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Bill· SS. 1066 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Provides for criminal penalties for all who knowingly and willfully refuse or fail to file required reports, keep required data, or falsify records under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Provides criminal penalties for carriage of persons for compensation or hire without a certificate from the Secretary of Transportation. Increases the civil penalty limits for violations of the Act.
Bill· SS. 1072 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Authorizes the expenditure of Federal-aid highway funds on toll roads which are part of the Interstate System. (Amends Title 23 U.S.C.)
Bill· SS. 1065 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Authorizes the investment of the war risk insurance fund established for aircraft protection, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, in securities of, or guaranteed by, the United States. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1536(a))
Bill· SS. 1068 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Ratifies those payments made by the United States under the Federal Airport Act, for agreements that were entered into before September 21, 1961, and amended after September 21, 1961, but before January 21, 1969.
Bill· HRH.R. 5085 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Revises the Federal Aviation Act so as to establish a policy with respect to the use of United States air carriers for international movement by air of property procured, furnished or financed by the United States. Provide that the civil air carriers holding proper authorization from the Civil Aeronautics Board shall be used to the fullest extent practicable for all Department of Defense movements of persons or property by air between a place inside the United States and a place outside thereof or between two places both of which are outside the United States, to the extent such carriers are available at rates established under the Federal Aviation Act. Requires that as a minimum at least 50 percent of the annual gross tonnage (measured in ton-miles) of all property moved by the Department of Defense by air between a place in the United States and a place outside thereof, or between two places both of which are outside the United States, shall be transported by United States civil air carriers participating in the Civil Research Air Fleet program and holding certificates of public convenience and necessity under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act to the extent such carriers are available at rates established under such Act. States that the provisions of this Act will be waived whenever the Congress by concurrent resolution or otherwise, or the President of the United States or the Secretary of Defense, declares that an emergency exists justifying a temporary waiver of the provisions of this section and so notifies the appropriate agencies and certificated air carriers. Provides that every department or agency having responsibility under this Act shall administer its program under regulations issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5066 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Title I: Anti Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 20 years or for more than life. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist groups, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the Convention on International Civil Aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to Resolution A 17-10 of the Seventeenth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to establish and maintain a coordinated national police effort to curb acts of aircraft priracy and destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. Requires reports to the Congress by the Administrator and the Director concerning activities under this title. Gives the Administrator the power to authorize air carriers to refuse transportation to persons or property where there is a refusal to consent to search. Set forth criminal penalties for the carrying aboard an aircraft of weapons. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and each succeeding fiscal year to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5017 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Provides criminal penalties of up to life imprisonment or death, if the jury so recommends, for kidnapping and harming a person by means of taking unlawful control of an aircraft. Establishes an air transportation and security force at airports throughout the United States. Empowers this force to: (1) detain and search any person going aboard an aircraft; (2) search or inspect any property; (3) arrest any person on reasonable cause; and (4) carry firearms. Allows the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to provide training for State and local law enforcement personnel, and to utilize the air transportation security force to furnish assistance to an airport operator.
Bill· HRH.R. 5047 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Anti-Hijacking Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training, or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention.
Bill· SS. 1055 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - Provides for, an immediate and intensive national research and development program to produce, within 3 years, a motor vehicle engine system that is clean, quiet, energy-efficient, safe, and suited to our existing patterns of life. Authorizes the Low-Emission Vehicle Certification Board to carry out the program under this Act. Specifies that the Board be an interagency group as defined in the Clean Air Act and be composed of representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation, the Council of Environmental Quality and the General Services Administration. Authorizes the Board to develop vehicles which will comply with clean air standards and future emission standards that Congress may enact to protect the public health and welfare in high-population-density areas.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 72 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Directs the Committee on Commerce, or any subcommittee thereof, in accordance with its jurisdiction specified in the Standing Rules of the Senate, to make a complete and full study and investigation for the purpose of determining: (1) the reasons for the current financial problems of the Nation's railroads, particularly in certain regions; (2) the feasibility of a plan under which at the request of a railroad the Federal Government would purchase the railroad's right-of-way and appurtenant structures and devices except rolling stock used therewith and thereafter the railroad would pay for the use of such right-of-way on a revenue mile or other appropriate basis; (3) whether the Federal Government should undertake research for, and development of, new and improved railroad locomotives and cars; (4) whether the Federal Government should assist the railroads in providing a reserve pool of freight and specialty care and other equipment for use during periods of unusually high demand; and (5) such other matters as may be relevant to solving such financial problems. Requires the Committee to report to the Senate within 12 months the results of its study and investigation, together with its recommendations for any necessary legislation. Empowers the Committee on Commerce to expend such funds from the contigency fund of the Senate as are necessary for office space and supplies, hiring of staff, payment of expenses of witnesses and all other costs in connection with its study.
