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Bill· SS. 955 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Authorizes the filling and construction in a specified portion of Upper New York Bay, Hudson County, New Jersey, if such location in declared to be not navigable waters of the United States by the Secretary of the Army. Stipulates that local interests shall reimburse the Federal Government for engineering and all other costs incurred under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4312 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Airport and Airway Development Extension Act - Authorizes the use of funds under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to mitigate adverse environmental effects resulting from airport development or the operation of aircraft. Provides under such Act for reliever airports designated by the Secretary of Transportation as having a primary function to relieve congestion at air carrier airports. Defines terms used in such Act. Increases the appropriations authorized under such Act. Permits the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for airport development by grant agreement with sponsors. Provides for direct payments to specified sponsors during fiscal year 1976 through 1980. Requires metropolitan airport development projects to prepare environmental impact statements. Excludes airport development projects outside metropolitan areas from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, unless items of special signifance such as parks or historical sites are involved.
Bill· HRH.R. 4271 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Provides that if upon inspection or investigation the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative believes that an employee by his own action or conduct has violated a requirement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, or any standard, rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to such Act, he shall with reasonable promptness issue a citation to the employee. Includes employees within the enforcement provisions of such Act. Allows the Secretary of Labor to visit the work places of employers in the maritime industry for the purpose of affording consultation and advice to such employers. Directs the Secretary to make recommendations regarding the elimination of any hazards disclosed within the scope of the onsite consultation. Prohibits such visits from being regarded as an inspection or investigation.
Bill· SS. 941 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Declares the purposes of this Act in revising the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that any State desiring to participate in the program authorized by this Act shall fulfill specified administrative requirements, including designating a State board as the sole agency for administration of a State plan for vocational education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to assure that adequate staffing is available to the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education to make certain that the Bureau's responsibilities are accomplished. Enumerates such responsibilities, including to provide leadership to assist State vocational education agencies to expand and improve their programs. Requires that the President appoint, during 1978, a Panel of Consultants on Vocational Education to review the administration of vocational education programs. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education to perform specified functions, including to advise the President, Congress, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Commissioner concerning vocational education programs supported under this Act and the Higher Education Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $500,000 for each fiscal year. Requires any State which desires to receive a grant under this Act to establish an independent State advisory council. Specifies the membership composition of such council. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these purposes $4,315,844 for each fiscal year. Provides that a State board shall have the primary responsibility for preparing statewide plans for vocational education, and shall designate a planning group to prepare such plans. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year, from which the Commissioner shall make a grant to each participating State for purposes of preparing statewide plans. Defines the terms used in this Act. Declares that it is the purpose of this part of this Act to implement that portion to the career education concept in which vocational education plays an important role. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for carrying out such purpose and directs the Secretary to make grants to each State which has approved administrative arrangements for prevocational education programs. Enumerates the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program support, providing for the allotment of such funds among the States. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program services and empowers the Secretary to make grants to each State from such funds for programs of: (1) teacher education; (2) placement and followup services; and (3) student support. Directs the Commissioner to make available three-year leadership development grants to specified persons in order meet the need in all the States for qualified vocational education personnel with high potential to advance to policymaking and leadership positions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Provides for grants for applied research, curriculum development, demonstration programs and leadership development. Authorizes appropriations for such programs.
Bill· SS. 938 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take action to encourage States to establish highway assistance patrols to assist motorists having mechanical or other problems on highways. Directs the Secretary to study the effectiveness of such patrols, and to submit the results of such study and recommendations to Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 97 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestitute of any United States owned peroperty, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
Bill· HRH.R. 4233 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Provides that provision for the abandonment of railroad lines shall be conditioned upon the owner of such rail line giving the State in which such line is located the opportunity (no less than one year) to purchase the line at fair market value for use for transportation and public utility purposes prior to its sale to any other person. Permits the Federal Government to make grants to States under current financial assistance programs to enable them to acquire such railroad lines.
