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Bill· COD2003/0255(COD)voted

Social legislation relating to road transport activities

European Union · European Parliament · 3 December 2003

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage1151/Jschriftliche anfrage

Erhalt der Ybbstalbahn

Austria · National Council · 1 December 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gabriele Binder, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Erhalt der Ybbstalbahn

Report· Ausschussbericht340 d.B.ausschussbericht

Bundesbahnstrukturgesetz 2003

Austria · National Council · 1 December 2003

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (311 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesbahngesetz 1992, das Schieneninfrastrukturfinanzierungsgesetz, das Hochleistungsstreckengesetz, das Bundesgesetz zur Errichtung einer "Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH", das Bundespflegegeldgesetz und das Kriegsgefangenenentschädigungsgesetz sowie das Gesetz zur Neuordnung des Dienstrechtes der Österreichischen Bundesbahnen und deren Rechtsnachfolge-Unternehmen erlassen wird, mit dem das Bahn-Betriebsverfassungsgesetz aufgehoben wird, und mit dem das Arbeitsverfassungsgesetz und das Angestelltengesetz geändert werden (Bundesbahnstrukturgesetz 2003) <br><br>

Report· Ausschussbericht343 d.B.ausschussbericht

Maßnahmen für den Schutz von Tieren beim Transport

Austria · National Council · 1 December 2003

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über den Antrag 50/A(E) der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen für den Schutz von Tieren beim Transport

Report· Bericht und Antrag341 d.B.bericht und antrag

Haftungsübernahme für von der Gesellschaft "Österreichische Bundesbahnen" bei der "EUROFIMA" aufzunehmende Anleihen, Darlehen und sonstige Kredite, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 1 December 2003

Bericht und Antrag des Verkehrsausschusses über den Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes, mit dem das Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Haftungsübernahme für von der Gesellschaft "Österreichische Bundesbahnen" bei der "EUROFIMA" (Europäische Gesellschaft für die Finanzierung von Eisenbahnmaterial) aufzunehmende Anleihen, Darlehen und sonstige Kredite geregelt wird, geändert wird

Record· Mündliche Anfrage - BR1292/M-BR/2003mündliche anfrage - br

Transitfrage

Austria · Federal Council · 27 November 2003

Mündliche Anfrage des Bundesrates Helmut Wiesenegg (SPÖ) an den Bundeskanzler Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel betreffend Transitfrage

Record· Schriftliche Anfrage - BR2130/J-BR/2003schriftliche anfrage - br

österreichisches Radwegenetz

Austria · Federal Council · 27 November 2003

Anfrage der Bundesräte Gottfried Kneifel, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend österreichisches Radwegenetz

Record· Mündliche Anfrage - BR1289/M-BR/2003mündliche anfrage - br

Umsetzung des LKW-Nachtfahrverbots

Austria · Federal Council · 27 November 2003

Mündliche Anfrage der Bundesrätin Elisabeth Kerschbaum (GRÜNE) an den Bundeskanzler Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel betreffend Umsetzung des LKW-Nachtfahrverbots

Proposal· PCCELEX 52003PC0719(01)open

Opinion of the Commission pursuant to Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c) of the EC Treaty on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the second railway package with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification - amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty

European Union · European Commission · 26 November 2003

Question· oralPQ 4asked

4 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach the rule and procedures in place in his Department for use of the Government jet. [28299/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2003

4 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach the rule and procedures in place in his Department for use of the Government jet. [28299/03]

Question· oralPQ 3asked

3 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place with regard to the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26332/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2003

3 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place with regard to the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26332/03]

Question· oralPQ 2asked

2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the rules in his Department governing the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2003

2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the rules in his Department governing the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/03]

Question· oralPQ 1asked

1 Mr. Kenny asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his office for the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2003

1 Mr. Kenny asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his office for the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/03]

Bill· SS. 1978 (108th)open

Surface Transportation Safety Reauthorization Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 2003