Bill· HRH.R. 5001 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Authorizes the State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a three-year basis, the effect of increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway.
Bill· HRH.R. 4970 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
See summary of: H.R. 870
Bill· HRH.R. 4945 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Air Transportation Security Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish, maintain, and direct a coordinated national police effort to curb acts of aircraft piracy and destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. Provides for cooperation and coordination with the efforts of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires the Director to maintain an air transportation security force, composed of agents of the Bureau, of sufficient size to provide a Federal law enforcement presence and capability adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation or intrastate air transportation. Provides for semiannual reports to Congress by the Director and the Administrator on their activities under this Act. Authorizes annual appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and for each succeeding fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4897 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Essential Rail Services Act - Title I: Definitions - Defines the various terms used in this Act. Title II: Northeast Rail Line Corporation - Creates the Northeast Rail Line Corporation. Establishes a thirteen member board of directors. Authorizes the Corporation to issue debentures of a face value of up to $1,000,000,000 for the purpose of financing the acquisition of rail lines of railroad companies in the Northeast region which are presently, or will be in the future, undergoing reorganization in bankruptcy proceedings. Requires the Corporation to maintain accurate books and records. Provides that the accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annually. Requires the Corporation to release to the public quarterly and annual reports. Title III: Acquisition of Rail Lines by the Corporation - Provides procedures for the conveyances of the rail lines of the bankrupt railroad companies. States that the compensation for the rail lines acquired by the Corporation shall be the net liquidation value of the property conveyed. Title IV: Operation of Corporation Rail Lines - Declares that upon the acquisition of the rail lines of any railroad company, the Corporation shall assume responsibility for the rehabilitation and maintenance of such rail lines, and for the operation of signaling and communication devices on such rail lines. Directs the Corporation to make capital improvements. Allows a railroad company which conveys its rail lines to the Corporation shall have the right to continue to carry passengers and freight in return for payment to the Corporation of sixty cents per thousand gross-ton-miles of locomotive and train operation. Grants the Corporation power to fix rights of trains, maximum train speeds, and other operational rules. Provides that the Corporation shall be responsible for all bodily injury and property damage arising out of any accident or occurrence caused by defects in or improper maintenance of track, roadbed, signals, communications, or other facilities owned or controlled by the Corporation or caused by the negligence of a Corporation employee. Title V: Financial Assistance - Authorizes an appropriation to the Secretary of Transportation in fiscal year 1974 of the sum of $5,000,000 to remain available until expended for disbursement to the corporation for the purpose of assisting in the initial organization and operation of the corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary for disbursement to the corporation such sums as may be necessary to bring all rail lines into compliance with the requirements of this Act and of the Rail Safety Act of 1970, but not to exceed $300,000,000 in each of the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary for disbursement to the corporation such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the corporation for the annual amounts spent for maintenance, State and local property taxes, capital improvements, and overhead expense, over and above annual receipts from user charges imposed by this Act. States that appropriations under this section shall not exceed $100,000,000 in any one fiscal year. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to perform such acts as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Grants jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Act to the United States district court. Provides that the Corporation or any railroad company violating any rule, regulation, order, or standard of this Act shall be fined between $250 and $2,500, as determined by the Secretary.
