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United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Modifies boundaries of the City Waterway Navigation Channel Project, Tacoma Harbor, Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Highway Safety Act of 1983 - Title I: Automotive Safety Improvement Act of 1983 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to prescribe bumper standards for passenger motor vehicles manufactured or imported after September 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reopen rulemaking proceedings to implement the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on side impact protection. Requires the issuance of final regulations on such standard by July 1, 1984. Requires the Secretary to make grants to States which have in effect a law requiring the use of child safety seats which meet the requirements of a specified safety standard. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1985. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicles Safety Act of 1966 to require manufacturers of passenger automobiles to install airbags in such automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1985. Directs the Secretary to amend a specified safety standard to require automobile manufacturers to install antilacerative windshields in all passenger automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1984. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by September 30, 1984, on the results of a study of crash protection for truck occupants, including potential performance standards for truck manufacturers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for such study. Directs the Secretary to amend a specified safety standard to require manufacturers to equip passenger automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1984, with a high-mounted rear stoplamp. Requires the Secretary to promulgate a safety standard establishing passenger automobile crashworthiness rating and labeling requirements for such automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1984. Requires the Secretary to require automobile dealers to make available to prospective purchasers data comparing the crashworthiness of passenger automobiles. Directs the Department of Transportation to study the effectiveness of existing regulations on emergency warning devices required to be carried on buses, trucks, truck tractors, and motor-driven vehicles which are involved in emergency situations. Requires such study to investigate the potential costs and benefits of requiring passenger automobile operators to carry emergency warning devices and to examine the benefits of warning devices in enhancing highway safety. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for such study. Title II: Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Act of 1983 - Includes under the alcohol traffic safety program traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving under the influence of drugs. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria for rehabilitation and treatment programs for persons arrested and convicted of driving while under the influence of drugs. Directs the Secretary to make grants to a State to enforce alcohol traffic safety programs if such State has in effect a law which: (1) sets the minimum legal drinking age at 21 years of age; and (2) provides for the penalty of misdemeanor for certain persons who supply alcoholic beverages to individuals under 21 years of age or to individuals who appear to be intoxicated. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 for such grant program. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States which implement accident-reduction projects using computerized safety recordkeeping systems. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the appropriate congressional committees to conduct oversight hearings at least annually for the first three years after enactment of this Act. Title III: Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish rules, regulations, standards, and orders to assure that: (1) commercial motor vehicles are safely maintained, equipped, loaded, and operated; (2) the responsibilities imposed upon drivers of commercial motor vehicles do not impair such drivers' ability to operate safely; (3) the physical condition of such drivers is adequate to enable them to drive safely; and (4) the operation of commercial motor vehicles does not create deleterious effects on the physical condition of such drivers. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to undertake a study of health hazards to which employees engaged in the operation of commercial motor vehicles are exposed, and to develop information to enable such employees to operate free from recognized hazards. Requires that such study be submitted to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 for such study. Authorizes agents of the Secretary to conduct inspections of facilities, equipment, operations, and pertinent records in carrying out the responsibilities of this title. Sets forth penalties for violations of safety standards promulgated under this title. Allows States to adopt more stringent safety rules if such rules are not inconsistent with Federal rules. Requires each commercial motor vehicle to pass an annual inspection of its safety equipment. Directs the Secretary to establish Federal standards for such equipment and a procedure for State implementation of such inspections. Requires the issuance of such regulations before September 30, 1984. Directs the Secretary and the Interstate Commerce Commission to jointly establish a procedure to determine the safety fitness of persons seeking operating authority as motor carriers. Requires the submission of such procedure to Congress by July 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of safety characteristics of heavy trucks, including an examination of the handling, stability, and crashworthiness of such trucks. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for such study. Directs the appropriate congressional committees to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the effects of this title for the first three years after enactment of this Act. Title IV: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to require the Secretary and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to evaluate training programs of Federal, State, and local agencies and private organizations for incident prevention and response with respect to the transportation of hazardous materials. Authorizes the Secretary and the Director to develop appropriate training programs and make recommendations to improve existing programs. Directs the Secretary or the Director to maintain an information dissemination service on the safe and proper methods of transporting hazardous materials and for responding to incidents. Requires the Secretary to establish or encourage the establishment of regional training centers on incident prevention. Sets forth terms and conditions under which the Secretary is authorized to make grants to States for the enforcement of Federal rules on hazardous materials transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to establish regulations on the routing of hazardous materials and a prenotification system to inform State or local governments on such routing. Authorizes the Director to make emergency response planning grants to State, regional, and local governments and to conduct research and development activities to improve incident-response capabilities. Authorizes appropriations for grant programs under this title. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the implementation and effects of this title at least annually for the first three years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Rebuilding of America Act of 1983 - Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America (the Commission). Requires the Commission to: (1) assess the condition of the national public works infrastructure; (2) analyze causes of noninvestment in such infrastructure: and (3) evaluate the need to repair, maintain, replace and expand such infrastructure. Designates the composition of the Commission. Requires the Commission to conduct an inventory of existing major public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, mass transit systems, water supply and sewer system) by region, State, major U.S. metropolitan area; and by type of facility. Specifies areas of special concern for such survey. