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United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Directs the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, to remove a barricade on abandoned Virginia Route 776 at Salthouse Branch Recreation Area, Philpott Lake, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Revises the shipping laws with respect to the certification and inspection requirements which apply to articulated tug-barge systems, stating that (1) the method of linkage between tug and barge in any such systems shall not be deemed to establish the weight of th tug; and (2) with respect to tonnage assignments any tug which is capable of independent operation shall be deemed to be a separate unit for inspection purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Exempts from the tax on the use of a taxable aircraft under the Internal Revenue Code any person who holds a certificate as an agricultural aircraft operator, whose aircraft is equipped for agricultural operations, and who uses it primarily for such agricultural operations. Grants to an aerial applicator the right to any payment, credit, or refund under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the use of any liquid as a fuel in an aircraft by such aerial applicator, who was the ultimate purchaser thereof, and who has obtained a waiver in writing from an operator of the farm of his right to any such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company. Establishes conditions which shall be required by the Secretary before granting such loan. Empowers the Secretary to approve any modifications of any provision of the loan made under this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue such rules and regulations as are appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Grants the Secretary powers necessary to enforce the provisions and conditions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the President and to the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act and to make recommendations for additional legislative action. Declares that the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to such information, books, records, and documents as he determines necessary to audit operations carried out in the administration of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount to be loaned.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
States that approval of State highway safety programs by the Secretary of Transportation shall not be contingent upon any requirement that a State adopt a law or regulation requiring any motorcycle operator 18 years of age or older or passenger 18 years of age or older to wear a safety helmet when operating or riding a motorcycle. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 402)
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
Provides that, subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the Civil Aeronautics Board, no physically handicapped individual shall be denied air transportation solely because of such physical handicap.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Modern Railway Transportation Act - Permits under the Interstate Commerce Act any carrier by railroad subject to this Act to change, in whole or in part, the operation or service of any train or ferry operated by such carrier. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, after notification of such change, to obtain a continuation of the operation of such train or ferry upon determination that such continuation is essential to the national or regional economy, or to the national defense. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to administer the provisions of this Act. Grants jurisdiction to the district courts of the United States upon complaint of the Secretary or other party in interests. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to obtain continuation of service by such carrier. Permits, under specified restrictions, any carrier by railroad subject to this part to establish or revise rates, fares, or charges, and classifications for the transportation of property. Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 upon conviction of discrimination with respect to rates, fares, charges, and classifications, or of paying rebates to shippers.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take immediate steps to evacuate all American nationals from Vietnam and Cambodia within seven days, solely utilizing civilian personnel and transport for these evacuations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Authorizes additional appropriations under the Federal Railroad Safety Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act for salaries, expenses, and research and development activities through fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Airport and Airway Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct studies with respect to: (1) land bank planning and development for future and existing airports through Federal State, or local government action; and (2) potential locations for major new airports and the identification of various options for financing land acquisition and development costs. Directs the Secretary to publish by February 15, 1977, and annually thereafter, a report on the planning and development undertaken by sponsors of air carrier airports, including a short-term capital improvement program for airports enplaning .06 percent or more of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Authorizes specified sums for each of the fiscal years 1976 through 1980 to be appropriated for airport and airway development, allocating specific amounts to air carrier airports, general aviation airports, air navigation facilities, and research and development activities. Provides for the apportionment of funds among the State according to a formula based on the relative number of air carrier departures, land area, and population within each of the States. Directs airport sponsors to develop airport master plans not later than September 30, 1977, for air carrier airports (enplaning more than .05 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board) taking social, economic, and environmental factors into account. Directs a State or equivalent jurisdiction to certify to the Secretary that it is capable of managing a program for the development of general aviation airports in order that such State or equivalent jurisdiction may exercise project approval authority with respect to general aviation airport development within its jurisdiction. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants from the discretionary fund: (1) to sponsors of air carrier and reliever airports for approved airport development; (2) to public agencies for airport development to test airport components and facilities, and to evaluate new concepts relating to airport configuration and construction in an amount up to 100 percent of such project costs, except that grants for such development may not exceed in the aggregate $2,500,000 per annum. Provides for the use of government-owned lands, and the conveyance thereof, for projects for airport development under this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the submission of applications to him for: (1) grants from the discretionary fund; and (2) grants sponsors of general aviation airports until the Secretary has received the assurance required under this Act; and (3) grants to planning agencies in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 per annum for airport system planning. Provides penalties for the misapplication of grants authorized by this Act. Provides criminal penalties for fraudulent misrepresentation of facts required to be disclosed by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Amtrak Improvement Act - States that the Congress finds that it is essential to the national interest to provide a sufficient multiyear Federal financial commitment for the provision of rail passenger services; to enhance the effectiveness of the program of State-initiated intercity rail passenger services; and to establish clearly the authorities and responsibilities of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the management of its affairs. Specifies that the Board of Directors of the Corporation, under the Rail Passenger Service Act, has the following responsibilities in the development and promotion of intercity rail passenger service: (1) responsibility for approving the Corporation's annual operating and capital plan; (2) responsibility for approving deletions, additions, and changes of service; and (3) responsibility for approving the Corporation's annual report to Congress. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and maintain, in cooperation with the Corporation, customs inspection procedures for trains operated in international intercity rail passenger service that will be convenient for passengers and will result in the most rapid possible transit between embarkation and debarkation points of such service. Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Interstate Commerce Commission to report annually to the President and to the Congress on the effectiveness of the Corporation in carrying out its responsibilities. Directs the Board to establish procedures by which the Corporation may add routes or delete routes and required services of the basic system. States that the proposed procedures should be submitted to the Secretary for his approval. Permits the Corporation to institute rail passenger service beyond the basic system under a two- year agreement with the involved State, regional, or local agency if the agency agrees to reimburse the Corporation for 5 percent of total operating losses and associated capital costs of such service and if the service meets specified requirements of this Act. States that such experimental service shall cease after two years unless the Corporation finds that it has attracted sufficient patronage to serve the public convenience and necessity. Provides for discontinuation of service on any route provided that at least thirty days notice of any change or discontinuation of service is sent by mail by the Corporation to the Governor of the affected State or States. Authorizes additional appropriations to the Corporation through fiscal year 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Increases the Federal share of a rail service continuation subsidy under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act to 100 percent during each of the two fiscal years following the effective date of the final system plan, 90 percent during the succeeding fiscal year, and 70 percent for each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the United States Railway Association to analyze specific railroad branch lines for inclusion in the final system plan.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Permits signs and notices for motorists to get information about travel-oriented services and facilities along the Federal Interstate System of highways. States that such signs must conform to national standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation under the authority of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Permits a two-watch system for officers and seamen, other than coal passers, firemen, oilers, and water tenders, on tugs and barges, engated in voyages of less than one thousand eight hundred miles (presently six hundred miles).
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Requires, under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, that vessels subject to such Act shall be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States situated on internal waters and straits, if the vessel's construction is contracted for or begun after January 1, 1976, to be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Electric Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of electric vehicles for urban individual and business use, and to encourage research and development in new technologies for electric vehicles with wider applications, in order to promote long-range conservation of liquid fuel and reduce environmental pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric vehicles. Directs the Administrator to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and appropriate for: (1) the production, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which have electric propulsion systems on conventional chassis; and (2) for the production, within three years after such date, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which are specifically designed for electric propulsion as the primary power source. Directs the United States Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies to arrange for the introduction of electric vehicles into their fleets as soon as possible. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Administrator for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Calls for a concerted effort to come to an agreement with industry on a plan to increase the use of passive restraint systems on the roads. Defers rulemaking with respect to passive restraints on the highways until they are proven to reduce deaths and injury.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
