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United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1981
Declares that the lock replacing the Vermilion Lock on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisiana, shall be named the Leland Bowman Lock.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1981
Sets forth the findings of Congress in regard to the transfer of the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer, without direct monetary consideration, the rail properties of the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska. Lists conditions that must be met before such transfer may be made. Terminates the Secretary's authority if he has not certified that the State has satisfied such conditions within one year from the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of such properties if such certification has not been made. Requires that the Secretary and the State, within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, enter into a closing agreement that describes in detail the rail properties to be transferred under this Act. Revokes claims for such rail properties under any Federal law other than this Act for which title has not vested with the claimant. Excludes certain properties from the provisions of specified Acts. Describes the employment status of Alaska Railroad employees who transfer to the State under this Act. Directs the President to approve any application by the State or any buyer or transferee of the railroad for the extension of the existing railroad system to the Yukon River and to the international border between Alaska and Canada. Declares that, after the transfer directed by this Act, the State-owned railroad shall be a rail carrier engaged in interstate and foreign commerce subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Authorizes the Commission to exempt the State from applicable requirements of the Interstate Commerce Act. Provides for the reversion of such properties to the United States if all or part of them have been converted to a use that would adversely affect railroad operations. Sets forth provisions for rail properties within the boundaries of the Denali National Park and Preserve. Directs the Secretary to transfer, for no direct monetary consideration, to the city of Nenana, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United States to the Yukon River Barge Service.
Germany · German Bundestag · 24 July 1981
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1981
Modifies the navigational project at Mamaroneck Harbor, New York, relating to the Federal share of specified costs of disposing of dredged material. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to refund any amounts contributed by non-Federal public interests prior to the date of enactment of this Act for such disposal costs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1981
Modifies the navigational project for Anchorage Channel, New York Harbor, to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to dredge the branch channel to Port Jersey, Bayonne, New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1981
Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to make applicable to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway specified provisions relating to the tax on fuel used in commercial transportation on inland waterways.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1981
Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to establish a for-profit corporation for the purpose of owning and administering specified railroads and railroad property. Dissolves the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and transfers their assets and liabilities to such corporation. Directs the corporation to pay to the United States: (1) all of the proceeds from any sale of the common stock of the corporation; and (2) 49 percent of any profits earned by the corporation. Requires that such payments be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Sets forth procedures for the issuance of corporate stock and the sale or exchange of Conrail and Amtrak stock.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1981
Sets forth the findings of Congress in regard to the transfer of the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer, without direct monetary consideration, the rail properties of the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska. Lists conditions that must be met before such transfer may be made. Terminates the Secretary's authority if he has not certified that the State has satisfied such conditions within one year from the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of such properties if such certification has not been made. Requires that the Secretary and the State, within six months after enactment of this Act, enter into a closing agreement that describes in detail the rail properties to be transferred under this Act. Revokes claims for such rail properties under any Federal law other than this Act for which title has not vested with the claimant. Excludes certain properties from the provisions of specified Acts. Describes the employment status of Alaska Railroad employees who transferred to the State under this Act. Declares that, after the transfer directed by this Act, the State-owned railroad shall be a rail carrier engaged in interstate and foreign commerce subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Authorizes the Commission to exempt the State from applicable requirements of the Interstate Commerce Act. Provides for the reversion of such properties to the United States if all or part of them have been converted to a use that would adversely affect railroad operations. Sets forth provisions for rail properties within the boundaries of the Denali National Park and Preserve.
