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United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Extends the construction-subsidy provisions of the Merchant Marine Act through 1976. Provides that the construction differential subsidy shall be equal to or less than 39 percent in fiscal 1974, 37 percent in fiscal 1975, and 35 percent in fiscal 1976. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1152 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Surface Transportation Act - Title I: Financial Assistance to Surface Transportation Companies - Revenue Financing and Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund Act - Creates in the Department of Transportation, under the Interstate Commerce Act, a Revenue Financing Division to aid in financing the transportation industry and commerce and to help in maintaining its economic stability and that of the country by promoting maximum employment and production. Provides for an Assistant Secretary of Transportation to assist the Secretary of Transportation in the execution of his functions under this title. Establishes a Loan Policy Board to establish any necessary general policies which shall govern the granting or denying of applications for financial assistance by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee lenders against loss of principal and interest on loans made to any common carrier in the transportation industry organized or operating under the laws of any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the United States. Provides that, in making such guarantees, the Secretary shall determine that the prospective earning power of the enterprise furnishes reasonable assurance that the enterprise will be able to repay the loan within the time fixed and afford reasonable protection to the United States. Provides that the Secretary may not authorize any such loan guarantee with respect to a common carrier by railroad unless satisfied that the expeditures will improve the utilization and distribution of rolling stock and materially contribute to the efficiency of rail operations. Establishes a Board of Review to review applications for loan guarantees. Provides that no application for a loan guarantee shall be approved by the Secretary without a written determination that the public interest would be served thereby. Provides that information concerning all applications for loan guarantees under this title shall be kept available for public inspection. Provides that loans guaranteed by the Secretary under this title bear interest at such per annum rate as the Secretary deems reasonable. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title but not to exceed in the aggregate $2,000,000,000. Prescribes criminal penalties for knowing acts of fraud in obtaining loan guarantees under this title. Provides that the authority granted by this title shall terminate at the close of June 30, 1983. Creates a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund. Authorizes the Secretary, through the fund, to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation offered to him which he determines is eligible for insurance under this part. Authorizes the Secretary to make commitments to insure any equipment obligation prior to the date of execution or disbursement thereon. Provides that, to be eligible for such insurance, the Secretary must find: (1) the equipment obligation is secured by rolling stock to be financed or refinanced thereby; (2) the financing or refinancing of the rolling stock is justified by the present and future demand for transportation services to be rendered by the railroad for which the rolling stock is procured; and (3) the purchase of the rolling stock will contribute toward a national car supply adequate to meet the needs of shippers and the economy. Provides that, if at any time the money in the fund is not sufficient to pay any amount the Secretary is required to pay under an agreement, the Secretary is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and determinations, hearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the design of a national rolling stock information service and to contract with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, individual railroads or a group of railroads working together including the sharing of costs and the funding in part of demonstration projects, to assist in the establishment of a national rolling stock information system of approved design. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary, out of money in the Treasury, the sum of $35,000,000 for the operation of such service. Title II: Provisions Relating to Discriminatory State Tax Practices - Provides that the following actions by any State are hereby declared to constitute an unreasonable and unjust discrimination against and an undue burden upon interstate commerce and are hereby forbidden and declared to be unlawful: (1) the assessment, for purposes of a property tax levied by any taxing district, of transportation property owned or used by any common or contract carrier subject to economic regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act at a value which bears a higher ratio to the true market value of such transportation property than the assessed value of all other industrial and commercial property in the assessment jurisdiction of any State which is included in such taxing district and subject to a property tax levy bears to the true market value of all such other commercial and industrial property; (2) the collection of any tax on the portion of such assessment so declared to be unlawful; or (3) the collection of any ad valorem property tax on such transportation property at a tax rate higher than the tax rate generally applicable to commercial and industrial property in the taxing district. Provides that the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue such writs of injunction or other property process as may be necessary to restrain any State, or subdivision or agency thereof, or any person from doing anything or performing any act declared to be unlawful. Title III: Procedures for Abandonment of Nonproductive Rail Facilities - Abandonment of Nonproductive Rail Facilities Act - Provides expeditious administrative procedures for the abandonment of nonproductive facilities under the Interstate Commerce Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1) Title IV: Provision Relating to Competitive Equity - Competitive Equity Act - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act, that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall, on a continuing basis, investigate and identify traffics which are moving at rates below the variable costs incurred in handling the traffics to which such rates apply and cause such rates to be promptly brought to at least such variable costs. Provides that the Commission shall promulgate and continually maintain standards and procedures for the determination of revenue levels adequate under honest, economical, and efficient management to cover operating and capital costs, including a fair, reasonable, and economic profit. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 15, 316, 907, 1006) Extends the report filing and rate publication extension provisions of the Act to the water transport of dry bulk commodities. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 903, 904, 906, 913) Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission shall promulgate and maintain standards, rules, and procedures for the establishment of minimum adequate transportation rate levels for the movement of recycled solid waste materials which will facilitate and encourage the broader utilization of such materials. Title V: Agreements Between Carriers - Rate Bureau Modernization Act - Permits a conference, bureau, committee, or other organization established among carriers for joint operation under the Interstate Commerce Act to approve its own changes in rules, rates, or charges. Provides that such conference, bureau, committee or other organization, may not conduct votes on single line rates established by any railroad carrier, nor appear in any proceeding before the Commission regarding such single line rate. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 5b) Title VI: Repeal of Discriminatory Government Rates - Repeals the provision of the Interstate Commerce Act permitting carriage on behalf of the United States at reduced rates. Enumerates various exceptions to this prohibition governing reduced rates. Title VII: Establishment of Uniform Cost Accounting - Provides that the Commission may in its discretion prescribe a uniform system of accounts applicable to any class of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and a period of time within which such class shall have uniform system of accounts, and the manner in which such accounts shall be kept. Requires the Commission to establish and promulgate rules and regulations prescribing uniform cost accounting and uniform revenue accounting methods for the determination of abandonment of nonproductive facilities under title III of this Act, minimum compensatory rates established under title IV of this Act, and the repeal of discriminatory rates under title VI of this Act. Title VIII: Interstate Commerce Commission Budget - Interstate Commerce Commission Budget Submission Act - Provides, under the Budget and Accounting Act, that the President shall submit the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations necessary for the next fiscal year for the Interstate Commerce Commission in his annual budget report to Congress. (Amends 31 U.S.C. 11) Title IX: Miscellaneous - Provides that the amendments and repeals by this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Authorizes modification of the project for Port Everglades Harbor, Florida at an estimated total cost of $8,883,000.