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Bill· SS. 3113 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Federal Transportation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a program of coordinated Federal assistance for all forms of transportation in the United States. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Federal Transportation Trust Fund, transferring and appropriating specified amounts into such fund. Makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) hold the trust fund; (2) report annually to Congress on its financial status; and (3) invest portions of the fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. States that amounts from the fund shall be used, as provided by appropriation Acts, in making payments to carry out approved comprehensive State transportation plans for fiscal years beginning after 1975 and before 1985. Sets forth the conditions of eligibility for State and political subdivision plans. Prescribes an allocation procedure for distribution of fund moneys among States, based on a population ratio. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for the administrative expenses of carrying out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13262 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Provides that States may request rail passenger service beyond the basic system upon agreement to reimburse the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for not less than 50 percent of any losses associated with such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 13230 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
States that, under the Internal Revenue Code, no tax shall be imposed on any aircraft owned and operated by the Civil Air Patrol if such aircraft is used for search and rescue.
Bill· HRH.R. 13235 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to initiate rail passenger service designed to improve the availability of rail passenger service into metropolitan areas of the northeast corridor. Requires the Corporation to report to the Congress and the Secretary of Transportation after one year with regard to the results of such service, such report to include appropriate recommendations.
Bill· HRH.R. 13220 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Increases to $340,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years (now $90,000,000) the amount authorized to be appropriated for rail service continuation subsidies under the Regional Reorganization Act.
Bill· SS. 3097 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Provides for the establishment, under the Rail Passenger Service Act, of a demonstration project providing regular scheduled rail transportation between the major metropolitan areas and the major recreation areas of the Nation for highway recreational vehicles with passengers being transported in such vehicles. Defines "highway recreational vehicle" as a self-propelled or trailer type vehicle for use on the highways to provide recreational transportation and lodging, and includes the vehicle used to tow such a trailer. Authorizes to be appropriated funds to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 3104 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, under the Interstate Commerce Act, to establish such orders as may be necessary to require carriers to place on all locomotives and cars in service such light-reflecting paint or other reflector markings as the Secretary determines to be best suited to promote safety at rail-highway crossings. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 26(i))
Bill· HRH.R. 13147 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Prohibits the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost, or stolen airline tickets.
Bill· HRH.R. 13117 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Establishes weight restrictions for vehicles on the Insterstate System. Provides that no funds authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under the Federal-Aid Highway Act shall be allocated to any State within the boundaries of which the Interstate System may be used by vehicles in excess of the established weight limitation.
Bill· HRH.R. 13101 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to initiate a feasibility test of rail passenger service as a means of alleviating transportation problems caused by the energy crisis between points in Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland, and Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Requires a report to the Congress and the Secretary of Transportation in one year on such service.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 933 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
Bill· HRH.R. 13033 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Prohibits the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost, or stolen transportation tickets.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 918 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
Bill· SS. 3035 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Unified Transportation Assistanct Act - Title I: Amendments to Title 23, United States Code: Urban, Small Urban, and Rural Highway Programs - Authorizes appropriations as follows for the Federal-aid system, out of the Highway Trust Fund: $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; for the extensions of the Federal-aid primary and secondary system in urbanized areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977; for the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and for the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Directs the Secretary for Transportation to require that any bus or other mass transportation rolling stock acquired, or any mass transportation station, terminal, or other passenger loading facility improved or constructed after June 30, 1974, with Federal financial assistance under this title, and the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, be designed with practical and reasonable features which allow their utilization by physically handicapped persons and elderly persons with limited mobility. States that in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways for transportation of passengers in small urban and rural areas, the Secretary may, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, approve as a project on the Federal-aid primary or secondary systems, for payment from sums apportioned under this title, the purchase of buses. Authorizes to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the three-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1977, of which $50,000,000 shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund, to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in such areas. Title II: Amendments to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Provides that in order to finance grants and loans under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Secretary