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan (the Plan). Requires the Plan to include: (1) a description of necessary maintenance, repair, rehabilitation or replacement of public improvements: (2) recommended methods of financing such work: (3) suggested revisions in Federal law and regulations; and (4) suggested alternatives in current responsibilities of Federal, State and local governments. Specifies analyses and recommendations to be included in the Plan. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees, within six months of enactment, model unified budgets for the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and for the immediately preceding fiscal year, that distinguish Federal civilian capital investment outlays from other Federal outlays. Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report describing how such model budgets differ from existing Federal budget documents and analyzing the usefulness of such model budgets. Directs the Commission to submit the national inventory of public improvements, the draft Plan, and the final Plan to Congress and the President within specified time limits. Provides for approval of any portion of the Plan unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval of any portion within 120 days following receipt of the final Plan. Provides that such approval shall not alter any statute or regulation of the Federal government, a State or political subdivision thereof. Requires congressional hearings on proposed changes in existing law. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with North Carolina under which the Secretary shall pay the costs of repair and maintenance of the portion of North Carolina Highway 12 located within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Federalism Block Grant Highway Act of 1983 - Allows States to elect to receive block grants for FY 1984 through 1988 to participate in specified Federal-aid highway programs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Federalism Account in the Highway Trust Fund to make payments to eligible States. Sets forth terms and conditions under which States shall be entitled to such grants including written assurances, reporting requirements, financial and compliance audits, and discrimination prohibitions. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, when it is determined that any eligible State refuses compliance with provisions of this Act, to refer the matter to the Attorney General for appropriate civil action, withhold payments to such State, or take such other action as provided by law. Makes conforming amendments to specified highway Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Designates May 24, 1983, as Brooklyn Bridge Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1983
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to revise the Federal rail transportation policy to allow competition among carriers to provide transportation services to establish rates. (Currently competition and the demand for services establish such rates.) Removes provisions which require the maintenance of reasonable rates where rail rates provide excessive revenues. Sets forth factors for the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider when determining the reasonableness of rail rates. Revises standards and procedures for establishing revenue levels for rail carriers. Requires the Commission to assist carriers in attaining such revenue levels, while recognizing the need to maintain reasonable rates where there is market dominance. Revises factors which determine whether or not a rail carrier establishing a challenged rate has market dominance over transportation. Directs the Commission, in determining the existence or absence of effective competition, to consider only transportation competition for the same commodity. Requires the Comptroller General to make appointments to the Railroad Accounting Principals Board within 120 days of enactment of this Act. Terminates the Board three years after its members have been appointed.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1983
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to require rail rate reductions to reflect cost decreases.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1983
Modifies the navigation project at Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, New York, to the extent necessary to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to provide for the construction of the navigation feature independent of other features of such project as authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate the Long Island Expressway in New York as part of the Interstate Highway System. Makes such expressway eligible for funds under the 1981 interstate cost estimate and requires its inclusion in future interstate cost estimates. Makes such expressway ineligible for withdrawal from the Interstate System. States that mileage of the expressway shall not be charged against the limitation on the length of the Interstate System.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1983
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to revise the Federal rail transportation policy to allow competition among carriers to provide transportation services to establish rates. (Currently competition and the demand for services establish such rates.) Removes provisions which require the maintenance of reasonable rates where rail rates provide excessive revenues. Sets forth factors for the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider when determining the reasonableness of rail rates. Revises standards and procedures for establishing revenue levels for rail carriers. Requires the Commission to assist carriers in attaining such revenue levels, while recognizing the need to maintain reasonable rates where there is market dominance. Revises factors which determine whether or not a rail carrier establishing a challenged rate has market dominance over transportation. Directs the Commission, in determining the existence or absence of effective competition, to consider only transportation competition for the same commodity. Requires the Comptroller General to make appointments to the Railroad Accounting Principles Board within 120 days of enactment of this Act. Terminates the Board three years after its members have been appointed.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1983
Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit Federal assistance to any local public body operating a transit system in an urbanized area of over 200,000 population whose individual board members, executive officials, or employees receive compensation higher than the highest compensation paid to elected or appointed local officials.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1983
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to provide for a resolution of the rail labor dispute between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the employees of such authorities represented by the United Transportation Union. Requires any work stoppage arising out of such dispute to terminate on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs that rates of pay, rules and working conditions shall be as agreed upon prior to April 11, 1983, with respect to the service transferred from Conrail to such authorities. Provides that the conditions under which such service was operated by Conrail shall govern over disputed issues until the arbitration panel issues its decision. Establishes such arbitration panel whose decision shall be binding upon the parties. Declares that nothing in this Act precludes the parties to the dispute from reaching agreement prior to such binding decision.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1983
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, with respect to the exemption from such Act of maritime labor agreements, to extend such exemption to any rates, charges, regulations, or practices which a common carrier by water must set forth in a tariff. (Currently, such rates are expressly excluded from the maritime labor agreement exemption, making them subject to the Shipping Act.)
