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Bill· HRH.R. 5964 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Safe Intermodal Container Transportation Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to investigate the use of intermodal containers in providing commercial motor vehicle transportation and of violations of Federal and State highway weight laws by such use. Requires the Secretary to have random weight checks conducted at selected highway locations. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees the results of such investigation, together with recommendations addressing the problems associated with the use of overweight intermodal containers.
Bill· SS. 3261 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Initiative Act of 1990 - Declares it a national goal to improve and provide safe access to public lands to encourage the development of travel and tourism opportunities in support of rural area development. Authorizes the use of funds under the Federal lands highways program for purposes such as: (1) transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel; (2) interpretive signage and development of public road facilities for areas of historical, archeological, cultural, and scenic interests; (3) construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas; and (4) other appropriate facilities as determined by the Secretary of Transportation. Specifies that funds available for forest development roads and trails may be made available for such purposes, as well. Requires the Secretary to authorize Federal aid highway projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities to encourage alternative modes of transportation for tourism and recreational purposes. Authorizes the motorized use of trails and walkways, subject to State and local regulations. (Under current law, motorized vehicles are prohibited except for maintenance purposes and, when snow conditions and State or local regulations permit, snowmobiles.) Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually allocate sums authorized to be appropriated for access highways to public recreation areas on certain lakes; and (2) establish and carry out a tourism and recreational travel technical assistance program in non-urbanized areas. Requires that each State using funds provided in this Act have a multipurpose land use statewide driving and recreation travel plan. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 343 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1990
Recognizes the important part the Alaska Highway played in the defense of our Nation and the settling of Alaska and the ever-important role it will inevitably play in our future. States that this highway should be maintained in a condition that encourages people throughout the Nation to travel it.
Bill· HRH.R. 5900 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1990
Amends Federal law to provide that regulations adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission for freight cars owned or leased by small railroads shall apply to freight cars owned or leased by class III rail carriers and by any class II rail carrier which demonstrates to the Commission special circumstances (when the ratio of loaded freight cars to those unloaded on its line during the preceding year exceeds two to one) justifying such application.
Bill· HRH.R. 5866 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Airport System Planning Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to prohibit project grant applications from proposing airport development or airport planning except in connection with public-use airports included in an Airport Capital Improvement Plan prepared pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the approval of such an application unless the Secretary of Transportation is satisfied, among other things, that the project is reasonably consistent with airport and aviation system plans (existing at the time of the projects approval) of the State and the regional transportation planning authorities of the area in which the airport is located. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish performance measures for evaluating both individual airport improvement projects and the needs of the Nation's system of airports in conducting planning activities. Requires the Secretary, every four years, to conduct a national forum of Federal, State, and local officials and private sector representatives to identify and evaluate long-range problems associated with public-use airports. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress and the President a strategic plan for airports. Requires the Secretary to transmit annually to the Congress and the President an Airport Capital Improvement Plan that includes: (1) a list of airport improvement projects which may receive Federal funding in the next five years; and (2) an evaluation and specific proposals to eliminate or reduce constraints on the development of such projects. Requires, upon a State's request, Federal cooperation and participation in the airport system planning of that State. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for forecasting aviation activity at public-use airports within each State; and (2) develop a model State statute for airport vicinity land use planning. Directs the Secretary to conduct research and establish a methodology for determining the relationship between airport system capacity enhancement alternatives and the overall performance of the national economy, including the impact of such alternatives on private sector production of goods and services and on U.S. international competitiveness.
Bill· SS. 3208 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1990
Amends Federal law to provide that regulations adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission for freight cars owned or leased by small railroads shall apply to freight cars owned or leased by class III rail carriers and by any class II rail carrier which demonstrates to the Commission special circumstances (when the ratio of loaded freight cars to those unloaded on its line during the preceding year exceeds two to one) justifying such application.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 340 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any proposal to increase the Federal-aid highway program's minimum allocation percentage from 85 to 95 percent should be addressed as part of the legislative process to reauthorize surface transportation programs in 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 5834 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1990
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee the payment of a percentage of interest and principal on an obligation which aids in financing, including reimbursement of an obligor for expenditures previously made, for equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating a fishing vessel or vessels.
Bill· SS. 3201 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1990
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to permit Fayetteville, North Carolina, to allow vehicular traffic, other than buses, to use Hay Street.
