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Bill· SS. 312 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1987
Essential Highway Reauthorization Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate primary program; (2) the Interstate substitution program; (3) the bridge replacement and rehabilitation program; (4) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (5) the Federal lands highways program; (6) highway safety programs; (7) certain hazard elimination and rail-highway crossing projects; (8) emergency relief projects; and (9) certain minimum apportionments. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety. Sets guidelines under which authorizations for specified Federal-aid highway programs are determined by the average annual net highway tax receipts in the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990. Mandates that the Federal share of net income from the revenues obtained by a State for sales, uses, or leases of right-of-way airspace be used by the State for eligible projects under the Federal-aid highway program. Merges Interstate construction, Interstate rehabilitation, and primary programs into a single program (the Interstate/Primary program). Authorizes States to allocate funds for any projects currently permitted under these programs. Eliminates the Federal-aid secondary and urban systems. Requires the repayment of Federal funds spent on construction items, materials, and rights-of-way on an Interstate or primary system if they are not applied to a transportation project within ten years. Sets forth apportionment and allocation guidelines for the Federal-aid system. Provides funding for both substitute highway and urban mass transit projects from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund (thus eliminating the separate authorization for substitute transit projects). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal inspection procedures for construction performed by State highway departments upon the Federal-aid system. Repeals the proscription against the use of convict-produced materials in Federal-aid highway system construction projects. Reduces a State's apportionment for the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program if: (1) the State fails to certify that a maintenance program is in effect for the Interstate System; or (2) the Secretary determines that a State is not adequately maintaining the Interstate System. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to discharge his or her construction oversight responsibilities regarding Federal-aid highway projects by accepting State certification that such projects are being implemented in accordance with State criteria that coincide with Federal criteria. Sets guidelines for the apportionment of sums and the Federal share payable for the Federal-aid highway program. Makes funds available to the State of Alaska for construction of access and development roads on the Federal-aid system. Sets forth, with specified exceptions, a maximum 75 percent Federal share of construction costs for: (1) primary system highways other than Interstate highways; and (2) bridge replacement and rehabilitation (for which current law fixes an 80 percent share). Sets a 90 percent maximum Federal share for Interstate projects and an 85 percent maximum share for Interstate substitute projects. Limits the Federal share for emergency relief projects to the normal rate for a project on a system, except under certain circumstances when it may increase to 100 percent. Repeals the increased share of 100 percent for traffic control signalization substitution, pavement marking, and commuter carpooling and vanpooling projects. Makes the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa eligible for Federal emergency relief funds for highway repair of damage caused by certain catastrophic failures or natural disasters. Permits the State of Maine and its offshore islands to maintain ferry operations in foreign or international waters. Authorizes the obligation of Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program funds for an Interstate 4R project (rehabilitation and repair project) on a toll road designated as part of the Interstate System if an agreement has been reached between the Secretary and the appropriate State officials that such road will become free to the public when such tolls are sufficient to liquidate its operation and debt service. Provides for funding of projects to eliminate hazards at railway-highway crossings. Makes certain apportioned funds available for implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program. Requires the Secretary to develop criteria under which such funds shall be used to conduct research, development, and technology transfer determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Declares that no State matching share is required for such sums. Directs the Secretary to implement a transportation needs planning process with State and local officials only for urbanized areas of 200,000 (currently 50,000) population or more. Reduces from $10,000,000 to $2,500,000 the maximum sum which the Secretary is authorized to deduct for the administration of highway construction improvement programs. Authorizes the States to obligate a specified percentage of funds for such programs. Amends the Federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to require States to maintain a current inventory of all bridges subject to the National Bridge Inspection Standards. Includes in the Federal bridge program only non-Interstate primary system bridges. Makes bridges on the Interstate system eligible for Federal funds under the Interstate/Primary program. Declares that the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program shall consist of projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of the primary and Interstate System, and requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs the Secretary to allocate authorized appropriations for forest highways within the Forest Service regions and States according to the needs to various elements of the National Forest System. Amends the Federal Lands Highways Program to declare that funds available for park roads and parkways and Indian reservation roads shall be used by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to pay for certain planning and construction costs. Amends the territorial highway program to require the designation in each territory of a territorial Federal-aid highway system including all highways eligible for funding. Amends the highway research and planning program to require that a minimum of one and one-half percent of sums apportioned each fiscal year to any State under the Federal-aid highways program be used for specified highway planning and research. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to the Congress concerning bridge projects, inspections, and rehabilitation conducted under the highway research and planning program. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Amends the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1978 to repeal the September 30, 1986, deadline for commencing construction on all Interstate segments and substitute projects. States that general Federal bridge authority applies to all bridges heretofore constructed under congressional authority, including bridges constructed under toll provisions. Makes interim provisions for certain unobligated funds. Title II: Highway Block Grant Act of 1987 - Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the apportionment of authorized appropriations; (2) progress payments to the States; (3) allocations to urbanized areas of 200,000 population or more; and (4) certain eligible highway construction and bridge rehabilitation projects. Replaces the highway and transit funding mechanism currently administered under the Federal Highway Administration and the Urban Mass Transportation Act with a block grant program funding mechanism wherein all funding is derived from the fees paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Provides for a maximum Federal share of 75 percent for such eligible projects. Requires each State to provide annual written assurances regarding the distribution of the highway block grants. Makes Federal nondiscrimination statutes applicable to federally assisted programs under the highway block grant. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payments from a non-complying governmental unit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to implement the highway block grant program.
Bill· SS. 304 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1987
Cargo Preference Amendments of 1987 - Requires the Comptroller General of the United States (the Comptroller General), within 60 days after the enactment of this Act and every six months thereafter, to: (1) review every Federal program involving the ocean transportation of any item; (2) identify each program which is subject to U.S. cargo preference laws; and (3) notify each Federal department or agency of its responsibilities under such laws. Requires the officer or employee in charge of every department or agency having responsibility under the cargo preference laws, within 15 days after the end of each month, to submit to the Comptroller General a report containing specified information relating to compliance or noncompliance with such cargo preference laws. Authorizes the Comptroller General to take specified action after a determination of noncompliance. Directs the Comptroller General, within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, to report to the Congress concerning compliance with cargo preference laws during the previous fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 582 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends Federal law to permit an increase in the maximum speed limit to 65 miles per hour on highways in States that require the use of seat belts by front seat automobile passengers.
Bill· HRH.R. 595 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Highway Beautification Act of 1987 - Requires States and Federal agencies to control, according to prescribed guidelines, the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in rural areas adjacent to the Federal-aid primary and the Interstate systems. Provides that a State shall be deemed as failing to provide effective control of outdoor advertising if the State allows vegetation located on State rights-of-way for Interstate or primary system highways to be altered or removed if the purpose of such alteration is to improve the visibility of certain outdoor advertising. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide for rights-of-way areas on the Federal-aid primary and Interstate systems in which informational signs may be erected according to national standards. Sets deadlines for the removal of nonconforming signs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve payments out of certain apportionments for sign acquisition and removal by a State. Repeals, effective September 30, 1989, Federal law enacted prior to this Act regarding outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the Interstate and primary systems. Provides for the payment of outdoor advertising bonus claims submitted by a State before such effective repeal date.