is authorized to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise in amounts aggregating not to exceed $7,400,000,000. Requires the Secretary to apportion, from such sum, to the Governors of the fifty States, of Puerto Rico and to the Mayor of the District of Columbia $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated for liquidation of the obligations incurred under this title not to exceed an aggregate of $1,260,000,000 prior to July 1, 1974, not to exceed an aggregate of $1,860,000,000 prior to July 1, 1975, and not to exceed an aggregate of $7,400,000,000, thereafter. States that the Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds made available under this title shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the project. Requires Governors to submit to the Secretary for his approval such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for each proposed project under this title as the Secretary may require. Requires the Secretary to assure that possible adverse economic, social, and environmental effects relating to any proposed project have been fully considered in developing such project, and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe, and efficient transportation, public services, and the costs of eliminating or minimizing such adverse effects. Permits the Secretary, from time to time as the work progresses, to make payments to a Governor for costs of construction incurred by him on a project. Title III: Amendments to Title 23, United States Code: Unified Transportation Assistance Program - Allows the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to highway and mass transportation projects on Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, under this title, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Department of Transportation Act, upon the request of any Governor, by accepting a certification by the Governor if the Secretary finds, after consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, that: (1) such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to such acts; and (2) with respect to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Department of Transportation Act, the Governor has an agency suitably equipped and organized to carry out to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties under these acts. Sets forth percentages of apportionment for the Federal-aid urban system which may be used for operating expenses incurred as a result of improving mass transportation service. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal-aid urban system of $2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980; and for the urban mass transportation capital grant program of $700,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise for highway relocation projects. Authorizes appropriations for highway relocation projects not to exceed $200,000,000 prior to July 1, 1979, and not to exceed an aggregate of $2,100,000,000 thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist Governors and local public bodies in financing the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service in urbanized areas and in coordinating such service with highway and other transportation in such areas. Directs the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of grants under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended.
Bill· HRH.R. 12945 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Urban Mass Transportation Amendments Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to incur obligations on behalf of the United States for urban mass transportation in the form of grant agreements or otherwise in amounts not to exceed $7,400,000,000. States that of this sum, the Secretary shall apportion to the Governors of the fifty States and Puerto Rico and to the Mayor of the District of Columbia $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Declares that these amounts shall become available upon the effective date of this Act and shall remain available until obligated. Authorizes sums to be appropriated for liquidation of the obligation incurred under this Act not to exceed $1,260,000,000 prior to July 1, 1974, not to exceed an aggregate of $1,860,000,000 prior to July 1, 1975, and not to exceed an aggregate of $7,400,000,000 thereafter. Provides that administration reservations for grants authorized under this Act shall not exceed $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Declares that on the first day of fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977, the Secretary shall apportion the authorized sums to the Governors in the ratio which the population in urbanized areas, or parts thereof, as designated by the Bureau of the Census, in each State bears to the total population in such urbanized areas, or parts thereof, in all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census. Sets forth an allocation formula for such funds. Provides that sums apportioned to any Governor under this Act, shall be available for obligation by that Governor for a period of two years after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are apportioned, and any amounts so apportioned remaining unobligated at the end of such period shall lapse and shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States for deposits as miscellaneous receipts. States that the Secretary may approve as a project under this Act, on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe: (1) the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service, (2) the payment of operating expenses to improve such service, and (3) mass transportation related projects. Declares that the Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds available under this Act shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the project. Provides that funds available for the payment of operating expenses to improve mass transportation service shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for the average amount of the State and local government funds expended on the operation of mass transportation service for the two Federal fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the project was intended. Sets forth the procedure for approving programs under this Act including surveys, plans, specifications estimates, and public hearings. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities under this Act for projects upon the request of any Governor, by accepting a certification by the Governor, or his designee, if he finds projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, this Act. Provides that as soon as practicable after the plans, specifications, and estimates for a specific project have been approved, the Secretary shall enter into a formal project agreement with the Governor. Declares that the development of projects under this Act shall be based upon a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive planning process covering all modes of surface transportation.