Revises the weight limitations of vehicles to prohibit apportioning any funds under the Federal-Aid Highway Act to any State within which the Interstate System may lawfully be used by vehicles with weight in excess of eighteen thousand pounds carried on any one axle, or with a tandem-axle weight in excess of thirty-two thousand pounds, or with an overall gross weight in excess of seventy-three thousand two hundred and eighty pounds.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take immediate steps to evacuate all American nationals from Vietnam and Cambodia within seven days, solely utilizing civilian personnel and transport for these evacuations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Authorizes financial assistance under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to a railroad which is in reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Authorizes financial assistance under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to a railroad which is in reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Permits the sale of State lottery tickets on Interstate System rights-of-way at public-controlled recreation or rest areas.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Railroad Rehabilitation and Recovery Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Makes congressional findings, sets forth the purposes of the Act, and defines the terms used in the Act. Title II Interstate Railroad System - Requires, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, all rail carriers to provide the Secretary of Transportation and the Rail Services Planning Office with copies of the latest edition of all employees' operating timetables; "slow orders" currently in effect; all other current restrictions on train operation; and a statement indicating the maximum speeds authorized on each rail line for freight and passenger trains at all times since January 1, 1935, including the dates between which such speeds were authorized. Requires changes in such information to be forwarded to the Secretary and the Office within seven days. Provides that the initial Interstate Railroad System shall consist of all rail lines operated within the United States by domestic railroad companies which as of the date of enactment of this Act are subject to traffic usage of at least 10,000,000 gross ton-miles per year per mile of rail line. Authorizes, and provides procedures for, additions to, and deletions from, such System. Requires the System to promote and enhance the ability of rail carriers to provide modern, efficient, and economical interstate rail freight and passenger service. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army to study the long term capital improvement needs of System rights-of-ways. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for such study. Title III: Interstate Railroad Administration - Establishes in the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Railroad Administration. Declares that the function of such Administration shall be to acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, and modernize the rail lines of the System so as to fully develop the potential of modern rail service in meeting the transportation requirements of the Nation. Requires the Administration to make quarterly and annual reports on its activities and finances. Title IV: Acquisition of Rail Lines by Administration and States - Permits any railroad company to convey to the Administration its right, title and interest in all its rail lines included within the System. Directs the Administration to convey rail lines deleted from the System to the State in which such rail line is located. Directs the Administration and the States to assume responsibility for the maintenance and rehabilitation of rail lines so acquired. Establishes within the Treasury a Rail Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Trust Fund $500,000,000 for each fiscal year through 1981. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the trust fund. Stipulates that amounts in the trust fund shall be available for rehabilitating rail lines in the System in accordance with maintenance standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, and for making grants to the States to rehabilitate State rail lines. Requires rail carriers operating over rail lines of the Administration to pay a specified user charge. Establishes a Rail Maintenance Fund in the Treasury to provide funds for the maintenance of rail lines operated by the administration. Directs that amounts received from the user charge be deposited in the Fund. Title V: Maintenance of and Access to Rail Lines of Railroad Companies - Requires rail lines in the System which are not conveyed to the Administration to be maintained in accordance with specified standards. Prohibits the abandonment of rail lines by railroad carriers without permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Title VI: Protection of Employees - Provides that no owner or operator of rail lines shall contract out any project for rehabilitation or maintenance work required by this Act of a value of over $450 per month in labor and materials which is normally performed by employees in any bargaining unit covered by a labor agreement between such owner or operator and any labor organization. Provides for a guarantee of the prevailing wage. Requires that specified protective arrangements be made for railroad employees in any transaction for access to rail lines, transfer of freight traffic, reduction of rail line capacity, or abandonment of rail lines. Title VII: Oversight and Enforcement - Establishes an Advisory Committee to: (1) monitor the activities of the Secretary, Commission, Administration, and States pursuant to this Act; and (2) submit to the Secretary a report evaluating the effectiveness of this Act in achieving its objectives. Makes it unlawful for any State or rail carrier to disobey, disregard, or fail to adhere to the provisions of this Act or standards prescribed under it. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to perform any other related duties which may be imposed upon him by law. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Exempts persons contracting for the joint use of railroad tracks and facilities from all prohibitions of existing law, including the antitrust laws of the United States, insofar as may be necessary to enable them to enter into such contracts and to perform their obligations thereunder.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Provides, under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act, that the Federal subsidy of rail lines proposed for abandonment shall be increased to 100 percent for the first year of subsidized operation, 90 percent for the second year, 80 percent for the third year, and 70 percent for the fourth year and subsequent years. Requires the thorough analysis of branch lines before a final determination is made not to include them in the Consolidated Rail Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Railroad Right-of-Way Protection Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Makes Congressional findings, sets forth the purposes of this Act, and defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires, within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, all rail carriers to provide the Secretary of Transportation and the Rail Services Planning Office with one copy each of the latest edition of all employees operating timetables, with related special instructions; all temporary and semipermament "slow orders" currently in effect; all other current restrictions on train operation not included in the preceding items; and a verified statement indicating the maximum speeds authorized on each and every rail line for freight and passenger trains at all times since January 1, 1935, including the dates between which such speeds were authorized. Requires additions, deletions, and changes in such information to be promptly forwarded to the Secretary and the Office within seven days after any such addition, deletion, or change is made. Provides that the initial Interstate Railroad System shall consist of all rail lines operated within the United States by domestic railroad companies which as of the date of enactment of this Act are subject to traffic usage of at least 10,000,000 gross ton-miles per year per mile of rail line. Sets forth a procedure for additions to, and deletions from, such System. Requires the System to promote and enhance the ability of rail carriers to provide modern, efficient, and economical interstate rail freight and passenger service. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army to study the long term capital improvement needs of System rights-of-ways. Title III: Interstate Railroad Administration - Establishes, in the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Railroad Administration whose functions shall be to acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, and modernize the rail lines of the System so as to fully develop the potential of modern rail service in meeting the transportation requirements of the Nation. Requires the Administration to make quarterly and annual reports on its activities and finances. Title IV: Acquisition of Rail Lines by Administration and States - Permits any railroad company to convey to the Administration its right, title and interest in all its rail lines included within the System. Directs the Administration to convey rail lines deleted from the System to the State in which such rail line is located. Directs the Administration and the States to assume responsibility for the maintenance and rehabilitation of rail lines so acquired. Establishes, within the Treasury of the United States, a Rail Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Trust fund $500,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning June 30, 1975, and terminating September 30, 1981. Stipulates that amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available for rehabilitating rail lines in the System in accordance with maintenance standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, and for making grants to the States to rehabilitate State rail lines. Requires rail carriers operating over rail lines of the Administration to pay a user charge. Establishes a Rail Maintenance Fund in the treasury to provide funds for the maintenance of rail lines operated by the Administration. Directs that amounts received from the user charge be deposited in the Fund. Title V: Maintenance of and Access to Rail Lines of Railroad Companies - Requires rail lines in the System which are not conveyed to the Administration to be maintained in accordance with specified standards. Prohibits the abandonment of rail lines by railroad carriers without permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Title VI: Protection of Employees - Provides that no owner or operator of rail lines shall contract out any project for rehabilitation or maintenance work required by this Act of a value of over $450 per month in labor and materials which is normally performed by employees in any bargaining unit covered by a labor agreement between such owner or operator and any labor organization. Provides that owners and operators of rail lines shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of funds received 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. Requires that protective arrangements be made for railroad employees in any transaction for access to rail lines, transfer of freight traffic, reduction of rail line capacity, or abandonment of rail lines. Title VII: Oversight and Enforcement - Establishes an Advisory Committee to: (1) monitor the activities of the Secretary, Commission, Administration, and States pursuant to this Act; and (2) submit to the Secretary a report evaluating the effectiveness of this Act in achieving the objectives thereof declared by the Congress. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any State or any rail carrier to disobey, disregard, or fail to adhere to the provisions of this Act or to any rule, regulation, order, or standard prescribed by the Secretary under this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to perform any other related duties which may be imposed upon him by law. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Exempts persons contracting for the joint use of railroad tracks and facilities from all prohibitions of existing law, including the antitrust laws of the United States insofar as may be necessary to enable them to enter into such contracts and to perform their obligations thereunder.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Requires the Secretary to obtain satisfactory assistance from the company that no less than two-thirds of such loan will be utilized for capital expenditures or expenditures for maintenance of property within three years from the date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to obtain the best security practicable from the Company as assistance for the loan. Provides that the Secretary shall determine the rate of interest which the loan shall bear. Directs the Secretary to formulate appropriate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such enforcement action as he deems appropriate. States that the Secretary shall, within one year after the enactment of this Act, report to the President and the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act. Gives the Comptroller General of the United States access to such information as he determines necessary to audit financial transactions of the Secretary. Authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount set forth for the loan.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