Bill· HRH.R. 561 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Essential Highway Reauthorization Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate primary program; (2) the Interstate substitution program; (3) the bridge replacement and rehabilitation program; (4) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (5) the Federal lands highways program; (6) highway safety programs; (7) certain hazard elimination and rail-highway crossing projects; (8) emergency relief projects; and (9) certain minimum apportionments. Sets guidelines under which authorizations for specified Federal-aid highway programs are determined by the average annual net highway tax receipts in the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990. Mandates that the Federal share of net income from the revenues obtained by a State for sales, uses, or leases of right-of-way airspace be used by the State for eligible projects under the Federal-aid highway program. Merges Interstate construction, Interstate rehabilitation, and primary programs into a single program (the Interstate/Primary program). Authorizes States to allocate funds for any projects currently permitted under these programs. Eliminates the Federal-aid secondary and urban systems. Requires the repayment of Federal funds spent on construction items, materials, and rights-of-way on an Interstate or primary system if they are not applied to a transportation project within ten years. Sets forth apportionment and allocation guidelines for the Federal-aid system. Provides funding for both substitute highway and urban mass transit projects from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund (thus eliminating the separate authorization for substitute transit projects). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal inspection procedures for construction performed by State highway departments upon the Federal-aid system. Repeals the proscription against the use of convict-produced materials in Federal-aid highway system construction projects. Reduces a State's apportionment for the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program if: (1) the State fails to certify that a maintenance program is in effect for the Interstate System; or (2) the Secretary determines that a State is not adequately maintaining the Interstate System. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to discharge his or her construction oversight responsibilities regarding Federal-aid highway projects by accepting State certification that such projects are being implemented in accordance with State criteria that coincide with Federal criteria. Sets guidelines for the apportionment of sums and the Federal share payable for the Federal-aid highway program. Makes funds made available to the State of Alaska for construction of access and development roads on the Federal-aid system. Sets forth, with specified exceptions, a maximum 75 percent Federal share of construction costs for: (1) replacement and rehabilitation (for which current law fixes an 80 percent share). Sets a 90 percent maximum Federal share for Interstate projects and an 85 percent maximum share of Interstate substitute projects. Limits the Federal share for emergency relief projects to the normal rate for a project on a system, except under certain circumstances when it may increase to 100 percent. Repeals the increased share of 100 percent for traffic control signalization substitution, pavement marking, and commuter carpooling and vanpooling projects. Makes the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa eligible for Federal emergency relief funds for highway repair caused by certain catastrophic failures or natural disasters. Permits the State of Maine and its offshore islands to maintain ferry operations in foreign or international waters. Authorizes the obligation of Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program funds for an Interstate 4R project (rehabilitation and repair project) on a toll road designated as part of the Interstate System if an agreement has been reached between the Secretary and the appropriate State officials that such road will become free to the public when such tolls are sufficient to liquidate its operation and debt service. Provides for funding of projects to eliminate hazards at railway-highway crossings. Makes certain apportioned funds available for implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program. Requires the Secretary to develop criteria under which such funds shall be used to conduct research, development, and technology transfer determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Declares that no State matching share is required for such sums. Directs the Secretary to implement a transportation needs planning process with State and local officials only for urbanized areas of 200,000 (currently 50,000) population or more. Reduces from $10,000,000 to $2,500,000 the sums which the Secretary is authorized to deduct for the administration of highway construction improvement programs. Authorizes the States to obligate a specified percentage of funds for such programs. Amends the Federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to require States to maintain a current inventory of all bridges subject to the National Bridge Inspection Standards. Includes in the Federal bridge program only non-Interstate primary system bridges. Makes bridges on the Interstate system eligible for Federal funds under the Interstate/Primary program. Declares that the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program shall consist of projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of the primary and Interstate System, and requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs the Secretary to allocate authorized appropriations for forest highways within the Forest Service regions and States according to the needs to various elements of the National Forest System. Amends the Federal Lands Highways Program to declare that funds available for park roads and parkways and Indian reservation roads shall be used by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to pay for certain planning and construction costs. Amends the territorial highway program to require the designation in each territory of a territorial Federal-aid highway system including all highways eligible for funding. Amends the highway research and planning program to require that a minimum of one and one-half percent of sums apportioned each fiscal year to any State under the Federal-aid highways program be used for specified highway planning and research. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to the Congress concerning bridge projects, inspections, and rehabilitation conducted under the highway research and planning program. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Amends the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1978 to repeal the September 30, 1986, deadline for commencing construction on all Interstate segments and substitute projects. States that general Federal bridge authority applies to all bridges heretofore constructed under congressional authority, including bridges constructed under toll provisions. Makes interim provisions for certain unobligated funds. Title II: Highway Block Grant Act of 1987 - Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the apportionment of authorized appropriations; (2) progress payments to the States; (3) allocations to urbanized areas of 200,000 population or more; and (4) certain eligible highway construction and bridge rehabilitation projects. Replaces the highway and transit funding mechanism currently administered under the Federal Highway Administration and the Urban Mass Transportation Act with a block grant program funding mechanism wherein all funding is derived from the fees paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Provides for a maximum Federal share of 75 percent for such eligible projects. Requires each State to provide annual written assurance regarding: (1) the distribution of the highway and block grants; and (2) the implementation of mass transit projects under the grant. Makes Federal nondiscrimination statutes applicable to Federally assisted programs under the highway block grant. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payments from a non-complying governmental unit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to implement the highway block grant program.
Bill· HRH.R. 560 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Highway Safety Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for highway safety programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Rescinds the Secretary's authority to temporarily amend or waive highway safety standards for the purpose of evaluating different highway safety programs. Repeals the requirement that a State highway safety program must provide for driver education in the school system as a prerequisite for Federal approval of such a program. Extends from September 1, 1981, to September 1, 1987, the deadline by which the Secretary is required to begin a rulemaking process to determine the most effective accident-reducing programs. Repeals congressional veto provisions regarding such rules. Alters the make-up of the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation. Amends the National Driver Register Act of 1982 to extend the deadline by which the Secretary is required to: (1) promulgate final rules regarding establishment of the National Driver Register; and (2) begin a pilot test program for an electronic information retrieval system regarding individual motor vehicle driving records; and (3) report to the Congress regarding the Register. Directs the Secretary to: (1) include in his report to the Congress any recommendations concerning the desirability of extending the authorization of appropriations beyond FY 1987; and (2) submit a comprehensive report to the Congress regarding the effectiveness of the National Driver Register System three years after the establishment of a fully electronic Register system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing final minimum standards regarding the performance and installation of splash and spray suppression devices on certain trucks until the Secretary has determined that: (1) the available technology can substantially reduce splash and spray and improve visibility; and (2) such technology will protect the public from unreasonable risks. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the standards based upon available technology foster competition among splash and spray suppression device manufacturers.
Bill· HRH.R. 502 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Requires that the Secretary of Transportation's apportioned allocation to a State for the Federal-aid highway program be not less than 100 percent (currently 85 percent) of the percentage of the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 511 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Amends Federal law relating to Great Lakes pilotage to limit to $1,000 the liability imposed upon a U.S. registered pilot (and certain associations) for injuries or losses resulting from any incident caused by pilot negligence in directing the navigation of any vessel in the waters of the Great Lakes.
Bill· HRH.R. 487 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow air carriers to offer reduced rate air transportation for any individual under 16 years of age who is traveling to the United States from a foreign country to be adopted, or after being adopted, by a resident of the United States.
Bill· SS. 245 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends Federal law relating to construction by States in advance of apportionment to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to pay the Federal share of a State's highway construction project costs when a State: (1) has obligated all highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge funds apportioned or allocated to it, or has used or demonstrates that it will use the obligation authority allocated to it; and (2) proceeds to construct a highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge project without the aid of Federal funds; or (3) proceeds to construct any project on the Federal-aid primary system, including the Interstate System, without the aid of Federal funds. Provides that the Federal share of a State's construction costs on the Interstate System shall include the interest earned and payable on bonds issued by the State to the extent that the bond proceeds have been expended in the construction of such projects on the System. Prohibits the Secretary from approving applications for the Federal share of construction costs if the amount of approved applications in the category of funds involved exceeds certain apportionments for the applicant State.
Bill· SS. 224 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal Mass Transit Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to issue multi-year project obligations to States and public agencies for urban mass transportation projects. Requires the Secretary to notify certain congressional committees at least 30 days prior to issuing such advance obligations. Prohibits such multi-year obligations from exceeding any limitation specified in an appropriations Act. Prescribes guidelines for such obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to make specified grants out of a new balanced investment fund to States and local public bodies for FY 1987 through 1990 for buses and vans. Sets guidelines for the allocation of such funds for urban and rural areas of specified population size. Prohibits such funds from being made available for rail modernization or extension or construction of new rail systems. Prohibits grants or loans for any fixed guideway system construction or extension unless the Secretary has first ensured that the applicant has prepared an evaluation of the proposed project which includes certain cost effectiveness and economic development information. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for transportation projects substituted for withdrawn Interstate segments. Sets a ceiling upon FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for grants made to States and local agencies for innovative methods in the management and operation of public transportation services. Makes grants for construction projects also available to finance cost-effective leasing projects. Expands the definition of "associated capital items," and reduces the measure of current fair market value of rolling stock from one percent to one-half of one percent. Allows a recipient to retain for specified projects: (1) the net income received from airspace or adjacent property acquired as a result of a federally funded project; or (2) the income derived from the disposal of fungible items which have been fully depreciated. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize certain newly urbanized areas to use from their annual apportionments the same amount of funds for operating assistance in FY 1987 through 1990, as was available to them during FY 1985. Provides that no funds apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 may be used to pay the expenses of any State's management or administration of grant programs for such areas, except in the case of a statewide or regional agency or instrumentality responsible for financing, construction, and operation of public transportation services. Allows a State Governor to make block grant funds transfers between projects in any urbanized area of the State regardless of size: (1) only after approval by local elected officials and publicly owned operators of mass transportation services in each area to which the funding was originally apportioned; or (2) if funding is within 90 days of lapsing and no approvable grant applications are pending. Requires block grants to be apportioned within ten days after appropriation. Requires the Secretary to publish such apportionments on the apportionment date. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees an annual rulemaking agenda. Requires opportunity to be given for public comment on proposed rules, except in the case of emergency rules or rules of routine nature or insignificant impact. Expands the definition of "construction" to include any bus remanufacturing project which extends the economic life of a bus eight years or more, and any project for the overhaul of rolling stock. Sets deadlines by which the Secretary must certify the sampling techniques: (1) used by persons seeking grants; and (2) of newly urbanized areas. States that the receipt of Federal transit aid under this Act does not authorize the Secretary to: (1) regulate or prescribe the mode of operation of any mass transportation system, the choice of mass transportation service provider, or the level of service; or (2) condition the approval of such aid upon either the means by which providers of mass transit services or functions are selected, or the extent of service or functions to be carried out by various private mass transportation service providers. Declares that this Act does not limit the ability of Federal transit aid recipients to determine the extent and amount of mass transit service or functions to be carried out by private enterprise. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified amounts to finance grants for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative techniques for private sector involvement in all aspects of public mass transit operations. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the results of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Sets allocation guidelines for such funds, including allocations for university transportation centers. Requires as a condition of Federal financial assistance for a major capital project under this Act (or the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969) that the financial aid recipient prepare and implement a project management plan which meets specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public mass transit systems for crime prevention and security. Directs the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions which comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. Directs the Secretary to establish in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to: (1) coordinate the research and training to be carried out by grant recipients; (2) act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry; and (3) review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers.