Bill· SS. 3168 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1990
Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to require the operator of each offshore pipeline facility in the Gulf of Mexico to inspect and report to the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) any portion of a pipeline facility which is exposed or is a hazard to navigation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish standards with respect to exposed pipelines and navigation hazards; (2) establish a pipeline and navigational hazards reporting program; (3) establish a mandatory periodic inspection program for offshore pipeline facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets; and (4) require by regulation that pipelines that are exposed or constitute a navigation hazard be buried within six months after the condition is reported to the Secretary. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) encourage vessel operators to report potential or existing navigational hazards involving pipelines; (2) establish standards for what constitutes a navigation hazard; and (3) report to the Congress regarding specified aspects of underwater pipeline burial, location, and rights-of-way.
Bill· SS. 3150 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1990
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee the payment of a percentage of interest and principal on an obligation which aids in financing, including reimbursement of an obligor for expenditures previously made, for equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating a fishing vessel or vessels.
Bill· SS. 3147 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Amends Federal law to make permanent and available to any State the 65 miles-per-hour speed limit demonstration project.
Bill· HRH.R. 5757 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway project: (1) to construct Appalachian Highway Corridor X from Appalachian Highway Corridor V near Fulton, Mississippi, to Interstate Route 59 at Birmingham, Alabama; and (2) which, upon completion, shall be added to the Federal-aid primary system. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 3125 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Aircraft Noise Reduction Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall require aircraft in excess of 75,000 pounds operating within the United States after December 31, 1999, to meet stage three standards (relating to noise reduction).
Law· HRH.R. 5732 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Aviation Security - Amends Federal law to establish an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to report annually to the Congress on transportation security. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Administrator) to report annually (currently, semiannually) to the Congress on the effectiveness of screening procedures for passengers boarding aircraft. Establishes in the FAA an Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Requires the Assistant Administrator to review and develop measures to strengthen air transportation security, including: (1) controls over checked baggage in air transportation; (2) control over individuals with access to aircraft; (3) testing of security systems; (4) use of modern x-ray equipment; and (5) preflight screening of passengers. Directs the Administrator to establish the position of: (1) Federal Security Manager for each U.S. airport that needs one; and (2) Foreign Security Liaison officer for each such airport outside of the United States. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations that subject to employment investigation, including criminal history record checks, all air carrier personnel, and individuals applying for air carrier positions, with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft or to secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers. Directs the Administrator to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires foreign air carriers to adopt and use a security program approved by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system, including the security of individual airports. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a scientific advisory panel, as a subcommittee of the Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee, to review and advise on the progress of such program, including the need for long-range research programs to detect and prevent catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft by the next generation of terrorist weapons. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees who receive information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Administrator to develop guidelines to ensure notification to the public and to the flight and cabin crews of an air carrier flight of any threats to its security. Directs the Administrator to develop guidelines for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Directs the heads of the agencies of the intelligence community to promulgate policies and procedures to ensure that intelligence reports concerning international terrorism are made available to other members of the intelligence community, the Department of Transportation, and the FAA. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to designate at least one intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in a senior staff position in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Requires the Administrator to study whether additional requirements should be imposed to enhance the security requirements for the transportation of mail and cargo by passenger aircraft. Title II: United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad - Declares that the Department of State (the Department) shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign international airports. Directs the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations for bilateral and multilateral agreements: (1) to enhance aviation security; (2) to implement the Foreign Airport Security Act and the foreign airport assessment program; and (3) to achieve improved availability of passenger manifest information. Makes the Coordinator for Counterterrorism responsible for the coordination of international aviation security for the Department. Requires the Administrator to require all U.S. air carriers to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department within three hours after the carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States involving such flight. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the acquisition and production of machine-readable U.S. passports and visas and compatible reading equipment. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary of State to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a disaster, particularly an aviation tragedy, involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide in the event of an international aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens that at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman with foreign local authorities for the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as for disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future response to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should take appropriate action to increase limits on carrier liability established by the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air (Warsaw Convention). Directs the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide monetary and tax relief as compensation to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Exempts the victims of the Lockerbie air disaster from income tax liability for any taxable year including December 21, 1988, and the prior year. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Authorizes appropriations for antiterrorism assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize training services, including short term refresher training, with respect to antiterrorism, to be conducted, under specified circumstances, outside of the United States. Directs the Secretary of State to develop and publish guidelines for thwarting efforts by international terrorists to enlist unwitting assistance of international aviation travelers in terrorist activities. Requires the Secretary of State to publish U.S. rewards for information on international terrorist-related activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should take measures to utilize and train U.S. employees at U.S. airports and abroad in the detection of explosives and firearms which could threaten international civil aviation. Requires the Secretary of State to propose to the International Civil Aviation Organization the establishment of a security program which includes: (1) training for airport security personnel; (2) grants for security equipment acquisition for certain nations; and (3) expansion of canine teams in the detection of explosive devices in all airports, including passenger screening areas and nonpublic baggage assembly and processing areas.
