Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986

Summary

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1986 for the necessary expenses of: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for salaries and expenses, transportation planning, research, and development, and the Working Capital Fund; (2) payments to air carriers; and (3) the Coast Guard for operating expenses, acquisition, construction and improvements, alteration of bridges, retired pay, reserve training, research, development, test and evaluation, the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, the Deepwater Port Liability Fund, and recreational boating safety assistance. Appropriates funds for the necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration for: (1) operations, facilities, engineering, research and development; (2) grants-in-aid for airports; (3) operation, maintenance, and construction at the Metropolitan Washington airports; (4) headquarters administration; (5) the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund; and (6) the aircraft purchase loan guarantee program. Appropriates funds to the Federal Highway Administration for: (1) general operating expenses; (2) highway safety research and development; (3) highway-related safety grants; (4) federal-aid highways; (5) railroad-highway crossings demonstration projects; (6) the Right-of-Way Revolving Fund; (7) highway beautification; (8) motor carrier safety; (9) motor carrier safety grants; (10) Baltimore-Washington Parkway; (11) rail line consolidation in the vicinity of Orange, Texas; and (12) an airport-highway demonstration project in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Appropriates funds to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for operations and research and highway traffic safety grants. Appropriates funds to the Federal Railroad Administration for: (1) the Office of the Administrator; (2) railroad safety; (3) railroad research and development; (4) rail service assistance; (5) Conrail labor protection; (6) the Northeast Corridor improvement program; and (7) grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Authorizes the issuance of notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment of loan guarantees from railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing funds. Prohibits commitments to guarantee new loans for railroad rehabilitation and improvement during FY 1986. Authorizes expenditures for the redeemable preference shares program. Appropriates funds for Conrail commuter transition assistance. Appropriates funds to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration for: (1) administrative expenses; (2) research, training, and human resources; (3) discretionary grants; (4) formula grants; (5) liquidation of contract authorization; (6) the Washington Metro; and (7) interstate transfer grants. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for administrative expenses; (2) the Office of the Inspector General for salaries and expenses; and (3) the Research and Special Programs Administration for research and development and for grants to implement a pipeline safety program. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1986 for the necessary expenses of: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission for salaries and expenses and payments for directed rail service; (4) the Panama Canal Commission for operating expenses and capital outlay; (5) the United States Railway Association; (6) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for interest payments; and (7) the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury for investment in fund anticipation notes. Title III: General Provisions - Permits the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide for the expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside the United States when the Secretary of Transportation determines that adequate schooling is unavailable in the locality and that adequate schools are not accessible by public transportation. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the planning or construction of rail-highway crossings at the School Street crossing in Groton, Connecticut, and the Broadway Extension Crossing in Stonington, Connecticut. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds: (1) to plan or execute any program to compensate non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings under this Act; or (2) to assist any State in imposing mandatory State inspection fees or sticker requirements on vehicles lawfully registered in another State, including certain vehicles engaged in interstate commercial transportation. Prohibits appropriated funds from being available beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Provides that contract authority for discretionary grants shall be available for obligation through FY 1989. Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Transportation Systems Center. Limits the use of appropriated funds for consulting services to those contracts that are a matter of public record and are available for public inspection and those contracts included in a publicly available list. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways according to a specified formula. Sets an obligation limitation upon the amounts distributed to the States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide the States with authority to prevent lapses of authorized appropriations apportioned to them for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction; (2) redistribute funds from States which will not obligate funds to those States which are able to obligate funds; and (3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses and for the Federal Lands Highway Programs. Limits the use of appropriated funds for salaries and expenses to 105 political appointees in the Department of Transportation. Limits expenditures for advisory committees. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the expenditure of certain funds in an urbanized area of 200,000 or more even though such funds were apportioned for expenditure in an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000. Exempts the Zilwaukee Bridge realignment project from FY 1986 limitations on obligations for Federal aid highway and highway safety construction programs. Conditions the use of appropriated funds for the Woodward light rail line in Detroit, Michigan, upon approval in accordance with Michigan law of a source of operating funds. Requires the Secretary to issue a letter of intent and enter into a full funding contract with the Southern California Rapid Transit District regarding the completion of a segment of a certain Metro Rail project. Directs the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to enter into a contract with such District to conduct a study of potential methane gas risks regarding the project. Requires the Secretary to issue a letter of intent and enter into a full funding contract with: (1) Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, to complete certain parts of the downtown component of metrorail; and (2) the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, Washington, for completion of a bus tunnel project. Limits the amount of funds appropriated for FY 1986 which may be used for certain projects under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Requires that motor vehicle tolls on any bridge connecting the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall only be collected for those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island. Requires the Secretary to withhold certain apportioned funds if such requirement is violated. Sets forth guidelines for the suspension of such prohibition under certain circumstances.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 23 October 1985

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 4 October 1985

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 12 September 1985

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 September 1985

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