Bill· HRH.R. 4935 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 4944 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Title I: Airline Passenger Right to Travel Act - Provides for the implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or which he determines is used as a base of operations or training or as a sanctuary for terrorist organizations using the illegal seizure of aircraft as an instrument of policy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to revoke, with the approval of the Secretary of State, the operating authority of foreign air carriers who fail to meet the minimum standards set by the Convention to effectively maintain the security measures relating to the transportation of persons in foreign air transportation covered by the Convention. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purpose of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft. Sets forth penalties for the willful and malicious imparting or conveying of false information concerning an attempt to carry out any prohibited act contained in the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1020 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides that no permit issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board shall continue in force, and that no permit shall be issued by the Board, to a foreign air carrier which operates in any nation which does not agree to extradite to the United States, upon request of the United States, any person alleged by the United States to have committed or attempted to commit aircraft piracy within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1372(b))
Bill· SS. 1031 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Essential Rail Services Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes and Definitions - States that Congress finds that modern, efficient rail service is essential to interstate commerce and to national defense. States that the purpose of the Act is to provide Federal financial assistance for rehabilitation, maintenance, modernization, and any necessary restructuring of essential rail lines. Sets forth the definition of terms to be used in this Act. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires the designation of an interstate railroad system which would identify main lines in the United States which must be upgraded to standards which would insure dependable operation of freight trains at speeds up to 60 miles an hour and passenger trains at speeds up to 80 miles an hour. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide within 2 years a report on the long term capital needs for railroads. Title III: Northeast Rail Line Corporation - Provides for the creation of a Northeast Rail Line Corporation. States that the corporation shall be a not-for-profit entity with 13 members on the Board of Directors appointed by the President, affected States, railroads, Amtrak, rail labor, and shippers. Sets for th the powers of the corporation. Title IV: Acquisition of Rail Lines By the Corporation - Provides that, within 6 months after enactment of the Act, the Corporation will acquire all track and roadbed--exclusive of terminals and declassification yards--owned by bankrupt railroads in the Northeast in exchange for debentures equivalent to the net liquidation value of the property conveyed. States that on different terms the rail lines of other Northeast carriers may also be acquired. Title V: Operation of Corporation Rail Lines - Requires that the Corporation assume responsibility for rehabilitation and maintenance of all lines it owns, including secondary and branch lines, and for the operation of signalling and communication devices. Requires that line abandonments be in accordance with procedures providing substantial notice, Interstate Commerce Commission approval, plus an opportunity for affected States, communities, or private companies to retain the service to share on a 50-50 basis the maintenance and rehabilitation costs. Requires the payment of user charges by railroads or Amtrak on a 60 cents per thousand gross ton-miles of locomotive and train operations. States that 60 cents represents a cost figure for maintenance and rehabilitation by some of the railroads. Title VI: Financial Assistance - Provides for an authorization of $50 million for organization expenses of the Corporation; $300 million in each of the first 2 years for rail lines; $100 million per year for maintenance, capital improvements and overhead expense of the Corporation; $1 billion for Federal guarantees for debentures for the acquistion of track and roadbed by the Corporation; and loan guarantees not to exceed $200 million to all qualified railroads throughout the United States for track and roadbed improvements to meet Federal standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 4849 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Panama Canal Modernization Act - Directs the Governor of the Canal Zone under the supervision of the Secretary of the Army to prosecute the work necessary to increase the capacity and improve the operations of the Panama Canal through the adaptation of the Third Locks project (H. Doc. 210, 76th Congress) at a total cost not to exceed $850,000,000. Establishes the Panama Canal Advisory and Inspection Board composed of 5 members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to study and review plans and designs for the Third Locks project. Gives the Board powers to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President and Congress on the progress of its work.
Bill· HRH.R. 4839 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Limits the power of the Secretary of Transportation under the Federal Aviation Act to delegate his authority to examine medical qualifications of airmen.
Bill· HRH.R. 4753 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides that where there is a substantial difference between the U.S.-flag and foreign-flag ocean freight rate at the time of shipment of cargo procured by the United States for the account of any foreign nation without provision for reimbursement, at least fifty percent of such cargo shall be transported in privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels. States that where there is no substantial difference in freight rates, the appropriate agency or agencies shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 100 percent of such cargo shall be transported on U. S. vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241 (b) (1))
Bill· HRH.R. 4742 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make Federal payments for the planning of a transit line in the median of the Dulles Airport Road. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $10,000,000 for such purpose. Authorizes a payment for a feasibility study of rapid transit to Friendship International Airport. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $150,000 for such study.