Surface Transportation Safety Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Highway Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends Federal highway law to reauthorize the highway safety grant program. Revises requirements for highway safety research and outreach programs and the impaired driving program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to make grants to States for: (1) enacting and enforcing specified occupant protection laws; and (2) traffic safety information system improvements. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Repeals authority for alcohol traffic safety programs. Amends Federal transportation law with respect to specified vehicle safety-related matters. Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to reauthorize specified programs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene a commercial driver's license (CDL) program working group; and (2) establish a Medical Review Board. Revises specified requirements with respect to motor carrier safety. Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary to issue regulations to establish an on-line Federal Unified Carrier Registration System to replace specified current systems. Household Goods Mover Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to provide for enforcement of Federal laws and regulations with respect to the interstate transportation of household goods. Directs the Secretary to establish a consumer complaint system and database. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for failure of a mover to give up possession of household goods. Hazardous Material Transportation Safety and Security Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to revise requirements for specified matters relating to hazardous material transportation safety and security. Reauthorizes the program through FY 2009. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program of random cargo inspections at U.S. points of entry to determine the extent to which undeclared hazardous material is being offered for transportation through them. Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation to require shippers, carriers by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receivers, and other persons engaged in the transportation of food to use prescribed sanitary transportation practices. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish procedures for transportation safety inspections to identify suspected incidents of contamination or adulteration of food, meat, or poultry products. Sport Fishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act - Amends the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act to provide for distribution of FY 2004 through 2009 appropriations, including those for the multistate conservation grant program. Amends the Clean Vessel Act, with respect to grants for State marine sanitation device pumpout station programs, to repeal the priority consideration to grant applications that, in coastal States, propose constructing and renovating pumpout stations and waste reception facilities in accordance with a coastal State's approved plan. Amends Federal shipping law to increase from one-half to 75 percent the maximum percentage of a State's total cost for its recreational boating safety program represented by the Federal allocation the State receives. Extends the availability of such allocation from two years to three years. Requires a reduction of such allocation if the State's expenditures for the program for the previous fiscal year is below the average expenditures for the three preceding fiscal years (failure of maintenance of effort). Amends Federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for Amtrak operating expenses. Establishes the Rail Infrastructure Finance Corporation (not a Federal agency or establishment) to support rail transportation capital projects through the issuance of rail capital infrastructure bonds. Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to: (1) repeal the Light Density Rail Line Pilot Projects program; and (2) replace it with a program of capital grants for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track structures) of class II and class III railroads. Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary to carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects involving a lateral or vertical relocation of any portion of the rail line within a municipality to avoid closing a grade crossing or constructing a road underpass or overpass in order to mitigate the adverse effects of rail traffic on safety, motor vehicle traffic flow, or economic development. Declares that the proceeds from the sale of any Federal bonds available to fund passenger rail projects may be used to fund a more cost-effective alternative qualified transportation infrastructure project proposed by a State, including a highway project, a transit system project, a railroad project, an airport project, a port project, and an inland waterways project.

Bill· SS. 1960 (108th)referred

A bill to exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program.

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 2003

Entitles economically depressed communities to 100 percent of costs for an airport project if the community has: (1) an unemployment rate 1 percent higher than the national average for the preceding 24 months; (2) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; or (3) a special need such as substantial population loss, underemployment, military base closures, major disasters or emergencies, extraordinary depletion of natural resources, closure or restructuring of industrial firms essential to the area economies, and destructive impacts of foreign trade.