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that the State highway departments of those States within which United States Route 219 is located, together with the Secretary of Transportation, should designate, as soon as possible, such route as a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highway.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Increases, under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the mileage of the development highway system by five hundred miles.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Rolling Stock Utilization and Financing Act - Title I: National Rolling Stock Information Service and Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund - States that the purposes of this Act are: (1) to improve the utilization and distribution of rolling stock to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, the national defense, and the consuming public; (2) to assist railroads in acquiring additional rolling stock to provide fast and expeditious service to meet the increasing demands of the Nation's economy; and (3) to assist in achieving full employment by insuring adequate equipment necessary to transport the products of American industry. Defines the terms used in this Act. Creates a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used to insure the Interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation determined eligible for insurance. Establishes a Board to administer this Fund. Requires the Board before insuring any equipment obligation to determine in writing that specified limitations and conditions are met, including: (1) that the equipment obligation is secured by rolling stock to be financed or refinanced thereby; (2) that the terms of the equipment obligation require full payment within fifteen years from the date thereof; and (3) that the financing or refinancing of the rolling stock is justified by the present and future demand for transportation services to be rendered by the railroad or car-pooling company for which the rolling stock is procured. Authorizes the Board to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount under an agreement entered into under this section. Allows the Board to consent to the modification of the provisions of an equipment obligation as to rate of interest, time of payment of interest or principal, security, or the terms and conditions of any contract of insurance entered into pursuant to this Act. Requires the transactions of the Board to be audited by the Comptroller General in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and requires a report to be made to the Congress. Title II: To Improve Utilization - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to design and assist railroads in establishing a national rolling stock information system. Provides that such system shall facilitate equitable distribution and economic utilization of rolling stock by furnishing information to railroads, shippers, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the public about rolling stock with respect to physical characteristics, origin, destination, location, availability for future loadings, and such other information as determined useful. Requires a semiannual report to Congress on progress under this title. Relieves persons contracting for the design of a national information system or the use of such information from the antitrust laws with respect to such contract. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for purposes of this section. Requires the Secretary to develop an index measuring the degree of utilization of freight cars, and to publish such index at least quarterly together with a report setting forth the changes in such utilization of freigh cars thirty days after each report by the Secretary. Provides for a study by the Secretary, with legislative recommendations, on the utilization of freight cars and means to improve such utilization. Provides for a study on the use of abandoned railroad trackage and rights-of-way as recreational trails and camp sites. Title III: Rolling Stock Authority - Authorizes the establishment of a corporation known as the Rolling Stock Authority if substantial progress in freight car supply and utilization has not been made within three and one-half years of enactment of this Act. States that the purposes of the Authority shall be to acquire, maintain, and provide rolling stock, to manage a pool of such rolling stock, and to employ innovative concepts for equitable distribution and efficient use of such rolling stock to meet the needs of the national economy. Provides that the Authority shall have a Board of eleven Directors, consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, and nine members, to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of specified railroad, labor, shipping, and consumer organizations. Empowers the Authority to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business; sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of its property and assets; build, own, and maintain rolling stock to be operated for the purpose of providing modern efficient freight transportation of goods; and conduct research and development related to the purposes of this Act. Provides that every railroad shall pay to the Authority a per diem surcharge of fifty cents per car day on each general service freight car for each day that such a railroad incurs a car-hire charge for the use of such car. States that the levy shall continue until the Board of Directors determines that such sum as may be necessary for this Act but not less than $10,000,000 nor more than $30,000,000 will be due or will have been paid as of a certain date, whereupon the levy will cease. Requires the Authority to issue a negotiable, interest-bearing debenture to each railroad in the amount of the per diem surcharge paid by such railroad. Empowers the Authority to incur debts for capital purposes. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the obligations of the Authority guaranteed by the United States in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to acquire capital stock of the Authority; and such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on notes or obligations issued as guarantees under this section. Provides for the audit of expenditures under the Government Corporation Control Act. Requires a plan for the public sale of stock in the Authority, including a program to require refinancing, and to assure that the sale of the stock will result in a wide dispersion in the ownership of the stock. Requires the Authority to establish a national rolling stock information system within one year of enactment if such system is not in operation at the date of incorporation. Provides that the Authority shall establish charges for the use of rolling stock supplied by it, and shall establish terms and conditions governing the use of its equipment. States that the Authority shall be subject to the car service provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, and the orders of the Commission thereunder to the extent applicable. Provides that the Authority may enforce compliance with any obligation owing to it under this Act by an appropriate civil action. Prohibits a railroad from refusing to transport general service freight cars owned by the Authority. Requires an annual report to the President and the Congress by the Authority on its activities under this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Requires the Authority, in contracts under this Act: (1) to include equitable arrangements to protect the interests of individual employees affected in their employment by any such contract; (2) to conform to prevailing practices of the railroad industry in distributing such work among railroads and nonrailroads with rolling stock building and rebuilding facilities; and (3) to insure prevailing wages for construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Provides an additional entitlement of payments to local government units for public mass transportation and spell out the new ratio under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes, out of the general funds of the Treasury of $800,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1973-1975, and for the period of July 1, 1976 to December 