Bill· SS. 185 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid Urban system; (3) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings; and (11) certain highway assistance programs. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to adjust in September of 1986 and every subsequent September the last approved Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate to make apportionments for substitute highway projects and substitute transit projects on October 1 or as soon as practicable thereafter for fiscal years subsequent to FY 1986. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. States that upon repayment by a State of its right-of-way debt, such repayment shall be credited to the unprogrammed fund balance apportioned to such State, and shall then be available for expenditure in accordance with this Act. Directs the Secretary to set aside funds from specified authorizations for the Strategic Highway Research Program. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary System; and (3) the Federal-aid Urban System. Authorizes a State to transfer up to 50 percent of its apportionment between the Urban and Secondary Systems. Requires the approval of the affected local area officials before a State may transfer the allocations for an urbanized area of 200,000 or more population. Makes available for obligation for four years the sums apportioned for: (1) the Interstate Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (3) the Federal-aid Urban system; and (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation. Declares that apportioned amounts remaining unobligated at the end of four years shall lapse (except for the bridge rehabilitation apportionments, which shall be allocated by the Secretary as bridge discretionary funds). States that funds made available to the State of Alaska may be expended for access and development roads on a Federal-aid system. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing more than ten percent of a State's apportioned funds for its failure to: (1) adequately maintain the Interstate system; or (2) certify a maintenance program. Prohibits the Federal share payable for the Primary system (other than the Interstate system) from exceeding 75 percent of construction costs. Allows certain Interstate routes to be improved at a 90 percent Federal share. States that the Federal share payable for a highway emergency relief project may be 100 percent for emergency repairs accomplished in the first 30 days after an occurrence. Authorizes Federal funds to reimburse State costs for the relocation of utility facilities necessitated by a highway construction project, or by a State's highway safety improvement program. Authorizes the expenditure of Federal emergency relief funds for: (1) the Virgin Islands; (2) Guam; (3) American Samoa; and (4) the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets a $5,000,000 obligation ceiling upon such funds during any fiscal year. Revises the penalty provisions regarding violations of vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate System to provide that withheld funds will not lapse if they are subsequently released and obligated within the normal four-year availability period. Precludes Federal funding out of the Highway Trust Fund for State toll facilities which have not been certified to State officials as: (1) being adequately maintained; and (2) having an operator able to fund inadequately-maintained facilities without the use of Federal-aid highway funds. Requires any State Governor to report biennially to the Secretary on certified and uncertified toll facilities. Requires each State to survey and identify all highway-railroad crossings needing separation, relocation, or protective devices. Requires that half of all authorized funds for such crossings be made available for installing protective devices. Requires each State to report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on program progress. Makes certain sums available for obligation for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Authorizes the Secretary to implement the SHRP in cooperation with State highway departments. Directs the Secretary to set standards for the use of funds to conduct research, development, and technology transfer activities determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with State highway departments or the National Academy of Sciences to conduct such activities. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the progress and research findings of the SHRP. Makes certain remedies against the United States applicable in any civil action against the National Academy of Sciences for injury or property loss arising from activities in connection with the Strategic Highway Research Program. Credits certain State-financed off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects towards the non-Federal share of the cost of other Federal-aid bridge projects. Directs the Secretary to make a minimum allocation among the States so that a State's percentage of total apportionments shall be at least 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in such State paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Adds total allocations as well as apportionments to the calculation of the 85 percent minimum funds. (Currently only apportioned programs are considered in the minimum allocation calculation.) Establishes the Federal-Aid Interstate-Primary Program to bring all elements of the primary system up to certain Federal standards. Declares that such program shall consist of projects for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing or improvement of the primary system and the Interstate system. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs States to use for Federal-aid highway projects the net income received from the use, sale, or lease of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of certain Federal highway programs. Requires the designation of a territorial Federal-aid highway system in each territory. Permits States to use Federal-aid highway funds earmarked for highway substitute projects for bicycle projects. Authorizes States to use one and one-half percent of apportioned Interstate Highway Transfer funds for highway planning and research facilities. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Provides for: (1) crediting the fair market value of private right-of-way donations for highway projects to the State matching share when such donations are made to the State; and (2) revesting such property to the donor if it is not required after environmental assessments. States that the fair market value of lands donated to the State of California for a State Route 73 relocation and construction project in Orange County shall first be credited toward payment of the non-Federal share of such project cost. Prohibits State documents regarding safety enhancement of potential accident sites, road conditions, or rail-highway crossings from being either: (1) disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act; or (2) admitted into evidence in certain actions for damages. Makes "Buy American" provisions applicable to projects whose total costs exceed $500,000. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Authorizes the preferential employment of Indians on construction projects and contracts effected on Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with Indian tribal governments and the States to implement such preferential employment. Requires States to expend a minimum of ten percent of Federal-aid highway contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prescribes guidelines for a disadvantaged business enterprise program. Releases the State of Maryland from the requirement of accepting title to any road or portion thereof (such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway) in return for Federal participation in improvements to such Parkway. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (a nuclear waste storage repository in New Mexico). Sets forth obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Makes eligible for Federal-aid bridge funds costs incurred to mitigate harm to an historic bridge if the bridge remains part of the highway system. Requires States to identify historic bridges on the National Bridge Inventory. Requires the Transportation Research Board to review historic bridges and develop rehabilitation standards for such bridges. Sets forth allocation guidelines for forest highways for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to require the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways. Directs the Secretary to conduct a Combined Road Program Demonstration to test the feasibility of approaches for combining, streamlining, and increasing the flexibility in the administration of the Federal-aid secondary Federal-aid urban and off-system urban and secondary bridge programs. Directs the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation (in conjunction with the State highway agencies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey) to repay Federal funds previously obligated for the Delaware Water Gap Bridge on Interstate 80. Requires the Commission and such States to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation if the Commission and such States decide to operate an uncompleted bridge on Interstate 78 as a toll bridge. Grants congressional consent to a supplemental agreement between Pennsylvania and New Jersey which: (1) grants the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission authority to collect tolls and revenues for the use of Commission facilities and to expend such revenues for existing non-toll bridges over the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and (2) authorizes such States to construct a bridge across the Delaware River in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Directs the Secretary to make arrangements with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of specified motor vehicle issues. Requires the TRB to report the study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of national highway-railroad crossing improvement and maintenance needs. Delineates the issues to be addressed by such study. Directs the Secretary to report such study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Makes certain unobligated balances available for specified projects.
Bill· SS. 158 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Permits Japanese flag vessels to land tuna in Hawaii.
Bill· SS. 146 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to require the Postal Service to contract with U.S. registered vessels for international sea transportation of mail. Requires rate charges for such transportation to comply with the Shipping Act of 1984. Authorizes competitive bidding for such contracts and limits such contracts to a one year duration. Prohibits the Postal Service from contracting with vessels based on cargo container size, unless necessary.
Bill· SS. 161 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare ineffective any termination dates which appear in certificates authorizing airlines to engage in foreign air transportation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) review an airline's certification to provide foreign air transportation; and (2) replace such airline's certification with that of another applicant which has demonstrated it will provide a substantially improved combination of service and rates. Prescribes conditions under which the Secretary may exercise this authority.
Bill· SS. 139 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Authorizes the State of Maryland to request a modification of the transfer concept plan approved with respect to the withdrawal of certain interstate routes in the vicinity of Cumberland, Maryland. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve such request: (1) if such State submits it to the Secretary before a specified deadline; and (2) if such modification will not result in any increase in the amount of funds available for the Federal share of substitute projects under the transfer concept plan.
Bill· SS. 147 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Government Impelled Cargo Act of 1987 - Requires that all waterborne cargo affecting the national security of the United States be transported in U.S.-flag vessels. Requires transportation in such vessels of 50 percent of cargo not affecting the national security when the Government is involved directly. Makes certain exceptions when no U.S.-flag vessel is available at competitive rates, and when a declared emergency exists. Sets forth directives for agency compliance with this Act and repeals specified laws to conform to its provisions. Establishes a similar requirement where the Government's involvement is indirect, consisting of financial assistance used to pay: (1) at least 50 percent of the cargo; or (2) for any of the foreign charges.
Bill· SS. 145 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to grant to the Secretary of Transportation the sole responsibility for determining and designating those programs which are subject to the requirement that at least 50 percent of Government-generated cargoes be shipped on privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates.
Bill· SS. 148 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916 to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include those engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; and (2) transport such property between a point within the United States and a port in a nation contiguous to the United States. Directs such common carriers to file their tariffs with the Federal Maritime Commission within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) require such common carriers to reveal, in tariffs filed with the Commission, the portion of such tariffs attributable to inland transportation; (2) require such common carriers to reveal any information with regard to such inland transportation; or (3) extend to the Commission any jurisdiction over or authority to regulate rail carriers.