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to determine the standards and operating characteristics which are required to safely accommodate the lengths of truck tractor-semitrailer combinations on Interstate and primary highways. Requires each State to designate at least 90 percent of its Interstate highways and at least ten percent of its primary highways as qualified segments which can accommodate such trucks.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate a portion of the Long Island Expressway as part of the Interstate Highway System.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to exempt segments of the Interstate Highway System from the requirement that commercial motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units (double bottom trucks) be allowed to operate on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and designated Federal- aid Primary System highways.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to correct erosion problems along the banks of the Coosa River, Alabama, in order to protect the Fort Toulouse National Historic Landmark and Taskigi Indian Mound.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Emergency Public Works Employment Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to States, municipalities, urban counties, and Indian Tribes for construction, renovation, repair, and improvement of local public works. Requires that such grants made to States be for local public works located in nonmetropolitan areas. Sets forth conditions for such grants and the Federal share of such projects. Prohibits making such grants to local governments which had an unemployment rate of less than eight percent for the preceding 12-month period. Prohibits the use of such grants for the acquisition of real property or for construction of any recreational or cultural facility. Requires grant applicants to give certain assurances to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulations, and procedures to carry out this Act. Sets forth certain required grant application procedures. Requires the Secretary to apportion funds appropriated to carry out this Act in a specified manner. Requires the Secretary to carry out an audit on each completed project carried out with Federal assistance provided by this Act. Requires grant recipients to maintain certain records. Requires the Secretary and the Comptroller General to have access to all books and records for the purpose of audit and examination. Requires the Secretary to withhold ten percent of the grant amount until completion of the audit. Requires the Secretary not to pay the recipient any withheld funds if the Secretary finds a violation of this Act. Requires that local public works projects shall not, except in the public interest, be constructed by any department, agency, or instrumentality of any State or local government, unless the State or local government certifies that no responsible person has submitted a bid on any part of a project for which a grant has been made under this Act. Requires the construction of each grant project to be performed by contract, awarded by competitive bidding. Sets forth conditions for such public bidding. Prohibits any grant under this Act from being made unless the steel, cement, and manufactured products to be used in such project are produced in the United States. Sets forth exceptions to the requirement to use American products. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing any restrictions or limitations on assistance which restricts any State from imposing more stringent "buy American" requirements than this Act. Requires grant recipients to expend a certain share of the grant for minority businesses as the Secretary determines. States factors for such prescribed share. Defines "minority business enterprise" for the purposes of this Act. Prohibits making any grant under this Act unless the applicant gives assurances that the project will be designed and constructed in accordance with accessibility standards, under Federal law, for the handicapped and the elderly. Authorizes the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to insure that such projects comply with Federal accessibility standards. Requires certain labor standards to be maintained upon the construction work. Sets forth wage provisions. Prohibits discrimination because of sex in any project receiving Federal grant assistance under this Act. Requires the Secretary to maintain a permanent list of grant applications approved under this Act. Requires such list to be available for public inspection, and to contain certain information. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the Department of Transportation for the following maritime programs: (1) operating differential subsidy; (2) research and development activities; and (3) operations and training activities, including maritime education and training expenses and national security support capabilities. Authorizes FY 1985 appropriations for the Maritime Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Merchant Marine Act of 1983 - Title I: Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to authorize an operator receiving or applying for an operating-differential subsidy to construct or reconstruct its vessels in a foreign shipyard or to acquire them outside the United States. Restricts such authorization to vessels over 5,000 deadweight tons which are suitable for use for national defense or military purposes in time of war or national emergency. Eliminates preconditions for such authorization. Sets forth criteria of age, period of documentation, and necessity to national defense according to which vessels constructed outside the United States shall be deemed privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels for the purpose of transporting government cargoes. Revises the definition of 'citizen of the United States' to increase the authorized foreign investment in certain corporations, partnerships, or associations engaged in U.S.-flag shipping. Makes conforming amendments to the Shipping Act, 1916. Title II: Allows eligible foreign-built vessels to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish a capital construction fund. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to repeal provisions requiring a 50 percent ad valorem duty on the costs of vessel repairs made abroad. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to remove the exception for emergencies in the requirement that operators receiving an operating-differential subsidy for repairs make such repairs within the United States or Puerto Rico.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Appalachian Development Highway System Amendments of 1983 - Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation all functions, powers, and duties of the Appalachian Regional Commission that relate to the Appalachian Development Highway System. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1986 for the development of projects on such System. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the Federal share of such projects.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Federal Capital Investment Act of 1983 - Directs the National Commission on Capital Investment, established by this Act, to conduct an inventory of existing major national public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, mass transit, main water supply and distribution systems, and sewer systems) by region, State, and major metropolitan areas of the United States. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan listing in priority order needed construction, rehabilitation, or repair of public improvements in each region to sustain regionally balanced national economic development. Requires the Commission, as a part of the plan, to suggest specific revisions in Federal laws, regulations, and policies that may be necessary to reverse the pattern of disinvestment in national public improvements. Sets forth procedures for the submission of such plan to Congress and for review and implementation of the plan. Establishes the National Commission on Capital Investment to assess the condition of national public works infrastructure. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1982, to require the President to include with each budget submitted on or after January 1, 1984, a special analysis which shall identify for each function, agency, and program the amount of appropriations and expenditures which may be classified as national public improvements. Requires the President to also include with the budget after January 1, 1985, a capital investment budget which identifies by State the amount of appropriations and expenditures which may be classified as national public improvements. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Requires the Maritime Administration to set aside specified surplus government ships for the use of LIFE International, a private nonprofit organization, to provide humanitarian services to developing countries. States that such set-aside authority shall not apply when the ships are needed for national security purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to exempt designated Interstate System and Federal-aid primary system highways from the requirement that States allow commercial motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units (double bottom trucks) to operate on such highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to grant such exemption for safety considerations and highway structural integrity. Sets forth the procedure for States to obtain such exemption. Prohibits States from imposing a vehicle length limitation of less than 28 feet on semitrailers or trailers of double bottom trucks operating on exempted highways. Directs the Secretary to provide for a study of the effects of double bottom trucks on the Interstate Highway System. (Currently the Secretary monitors such effects). Requires a report to the Secretary and Congress on the results of such study not later than January 31, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Designates the air traffic control tower at Lovell Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the Harry Porter Tower.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to provide for a resolution of the rail labor dispute between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York), in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation, and the employees of such authorities represented by the United Transportation Union. Requires any work stoppage arising out of such dispute to terminate on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs that rates of pay, rules, and working conditions shall be as agreed upon by the parties during the collective bargaining process with respect to the service transferred from Conrail to such authorities. Provides that the conditions under which such service was operated by Conrail shall govern over disputed issues until the arbitration panel issues its decisions. Establishes such arbitration panel, whose decision shall be binding upon the parties.