Bill· HRH.R. 4764 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Title I: Anti-Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has an offense, as defined in the convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever commits or attempts to commit aircraft piracy shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than twenty years or for more than life. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits an offense, as defined in the convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, and is afterwards found in the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 20 years or for more than life. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation. foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the U.S. and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer prescribed security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish and maintain a coordinated national police effort to curb acts of aircraft piracy and destruction of aircraft or aircraft officials, in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration. States that the Director shall establish an air transportation security force, composed of agents of the Bureau and State and local law enforcement personnel. Provides that no person shall be searched unless he has been identified by a weapons detection device as a person who is reasonably likely to be carrying skyjacking paraphernalia and such identification has been made after he has been given an opportunity to remove metallic or similar devices from his person if such initially motivated a weapons detection device, and unless he consents to such search. States that if such person does not consent his flight reservation will be canceled and the cost of his ticket will be refunded. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Director of the FBI to submit semi-annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness of the programs instituted under this authority.
Bill· SS. 998 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1973
Authorizes the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia to conduct a study with respect to the desirability and feasibility of requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs in the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $10,000 for this purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 4641 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Air Transportation Security Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations requiring that all passengers and all property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin in air transportation be screened by weapon detecting devices prior to boarding the aircraft. Provides that the Administrator shall acquire such devices, and authorizes appropriations of $5,500,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for such purposes. Requires the Administrator to establish an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence at airports in the United States adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and aircraft piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Empowers the security force to: (1) detain and search any person attempting to board, or inspect any property intended to be placed aboard, any aircraft in air transportation to determine whether such person is unlawfully carrying, or such property unlawfully contains any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other destructive device; and (2) arrest any person where there is reasonable cause to believe that he has committed a specified crime against aircraft or aircraft facilities. Provides that, in administering the air transportation security program, the Administrator may provide training for law enforcement personnel whose services may be made available by their employers to assist in carrying out the security program. Authorizes the Administrator to require any air carrier to refuse to transport any person or the property of any person who does not consent to a search to determine whether a dangerous weapon or substance is on his person or in his property. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 annually to establish and maintain the air transportation security force. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and adminsiter security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the Convention on International Civil Aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to Resolution A17-10 of the Seventeenth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate negotiations for international agreements to assure the safety of persons and property moving in international air commerce, and to establish international measures to prevent international aircraft piracy. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1356, 1357, 1513, 1514; Amends 49 U.S.C. 1511)
Bill· SS. 967 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Federal-Aid Highway and Public Transportation Act - Provides authorizations for the Interstate Highway Program through fiscal year 1980. Provides for the use of the apportionment factors contained in revised table 5 of the 1972 Interstate System Cost Estimate for the apportionment of Interstate System funds for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976. Extends the time for completion of the Interstate System until June 30, 1980. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system (3) forest highways; (4) public lands highways; and (5) Indian reservaton roads and bridges. Provides for authorizations for landscaping and scenic enhancement and for the administrative expenses of the beautification program. States that the primary system will consist of an adequate system of arterial routes in rural areas important to interstate, statewide, or regional travel. Provides that each State designate such a system subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. States that the secondary system shall consist of major collection routes in rural area and designated by each State and appropriate local officials in cooperation with each other subject to the Secretary's approval. Provides that at any time prior to July 1, 1974, upon the joint request of a State and the local government concerned, the Secretary can withdraw his approval of any controversial Interstate segment if he determines