Bill· SS. 3115 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations prohibiting aircraft flights over national disaster areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 5720 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Transfers the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Highway 82 Bridge at Greenville, Mississippi, to the States of Mississippi and Arkansas upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that such States have entered into a suitable agreement for the continued operation and maintenance of the bridge.
Bill· SS. 3094 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Title I: Short Title - Airport Capacity Act of 1990 - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to: (1) airport noise policy; (2) passenger facility charges; and (3) airport slots. Title II: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for: (1) air navigation facilities; (2) specified research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects; and (3) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations. Increases the authorization of appropriations for FY 1992 for airport development and airport planning programs. Extends such programs through September 30, 1992. Title III: National Aviation Noise Policy - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a National Aviation Noise Policy that establishes: (1) a date for the phasing out of stage two technology aircraft as a part of a national noise management scheme; and (2) a program for the mandatory review and approval of existing or proposed local airport noise or access restrictions by the FAA. Requires the Federal Government, in the event of a disapproval of a restriction, to assume liability for noise damages to the extent that a taking has occurred as a result of such disapproval. Prohibits any airport from receiving airport development funds under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 or imposing a passenger facility charge, unless the Administrator of the FAA has approved a noise or access restriction at such airport. Prohibits the approval of a passenger facility charge if the airport has not conducted an airport noise compatibility program pursuant to the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979. Title IV: Passenger Facility Charges - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish by regulation a program for the imposition of approved passenger facility charges by airports to finance eligible projects. Sets forth requirements with respect to the use and imposition of such fees. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to require, as a condition to approval of a passenger facility charge project, that there will be no unjust discrimination at such facility. Subjects such projects to: (1) the approval of construction work by the Secretary of Transportation; (2) minimum wage rates; and (3) veterans preference requirements. Title V: Purchase, Sale, Lease, and Other Transfer of Slots Definitions - Prohibits the transfer of airport slots, with specified exceptions. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to establish by rule a pool of air carrier slots for new entrant carriers at high density traffic airports. Declares that specified high density traffic airport rules shall cease to have effect 18 months after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the extent to which shuttle service operating between LaGuardia National Airport and Boston and Washington National Airport is of significant public interest to the northeastern United States. Title VI: University Air Transportation Centers - Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to nonprofit educational institutions to establish one university air transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions of the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. Sets forth the responsibilities of such centers, among them: (1) research in airspace and airport planning and design; (2) airport capacity enhancement techniques; (3) human performance in the air transportation environment; (4) aviation safety and security; and (5) the supply of trained air transportation personnel including pilots and mechanics. Requires the research advisory committee of the FAA to coordinate the research and training conducted by such centers. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to undertake or supervise research programs for developing and maintaining a safe air transportation system. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a system of manned auxiliary flight service stations. Declares that the Congress finds that special emphasis should be placed on the conversion of former military air bases to civil use and on the identification and improvement of additional joint-use facilities. Requires a set-aside of not less than one half of one percent of airport development and airport planning funds for FY 1991 and 1992 to be distributed to sponsors of current or former military airports to develop them to improve the capacity of the national air transportation system. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to designate not more than five current or former military airports for participation in the set-aside program. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to: (1) issue an environmental impact statement on the effects of changes in aircraft flight patterns over the States of New York and New Jersey as a result of the expanded East Coast Plan; (2) investigate the effects on air safety over such States as a result of the Plan; (3) report to the Congress on the results of the environmental impact statement and of the investigation; and (4) implement any appropriate plan modifications. Declares that the Congress finds that airport and airway programs should be administered in a manner that prevents unjust and discriminatory practices as they may be applied between category and class of aircraft. Declares that the Congress finds that artificial restrictions on airport capacity should not unjustly discriminate between categories and classes of aircraft. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require that carrier flight deck crew-members whose seniority rights have been affected by the purchase or acquisition of an air carrier by another air carrier be afforded the protections provided by the Civil Aeronautics Board in the Tiger International-Seaboard Acquisition Case to ensure that seniority lists are integrated in an equitable manner. Transfers specified aviation safety functions of the Secretary of Transportation to the Administrator of the FAA.