Bill· SS. 82 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) the Federal-aid secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway construction safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; and (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve until September 30, 1986, the withdrawal of any route which was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction as of November 6, 1978. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes appropriations for highway substitution projects for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary), in September of 1986 and every subsequent September, to adjust the last Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate approved to make apportionments for: (1) substitute highway projects; and (2) substitute transit projects. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. Declares that upon repayment by a State of the amount of Federal funds expended to acquire property which was subsequently withdrawn from the Interstate System, such State shall be deemed to have fully met certain repayment requirements. Directs the Secretary to set aside funds from specified authorizations for the Strategic Highway Research Program. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary System; and (3) the Federal-aid Urban System. Authorizes a State to transfer up to 50 percent of its apportionment between the Urban and Secondary Systems. Requires the approval of the affected local area officials before a State may transfer the allocations for an urbanized area of 200,000 or more population. Authorizes the Secretary to waive competitive bidding on a reconstruction contract in an emergency situation. Makes available for obligation for four years the sums apportioned for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (3) the Federal-aid Urban system; and (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation. Declares that apportioned amounts remaining unobligated at the end of four years shall lapse (except for the bridge rehabilitation apportionments, which shall be allocated by the Secretary as bridge discretionary funds). States that funds made available to the State of Alaska may be expended for access and development roads on a Federal-aid system. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing more than ten percent of a State's apportioned funds for its failure to: (1) adequately maintain the Interstate system; or (2) certify a maintenance program. Prohibits the Federal share payable for the Primary system (other than the Interstate system) from exceeding 75 percent of construction costs. Allows certain Interstate routes to be improved at a 90 percent Federal share. States that the Federal share payable for a highway emergency relief project may be 100 percent for emergency repairs accomplished in the first 30 days after an occurrence. Authorizes Federal funds to reimburse State costs for the relocation of utility facilities necessitated by a highway construction project, or by a State's highway safety improvement program. Authorizes the expenditure of Federal emergency relief funds for: (1) the Virgin Islands; (2) Guam; (3) American Samoa; and (4) the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets a $5,000,000 obligation ceiling upon such funds during any fiscal year. Revises the penalty provisions regarding violations of vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate System to provide that withheld funds will not lapse if they are subsequently released and obligated within the normal four-year availability period. Revises the guidelines under which the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to permit Federal participation in the initial construction of State toll facilities, including ferry boat facilities. Limits to 35 percent the Federal share payable for such facilities. Requires the appropriate State highway department to agree that toll revenues for such facilities will be used only for the costs of construction, reconstruction, or maintenance. Mandates that the operators of certain toll facilities on a Federal-aid system in a State shall biennially certify to the State Governor that: (1) such facilities are adequately maintained; and (2) such operator can fund the replacement or repair of inadequately maintained facilities without using Federal-aid highway funds. Precludes Federal funding out of the Highway Trust Fund for failure to make such certification. Declares that if a State enters into an agreement that toll revenues will only be used for the facility tolled, the Secretary is authorized to void certain agreements entered into prior to the enactment of this Act. Requires each State to survey and identify all highway-railroad crossings needing separation, relocation, or protective devices. Requires that half of all authorized funds for such crossings be made available for installing protective devices. Requires each State to report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on program progress. Makes certain sums available for obligation for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP). Authorizes the Secretary to implement the SHRP in cooperation with State highway departments. Directs the Secretary to set standards for the use of funds to conduct research, development, and technology transfer activities determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants and enter into cooperative agreements with State highway departments or the National Academy of Sciences to conduct such activities. Requires the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding the progress and research findings of the SHRP. Makes certain remedies against the United States applicable in any civil action against the National Academy of Sciences for injury or property loss arising from activities in connection with the Strategic Highway Research Program. Credits certain State-financed off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects towards the non-Federal share of the cost of other Federal-aid bridge projects. Authorizes the States to use certain bridge replacement funds to construct any bridge which replaces: (1) any low water crossings; (2) any bridge destroyed prior to 1960; or (3) any ferry in existence on January 1, 1984. Amends Federal law relating to outdoor advertising to authorize the Secretary to reduce Federal-aid highway funds up to five percent of what would otherwise be a State's apportionment if the Secretary determines that the State has not made provisions for the effective control of outdoor advertising along the Interstate and primary system. (Currently, a ten percent reduction of such apportionment is mandated.) Sets guidelines for: (1) the effective control of outdoor advertising by the States; (2) Federal participation in State costs incurred for sign acquisition and removal; and (3) outdoor signs on federally-owned public lands. Directs the Secretary to make a minimum allocation among the States so that a State's percentage of total apportionments shall be at least 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in such State paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Adds total allocations as well as apportionments to the calculation of the 85 percent minimum funds. (Currently only apportioned programs are considered in the minimum allocation calculation.) Establishes the Federal-Aid Interstate-Primary Program to bring all elements of the primary system up to certain Federal standards. Declares that such program shall consist of projects for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing or improvement of the primary system and the Interstate system. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs States to use for Federal-aid highway projects the net income received from the use, sale, or lease of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of certain Federal highway programs. Requires the designation of a territorial Federal-aid highway system in each territory. Permits States to use Federal-aid highway funds earmarked for highway substitute projects for bicycle projects. Authorizes States to use one and one-half percent of apportioned Interstate Highway Transfer funds for highway planning and research facilities. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Provides for: (1) crediting the fair market value of private right-of-way donations for highway projects to the State matching share when such donations are made to the State; and (2) revesting such property to the donor if it is not required after environmental assessments. States that the fair market value of lands donated to the State of California for a State Route 73 relocation and construction project in Orange County shall first be credited toward payment of the non-Federal share of such project cost. Prohibits State documents regarding safety enhancement of potential accident sites, road conditions, or rail-highway crossings from being admitted into evidence in certain actions for damages. Makes "Buy American" provisions applicable to projects whose total costs exceed $500,000. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Authorizes the preferential employment of Indians on construction projects and contracts effected on Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with Indian tribal governments and the States to implement such preferential employment. Requires States to expend a minimum of ten percent of Federal-aid highway contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prescribes guidelines for a disadvantaged business enterprise program. Releases the State of Maryland from the requirement of accepting title to any road or portion thereof (such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway) in return for Federal participation in improvements to such Parkway. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (a nuclear waste storage repository in New Mexico). Sets forth obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Makes eligible for Federal-aid bridge funds costs incurred to mitigate harm to an historic bridge if the bridge remains part of the highway system. Requires States to identify historic bridges on the National Bridge Inventory. Requires the Transportation Research Board to review historic bridges and develop rehabilitation standards for such bridges. Sets forth allocation guidelines for forest highways for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to require the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways. Directs the Secretary to conduct a Combined Road Program Demonstration to test the feasibility of approaches for combining, streamlining, and increasing flexibility in the administration of the Federal-aid secondary, Federal-aid urban, and off-system urban and secondary bridge programs. Makes the State of California eligible for Federal-aid emergency relief funds for the total amount of the 1986 California flood disaster. Specifies priority construction projects to be implemented by the Secretary if requested to do so by a State highway department and if such projects are designated as part of a Federal-aid system. Requires the Secretary to approve from a State's apportionment the sums requested by a State highway department to implement such priority projects. Sets guidelines for the Federal share payable for such approved sums. Directs the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation (in conjunction with the State highway agencies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey) to repay Federal funds previously obligated for the Delaware Water Gap Bridge on Interstate 80. Requires the Commission and such States to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation if the Commission and such States decide to operate an uncompleted bridge on Interstate 78 as a toll bridge. Grants congressional consent to a supplemental agreement between Pennsylvania and New Jersey which: (1) grants the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission authority to collect tolls and revenues for the use of Commission facilities and to expend such revenues for existing non-toll bridges over the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and (2) authorizes such States to construct a bridge across the Delaware River in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Directs the Secretary to make arrangements with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of specified motor vehicle issues. Requires the TRB to report the study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of national highway-railroad crossing improvement and maintenance needs. Delineates the issues to be addressed by such study. Directs the Secretary to report such study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a public ferry boat service feasibility study in consultation with the highway departments of the States of Nebraska and South Dakota, and to report the results of such study to the Congress within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to approve (upon the joint request of the Governor of the State of Oregon and the local governments concerned) a substitute transit project for construction of a light rail transit system in lieu of certain interstate lanes. Requests the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review specified reports relating to the United States Route 13 Relief Route for the purpose of modifying an existing canal project to provide a new structure for the selected alignment of such relief route. Expresses the sense of the Congress that States and local governments should: (1) include damages to highways, equipment, and the environment when calculating the real cost of deicing materials; and (2) use calcium magnesium acetate as an alternative deicing material. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding a highway feasibility study for a proposed route from Louisiana to Arkansas and Missouri. Makes certain unobligated balances available for specified projects. Makes certain parkway funds available to finance the cost of upgrading from two lanes to four lanes a highway providing access from Route 25 E through that portion of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park which lies within the State of Virginia. Sets guidelines under which the State matching share for the Calder Bridge Project across the St. Joe River in Idaho may be credited by the fair market value of land and construction. Revises the guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to pay to a State the Federal share of construction costs in cases where such State has incurred such costs in advance of Federal apportionments. Requires that the wages paid to laborers and mechanics employed under any contract or subcontract exceeding $250,000 for highway construction on the Federal-aid system be not less than the rates prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction in the immediate locality. Directs the Secretary to approve construction of Interstate highway H-3 in Hawaii. Permits Federal-aid highway funds for highways in States with a maximum speed limit exceeding 55 miles per hour if such highways are on the Interstate system located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more. Prohibits Federal-aid highway funds if the highways located on such Interstate system have a maximum speed limit exceeding 65 miles per hour.
Bill· SS. 65 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends Federal law relating to maximum speed limits on any public highway to direct the Secretary of Transportation to disapprove State highway projects seeking Federal proportional contribution if: (1) such highways have a maximum speed limit in any urbanized area (currently, any State public highway) exceeding 55 miles an hour; and (2) the maximum speed limit on any other public highway in the requesting State exceeds 65 miles per hour. Directs the Secretary to reduce the Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to a State if data submitted by such State indicates that the percentage of motor vehicles exceeding 55 miles an hour in any urbanized area (currently, any area) is greater than 50 percent.