31,1976, $400,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Provides for a feasibility study of specified highways from Brunswick, Georgia, or its vicinity to Kansas City, Missouri, or its vicinity for the purpose of including such highways in the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Provides that in the case of each State which before January 1, 1974, shall have constructed or acquired any interstate toll bridge (including approaches thereto), which caused such toll bridge to be made free, which bridge is owned and maintained by such State or by a political subdivision thereof, and which bridge is on the Federal-aid primary and secondary system (other than the Interstate System), sums apportioned to such State as primary and secondary system assistance for urban areas shall be available to pay the Federal share of a bridge construction project: (1) in such amount as the Secretary determines to be the resonable value of such bridge after deducting therefrom that portion of such value attributable to any grant or contribution previously paid by the United States in connection with the construction or acquisition of such bridge, and exclusive of rights-of-way; or (2) in the amount by which the principal amount of the outstanding unpaid bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction or acquisition of such bridge exceeds the amount of any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever is the lesser amount. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 129 (b))
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Designates the Secretary of Defense, rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy, as the person entitled under the Communications Act of 1934 to receive official notice of the filing of applications in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State where under such applications involve service to foreign points.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to continue rail transportation service whenever the Commission is of the opinion that any interstate railroad carrier is unable to transport the traffic offered it so as to properly serve the public. (Amends 49 U.S.C. sec. 1(16))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Authorizes an emergency fund of $35,000,000 to be expended for emergency erosion control at the discretion of the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, provided that local interests supply without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the work. Allows the Secretary of the Army pending the appropriation of funds to allot from existing erosion appropriations money necessary for the immediate prosecution of the erosion control. Provides that such money is to be reimbursed from the emergency fund when appropriated. (Adds 33 U.S.C. 426(k))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Exempts private aircraft entering or departing from the United States and Canada at night or on Sunday or a holiday from provisons requiring payment to the United States for overtime services of customs officers and employees. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1451)
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Reimburses local interests for undertaking the repair of shore damages attributable to Federal navigation works. (Adds 33 U.S.C. 426(j))
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes the States of Illinois and Missouri to contract jointly or individually with the city of Chester, Illinois, on or before June 1, 1974 to assume responsibility for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Chester Bridge. Provides that when either or both States enter into such an agreement, all tolls thereafter charged for transit over such bridge shall, except as provided by this Act, be: (1) used to retire outstanding indebtedness on the bridge and the approaches thereto; and (2) credited into a sinking fund established for such bridge.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Sets forth actions with respect to the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than twenty years or both. Provides that whoever commits specified offenses against or on board an aircraft registered in a state other than the United States in violation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation and is afterward found in this country shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. Sets forth definitions to be used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Federal-Aid Railroad Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Declares the findings of the Congress with regard to essential rail lines in the Northeast section of the United States. Title II: Interim and Emergency Measures - Provides that within ninety days after enactment of this Act, the trustees or trustee of any railroad in reorganization, the majority of whose lines are located in the Northeast region, all owners of rail lines leased to such railroad, whether ratified or affirmed or not, and all wholly owned subsidiaries and affiliates of such railroad, upon authorization therefor from the reorganization court, may tender all lines and other transportation properties, assets, and interests of such companies to the United States for lease by the United States for a term not to exceed three years. Provides that the trustees or companies making such tender shall at the same time agree to the operation of such properties, assets, and interests so tendered and to all other terms and conditions of this title. Provides that as consideration for leasing the lines and other transportation properties, assets, and interests tendered for lease under this section, and for their operation by the lessor, the United States shall pay to the lessor an amount to be negotiated between the trustee or trustees of the railroad in reorganization and the Commission, which amount shall be the least amount necessary to protect the interests of the creditors of such railroad during the period such lease is in effect and to carry out the other purposes of this title. Provides that during the period of such lease there shall be no further accrual of real estate or other taxes imposed by States or their subdivisions upon the lines and other transportation properties, assets, and interests of the lessor railroad leased to the United States. Provides that at the expiration of the lease and operating agreement, a final audit of the amount paid thereunder shall be made by independent auditors, subject to review by the Commission, and the lessor railroad shall make payment to the United States in an amount equal to the amount paid to it under the lease and operating agreement, or shall issue to the United States debentures, in such form and subject to such terms and conditions as the Commission shall prescribe in the face value of such amount. Provides that such debentures shall mature twenty years from the date of issue, shall be subordinated to other securities or claims against the lessor railroad's estate outstanding at the date of their issuance, and shall bear interest at the rate of 3 percent per year for the first five years and at the rate of 6 percent per year thereafter. Provides that the willful failure or refusal of any carrier or subsidiary, affiliate, or holding company, or of any officer or employee of any carrier, subsidiary, or holding company, to comply with the terms of any order of the Commission pursuant to this title shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof the carrier, subsidiary, affiliate, or holding company, or person offending shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for each offense, and each day during which such party shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with the terms of such order shall constitute a separate offense. Makes it the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to prosecute all necessary proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of this title and for punishment of all violations thereof upon application by the Commission. Title III: The Federal-Aid Railroad System - Provides that the Federal-aid railroad system shall consist initially of those main lines, yards, and terminals, located in the Northeast region and operated by domestic railroad companies, found by the Commission to be essential to the present and future public convenience and necessity and best suited for inclusion of an integrated system of main line, yard, and terminal facilities capable of meeting the needs of commerce of the United States and the national defense. Prescribes the criteria for determining which main lines, yards, and terminals should be included on the Federal-aid railroad system. Provides that to the extent consistent with the purposes of this Act, the Commission shall not designate as part of the system rail lines which are parallel to, and duplicative of, other lines included on the system. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit to the Congress on January 1 of the second year following enactment of this Act, and every second year thereafter, a report, to be known as the "Railway Needs Report", setting forth major transportation services that should be provided by railroads in the United States. Directs the Secretary to undertake and carry out a study of the long-term capital needs for line relocation, tunneling, highway grade crossing elimination, electrification, improvement of yards and other major upgrading of the railway system of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to bring all rail lines, yards, and terminals on the system into compliance with the requirements of this title and of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, and for the administration of this title, but not to exceed $400,000,000 in each of the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. Imposes upon the amount paid within the United States for the transportation of property, except by air, from one point in the United States to another, beginning sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, a tax equal to 1 percent of the amount so paid. Title IV: Local Rail Services - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act, that no carrier by railroad subject to such Act undertake the extension of its line of railroad, or the construction of a new line of railroad, or shall engage in transportation under this part over or by means of such additional or extended line of railroad, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Federal-Aid Highway and Public Transportation Act - Provides authorizations for the interstate highway program through fiscal year 1980. Provides for the use of the apportionment factors contained in revised table 5 of the 1972 interstate system cost estimate for the apportionment of interstate system funds for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976. Extends the time for completion of the interstate system until June 30, 1980. Authorizes appropriations out of the highway trust fund for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-Aid urban system; (3) forest highways; (4) public lands highways; and (5) Indian reservation roads and bridges. Provides for authorizations for landscapping and scenic enhancement and for the administrative expenses of the beautification program. States that the primary system shall consist of an adequate system of arterial routes in rural areas important to interstate, statewide, or regional travel. Provides that each State designate such a system subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. States that the secondary system shall consist of major collection routes in rural area and designated by each State and appropriate local officials in cooperation with each other subject to the Secretary's approval. Provides that at any time prior to July 1, 1974, upon the joint request of a State and the local governments concerned, the Secretary can withdraw his approval of any controversial interstate segment if he determines it is not essential to the completion of a unified and connected interstate system. Provides that the Secretary must receive assurances that the State does not intend to construct a toll road in the traffic corridor which the removed segment would have served. Requires the Secretary to remove interstate segments from designation as a part of the interstate system where a State has not established a construction schedule within the period of availability of funds authorized to be appropriated for completion of the interstate system and where the secretary has received no assurances that such schedule will be met. Substitutes the total population outside of urbanized areas for the general population in the Federal-aid primary apportionment formula. Provides that no less than 10 percent nor more than 30 percent of the funds apportioned to a State for the primary system will be available to the State for the secondary system. Provides that, in improving Federal-aid urban system projects, traffic operations improvement programs and fringe and corridor parking will be given full consideration in selecting projects on the urban system. Extends from 7 to 10 years the allowable time period within which highway construction must begin following the advance purchase of rights-of-way. Requires the Secretary to make a final inspection of projects completed after the issuance of a certification of State capability and requires an adequate report of the estimated and actual cost of construction. Permits specified ferries to travel in international waters when operating between the islands which comprise Hawaii and when operating solely between Alaska and Washington. Authorizes the Secretary to remove outdoor advertising not in compliance with State law no later than five years after the signs become nonconforming. Authorizes the Secretary to provide standards for the erection along the interstate system of signs providing specific information. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with the States in the development of transportation plans and programs which are formulated with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urbanized areas. Extends authorization for the highway construction training program. Authorizes the use of funds apportioned to each State for the Federal-aid urban system to finance the Federal share of the costs of public mass transportation projects. Defines the acceptable types of mass transportation. Provides that sums appropriated for the Federal-aid system shall be available for bicycle transportation, pedestrian walkways and equestrian trails, established on or in conjunction with highways or other appropriate rights-of-way. Permits the financing of research and planning for transportation program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to make regulations requiring that railroad vehicles be equipped with reflectors or luminous material so that they can be readily seen at night.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Urban Mass Transportation Amendments - Title I: Improvements in Urban Mass Transportation Program - Declares the finding of the Congress that immediate substantial Federal assistance is needed to enable many mass transportation systems to continue to provide vital service. Increases the Federal grant ratio under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants or loans to States and local public bodies to enable them to assist transportation service in an urban area to pay operating expenses incurred as a result of providing such service. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements in amounts aggregating not to exceed $800,000,000 to finance grants and loans under this Act. Increases the basic assistance authority of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 from $3,100,000,000 to $6,100,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation under the Federal Aviation Act for widows, widowers, and minor children of employees who have died while employed by an air carrier or foreign air carrier after twenty or more years of such employment.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, to make grants to assist States and local public bodies and agencies thereof in the payment of operating expenses incurred in connection with the provision of mass transportation service in urban areas. Requires a State or public body or agency to submit a comprehensive mass transportation service improvement plan to qualify for such assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases to 80 percent the Federal share of projects other than projects for the paying of operating expenses. Increases to $6,100,000,000 the obligations the Secretary may incure to finance urban mass transportation projects under the Act. Provides that no financial assistance shall be provided under this Act to any State or local public body or agency thereof with respect to any project unless there has been established by the State or locality involved a Mass Transportation Advisory Council to advise and assist such State or local public body or agency in the establishment of policies and the making of decisions involving mass transportation service in the area involved. Provides that no financial assistance shall be provided under the Act to any State or local public body or agency thereof which engages directly or indirectly in the transporting of schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school and school-authorized functions, or proposes to expand present routes, schedules, service, or facilities for the purpose of providing transportation for schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school and school-authorized functions, in competition with or supplementary to the service currently provided by a private transportation company, or other person, engaged in so transporting such schoolchildren and school personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