Bill· HRH.R. 5698 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of constructing a four-lane expressway linking Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Rapid City, South Dakota. Limits the Federal contribution to such study to 80 percent of the cost. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 469 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5314 (water resources development).
Bill· HRH.R. 5655 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to repeal its fuel economy standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 5660 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Prohibits the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) from discontinuing commuter rail service between Valparaiso, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois, before July 1, 1991.
Law· SS. 3062 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Transfers the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Highway 82 Bridge at Greenville, Mississippi, to the States of Mississippi and Arkansas upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that such States have entered into a suitable agreement for the continued operation and maintenance of the bridge.
Bill· HRH.R. 5637 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Amends Federal transportation law to revise criteria used by the Interstate Commerce Commission in making determinations with respect to applications for abandonment or discontinuance of railroad lines and rail transportation in rural and agricultural areas, especially if abandonment or discontinuance will have a serious adverse effect on development. Requires rail carriers listing a railroad line for abandonment or discontinuance to make specified records and justifications available to government agencies or local governments. Grants lessees of property or facilities owned by a rail carrier proposing an abandonment or discontinuance elsewhere the right of first refusal to buy a facility served by the line to be abandoned or discontinued. Declares that the Commission shall not adopt any regulation which prohibits shippers: (1) from operating their own rail cars for the transportation of dry bulk commodities; (2) from determining the points at which such cars can be loaded; or (3) which interferes with such shipped prerogatives.
Bill· SS. 3054 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Amends Federal transportation law to revise criteria used by the Interstate Commerce Commission in making determinations with respect to applications for abandonment or discontinuance of railroad lines and rail transportation in rural and agricultural areas, especially if abandonment or discontinuance will have a serious adverse effect on development. Requires rail carriers listing a railroad line for abandonment or discontinuance to make specified records and justifications available to government agencies or local governments. Grants lessees of property or facilities owned by a rail carrier proposing an abandonment or discontinuance elsewhere the right of first refusal to buy a facility served by the line to be abandoned or discontinued. Declares that the Commission shall not adopt any regulation which prohibits shippers: (1) from operating their own rail cars for the transportation of dry bulk commodities; (2) from determining the points at which such cars can be loaded; or (3) which interferes with such shipped prerogatives.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 369 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding the promotion of the safe and increased use of bicycling as a means of transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 5560 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990
Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1990 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to establish average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles for model years 1995 and thereafter and automobiles other than passenger automobiles (light trucks) for model years 1995 and thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary), after FY 1995, to modify such standards for model year 2001 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary, in response to petitions filed at least 12 months in advance of the model year, to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether to increase or decrease such standard to a level that is the maximum feasible average fuel economy for that model year, except that such standard shall not be reduced below a 30 percent increase over the average fuel economy achieved by the manufacturer of such vehicle for model year 1988. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report annually to specified congressional committees on a study which: (1) examines the accuracy of fuel economy testing of passenger automobiles and light trucks; and (2) assesses the extent to which fuel economy deteriorates during the lifetime of such vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 explanatory booklets each year to every dealer and additional numbers if requested. Requires the Secretary to provide for a review and report to the Congress by the National Academy of Sciences of the current state of research and development in light truck fuel economy and passenger automobile fuel economy and an assessment of the potential for improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Requires the Secretary of Energy to study and report to the Congress on the future options for regulating the fuel efficiency of such vehicles beyond 2001. Doubles the civil penalty for repeated violations of the fuel economy standard. Sets forth criteria with respect to the testing of fuel economy for small passenger automobiles that contain airbags.
Law· SS. 3012 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 30 August 1990
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Authorizes employees of the National Transportation Safety Board to examine vessels with respect to accidents investigated by the Board. Declares that the Board shall have sole authority to determine the manner in which post-accident or reasonable suspicion toxicological testing will be conducted under this Act and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Requires the Board to maintain the confidentiality of cockpit voice recordings and transcriptions. Provides for the use of such recordings and transcriptions in judicial proceedings.
