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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Timeline

1. 20 February 1985

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

2. 20 February 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation.

   Source: Committee

3. 20 February 1985

   Introduced

   Rereferred to House Committee on Appropriations.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 2 April 1985

   Committee

   Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

5. 18 July 1985

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

6. 18 July 1985

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.

   Source: Committee

7. 5 September 1985

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 159.

   Source: Calendars

8. 5 September 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-256.

   Source: Committee

9. 5 September 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-256.

   Source: Committee

10. 5 September 1985

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported.

    Source: Committee

11. 5 September 1985

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 5 September 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

13. 5 September 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

14. 10 September 1985

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.261 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

15. 11 September 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

16. 11 September 1985

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

17. 12 September 1985

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 307 - 102 (Record Vote No: 305).

    Source: Floor

18. 12 September 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 307 - 102 (Record Vote No: 305).

    Source: Floor

19. 12 September 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

20. 17 September 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

21. 26 September 1985

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Transportation Appropriations. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

22. 3 October 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

23. 4 October 1985

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 340.

    Source: Calendars

24. 4 October 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews with amendments. With written report No. 99-152.

    Source: Committee

25. 4 October 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews with amendments. With written report No. 99-152.

    Source: Committee

26. 23 October 1985

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

27. 23 October 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 84-13. Record Vote No: 247.

    Source: Floor

28. 23 October 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Andrews; Cochran; Abdnor; Kasten; D'Amato; Hatfield; Chiles; Stennis; Byrd; Lautenberg.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

29. 30 October 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Lehman (FL), Sabo, Gray (PA), Carr, Durbin, Mrazek, Whitten, Coughlin, Conte, Pursell, Wolf.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 30 October 1985

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 30 October 1985

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

32. 13 November 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 13 November 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 20 November 1985

    Vote

    House Conferees Instructed to Insist on the House Position with Respect to Funding Levels for Coast Guard Operating Expenses by Yea-Nay Vote: 400 - 6 (Record Vote No: 414).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

Votes

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• Passed Senate amended

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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Sponsors

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Related records

• related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against consideration of the bill (H.R. 3244) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.
• amends ← Amendments en bloc to increase the expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration Operations Account from $2,679,600,000 to $2,694,600,000 and to decrease funds of the Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) from $1,059,000,000 to $1,044,000,000.
• amends ← An amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for approval of, or pay the salary of and person who approves, projects to construct a landfill in the Hudson River as part of an Interstate System highway in New York City.
• amends ← Amendments en bloc to make the following reductions: FAA, Operations from $644,000,000 to $548,000,000, Grants-In Aid from $1,000,000,000 to $925,000,000; FHA, Federal-Aid Highways from $13,800,000,000 to $13,250,000,000, rescinds $8,000,000,000 provided for ConRail Retirement Fund; National Railroad Passenger Association from $616,000,000 to $603,500,000; Urban Mass Transportation Association, Formula Grants from $2,449,500,000 to $2,210,000,000, Discretionary Grants from $1,100,000,000 to $1,010,000,000, Interstate Transfer Grants from $250,000,000 to $237,500,000, Washington Metro from $250,000,000 to $237,500,000, Los Angeles-San Fernando Valley-Rail 1986 from $130,000,000 to $117,000,000.
• amends ← An amendment striking language in the bill that requires the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to conduct a study of potential methane gas risks for the proposed rail alignment of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and adds language that prohibits funding of that project until the District establishes an independent committee of experts to study the entire Metro Rail route system for potential hazards associated with methane gas. The results of the study must be incorporated into the District's plans for construction of the rail system.
• amends ← A substitute amendment to the Waxman amendment to state that none of the funds described in subsection (a) may be made available for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project unless and until the Southern California Rapid Transit District officially notifies and commits to the Metro Rail project will tunnel into or through any zone designated as a potential risk zone or high potential risk zone in the report of the City of Los Angeles dated June 10, 1985 entitled "Task Force Report on the March 24, 1985 Methane Gas Explosion and fire in the Fairfax Area".
• amends ← An amendment to add a new section "With regard to Section 2901(a)(1) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (98 Stat 1207), the Coast Guard will conform to the standards adopted by the Department of Defense.".
• amends ← A perfecting amendment to the Dixon substitute amendment to the Waxman amendment striking the language of the Dixon amendment and reinstating the language of the Waxman amendment.
• amends ← An amendment changing the period of availability of funds under section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. The amendment makes available funds that are unobligated as of October 1, 1985.

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