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United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1983
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1928 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct specified navigation improvements at the Memphis, Tennessee, Harbor. Itemizes the minimum Federal share cost of such improvements.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 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 Army 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 contents 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 the use by any vessel of any Great Lakes navigation improvement 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 any person or agent of such person who causes qualified commercial cargo to be transported by means of a vessel to provide to the Master of such vessel a sworn declaration of the value of such cargo prior to the loading of such cargo. Requires the master of a vessel to report the declared 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. Entitles the Master and owner of a vessel to rely upon the accuracy of any sworn declaration of value for purposes of rendering the tax imposed on such vessels under this Act. Declares that the owner of such vessel shall not be liable for the payment of any additional vessel tax unless such owner knew or had reason to know of the inaccuracy of such declaration of value. States the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury, with regard to making investigations and requiring recordkeeping, 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. Defines "deep-draft commercial vessel" (vessel) and "deep-draft commercial channel or harbor" for purposes of this title. 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 charges for 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 on 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. Declares that navigation improvement projects previously authorized by Congress need not be reauthorized and are eligible for appropriations under this Act. 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. 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 the 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 list of all proposals submitted) to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires such recommendation to be cost effective, 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 Deep-Draft Navigation Trust Fund's Navigation Improvement Account for each 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 · 21 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which enact and enforce laws requiring the use of child safety seats and safety belts by children in highway motor vehicles. Sets forth an apportionment formula for such grants and eligibility requirements for States. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1986. Excludes vehicles used to provide transportation for compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 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 · 16 March 1983
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1983
Permits Federal participation in the construction of new toll roads in Illinois.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1983
Motor Vehicle Title and Inspection Act of 1983 - Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to provide for the establishment by States of motor vehicle title and inspection requirements in order to promote traffic safety and deter motor vehicle theft. Directs approved State programs to establish a system to cancel a title to any motor vehicle determined nonsalvable and to issue a salvage certificate for such automobile to make it suitable for operation on a highway. Authorizes the issuance of a title certificate based upon the State determination, after inspection, that the salvage vehicle is suitable for operation. Requires State programs to establish a system for the inspection of, and issuance of title for, motor vehicles previously registered in another State. Directs State programs to prohibit the sale of parts of a motor vehicle if a part's identification number has been destroyed, removed, obliterated, or otherwise altered. Requires State programs to include provisions requiring insurers to release pertinent information to law enforcement officers relative to motor vehicle thefts or accidents. Grants immunity from civil liability (in the absence of any fraud or malice) to such insurers. Sets forth provisions for the review of State programs by the Administrator and the direct take-over of any program that fails to meet the Administrator's approval.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct two additional lanes, to alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety, on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, between the intersection of Spout Run Parkway and its approaches to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning with FY 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1983
Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare congressional policy with respect to the marketing and sale of passenger air transportation. Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to vacate Order 82-12-85, adopted on December 16, 1982, and to adopt as its final decision in docket numbered 36595 the recommended order of an administrative law judge dated June 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 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 of 1954 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 is provided by law. Makes conforming amendments to specified highway Acts. Title II: State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Component - Requires that grants for the construction of treatment works for waste treatment management under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act be consolidated as a program under the State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983
Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to require a pipeline to carry natural gas, upon application by a producer or purchaser of natural gas, unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finds that: (1) the pipeline has no available capacity to carry such gas; (2) carriage of such gas would place an undue burden on the pipeline; (3) construction of new facilities by the pipeline would be required; or (4) carriage of the gas would impair the pipeline's ability to give adequate service to its existing customers. Sets the consideration for such transportation at five cents per million Btu's plus the cost of transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983
Air Travelers Security Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare congressional policy with respect to the marketing and sale of passenger air transportation. Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to vacate Order 82-12-85, adopted on December 16, 1982, and to adopt as its final decision in docket numbered 36595 the recommended order of an administrative law judge dated June 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
Declares that certain permitting authority of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers, concerning obstructions to U.S. navigable waters, shall not apply to Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to revise eligibility requirements for direct and supplementary grants for public works and development facilities. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of such Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to give priority consideration to redevelopment areas that have been classified as labor surplus areas by the Secretary of Labor. Reduces the time period during which the Secretary of Commerce may terminate a designation of area eligibility to one year (currently three years). Repeals provisions concerning: (1) Indian economic development; (2) economic recovery assistance for disaster areas; and (3) the job opportunities program. Redefines "eligible recipient" to exclude Indian tribes. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the purposes of the Appalachian Regional Commission through FY 1984. Extends the provisions of such Act through FY 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983
Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 100,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Establishes penalties for a vehicle manufacturer who fails to meet the minimum domestic content ratio. Directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and prepare a written report regarding policies and practices of vehicle manufacturers used to persuade U.S. motor vehicle dealers to favor foreign made parts rather than domestically produced parts.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a project, at a specified cost, to control beach erosion and provide storm protection along the Atlantic coast of New York City from Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point. Limits such protective measures to sand fills for replenishment in the same manner as other beaches in the area.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1983
Removes the restriction on the use of materials produced by convict labor in the construction of Federal-aid highways.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 98-135) Dedicates the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, in Maryland, to Gladys Noon Spellman. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to erect adjacent to such parkway an appropriate marker commemorating the contribution of Gladys Noon Spellman. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Shipping Act of 1983 - Makes this Act applicable to agreements by or among ocean common carriers to: (1) discuss, fix, and regulate rates, accommodations, and other conditions of service; (2) pool or apportion traffic, revenues, net losses, or net profits; (3) allot ports or regulate the number and character of sailings between ports; (4) limit or regulate the volume or character of cargo or passenger traffic; (5) engage in exclusive, preferential, or cooperative working arrangements among themselves or marine terminal operators or non-vessel-operating common carriers; and (6) control, regulate, or prevent competition in international ocean transportation. Requires that a copy of every applicable agreement be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission, except transportion performance agreements within or between foreign countries. Sets forth requirements for contents of conference agreements (including conferences utilizing loyalty contracts), interconference agreements, and assessment agreements. Describes criteria by which the Commission shall suspend, cancel, or modify such agreements. Authorizes ocean common carriers or conferences engaged in foreign commerce to use loyalty contracts according to specified requirements. Exempts certain agreements, contracts, and activities from the antitrust laws. Sets forth terms and conditions under which shippers' councils will be eligible for exemption from antitrust laws. Directs ocean common carriers and conferences to file with the Commission, and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing all rates between all points on each carrier's routes. Sets forth procedures for rate changes and refunds of rate charges. Authorizes the use of time/volume rates. Authorizes ocean common carriers or conferences to enter into service contracts with individual shippers. Prohibits a controlled carrier from maintaining rates in its tariffs that are below a level that is just and reasonable. Describes standards against which such rates shall be disapproved. Provides for Presidential review of any order of suspension or final order of disapproval of rates of a controlled carrier. Exempts specified types of foreign carriers from the provisions of this Act. Sets forth prohibited acts for common carriers and prohibits specified concerted actions. Describes procedures for the investigation and adjudication of complaints alleging a violation of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for such violations. Declares that orders of the Commission relating to any violation of this Act shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in such order unless suspended, modified, or set aside by the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction. Authorizes the Commission or the injured party to seek injunctive relief in the appropriate United States district court for the enforcement of Commission orders. Authorizes the Commission to require reports and certificates from persons or entities governed by provisions of this Act. Permits the Commission to exempt any specified activity or class of agreements from provisions of this Act. Establishes the Commission on the Deregulation of International Ocean Shipping to conduct a comprehensive study of, and make recommendations concerning, the deregulation of international ocean shipping by common carriers. Sets forth areas that such study shall specifically address. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and Congress, not later than one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 60 days after such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct two additional lanes, to alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety, on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, between the intersection of Spout Run Parkway and its approaches to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning with FY 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Requires the Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of requiring all boat loading facilities subject to U.S. jurisdiction to display sufficient lighting from sunset to sunrise to make such facility's presence known within a reasonable distance. Directs that such study be reported with recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees by September 30, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Coast Guard Transfer Act - Transfers the Coast Guard from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Defense as a separate military department headed by the Secretary of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the appropriate Federal, State, and local government officials, to propose a program to compensate any person or State or political subdivision thereof for damages caused by shoreline erosion arising from the actions of the International Joint Commission with regard to the level of water on the Great Lakes. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such proposal within one year of the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Truth in Mileage Act of 1983 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to base its automobile fuel economy tests upon actual road testing. Sets forth criminal penalties for EPA employees who knowingly falsify the results of such tests.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that if the method for allocating the construction costs of navigation projects is amended, the amended method should not apply to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Marianas.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Interstate Commerce Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a criminal offense to commit any act with the purpose to obstruct or delay the flow of persons or property in interstate commerce, or to do material damage or personal injury to any item or person in interstate commerce. Prohibits any person from inviting or aiding in such an act. Grants jurisdiction in Federal district court for an action for damages by any person injured by a violation of this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief in Federal court.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to design and construct a specified erosion control project on Tangier Island, Virginia. Directs that such project be carried out on an emergency basis. States that no study or requirement of law applies to this project, except that local interests: (1) provide the necessary land rights to the United States without cost; (2) agree to operate and maintain the structures after construction; and (3) agree to hold the United States free from damages due to the construction works.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Environmental Works Act of 1983 - Title I: Establishment of Program - Establishes a national policy to: (1) create a program of public works of special benefit to the environment and to create employment; (2) review public works appropriations to ascertain whether environmental benefit projects should receive additional appropriations; and (3) give serious consideration to State recommendations for Federal expenditures for public works of special environmental benefit. Title II: National Park Service - Park Service Land Heritage Act of 1983 - Establishes the National Park Service Land Heritage Program for the improvement and rehabilitation of the national park system. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a national park system resource management plan (the parks management plan) for the restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of park facilities and for the development of new facilities. Requires the Secretary to update the parks management plan every five years. Directs the President to transmit the parks management plan to Congress and to annually incorporate such plan in framing budget requests by the Administration for Park Service activities. Sets forth certain conditions to be included in the parks management plan. Requires the Secretary to provide an opportunity for public involvement and to consult with other interested government departments and agencies. Requires the Secretary to develop and maintain a detailed inventory of all national park system facilities, lands and resources. Requires the Secretary to establish an Independent Review Board to ensure that only projects consistent with this Act are recommended for completion. Provides the review procedure to be followed for Board recommendations. Prohibits the Board from approving any projects which will induce overuse of National Park Service facilities or which will generate use inconsistent with the preservation of Park Services resources. Sets forth administrative provisions for the Board. Sets forth requirements for the development of the management plans. Requires resource plans, permits, and other instruments for the use and management of National Park Service lands to conform with the parks management plan. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for implementing projects contained in the parks management plan. Requires ten percent of such appropriated funds to be used to employ youth between the ages of 15 and 25. Title III: United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Fish and Wildlife Land Heritage Act of 1983 - Establishes a Fish and Wildlife Land Heritage Program for the improvement and rehabilitation of the national wildlife refuge system and fish hatcheries, for the improvement of recreation facilities within such system, and for the development of a comprehensive U.S. fish and wildlife system management plan (wildlife management plan). Prohibits such improvement and rehabilitation if it would induce overuse of existing facilities. Requires the Secretary to develop a wildlife management plan for the restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of U.S. fish and wildlife system areas and for the development of new facilities in existing units of the system. Requires the Secretary to update the wildlife management plan every five years. Directs the President to transmit the wildlife management plan to Congress and to annually incorporate such plan in framing budget requests by that Administration for fish and wildlife system activities. Sets forth consideration to be included in the wildlife management plan. Requires the Secretary to develop and maintain a detailed inventory of all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administered lands and resources. Requires the Secretary to establish an Independent Review Board to insure that only projects consistent with this Act are recommended for completion and included in the wildlife management plan. Provides the review procedure to be followed for Board recommendations. Sets forth administrative provisions for the Board. Sets forth requirements for the development of the wildlife management plan. Requires resource plans, permits, and other instruments for the use and management of Fish and Wildlife Service administered units to conform with the wildlife management plan. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 for implementing this title. Directs that no provision of this title shall impinge upon other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs. Requires at least ten percent of such appropriated funds to be used to employ youth between the ages of 15 and 25. Title IV: Urban Recreation - National Cultural Parks System - National Urban Cultural Parks Act of 1983 - Establishes a national cultural park system. Requires the Secretary to appoint a Director to administer such system. Requires such system to include those land and water areas designated as national cultural parks by Congress. Defines "national cultural park" to include urban and settled areas. Establishes the Cultural Park Advisory Commission. Sets forth administrative requirements for the Commission. Requires the Commission to undertake a comprehensive study and to formulate recommendations for the creation and management of a national cultural park system. Sets forth requirements for such system and for formulating recommendations for the development of such system. Requires the Commission to submit a specified report to Congress and to the President within three years after funds become available to carry out this title. Requires the Commission to terminate within 30 days of submitting such report. Sets forth the authorities and powers of the Commission. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the purpose of assisting States in the preservation, interpretation, development, and use of urban resources through preparation, planning, or implementing a cultural park management plan, demonstration project, or to otherise assist the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under this title. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish in the Federal Register criteria for the selection of applicants of grants under this section. Sets forth requirements for a cultural park management plan. Sets forth requirements for States to receive a grant under this title. Sets forth conditions for States receiving such grants. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Commission when authorizing or providing funds for demonstration projects or management plans. Requires the Secretary to transmit a report to Congress and to the President, including a detailed statement of the findings and conclusion of the Secretary concerning methods of preserving and managing urban resources. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for funding such demonstration projects. Title V: United States Forest Service - RPA Plan - Forest Service Environmental Projects Act of 1983 - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make an annual report to Congress for FY 1984 through 1987 concerning an estimate of the sums necessary to be appropriated to replant and revitalize an acreage of National Forest System land equal to that cut over that year, plus a specified portion of the backlog of lands in need of such treatment. Authorizes additional appropriations for eliminating the backlog of reforestation, fish and wildlife, watershed restoration, and trail maintenance and construction projects. Requires that not less than ten percent of the sums appropriated under this title to be used to employ youth between the ages of 15 and 25. Title VI: United States Forest Service - Urban Trees - Forest Serivce Urban Trees Act - Requires the appropriate State official (of any State which chooses to apply for funds authorized under this title) to develop an arboriculture plan for such State and to submit such plan to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval. Declares that States with approved plans shall be eligible for matching grants under this title. Requires such States to submit a report to the Secretary after the close of each fiscal year including the amounts of certain funds expended in completion of the plan. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to urban areas, and to encourage participation of private entities and individuals to furnish arboriculture services. Authorizes the Secretary to provide matching grants on a competitive basis to eligible States for urban arboriculture projects. States the amount of such grants. Sets forth factors the Secretary shall consider in awarding such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 for carrying out this title. Title VII: Passenger Rail Improvement - Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for employment in certain railroad repair or rehabilitation projects. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish guidelines and procedures for making and evaluating applications for financial assistance under this section. Sets forth certain documentation and information to be included in such applications. Authorizes the Secretary to establish objective criteria to determine whether, and to require that, grant recipients are maintaining a good faith level of repair and rehabilitation for projects commenced pursuant to this title. Sets forth certain employment priorities for jobs created pursuant to this title. Requires the Secretary to identify (in the form of a State- by-State listing) all projects necessary for the rehabilitation and improvement of essential roadbeds and facilities of specified rail corridors. Lists certain rail passenger corridors eligible for project grants under this title. Declares that certain terminals and stations, and intermodal connections are eligible for project grants if they meet certain conditions. Requires projects eligible for financial assistance under this title to be structured and administered to achieve specified goals, including the reduction of unemployment. Sets forth requirements for the performance of work under this title concerning labor agreements and standards. Requires grant recipients to maintain certain records. Requires that the Secretary and the Comptroller General have access to certain records for the purpose of audit and examination. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct cost and benefit assessment studies of projects receiving grants or of proposed projects under this title. Requires the Secretary to submit periodic reports to the Congress and the President on actions taken pursuant to this title. Makes conforming amendments. Requires the Secretary to develop a program with five years for upgrading all grade crossings used by any railroad for providing intercity rail passenger service. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989 for such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 for this title (other than for the grade crossings program). Title VIII: Light Rail Transit - Light Rail Transit Demonstration and Transfer Fund Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report to Congress listing the urban areas which are suitable candidates for the introduction of light rail transit systems. Requires such report to include specified information, including information furnished by municipalities and urban areas. Requires municipalities and urban areas interested in a light rail system to furnish information to the Secretary, including design data and proposals. Requires certain Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in order to facilitate the production of such report. Authorizes appropriations for the production of such report. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to assist States and urban areas in the development of light rail transit systems. Requires such grants to be used for the acquisition, construction, and improvement of light rail facilities and equipment for use in urban areas. Lists eligible facilities and equipment for such grants. States the conditions and requirements for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for this title. Authorizes the Secretary to make advance or progress payments on account of any grant or contract made pursuant to this title. States the conditions for such advance or progress payments. Requires the Secretary to make: (1) an annual report to Congress concerning grants and activities under this title; and (2) a final inspection or review of each completed project. Requires a report on estimated and actual project costs. Title IX: Housing and Neighborhoods - Urban Environment Revitalization Act of 1983 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for State, tribal, and local community development programs and for urban development action grants. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit a report to Congress indicating the total nation wide potential for such programs. Amends Federal law to establish an Independent Review Board to insure that urban development action grants are awarded and implemented consistently with such law. Sets forth provisions concerning Board review and approval of applications for such grants prior to the Secretary's approval of said grants. Sets forth administrative provisions for the Board. Amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to authorize additional appropriations. Requires the Secretary to develop and transmit a report including an estimate of the total funds which would be needed to fund all historic preservation projects contained in the backlog of uncompleted projects for the purposes of such Act. Title X: Solar Bank and Weatherization and Employment Act of 1983 - Provides assistance to low-income households to weatherize dwellings. Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to authorize increased appropriations for the weatherization program for FY 1983 through 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy to allot at least ten percent of the appropriations under this section to a performance fund available only to provide financial assistance to those States demonstrating the best performance in providing weatherization assistance under this program. Authorizes additional appropriations under the Environmental Works Act for such weatherization program. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for the promotional activities of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Title XI: Citizen Suits - Authorizes any person to commence certain civil suits on their own behalf for violations of this Act or to compel certain governmental officials to reasonably apply and administer the policies and provisions set forth in this Act. Sets forth provisions governing such suits, including jurisdiction, parties, court costs, injunctive relief and prima facie evidence of abuse of discretion by administrative officials. Title XII: Supplementary Project Planning - Requires each State to: (1) develop a list, in order of priority, of those public works projects plans or programs of special environmental benefit; and (2) submit such list to the appropriate congressional committees by a specified date. Requires such list to be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, with participation by all interested parties and the public. Sets forth requirements for projects included in such list. Requires the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and of the Congressional Budget Office to assist the Governor of any State (upon request of any such Governor) in the preparation of the list. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare such a list for any State which does not submit a list for any year. Title XIII: Supplementary Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for supplementary project planning to be allocated according to a specified formula. Authorizes appropriations for certain programs authorized by this Act. Requires the budget committee to review priority lists submitted for supplementary project planning for setting ceilings for water and power development, energy research, and for expenditures for the purposes of this Act. Requires the appropriations committees to give serious consideration to priority lists submitted by the States. Lists the amounts of authorized appropriations for each individual State.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Designates the week of April 17, 1983, as National Building Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to permit the erecting of signs memorializing the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia as the world's largest steel-arch span.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1983
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to reduce the apportionment of certain Federal-aid highway funds to any State which issues handicapped parking stickers but does not recognize such stickers issued by other States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1983
Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board for FY 1984 through 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a shoreline protection project for Maumee Bay State Park, Lake Erie, Ohio. States the non-Federal share of the cost of such project.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 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 · 22 February 1983
Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to revoke the airman certificate of any person who has been convicted of violations (other than simple possession) of State or Federal law relating to controlled substances. Requires the Administrator to revoke the airman certificate of any person who has knowingly transported any controlled substance, where such transportation is prohibited. Prohibits the Administrator from reissuing any revoked certificate for a period of five years. Grants the Secretary discretionary authority to reissue such certificate in certain circumstances before the end of a five-year period, but not before the end of the first year after revocation. Requires the Administrator to revoke the certificate of registration of an owner of an aircraft if it is determined that such aircraft has been used to transport controlled substances illegally. Sets forth certificate reissuance guidelines similar to those for the reissuance of airman certificates. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act, including selling or using fraudulent certificates.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1983
Amends the Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 to remove the condition on financial assistance to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority for the construction of a specified fixed rail line that requires simultaneous construction of two different portions of such line so that revenue passenger service to Doraville, Georgia, and to Atlantic Hartsfield International Airport shall begin at about the same time.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Shipping Act of 1983 - Makes this Act applicable to agreements by or among ocean common carriers to: (1) discuss, fix, and regulate rates, accommodations, and other conditions of service; (2) pool or apportion traffic, revenues, net losses, or net profits; (3) allot ports or regulate the number and character of sailings between ports; (4) limit or regulate the volume or character of cargo or passenger traffic; (5) engage in exclusive, preferential, or cooperative working arrangements among themselves or marine terminal operators or non-vessel-operating common carriers; (6) control, regulate, or prevent competition in international ocean transportation; and (7) consult and confer with shippers and shippers' councils regarding general rate levels, charges, classifications, rules, practices, or services. Makes this Act applicable to agreements among marine terminal operators, and among such operators and ocean common carriers to: (1) discuss, fix, and regulate rates and other conditions of service; (2) pool or apportion earnings, losses, or traffic; and (3) engage in exclusive, preferential, or cooperative working arrangements. Allows shippers to establish shippers' councils to: (1) mutually consult and exchange information or views regarding rates, charges, classifications, rules, practices, or services; (2) agree upon common positions; (3) consult and confer with ocean common carriers or conferences regarding rate levels, charges, classifications, rules, practices, or services; and (4) in the case of a small shipper, combine cargo with another small shipper to obtain time/volume rates and service contracts with ocean common carriers. Requires that a copy of every applicable agreement be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission, except transportion performance agreements within or between foreign countries. Sets forth requirements for contents of conference agreements (including conferences utilizing loyalty contracts), interconference agreements, shippers' council agreements, and assessment agreements. Describes criteria by which the Commission shall suspend, cancel, or modify such agreements. Authorizes ocean common carriers or conferences engaged in foreign commerce to use loyalty contracts according to specified requirements. Exempts