Germany · German Bundestag · 17 July 1981
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1981
Fiscal Year 1981 Airport Development Authorization Act - Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to extend the airport development aid program through fiscal year 1981. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to obligate a specified sum for carrying out noise compatibility programs under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979. Authorizes the Secretary to approve certain applications for projects begun after September 30, 1980, and before the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1981
Airline Deregulation Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to modify the definition of "ticket agent" as used in such Act. Directs air carriers to file with the Civil Aeronautics Board until December 31, 1982, individual and joint fares and charges, classifications, rules, and services for or in connection with interstate and overseas passenger air transportation. Requires that such filings shall be made with the Secretary of Transportation between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1984. Prohibits air carriers and ticket agents from charging or collecting greater or less or different compensation than that specified in such filings. Transfers the authority of the Board relating to foreign air transportation to the Department of Transportation. Accelerates to January 1, 1983, the transfer of specified authority of the Board. Allows the Board to approve any contract or agreement that reduces or eliminates competition if it finds that the contract or agreement is necessary to secure important public benefits, including the marketing and sale of transportation through ticket agents. Sets forth the expiration dates for specified authority of the Secretary relating to contract approvals. Revises the expiration date and contents of the Secretary's (currently the Board's) report to Congress concerning the implementation of such Act. Prohibits the Board from issuing any final order or rule in regard to agreements among air carriers and agreements among foreign air carriers insofar as those agreements provide for the accreditation and supervision of travel agents. Directs the Board to forward the recommendations and analyses concerning such proceedings to the Secretary for final disposition. Prohibits the Board and the Department from attaching an expiration date on any certificate of public convenience and necessity. Deletes provisions concerning the issuance of such certificates for temporary authority to provide air transportation. Requires that each air carrier or foreign air carrier shall keep on file with the Board after January 1, 1983, the established divisions of all joint rates, fares, and charges for air transportation in which such carrier participates.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Airline Deregulation Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to modify the definition of "ticket agent" as used in such Act. Directs air carriers to file with the Civil Aeronautics Board until December 31, 1982, individual and joint fares and charges, classifications, rules, and services for or in connection with interstate and overseas passenger air transportation. Requires that such filings shall be made to the Secretary of Transportation between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1984. Prohibits air carriers and ticket agents from charging or collecting greater or less or different compensation than that specified in such filings. Transfers the authority of the Board relating to foreign air transportation to the Department of Transportation. Accelerates to January 1, 1983, the transfer of specified authority of the Board. Allows the Board to approve any contract or agreement that reduces or eliminates competition if it finds that the contract or agreement is necessary to secure important public benefits, including the marketing and sale of transportation through ticket agents. Sets forth the expiration dates for specified authority of the Secretary relating to contract approvals. Revises the expiration date and contents of the Secretary's (formerly the Board's) report to Congress concerning the implementation of such Act. Prohibits the Board from issuing any final order or rule in regard to agreements among air carriers and agreements among foreign air carriers insofar as those agreements provide for the accreditation and supervision of travel agents. Directs the Board to forward the recommendations and analyses concerning such proceedings to the Secretary for final disposition. Prohibits the Board and the Department from attaching an expiration date on any certificate of public convenience and necessity. Deletes provisions concerning the issuance of such certificates for temporary authority to provide air transportation. Permits an air carrier to file an application with the Secretary seeking to revoke a temporary or experimental certificate to engage in foreign air transportation. Directs the Secretary to grant such application according to specified criteria. Requires that each air carrier or foreign air carrier shall keep on file with the Board after January 1, 1983, the established divisions of all joint rates, fares, and charges for air transportation in which such carrier participates.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Maritime Act of 1981 - Transfers all of the functions, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of the Maritime Administration of the Department of Commerce to the Department of Transportation. Establishes the office of the Maritime Administrator to head the Maritime Administration. Transfers personnel employed in connection with the functions transferred by this Act. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make such incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, records, and appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Makes conforming amendments to specified Acts.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 1981
European Union · European Commission · 29 June 1981
Germany · German Bundestag · 26 June 1981
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981
Rail Passenger Systems Act of 1981 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to direct the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to acquire the rights-of-way necessary for the operation of high-speed rail passenger service in accordance with this Act. Directs Amtrak to establish high-speed rail passenger service on 20 specified rail corridors. Encourages the provision of such rail passenger service by Amtrak employees, with Amtrak facilities and equipment. Directs Amtrak to implement a grade-crossing separation program in cooperation with private rail carriers. Directs Amtrak to use centrally generated electrical power produced by local electric utilities whenever possible. Directs the President to appoint a Presidential Rail Corridor Development Expediter to assist Amtrak in providing rail service under this Act. Authorizes Amtrak to guarantee loans for the purposes of this Act. Deletes appropriations for payments of loan principal for fiscal year 1982. Increases the sum available for loan guarantees under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1981
Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise provisions concerning Federal preemption in regard to rates, routes, or services of air carriers. Repeals provisions concerning Civil Aeronautics Board reports on: (1) State subsidies for small community air service; and (2) air carrier marketing of tours. Eliminates certificates of public convenience and necessity for air carriers engaged in domestic transportation. Repeals special operating authorizations and requirements concerning certificates for all-cargo air service. Revises requirements concerning certification of fitness for foreign air transportation. Prohibits air carrier operating certificates from being issued unless applicants for such certificates comply with all applicable insurance regulations. Repeals provisions concerning the transportation of mail by air carriers. Grants the Civil Aeronautics Board the right to intervene in specified merger and interlocking relationship cases proceeding under the antitrust laws. Requires that the Board be a party to such actions which involve foreign air transportation. Amends such Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Consumer Credit Protection Act to repeal provisions concerning the treatment of unfair competitive practices. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise provisions concerning guaranteed essential air transportation to small communities. Deregulates domestic cargo and mail air transportation. Declares the necessity of providing safe and adequate service for such transportation. Directs the Board to reduce reporting requirements imposed on air carriers under such Act to the minimum necessary to accomplish the purposes of such Act. Terminates the Civil Aeronautics Board and transfers specified functions to the Secretary of Transportation, the Postal Service, and the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make such determinations as the Board and the: (1) Secretary; (2) Postal Services; or (3) Commission may agree are necessary to effectuate such transfers. Declares that all orders, rules, and regulations issued or granted by the Board shall continue in effect according to their terms. Accelerates, to specified dates, the termination of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the amortization of leased track materials based on a 60-month period. Defines "leased track materials" as any depreciable railroad track material leased to a domestic common carrier by railroad. Specifies the amount of such deduction. Provides that such deduction shall be in lieu of a depreciation deduction. Qualifies leased track materials for the investment tax credit. Allows the credit to noncorporate lessors of such materials. Exempts the leasing of railroad track materials from the limitation on the deduction for losses of amounts considered at risk. Treats such materials as trade or business property for purposes of Internal Revenue Code provisions which extend special capital gains or ordinary loss treatment to the sale or exchange of trade or business property. Exempts depreciation deductions taken with respect to such property from recapture. Makes inapplicable to leased track materials the limitation on the deduction of interest on investment indebtedness. Removes gain from the sale or exchange of leased track materials as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1981
Uniform Motor Vehicle Standards Act of 1981 - Prohibits a State from establishing or enforcing any regulation of commerce that imposes a limitation of: (1) less than 102 inches on the overall width of commercial motor vehicles operating on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways or other Federal-aid highways; and (2) less than 60 feet on the overall length of commercial motor vehicles operating in truck tractor-semitrailer combinations or less than 65 feet on the overall length of commercial motor vehicles operating in any other combination of units on such highways. Specifies that the total length of a single unit in such combinations shall not exceed 45 feet. Declares that a State shall prohibit neither commercial motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck trailer and two trailing units on such highways nor impose a limitation of less than 65 feet for such combinations. Prohibits a State from enacting or enforcing any law that denies reasonable access to motor vehicles subject to this Act to and from the Interstate Highway System and the Federal-aid primary system. Directs the Secretary of Transportation or, upon request, the Attorney General, to institute a civil action for injunctive relief as may be appropriate to assure compliance with the provisions of this Act.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 June 1981
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981
National Port and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Title I: Short Title: Findings and Purposes and Objectives; Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial ports in the United States. Title II: Priority Navigation Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to prepare, maintain, and submit to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act, a deep- draft commercial port maintenance program. Specifies that such program shall include a schedule of required maintenance dredging projects. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit to Congress a programmatic environmental impact statement, including an analysis of the adequacy of deep-draft commercial ports to accommodate increasing import and export trade. Requires the Secretary to enter into memorandums of agreement with: (1) the Administrator in regard to the disposal of dredged and fill material into navigable waters; and (2) the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce concerning the environmental aspects of the maintenance and improvement of federally authorized channels in deep-draft commercial ports. Provides for veto of such maintenance program and environmental impact statement by concurrent resolution of Congress within 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for a period of five years (subject to reapproval by resolution of specified congressional committees), to perform maintenance dredging of federally authorized channels. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress modifications of existing environmental impact statements for certain navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake navigation improvements in deep-draft commercial ports on a priority basis under specified circumstances. Sets forth procedures by which the Secretary shall submit feasibility studies, survey reports, and environmental impact statements to Congress. Declares that the absence of a concurrent congressional resolution of disapproval within 60 days following receipt of such study, report, or environmental impact statement shall constitute a determination by Congress that: (1) the navigation improvement project is in the national interest for purposes of the Federal consistency provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; (2) the final environmental impact statement is adequate; and (3) the project is in compliance with the Water Pollution Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Directs the Secretary to expedite construction and operation of marine cargo handling facilities at such deep-draft commercial ports. Exempts such environmental impact statements and other actions to carry out such projects from judicial review, with specified exceptions. Title III: Priority Navigation Project Financing - Requires that the Secretary and the port proposing such navigational improvements enter into an agreement which provides that such port pay no more than 40 percent of the project construction cost and no more than 25 percent of operation and maintenance costs. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit non-Federal public bodies from securing financing through means other than provided for in this Act. Authorizes an affected non-Federal public body to provide for recovery of its reimbursement obligations by the collection of user fees from vessels in commercial waterway transportation in such deep-draft ports. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce, State, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines to govern such programs of non-Federal fee collection. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the Department of the Army or other Federal authority to operate, maintain, or improve any deep-draft channel or deep-draft commercial port for purposes of Coast Guard navigation requirements or other national defense transportation requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a cost allocation of or for national defense and noncommercial purposes of 60 percent for construction and 75 percent for operation and maintenance of deep-draft commercial port navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to study, design, construct, rehabilitate, operate, and maintain such deep-draft ports without Federal contribution if the appropriate non-Federal public body agrees to reimburse the Federal Government for all related costs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation the interest on obligations for such deep- draft commercial ports navigation improvement projects. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. Allows the Secretary, upon congressional approval, to transfer funds from existing Department of the Army civil appropriations pending appropriation of such authorized sums. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the actual and anticipated receipts of the United States pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981
National Port and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Title I: Short Title: Findings and Purposes and Objectives; Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial ports in the United States. Title II: Priority Navigation Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to prepare, maintain, and submit to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act, a deep-draft commercial port maintenance program. Specifies that such program shall include a schedule of required maintenance dredging projects. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit to Congress a programmatic environmental impact statement, including an analysis of the adequacy of deep-draft commercial ports to accommodate increasing import and export trade. Requires the Secretary to enter into memorandums of agreement with: (1) the Administrator in regard to the disposal of dredged and fill material into navigable waters; and (2) the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce concerning the environmental aspects of the maintenance and improvement of federally authorized channels in deep-draft commercial ports. Provides for veto of such maintenance program and environmental impact statement by concurrent resolution of Congress within 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for a period of five years (subject to reapproval by resolution of specified congressional committees), to perform maintenance dredging of federally authorized channels. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress modifications of existing environmental impact statements for certain navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake navigation improvements in deep-draft commercial ports on a priority basis under specified circumstances. Sets forth procedures by which the Secretary shall submit feasibility studies, survey reports, and environmental impact statements to Congress. Declares that the absence of a concurrent congressional resolution of disapproval within 60 days following receipt of such study, report, or environmental impact statement shall constitute a determination by Congress that: (1) the navigation improvement project is in the national interest for purposes of the Federal consistency provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; (2) the final environmental impact statement is adequate; and (3) the project is in compliance with the Water Pollution Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Directs the Secretary to expedite construction and operation of marine cargo handling facilities at such deep-draft commercial ports. Exempts such environmental impact statements and other actions to carry out such projects from judicial review, with specified exceptions. Title III: Priority Navigation Project Financing - Requires that the Secretary and the port proposing such navigational improvements enter into an agreement which provides that such port pay no more than 40 percent of the project construction cost and no more than 25 percent of operation and maintenance costs. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit non-Federal public bodies from securing financing through means other than provided for in this Act. Authorizes an affected non-Federal public body to provide for recovery of its reimbursement obligations by the collection of user fees from vessels in commercial waterway transportation in such deep-draft ports. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce, State, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines to govern such programs of non-Federal fee collection. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the Department of the Army or other Federal authority to operate, maintain, or improve any deep-draft channel or deep-draft commercial port for purposes of Coast Guard navigation requirements or other national defense transportation requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a cost allocation of or for national defense and noncommercial purposes of 60 percent for construction and 75 percent for operation and maintenance of deep-draft commercial port navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to study, design, construct, rehabilitate, operate, and maintain such deep-draft ports without Federal contribution if the appropriate non-Federal public body agrees to reimburse the Federal Government for all related costs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation the interest on obligations for such deep- draft commercial ports navigation improvement projects. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. Allows the Secretary, upon congressional approval, to transfer funds from existing Department of the Army civil appropriations pending appropriation of such authorized sums. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the actual and anticipated receipts of the United States pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981
Airline Subsidy Reduction Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the Civil Aeronautics Board from paying any compensation to an air carrier for the transportation of mail: (1) to or from specified airports; and (2) between points within the State of Alaska. Directs that rates of compensation paid for such transportation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of a specified local service class subsidy rate. Alters the date after which an air carrier may file an application with the Board to have such compensation terminated. Directs the Board and the Secretary of Transportation, by January 1, 1982, to report to Congress on the possibility of limiting subsidy payments for small community air service. Sets forth the effective dates of various provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981
Prohibits funds that are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years after September 30, 1981, from being expended for the collection of user fees imposed by the United States Coast Guard for its services.