Bill· HRH.R. 4217 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Provides, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, operating assistance of up to $250,000,000 from existing authorizations for projects located in areas other than urbanized areas. Allows the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to private mass transportation operators to provide fellowships for training of personnel employed in managerial, technical, and professional positions in the urban mass transportation fields. Expands the definition of "construction" as used in that Act to include engineering. Directs the Secretary to require that projects receiving Federal financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 be planned, designed, constructed, and operated to allow effective utilization of mass transportation services by elderly and handicapped persons who are unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize such facilities and services effectively. Secretary shall not approve any program or project under this Act unless he finds that the program or project complies with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Council on Accessibility of Mass Transportation at least 50 percent of the members of which shall be elderly and handicapped persons. Advisory Council shall advise and consult with the Secretary on all matters relating relating to mass transportation for elderly and handicapped persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 4199 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Interstate Recycling Expansion Act - Sets forth the purposes and definitions of the Act. Title I: Establishment of Nondiscriminatory Rates and Charges for the Transportation of Recyclable and Recycled Solid Waste Materials in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate all freight commodities and within two years to enter appropriate orders terminating all such unreasonable discrimination in transportation charges. Title II: Expansion of Recycling Through Federal Procurement - Directs all Federal procurement agencies to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of new rules and procedures to maximize the procurement of recyclable materials and products which contain recycled materials. Title III: Modifications of Other Federal Impediments to Expanded Recycling in Commerce - States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Act shall be effective on the date of enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 4157 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any State for the study of specified features of drawbridges within the State and for the implementation of recommendations for the more efficient movement of motor vehicle traffic on and watercraft traffic under drawbridges within the State. Requires that any grant made for implementation of such recommendations shall cover no more than 50 percent of the costs incurred in such implementation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4183 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 4141 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
National Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy Act - Expresses the finds of Congress and declares the purpose of this Act. Instructs the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to develop a neurological disease program to expand, intensify and coordinate the activities of the Institute. Specifies the scope of such program. Requires the Director to report annually on the accomplishments of the program. Empowers the Director to: (1) obtain the services of 50 experts; (2) acquire and maintain neurological disease equipment and facilities; and (3) enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as necessary to carry out the above objectives. Instructs the Director to develop six new centers for multiple sclerosis research and treatment and 14 new centers for other neurological and sensory diseases. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000, $125,000,000, and $150,00,000 for such purposes for fiscal years 1975 -1977. Empowers the Director to make grants to public entities for research in neurological disorders and authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for such purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 4163 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Stipulates that the east-west toll road in northern Indiania (Interstate Route 80/90) shall be free of all restrictions under Federal law with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges upon payment by the State of Indiana to the Treasurer of the United States the amount of Federal aid-highway funds received for the construction of specified interchanges with such toll road. Provides for crediting such payment to the unprogrammed balance of Federal- aid highway funds apportioned to such State. Abrogates any portion of an agreement between the United States and the State of Indiana or any department thereof which is inconsistent with this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4126 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase not more than 200 acres of land and interests in land comprising the Springfield Plantation and vicinity in Jefferson County Mississippi. Designates such lands and interests acquired under this Act to be a part of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· SS. 910 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Exempts aircraft under the Federal Aviation Act from the requirement that such aircraft be equipped with an emergency locator transmitter, when such transmitter has been temporarily removed for repair, modifification, or replacement.
Bill· SS. 909 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Provides for the designation of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, at Wheeling, West Virginia, as a national historic site. Provides for the administration and maintenance of the site by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Wheeling Suspension Bridge Advisory Commission established by this Act.
Bill· SS. 914 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Provides that qualified women shall be permitted to be nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy.