it is not essential to the completion of a unified and connected Interstate System. Provides that the Secretary must receive assurances that the State does not intend to construct a toll road in the traffic corridor which the removed segment would have served. Requires the Secretary to remove Interstate segments from designation as a part of the Interstate System where a State has not established a construction schedule within the period of availability of funds authorized to be appropriated for completion of the Interstate System and where the Secretary has received no assurances that such schedule will be met. Substitutes the total population outside of urbanized areas for the general population in the Federal-aid primary apportionment formula. Provides that no less than 10 percent nor more than 30 percent of the funds apportioned to a State for the primary system will be available to the State for the secondary system. Provides that, in improving Federal-aid urban system projects, traffic operations improvement programs and fringe and corridor parking will be given full consideration in selecting projects on the urban system. Extends from 7 to 10 years the allowable time period within which highway construction must begin following the advance purchase of rights-of-way. Requires the Secretary to make a final inspection of projects completed after the issuance of a certification of state capability and requires an adequate report of the estimated and actual cost of construction. Permits specified ferries to travel in international waters when operating between the islands which comprise Hawaii and when operating solely between Alaska and Washington. Authorizes the Secretary to remove outdoor advertising not in compliance with State Law no later than five years after the signs become nonconforming. Authorizes the Secretary to provide standards for the erection along the Interstate System of signs providing specific information. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with the States in the development of transportation plans and programs which are formulated with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urbanized areas. Extends authorization for the highway construction training program. Authorizes the use of funds apportioned to each state for the Federal-aid urban system to finance the Federal share of the costs of public mass transportation projects. Defines the acceptable types of mass transportation. Provides that sums appropriated for the Federal-aid system shall be available for bicycle trandportation, pedestrian walkways ans equestrian trails, established on or in conjunction with highways or other appropriate rights-of-way. Permits the financing of research and planning for transportation programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 4566 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides for the repeal of specified taxes, under the Internal Revenue Code, the proceeds of which are deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 4549 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides for an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Aviation Act before a mandatory retirement age is prescribed for pilots. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1421)
Bill· HRH.R. 4556 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Emergency Public Interest Protection Act - Title I: Amendments to the Labor-Management Relations Act Relating to Emergency Disputes in the Transportation Industry - Makes the national emergency provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act applicable to all transportation industries by repealing the emergency procedures of the Railway Labor Act and bringing the railroads and airlines under the basic emergency provisions now applicable to other industries. Empowers the President to use, in addition to the basic emergency dispute provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, one of three new options for dealing with national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Provides that these optional procedures could be used if a transportation national emergency dispute was still unresolved after the 80-day cooling-off period provided in the Labor-Management Relations Act. Directs that the basic 80-day injunction would have to be issued by a three judge court in the case of national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Empowers the President to choose any one of these new procedures, but if the one chosen does not result in the resolution of the dispute, the provisions in current law for a report to the Congress would remain in effect. Authorizes the President to extend the cooling-off period, with continued bargaining between the parties, for a period of up to thirty days. Permits the operation of an essential part of the industry or the of service only to a critical class of customers provision. Authorizes the President to appoint a special board and to direct them to review the feasibility of partial operations. Permits any party or any member of the board to present to the board a plan defining the strike or lockout action that would be consistent with the public interest. Authorizes the board, after appropriate hearings in which the government would be a party to protect the public interest, to adopt or modify the plan. Provides that before approving the plan, the board would have to find that the partial strike or lockout is sufficiently extensive to encourage resolution of the dispute. Provides that the board's decision must be made within 30 days and during that period the status quo must be maintained. Limits partial operation pursuant to the board's decision to a maximum of 6 months. Requires the parties to submit their final proposals for full resolution of the controversy following the 80-day cooling-off period. Provides that the parties would be given 3 days in which to submit two final offers and that if any party failed to submit a final offer or offers, the last offer made during bargaining would be deemed its final offer. Directs that following this submission, to the Secretary of Labor, the parties would be required to meet and bargain for five days, with or without mediation by the Secretary. Provides that as a second step, the parties would be given an opportunity to select a panel to act as "Final