European Union · European Commission · 15 June 1981
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981
Directs that, until completion of the 1990 decennial census by the Bureau of the Census, the population of any area for purpose of determining whether or not such area is an urbanized area under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 shall be the population of such area determined on the basis of the 1970 or 1980 decennial census, whichever is greater.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981
Airline Subsidy Reduction Act of 1981 - Prohibits the Civil Aeronautics Board from paying any compensation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to an air carrier for the transportation of mail: (1) to or from specified airports; and (2) between points within the State of Alaska. Directs that rates of compensation paid for such transportation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of a specified local service class subsidy rate. Alters the date after which an air carrier may file an application with the Board to have such compensation terminated. Directs the Board and the Secretary of Transportation, by January 1, 1982, to report to Congress on the possibility of limiting subsidy payments for small community air service.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1981
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to increase the authorization for a four-lane highway bridge between Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Declares it the sense of Congress that Amtrak should continue to operate service on routes as specified in the Rail Passenger Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1981
Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to make applicable to the Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway specified provisions relating to the tax on fuel used in commercial transportation on inland waterways.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1981 - Title I: Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to carry out such Act. Title II: Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for: (1) bumper standards; (2) an automobile consumer information study; (3) diagnostic inspection demonstration projects; and (4) odometer requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1981
Transit Assistance Act of 1981 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit a discretionary capital grant or loan from being made by the Secretary of Transportation unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Revises the Federal share of such grants and loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for the purposes of such Act, including research and development and training and demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations, beginning in fiscal year 1983, for administrative costs necessary to carry out the functions of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make capital grants to States and local public bodies for repair or replacement of public transportation equipment and facilities damaged by natural disaster or catastrophic occurrence. Sets forth conditions for approval of such grants. Authorizes appropriations for formula grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for: (1) urban mass transit; (2) construction or operating assistance; (3) commuter rail and fixed guideway systems; and, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986, (4) the purchase of buses and related equipment or the construction of bus-related facilities; and (5) areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes a Governor to transfer part of a specified apportionment made to his or her State to supplement funds apportioned to the State for areas other than urbanized areas. Requires that such amounts so transferred be utilized for construction projects. Directs that, after fiscal year 1983, unobligated or deobligated funds for urban mass transit grants shall be added to the amount available for apportionment for buses, bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities. Declares that apportionments for fiscal year 1975 shall lapse on September 30, 1977, and apportionments for fiscal year 1976 shall lapse on September 30, 1978. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project for the payment of operating expenses of urban mass transit services after September 30, 1984. Repeals provisions that require that rates charged elderly and handicapped persons for transportation during non-peak hours be no more than one-half of peak hour full fares. Eliminates grants for the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Revises the criteria for the award of contracts for acquisition of rolling stock, including buses. Provides a local option for transit programs for the handicapped. Lists the required elements of such programs. Declares that a recipient of funds under such Act may not be required to retrofit: (1) any bus to provide for wheelchair users; or (2) any fixed guideway system to accommodate handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within three years after the date of enactment of this Act on the service being provided by apportionment recipients to handicapped persons. Prohibits sums apportioned by the Secretary after September 30, 1982, for formula grants for areas other than urbanized areas from being used for operating expenses or costs incurred under purchase of service agreements. Repeals provisions concerning terminal development programs and intercity bus service. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations for a specified waterborne transportation demonstration project after September 30, 1981. Amends the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 to repeal provisions dealing with the investigation of safety hazards in urban mass transportation systems.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1981