Law· HRH.R. 12925 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Increases the amount authorized for appropriation by the Department of Commerce for ship operation subsidies from $221,515,000 to $244,515,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 12918 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable food, including fruit, vegetables, meats, and all seafood items by allocating such operations 100 percent of their current fuel needs.
Bill· HRH.R. 12859 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Unified Transportation Assistance Act - Title I: Amendments to Title 23, United States Code: Urban, Small Urban, and Rural Highway Programs - Authorizes appropriations as follows for the Federal-aid system, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; for the extensions of the Federal-aid primary and secondary system in urbanized areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977; for the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and for the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require that any bus or other mass transportation rolling stock acquired, or any mass transportation station, terminal, or other passenger loading facility improved or constructed after June 30, 1974, with Federal financial assistance under this title, and the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, be designed with practical and reasonable features which allow their utilization by physically handicapped persons and elderly persons with limited mobility. States that in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways for transportation of passengers in small urban and rural areas, the Secretary may, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, approve as a project on the Federal-aid primary or secondary systems, for payment from sums apportioned under this title, the purchase of buses. Authorizes to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the three-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1977, of which $50,000,000 shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund, to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in such areas. Title II: Amendments to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Provides that, in order to finance grants and loans under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Secretary is authorized to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise in amounts aggregating not to exceed $7,400,000,000. Requires the Secretary to apportion, from such sum, to the Governors of the fifty States, Puerto Rico and to the Mayor of the District of Columbia $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated for liquidation of the obligations incurred under this title not to exceed an aggregate of $1,260,000,000 prior to July 1, 1974, not to exceed an aggregate of $1,860,000,000 prior to July 1, 1975, and not to exceed an aggregate of $7,400,000,000 thereafter. Provides an apportionment formula for funds authorized under such Act to the Governors. States that the Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds made available under this title shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the project. Requires Governors to submit to the Secretary for his approval such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for each proposed project under this title as the Secretary may require. Requires the Secretary to assure that possible adverse economic, social, and environmental effects relating to any proposed project have been fully considered in developing such project, and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe, and efficient transportation, public services, and the costs of eliminating or minimizing such adverse effects. Permits the Secretary, from time to time as the work progresses, to make payments to a Governor for costs of construction incurred by him on a project. Title III: Amendments to Title 23, United States Code: Unified Transportation Assistance Programs - Allows the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to highway and mass transportation projects on Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, under this title, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Department of Transportation Act, upon the request of any Governor, by accepting a certification by the Governor if the Secretary finds, after consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, that: (1) such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, such Acts, and (2) with respect to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Department of Transportation Act, the Governor has an agency suitably equipped and organized to carry out to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties under these Acts. Sets forth percentages of apportionment for the Federal aid-urban system which may be used for operating expenses incurred as a result of improving mass transportation service. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal-aid urban system of $2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980; and for the urban mass transportation capital grant program of $700,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1978, June 30, 1979, and June 30, 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations on behalf of the United States in the form of grant agreements or otherwise for highway relocation projects. Authorizes appropriations for highway relocation projects not to exceed $200,000,000 prior to July 1, 1978, which amount may be increased to not to exceed an aggregate of $400,000,000 prior to July 1, 1979, and not to exceed an aggregate of $2,100,000,000 thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist Governors and local public bodies in financing the acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities and equipment for use, by operation or lease or otherwise, in mass transportation service in urbanized areas and in coordinating such service with highway and other transportation in such areas. Directs the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of grants under this chapter shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended.