Bill· SS. 868 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Prohibits nonnational flag carriers engaged in any given trade in the foreign commerce of the United States from charging rates which are lower than the lowest corresponding rate charged by any national flag carrier in that trade unless such rate is determined by the Federal Maritime Commission to be compensatory on a commercial cost basis. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the Commission in determining whether rates charged by nonnational carriers meet the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4015 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes air carriers to grant reduced rate transportation, under the Federal Aviation Act, to individuals twenty-one or younger, adn sixty-five and older, on a space-available basis. Prohibits air carriers from reserving any seating capacity on any regularly scheduled flight without receipt of one-fourth the tariff for air transportation. Prohibits the refund of such deposit unless the reservation is cancelled more than twenty-four hours before the scheduled departure of the reserved flight. Prohibits air carriers from overbooking their flights.
Bill· HRH.R. 3966 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Railroad Right-of- Way Fire Prevention Act - Makes it the finding of Congress that the sparks emitted from locomotive exhaust stacks constitute a fire hazard. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish railroad safety requirements for controlling locomotive spark emissions to minimize the danger of fires along railroad rights-of-way. Provides for a civil penalty between $100 and $250, as the Secretary deems reasonable.
Bill· HRH.R. 3960 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve as the Federal share of the construction cost of an approved State highway project under the Federal-aid secondary system, any percentage of such cost up to one hundred percent. Requires that any increase in the Federal share of a State's construction costs which are made pursuant to this Act be repaid by the State receiving such increase by January 1, 1977, as a condition for Federal approval of future highway projects of such State.
Bill· HRH.R. 3961 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Provides that any detailed statement required by the National Environmental Policy Act for any Federal-aid highway project in the States of New York, Vermont, and Connecticut which was prepared by the State during the period beginning on January 1, 1970, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed a statement prepared by the Secretary of Transportation for purposes of The National Environmental Policy Act. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 109)
Bill· HRH.R. 3953 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Increases, for purposes of computing unemployment compensation under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the maximum recognizable amount of wages per month from $300 to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable wages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Increases the daily benefit rate under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Increases the contribution base according to which employers are required to make proportional contributions to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 3949 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish orders requiring light-reflecting markings on railroad locomotives and cars.
Bill· HRH.R. 3909 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Makes it unlawful to operate a supersonic aircraft, manufactured in the United States or in a foreign nation, for a commercial flight at supersonic or subsonic speeds in the navigable airspace of the United States until: (1) the Congress, by law, approves findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the operation of such supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States will not have detrimental physiological or psychological effects on persons on the ground and will not have detrimental effects on the environment; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation shall have made affirmative findings, and submitted a written report thereon to the Congress, that the operation of supersonic aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States meets all noise, envornimental, and safety standards prescribed under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to the operation of aircraft in the navigable airspace of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 3955 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Repeals that portion of the Act entitled "Washington Aqueduct" which authorizes the Chief of Engineers to enforce traffic regulations in the District of Columbia for the protection of the Washington Aqueduct and Filtration Plants and their accessiories, including MacArthur Boulevard.
Bill· HRH.R. 3898 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Senior Citizens' Transportation Act - Prohibits common carriers in interstate commerce from charging elderly people more than half fare for their transportation during nonpeak periods of travel. Provides for grants to such carriers to cover such reductions on a showing by the carrier that it suffered an economic loss solely because of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to States and local public bodies and agencies which adopt specially reduced rates during nonrush hours for elderly persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 3869 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
States that approval of State highway safety programs by the Secretary of Transportation shall not be contingent upon any requirement that a State adopt a law or regulation requiring any motorcycle operator 18 years of age or older or passenger 18 years of age or older to wear a safety helmet when operating or riding a motorcycle. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 402)
Bill· HRH.R. 3857 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a demonstration project in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the purpose of eliminating highway railroad grade crossing accidents. Authorizes appropriations of up to $25,000,000 to pay the Federal share of such project. States that two-thirds of all funds expended under authority of this Act in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 3842 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes the construction of lock and dam numbered 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri by the Corp of Engineers in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary of the Army on July 14, 1969. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed as authorizing a twelve-post channel above Alton, Illinois. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3847 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Establishes weight restrictions for vehicles on the Interstate System. Provides that no funds authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under the Federal-Aid Highway Act shall be apportioned to any State within the boundaries of which the Interstate System may lawfully be used by vehicles in excess of the established weight limitation.
