Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987

Summary

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1987 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, 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 (FAA) for: (1) operations, facilities, engineering, research and development; (2) grants-in-aid for airports (liquidation of contract authorization, with rescission); (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) motor carrier safety; (8) the Baltimore-Washington Parkway; (9) an airport-highway demonstration project in Shawnee, Oklahoma; (10) an expressway gap closing demonstration project in north-central California; (11) an intermodal urban demonstration project as part of the Federal-aid highway program; (12) highway construction projects in Mississippi; (13) an airport access demonstration project in the vicinity of the Ontario International Airport in San Bernardino County, California; (14) a coordinated highway improvement project in the vicinity of Pontiac and East Lansing, Michigan; (15) a highway-railroad grade crossing safety demonstration project in Mineola, New York; (16) an alternate route with specific safety measures for the transportation of nuclear waste in the Los Alamos-Santa Fe, New Mexico, corridor; (17) improvements to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge connecting Virginia and the District of Columbia; and (18) for an airport access demonstration project in the vicinity of the New Orleans International Airport in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. 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) the Northeast Corridor improvement; and (5) 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 1987. 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) formula grants; (4) liquidation of contract authorization; (5) the Washington Metro; and (6) interstate transfer grants. Limits the amount of funds available for discretionary grants. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for administrative expenses (including the Eisenhower Lock, near Massena, New York, for repair expenses); (2) the Office of the Inspector General for salaries and expenses; (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 1987 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 (with a limit on 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 acquisition of fund anticipation notes. Title III: General Provisions - Permits the apportionment of funds appropriated for the Panama Canal Commission. 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 Panama Canal Commission appropriations unless in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977. 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 until expended. Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Transportation Systems Center or of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research 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. 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 138 political appointees in the Department of Transportation. Limits expenditures for advisory committees. 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. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for any costs related to the Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People Mover) in Detroit, Michigan. Releases the city of Linden, New Jersey, from terms placed upon real property conveyed by the United States for airport purposes. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) report to the Congress by February 1, 1987, with respect to FY 1986 activities of all safety enforcement programs administered within the Department of Transportation; (2) report to the Congress the results of risks analysis regarding the transportation of nuclear materials to repository sites and storage sites; and (3) conduct a hazardous materials flow study. Directs the Department of Transportation to submit a long-range, multi-modal national transportation strategic planning study to the Congress before December 31, 1987. Directs the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to publish in the Federal Register within seven calendar days of obligation an announcement of certain grants obligated under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Makes certain funds available to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Federal share of certain construction costs for the Center City Commuter Connection. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to define the term "maxi-cube vehicle." Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for: (1) any project study involving access by causeway or bridge across wetlands of the San Francisco Bay to a certain highway in Alameda County, California; (2) a national policy specifying that only a single type of visual glideslope indicator can be funded through the airport improvement program; (3) any hindering of the award of transit grants which would allow the provision of service by private mass transportation entities; or (4) grants to any airport which fails to designate and enforce non-smoking areas for passengers in airport terminal areas. Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to provide that if the Chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that traffic problems or revenue problems have resulted from the collection of tolls from motor vehicles exiting any Staten Island Bridge into the Borough of Brooklyn, then such toll collection procedure shall no longer be in effect. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to permit States and local governments that are recipients of Federal funds under this Act to place restrictions upon a contractor's business dealings in South Africa. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the landing rights of South African aircraft. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to appoint or reinstate certain former air traffic controllers whose appointments were terminated due to the air traffic controllers strike of August 1981.

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Timeline

1. 20 February 1986

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

2. 20 February 1986

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation.

   Source: Committee

3. 20 February 1986

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 23 April 1986

   Committee

   Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

5. 25 June 1986

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

6. 25 June 1986

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Mark-Up.

   Source: Committee

7. 18 July 1986

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 415.

   Source: Calendars

8. 18 July 1986

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-696.

   Source: Committee

9. 18 July 1986

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-696.

   Source: Committee

10. 18 July 1986

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported.

    Source: Committee

11. 18 July 1986

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 18 July 1986

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

13. 18 July 1986

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

14. 22 July 1986

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.507 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

15. 24 July 1986

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

16. 29 July 1986

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

17. 30 July 1986

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 329 - 87 (Record Vote No: 270).

    Source: Floor

18. 30 July 1986

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 329 - 87 (Record Vote No: 270).

    Source: Floor

19. 30 July 1986

    Passed

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

    Source: Floor

20. 4 August 1986

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

21. 5 August 1986

    Committee

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

    Source: Committee

22. 7 August 1986

    Reported

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

    Source: Committee

23. 19 August 1986

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 873.

    Source: Calendars

24. 19 August 1986

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews under the authority of the order of Jan 3, 85 with amendments. With written report No. 99-423. Additional views filed.

    Source: Committee

25. 19 August 1986

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews under the authority of the order of Jan 3, 85 with amendments. With written report No. 99-423. Additional views filed.

    Source: Committee

26. 17 September 1986

    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

27. 17 September 1986

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

28. 17 September 1986

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 87-11. Record Vote No: 264.

    Source: Floor

29. 29 September 1986

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 29 September 1986

    Passed

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

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 29 September 1986

    Passed

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

    Source: NotUsed

32. 7 October 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 99-976 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 7 October 1986

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-976 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 7 October 1986

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

35. 7 October 1986

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

36. 17 October 1986

    Passed

    H.J.RES. 738 passed in Senate relating to this measure.

    Source: Floor

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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• Passed House amended

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

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Related records

• related to → A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.
• related to → A bill to amend Public Law 99-190 to repeal the provision relating to the collection of tolls for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York.
• related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against consideration of the bill (H.R. 5205) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and for other purposes.
• amends ← An amendment to eliminate funding for monitoring compliance with the 55 mile an hour speed limit.
• amends ← An amendment to shift $2,000,000 from unobligated balances of "Payments to air carriers" to functions regarding traffic and highway safety.
• amends ← Amendments to reduce funding for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Grants by $20,315,000, and to transfer the money to Coast Guard drug interdiction accounts.
• amends ← Amendments en bloc to reduce funding for construction at Metropolitan Washington Airports by $43,000,000, to reduce funding for Washington Metro by $21,700,000 and to reduce funding for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation by $51,000,000.
• amends ← An amendment to reduce Amtrak funding by $22.3 million, resulting in freezing the appropriation at the FY 1986 level.
• amends ← An amendment to strike language in the bill which would allow the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to eliminate one-way toll collections on the Verranzano Bridge in New York City if it determines that such one-way toll collections have resulted in traffic problems or loss of revenues.
• amends ← An amendment to strike language requiring a report to Congress on 1986 activities of all safety enforcement programs administered within the Department of Transportation; requiring an analysis from the Secretary relating to health risks associated with the shipment of nuclear materials; and requiring a study on hazardous materials flow. The amendment inserts language requiring a report on the FAA's operation and maintenance inspection and certification programs.
• amends ← An amendment to reduce funding for National Highway Traffic Safety expenses by $20 million and to transfer that amount to the account funding Coast Guard drug interdiction operations.

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