation to pay excess revenues into the general fund of the Treasury. States that the Corporation shall establish tolls so that the rate of return on the United States investment in the Saint Lawrence Seaway will be equal to the rate of return on the Canadian investment in the Seaway. Terminates the balance owed by the Corporation from bonds issued to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 813 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1981
Permits the Corps of Engineers or its contractors to dispose of dredged material from the Norfolk Harbor Channel project (Virginia) in specified ocean waters.
Bill· HRH.R. 816 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to perform the functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Transportation pertaining to aviation safety; (2) prohibit the Administrator from performing any functions, powers, or duties other than those pertaining to aviation safety; and (3) direct the Secretary to perform any functions, powers, and duties performed by the Administrator before the effective date of this Act which do not pertain to aviation safety. Directs the Secretary to identify and report to Congress on such functions, powers, and duties. Prohibits the Secretary or any employee of the Department from delegating any functions, powers, or duties which do not pertain to aviation safety to the Administration or its employees. Transfers to the Secretary the personnel, assets, liabilities, and contracts made in connection with the functions, powers, or duties formerly performed by the Administrator and herein transferred to the Secretary. Continues in effect all orders, rules, regulations, contracts, and licenses previously made or issued by the Administration not pertaining to aviation safety until modified or terminated by the Secretary, a court, or operation of law. Transfers to the Department of Transportation proceedings pending before the Federal Aviation Administration at the time this Act takes effect which do not pertain to aviation safety. Prohibits suits commenced prior to the effective date of this Act by or against the Administration or its officers from abating or from being affected by the provisions of this Act. Substitutes the Secretary for the Administrator in such suits not pertaining to aviation safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 811 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1981
Terminates a specified portion of the Norfolk Harbor and Thimble Shoal Channel improvement project in Virginia.
Bill· SS. 68 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Ports Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake navigation improvements to: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; (3) Baltimore Harbor and Channels, Maryland; (4) Philadelphia Harbor, Pennsylvania; (5) Charleston Harbor, South Carolina; and (6) New York Harbor and Channels, New York. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of the date of enactment, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for each such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other statutory requirements determined to be pertinent by the Chief of Engineers. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to develop, improve, and maintain the Nation's harbors at such depths and dimensions to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation or foreign and domestic commerce. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to allot, from existing Department of the Army civil works appropriations, such sums as are necessary (pending permanent appropriations) for immediate prosecution of advanced engineering and design and other necessary studies for the improvements authorized by this Act.
Bill· SS. 54 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Repeals the 55 miles per hour national maximum speed limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 726 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to compile and make available to the States information on motor vehicle safety devices (including passive restraint devices). Directs that such information shall include statistical data on injuries resulting from accidents and the differences, if any, in the severity of such injuries based on the use or nonuse of such safety devices. Authorizes the Secretary to make incentive grants to the States which utilize such information as part of their procedures in issuing motor vehicle operating permits. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 759 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to appoint a task force to study the problems of allocating the use of airport facilities and airspace among persons using or seeking to use such facilities. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to specified Congressional committees. Appoints the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board as chairman of the task force. Requires the Secretary to appoint the members of the task force and to include representatives of: (1) the Departments of Transportation and Justice; (2) States; (3) airport owners and operators; (4) specified air carriers; (5) interested financial institutions; and (6) aviation consumer groups. Directs the task force to meet not later than 30 days after all its members have been appointed. Directs the Secretary to provide necessary staff and support services.
Bill· HRH.R. 566 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Title I: Equitable Service for Foreign Trade of Great Lakes Ports - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish alternate trade routes, via a range of different ports, during the seasonal closure of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Title II: Regulation of Common Carriers by Water - Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include persons engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; or (2) issue or deliver ocean or through intermodal bills of lading or other contracts of affreightment for such transportation. Directs that specified contracts or agreements be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs such common carriers by water to file their tariffs with the Commission within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs.
Bill· HRH.R. 643 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1962 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to pay the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for certain remedial work the city did as a result of the navigation project for Lynnhaven Inlet, Bay, and connecting waters, Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 636 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to carry out on a priority basis a specified dredging project at Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 355 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow air carriers to offer reduced rate air transportation for any individual, under 16 years of age, who is traveling to the United States from a foreign country for the purpose of being adopted by a resident of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 330 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, upon application by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to approve the reconstruction or rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund beginning in fiscal year 1982. Prohibits the Secretary from including any costs for such bridge in a revised estimate of the cost of completing the Interstate Highway System.
Bill· HRH.R. 343 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Modifies the Irondequoit Bay navigation project, New York, to: (1) eliminate the construction of a movable railroad bridge; and (2) provide for exclusive Federal financing of a highway bridge.
Bill· HRH.R. 302 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from issuing any rule, regulation, or order relating to specified aspects of the control of navigable airspace.