Bill· SS. 1961 (108th)referred

Arrive 21 Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 2003

American Railroad Revitalization, Investment, and Enhancement Act of the 21st Century, or the Arrive 21 Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess and develop prioritized recommendations regarding the security risks associated with freight and intercity passenger rail transportation. Amends Federal transportation law with respect to: (1) Federal rail policy; (2) establishment of a rail cooperative research program; (3) State rail plans; (4) interstate railroad passenger high-speed transportation policy; (5) high-speed rail corridor planning; (6) rehabilitation, improvement, and security financing; (7) creations of a 50-year Intermodal Blueprint; and (8) the National Railroad Passenger Transportation (Amtrak) system. Designates specified high-speed rail corridors. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) from collecting payments for a specified direct loan to Amtrak. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to work with the Secretary to restructure Amtrak's long-term debt and capital leases. Prohibits Amtrak from contracting new secured debt. Repeals self-sufficiency requirements for Amtrak. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury annually to pay the equivalent of excess railroad retirement benefits to the Railroad Retirement Account with respect to Amtrak retirees. Authorizes appropriations for environmental compliance and station improvements, tunnel life safety, and Amtrak capital and operating expenses. Prescribes general procedures for: (1) establishment of an Amtrak grant process; and (2) development of an Amtrak five-year financial plan. Directs the Amtrak Board of Directors to develop a formula for equitable and fair funding of the operating costs of trains operating on routes of 750 miles or less (State-supported routes). Re-establishes the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee. Amends Federal transportation law to revise requirements for: (1) the Amtrak Board; and (2) intercity passenger train on-time performance and other standards. Requires establishment of a system for financial accounting of Amtrak operations by an independent auditor. Directs the Secretary to contract with an independent auditor or consultant to establish methodologies for Amtrak route and service planning decisions. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to develop new or improve existing metrics and minimum standards for measuring the service quality of intercity train operations. Establishes a nonprofit and nonpolitical Rail Infrastructure Finance Corporation (RIFC) to provide financial support for rail transportation capital projects through issuance of qualified rail infrastructure bonds. Requires the RIFC Board of Directors to establish a Rail Infrastructure Finance Trust. Authorizes the RIFC Board to establish: (1) an intercity passenger rail development grant program; and (2) a high priority projects grant program. Requires the RIFC Board to establish a freight rail infrastructure development grant program. Deems any person conducting rail operations over rail infrastructure constructed or improved with RIFC grant funds to be an employer for Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 purposes and a carrier for Railway Labor Act purposes. Requires collective bargaining agreements meeting specified criteria between any entity replacing another intercity passenger railroad service provider and the employees of the predecessor provider.

Law· proposition de loi2004-172enacted

proposition de loi portant création des communautés aéroportuaires

France · Senate · 21 November 2003

Bill· SS. 1927 (108th)referred

Airliner Protection Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Airline Protection Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to award grants for the production of bomb scanners for airline baggage. Limits grant eligibility to U.S.-based entities that have demonstrated the ability to produce scanners with false positive and false negative rates below specified percentages which are not cost prohibitive to install.

Bill· SS. 1917 (108th)referred

Clean Air and Water Investment and Infrastructure Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Clean Air and Water Investment and Infrastructure Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities; and (2) provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for such air and water pollution control facilities, facilities for the furnishing of water, and sewage facilities.