Bill· HRH.R. 12891 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Transportation Improvement Act - Provides that each rate for a service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable rate is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. States that whenever all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, is abandoned by a railroad carrier in accordance with the provisions of this Act, any person may apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the applicant to operate as a common carrier over the route or routes necessary to provide service. States that except as specifically authorized by another Act of Congress, a carrier by railroad subject to this part may not abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad or the operation thereof without first obtaining from the Commission a certification that the public convenience and necessity permits the abandonment. Allows the Commission, within forty-five days after receiving notice of an abandonment, upon complaint of an aggrieved user, to institute an investigation of the abandonment. Permits the Commission to order continued operation of the line proposed to be abandoned if it determines that the public convenience and necessity requires continuation and finds that continued operation of the line will produce sufficient revenue to the applicant or applicants to cover the cost of operating the line. States that if the Commission determines that the public convenience and necessity permit the abandonment of a line of railroad, or operation thereof, the Governor of any State or the authorized representative of any local governing authority in which all or a portion of the line is located, or the shippers or receivers of traffic over the line may, prior to the effective date of the Commission's order, notify the Commission and the railroad of their intention, individually or collectively, to provide an operating subsidy to the railroad to assure a continuation of service. Prohibits the Commission from approving any agreement among railroad carriers that provides for or establishes procedures for joint consideration or other action protecting or otherwise seeking the suspension of any rate, fare, or charge pursuant to this Act when the rate, fare, or charge is established by independent action. Grants the Commission exclusive authority, upon application to it, to determine and prescribe intrastate rates. Directs the Commission to require the carrier to refund, with interest, to the persons in whose behalf the amounts were paid, that portion of an increased rate or charge found to be not justified, or that portion of a decreased rate or charge found to be justified. Prohibits unreasonable and unjust discrimination by States in taxing transportation property. Requires the Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. Authorizes the Secretary, on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to guarantee any lender against loss of principal and interest on securities, obligations, or loans (including refinancing thereof) issued for the purpose of financing acquisition, construction, maintenance, or development or railroad facilities and equipment. Creates in the Treasury a fund for such purposes and authorizes necessary appropriations to it. States that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such securities, obligations, or loans outstanding at any one time, which are guaranteed by the Secretary, may not exceed $2,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development into the design of a national rolling stock scheduling and control system which, utilizing advanced computer and communication techniques, would be capable of locating and expenditing the movement of rolling stock on a national basis. Requires that, within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall begin demonstrations to test the feasibility of, and the benefits to be derived from the installation of rolling stock scheduling and control systems (including technological innovations) in railroad yards and terminals. Authorizes appropriation of $35,000,000 for such research and testing.
Bill· HRH.R. 12857 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Provides that, as a condition of securing financial assistance pursuant to the Federal-Aid HIghway Act, applicants for such assistance, including public or private entities having the use of buses, must enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation not to conduct charter bus operations outside of any urban area where the applicant provides regularly scheduled mass transportation service, if private operators are willing and able to provide such charter bus service. Grants the Secretary power to bar grantees under this Act from receipt of further assistance where he finds a continuing pattern of violations of the terms of an agreement. Requires the Secretary to amend any agreements entered into pursuant to the Federal-Aid Highway Act to conform them to the requirements of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12837 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commercial vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commercial vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and at least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quantity.
Bill· HRH.R. 12815 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Vehicle Weight Increase Emergency Act - Authorizes temporary increases in vehicle weight limitations set for vehicles using the public highways. Limits such temporary increases to the period of February 13, 1974, through September 30, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 12796 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Prohibits, under the Shipping Act of 1916, the practice of port equalization. Defines the term "port equalization" to mean the practice whereby a carrier absorbs the additional cost involved in transportation of cargo from or to the inland point of origin or destination and a port other than the port closest to or from the inland point of origin or point of destination.