Entitles an air traffic controller to training if such controller: (1) is not a supervisor; (2) has completed at least eight years of service; (3) is not eligible for immediate retirement; (4) notifies the appropriate review board of any intention to apply for training; (5) submits an application which sets forth a proposed training program and includes a physician's certification that such employee is suited for training; (6) notifies the Secretary of an intention to participate in an approved training program; and (7) is to be removed from duty by the Secretary of Transportation because of medical disqualification, inability to maintain technical proficiency, or physical or mental health requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate Department of Transportation employees as regional career counselors who shall assist controllers in developing training programs; and (2) establish regional review boards to consider applications for training and evaluate training programs to determine whether such programs will result in successful training and job placement. Prohibits such a board from approving any program the duration of which exceeds two years. Requires that a controller, on request, receive assistance in being placed in a vacant position in another agency upon completion of training. Requires the Secretary to reimburse a controller for the expenses of approved training.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Entitles an air traffic controller to training if such controller: (1) is not a supervisor; (2) has completed at least eight years of service; (3) is not eligible for immediate retirement; (4) notifies the appropriate review board of any intention to apply for training; (5) submits an application which sets forth a proposed training program and includes a physician's certification that such employee is suited for training; (6) notifies the Secretary of an intention to participate in an approved training program; and (7) is to be removed from duty by the Secretary of Transportation because of medical disqualification, inability to maintain technical proficiency, or physical or mental health requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate Department of Transportation employees as regional career counselors who shall assist controllers in developing training programs; and (2) establish regional review boards to consider applications for training and evaluate training programs to determine whether such programs will result in successful training and job placement. Prohibits such a board from approving any program the duration of which exceeds two years. Requires that a controller, on request, receive assistance in being placed in a vacant position in another agency upon completion of training. Requires the Secretary to reimburse a controller for the expenses of approved training.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the navigation project at Brazos Island Harbor, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Modifies the navigation project at the Houston Ship Channel to maintain a forty-foot project depth in the Barbour Terminal Channel, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Declares the Port of Houston Authority Bridge over Greens Bayou, Texas, to be for all purposes a "lawful bridge" as defined in a specified Act which provides for the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States and for the apportionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States and the owners of such bridges. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to reimburse the bridge owner for work done prior to the date of enactment of this Act which would have been the responsibility of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Modifies the navigation project at the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, to maintain a forty-foot depth in Greens Bayou.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Modifies the Rio Grande bank protection project to permit its bank protection activities to be undertaken in Starr County, Texas, in accordance with such specifications as may be prepared for such purpose by the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Motor Bus Act of 1981 - Sets forth the findings of Congress in regard to the need for a safe, competitive, and fuel-efficient motor bus system. Requires the appropriate Congressional committees to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the effects of this Act no less than annually for five years following the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to include the interstate motor carrier transportation of passengers in the overall transportation policy of the United States. Revises the entry policy for motor carriers of passengers. Eliminates specified restrictions on the operations of motor carriers of passengers, including charter and special operations carriers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to: (1) eliminate gateway restrictions and circuitous route limitations; and (2) implement procedures to expedite processing of applications seeking removal of operating restrictions. Authorizes a motor carrier of passengers to provide transportation between any two points on its regular routes regardless of whether such points lie within the same State. Sets forth the zone of pricing freedom for motor carriers of passengers. Permits the Commission to increase rates within specified percentage ranges. Declares that rates and fares implemented pursuant to this Act shall be subject to specified antitrust laws. Describes the use of rate bureaus and motor carrier brokers of passengers by motor carriers of passengers. Authorizes the Commission to grant, to motor carriers of passengers, emergency temporary authority to provide transportation. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for any vehicle operated in interstate commerce by a motor carrier of passengers. Prohibits a State, political subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or other political agency from enacting or enforcing any law or regulation relating to the discontinuance of regular-route service by an authorized motor common carrier of passengers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate rules for the discontinuance of essential intrastate and interstate regular route service by such carriers. Describes procedures postponing or challenging such discontinuances. Empowers the Commission to enjoin discontinuances that do not comply with such procedures. Sets forth procedures for certification of State authorities that regulate passenger fares and express rates. Authorizes a motor common carrier of passengers to provide: (1) charter passenger service in the same vehicle and at the same time as it provides regular route, scheduled passenger service; and (2) transportation for newspapers, baggage of passengers, or mail in the same motor vehicle with passengers or in a separate vehicle of any type. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress on more flexible entry policies for the motor bus industry. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Commission to report to the President and Congress on the relationship between the ownership and location of bus terminals and the level of competition among bus carriers. Prohibits a State or subdivision thereof from levying a discriminatory or unreasonably burdensome tax on interstate motor carrier transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Bus Regulatory Modernization and Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to include the interstate motor carrier transportation of passengers in the overall transportation policy of the United States. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue a certificate, under specified circumstances, to a person authorizing that person to provide transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as a motor common carrier of passengers. Places upon the applicant for such certificate the burden of proving that: (1) he is fit, willing, and able to provide such transportation; and (2) such transportation would serve a useful public purpose. Lists factors to be considered by the Commission in its determination of whether an application is consistent with the public convenience and necessity. Prohibits the Commission from issuing such certificates to specified public carriers and foreign governments. Exempts specified charter and special operations carriers from certain requirements of this Act. Sets forth procedures by which the Commission shall approve an application for a certificate. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules of procedure for processing such applications. Revises criteria concerning: (1) the investigation and suspension of new nonrail carrier rates, classifications, rules, and practices; and (2) ratemaking and rate bureaus to include motor carriers of passengers. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to increase the membership of the Motor Carrier Ratemaking Study Commission to include a representative of the National Bus Traffic Association. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to revise State authority over intrastate transportation to include transportation provided by motor carriers of passengers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish procedures by which the proposed certification of any State with respect to regulation by that State of motor carriers of passengers may be challenged. Prohibits a State from denying to any motor carrier of passengers any general rate increase or fuel adjustment surcharge on intrastate traffic that the Commission has approved for interstate traffic. Prohibits a State, political subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or other political agency from enacting or enforcing any law or regulation relating to the discontinuance of regular-route service by an authorized motor common carrier of passengers. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate rules for the discontinuance of essential intrastate and interstate regular route service by such carriers. Authorizes the Commission to order a carrier to continue service on such routes under certain circumstances. Prohibits a State or subdivision thereof from levying a discriminatory or unreasonably burdensome tax on interstate motor carrier transportation. Amends such Act and the Securities Act of 1933 to specify that only motor carriers of property (currently "motor carriers") may issue securities and assume obligations and liabilities. Amends the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 to establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for any vehicle operated in interstate commerce by a motor carrier of passengers. Requires, under certain circumstances, that the Secretary of Transportation certify to the Commission that an applicant is in compliance with applicable Federal motor carrier safety regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Modifies the navigation project at the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, to maintain a forty-foot depth in Greens Bayou.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Declares the Port of Houston Authority Bridge over Greens Bayou, Texas, to be for all purposes a "lawful bridge" as defined in a specified Act which provides for the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States and for the apportionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States and the owners of such bridges. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to reimburse the bridge owner for work done prior to the date of enactment of this Act which would have been the responsibility of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Modifies the navigation project at the Houston Ship Channel to maintain a forty-foot project depth in the Barbour Terminal Channel, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include persons engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; or (2) issue or deliver ocean or through intermodal bills of lading or other contracts of affreightment for such transportation. Directs such common carriers by water to file with the Federal Maritime Commission within 90 days of enactment of this Act: (1) their tariffs; and (2) a designation of agent and principal place of business within the United States. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct, on an expedited basis, dredging and maintenance operations on the Port of Los Angeles Port of Long Beach, California. Specifies where dredged material from such projects shall be placed. Authorizes local governmental authorities to undertake such projects upon approval by the Secretary. Requires that the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate agencies, establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to such projects. Limits review of any final agency decision that is covered by a project schedule to the United States Court for the Central District of California. Gives such an action precedence over all other matters pending on the court's docket.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1981