Offer Selector" and that if the parties were unable to select the panel, a panel composed of three neutral members would be appointed by the President. Asserts that the panel would hold hearings and determine which of the final offers constituted the final and binding resolution of the issues. Provides that in reaching its determination, the panel could not choose any settlement other than those represented by the final offers. Specifies the criteria to be used by the panel in reaching its decision. Provides that the panel's choice would become the contract between the parties. Title II: Amendments to the Railway Labor Act - Phases out over a 2 year period the National Railroad Adjustment Board system and special boards of adjustment. Provides that the parties would be encouraged in their collective bargaining agreements to provide for grievance machinery terminating in final and binding arbitration, together with provisions for no-strike and no-lockout clauses. Provides that until such time as the collective bargaining agreements contain such provisions, "minor disputes" would be resolved by private arbitration with the arbitrator selected by the parties on the basis of consent or elimination of alternatives until one arbitrator remains. Directs that no strikes over such minor disputes would be permitted during this period. Provides that the notice-of-contract modification or termination provisions would be changed so as to direct the railroad and airline industries to the form of contract reopening existing in industries subject to the Taft-Hartley Act. Requires the parties to serve written notice of proposed contract changes on each other at least 60 days prior to the contract expiration date. Provides special provisions for the transition to the new method of contract reopening. Asserts that at the expiration of the contract or of 60 days, whichever is later, the parties would be free to resort to self-help. Transfers the mediation duties of the National Mediation Board and its staff to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Directs that the National Mediation Board would retain its function of determining the representatives of bargaining units, but its name would be changed to the Railroad and Airline Representation Board. Title III: Special Industries Commission - Establishes the National Special Industries Commission to study labor relations in those industries which the Secretary of Labor has determined to be particularly vulnerable to national emergency disputes. Empowers the Commission to study all the factors affecting labor relations in these industries and to make recommendations to the President as to the best way of remedying the weaknesses of collective bargaining in the industries studied, including recommendations for legislation, if appropriate. Authorizes the Commission to study the operation of the revised emergency procedures. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines the jurisdictions in which such representatives of employees or carriers may be sued. Applies the judicial proceedings provisions of the Norris LaGuardia Act to the provisions amending the Railway Labor Act as well as the emergency disputes provisions. Repeals the provisions of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act that makes strikers eligible for benefits if the strike is not in violation of the Railway Labor Act or of the rules of the labor organization of which he is a member. Disqualifies railroad workers who strike from unemployment insurance benefits in accordance with criteria in State unemployment insurance laws applicable to other industries.
Bill· HRH.R. 4474 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Establishes, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the following requirements with respect to the performance of air traffic controllers functions: (1) a certified air traffic controller's functions shall be carried out only by a certified air traffic controller, or by a rated air traffic controller under the direct and singular supervision of a certified air traffic controller; (2) rated air traffic controller's functions shall be carried out only by a certified air traffic controller or a rated air traffic controller; (3) a student air traffic controller may perform the functions of air traffic control only if such functions are performed under the direct and singular supervision of a rated air traffic controller or a certified air traffic controller; (4) no air traffic controller shall be required to carry out management of administrative functions with limited exceptions; and (5) the Secretary of Transportation shall designate within 90 days following the enactment of this Act such persons who are certified air traffic controllers, rated air traffic controllers, and student air traffic controllers. Requires every certified or rated air traffic controller to be checked not less than once every six months for proficiency in his duties by a Board of Proficiency Check Controllers. Directs the Secretary to establish one or more Boards of Proficiency Check Controllers made up of certified air traffic controllers who shall serve on the Board not less than six months nor more than eighteen months to carry out the certification and rating requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary to ration the air traffic control workload through a formula of controller complement and area specialization in proportion to situation of air traffic complexity and geographical proximity. Directs the Secretary to seek a level of balance in air traffic congestion through distribution of air traffic facilities. Encourages an air traffic controller to participate in at least 4 hours per month in flight familiarization training. Requires air traffic controllers to participate in a training program once each year that shall include at least five days of familiarization with another air traffic control facility. Sets forth the rate of basic compensation of certified air traffic controllers. Provides that hours of work in excess of 40 hours shall be paid at overtime rates. Provides that, in any eight-hour work period, no air traffic controller shall be required to perform the regular duties of such a controller for more than six hours. Provides for a schedule of sick leave and retirement for air traffic controllers.