Bill· HRH.R. 12772 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Requires the pilot of any civil aircraft, each time such aircraft is operated in air commerce, to file a flight plan containing such information as the Secretary of Transportation may deem necessary to assure that emergency and rescue service can by provided promptly to any such aircraft which is lost or in distress. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1421(f))
Bill· SS. 2974 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Cargo Security Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act. Title I: Amendments to Interstate Commerce Act and Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall prescribe reasonable limits on the amount of cargo lost, missing, stolen, presumed stolen, or otherwise unaccounted for, from common carriers during such period or periods as may be specified by the Commission. States that the Commission may prescribe different limits for different classes of carriers and different types of cargo and provide for appropriate exceptions, including losses resulting from acts of God or other occurrences beyond the control of the carrier. Imposes penalties on any carrier that violates the limits prescribed. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each fiscal year to effect such limitation provisions. Requires the making of regulations prescribing reasonable limits on cargo losses by air carriers and foreign air carriers and forwarders. Title II: Customs Port Security - Customs Port Security Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this title to establish a security program for international maritime cargo, which takes into consideration differences in port topography, and the type and volume of cargo handled. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish such cargo security measures as he may find necessary to protect and safeguard cargo at terminals at a port of entry. Imposes civil penalties on any carrier or terminal operator who fails to comply with any regulation issued pursuant to this title. Provides that if the Secretary determines that the imposition of civil penalties or other sanctions against a terminal operator are unavailing to secure its compliance with procedures made applicable to such terminal pursuant to this title he may prohibit the unlading of imported cargo or the lading of cargo for export at such terminal until compliance is achieved, except that, in the case of cargo transiting the United States destined for another country, it may be unladed and laded at such terminal for purposes of immediate transfer from one carrier to another carrier. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for each fiscal year to effect the purposes of this title. Title III: Studies and Other Provisions - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Department of Transportation to conduct studies to determine and evaluate for the purpose of improving cargo security: (1) methods to deter cargo theft, including analysis of labor-management practices; (2) packaging and labeling of cargo; (3) containerization; (4) claims rules and practices; (5) documentation and waybill practices; (6) carrier insurance and liability standards; and (7) such other matters as may be appropriate. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for such purposes. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out specified programs relating to cargo security systems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Establishes an Interagency Council on Transportation Security. Provides that the functions of the Council shall be to: (1) identify Federal department and agency responsibilities in improving cargo security; (2) facilitate interagency communication; (3) obtain and exchange the views and advice of member departments and agencies having statutory responsibilities or a substantial interest in cargo security; (4) propose and review plans, activities, and programs within the Federal Government dealing with cargo security; (5) coordinate Federal activities in carrying out the provisions of this Act; and (6) coordinate State and local government agencies activities.
Bill· SS. 2971 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Suspends, until November 1, 1975, provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation by foreign vessels of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 281 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given, in light of the facts expressed in the preamble of this resolution, to the provision of adequate supplies of energy to all segments of the tourism industry.
Bill· HRH.R. 12757 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Suspends, until November 1, 1975, the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia. (Suspends 46 U.S.C. 883)
Bill· HRH.R. 12730 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend in whole or in part the operation of new tolls or charges on specified bridges and tunnels.
Bill· HRH.R. 12726 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate an extension of the Basic National Rail Passenger System, established pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act, to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service to the major population area of each of the continguous forty-eight states which did not have any large population area previously provided with intercity rail passenger service.
Bill· HRH.R. 12739 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
States that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Civil Aeronautics Board shall not authorize, allow, or permit any air carrier which received Federal subsidy in 1972 to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce by 50 percent or more, regulary scheduled service, including flag stop service, to a point certified to be served by that carrier on any day in November 1973, unless the Board finds, after notice and hearing that such ommission, suspension, termination, or reduction is in the public interest, and that such point will continue to receive adequate regularly scheduled service from another certificated air carrier; or that such air carrier is not providing more than two nonstop round trips per day in each marketpair in which both points are "large hubs" as defined in the most recent edition of "Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers", and that such carrier is using the fuel available to it as efficiently as possible. Requires notice of any application by such a carrier for authority to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce by 50 percent or more regularly scheduled service to such a certified point to be published in the Federal Register and to be sent to all interested persons.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 848 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives condemns the use of violence in the truckers' strike as a means to demand settlement of any grievance, however legitimate. Expresses the sense of the House that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to assure prompt enforcement of all laws of the United States protecting the movement of persons and property in interstate commerce.
Bill· HRH.R. 12676 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
States that in the case of any person regularly engaged in the commercial transportation of property by the use of highway motor vehicles, there shall be allowed a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the taxable year in an amount equal to the total expenditures made by such person during the taxable year for price increases accruing after July 1, 1973, for gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuel used for such transportation. Defines the term price increases. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to refund the tax credits established under this Act on a quarterly basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 12651 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Authorizes an individual an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of traveling to and from work by means of mass transportation facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 12631 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to assure the maintenance of operations involving the transporting, by truck or trucks, of perishable food, including fruit, vegetables, meats, and all seafood items by allocating such operations 100 percent of their current fuel needs.