Bill· SS. 51 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Prohibition of Smoking in Public Conveyances Act of 1987 - Prohibits any person from smoking in: (1) any regularly scheduled public conveyance which is traveling within the United States; (2) a waiting area in a terminal for a public conveyance (unless such area is designated for smoking); or (3) any public restroom in a terminal for a public conveyance. Defines "public conveyance" as any vehicle of a privately or publicly owned common carrier providing passenger service, including air, rail, boat, ship, or bus service. Establishes fines in specified amounts for violations of this Act. Authorizes any person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring an action for injunctive relief in the appropriate Federal district court. Authorizes the court to award costs and reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys. Authorizes the States to enforce State laws relating to smoking which are more restrictive than the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 378 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Permits the reappointment on a case-by-case basis of a specified number of air traffic controllers who were separated from service for participation in a strike initiated on August 3, 1981. Requires such reappointments to be made in FY 1987 and 1988 by the Secretary of Transportation, according to prescribed guidelines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such reinstatements should not: (1) cause the separation or reduction in grade of any other air traffic controller; or (2) interfere with training opportunities which would otherwise be afforded to air traffic controllers seeking to become fully qualified.
Bill· HRH.R. 432 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Airline Anti-Smoking Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger-carrying aircraft in interstate or overseas transportation. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations to implement this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 327 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to prohibit the approval of any project grant application for airport development unless the Secretary of Transportation has determined that at least ten percent of all businesses which sell consumer products at such airport are small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Bill· HRH.R. 377 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require air carriers to schedule takeoffs and landings at airports in a manner that does not exceed the capacity of such airports to handle such operations. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe procedures for such scheduling not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, including the monitoring of any necessary negotiations. Requires air carriers to enter into an initial agreement, not later than 60 days after enactment, which establishes a conforming operation schedule. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe schedules if air carriers do not enter into such agreement. Authorizes the Administrator to resolve any schedule disputes and to exempt air carriers from the antitrust laws to the extent necessary to implement agreements.
Bill· HRH.R. 298 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to require the Postal Service to contract with U.S. registered vessels for international sea transportation of mail. Requires rate charges for such transportation to comply with the Shipping Act of 1984. Authorizes competitive bidding for such contracts and limits such contracts to a one-year duration. Prohibits the Postal Service from contracting with vessels based on cargo container size, unless necessary.
Bill· HRH.R. 335 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the importation, manufacture, transfer, and transport of handguns (except by members of the armed forces, by law enforcement officers, and as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury).
Bill· HRH.R. 372 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Infrastructure Protection Act of 1987 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund (for both the Federal aid highway program and the Mass Transit Account), the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and the Inland Waterways Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Funds from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such Trust Funds from any general statutory budget limitation.
Bill· HRH.R. 82 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to require that vessels used to transport municipal sewage sludge be built in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 262 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Safe Pipeline Act of 1987 - Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 and the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of Energy to promulgate minimum Federal standards requiring pipeline facilities operators to: (1) furnish appropriate local governments with detailed maps showing exact locations of pipeline facilities and a complete inventory and description of all substances transported through such facilities; (2) provide certain public safety agencies with such maps, inventories, and descriptions, including an operator's emergency and maintenance manual; (3) notify certain commercial and residential property owners of the location of certain pipeline facilities and of action to take if pipeline hazards are found; (4) post conspicuous signs on all public streets under which such pipeline facilities pass; (5) convert all required shut-off valves to automatic shut-off valves; (6) equip certain pipeline facilities with automatic shut-off valves; and (7) submit a complete inventory to the Secretary regarding all types of pipeline used in such operator's system. Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate minimum Federal standards to require testing and pipeline facilities inspections at specified intervals. Proscribes the siting of new pipelines within 150 feet of a residence, school, nursing home, hospital, or correctional institution, or any other permanently inhabited facility. Directs the Secretary to establish a liaison between the Office of Pipeline Safety and corresponding State agencies in order to coordinate effective responses to pipeline accidents. Subjects to a fine or imprisonment persons who damage or remove pipeline signs or right-of-way markers provided for by Federal law or regulation. Requires the Secretary to draft regulations requiring pipeline operators to participate in the creation of "One-Call" systems in those States where the operators' facilities exist. Requires excavators, demolitionists, and blasting operators to contact the "One-Call" number before commencing such activities. Imposes liability on such persons for damage to underground pipelines or utilities if they fail to contact the "One-Call" number. Requires the Secretary to establish a certification program for State pipeline inspectors to conduct pipeline inspections at the request of the Office of Pipeline Safety. Empowers certified State agents to enforce Federal rules governing pipeline facilities. Requires the Secretary to propose regulations for increased Federal oversight in the design and construction of new pipeline facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 74 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 - Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) embedded in submerged lands of a State; (2) embedded in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register, and the public is given adequate notice of the location of the shipwreck. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties.
Bill· HRH.R. 195 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to increase from $1,000 to $10,000 the civil penalty for certain safety violations of such Act or of its regulations by persons operating aircraft for the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire. Provides a civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Provides that any air carrier (or agent) who intentionally: (1) fails to make or maintain certain reports required under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, or falsifies such reports, is subject to a $5,000 fine in the case of an individual, or to a $10,000 fine in the case of an organization; or (2) conceals or falsifies a material fact, or invites reliance upon a false representation concerning a material fact regarding Federal Aviation Administration air safety reports, shall incur a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, or a maximum term of five years' imprisonment, or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 172 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Prohibits vessels transporting Alaskan oil to any port in California east or south of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa from using any route passing through the territorial or international waters which lie between such islands and the coast of California. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 300 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Maritime Agreements Act - Authorizes the President to negotiate a maritime agreement with a U.S. trading partner whenever: (1) an opportunity exists to promote free, fair, and open competition in international ocean shipping services; (2) it is necessary to protect national security interests; (3) a trading partner imposes restrictive trade barriers or unfair trade practices on the U.S. ocean shipping service industry; or (4) it furthers certain other purposes. Directs the President to negotiate a maritime agreement: (1) within two years, with a trading partner whose waterborne trade with the United States equals or exceeds one percent of the total U.S. foreign waterborne trade and where less than one-third of that trade is carried by U.S. documented vessels; or (2) with a lesser trading partner whenever that trading partner requests a maritime agreement. Sets forth certain essential provisions that must be contained in such agreement. Prohibits the United States from restricting a U.S. documented vessel from participating in the U.S. share of a trade that is the subject of a maritime agreement as long as the vessel complies with other U.S. laws. Provides sanctions if a trading partner whose waterborne trade equals or exceeds one percent of the total U.S. waterborne trade refuses to accept the essential conditions that must be contained in a maritime agreement.
Bill· HRH.R. 132 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Maritime Dry Bulk Trade and Revitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Maritime Administration is operating to negotiate a Governing International Maritime Agreement: (1) with each nation with which the United States traded a specified amount of dry bulk cargo in 1984; and (2) with nations whose U.S. trade was less than the specified amount if such a nation asks to negotiate an agreement. Lists the essential provisions of a Governing International Maritime Agreement. Directs the Secretary to enter into such an agreement with any group of nations which desires to execute the agreement on a regional basis. Prohibits such an agreement from becoming effective until 60 days after it is transmitted to the Congress. Sets forth procedures for congressional review and veto of such an agreement. Prohibits a non-national-flag ship from transporting dry bulk cargo with a trading partner except as authorized by the Governing International Maritime Agreement. Provides that five years after enactment of this Act: (1) non-national-flag ships not documented under the laws of a trading partner are prohibited from transporting dry bulk cargo; and (2) such ships documented under the laws of a trading partner are authorized to transport dry bulk cargo between the United States and any nation not a party to such an agreement. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to implement procedures to insure that non-national-flag ships do not transport bulk cargo in excess of the authorized amount. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to assist in implementing this Act. Requires such advisory committee to report annually to the Congress on its activities. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on actions taken pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 316 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends Federal law relating to construction by States in advance of apportionment to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to pay the Federal share of a State's highway construction project costs when a State: (1) has obligated all highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge funds apportioned or allocated to it, or has used or demonstrates that it will use the obligation authority allocated to it; and (2) proceeds to construct a highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge project without the aid of Federal funds; or (3) proceeds to construct any project on the Federal-aid primary system, including the Interstate System, without the aid of Federal funds. Provides that the Federal share of a State's construction costs on the Interstate System shall include the interest earned and payable on bonds issued by the State to the extent that the bond proceeds have been expended in the construction of such projects on the System. Prohibits the Secretary from approving applications for the Federal share of construction costs if the amount of approved applications in the category of funds involved exceeds certain apportionments for the applicant State.
Bill· HRH.R. 315 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Authorizes the State of Maryland to request a modification of the transfer concept plan approved with respect to the withdrawal of certain interstate routes in the vicinity of Cumberland, Maryland. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve such request: (1) if such State submits it to the Secretary before a specified deadline; and (2) if such modification will not result in any increase in the amount of funds available for the Federal share of substitute projects under the transfer concept plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 185 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Revises Federal procedures regarding the establishment of interstate cost estimates to direct the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such estimates for construction funds and substitute highway and urban transit projects on October 1 of 1987-1989, using the Federal share of the latest transmitted estimate (as adjusted), if the Congress has not approved such estimates by that time.