European Union · European Commission · 12 April 1983
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 1983
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act of 1983 - Requires that, by 1984, five percent of all bulk cargoes imported into or exported from the United States by water be carried on U.S.-flag ships. Requires yearly one percent increases until the percentage of bulk cargoes carried on U.S.-flag ships reaches 20 percent. Provides for credit to importers and exporters for the use of U.S.-flag ships for the transportation of bulk cargoes between foreign ports. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide relief from the requirements of this Act upon a finding that U.S.-flag ships are not available within guideline rates. Sets forth factors which the Secretary shall consider in determining the extent of relief granted. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish guideline rates for the carriage of bulk cargoes subject to this Act. Requires the Secretary to assure that such rates take into account certain objectives. Requires the Secretary, in order to establish guideline rates, to estimate the current cost of operating U.S.-flag ships in the foreign bulk trades of the United States and of constructing such ships. Requires such cost estimates to be published within six months after enactment of this Act. Requires such estimates to be revised annually. Requires that such rates: (1) be reviewed and adjusted at least annually; (2) not reflect costs greater than the estimated current costs; and (3) be the maximum rates which may be charged for the charter of U.S.-flag ships for the transportation of bulk cargoes governed by this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish interim guideline rates in the first calendar year following the enactment of this Act. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in determining such rates. Requires the Secretary to appoint and consult with an advisory committee to establish and review U.S.-flag ship operating costs, shipyard construction costs, guideline rates, and regulations. Requires anyone engaged in importing or exporting bulk commodities in U.S. foreign commerce whose business volume exceeds $1,000,000 annually to report to the Secretary on the percentages of such person's exports and imports carried on U.S.-flag ships. Requires anyone who fails to transport the required percentage of U.S. bulk cargoes to use exclusively U.S. flag ships until the deficiency has been recouped, unless Secretarial relief has been granted. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Sets forth procedures for the investigation, prosecution, and judicial review of violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which prohibit States from prohibiting commercial motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units (double bottom trucks) on any segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and designated Federal-aid Primary System highways.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
National Public Works Corporation Act - Amends title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to name such title "Public Works Corporation". Establishes the National Public Works Corporation. Provides for the Board of Directors and the officers and employees of such Corporation. States the powers of such Corporation. Requires the principal office of the Corporation to be in the District of Columbia. Provides for the borrowing authority, capitalization and reserve fund of the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for the capitalization of the Corporation for the fiscal years following September 30, 1983. Authorizes States electing to participate in the Corporation to make certain contributions to the Corporation. States the maximum amount of contributions any one State may make to the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans to participating States and to units of local governments within participating States for projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of public facilities in accordance with this Act. Prohibits such loan from being used for payment of the non-Federal share of the cost of Federal projects. States the maximum amount of outstanding loans authorized for such projects. Prohibits the Corporation from making a loan for a project for a public facility unless the Corporation determines that such facility, upon completion, will generate sufficient fees to repay the principal and interest on such loans and create a sufficient reserve for the operation and maintenance of the project, including replacement costs over the useful life of such project. Requires applicants for such loans to demonstrate to the Corporation that such applicant has legal authority to assess and collect such fees and that such fees will provide sufficient revenues to meet the conditions for making such loans. States additional conditions and requirements for such loans. Requires the Governor of a State to submit applications for public facility project loans for such State or State agency or instrumentaltiy. Requires the responsible official of a unit of local government to submit applications for public facility project loans for such unit or agencies thereof. Prohibits the Corporation from approving local government project loans unless the Governor of the appropriate State certifies approval of the application. Prohibits any Governor from submitting or approving loan applications for more than the maximum amount allowable to any one State. Requires such Governors to ensure a proper distribution of available loan funds in a State between urban and rural areas according to a certain allocation formula. Requires the Corporation to require all contracts made with such loan proceeds to be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding. Requires the Corporation to conduct necessary audits to enforce this Act. States procedures to be followed if the Corporation determines that insufficient fees are being collected. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983, in order to reduce interest rates paid by borrowers under this Act. Declares that the Corporation, its assets, and certain property shall be exempt from State, local, or Federal taxes, except for certain real property and tangible personal property. States that any obligations issued by the Corporation shall be taxed as to principal and interest to the same extent as the obligations of private corporations. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transactions of the Corporation. Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event of a default on any loan made under this Act. Requires the Corporation to submit an annual report to Congress and the President after each fiscal year on the status of the Corporation and its reserve fund. Requires such report to include a description of the projects for which loans were made during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to require the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to accept reduced-fare, multiple ride commuter tickets for passage on rail lines of the Northeast Corridor if the Corporation receives a reasonable offer of reimbursement for such passage from a State or a commuter authority.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983