Bill· SS. 3001 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1990
Transportation Investment and Trust Act of 1990 - Title I: Highway Account Authorizations - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (the Act) to extend indefinitely the Interstate System program. Increases the FY 1993 authorization of appropriations for Interstate System construction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for interstate substitute highway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for specified Federal-aid highways projects. Increases the FY 1991 obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Sets forth the obligation ceiling for FY 1992 for such programs. Reauthorizes through FY 1992 the bridge and strategic highway research programs. Title II: Mass Transit Account Authorizations - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1992 for urban mass transportation projects, including grants to States and local agencies for deployment of innovative methods in the operation of public transportation services, and grants and loans for special projects to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped. Title III: Airport and Airway Authorizations - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend through September 30, 1992, projects for airport development and planning. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 1991 and 1992 for: (1) air navigation facilities; and (2) research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects. Title IV: Deficit Calculation - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude the receipts and disbursements allocable to the transportation-related operations of the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account) and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from calculations of maximum deficit amounts.
Bill· SS. 2968 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Declares that the Secretary of Transportation may authorize States with rural populations of 30 percent or more to exempt farm vehicle operators who operate within 600 miles of the farm where such vehicle primarily operates from the commercial driver's license program established under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 5489 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Transportation Investment and Trust Act of 1990 - Title I: Highway Account Authorizations - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (the Act) to extend indefinitely the Interstate System program. Increases the FY 1993 authorization of appropriations for Interstate System construction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for interstate substitute highway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for specified Federal-aid highways projects. Sets forth the obligation ceiling for FY 1992 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Reauthorizes through FY 1992 the bridge and strategic highway research programs. Title II: Mass Transit Account Authorizations - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1992 for urban mass transportation projects, including grants to States and local agencies for deployment of innovative methods in the operation of public transportation services and grants and loans for special projects to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped. Title III: Airport and Airway Authorizations - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend through September 30, 1992, projects for airport development and planning. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 1991 and 1992 for: (1) air navigation facilities; and (2) research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects. Title IV: Deficit Calculation - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude the receipts and disbursements allocable to the transportation-related operations of the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account) and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from calculations of maximum deficit amounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 5533 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Between the Capes Competitive Revisions of 1990 - Declares that, subject to restrictions imposed by a State over vessels operating in State waters, only a documented vessel of the United States may operate as a gambling ship in the U.S. territorial sea.
Bill· HRH.R. 5534 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
United States Flag Cruise Ship Safety and Competitiveness Act of 1990 - Repeals The Gambling Ship Act (relating to gambling ships and, without reference to ships, transmission of wagering information). Declares that provisions of Federal law relating to the transportation of gambling devices do not apply to any vessel documented as a vessel of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5511 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit persons who own, control, or operate an air carrier computer reservations system from discriminating against any participant in such system in specified ways, including by creating an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity or by making more timely or complete subscriber information available only to some participants. Prohibits system subscriber contracts from containing specified contractual restraints. Authorizes participants who object to an increased participant fee to require that such fee be reviewed by an arbitrator.
Bill· HRH.R. 5457 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Title I: Public Transit Act of 1990 - Public Transit Act of 1990 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations through FY 1996 for specified mass transportation projects. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to allocate funds for FY 1992 through 1996 for: (1) rail modernization; (2) construction of new fixed guideway systems; (3) replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and bus-related facilities; and (4) other specified transportation projects. Title II: Highway Revenue Act of 1990 - Highway Revenue Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for a five-year period: (1) specified Highway Trust Fund taxes and related exemptions regarding transportation; and (2) the Highway Trust Fund. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend for a five-year period the transfer of certain gasoline taxes from the land and water conservation fund into the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 5535 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