Bill· SS. 2962 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to insure that trucks involved in the transportation of perishable produce receive 100 percent of their current fuel requirements.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 185 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Provides for advancing to not later than February 15, 1974, the effective date of the final order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Docket No. MC 43 (Sub-No.2), which requires carriers to reimburse their owner-operators for all increases in the price of fuel over the base period May 15, 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 12598 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
States that is shall be unlawful for any railroad company or transportation company operating a railroad to use on its lines any new passenger car not equipped with shatterproof safety glass, and to use such safety glass in all replacements on used passenger cars. Provides for a fine of not less than $ 100 a day for any violation of this provision. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the intent of this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 893 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Provides for advancing to not later than February 15, 1974, the effective date of the final order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Docket No. MC 43 (Sub-No.2), which requires carriers to reimburse their owner-operators for all increases in the price of fuel over the base period May 15, 1973.
Bill· SS. 2925 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Provides, under the Airport and Airway Development Act, that the United States share of allowable project costs payable on account of any approved airport development project may not exceed: (1) 50 percent for airports which enplane not less than 1 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board; and (2) 75 percent for airports which enplane less than 1 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board and for sponsors of genral aviation or reliever airports. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1717)
Law· HRH.R. 12427 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, within two years after enactment of this Act, to acquire mariner class vessels constructed under Private Charter Operation (Title VII, Merchant Marine Act, 1936) and under Maritime Activities (Pub. L. No. 81-911) in exchange for obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that are scheduled for scrapping. States that the traded-in and traded-out vessels shall be valued at the higher of their scrap value in domestic or foreign markets as of the date of the exchange, provided that in any exchange transactions the value assigned to the traded-in and traded-out vessels will be determined on the same basis. Provides that the value of traded-out vessels shall be as nearly as possible equal to the value of the traded-in vessels plus the fair value of the cost of towing the traded-out vessels to the place of scrapping.
Bill· HRH.R. 12429 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Defines the term "common carrier by water" under the Shipping Act of 1916 as including an intermodal carrier. States that "intermodal carrier" means a common carrier by water (except a nonvessel operating common carrier) holding itself out as a common carrier to provide through intermodal transportation of property, part of which involves the foreign or domestic offshore waterborne commerce of the United States and part of which invlolves movements outside of or within the United States, including intercoastal or coastwise water transportation or transportation on the Great Lakes, or transportation within a possession or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which carrier does one or more of the following: (1) quotes single factor rates for an intermodal service over a through route; (2) assumes responsibility for the through transportation of such property from place of receipt to place of delivery; and (3) utilizes for a portion of the transportation its own facilities and instrumentalities and for a portion of the transportation the underlying facilities and instrumentalities of another common carrier or carriers.
Bill· HRH.R. 12422 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, for the continuation of family fares and reduced-rate transportation for young people and for elderly people on a space-available basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 12413 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, that no air carrier shall discontinue service, in whole or in part, unless such discontinuance is found to be in the public interest by the Civil Aeronautics Board after public hearings.