National Transportation Act - Declares the Congressional finding that the development and implementation of a balanced national transportation system embracing all modes of transportation which will contribute to the provision of rapid, safe, efficient, and convenient movement of persons and goods is essential to the general welfare, the economic growth, and the stability and security of the Nation. Title I: National Transportation - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a comprehensive plan for the effective implementation of national transportation policies. Provides that such plan shall include recommendations as to: the most effective utilization of money, the reorganization of governmental functions relating to transportation, and proposed legislation. Directs the Secretary to consult with regional, State, and local transportation agencies in developing the comprehensive plan. Provides that until Congress approves the utilization provisions for the Transportation Fund, transitional authority is granted to make allocations for the Trust Fund to highways, aviation and urban mass transportation programs. Title II: Transportation Trust Fund Revenue Act - Creates a Transportation Trust Fund which will be available for expenditures in accordance with the comprehensive national transportation plan to be approved by the Congress. Authorizes the sale and manner of sale of obligations which the trust fund may acquire and requires that interest earned by the Trust Fund shall be added to form a part of the Trust Fund. Authorizes the Treasury to make advances to the Trust Fund to be repaid when receipts catch up with expenditures. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Trust Fund, and (after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation) to report to the Congress not later than the first day of March of each year on the financial conditions and the results of the operations of the Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the current and next ensuing fiscal year, up to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the Trust Fund to the Treasury amounts equivalent to credits allowed under the Internal Revenue Code relating to gasoline and lubricating oil and to the Land and Water Conservation Fund amounts equivalent to taxes received on or after January 1, 1965 with respect to special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Urban Transportation Assistance Act - Provides an increase (on a revenue-sharing basis) in the total amount authorized for assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Increases the portion of project cost which may be covered by a Federal grant under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Sets forth actions with respect to the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than twenty years or both. Provides that whoever commits specified offenses against or on board an aircraft registered in a state other than the United States in violation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation and is afterward found in this country shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. Sets forth definitions to be used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requests the President of the United States to take such action as is necessary to begin a national program of public information to inform the commuter of the benefits of car pools and economy cars and that the President report to the Congress on possible legislative incentives to promote such a program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requires, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, community representation and participation (including proportionate representation of minorities and low-income groups), through the appointment of State and local advisory councils, in policy and decision making by State and local transit agencies seeking assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Makes disaster assistance available to those communities affected by extraordinary shoreline erosion damage under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 4401-4402)
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that, in fixing compensation to be paid for the use of any type of freight car, the Interstate Commerce Commission shall determine the value base of freight cars and shop facilities with additions and betterments, the depreciation thereon, and a rate of return on investment. Provides that the total annual ownership costs, including operating and maintenance costs, shall be converted by a car day divisor to car day cost brackets so as to produce daily car hire rates. Provides that such rates shall be recomputed annually. Gives the Commission authority to impose penalty per diem rates during periods when an emergency freight car shortage exists. (Amends 49 U.S.C.1 (14)(a))
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act, free or reduced rate transportation for widows, widowers, and minor children of employees who have died while employed by an air carrier or foreign air carrier after ten or more years of such employment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Includes snowmobiles within the $25 ceiling imposed, under the Airport and Airway Development Act, on overtime charges for services in connection with the arrival in or departure from the United States of any private aircraft or private vessel. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1741(a))
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requires, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, the proportionate representation of minority and low-income groups on State and local transit agencies seeking assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands the definition of "airport development" under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include security equipment required by the Secretary of Transportation for the safety and security of person and property on the airport. Provides that the Federal share of allowable projects costs incurred under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 shall be: (1) fifty percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less than one percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) seventy-five percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than one percent of such passengers. Provides that to the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of safety equipment required under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after May 10, 1971. States that the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of security equipment required by the Secretary by rule or regulation, the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after September 28, 1971. Extends for one year (to May 21, 1973) the due date for the Secretay 's national airport system plan under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived thereform.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Declares it to be the national policy that to the maximum extent possible the procedures to be utilized by the Secretary of Transportation and all other affected heads of Federal departments and agencies concerned with highway development shall encourage the drastic minimization of paperwork and interagency decision making so as to reduce delays at all levels of government. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974 and June 30, 1975, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate system in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $75,000,000 for purposes of evaluating the needs of States and local areas pertaining to public mass transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Highway Safety Act - Provides for the deletion of the express requirement for inclusion in each State's comprehensive program of a driver education program and to add a requirement for the inclusion in the comprehensive program of provisions for planning, administration, and evaluation. Authorizes the expenditure of Federal funds for the training of personnel required to implement the highway safety programs, and the conducting of demonstration programs that the Secretary determines will contribute directly to the reduction of accidents, and deaths and injuries resulting. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend, when he deems it to be in the public interest, and for such periods as he deems necessary, the prohibition against his apportioning any Federal funds to a State that is not implementing a qualified program approved by him. Provides for the apportionment of such funds in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to increase, to the extent necessary, the Federal share of the costs to an Indian tribe of implementing a qualified program. Authorizes the Secretary to perform any of the research and development activities authorized by the section through the giving of grants. Authorizes the Secretary where he deems it to be in furtherance of the purposes of chapter 4 of title 23, to vest in State or local governments, on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, title to equipment purchased for demonstration projects by such government with funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out purposes of this Act. Prohibits the admission into evidence of any portion of any statement or information relating to a highway crash that has been furnished by any individual to the Secretary relating such crash or investigation thereof pursuant to section 403, of title 23 or of any portion of any report of the Secretary relating such crash or investigation thereof pursuant to section 403, in any subsequent criminal, civil or administrative proceeding except administrative proceedings held by the National Transportation Safety Board and administrative proceedings held by the Department of Transportation under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Authorizes the appropriations for the various programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Grants the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act certain authority over railroad car service when an emergency is or may be imminent.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Revises the penalties for violation of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 by imposing a fine of $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than one-year. Authorizes the seizure of a vessel for a violation of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