Bill· HRH.R. 194 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Air Passenger Safety and Equity Act of 1987 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from being included in: (1) the Federal budget totals submitted by the President; or (2) the congressional budget. Exempts such receipts and disbursements from any general budget limitation imposed upon Federal expenditures or budget outlays.
Bill· HRH.R. 328 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to require that a minimum of ten percent of funds authorized for airport development be expended with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Bill· HRH.R. 263 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Repeals the national maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should not establish a maximum speed limit exceeding: (1) 55 miles per hour on public highways in urbanized areas; and (2) 70 miles per hour on any other public highways.
Bill· HRH.R. 198 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Emergency Public Works Employment Act of 1987 - Establishes a public works employment program of labor-intensive projects for the construction, repair, renovation, and improvement of public facilities. Requires that Federal payments made under this Act be used for the construction, renovation, repair, and improvement of local public works owned or operated by a local government or territory. Prohibits the use of such Federal payments for the acquisition of any interest in real property, for the construction of any recreational or cultural facility, or for paying maintenance costs for projects constructed under this Act. Specifies criteria for the apportionment of funds and payments under this Act. Requires grant applicants under this Act to make specified assurances to the Secretary of the Treasury, including assurances that: (1) any project funded under this Act will be completed within 12 months of receipt of a payment; (2) payments will be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to increase employment of unemployed individuals; (3) any project funded under this Act will not be performed directly by any department, agency, or instrumentality of a participating government and such project will be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding; (4) no currently employed individual will be displaced; and (5) any project funded under this Act will be accessible to the handicapped and elderly. Requires the Secretary to carry out an audit on each completed project funded by this Act. Requires all grant recipients to maintain such records as the Secretary prescribes. Grants the Secretary and the Comptroller General access to all books and records of a grant recipient for purposes of audit and examination. Directs the Secretary to withhold ten percent of any payment under this Act until the completion of the audit. Authorizes the Secretary to retain any withheld funds if the Secretary finds a violation of the requirements of this Act. Specifies that the number of unemployed persons and the severity of unemployment in a State or county shall be determined, for purposes of this Act, only for the civilian work force and shall be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the expeditious implementation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 201 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Infrastructure Improvement and Public Productivity Act - Sets out State apportionments for amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop a representative tax system similar to a previously published tax system, to provide public notice of such system and opportunity to comment, and to submit a report on such system to the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable. States that such tax system shall take effect not sooner than 45 days after publication in final form in the Federal Register and concurrent transmittal to each House of the Congress. Sets aside one percent of amounts appropriated under this Act for research and development in the repair, maintenance, and future improvement of public facilities. Sets aside a percentage for Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories. Directs the chief executive officer of each State and territory to set aside one percent of any amounts apportioned to such State or territory for capital budgeting and capital improvement programs. Directs such chief executive officer, after setting aside the proper amounts, to make the remainder available for grants for the construction, reconstruction, renovation, and repair of public facilities. States that a grant under this Act for a project for which no other Federal grant is made shall be for 50 percent of the cost of the project. Specifies limited conditions under which grants shall be made, including the requirement that the proposed project must expand the economic base, promote economic diversity, or enhance the economic development opportunities in the area. Directs the chief executive officer, in selecting projects for grants, to consider the ability of the proposed project to stimulate additional capital spending. Requires funds apportioned to a State to be allocated between rural and urban areas in an equitable manner in accordance with a specified formula. Directs the chief executive officer to conduct an audit of each project completed with a grant under this Act. Directs recipients of such grants to keep records to enable such officer to complete such audits, and to make such records available to the chief executive officer. Directs the Secretary to use the most recent available information before an apportionment is made to determine such apportionment. Directs the Secretary to determine population on the same basis that the Secretary determines resident population for general statistical purposes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.
Bill· HRH.R. 11 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of an emergency fund for use by the National Transportation Safety Board (the Board) for accident investigations. Repeals the requirement that the National Transportation Safety Board publish notice of the issuance and availability of its accident reports in the Federal Register. Empowers the Board to conduct schools for the training of Board employees, and to authorize attendance at such schools by U.S. and foreign government personnel as well as transportation industry personnel. Authorizes the Board to require payment from governmental entities for the reasonable cost of goods and services supplied, and to apply the funds received to the Board's appropriations. Authorizes the Board to require reports from persons involved in accidents and incidents involving civilian public aircraft.
Bill· HRH.R. 8 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Title I: Budgetary Treatment of Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Fund from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such Trust Fund from any general statutory budget limitation. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to estimate: (1) the amount of unfunded aviation authorizations at the close of the next fiscal year; and (2) the net aviation receipts for the 24-month period beginning at the close of such fiscal year. Prescribes adjustment procedures for certain unfunded aviation authorizations, and for aviation apportionments. Requires the Secretary to report such estimates to specified congressional committees. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt specified Airport and Airway Trust Fund activities from any sequestration order issued under a certain section of the Act. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the Congress from considering specified changes to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Title II: Reduction in Aviation-Related Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for reduced specified aviation-related taxes, including the tax on noncommercial aviation gasoline. Requires the Secretary to determine annually and to publish in the Federal Register: (1) the unobligated balance of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; and (2) certain obligations and appropriations. Limits such tax reductions to certain years when obligations of and the unobligated balance in the Trust Fund meet specified criteria.
Bill· HRH.R. 75 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Transport Regulatory Reform Act of 1987 - Establishes within the legislative branch a 15-member Transportation Regulatory Commissions Nominating Commission. Requires the President to notify the Commission's chair of any vacancy occurring on the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission, or the National Transportation Safety Board. Requires the Commission to submit a list of at least three qualified individuals within 90 days of notification. Enumerates qualification requirements of nominees. Requires the President to nominate an individual for a vacancy within 90 days. Provides for a default to the first name on the Commission list if the President fails to make a nomination within the required time period. Provides for expedited committee consideration of nominees. Requires Commission membership to be drawn from transportation carriers and their organizations. Requires the Commission to submit nomination reports to the President of the Senate and biannual evaluations to the Congress.
Law· HRH.R. 2 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) apportion for FY 1987 and 1988 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such year for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; (2) transmit to the Congress within ten days after January 2, 1989, a revised cost estimate for completing the Interstate System; (3) use the Federal share of congressionally approved estimates in making apportionments for FY 1991; and (4) apportion for FY 1987 certain sums for substitute highway and urban mass transit projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991. States that 25 percent of substitute highway project funds for FY 1984 through 1991 shall be distributed at the Secretary's discretion. Directs the Secretary to use the Federal share of certain congressionally approved substitute highway cost estimates in making apportionments for FY 1984 through 1991. Sets distribution guidelines for the apportionment of substitute transit funds for FY 1984 through 1991. Authorizes additional amounts for substitute mass transit projects beginning FY 1987. States that if the State of Oregon completes a certain highway segment in Washington County (Oregon), the non-Federal share of such segment's construction costs shall include all funds expended by private land developers after January 1, 1980. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to authorize appropriations for the Interstate System through FY 1993. Sets a ceiling, with specified exceptions, for the total of all obligations for Federal-Aid Highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1988 through 1991. Sets guidelines for redistribution by the Secretary of unused obligational authority among the States. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1991 for: (1) the Interstate rehabilitation program; (2) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (3) the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas; (4) the Federal-aid urban system; (5) Indian reservation roads; (6) forest highways; (7) public lands highways; and (8) parkways and park highways. Requires that a minimum of ten percent of the authorized appropriations be expended with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Revises the apportionment ratios for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Extends the authorization formula for Federal-aid primary systems from FY 1986 to 1991. Revises the definition of "construction" to include the elimination of roadside obstacles. States that engineering and design services contracts shall be awarded under the same criteria as are contracts for architectural and engineering services under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Authorizes a State or local governmental body that receives Federal funds to impose limitations upon contracts awarded to contractors doing business in South Africa. Requires contracts relating to State highway department construction projects upon the Federal-aid system to include a standard clause concerning site conditions which differ from those specified in the contract. Permits the use of convict labor and convict-produced materials in highway construction on Federal-aid systems: (1) if such convicts are on supervised release; or (2) if the materials are produced by convicts in a qualified prison facility, but the amount of materials produced in any 12-month period does not exceed the amount previously produced in such facility during the 12-month period ending July 1, 1985. Requires States which identify non-Federal highway funding sources on highway signs to similarly identify federally-assisted construction projects which are funded out of the Highway Trust Fund. Sets limitation guidelines upon the aggregate amount of funds authorized to a State for highway substitute projects, Federal-aid system projects, or bridge projects. Provides that apportioned funds not obligated within the authorized fiscal year for the Interstate System within a State shall be made available by the Secretary according to certain priorities (including high cost projects for construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes and other lanes on any highway in Los Angeles County, California, designated as part of the Interstate System). Authorizes the Secretary to make discretionary funds available to California for construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes, even if such State does not meet certain eligibility criteria. Requires the Secretary to set aside specified sums from the Interstate 4R program (reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, and restoration) for discretionary projects. Directs the Secretary to give priority consideration to projects costing more than $10,000,000 on high-volume urban routes or high-truck volume rural routes. Outlines the factors which the Secretary should consider when selecting State recipients of such discretionary funding. Authorizes the value of certain unused right-of-way in the State of Arizona to be credited to the unobligated balance of certain funds apportioned to the State. Makes funds available to Puerto Rico for construction of access and development roads on a Federal-aid system. Requires that Federal funds used for projects on State toll roads be repaid to the Treasury if such toll roads do not become free to the public upon collection of sufficient tolls to liquidate their costs or any outstanding bonds (as well as the costs of maintenance, operation, and debt service during the toll collection period). Permits States