Bill· HRH.R. 12398 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Urban Transport Data Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of comprehensive, comparable, objective, and reliable data and information about the current status and changing trends of mobility in urban areas, and the operating and financial conditions of urban passenger and freight properties and carriers. Establishes within the Department of Transportation an Urban Transport Data Board consisting of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the purposes of the Board as to assist Federal, State, and local governments to: (1) determine adequate quality, safety, and quantity of all urban transport systems and services in urban areas; (2) support Federal, State, and local evaluations of the efficient performance of urban transport operations and services; (3) provide information by which urban transport properties can comparatively analyze and evaluate their own properties and procedures; and (4) provide factual information to assist governments in deciding allocations of public funds for assisting urban transport systems and services. Authorizes the Board to establish such rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of its functions and to carry out the purposes for which it is created. Provides that the Board shall have the same powers as are vested in the Secretary of Transportation to hold hearings, assign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive testimony at any place in the United States it may designate. Authorizes the appropriation each year, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed the higher of: (1) $8,000,000, or (2) one-quarter of 1 per cent of the total Federal funds committed during the preceding year for assistance to all forms of urban transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 12428 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Requires that a true copy, or, if oral, a true and complete memorandum, be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission of agreements involving the through intermodal transportation of property between points in the United States and points abroad or between points in the continental United States and points in noncontinguous States, territories, and possessions, between a vessel-operating common carrier by water, and a common carrier regulated under the Interstate Commerce Act and/or a direct air carrier regulated under the Federal Aviation Act and/or a carrier operating transportation company located in a foreign country whose facilities or instrumentalities are utilized for a portion of such through intermodal transportation. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Civil Aeronautics Board, within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, to promulgate uniform rules and regulations governing the content, format, and filing of tariffs providing for intermodal services and systems. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 814)
Bill· SS. 2908 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Sets forth Congressional findings relating to rapid urbanization. Creates in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Mass Transit Trust Fund to consist of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the trust fund. Authorizes to be transferred to the fund all amounts appropriated for purposes of grants, loans, and general administrative expenses under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (or for liquidating obligations incurred for such purposes) and remaining unexpended on the effective date of this Act; and any amounts which may be appropriated for such purposes after the effective date of this Act. Transfers to the trust fund from the Highway Trust Fund, for each fiscal year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act, an amount equal to 40 percent of the total amount received in the Highway Trust Fund in that year. Authorizes to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury to the trust fund, for any fiscal year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act, such additional sums as may be required to make expenditures under this Act. Gives the management of the fund to the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the amounts in the trust fund shall be available as provided by appropriation acts for making grants and expenditures to meet obligations of the United States under the Urban Mass Transportation Act. Provides for repayment of advances with interest. Enables the Secretary to make grants or loans to any State or local public body to enable it to assist any mass transportation system which maintains mass transportation service in an urban area to pay operating expenses incurred as a result of providing such service. States that no financial assistance shall be provided under the Act unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the mass transportation services provided by the system involved are needed to carry out a program under the Act; (2) the applicant State or public body has submitted to the Secretary a comprehensive mass transportation service improvement plan which is approved by him and which sets forth a program, meeting criteria established by the Secretary, for capital or service improvements to be undertaken for the purpose of providing more efficient, economical, and convenient mass transportation service in an urban area, and for placing the mass transportation operations of such system on a sound financial basis (including a reasonable fare structure), and (3) the Secretary determines that the mass transportation services provided by each system involved are being provided by an efficient operation of such system in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Provides that the amount of any grant under this Act to a State or local public body to enable it to assist any mass transportation system to pay operating expenses shall be four times the amount of financial assistance provided from State or local sources for that purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 12305 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate an extension of the Basic National Rail Passenger System, established pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act, to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service to the major population area of each of the continguous forty-eight states which did not have any large population area previously provided with intercity rail passenger service.
Bill· HRH.R. 12302 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Directs the Governor of the Canal Zone, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Army, to construct and maintain across the Atlantic sea level portion of the Panama Canal a bridge clear of all locks and dams of the canal and with a clearance not less than the clearance of the Thatcher Ferry Bridge in the Canal Zone; to construct and maintain a bridge at a suitable point across the Chagres River in the Canal Zone; and to construct and maintain approaches and additional roads in the Canal Zone as may be necessary to provide appropriate highway connection of each such bridge with the road system of the Canal Zone and the road system of the Republic of Panama. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to finance the construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridges, approaches, and roads in accordance with the Act.
Bill· SS. 2889 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, that: (1) no air carrier or foreign air carrier or ticket agent shall charge a different compensation for air transportation that the charges specified in then currently effective tariffs; and (2) no air carrier or foreign air carrier or ticket agent shall refund or remit any portion of the charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities except those specified. Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to inspect the records of ticket agents and air carriers. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b), 1377(e))