National Magnetic Levitation Research and Development Act of 1990 - Directs the President to designate a lead Federal agency or agencies, in collaboration with other specified Federal agencies, to develop a national strategic plan for research, development, and demonstration leading to a national magnetic levitation transportation system. Requires such lead agency or agencies to conduct a national competition in which grants shall be awarded for research and development of a design for such system. Sets forth criteria for the selection of a design. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in collaboration with the lead agency or agencies, to establish a long-term, advanced magnetic levitation research and development program. Requires the Secretary to designate one of the National Energy Laboratories as the Lead Magnetic Levitation Research and Development Center with responsibility for the research and development program. Provides for the protection of trade secrets and other information resulting from activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 362 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) 1991 should be considered as Rebuild America Year; (2) a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States should be undertaken to provide assistance to States and localities in meeting core infrastructure needs; (3) the multibillion dollar balances in the Highway and Airport and Airway Trust Funds should be spent to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States; (4) the President should work with the Congress to establish a comprehensive national infrastructure policy and to revitalize and supplement existing programs to achieve this goal; (5) the Federal Government along with State and local governments and the private sector should share their expertise and support in formulating and developing a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States; and (6) the President and the Congress should dedicate appropriate funding to implement a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5453 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy. Establishes the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy Advisory Group. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from cancelling a flight within 72 hours of its scheduled departure time for any reason, except for safety reasons or the absence of any passengers at such departure time. Requires air carriers which cancel such flights for safety-related reasons to report to the Secretary on the cancellation, the reasons for it, and actions taken to resolve the safety-related problem. Requires air carriers to notify their passengers of any delays of 15 minutes or more in the departure or arrival of scheduled flights. Requires an air carrier which cancels a flight in violation of this Act, or alters stopping places of such flight for any reason other than safety, to compensate passengers. Prohibits on-time performance of regularly scheduled flights from being 30 percent or less in any consecutive three-month period. Requires the Secretary to establish in the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy a toll-free telephone number system for receiving passenger complaints relating to air service. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) ticket information; and (2) lost or damaged baggage claims. Sets forth civil penalties for economic cancellations and consistently delayed flights by air carriers.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 635 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Designates October 7 through 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.
Bill· SS. 2943 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants from the Mass Transit Account to States that have a general tax-based source of revenues for paying the non-Federal share of mass transportation projects under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 445 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) support efforts for peace, freedom, and democracy in Lebanon; (2) lend assistance to a new nonpartisan cabinet in Lebanon to oversee the ending of the foreign military presence, obtain international guarantees for free and fair elections, and restore state authority; (3) encourage unity within all branches of the Lebanese Government; (4) support the right of the elected representatives of the Lebanese people to effectuate political reconstruction and reconciliation; (5) extend support to eradicate the narcotics industry and dismantle the drug trafficking network in Lebanon; (6) assist in a political and economic reconstruction of Lebanon that will reinforce constitutional democracy; and (7) commit to an overall assistance program to enable Lebanon to reconstruct an economic, social, and political infrastructure.
Law· SS. 2936 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1990
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to issue regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous materials in domestic and foreign commerce (including standards for route designations). Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations for dispute resolution among the States or Indian tribes regarding hazardous materials highway route designations. Permits States or Indian tribes to petition for judicial review of the dispute resolution decision. Grants the Secretary discretion to either adopt or reject hazardous materials transportation standards adopted by international bodies according to the Secretary's perception of the public interest. Requires a person who offers a hazardous material for transportation in commerce to provide the carrier a shipping paper that discloses specified information on such material. Prohibits a person from altering any required marking or packaging of hazardous materials. Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue standards requiring an employer who receives a package or vehicle containing a hazardous material and which is required to be marked to retain such markings until the material has been removed. Prohibits a motor carrier from transporting specified hazardous materials unless it obtains a valid safety permit. Increases civil and criminal penalties for persons who commit violations in the transport of hazardous materials. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations with respect to the transportation by rail of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (including mode and route designations). Requires the Secretary to make grants to States and Indian tribes to enhance planning for responding to emergencies involving transportation of hazardous materials and for the training of emergency response personnel. Sets forth grant requirements. Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to State, tribal, regional, and local governments to encourage effective emergency responses to accidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretary for FY 1991 to employ an additional 30 safety inspectors (ten of which should focus on promoting the safe transportation of radioactive materials) for the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Research and Special Programs Administration. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the present system of identifying hazardous materials and of means to improve such identification while in transit. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations with respect to making safety rating of motor carriers who have received an unsatisfactory rating available to the public. Directs the Secretary to issue a final rule prohibiting a motor carrier with an unsatisfactory safety rating from operating a commercial motor vehicle until it receives a conditional or satisfactory rating. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding with respect to the need to establish annual or other registration requirements for persons who transport or handle hazardous materials. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to provide for State participation in the regulation of hazardous materials transported by rail carriers.
