United States · Law · HR
H.R. 4209 (97th)
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982
Introduced
17 July 1981
Last action
23 December 1981 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 97-102.
Sponsors
Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Appropriates specified sums for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for fiscal year 1982. Lists the offices that shall receive such funds: (1) Office of the Secretary; (2) Coast Guard; (3) Federal Aviation Administration; (4) Federal Highway Administration; (5) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) Federal Railroad Administration; (7) Urban Mass Transportation Administration; (8) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) Research and Special Programs Administration; and (10) Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) National Transportation Safety Board; (3) Civil Aeronautics Board; (4) Interstate Commerce Commission; (5) Panama Canal Commission; (6) United States Railway Association; and (7) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Title III: General Provisions - Declares that appropriations made by this Act shall be available for: (1) maintenance and operation of aircraft; (2) hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; (3) purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official business; and (4) uniforms or allowances therefor. Limits, to specified sums, the appropriations available for: (1) grants- in-aid for airport planning, noise compatibility planning and programs, and development; (2) highway-related safety grants; (3) State and Community Highway Safety; (4) the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund; and (5) the Deepwater Port Liability Funds. Permits funds appropriated for the Panama Canal Commission to be apportioned for salary increases for officers or employees as may be authorized by administrative action. Restricts the use of certain appropriations for: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration; (2) experts and consultants; (3) mass transit facilities, equipment, or operating expenses; and (4) Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Prohibits funds provided under this Act from being available for: (1) construction of an extension of the Dulles Airport access highway prior to a specified agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia; (2) the Panama Canal Commission unless expended in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977; (3) rail-highway crossings in Groton and Stonington, Connecticut; (4) the expenses of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act; and (5) mandatory State inspection fees or sticker requirements for vehicles that are lawfully registered in another State. Requires each department or establishment to submit annually to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees the estimated amount of funds requested for consulting services. Designates the weeks of June 13 through July 4, 1982, as National Clean-up and Flag-up America's Highways Weeks.
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Timeline
15 January 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation.
Source: Committee
15 January 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
16 February 1981
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
11 May 1981
Committee
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
24 June 1981
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-Up.
Source: Committee
16 July 1981
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
16 July 1981
Committee
First Day of Committee Mark-Up.
Source: Committee
17 July 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 July 1981
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 128.
Source: Calendars
17 July 1981
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-186.
Source: Committee
17 July 1981
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-186.
Source: Committee
17 July 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 July 1981
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.187 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
21 July 1981
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving Clause 2 and Clause 6 of Rule XXI Against Specified Provisions of the Bill.
Source: Floor
30 July 1981
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
10 September 1981
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
10 September 1981
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
10 September 1981
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
14 September 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation Appropriations.
Source: Committee
14 September 1981
Introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
21 October 1981
Committee
Subcommittee on Transportation Appropriations. Measure with amendments to full committee.
Source: Committee
27 October 1981
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 348.
Source: Calendars
27 October 1981
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatfield favorably with amendments. With written report No. 97-253.
Source: Committee
27 October 1981
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
3 November 1981
ResolvingDifferences
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Andrews; Hatfield; Cochran; Abdnor; Kasten; D'Amato; Chiles; Proxmire; Stennis; Byrd, of WV; Eagleton.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 November 1981
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
3 November 1981
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 77-15. Record Vote No: 352.
Source: Floor
4 November 1981
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Benjamin, Lehman, Sabo, AuCoin, Gray, Whitten, Coughlin, Conte, Edwards (AL), Pursell.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 November 1981
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 November 1981
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
12 November 1981
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 November 1981
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 November 1981
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 97-331 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 November 1981
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-331 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendments Nos.5,7,8,24,25,30,46,50,54,55,58 64,66,77,78,84,90,93,99,and 100-104. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
14 December 1981
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report considered in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
ResolvingDifferences
House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 015, 020, 031, 053, 056, 057, 067, 089.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 December 1981
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 015, 020, 031, 053, 056, 057, 067, 089.
Source: NotUsed
15 December 1981
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
16 December 1981
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
16 December 1981
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
23 December 1981
Became law
Became Public Law No: 97-102.
Source: President
23 December 1981
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
23 December 1981
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 24 December 1981
House receded and concurred with amendment
summary · EN · 14 December 1981
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 13 November 1981
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 3 November 1981
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 27 October 1981
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 10 September 1981
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 July 1981
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Sponsors
- Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1] · D · Sponsor
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- related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 4209) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.
- amends ← An amendment to increase funds for the Coast Guard. The amendment increases from 1,402,898,000 dollars to 1,450,000,000 dollars funds for Coast Guard operating expenses. It increases from 391,000,000 dollars to 425,000,000 dollars funds for acquisition, construction, and improvements of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft. And it increases from 29,730,000 dollars to 33,000,000 dollars funds for research, development, test, and evaluation.
- amends ← An amendment to the Oberstar amendment to add that 16 permanent positions are to be provided the National Driver Register.
- amends ← An amendment to reduce funds for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation from $36,207,000 to $35,193,204.
- amends ← Three amendments en bloc to 1) add 20,000,000 dollars for commuter rail services for Chicago; 2) a) reduce funds for the Federal Aviation Administration from 2,406,200,000 dollars to 2,305,000,000 dollars (of which 850,000,000 dollars instead of 900,000,000 dollars is to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund), and b) strike language prohibiting the payment of air traffic controllers, and 3) provide up to 50,000,000 dollars for the St. Louis Terminal restructuring project from the sale of notes.
- amends ← An amendment to strike the language for section 310 and insert new language. The section deals with federal aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
- amends ← An amendment to make changes in the ways funds may be used by the Panama Canal Commission. The amendment does not alter the amount of funds provided. The amendment also strikes language that permits the commission to expend funds in advance of adequate receipts in the Fund.
- amends ← An amendment to designate $1 million of the funds provided for operations and research of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the operation of the National Driver Register.
- amends ← An amendment to state that none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to rehire Federal air traffic controllers engaged in a strike in violation of Federal law.
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