National Harbor Improvement and Maintenance Act of 1983 - Title I: Operations and Maintenance - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate non-Federal interests to maintain the deep-draft channels and harbors of the United States at specified depths and widths. Prohibits the Secretary, after October 1, 1983, from expending funds for such maintenance except as authorized under this title. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of this title for FY 1984 through 1988. Requires the Secretary to impose a specified uniform cargo tonnage fee on certain commercial vessels using one or more deepwater channels or harbors. Requires such fees, after September 30, 1987, to recover an annual amount equaling 50 percent of the Corps of Engineers anticipated operation and maintenance expenditures on deepwater channels or harbors (including all administration costs). Requires the Secretary to adjust such fees after September 30, 1987, on the basis of: (1) anticipated corps expenditures for the operation and maintenance of all deepwater channels and harbors; (2) corrections for actual expenditures and amounts recovered; and (3) the expected volume of commercial traffic. Prohibits expending any Federal funds after September 30, 1985, for operation and maintenance of a deepwater channel or harbor project if the Chief of Engineers determines that such cost per tonnage of seagoing cargo at such project exceeds the national average by five times (unless a non-Federal public body agrees to reimburse any excess expenditures). Requires fees collected solely for use of the Great Lakes connecting channels to be credited to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for the reduction of tolls on the seaway. Allows such fees to be waived as part of any international agreement of reciprocity. Authorizes appropriations for one-half of the obligations of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation related to operation and maintenance costs (beginning October 1, 1984); and, reduces seaway tolls accordingly. Requires the Secretary to be responsible for the full cost of maintaining: (1) the connecting channels between the Great Lakes and (2) any deep-draft channel and harbor of the United States authorized to serve as a harbor of refuge and which lacks significant commercial waterway transportation. Requires the Secretary to establish requirements for data collection and vessel right-of-way (needed for developing fee schedules and determining violations). Requires such data to be available to the public and protected from public disclosure under specified Federal law. Amends the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1922 to increase the fine from $100 to no more than $200,000 for failure to furnish certain information statements to the Secretary of the Army. Requires the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to maintain deep-draft channels and harbors with the appropriate non-Federal public body in accordance with Federal law. Requires the appropriate non-Federal body, before the Secretary undertakes such operations, to further agree in writing to hold and save the United States harmless from liability for damages (except for damages caused by negligence of the United States or of its contractors). Declares that this Act shall not prohibit Federal expenditures for emergency flood preparations, flood fighting, or repairs to deep-draft channels and harbors necessitated by a natural disaster. Allows a non-Federal interest to be granted a waiver from certain contractual requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions for violations of, and the enforcement of, this Act. Authorizes employees and officers of the U.S. Customs Service, at the request or delegation of the Secretary, to act, on a reimbursable basis as agents for the collection of fees prescribed by this Act and for the enforcement of this Act. Requires the Secretary to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of the Treasury specifying: (1) the duties and responsibilities of the U.S. Customs Service; and (2) the administrative costs for the collection of such fees, when requested to do so by the Secretary. Title II: Construction of Improvements - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study the feasibility of developing deepwater channels and harbors or improving, rehabilitating, or modifing existing channels and harbors which the Secretary determines to be reasonable and desirable for commercial waterway transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to accept up to 50 percent of the cost of preconstruction planning and design work from non-Federal public bodies in order to expedite completion of such studies. Requires the Secretary and any non-Federal public body to enter into a cooperative agreement, consistent with a specified Federal law, prior to Federal initiation of construction projects either approved under this Act or previously authorized by Congress on which Federal construction has not yet begun. Requires such non-Federal public bodies to take certain actions pursuant to such agreements. Requires the Secretary to credit excess amounts accumulated each year from fees and vessels toward the non-Federal body's share of the construction costs of an authorized project to deepen or widen a deepwater channel or harbor (provided that no more than $90,000,000 shall be so credited in any fiscal year and that the Secretary allocates such credited amounts according to the relative contribution of excess fees of each non-Federal public body). Declares that this title shall not be construed to prohibit non-Federal public bodies from securing financing through other means than under this Act or from providing more expenditious reimbursements pursuant to agreements with the Secretary. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a tax exclusion for industrial development bonds issued to finance certain navigational channels and harbors and appurtenant works. States the authorized purposes of the cooperative agreements between the Secretary and non-Federal public bodies. Requires the Secretary (not later than February 1, of each fiscal year) to submit to Congress: (1) a list of construction projects proposed for full funding in the succeeding fiscal year; and (2) a final environmental impact statement and a statement of the Secretary's compliance with specified Federal laws and other statutory requirements (on an expedited basis according to schedules established by the Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary to complete channel and harbor construction projects for which construction was initiated prior to the enactment of this Act, subject to certain conditions. Declares that this Act shall not prohibit or interfere with national defense transportation requirements. Authorizes Federal payment to the non-Federal public body for project costs directly related to national defense requirements. Declares that the Secretary shall undertake no construction work on a deep-draft channel or harbor of the United States except under the terms of this title, beginning on October 1, 1983. Title III: General Provisions - Permits any appropriate non-Federal interest to recover its reimbursement obligation by collecting fees from specified vessels and cargo, or from tolls or harbors user charges. States requirements for such fees. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate and periodically revise regulations and guidelines to govern the programs authorized by this Act. Prohibits the collection of any fees under this Act for: (1) vessels owned by or under charter to the United States or any other nation and not engaged in commercial waterway transportation; (2) vessels engaged in commercial waterway transportation owned by, or under charter to nations that exempt such vessels of the United States from similar fees in their ports; or (3) vessels used by a State or political subdivision thereby transporting persons or property in the business of the State or political subdivision. Defines "deepwater channels and harbors" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983