Bill· SS. 2933 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Negotiated Rates Equity Act of 1990 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to find that it would be an unreasonable practice for a motor common carrier (except household goods motor carriers) to collect tariff rates or charges in addition to those originally billed and collected, or to impose rules or classifications permitting such collection. Shortens the statute of limitations for the filing of claims: (1) by a motor common carrier for recovery of transportation or service charges; and (2) by a person to recover overcharges by a motor carrier. Decreases the limitation period for both kinds of claims from 36 months to: (1) 24 months for claim accruals during the year following enactment of this Act; and (2) 18 months for claim accruals on or after one year following enactment. Permits motor carriers and shippers to resolve by mutual consent, subject to Commission review and approval, any overcharge and undercharge claims resulting from billing errors or incorrect tariff provisions arising from the inadvertent failure to properly and timely file and maintain agreed upon rates, rules, or classifications. Authorizes States to waive commercial drivers' license requirements under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 for vehicles used to transport farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, and vehicles used for custom harvesting, whether or not such vehicles are controlled and operated by a farmer.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 355 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Rail Passenger Service Act establishing the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).
Bill· SS. 2921 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Trade Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to annually determine and publish the net shipbuilding and repair subsidy provided, directly and indirectly, to each major shipbuilding and repair company in foreign countries meeting certain requirements. Requires information submitted to the Secretary in connection with the determinations to be treated as proprietary if it meets certain requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires each company to repay to its government the total value of the aggregate subsidy provided, plus interest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require certification from both the company and the foreign government that the payments have occurred; and (2) if requested, verify the repayment. Directs the Secretary, if a company has not complied, to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to collect an annual assessment on each vessel constructed or repaired by the company. Sets the amount of the assessment at the amount of the net subsidy, adjusted by partial repayments and increased by any previous unpaid assessment. Prohibits a vessel from entering a U.S. port until the assessment is paid in full. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose an ad valorem duty on the cost of non-emergency equipment purchased or work done on a U.S.-documented vessel in a country that provides a subsidy to its ship construction and repair industry, as determined by the Secretary and the U.S. Trade Representative. (Current law imposes the same level of duty on equipment and repairs, making no reference to emergencies and not limiting the ad valorem duty to equipment or repairs done in a country that provides subsidies.)
Bill· SS. 2926 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of constructing a four-lane expressway linking Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Rapid City, South Dakota. Limits the Federal contribution to such study to 80 percent of the cost. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5361 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Trade Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to annually determine and publish the net shipbuilding and repair subsidy provided, directly and indirectly, to each major shipbuilding and repair company in foreign countries meeting certain requirements. Requires the information submitted to the Secretary in connection with the determinations to be treated as proprietary if it meets certain requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires each company to repay to its government the total value of the aggregate subsidy provided, plus interest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require certification from both the company and the foreign government that the payments have occurred; and (2) if requested, verify the repayment. Directs the Secretary, if a company has not complied, to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to collect an annual assessment on each vessel constructed or repaired by the company. Sets the amount of the assessment at the amount of the net subsidy, adjusted by partial repayments and increased by any previous unpaid assessment. Prohibits a vessel from entering a U.S. port until the assessment is paid in full. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose an ad valorem duty on the cost of non-emergency equipment purchased or work done on a U.S.-documented vessel in a country that provides a subsidy to its ship construction and repair industry, as determined by the Secretary and the U.S. Trade Representative. (Current law imposed the same level of duty on equipment and repairs, making no reference to emergencies and not limiting the ad valorem duty to equipment or repairs done in a country that provides subsidies.)
Bill· SS. 2894 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for the West North Central region highway system. Limits Federal assistance to any construction project under such system to 80 percent of project costs. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion authorized funds to each State of the West North Central region (Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, and Kansas) on the basis of its percentage of the total estimated project costs for all such States. Directs such States to develop and submit to the Secretary a list of the estimated project costs.
Bill· SS. 2851 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Airline Competition Equity Act of 1990 - Prohibits the purchase, sale, lease, or transfer of slots at airports on or after July 12, 1990, except that one slot may be exchanged for another if there is no other consideration associated with the exchange. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish by rulemaking a pool of slots for new entrant air carriers at high density traffic airports. Terminates such rule (as well as the existing "buy-sell rule") 18 months after enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to provide a specified certification to the Congress if after such rule ceases to be effective the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator decides to issue a new rule for the allocation of such slots.
Bill· HRH.R. 5243 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Exempts three specified vessels, notwithstanding any other provision of law, from provisions of Federal law relating to inspection of vessels, except for certain provisions relating to permits. Terminates the exemption with regard to any of the vessels when the vessel is conveyed to a person other than a nonprofit organization which has as the organization's purpose the operation of the vessel as a nonprofit merchant mariner memorial.