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 Feery Bridge in the Canal Zone; to construct and maintain a bridge at a suitable point across the Chagres River in the Canal Zone; to construct and maintain approaches and additional roads in the Canal Zone; to construct and maintain approaches and additional roads 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 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 this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Rail Maintenance Improvement and Employment Act - Provides, under the provisions of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974, that the Secretary of Transportation shall provide financial assistance through grants to common carriers for wages of persons employed in programs and projects to maintain and improve their right- of-way structures. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance only upon application by the carrier. Requires that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance unless he determines that the program: (1) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of overtime work or wages or employment benefits), and (2) will not result in the substitution of Federal for other funds held by the carrier in connection with work that could otherwise be performed by the carrier during the twelve months following application by the carrier. Provides that persons employed under this Act shall be paid wages at rates in accordance with existing applicable labor agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make loans to common carriers for equipment, materials, and supplies necessary for rehabilitating, maintaining, and improving their rights-of-way and structures. Requires that the maturity date of any loan (including all extensions and renewals) shall not be later than 30 years from its date of issuance. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Nautical Rules of the Road Act - Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce the terms of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, this Act, and the regulations promulgated hereunder. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate the regulations authorized by the Convention. Requires the Secretary to make available to the public copies of the convention, this Act and regulations promulgated hereunder. Provides for civil penalties for violation of such regulations to be enforced by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Increases to 50 percent the Federal Government's share of the costs of State boat safety programs under the Federal Boat Safety Act. Increases the authorization of appropriations for such programs from $7,500,000 to $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations for such programs of $10,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
States that individuals who have rendered at least 12 months of service as an employee of a railroad after December 31, 1974, or individuals who recovered from a disability and returned to work for a railroad after such date shall be eligible for retirement benefits under the Railroad Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes the financing of parkways from the Highway Trust Fund. Provides that parkways funded under this Act shall be managed solely for scenic and recreational use and passenger car travel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Increases unemployment and sickness benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Revises the employer contribution base under such Act. Requires employers to pay a contribution equal to the specified percentage of so much of the compensation paid to any employee for service rendered after March 1975 as is not in excess of the maximum monthly compensation set forth in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Nautical Rules of the Road Act - Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce the terms of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, this Act, and the regulations promulgated hereunder. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate the regulations authorized by the Convention. Requires the Secretary to make available to the public copies of the convention, this Act, and regulations promulgated hereunder. Provides for civil penalties for violation of such regulations to be enforced by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a demonstration project in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the purpose of eliminating highway railroad grade crossing accidents. Authorizes appropriations of up to $25,000,000 to pay the Federal share of such project. States that two-thirds of all funds expended under authority of this Act in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out the Highway Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Provides that the Federal share of a rail service continuation subsidy under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act shall be 90 percent and the State share shall be 10 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Hawaii and United States Pacific Islands Surface Commerce Act - Provides that no strike or lockout in the longshore or maritime industries on the west coast of the United States which imperils the health or well being of the people in any United States Pacific island shall be permitted to interupt normal shipping from any port on the west coast to any United States Pacific island, or from any such island to the west coast for a period of 120 days. Authorizes the Governor of Hawaii, Guam, or American Samoa, or the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to petition any United States district court having jurisdiction of the parties to any such disruption to enjoin that part of any strike or lockout which disrupts normal shipping between the west coast and any United States Pacific island and threatens the health or well being of such islands. Provides that employees who perform services during the term of the injunction shall perform such work pursuant to terms of employment of the agreement between employer and employers. Directs that such employees shall later be fully compensated for the difference between the hourly wage he was paid and the wage he would have been paid under the agreement which resolves the labor dispute. Sets forth definitions to be used in this Act. Provides that this Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment unless a strike or lockout in the longshore or maritime industry on the west coast is occurring on the date of enactment, in which case such provision shall take effect on the fifth day after the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Permits cargo vessels documented under the laws of the United States engaged in domestic trade to carry in excess of 16 persons in addition to the crew if the Commandant of the Coast Guard determines that an emergency situation so requires.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company. Establishes conditions which shall be required by the Secretary before granting such loan. Empowers the Secretary to approve any modifications of any provision of the loan made under this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue such rules and regulations as are appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Grants the Secretary powers necessary to enforce the provisions and conditions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the President and to the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act and to make recommendations for additional legislative action. Declares that the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to such information, books, records, and documents as he determines necessary to audit operations carried out in the administration of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount to be loaned.