Bill· HRH.R. 3572 (108th)referred

AGOA III Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

AGOA III Act - Declares the sense of Congress that beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries (SSA countries) under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) will benefit if they: (1) implement specified existing obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO); and (2) take steps to promote regional integration, including through agreements to eliminate regional trade barriers. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal the requirement that certain non-apparel articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of an SSA country shall receive duty-free treatment only if the President determines that they are not import-sensitive in the context of imports from such countries. Extends duty-free treatment for AGOA articles from FY 2008 through FY 2020. Amends AGOA to revise requirements for textile and apparel products from SSA countries receiving duty-free and other preferential import treatment. Permits certain articles to contain fabric or yarn not originating from an SSA country or the United States (third country fabric), regardless of commercial availability in the United States (as long as it is not the component that determines the classification of the article under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States). Extends through FY 2008 the current special rule for lesser developed SSA countries. Extends duty-free treatment to: (1) apparel articles formed on seamless knitting machines in an SSA country from yarns originating either in the United States or one or more SSA countries; and (2) ethnic printed fabric of an SSA country meeting certain criteria. Authorizes the President to extend duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, for up to two additional years to a particular lesser developed SSA country lacking sufficient domestic fabric-making capacity, taking into account the extent to which the country has taken steps to increase such capacity by attracting investment. Declares the sense of the Congress that, in negotiating free trade agreements with other countries, the President should negotiate rules of origin for textile and apparel products that allow the use of inputs from SSA countries. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment to agricultural products from SSA countries that would otherwise be excluded for exceeding a tariff-rate quota. Requires the President to assess a duty (according to a specified formula) on over-quota imports of any agricultural product for which preferential treatment is claimed, if the President determines that the product's unit import price when it enters the United States, determined on an F.O.B. basis, is less than the annual trigger price. Amends AGOA to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to develop a comprehensive plan for public policies and incentives for the private sector to: (1) identify SSA products that can be exported to the United States; (2) analyze critical constraints to U.S.-Africa agricultural trade; and (3) develop a strategy for increasing such SSA agricultural exports. Directs the President to assign at least 20 full-time personnel of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to not less than ten eligible SSA countries with the greatest potential to increase marketable exports of agricultural products to the United States and the greatest need for technical assistance, particularly in conducting pest risk assessments. Authorizes the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide grants to governmental and nongovernmental entities located in eligible SSA countries that can provide assistance, consultation, and equipment to agribusinesses located in those countries in order to enable agricultural products to meet U.S. import requirements. Requires the Secretary to direct the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) to work with national African agricultural organizations to identify agricultural equipment and supply needs and implement programs that strengthen the ability of members of African agricultural organizations to fulfill these needs in conjunction with export credit guarantee programs. Amends AGOA to condition the President's termination of the designation of an SSA country upon Congress' not prohibiting it. Requires the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to focus funding on investments in agriculture, tourism, and nature tourism. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to waive certain prohibitions against OPIC issuance of any contract of insurance or reinsurance, guaranty, or agreement to provide financing for an eligible investor's proposed investment in an SSA country even if such investment is likely to cause a significant reduction in the number of employees in the United States. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Bank to implement regulations and procedures appropriate to ensure that full consideration is given to the extent to which any credit extension is likely to have a positive effect on industries, including the textile and apparel industry and agricultural production, in SSA countries. States the sense of Congress that USAID, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the African Development Bank, should continue to provide technical assistance to SSA countries in tax policy and revenue administration, especially domestic policies and measures to replace lost trade tax revenues resulting from trade liberalization. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to seek negotiations with those SSA countries which the Secretary determines will benefit most from an income tax treaty with the United States to avoid double taxation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer a deduction from income for cash contributions to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Directs the USTR to seek to negotiate bilateral investment agreements with interested SSA countries. Directs the USAID Administrator to study the economy of each SSA country, identifying growth sectors and barriers impeding growth, as well as how the U.S. Government and the private sector can provide technical assistance to help dismantle such barriers and promote investment in such sectors. Directs the President to develop and implement policies to assist and encourage: (1) the development of infrastructure projects that will help to increase trade capacity and a sustainable ecotourism industry in SSA countries; and (2) investment in transportation, energy, agriculture, and telecommunications infrastructure in such countries. Directs the USAID Administrator to foster specified port-to-port and airport-to-airport relationships. Authorizes the USTR to provide grants to U.S. nongovernmental organizations and to U.S. representatives of the private sector to host AGOA forums. Directs the President to assemble an interagency task force to facilitate the goals and objectives of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3577 (108th)referred

Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for: (1) surface transportation research, development, and deployment; (2) training and education; (3) the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (4) university transportation research; and (5) intellligent transportation systems research. Revises requirements for transportation: (1) research strategic planning to include development priorities; and (2) deployment grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to demonstrate the application of innovative technology in surface transportation infrsstructure construction and safety. Directs the Secretary to arrange with the National Academy of Sciences for establishment of a Future Strategic Highway Research Program. Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to revise the Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 1998 and rename it the Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 2003. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Multimodal Trends Policy Research Program that systematically addresses critical short-term, medium-term, and long-term social science issues affecting and affected by the transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for transit research and development. Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary to establish an Innovative Practices and Technologies Demonstration and Deployment Program. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a multimodal energy and climate change program to study the relationship of transportation, energy, and climate change as part of the National Climate Change Technology Initiative and the Climate Change Research Initiative; and (2) a national cooperative freight transportation research program.