Deep-Draft Navigation Act of 1983 - Title I: Findings and Purposes; Definitions - Declares the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Title II: Creation of Trust Fund to Administer Accounts for Operations and Maintenance, Improvement Projects, and Local-Share Credits - Establishes the Deep-Draft Navigation Trust Fund in the Treasury, consisting of: (1) the Operations and Maintenance Account; (2) the Navigation Improvement Account; and (3) the Special Credit Account. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the Trust Fund and to make an annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Fund. Sets forth the certain and the authorized uses for each Fund account. Title III: Tax on Deep-Draft Commercial Vessels Using Deep-Draft Commercial Channels, Harbors, and Navigational Facilities; Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the use of any deep-draft commercial channel or harbor within the United States by a deep-draft commercial vessel (vessel). States the rate of such tax. Declares that such tax shall not apply to intraport transfers. Imposes a tax on any vessel using any Great Lakes navigation improvement which is operated or maintained by the United States. States the rate of such tax. Imposes a tax on the use of any deep-draft commercial channel or harbor within the United States for a purpose other than the loading or unloading of commercial cargo (including convenience, bunkering, refitting, or repair). States the rate (including the maximum rate) of such tax. Requires the master of a vessel to report the value of all qualified commercial cargo loaded onto, unloaded from, or contained in such vessel to the U.S. Customs Service upon the loading or unloading of any such cargo or upon passage through any Great Lakes navigation improvement, operated or maintained by the United States. States the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury, with regard to making investigations and requiring record keeping, for determining whether any person is in violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Customs Service or any other designated agency, to assess and collect the taxes imposed under this title. Requires that the liability for the payment of such taxes shall be imposed on the owner of such vessel and shall constitute a valid lien against said vessel in favor of the United States until paid. Sets forth provisions concerning violations and enforcement of this title, including: (1) findings of violations by the Secretary; (2) actions by the Attorney General; (3) jurisdiction and venue of actions under this title; (4) unlawful departure of vessels without paying all taxes; and (5) the unlawful diversion of taxable cargo for tax avoidance purposes. Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by the States of taxes on cargo to be exported from a State's deep-draft commercial channels and harbors. States conditions concerning the imposition of such taxes, and the rates of the taxes. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the deep-draft commercial harbor operations of States that have not authorized the U.S. Customs Service to accept payment of the tax levied under this title. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress concerning such audits. Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to authorize the Corporation to accept certain amounts for the operation and maintenance of authorized deep-water navigation works in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Waives that portion of the toll levied on a vessel for use of the Seaway to the extent that such toll exceeds the deep-draft commercial vessel tax imposed under this Act. Requires the Corporation to remit to the Treasury all revenues derived from the collection of charges from providing services to vessels using the Seaway and from toll bridge charges. Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to initiate discussions with the Government of Canada concerning the reduction or elimination of all tolls on the international Great Lakes and/or the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on the progress of such discussions and the economic effects to U.S. waterborne commerce of any proposed reduction or elimination in tolls. Title IV: Establishment of Federal/Local Partnership for Deep-Draft Navigation Improvement Projects - Requires the Secretary of the Army to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the port authority sponsoring any deep-draft navigation project, prior to submitting recommendations to Congress for the authorization or reauthorization of such projects. Requires the memorandum to establish the responsibilities of each party with respect to the construction and operation of the project, including a formula (determined in a specified manner) for the allocation of project costs. Grants the consent of Congress to the imposition of a duty or tax upon any vessel engaged in foreign commerce by any State, political subdivision or agency thereof, for the purpose of recovering the local share of any deep-draft navigation improvement project. Requires all revenue derived from such duty or tax to be paid into the Treasury for credit against local share of the project costs. States that Congress reserves the right to withdraw such consent upon certain circumstances. Authorizes port authorities to construct and operate a deep-draft navigation project upon entering into a memorandum of agreement with the Secretary. Sets forth certain provisions to be contained in such memoranda. Requires the Secretary to order persons or port authorities in violation of any provision of the memorandum to comply with such memorandum within 90 days. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action as may be necessary to bring such persons or port authorities into compliance with the memorandum. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to study the economic effects of the taxes imposed and the funding mechanisms established under this Act. Requires the Academy to report the results of such study to the Congress and the President within a specified period. Title V: Expedited Procedure for Authorization and Review of Deep-Draft Navigation Improvement Projects - Authorizes port authorities to submit to the Secretary of the Army proposals for the construction of deep-draft navigation improvement projects. States the required contents of such proposals. Requires the Secretary to direct the Corps of Engineers to prepare and submit, on an expedited basis, certain reports and an environmental impact assessment of the proposed project. States procedures to be followed for consolidated environmental review of proposed projects. Requires the Corps of Engineers to be the lead agency in the consolidated environmental review process. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such reports and assessments and to submit recommendations for the construction of such projects (together with a lst of all proposals submitted) to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires such recommendations to be cost effective, and to reflect a mix of differing depths and scope and to be from each of the standard coastal and Great Lakes ranges. Prohibits the Secretary from recommending to Congress any projects or combination of projects for which the total Federal share of projected annual outlays will exceed the amounts available for the Deep-Draft Navigation Trust Fund in such fiscal year. Requires the congressional committee to which the recommendations were submitted to report a joint resolution approving or disapproving such recommendations, in whole or in part, within 90 days of their submission. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish in the Federal Register a schedule (the permit schedule) for the issuance or nonissuance of all necessary federal permits for the construction of such projects. States the procedures to be followed for the permit schedule. Requires the Secretary to monitor compliance with the permit schedule by all agencies subject to such schedule. Provides a procedure to be followed in the event of any threatened delay or failure to meet any deadline imposed under the schedule. Declares that nothing in this title shall be construed to relieve any agency of any legal requirements or to affect the application of any law or regulation to a deep-draft navigation improvement project or related landslide facilities. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions concerning deep-draft navigation improvement projects authorized under this Act. Declares that if any part of this Act is held invalid then all of this Act shall be invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983
Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Transportation for FY 1984 for the maritime construction differential subsidy. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to increase the limitation on outstanding loan obligations for vessel construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1983
Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board for FY 1984 through 1986.
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 March 1983
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Bundesminister des Auswärtigen; Dr. Friedrich Zimmermann, Bundesminister des Innern; Hans A. Engelhard, Bundesminister der Justiz; Dr. Gerhard Stoltenberg, Bundesminister der Finanzen; Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Bundesminister für Wirtschaft; Ignaz Kiechle, Bundesminister für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten; Heinrich Windelen, Bundesminister für innerdeutsche Beziehungen; Dr. Norbert Blüm, Bundesminister für Arbeit und Sozialordnung; Dr. Manfred Wörner, Bundesminister der Verteidigung; Dr. Heiner Geißler, Bundesminister für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit; Dr. Werner Dollinger, Bundesminister für Verkehr; Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Bundesminister für das Post- und Fernmeldewesen; Dr. Oscar Schneider, Bundesminister für Raumordnung, Bauwesen und Städtebau; Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, Bundesminister für Forschung und Technologie; Frau Dr. Dorothee Wilms, Bundesminister für Bildung und Wissenschaft; Dr. Jürgen Warnke, Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit
European Union · EUR-Lex · 28 March 1983
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to prohibit States, other than Hawaii, from imposing vehicle width limitations of more or less than 102 inches on any segment of Federal-aid highways with traffic lanes of a width of 12 feet or more. Exempts States from such prohibition with respect to motor vehicles that exceed 102 inches in width until such States adopt regulations to conform to the prohibition. Excludes certain vehicle safety devices from width calculations. Allows States to grant special use permits to vehicles in excess of the width limitation. Authorizes States to enforce commercial vehicle width limitations on Federal-aid highways. Repeals certain provisions of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983, to conform to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Deepwater Port Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to define an "application" as any application submitted under such Act for a license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port (currently, authorizes the Secretary to issue, transfer, amend, or renew such licenses). Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of the licensee, to transfer or amend such licenses after reasonable public notice and an opportunity to comment and upon the Secretary making a certain determination. Requires licenses issued under such Act to be uniform, if practicable. Provides a procedure for achieving such uniformity. Directs that licenses issued under such Act shall remain in effect until revoked by the Secretary or until surrendered by the licensee (currently, such licenses are for a term not to exceed 20 years, with possible renewal). Requires the Secretary at the request of the licensee to review any regulation or any provision or condition of any license to determine if it is cost-effective and necessary to meet the objectives of such Act. Requires the Secretary to correct or rescind non-conforming regulations and license conditions. Requires the Secretary to include any action taken under this section in the annual report to Congress required by such Act. Requires licensees under such Act to operate as common carriers and to accept, transport, or convey without discrimination all oil delivered to the port according to its license. Authorizes licensees to base rates for transportation, storage, and other services on competition, market conditions, and the ability to maintain the economic viability of such port. Provides for remedial action by the Secretary against licensees not in compliance with such rate and discrimination requirements, including the suspension and termination of noncompliant licensees. Repeals the Deepwater Port Liability Fund. Requires all assets of such Fund to be paid to the State deepwater port regulatory agency of the adjacent coastal State which is nearest to the deepwater port where such fees were initially collected. Requires the Secretary to determine the amount of claims outstanding against the Fund within 90 days and to withhold a sufficient reserve from Fund assets to pay these claims. Makes conforming amendments to substitute the revolving fund established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for the Deepwater Port Liability Fund, in order to fund oil spill clean-up at deepwater ports. Declares that the owner and operator of a vessel shall be jointly and severally liable, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs and damages that result for oil spills within any safety zone, except when such vessel is moored at a deepwater port. Prohibits imposing liability with respect to damages claimed by a damaged party (caused by oil spills) if the owner or operator of a vessel, the licensee, or the United States, can show that such damage was caused solely by the negligence of such party. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for a revolving fund to carry out oil and other hazardous materials discharge clean-up at deepwater ports (currently, such clean up is funded by the Deepwater Port Liability Fund). Prohibits deepwater ports licensed under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 from permitting certain foreign vessels from calling at or utilizing such ports (except for force majeure situations), unless the vessel owner or operator has designated an agent in the United States for receipt of service of process for any claim or legal proceeding resulting from activities of the vessel while located within the safety zone.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct small shore and beach restoration projects which do not exceed $2,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000) without specific authorization by Congress. States that this increase shall apply only to such projects under contracts for construction after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to redesign and reconstruct the interchange connecting Interstate Routes I-395 and I-495 in Springfield, Virginia, to improve its safety.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which adopt and implement effective child passenger safety programs. Sets forth eligibility requirements for States to receive such grants and a limitation on apportionments. Requires the Secretary to establish, by regulation, standards for such programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of each eligible State's child passenger safety program to measure its effectiveness on child safety seat usage.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Railroad Service and Accountability Act of 1983 - Title I: Land Grant Income - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to consider income from land grants in rail line abandonment and discontinuance proceedings. Directs the Commission to apportion equitably among lines of the rail carrier any income attributable to Federal or State land grants. Title II: Land Grant Forfeitures - Requires railroads to forfeit land grant lands in proportion to rail service abandonments. Sets forth procedures for such forfeitures. Requires that any lands or income from such lands received by States as a result of forfeiture be used to provide alternative transportation to persons affected by abandoned rail service. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey to assess the value of land grant lands held by railroads and to periodically update such survey. Title III: Railroad Service Protection - Authorizes the Commission to: (1) order the cessation or rescission of securities transactions of controlled rail carriers that are not in the public interest; and (2) order actions as necessary, including divestiture of control, for such carriers whose service to the public is impaired or threatened. Repeals the authority of the ICC to regulate acquisition of control of certain carriers by a person that is not a carrier. Allows such transactions, also without ICC authorization, where the only parties are certain rail carriers whose aggregate gross revenues during a recent 12-month period did not exceed $10,000,000. Requires ICC authorization and approval when one rail carrier party to the transaction is controlled by, or is under common control with, a class I railroad.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs (current law permits) the Secretary of Transportation to make payments for fuel for the at-sea training of State maritime academy students.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Declares that the House of Representatives disapproves the administration's recommendation that the States be required to assume full funding of all joint State and federally funded rail service operating under State supported services provisions of the Rail Passenger Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1983
Designates the week of April 17, 1983 as National Building Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1983
Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1983 - Title I: Improved Identification for Motor Vehicle Parts and Components - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle security standard applicable to parts used in the manufacture of motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, after the effective date of such standard, or manufactured as new replacement parts after such date. Directs the Secretary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before promulgating such standard, which includes the effect on domestic motor vehicle production and sales. Stipulates that the standard shall not: (1) impose additional costs upon manufacturers in excess of $10 per motor vehicle; or (2) require the identification of more than 14 parts for any motor vehicle, nine parts for any truck, or four parts for any trailer. Declares that a Federal motor vehicle standard supercedes any State or local standard. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies on the development of security devices and systems. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such devices and systems within one year of enactment. Provides for repeal of this title on a specified date. Title II: Antifencing Measures - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing or altering any identification number of any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part required by regulation. Requires the forfeiture of any vehicle or part which has had such number removed, with specified exceptions. Applies to the seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicles and parts those provisions of law relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels and merchandise under the customs laws. Establishes penalties for anyone who buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of, with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part knowing that such identification number has been removed or altered. Designates as nonmailable matter any manipulative type device which is designed or adapted to operate, circumvent, remove, or render inoperative the ignition switch or lock, or door or trunk lock of two or more motor vehicles, or any advertisement for the sale of such device. Title III: Importation and Exportation Measures - Establishes criminal and civil penalties for anyone who imports, exports, or attempts to import or export any motor vehicle, off-highway vehicle or vehicle part knowing that it has been stolen or that its identification number has been altered. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require persons who export or attempt to export a used motor vehicle or off-highway mobile equipment to present to the appropriate customs officers the vehicle and a document describing that vehicle. Title IV: Reporting Requirements - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a task force to study problems relating to motor vehicle titling and controls over motor vehicle salvage which may affect the motor vehicle theft problem. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Transportation and the Postmaster General, to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1983
Amends Federal law to recodify, consolidate, and revise specified shipping and related marine provisions administered by the Coast Guard. Reorganizes existing law with respect to: (1) the operation, inspection, and regulation of passenger, cargo, animal transport, and recreational vessels; (2) marine casualties and accidents; (3) licenses, certificates and merchant mariners' documents; (4) the manning of vessels; and (5) merchant seamen, their protection and relief. Repeals specified laws.