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Requires the Secretary to obtain satisfactory assurance from the company that no less than two-thirds of such loan will be utilized for capital expenditures or expenditures for maintenance of property within three years from the date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to obtain the best security practicable from the Company as assistance for the loan. Provides that the Secretary shall determine the rate of interest which the loan shall bear. Directs the Secretary to formulate appropriate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such enforcement action as he deems appropriate. States that the Secretary shall, within one year after the enactment of this Act, report to the President and the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act. Gives the Comptroller General of the United States access to such information as he determines necessary to audit financial transactions of the Secretary. Authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount set forth for the loan.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act, that whenever any carrier by railroad is unable to transport the traffic offered it because: (1) its cash position makes its continuing operation impossible; (2) it has been ordered to discontinue any service by a court; or (3) it has abandoned service without obtaining a certificate from the Commission; the Interstate Commerce Commission shall make such just and reasonable directions as will provide for the operation of the entire system of such carrier's lines, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Federal Transportation Improvement Act - Title I: Revision of Title 23, United States Code - Declares it to be in the national interest to accelerate construction of Federal-aid highway systems, including the Interstate System. Provides that the Interstate System shall not exceed 41,000 miles in length, plus 2,000 miles for making revisions in the system under this Act. Revises the methods for determining the Federal share of costs and estimating the total cost of Federal- aid highways. Provides for the apportionment of Federal funds in specified proportions between the Federal-aid rural, urban, and Interstate systems, and between the States. Revises the standards to be applied by the Secretary of Transportation in determining whether or not to accept a plan for projects on any Federal-aid system from the Governor of the relevant State. Specifies the terms and conditions of the letting of contracts, determination of wage rates, construction, and maintenance of highways. States the procedures to be followed in paying the States for construction, necessary relocation of utility facilities, emergency relief for damage to Federal-aid highways, and removal of hazards of railway- highway crossings. Authorizes the placement of limitations on vehicle weight and width and on outdoor advertising with respect to Federal-aid systems. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the States in developing efficient and effective transportation systems, improving urban area traffic operations, controlling of junkyards, and constructing of fringe and corridor parking facilities. Makes provision for the preservation of parklands, assurances from States of equal employment opportunities, and coordination of public mass transportation programs with respect to construction of highways under this Act. Provides a formula based on population for the allocation of urban system funds within each State. Provides for projects and programs for the construction of preferential truck lanes, high-hazard locations, elimination of roadside obstacles, and creation of incentives to use carpools in urban areas. Provides for the setting of a uniform national maximum speed limit of up to 55 miles per hour. Authorizes appropriations of Federal funds for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, and defense access roads. Provides for the construction of the Inter-American Highway in cooperation with the American Republics in Central America, a road from San Benito to Rama in the Republic of Nicaragua under specified conditions, a Darien Gap Highway in Panama and Colombia to interconnect the Inter-American Highway, and reconstruction of an Alaska Highway from the Alaskan border to Haines Junction in Canada and the Haines Cutoff Highway from Haines Junction in Canada to the south Alaska border. Provides for the development and improvement of bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways. Provides that all highways constructed under the provisions of this Act shall be free from tolls. Authorizes the use of funds under this Act for archeological and paleontological salvage, mapping, research and planning (including civil defense considerations), relief of employees of the Federal Highway Administration engaged in hazardous work, landscaping and scenic enhancement, and the construction of bridges on Federal dams. Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a National Highway Institute to develop and administer a program of instruction for employees engaged in Federal-aid system work on the Federal, State, or local level. Requires each State to have a highway safety program meeting uniform standards promulgated by the Secretary and approved by him. Establishes the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee. Authorizes appropriations for a Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Title II: Termination of Highway Trust Fund - Terminates the Highway Trust Fund effective after September 30, 1976, covering the funds assets and obligations into the general fund of the Treasury. Title III: Amendments to Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Revises the requirements for projects for the elderly and handicapped receiving financial assistance under such Act. Prohibits the purchase of buses with funds provided pursuant to such Act unless the buses meet Federal air and noise emission standards.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for the purposes of carrying out the Federal Railroad Safety Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Authorizes for the Federal Railroad Safety Act an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act an amount not to exceed $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the promotion of tourist travel.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Provides for the termination of the airlines mutual aid agreement effective on the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Provides that when a member of an armed force is ordered to make a change of permanent station he may transport one motor vehicle by State-owned ferry vessel and be reimbursed for the ferry expenses, if transportation by such means is less expensive than other authorized methods of transportation. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2634 (a)) Provides that when any member of an armed service is authorized to travel by privately owned vehicle and a portion of that travel is accomplished on a State-owned ferry vessel, such member may be reimbursed for the ferry expenses.