Federal Aid Highway Authorizations Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise the authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1990 for the Interstate Highway System. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion, for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified factors. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system; (2) the Federal-aid rural program; (3) the Federal-aid urban program; (4) forest highways; (5) public lands highways; (6) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (7) highway safety improvements. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System for each of fiscal years 1983 through 1987. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to limit, to fiscal year 1981, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) highway safety programs; (2) bridge reconstruction and replacement; (3) the elimination of hazards; (4) rail-highway crossings and demonstration projects; and (5) bikeway construction projects. Declares that the unobligated balance of contract authority for the Great River Road shall lapse on September 30, 1981. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of appropriations from fiscal year 1983 through 1987 for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating specified lanes on the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for substitute highway and mass transit projects. Increases the authorization of appropriations for emergency highway and bridge repairs. Limits to a specified sum the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to control the obligation of such limitation according to a specified formula. Prohibits the Secretary from distributing amounts authorized for administrative expenses and forest highways.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1981
Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to revise the goals of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), to minimize Federal subsidies, and to improve the overall service offered by Amtrak. Repeals provisions of such Act concerning the basic rail passenger system. Revises Amtrak's financing procedures concerning ownership and issuance of common and preferred stock. Repeals the provision requiring the Interstate Commerce Commission to study through routes and joint fares between Amtrak and other intercity common carriers. Declares that Amtrak shall not be required to pay any additional taxes as a result of its expenditures to acquire or improve real property or equipment used in the provision of rail passenger service. Exempts Amtrak from the requirement of any State or local law that specifies the minimum number of crewmembers who must be employed to operate a passenger train. Provides that any discontinuance or reduction of routes, trains, or services made by Amtrak shall not be reviewable in any court except on petition of the Attorney General of the United States. Revises requirements concerning Amtrak's monthly and annual reports to Congress. Allows a railroad or other person to conduct intercity rail passenger service over any route over which Amtrak is performing scheduled service pursuant to a contract. Deletes provisions concerning special or charter train contract operations. Deauthorizes, effective October 1, 1981, Amtrak from operating commuter rail passenger service under agreement with a State. Permits any State or group of States, regional or local agency, or other person to request Amtrak to institute or retain specified rail passenger service. Sets forth assurances that must accompany such request, including certain financial guarantees. Authorizes Amtrak to enter into agreements for the provision of such service. Directs that funds provided by Amtrak for such service shall remain available until expended. Allows such agreements to be renewed every two years. Authorizes Amtrak to continue commuter rail passenger service so long as Amtrak is reimbursed for 100 percent of the available losses of operating such service. Deletes provisions relating to long distance routes, including quadrant routes and the Inter-American train to the Mexican border. Authorizes Amtrak to make necessary changes in the Route and Service Criteria. Repeals provisions prohibiting Amtrak from contracting out any work normally performed by employees in a bargaining unit covered by a contract. Sets forth protective arrangements for Amtrak employees, including moving expenses, insurance coverage, and new career training. Declares that rights afforded to employees under this Act shall be coequal to the rights afforded under the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act and the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act. Requires Amtrak, beginning in fiscal year 1982, to recover through revenues at least 50 percent of its costs (excluding capital costs). Directs Amtrak to discontinue routes, trains, and services as necessary to comply with such requirement. Requires Amtrak to reduce its management costs by at least ten percent by October 1, 1983. Revises the authorization of appropriations for Amtrak for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Declares it the intent of Congress to provide incentives to encourage any person to undertake rail passenger service. Exempts such service from regulation (except safety regulations) by the Federal Government. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to revise provisions concerning collective bargaining and employee protection agreements. Directs Amtrak, representatives of labor, and the American Association of Railroads to report jointly to Congress regarding their efforts to achieve greater efficiencies in management and labor practices. Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to revise limits on funding for advertising and promotion of rail service on a local level. Directs Amtrak, within three months of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the actual and potential problems encountered by Amtrak in entering into agreements regarding direct employment of rail passenger operating personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1981
Highway Safety Act of 1981 - Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for highway safety research and development. Declares that the unobligated balance of contract authority for highway safety programs and innovative project grants pursuant to such Act shall lapse on September 30, 1981. Directs that each State shall have a highway safety program designed to reduce traffic deaths and injuries by: (1) identifying its highway safety problems; (2) adopting measures to reduce such problems; (3) evaluating the effectiveness of such measures. Revises requirements of such State highway safety programs. Repeals provisions relating to: (1) school bus driver training; and (2) innovative project grants. Revises penalties for States that do not adequately enforce the 55 mile per hour national maximum speed limit.