certain agreements, contracts, and activities from the antitrust laws. Directs ocean common carriers and conferences to file with the Commission, and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing all rates between all points on each carrier's routes. Sets forth procedures for rate changes and refunds of rate charges. Authorizes the use of time/volume rates. Authorizes ocean common carriers or conferences to enter into service contracts with individual shippers or with a shippers council. Prohibits a controlled carrier from maintaining rates in its tariffs that are below a level that is just and reasonable. Describes standards against which such rates shall be disapproved. Provides for Presidential review of any order of suspension or final order of disapproval of rates of a controlled carrier. Exempts specified types of foreign carriers from the provisions of this Act. Requires that ocean freight forwarders be licensed by the Commission. Sets forth circumstances under which ocean freight forwarders may be compensated by common carriers. Sets forth prohibited acts for common carriers, conferences, ocean freight forwarders, and marine terminal operators. Prohibits specified concerted actions. Directs the Commission, after notice and hearing, to suspend the tariffs of carriers of national lines of foreign governments, if the Commission finds that actions of such carriers or foreign governments have unduly impaired access of ships documented under United States flag to ocean trades between foreign ports. Describes procedures for the investigation and adjudication of complaints alleging a violation of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for such violations. Declares that orders of the Commission relating to any violation of this Act shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in such order unless suspended, modified, or set aside by the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction. Authorizes the Commission or the injured party to seek injunctive relief in the appropriate United States district court for the enforcement of Commission orders. Authorizes the Commission to require reports and certificates from persons or entities governed by provisions of this Act. Permits the Commission to exempt any specified activity or class of agreements from provisions of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to Congress, not later than two years after the effective date of this Act, a comprehensive study of, and recommendations concerning, the regulation of international ocean shipping by common carriers. Sets forth areas that such study shall specifically address.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Permits Federal participation in the construction of new toll roads in Illinois.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
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; and (2) transport such property between a point within the United States and a port in a nation contiguous to the United States. Directs such common carriers to file their tariffs with the Federal Maritime Commission within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs. Declares that this Act does not: (1) require such common carriers to reveal, in tariffs filed with the Commission, the portion of such tariffs attributable to inland transportation; (2) require such common carriers to reveal any information with regard to such inland transportation; or (3) extend to the Commission any jurisdiction over or authority to regulate rail carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Port Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1983 - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial ports in the United States. Title I: Priority Approval Program for Maintenance and Navigation Improvement Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to submit to Congress within two years after enactment of this Act a comprehensive, five-year port development and maintenance program. Requires such program to include alternate disposal sites for dredged or fill material. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit to Congress a programmatic environmental impact statement, including additional specified information. Provides for congressional disapproval (veto) of such maintenance programs and navigational improvement projects by concurrent resolution of Congress within 60 days. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress modifications of approved maintenance and navigational improvement projects. Declares that if Congress fails to adopt a concurrent congressional resolution of disapproval (veto) within 60 days following receipt of specified documents concerning dredging or changes in maintenance projects, such changes or projects shall be deemed approved. Provides that compliance with all procedural requirements under certain environmental statutes relating to maintenance dredging, issuance of permits, and approval to dispose of dredged or fill material for approved projects shall be conclusively presumed. Describes conditions of eligibility for priority construction by the Secretary of navigation improvement projects subject to congressional approval. Sets forth documentation requirements for such projects. Sets forth procedures for certain environmental permit action. Defines final environmental impact statement requirements for navigation improvement projects. Provides for the congressional approval of a navigation improvement project by adopting an approval resolution under certain procedures within 60 days of the submission of the project document. Authorizes the Secretary and the State port authority concerned to enter into a cost-sharing agreement in which the State port authority agrees to reimburse the United States for 50 percent of the construction funds appropriated and 75 percent of the additional annual operating and maintenance costs of such project. Permits a State port authority that constructs a navigation improvement project on its own to finance such construction through a uniform system of user fees in the form of tonnage duties. Provides for mandatory contribution by adjacent ports for the construction and maintenance of navigation improvement projects involving common entrance channels from which such an adjacent port derives benefits. Makes eligible for construction financing assistance certain navigation improvement projects, for which permits were approved under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, where such projects will increase the depth of deep-draft commercial port channels (other than access channels) to more than 45 feet. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to determine: (1) the dredging or other operation and maintenance necessary for a project and for associated access channels and berthing areas; and (2) the sites at which dredged or fill material should be disposed. Requires the Secretary to submit project maintenance to Congress for approval and to implement such maintenance unless disapproved. Prohibits a State port authority from implementing such project maintenance, unless approved and supervised by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to enter into memoranda of agreement with: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, regarding the disposal of dredged and fill material into ocean or 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. Sets forth procedures for congressional approval of new navigational improvement projects. Title II: Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects - Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by States of tonnage duties. Lists the purposes of such duties, including reimbursement of the United States in regard to navigation improvement projects. Authorizes State port authorities to use such tonnage duties for specified purposes, including: (1) port safety and security; (2) emergency response services; and (3) relocation of submerged cables and pipelines. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines by which State port authorities shall compute the rates of such tonnage duties. Directs the Comptroller General to audit periodically the operations of State port authorities dealing with such tonnage duties. Sets forth procedures for the enforcement of the collection of such tonnage duties, including injunctive relief, withholding of clearances, and the imposition of maritime liens. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct certain studies and to make findings and policy determinations before recommending to Congress the adoption of deep-draft user charges for financing navigation improvement projects in deep-draft commercial ports. Sets forth certain matters to be considered in the deep-draft user charges study. Title III: 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.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey the right, title, and interest of the United States in the vessel John W. Brown to the John W. Brown Preservation Project for use as a nonprofit merchant marine memorial museum.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Modifies boundaries of the City Waterway Navigation Channel Project, Tacoma Harbor, Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Economic Recovery Through Railroad Revitalization and Roadbed Restoration Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants for eligible projects involving the maintenance, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of railroad lines and facilities. Requires that jobs created under this Act be given to certain furloughed maintenance employees, other unemployed railroad workers, and individuals registered on State unemployment rolls, in that order. Directs the Secretary to establish regulations to govern such projects. Authorizes appropriations and sets forth project eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary to make periodic reports to Congress and the President on actions taken under this Act, including statements on progress made in reducing unemployment and in improving rail transportation systems. Exempts such projects from the interlocking directorate provisions of the Clayton Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Amends the Railway Labor Act to make the findings and orders of the National Railroad Adjustment Board subject to review for fraud or corruption by a member of the Board that relates to the dispute involved, without regard to whether such fraud or corruption was committed before or after the selection of such member for the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that States should enact child passenger safety programs, including laws requiring the use of child safety seats.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to transport to the decedent's place of burial the remains of a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or retainer pay who dies in a military medical facility.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1983
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow air carriers to offer reduced rate air transportation for any individual, under 16 years of age, who is traveling to the United States from a foreign country to be adopted, or after being adopted, by a resident of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Amends the Automobile Dealers Day in Court Act to prohibit a manufacturer from selling, leasing, or offering to sell or lease any passenger car, truck, or stationwagon to any person (or any other dealer) at a price lower than the price at which the same model is sold to its franchised dealers. Prohibits a manufacturer from imposing restrictions on some purchasers of automobiles, but not others. Requires that all rebates, discounts, refunds or other promotional inducement or benefit be provided to all ultimate purchasers of the same model of motor vehicle during the same period of time. Establishes an exception to the Act for the sale of automobiles to Federal, State or local governmental units. Applies this Act to importers of covered motor vehicles who import directly or through distributorships. Allows an automobile dealer to recover reasonable attorneys fees resulting from an action under this Act. Limits standing for a cause of action for termination of an agreement under this Act to dealers who comply with all reasonable provisions of the franchise agreement in question.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
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, to a depth of 45 feet at mean low water.