Bill· HRH.R. 4487 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Increases the Federal contribution to 90 percent of the cost of shore restoration and protection projects. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 426(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 4403 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Antihijacking Act - Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, he may suspend the right of any air carrier and foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce, to and from that foreign nation as well as between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Provides that after June 30, 1973, no air carrier or foreign air carrier shall operate an aircraft in air transportation unless all passengers boarding that aircraft in the United States, and all baggage carried aboard the aircraft, shall have been inspected by means of a metal detection device or by an X-ray device immediately prior to boarding and have not been found to carry or contain an unauthorized device or weapon of any kind. Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of this Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1514, 1421)
Bill· HRH.R. 4362 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Authorizes appropriations to be used for the elimination of specified rail-highway grade crossings in Cook County, Illinois.
Bill· HRH.R. 4391 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations requiring more frequent openings of th Penn Central Drawbridge across the Bush River near Aberdeen, Maryland. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 499)
Bill· HRH.R. 4368 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Bicycle Utilization Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
Law· SS. 902 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Provides that non-contiguous trade, under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, shall mean trade between the contiguous 48 States as well as trade to or from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the insular territories and possessions of the United States.
Bill· SS. 893 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Highway Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations for specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs for fiscal years 1974-1975. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for the elimination of the hazards of railway-highway crossings. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for bridge construction and replacement. Requires State highway safety programs to include penalties for driving while intoxicated. Provides that funds appropriated to the States shall also be used for the development and implementation of manpower training programs and of demonstration programs that the Secretary of Transportation determines will contribute directly to the reduction of accidents and deaths and injuries resulting therefrom. Directs the Secretary to award, in addition to other grants pursuant to this Act, $10,000,000 in grants in each fiscal year to States which he determines, in accordance with criteria which he shall establish and publish, to have attained above average results in carrying out and achieving compliance with highway safety standards. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with such other Government and private agencies as may be necessary, to carry out safety research on the relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles. States that as soon as practicable the Secretary shall promulgate a highway safety program standard with respect to drug use in relation to highway safety. Permits the Secretary to use the appropriated funds for highway safety research and development for making grants to, or contracting with, State or local agencies, institutions, and individuals for: (1) training or education of highway safety personnel; (2) research fellowships in highway safety; (3) development of improved accident investigation procedures; (4) emergency service plans; (5) demonstration projects; and (6) related activites which are deemed by the Secretary to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Includes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator on the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
Bill· SS. 885 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Fare-Free Mass Transportation Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of transportation to enter into contracts or other arrangements as may be necessary for research and development, establishment, and operation demonstration projects to determine the feasibility of fare-free urban mass transportation systems. Provides that the Secretary shall select cities or metropolitan areas for such projects in accordance with specified criteria. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $150,000,000 for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 839 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for the repeal of the vehicle weight and width limitations applicable to funds authorized to be appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act for the Interstate System. (Repeals 23 U.S.C. 127)
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 58 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Makes the provisions of the Railway Labor Act creating an emergency board to investigate labor disputes applicable for an additional thirty-day period with respect to the pending dispute between the Penn Central Railroad and certain of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the railroad or their employees, in the conditions out of which such dispute arose prior to 12:01 antemeridian, March 10, 1973.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 59 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends the provisions of the Railway Labor Act relating to the creation of an emergency board for an additional period of time so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made, by the Penn Central Transportation Company or by its employees, in the conditions out of which such labor dispute arose prior to 12:01 antemeridian of May 9, 1973. Requires the President, not later than forty-five days from the enactment of this joint resolution to submit to the Congress a report, which, regardless of the settlement of the particular dispute between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union, provides a full and comprehensive plan for the preservation of essential rail transportation services in the Northeast section of the Nation, including the President's proposals, if any, regarding Federal financial expenditures necessary for restoration or preservation of rail transportation services imperiled by the financial failure of rail carriers, and for alternative means for providing essential transportation services now provided by such carriers. Requires the President, not later than thirty days prior to the expiration date specified in the first section of this joint resolution, to submit to the Congress a full and comprehensive report containing: (1) the progress, if any, of negotiations between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union; and (2) any such recommendations for a proposed solution of the dispute described in this joint resolution as he deems appropriate.