Bill· HRH.R. 132 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Specifies that any abandoned historic shipwreck (as defined by this Act) which is located on the outer Continental Shelf or on lands beneath navigable waters within the boundaries of a State shall belong to the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the location, salvage, restoration, and preservation of such ships to the extent and in the manner the Secretary deems advisable. Authorizes a State to acquire shipwrecks lying beneath the navigable waters within the boundaries of such State if it has developed a plan for the location, protection, salvage, and restoration of such wrecks which meets the requirements set forth in this Act. Limits the power of a State to acquire a right, title, or interest in any shipwreck from the United States should the Secretary order or contract for its salvage before such a plan is adopted. Permits the modification of a State plan with the approval of the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from exercising his authority to break up, remove, sell, or otherwise dispose of such vessels without the prior approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Provides civil penalties for individuals found to be in violation of this Act. Terminates all right, title, and interest of a State in and to each shipwreck acquired by that State pursuant to this Act should the Secretary determine that State is not in compliance with its plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 218 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Mass Transit Crime Prevention Act of 1981 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to condition Federal financial assistance after September 30, 1981, for the construction or operation of facilities and equipment for use in a public mass transportation system upon the submission, approval, and implementation of an effective plan for crime prevention for such system. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum standards for the approval of such plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 219 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish, by rule, criteria to be used in determining the air navigation facilities and personnel authorized to be provided an airport under this Act. Permits variation from such criteria if required by safety conditions. Requires the Administrator to transmit a statement with respect to such rule to the Senate and the House of Representatives before prescribing any rule. Provides for veto of such proposed rule by disapproval by either House of Congress within 60 days. Declares any motion to consider a reported disapproval resolution highly privileged and nondebatable. Prohibits the Administrator from prescribing any rule which is disapproved. Makes this authority subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 55 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake navigation improvements to: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; and (3) deep-draft access to the Ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of the date of enactment this Act, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for each such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other pertinent statutory requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop and maintain the Nation's rivers, harbors, and other waterways to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation or foreign and domestic commerce. Requires the Chief of Engineers, prior to initiation of any such work, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement. Requires each such statement to be submitted to Congress within one year of the date of the completion of the draft environmental impact statement. Declares that the absence of a concurrent resolution of Congressional disapproval within 60 days after submission shall constitute a determination of compliance with the appropriate environmental requirements. Declares that environmental impact statements for such projects and improvements authorized by this Act, findings and determinations by Congress, and actions to carry out such projects and improvements shall not be subject to judicial review except for claims alleging: (1) invalidity of this Act; (2) inadequacy of a final environmental impact statement; or (3) unconstitutionality. Requires any such claims to be filed in a United States district court. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Authorizes the transfer of Department of the Army civil funds until such appropriation.
Bill· HRH.R. 119 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to promulgate regulations prohibiting air carriers from dispensing on-board alcoholic beverages or tobacco to passengers without charge.
Bill· HRH.R. 118 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Authorizes the discharge of dredged material from Federal projects for the construction of the Fernandina Harbor Jetties and a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida.
Bill· HRH.R. 19 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Title I: Cargo Security for Property Being Transported in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulations to assure the safety and security of property under the control of carriers, freight forwarders, or terminal operators subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the Interstate Commerce Act, or the Shipping Act of 1916 while such property is being transported in interstate or foreign commerce with respect to: (1) proper packaging; (2) proper documentation and labeling; (3) comprehensive and uniform loss reporting; and (4) personnel security. Sets forth civil penalties (including injunctions and restraining orders) for the violation of any regulation promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to this Act. Makes any order of the Secretary assessing such a penalty reviewable by the appropriate United States Court of Appeals. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress on the administration of this title. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the causes and scope of cargo losses; (2) evaluate cargo theft deterrents; (3) examine insurance liability limitations for carriers; (4) encourage the development of crime prevention technology; (5) study the feasibility of Federal licensing or identification systems; and (6) publicize information concerning cargo security problems and measures designed to eliminate such problems. Amends the Shipping Act of 1916 and the Interstate Commerce Act to require specified carriers to report periodically on freight losses and damage claims. Sets forth criminal penalties for any individual who, without authority, affixes recognized security seals to goods in interstate or foreign commerce, or who, without authority, willfully removes, breaks, or defaces such a seal. Sets forth criminal penalties for individuals who, without authority, enter into any warehouse, designated storage area, or vehicle containing goods moving in interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth criminal penalties for knowingly making false statements in making application for employment with common carriers, freight forwarders, or terminal operators. Title II: Customs Port Security - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue security and safety regulations to protect cargo at any terminal while such cargo is under the control of: (1) any carrier subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the Interstate Commerce Act, or the Shipping Act of 1916; or (2) any terminal operator. Sets forth civil penalties for violating such regulations. Makes such penalties assessed by the Secretary reviewable by the appropriate United States Court of Appeals. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress on the administration of this title. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unlawful affixing, removal, breaking, or defacing of customs seals. Sets forth criminal penalties for the malicious entering of any bonded warehouse, vessel, or vehicle containing bonded merchandise or baggage with intent to unlawfully remove such merchandise or baggage. Title III: Interagency Council on Cargo Security - Establishes an Interagency Council on Cargo Security to identify and coordinate Federal department and agency actions relating to cargo security.