States the findings of the Congress that rapid urbanization has made the ability of all citizens to move quickly and cheaply an urgent national goal, and that new Federal assistance for urban mass transportation is imperative if efficient, safe and convenient transportation is to be achieved. Title I: Urban Mass Transportation Revenue Act of 1973 - Establishes an Urban Ground Mass Transportation Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the general fund of the Treasury to the trust fund amounts appropriated for the trust fund under the Act. Authorizes the appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury to the trust fund such repayable advances of money necessary to provide the trust fund with initial capital. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual report to the Congress on the financial condition and the results of the operations of the trust fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portion of the trust fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes expenditures from the trust fund, and sets limitations on such expenditures. Title II: Internal Revenue Amendments - Imposes the following new Federal Excise taxes to provide revenues for the trust fund: (1) a separate tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline sold by any producer or importer after June 30, 1973; (2) a separate tax of one cent a gallon on other highway fuels (e.g. diesel fuel, benzol benzene, naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas); (3) a tax of ten percent of the price of ground mass public transportation vehicles and a tax equivalent to 8 percent of the price of parts and accessories (other than tires and inner-tubes) for ground mass public transportation vehicles sold after June 30, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands the definition of "airport development" under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include security equipment required by the Secretary of Transportation for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport. Increases the total obligational authority of the Secretary to make grants for airport development to $1,400,000,000. States that such obligations shall not be liquidated in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,120,000,000 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount exceeding $1,400,000,000 prior to June 30, 1975. Provides that the Federal share of allowable project costs incurred under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 shall be: (1) fifty percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less than 1 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) seventy-five percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 1 percent of such passengers. Provides that to the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of safety equipment required under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after May 10, 1971. States that, to the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of security equipment required by the Secretary by rule or regulation, the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after September 28, 1971. Extends until May 21, 1973, the due date for the Secretary's national airport system plan. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived therefrom.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act - Provides authorizations for the interstate highway program through fiscal year 1979 in the amount of $3,500,000,000 for each fiscal year from 1974 to 1978, and $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make the apportionment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, of the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for expenditures on the National System of Interstate Defense Highways. Makes appropriations for specified highway projects under title 23 of the United States Code for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 including the following: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) forest highways; (4) specified roads and trails; (5) parkways; and (6) Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to forward to Congress, within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act, final recommendations proposed to him by the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration in accordance with this Act. Extends the date of completion of certain highways under title 23 of the United States Code from June 30, 1976, to June 30, 1979. Directs the Secretary and all other heads of Federal agencies involved in the construction of the Federal aid highway system to encourage the minimization of paperwork and unnecessary delays in the administration of the program. Extends from July 1, 1975, to July 1, 1977, the deadline for States to submit plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction of its segment of the Interstate Highway System. Provides that the Secretary shall apportion one-third of the annual appropriations for the Federal-aid highway system to each State in the ratio system to each State in the ratio which the rural population of such State bears to the total rural population of all the States. Stipulates that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of each annual apportionment. Provides that an agreement between the Secretary and a State highway department for the reimbursement of the cost of acquiring rights-of way under the Federal-Aid Highway Act shall provide for the actual construction of a road on such rights-of-way within a period not exceeding ten years following the fiscal year in which the request is made. Authorizes the Secretary, after consulting with Federal, State, and local officials, to promulgate standards for the control of highway noise levels for highways on any Federal-aid system, approved prior to July 1, 1972. Authorizes the Secretary to approve any project on a Federal-aid system under these promulgated noise standards, including the acquisition of additional rights-of-way, construction of physical barriers, and landscaping. Allows the project to be deemed a highway project for all purposes of this Act and makes available sums apportioned for the Federal-aid system. Provides that after July 1, 1973, the State highway department shall not erect on any project where actual construction is in progress and visible to highway users any informational signs other than official traffic control devices conforming with standards developed by the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes a procedure whereby the Secretary may discharge any of his responsibilities under this Act relative to Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, by accepting a certification by any State highway department that it has meet certain requirements. Provides that when any toll road which the Secretary has approved as a part of the Interstate System is made a toll-free facility, Federal-aid highway funds may be expended for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of the road to meet the standards adopted for the improvement of projects located on the Interstate System. Establishes standards for the control of outdoor advertising along the Interstate and primary highway systems. Provides that just compensation shall be paid upon the removal of any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device (as required by this Act) lawfully erected under State law. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 for both fiscal year 1974 and 1975 to carry out the provisions of this section. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for both 1974 and 1975 for the control of junkyards adjacent to the Interstate and primary highway systems. States that in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles (other than on rail) on Federal-aid highways for the transportation of passengers, so as to increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems for the movement of persons, the Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid system the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger loading areas and facilities (including shelters), and fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers. Provides that whenever responsible local officials of an urbanized area notify the State highway department that in lieu of a highway project under the Federal-aid plan, their needs require a nonhighway public mass transit project (involving fixed-rail facilities or purchase of passenger equipment or both), this project shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Deems approval of these plans as a contractual obligation of the United States for payment equal to the Federal share if deemed a highway project. Provides that in any case where sufficient land exists within the publicly acquired rights-of-way of any Federal-aid highway to accommodate needed rail or nonhighway public mass transit programs and where this can be accomplished without impairing automotive safety or future highway improvements, the Administrator may authorize a State to make such lands and rights-of-way available without charge to a publicly owned mass transit authority for such purposes wherever he may deem that the public interest will be served thereby. Directs that the authorization of the appropriations of Federal funds shall in no way infringe on the sovereign rights of the States to determine which projects shall be federally financed. Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, to carry out projects for the construction of bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, shelters, and parking facilities. Directs that these projects be located and designed to an overall plan to provide due consideration for safety. Prohibits motorized vehicles on any of these bicycle lanes. Specifies the Federal share of the cost of these projects to be 70 percent. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $10,000,000 per year for 1974 and 1975. Appropriates out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. Provides that the Secretary shall develop guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the allocation of funds for this purpose. States that high traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which connect to the Interstate System shall be selected by each State highway department, in consultation with appropriate local officials, subject to approval by the Secretary, for priority of improvement as supplementary routes to extend and supplement the service provided by the Interstate System by furnishing needed adequate traffic collector and distributor facilities as well as extensions. Provides that a total of not more than 10,000 miles shall be selected under this section. Authorizes $300,000,000 to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for both fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of this section. Directs that one-half of such funds be apportioned among the States on the basis of the latest highway needs study, and one-half be available for apportionment to urgently required projects at the discretion of the Secretary. Authorizes the construction of and the appropriation of funds for specified projects including the following: (1) a segment of the Alaska Highway; (2) bridges over the Arkansas and Tennessee rivers; and (3) the Great River Road. Provides for the development of a national scenic and recreational highway program. Authorizes Federal participation beginning with the construction of the Great River Road, in order to celebrate the tricentennial discovery of the Mississippi River. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria (as soon as possible after enactment of this Act) for location and construction of the Great River Road by the ten States bordering the Mississippi River, with priority given in location to the large population centers. Directs that the Federal share of the cost of this highway be 80 percent. Authorizes the appropriation, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for construction of this highway, of $20,000,000 annually each year for 1974 and 1975, for allocation to the States and out of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of years 1974 and 1975. Directs that all Federal-aid highway funds expended for certain sections of Route 101 in New Hampshire must be repaid before any tolls may be collected thereon. Authorizes the Secretary to make available Federal-aid highway funds to any State which changes any interstate toll bridge to a free bridge on or before January 1, 1974. Directs the Secretary to make a study of regulations governing toll bridges over navigable waters of the United States and a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways. States that no court shall have the power or authority to issue any order or to take any action which will impede, delay, or halt construction of the project known as the Three Sisters Bridge. Prohibits further action on Interstate Route I-287 (between Montville and Mahwal, New Jersey), and Corporation Freeway, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) until new corridor hearings are held. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Governor of each State and local officials, to make an evaluation of the 1972 National Transportation Report, pertaining to public mass transportation, which shall include all urban areas. Outlines the essentials of evaluation report, and directs Secretary to give his results to Congress no later than July 1, 1974. Authorizes an amount to exceed $75,000,000 to carry out this section. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in sufficient amounts to finance the cost of assisting the handicapped in the subway and rapid rail transit system. Authorizes the amount of $65,000,000 to carry out this provision. Title II: Highway Safety Act - Authorizes the appropriation of specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs under title 23 of the United States Code. Directs that each State conduct a survey of all highways to identify all railroad crossings and at a minimum, implement a schedule of projects to provide signs for all railroad-highway crossings. Authorizes the appropriations of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $225,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Directs each State to report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 thereafter on the progress made in implementing the program. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975 and not later than January 1 annually thereafter on the progress of the program. Authorizes the appropriations of $225,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $450,000,000 for fiscal 1975 for bridge reconstruction and replacement. Directs that these funds be apportioned by: (1) two-thirds for projects on any Federal-aid system; and (2) one-third for projects on highways not included on any Federal-aid system. Establishes a special pavement marking program and appropriates $125,000,000 for both fiscal 1974 and 1975, to be apportioned among the States in a prescribed manner. Directs each State to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 annually thereafter on the program's progress. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975 and not later than January 1 thereafter on the progress of the program. Directs the Secretary to conduct further research and demonstration programs to improve all techniques used in pavement markings and delineators. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out safety research on the following subjects: (1) the relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles; and (2) driver behavior research, including the characteristics of driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abilities to the driving task, and the relationship of frequency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. States that in order to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific locations or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials, designated by the Federal Highway Administration, there is authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, the sum of $100,000,000 to be available until expended, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended under authority of this section in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. Directs funds to be apportioned and states that the Federal share shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost. Directs each State to make a progress report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974 and not later than September 30 annually thereafter on the program. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975, and not later than January 1 thereafter on progress made by States for improvements at high-hazard locations. Directs each State to conduct an engineering survey of all highways to identify roadside obstacles which are hazards to the public. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975, with two-thirds of the funds to come out of the Highway Trust Fund. Directs progress reports to be made by the States and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full and complete investigation of the use of mass media and other techniques for informing the public of means and methods for reducing the number and severity of highway accidents. Directs the Secretary to conduct an investigation of ways and means for encouraging greater citizen participation and involvement in the traffic enforcement process. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a thorough study of the feasibility of establishing a National Center for Statistical Analysis of Highway Operations designed to acquire, store, and retrieve highway accident data and standardize the information and procedures for reporting accidents on a nationwide basis. Provides that such study should include an estimate of the cost of establishing and maintaining such a center, including the means for acquiring the accident information to be stored therein. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress his findings and recommendations not later than January 1, 1975. Directs the Secretary to make a study of pedestrian safety. Outlines areas for the study including the relationship between alcohol and pedestrian safety. Directs the Secretary to make a report to Congress not later than January 31, 1975. Authorizes an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund for this study. Includes manpower training and demonstration programs that the Secretary determines will reduce highway accidents and death within the funding available for the cost of development of roads and trails. Provides that public road mileage under the territorial highway program be determined at the end of the calendar year preceding the year in which the funds are apportioned, and shall be certified by State Governor and subject to approval of the Secretary. Changes the annual apportionment to each State of Federal funds to aid States to conduct highway safety programs from not less than one-third of 1 percent to not less than one-half of 1 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to make incentive grants in each fiscal year to those States attaining above average compliance with highway safety standards. Authorizes appropriation, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal year of 1974 and 1975 for such purpose. Limits any State from receiving more than $500,000 in any fiscal year. Allows the Secretary to use funds to make grants to the States or local agencies for: (1) training highway safety personnel; (2) research fellowships in highway safety; (3) improved accident investigation procedures; (4) emergency; (5) demonstration projects; and (6) related activities. Directs the Secretary to conduct research and to make grants or contracts with State or local agencies for projects to improve administrative adjudication of traffic infractions. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by July 1, 1975, and each year thereafter, for these projects. Specifies several demonstration projects, and changes date of annual report to July 1. Title III: Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Increases Federal grants under the Act to 80 percent of net project costs for urban transportation systems. Increases appropriations to $6,100,000,000 for other specified programs under the Act. Title IV: Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Sex - Adds the sex discrimination prohibition to the programs carried on under title 23, U.S.Code.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, at any time prior to June 30, 1976, to accept a price for construction of a ship which has been negotiated between a shipyard and proposed ship purchaser if the negotiated price will result in a construction-differential subsidy that is equal to or less than forty-one percent in fiscal 1973, thirty-nine percent in fiscal 1974, thirty-seven percent in fiscal 1975, and thirty-five percent in fiscal 1976. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1152 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that any motor vehicle employed solely in transporting schoolchildren and teachers which is not exempted by this Act shall be deemed to be a common carrier subject to the provisions of this paragraph relating to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and safety of operation and equipment. Requires the Commission to enforce with respect to owners and operators of motor vehicles employed solely in transporting schoolchildren and teachers, standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation which relate to motor vehicles employed solely in transporting schoolchildren and teachers, and (2) are not inconsistent, as determined by the Commission, with any similar standard promulgated.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that after December 31, 1975, the Secretary of Transportation shall not apportion any funds under this Act to any State which has not fully implemented the requirements of those uniform safety standards promulgated by the Secretary on or before December 31, 1973, or with respect to standards revised or promulgated after December 31, 1973, has not fully implemented the requirements of such standards within two years after their revision or promulgation. Provides that Federal-aid highway funds apportioned on or after January 1, 1976, to any State which has not fully implemented the requirements of the uniform standards promulgated by the Secretary under this section on or before December 31, 1973, or, with respect to standards revised or promulgated after December 31, 1973, has not fully implemented the requirements of such standards within two years after their revision or promulgation, shall be reduced by amounts equal to 20 percent of the amounts which would otherwise be apportioned to such State until such time as such State is fully implementing such standards. Allows the Secretary to suspend, whenever he deems it to be in the public interest, the application of the two preceding sentences to a State for a period not to exceed one additional year. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 402)
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for enforcement of motor carrier safety regulations by employees who believe their employer has violated such safety regulations. Allows employees to request an investigation by giving written and signed notice of the violation to the Secretary of Transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a citation to the violator upon the finding of a violation. Sets forth the form of such citation, including the assessment of a civil penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 for the first violation. Permits a violator to contest the citation within 15 days. Provides for a hearing before the National Transportation Safety Board on the citation, and review of any adverse order from the Board by the United States court of appeals. Specifies the procedures for pleadings, testimony and objections before the appellate court. Provides that the Secretary may enforce any final order of the Board or any uncontested citation by filing for relief in the United States court of appeals. Empowers the Secretary to order a carrier of explosives and other dangerous articles to cease operation of motor vehicles in interstate commerce for up to sixty days when he finds the operations create an unreasonable risk of accident, injury or death. States the procedure for the Secretary to follow in issuing such a cease and desist order. Provides that no person shall discharge or discriminate against any employee for (1) filing a motor carrier safety violation complaint; (2) refusing to operate equipment because of his apprehension of death or serious injury to himself or the public due to the unsafe condition of such equipment; or (3) refusing to operate equipment in violation of regulations respecting hours of service. Entitles an employee so discharged or discriminated against (1) to reinstatement in his employment; (2) to be made whole for his losses; (3) to exemplary damages; and (4) to costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Directs, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, to carry out projects for the construction of separate or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, shelters, and parking facilities to serve bicyclists and persons using bicycles, in conjunction or connection with forest development roads and trails, public lands development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkway, Indian reservation roads, and Federal, State, and local parks. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 218)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Provides under the Interstate Commerce Act, that the court, in its discretion, may allow a reasonable attorney's fee and court costs to the prevailing party in any successful prosecution or defense of an action for recovery of damages sustained in transportation of property.