Bill· HRH.R. 4298 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Emergency Public Interest Protection Act - Declares it to be the Congressional intent to protect the public interest whenever threatened or actual strike for lockout in the transportation industry imperils the national health or safety. Title I: Amendments to the Labor-Management Relations Act Relating to Emergency Disputes in the Transportation Industry - Authorizes the utilization of private collective bargaining procedure under the Railway Labor Act to try and resolve emergency disputes in the transportation industry. Makes the national emergency provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act applicable to all transportation industries by repealing the emergency procedures of the Railway Labor Act and bringing the railroads and airlines under the basic emergency provisions now applicable to other industries. Provides that optional procedures could be used if a transportation national emergency dispute was still unresolved after the 80-day cooling-off period provided in the Labor-Management Relations Act. Requires the basic 80-day injunction to be issued by a three judge court in the case of national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Empowers the President to extend (in certain situtations) the cooling-off period, with continued bargaining between the parties for a period of up to thirty days. Provides for a partial operation after the 80-day cooling-off period. Authorizes the President to appoint a special board and directs them to review the feasibility of partial operations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4287 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Antihijacking Act - Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, he may suspend the right of any air carrier and foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce, to and from that foreign nation as well as between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Provides that after June 30, 1973, no air carrier or foreign air carrier shall operate an aircraft in air transportation unless all passengers boarding that aircraft in the United States, and all baggage carried aboard the aircraft, shall have been inspected by means of a metal detection device or by an X-ray device immediately prior to boarding and have not been found to carry or contain an unauthorized device or weapon of any kind. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1514, 1421)
Bill· HRH.R. 4234 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Transportation for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Authorizes grants and loans to State and local public bodies and agencies thereof and to private nonprofit organizations to assist them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and handicapped persons. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use two percent of the annual appropriation for transportation research, development, and demonstration projects, to finance the programs under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4251 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation for widows, widowers, and minor children of employees who have died while employed by an air carrier or foreign air carrier after twenty-five or more years of such employment.
Bill· HRH.R. 4280 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Reduces from 66 2/3 percent to 33 1/3 percent the amount a State, regional, or local agency may be required to reimburse the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for rail passenger service provided by the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4217 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Authorizes Federal aid in developing, constructing, and operating privately owned nuclear-powered merchant ships. Permits any citizen of the United States to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for such aid. Provides that such application shall include a detailed description of the ship, its use, construction, and cost as well as other necessary information. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish aid to qualified applicants. Includes in such aid (1) the excess cost of developing the proposed ship over the estimated cost of developing a comparable conventional ship; (2) waiver or reduction of Atomic Energy Commission charges for nuclear materials; (3) assistance in training the crew; (4) conducting studies of and assisting in planning and designing appropriate shore facilities to service the ships; (5) making available certain classified information; (6) providing research and development in Government laboratories; and (7) providing design review services, ship construction inspection services, and ship operational advisory service.
Bill· HRH.R. 4214 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands on the definition of 'airport development' under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include the acquisition, improvement, or repair of safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by rule or regulation of the Federal Aviation Administration for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for airport development totaling $312,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the purpose of developing airports serving segments of aviation other than air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board totaling $37,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases the total obligational authority of the Secretary to make grants for airport development to $1,540,000,000. States that such obligations shall not be liquidated in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,190,000,000 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount exceeding $1,540,000,000 prior to June 30, 1975. Provides that the Federal share of allowable project costs incurred under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 shall be: (1) 50 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less than 1.00 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) 75 percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 1.00 percent of such passengers. Provides that the Federal share of project costs related to the security of persons and property on the airport shall be 82 percent of the allowable costs. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived therefrom. Specifies States and local taxes which are permitted under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4239 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Bicycle Transportation Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
Bill· HRH.R. 4211 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that the Civil Aeronautics Board shall make the selection of air carriers in international route matters, subject to veto by the President within ninety days after such selection. States that, in the case of a presidential veto, the Board shall immediately select another carrier. Requires that in no event shall the President direct the selection of a particular air carrier.