Bill· HRH.R. 3578 (108th)referred

New Starts Enhancement and Local Investment Promotion Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

New Starts Enhancement and Local Investment Promotion Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law with respect to grants or loans for new starts of a capital project for a new fixed guideway system or extension of an existing system. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to waive the prior approval requirement for a State or local governmental authority's undertaking a project in advance of Federal funding, if the authority agrees to provide 60 percent or more of the net cost of the project from non-Federal funds. Allows the authority, as a consequence, to carry out any pre-construction part of the project without regard to whether the Secretary has approved in advance the plans and specifications for that part. Declares that the application process for a new starts project approved for a full funding grant agreement shall serve jointly as an application for a secured loan, line of credit, and loan guarantee. States that the proceeds of a line of credit, for projects with an approved full funding grant agreement and a non-Federal revenue share of at least 60 percent of the project cost, shall be available for ten years after the date of substantial completion of the project to pay eligible project costs and to provide liquidity for a variable rate remarketing program. States further that any draw on the line of credit shall not represent a guarantee of debt payment, but shall represent a direct loan and shall be made and repaid only under the terms, rate, and conditions as agreed to by the project sponsor and Secretary. Provides that each new starts project with a full funding grant agreement shall be funded from amounts made available from the capital program grants and loans for each of FY 2004 through 2009 to carry out such project in accordance with the annual schedule contained in each agreement. Requires the Secretary to make loans available to a new starts project sponsor in an amount equal to the difference between the full funding grant agreement amount for a fiscal year, and the amount appropriated in the same year, if the appropriated amount is lower than the full funding agreement amount. Requires the Federal Government to repay the principal of any such secured loan through a subsequent appropriation from the new starts program. Prohibits the assignment to a specific new starts project of any interest expense paid. Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) making a loan for a project for which a grant (except a relocation payment grant) is made; or (2) imposing an overall limitation on the amount of Government financial assistance that may be expended for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for a project, or a project full funding grant agreement.

Bill· HRH.R. 3611 (108th)referred

Metropolitan Congestion Relief Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Metropolitan Congestion Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to provide that 80 percent of specified funds apportioned to a State (currently, 62.5 percent of the remaining 80 percent) shall be obligated in urbanized areas of the State with populations of over 200,000 and in other areas of the State, in proportion to their relative share of the State's population. Modifies: (1) the allocation formula under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program; and (2) the Minimum Guarantee regarding programmatic distribution of funds. Directs that the funds apportioned to a State for a fiscal year for the National Highway System (NHS) be allocated between urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000 in the State and other areas in the State as follows: (1) 75 percent in the ratio that the total lane miles on the NHS in such urbanized areas in the State bears to the total lane miles on the NHS in all areas in the State; and (2) 25 percent in the ratio that the total vehicle miles traveled on the NHS in such urbanized areas in the State bears to the total vehicle miles traveled on the NHS in all areas in the State. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a metropolitan congestion relief program; and (2) establish and implement an operational improvement program. Increases the percentage set aside for metropolitan planning.

Bill· HRH.R. 3585 (108th)open

To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement an environmental review process for safety emergency highway projects.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a process for the expedited environmental review and approval of safety emergency highway construction or maintenance projects that correct or improve hazardous locations on a highway. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations that: (1) allow the use of the process for any project correcting or improving hazardous locations on a highway within a State where the motor vehicle accident rate is at least 50 percent higher than the statewide average for similar classes of highways, if the project only includes roadway safety improvements that have a high potential to reduce the number of motor vehicle accidents; and (2) establish criteria for approving deviations from procedures established in regulations issued by the Secretary implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires each Federal agency that has jurisdiction over environmental issues that may be affected by such a project and the analysis of which would be part of any environmental document required by NEPA, or that may be required by Federal law to independently conduct an environmental review or analysis for such project, determine whether to issue a permit, license, or approval of the project, or render an opinion or recommendation on the project's environmental impact, to issue regulations providing for the expedited processing of, and approval of deviations for, the project. Exempts a Federal agency approving such a deviation from the requirement to consult with the Council on Environmental Quality.

Bill· HRH.R. 3576 (108th)referred

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 2003

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for duty-free treatment for certain log forwarders (as well as parts) with cranes, designed for off-highway use, which are used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods.

Question· oralPQ 194asked