Bill· SS. 852 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Permits officers of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to be compensated at a rate in excess of that prescribed by Level I of the Executive Schedule if the Board determines with respect to a specific portion that a higher level of compensation is necessary, and is not in excess of the general level of compensation paid officers of railroads in positions of comparable responsibility. Increases to $597,300, (presently $534,300,000) the total amount of authorized appropriations available for the benefit of the Corporation.
Bill· SS. 863 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Local Rail Services Act - Restricts the termination of rail service over all or a portion of a line of railroad by carriers by railroad covered by the Interstate Commerce Act. Prohibits such rail service termination unless and until the Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a certificate declaring that the present or future public covenience and necessity permit such termination. Authorizes carriers by railroad, under conditions set forth in this Act, to enter into contracts for the joint ownership or joint use of spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission, in its actions requiring carriers by railroad to provide adequate and efficient facilities for the performance of car service, to consider the expense involved therein. Requires carriers by railroad to submit to the Commission full and complete diagrams of their transportation systems. Requires that such diagrams identify any line of railroad which a carrier plans to seek authority to abandon or over which it plans to terminate service. Authorizes the provision of Federal financial assistance to eligible States for the purpose of rail service assistance. Limits the Federal share of such assistance to 70 percent of the total. Requires that States receiving such assistance under this Act establish suitable State rail transportation plans. Sets forth other requirements as to financial control and performance evaluation for purposes of a States' eligibility. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary, up to $100,000,000 for each of the eight fiscal years including and following the date of enactment of this Act, to carry out this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 3786 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve as the Federal share of the construction cost of an approved State highway project under the Federal-aid secondary system, any percentage of such cost up to one hundred percent. Requires that any increase in the Federal share of a State's construction costs which are made pursuant to this Act be repaid by the State receiving such increase by January 1, 1977, as a condition for Federal approval of future highway projects of such State.
Bill· HRH.R. 3787 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Provides that any detailed statement required by the National Environmental Policy Act for any Federal-aid highway project in the States of New York, Vermont, and Connecticut which was prepared by the State during the period beginning on January 1, 1970, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed a statement prepared by the Secretary of Transportation for purposes of The National Environmental Policy Act. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 109)
Bill· HRH.R. 3714 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Advanced Technology Transportation System Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a comprehensive study of a high-speed ground transportation system between Washington, District of Columbia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and a high-speed marine vessel transportation system between the Baltimore- Annapolis area in Maryland and the Yorktown-Williamsburg-Norfolk area in Virginia. Authorizes appropriations of up to $300,000 to carry out the study. States that if the study findings are positive, the Department of Transportation shall proceed with construction within one year from resources allocated for such programs or seek enabling legislation for additional resources if such is required.
Bill· HRH.R. 3727 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Provides that the United States Railway Association shall not authorize the abandonment of any line of any railroad covered by the Rail Reorganization Act prior to December 31, 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 3677 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Provides that the United States Railway Association shall not authorize the abandonment of any line of any railroad covered by the Rail Reorganization Act prior to December 31, 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 3621 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1973.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 148 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Directs the United States Railway Association, in recommending any abandonment of rail service pursuant to reorganization of bankrupt railroads, to balance the economies to be achieved thereby against the impact of any such abandonment on employment opportunities, fossil fuel conservation, and utilization, environmental degradation and passenger and freight service needs. Provides that interim abandonments under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall be authorized only for compelling issues in addition to proven unprofitability.