to transfer unconditionally 20 percent of their Interstate 4R each year to primary projects. Permits such funds to be used at the same 90 percent Federal matching share as for Interstate projects, except where law provides for a higher matching share. Makes eligible for full Federal financing the costs of certain highway safety construction projects, including traffic signs, highway lights, guardrails, and impact attenuators. States that the Federal share payable for the Great River Road projects, at State request, may be less than 95 percent, but not less than 75 percent. Increases by five percent (up to a maximum of 95 percent) the Federal share payable for highway or bridge construction projects in which significant amounts of coal ash are used. Increases from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 the limits on emergency relief grants for each State for each disaster. Increases such limit to $55,000,000 for each State for each disaster occurring in calendar year 1985, and to $100,000,000 for each disaster in calendar year 1986. Makes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for emergency relief funding. Makes eligible for Federal assistance a project to repair any portion of an interstate route in the vicinity of Salt Lake City, Utah, damaged by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake in 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the State of Utah for any work carried out on such project. Exempts tank trucks and ocean transport containers, and any motor vehicle hauling any dump trailer from vehicle weight and length limitations until September 1, 1988. Allows Federal participation in a State toll road which is part of the Interstate System even though the State highway department and the toll road authority have incurred an indebtedness to finance certain ineligible construction expenses for a feature recommended by a final environmental impact statement. Permits the State to use toll receipts to defray such costs, for which Federal funds may not be used. Reduces by a minimum of five percent (but not more than ten percent) certain Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to any State which the Secretary of Transportation has determined has not made provisions for effective control of outdoor advertising along the Interstate System and the Federal-aid primary system. Requires States to maintain an annual inventory of outdoor advertising subject to this Act. Prescribes guidelines for the effective control of outdoor advertising. Prohibits the States from establishing, after July 1, 1987, any area as unzoned commercial or industrial (for outdoor advertising purposes) if it had not been designated as such prior to that date. Sets just compensation guidelines for the removal of outdoor advertising prohibited by this Act. Increases the amounts set aside for the discretionary bridge program through FY 1991. Restricts the obligation of funds under such program to certain highway bridge rehabilitation projects. States that from 15 percent to 35 percent of the amount of State apportionments for FY 1987 through FY 1991 shall be expended for highway bridge rehabilitation projects on public roads other than those on a Federal-aid system. Declares the General Bridge Act inapplicable to bridges over waters used by recreational boating, fishing, and other small vessels with a length of 21 feet or less. Requires the Secretary to submit a bridge report to the Congress biennially along with the Highway Conditions and Performance Report. Authorizes the Secretary to approve, upon application by Arkansas, Federal assistance for construction of a highway bridge to replace ferryboat service. Limits the Federal share of such construction cost to 80 percent. Limits the amount of certain Interstate highway funds which the States may expend for purposes of transportation planning. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for Federal-aid highway purposes for 1984 and after. Directs the Secretary to establish national bridge safety inspection standards for all highway bridges. Prescribes guidelines for such standards. Directs the Secretary to establish a training program for bridge inspectors. Provides that the net income received by a State as of FY 1988 from airspace rights-of-way acquired using Federal assistance from the Highway Trust Fund shall be used for Federal-aid highway projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a strategic highway research program; and (2) set aside specified funds for FY 1987 through 1991 to implement such program. Requires that at least one quarter of one percent of the funds expended under landscaping contracts in any State in any fiscal year be used for planting native wildflower seeds and seedlings. Authorizes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct a State Police Barracks on certain State-owned property. Changes Buy American provisions to increase from 50 percent to 85 percent the domestic content requirements for certain manufacturers of buses and other rolling stock. Makes such requirements inapplicable to contracts entered into before January 6, 1987. Increases the bid price differential for foreign manufacturers from 10 percent to 25 percent. Requires the Secretary to apply equally to each highway, mass transit and highway safety program any percentage reduction which is implemented in accordance with certain sequestration orders issued by the President. Makes eligible for Federal-aid highway funds the construction costs of the alternative for any Interstate route recommended in any final environmental impact statement submitted by the State of Massachusetts in September 1983 and approved by the Secretary. Sets apportionment guidelines for such project. Declares eligible for Interstate construction funds park and ride facilities, and direct access connectors between such facilities in the vicinity of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and high occupancy vehicle lanes connecting Miami and Jacksonville, Florida. Authorizes Arkansas to use apportioned funds for the planning, design, and construction of a specified highway. Makes certain interstate lane construction projects eligible for certain Federal-aid highway funds. Authorizes the Secretary to approve (upon the joint request of the Governor of California and the local governments concerned) a substitute transit construction project for a fixed-guideway system in lieu of eligible interstate lane construction if the substitute project is in or adjacent to the proposed right-of-way for such lanes. Directs the Secretary to approve certain transfer concept plan modifications requested by the Governors of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Connecticut which include substitute highway and mass transit projects. Prescribes criteria for such approval. Declares that upon repayment by the State of New York of the amount of Federal funds expended to acquire property for the portion of I-478 which was withdrawn from the Interstate System, such State will be deemed to have met its repayment requirements. Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for highway construction, planning, and design in the vicinity of Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding a review of existing studies relating to traffic congestion in such vicinity. Exempts a certain privately-owned facility located on specified Interstate routes in Michigan from Federal prohibitions against commercial establishments on commercial rights-of-way of the Interstate System. Declares that the fair market value of any lands donated to California for the right-of-way for relocation and construction of a certain highway in Orange County shall be credited to the non-Federal share of such project costs. Requires the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia to restrict the use of the Shirley Highway express lanes during rush hours to high occupancy vehicles, emergency vehicles, and motorcycles. Authorizes appropriations for railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects for FY 1987 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 for rights-of-way acquisition and railroad construction costs in the vicinity of Carbondale, Illinois. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make a grant to each State within which the Consolidated Rail Corporation operates a rail vehicle safety demonstration program over railroad-highway crossings; and (2) report to the Congress regarding such program's effectiveness in improving railroad-highway crossing safety. Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1987 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to implement specified highway demonstration projects in certain States, and to submit status reports to the Congress regarding such projects. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY 1987 through 1991. Makes certain funds earmarked for parkways available to finance the upgrading of a certain highway providing access through a portion of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (Virginia). Directs the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation (in conjunction with the State highway agencies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey) to repay Federal funds previously obligated for the Delaware Water Gap Bridge on Interstate 80. Requires the Commission and such States to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation if the Commission and such States decide to operate an uncompleted bridge on Interstate 78 as a toll bridge. Grants congressional consent to a supplemental agreement between Pennsylvania and New Jersey which: (1) grants the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission authority to collect tolls and revenues for the use of Commission facilities and to expend such revenues for existing non-toll bridges over the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and (2) authorizes such States to construct a bridge across the Delaware River in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Designates a certain portion of an Oklahoma State Route which lies on the Federal-aid primary system as United States Highway 377. Designates a certain bridge crossing the Mississippi River near Le Claire, Iowa, as the Fred Schwengel Bridge. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies and report to the Congress regarding: (1) highway apportionment and allocation formulas; (2) enforcement of vehicle weight limitation on bridges (authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for such study); (3) highway bridges which cross rail lines; and (4) parking for handicapped persons. Requires the Secretary to make a grant to the California Department of Transportation to determine the feasibility of using a highway electrification system as an energy source for highway vehicles. Authorizes appropriations for such grant for FY 1987 through 1989. Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies and report to the Congress regarding: (1) the cost-effectiveness of upgrading a certain highway between Pennsylvania and New York State; (2) State bridge management programs; (3) minimum Federal guidelines for maintenance of the Federal-aid primary, secondary and urban systems; (4) a proposed highway from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Texarkana, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Carthage and Kansas City, Missouri; (5) construction of a bypass highway around the city of Sebastopol, California (authorizes appropriations for such study for FY 1987); and (6) construction of a major highway on an inland route in the vicinity of Buffalo, New York. Prohibits the obligation of funds for a project to widen any State route through the historic district of the village of Hudson, Ohio, or for the construction of any alternative or bypass route within one mile of such historic district, unless the village council of such village specifically approves the project. Rescinds certain amounts available under the urban high density program. Makes certain funds available out of the Highway Trust Fund for a certain urban high density program designated in the State of Indiana. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a public ferry boat service which would connect two Federal-aid highways in the vicinity of Niobrara, Nebraska, and Springfield, South Dakota. Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1987 - Highway Safety Act of 1988 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987-1991 for the following programs: (1) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (2) hazard elimination; and (3) highway safety research and development under the auspices of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. Authorizes appropriations for highway safety programs for FY 1987 through 1991 implemented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 for highway safety programs implemented by the NHTSA. Sets forth the minimum amount of authorized funds which must be obligated for enforcement of the national speed limit and for safety belt programs. Sets an obligation ceiling for highway safety programs for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth a weighted compliance formula to be used by the Secretary in determining a State's apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds based upon State enforcement of the national speed limit. Revises the State eligibility criteria under which the States may receive alcohol traffic safety program grants. Authorizes the Secretary to test a new drug and alcohol testing technology, and to determine its potential for preventing drug and alcohol related traffic deaths. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such technology. Directs the Secretary to commission the National Academy of Sciences to study the most effective safety measures regarding the transportation of children in school buses. Requires the Academy to report the findings of such report to the Secretary and the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside funds for FY 1989 through 1991 for making grants to States to implement schoolbus safety measures which the Secretary determines are the most effective. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary from establishing final minimum standards regarding splash and spray suppressant devices (on trucks and trailers) until the Secretary has determined that: (1) such devices will substantially reduce splash and spray and improve visibility; (2) such standards are technologically practicable; and (3) there exist three or more unaffiliated manufacturers capable of manufacturing devices meeting the standards to be established. Declares that State reports regarding certain hazard elimination programs and rail-highway crossings are inadmissible evidence in any action for damages arising out of matters referred to in such reports. Revises the definition of "highway safety improvement project" to include a project which installs emergency motorist-aid call boxes. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Amends the National Driver Register Act of 1982 to extend the deadline by which the Secretary is required to: (1) promulgate final rules regarding establishment of the National Driver Register; (2) begin a pilot test program for an electronic information retrieval system regarding individual motor vehicle driving records; and (3) report to the Congress regarding the Register. Modifies Federal law regarding highway safety programs to require States to establish programs that are in accordance with Federal guidelines (thus allowing more flexibility to the States which must currently comply with Federal standards). Eliminates the requirement of State driver education training programs as a condition of Federal financial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the most effective highway safety measures through rulemaking, in consultation with the States. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to conduct a national highway safety education and information campaign, using specified techniques and practices found to be most effective under certain Federal guidelines. Prohibits the obligation of certain authorized funds for any education or information program conducted in connection with the implementation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive investigation of railroad-highway crossing needs (in consultation with specified groups) and to report to the Congress regarding such investigation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of problems facing older drivers; (2) request the Academy to report to the Secretary and the Congress regarding such study; (3) develop a pilot program of highway safety improvements to enhance the safety and mobility of older drivers; (4) encourage the States to implement such program with highway safety improvement funds; and (5) evaluate such program and report to the Congress on its effectiveness. Rescinds a specified amount of unobligated contract authority for airport development and planning made available under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Title III: Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1987 - Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1987 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to replace the letters of intent procedure with provisions which authorize the Secretary to enter into multi-year contracts for the construction of mass transportation facilities. Requires the Secretary to submit annually to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) a proposal on the total amount of funding needed to finance grants and loans for bus and bus-related activities, rail modernization, and the construction and extension of fixed-guideway systems; and (2) a proposal on the allocation of such funds to finance grants and loans for rail modernization and fixed-guideway construction and extension projects. Makes such proposals effective upon approval by law. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary is authorized to approve advance construction for certain mass transportation projects. Prohibits the issuance of funds for new fixed-guideway systems or extensions unless such projects are determined to be: (1) based on the results of alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering; (2) cost-effective; and (3) supported by local financial commitment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1991 for public transportation projects substituted for withdrawn Interstate segments. Permits certain grant recipients to continue the preferential fare collection system for elderly and handicapped persons in lieu of the collection of half-fares for such persons. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to require the development of long-term financial plans for regional urban mass transit improvements and the revenue to implement such improvements. Permits block grants to be made to implement an urban mass transportation program of projects in whole or in part. Excludes certain advertising and concession revenues from consideration as a revenue source for purposes of the Federal block grant program for urban mass transportation. Requires Federal block grant recipients to submit an annual report to the Secretary regarding revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions relating to the operation of a public mass transportation system. Revises the limitations placed upon the use of certain apportioned funds by small urbanized areas for operating assistance. Extends from 1984 to 1992 the authority for (block grant) recipients to transfer capital assistance for operating assistance. Limits the use of discretionary amounts resulting from such transfer to the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities. Prohibits certain grant recipients after FY 1986 from making such transfers except for emergency repairs or pursuant to predated authority. Authorizes State governors to transfer funds apportioned for expenditure in an urbanized area of less than 200,000 population to supplement funds apportioned to other urbanized areas within the State upon the approval of the local elected officials and publicly owned operators of mass transit services in each area with respect to which the funding was originally apportioned. Sets a deadline by which funds appropriated for the block grant program must be apportioned. Directs the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions. Sets forth criteria to be met by grant recipients. Establishes in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to: (1) coordinate the research and training to be carried out by grant recipients; (2) disseminate the results of such research; (3) act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry; and (4) review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers. Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1987 through 1991. Authorizes certain grant recipients under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to contract directly with the original manufacturer or supplier of an associated capital maintenance item to replace it if such recipient certifies that: (1) such manufacturer or supplier is the only source for such item; and (2) the price of the item is no higher than the price paid by like customers. Provides that contracts for engineering and design services under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 shall be awarded in the same manner as contracts for architectural and engineering services under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (or equivalent State qualifications-based requirements). Authorizes grant recipients under such Act to restrict the awarding of contracts to persons which conduct business in South Africa if such recipient first enters into an agreement with the Secretary that the excess costs resulting from such restriction will not be considered a cost of a project under such Act. Makes eligible for construction assistance: (1) any bus remanufacturing project which extends the economic life of a bus eight years or more; and (2) any project for the overhaul of rolling stock, whether or not such overhaul increases the useful life of the rolling stock. Lowers the expense threshold for associated capital maintenance items which are eligible for certain mass transportation block grants. Makes the Federal grant for any mass transportation construction project 80 percent of the net project cost. States that the extent to which the private sector will participate in the provision of mass transportation functions and services shall be decided at the State and local levels by grant applicants, not by the Secretary. Prohibits the use of funds for new bus acquisitions unless a model of such a new bus has been tested at a specified bus testing facility established pursuant to this Act. Provides for fee collection for testing at the facility. Authorizes appropriations for such facility for FY 1987 and 1988. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations requiring a preaward and postdelivery audit regarding any grant under this Act for the purchase of buses. States that the protective arrangements regarding employee interests made by public agencies receiving Federal assistance to mass transportation shall not restrict the rights of such recipients from entering into mass transportation contracts with private entities. States that the Federal share for certain non-required capital improvement projects which enhance the accessibility of elderly and handicapped persons to public transportation service shall be 95 percent of the net cost of such project. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for block grants and for a formula grant program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1991 for specified activities, and authorizes appropriations for certain projects for FY 1987 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to use grant program funds to contract directly for construction management oversight on major capital projects. States that the Federal share of such projects shall be 100 percent, and limits the amount of funds which the Secretary may use to enter into construction management oversight contracts. Makes bicycle facilities construction projects near mass transportation facilities eligible for Federal assistance. Declares the Federal share of such projects shall be 90 percent. Requires the Secretary to enter into a multi-year contract with: (1) the Southern California Rapid Transit District to complete a specified segment of a certain Los Angeles Metro Rail Project; and (2) the Mississippi River Bridge Authority of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to complete transit lanes on a certain bridge. Increases the amount of apportioned funds which may be used for operating assistance with respect to urbanized areas in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida, for each fiscal year in which onsite construction is implemented on a certain Interstate route in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. Restricts such increased operating assistance to commuter rail service provided as a maintenance-of-traffic measure during the construction period. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make a grant to an eligible local public body to conduct an electric bus line feasibility study using certain bus technology being developed in California; and (2) conduct a feasibility study in cooperation with the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding restoration of abandoned trolley services. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such study results. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive mass transportation plan for the Virgin Islands and report to the Congress on it within one year of enactment of this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which the Interstate Commerce Commission shall issue bus carrier certificates to recipients of governmental assistance. Subjects the issuance of intrastate passenger transportation certificates to the condition that any intrastate transportation service be provided only if the carrier provides regularly scheduled interstate transportation service on the route. Title IV: Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 - Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to revise various definitions for purposes of such Act. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its responsibilities by accepting the certification by a State agency that it will implement State law to carry out the Federal relocation assistance program, provided that the lead agency determines that such State law will accomplish the purpose and effect of this Act. Requires the head of such agency, prior to accepting certification, to provide interested parties with an opportunity for public review and comment, and to consult with interested local governments. Directs the head of the lead agency to monitor and report biennially to the Congress on State agency implementation of such certification. Permits an agency to withdraw acceptance of a certification after providing the State government with notice. Permits a Federal agency to withhold approval of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with any displacing agency found to have failed to comply with certification or State law. Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced small business, nonprofit organization, or displaced farm at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by the head of a lead agency. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Increases the maximum amount of assistance that a displacing agency may provide to a displaced homeowner for replacement housing. Requires such assistance to include an amount necessary to: (1) meet the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling as defined in this Act; and (2) compensate the displaced person for any increased financing costs. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Increases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to $6,000. Permits eligible displaced tenants to apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance may qualify for rental assistance, at the discretion of the lead agency. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming (and business) operations; and (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Authorizes advisory services to certain renters in properties acquired by a displacing agency. Directs the lead agency to require that provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons, if the project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available, be used to exceed housing replacement assistance ceilings only on a case-by-case basis and for good cause. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Requires the head of the lead agency to: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) perform such other duties as necessary. Requires the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist in and coordinate the salvaging of the foundation and associated structures of a certain historic house in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and to assist and coordinate the incorporation of such foundation and structures into the reconstruction of City Square at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Declares low-income housing assistance as income for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal law. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally-insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Authorizes the lead agency to prescribe a procedure under which Federal agencies may acquire real property without having it appraised. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the acquiring agency. Sets forth effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.