Bill· HRH.R. 3578 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Directs the administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide that where the death of a veteran occurs in a State Home for which the veteran was admitted for domiciliary, nursing, or specified hospital care, the Administrator shall pay the actual cost (not to exceed $250) of the burial and funeral.
Bill· SS. 788 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Permits, under the Merchant Marine Act, vessels of foreign registry to transport anhydrous ammonia which is needed as fertilizer for agricultural commodities from Alaska to the west coast of the United States whenever the Secretary of the Treasury determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available.
Bill· HRH.R. 3531 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Provides that the United States Railway Association shall not authorize the abandonment of any line of any railroad covered by the Rail Reorganization Act prior to December 31, 1976.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 229 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
States that the House of Representatives disapproves proposed deferral of budget authority numbered D75-17, relating to funds for Federal aid highways, as transmitted to the Congress in the President's message of September 20, 1974.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 234 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Disapproves proposed deferral of budget authority numbered D75-24, relating to funds for construction and reconstruction of the Great River Road as transmitted to the Congress in the President's message of October 4, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 3516 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that if the Secretary of Transportation determines that a State meets the guidelines designed to assure that possible adverse economic, social and environmental effects relating to any proposed Federal-aid highway system project have been fully considered, he may permit such State to prepare an environmental impact statement relative to such projects. States that such statements need only be prepared on such lengths of highway as the State proposes for Federal aid or such other lengths as the Secretary may prescribe. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 109)
Bill· HRH.R. 3498 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
States that the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board is adverse to the public interest and is hereby terminated. States that the effective date of this Act is February 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 3392 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that every State will be apportioned at least 80 percent of its tax contribution of the preceding fiscal year to the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· SS. 752 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Federal-Aid Highway Act - Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of expediting the construction, reconstruction, or improvement, inclusive of necessary bridges and tunnels, of the Interstate System, including extensions thereof through urban areas, the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the highway provisions of Federal law the following sums: (1) for the Federal-aid system outside urban areas, the Federal-aid secondary system, the priority primary system outside urban areas, and economic growth center development highways outside urban areas, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1979; and (2) for the Federal-aid urban system, the extensions of the Federal-aid primary system in urban areas, the priority primary system inside urban areas, and the special urban high density traffic program, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Stipulates that for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, and 1979, no State shall receive less than one-half of 1 percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for such purposes sums not to exceed $200,000,000 for each of fiscal year 1979. Stipulates that no more than 5 percent of the funds apportioned to a State shall be available for maintenance activities on routes on the Interstate System. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of enabling the States to replace unsafe and important bridges $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, and 1979. Extends from June 30, 1974, to September 30, 1976, the date by which shall identify projects on all public roads in such State, including projects to eliminate roadside obstacles, to correct high-hazard locations, to eliminate hazards at railroad-highway grade crossings, and to improve highway marking and signing. Authorizes to be appropriated for such projects $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, and 1979. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the State highway departments, to undertake a program of research and demonstration into the most effective and economical methods, inducements, and equipment to prevent the discarding of litter and for the removal of such litter under varying roadside conditions with highway rights-of-way. Authorizes to be appropriated for such program $1,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 3364 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Establishes a grant program to enable any State, local government, or interstate agency or other public port authority to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for financial assistance to assist such agency in making such improvements as may be required to any port operated by it in order to bring such port into compliance with any requirements relating to environmental protection, the public health and safety, or port or cargo security which may be imposed by Federal law. Defines the term "improvements". States that the Secretary may grant to the applicant all or part of the money applied for, except that no grant or aggregate of grants made under this Act to any State, local, or interstate agency or public port authority may exceed $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and each fiscal year thereafter for grants under this Act. Directs the Secretary to undertake a comprehensive study to determine the immediate and long- range requirements of public ports in the United States: (1) for expansion and modernization in order to meet adequately the economic and defense needs of the United States; and (2) to meet such standards as may be imposed by law for purposes of environmental protection and port safety and security. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the final results of such study not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for purposes of conducting the study.