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| 102-hr-6212 | 102 | hr | 6212 | To eliminate foreign shipbuilding subsidy practices and to enhance the competitiveness of the United States merchant marine. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-09 | 1992-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 1 | Title I: Fair Trade for the Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry - Subtitle A: Subsidized Shipyard List and Required Vessel Entry Documentation Regarding Construction and Repair Subsidies - Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to maintain a list of all foreign shipyards that receive or benefit from, directly or indirectly, a subsidy for the construction or repair of vessels. Requires a vessel master to deposit with appropriate customs officers a construction subsidy certification for the vessel at the time of making formal entry under the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires the master at, or before, the time of formal entry, to deposit with such customs officer a subsidy declaration for repairs made to such vessel since the last time it entered the United States. Subtitle B: Treatment of Vessels Under the Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Laws - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish special rules in applying countervailing and antidumping laws to foreign-made vessels. Title II: Contingency Retainer Fleet Program - Maritime Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the establishment of a fleet of active, militarily useful, vessels to meet Department of Defense and other security requirements, while also maintaining an American presence in international commercial shipping, to be known as the Contingency Retainer Fleet, to consist of privately owned, U.S.-flag vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements. Sets forth requirements for the operating agreement and restrictions on noncontiguous trade. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits new operating-differential subsidy contracts. Allows the trade-in of obsolete vessels. Limits construction loan guarantees to vessels built in the United States or vessels built in a foreign shipyard that is not included on the subsidized foreign shipyard list. Sets forth reemployment rights for merchant seamen who are members of the Armed Forces Reserves… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-6168 | 102 | hr | 6168 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 102-581. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 for airport development and planning projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through FY 1995 for: (1) air navigation facilities; (2) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) FAA operations; and (4) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Earmarks a minimum amount of airport development and planning project funds for FY 1993 and 1994 for site selection and installation of one FAA long-range air route surveillance radar system for the portion of northern Maine currently served by approach control at Loring Air Force Base. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for: (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program. Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received sch… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-s-3324 | 102 | s | 3324 | Amtrak Wastebuster and Reform Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 0 | Amtrak Wastebuster and Reform Act of 1992 - Declares that Federal subsidies to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) shall be reduced by not less than $2.5 billion over the next five years. Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to require Amtrak to discontinue rail service on unprofitable routes. | 2025-08-26T15:14:44Z | |
| 102-s-3338 | 102 | s | 3338 | Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 - Mandates establishment, maintenance, and publication of a list of foreign countries that provide vessel construction or repair subsidies. Provides for penalties with regard to subsidized vessels, including limiting sailing, imposing voyage fees, refusing customs clearance, or denying vessel or cargo entry. | 2025-08-26T15:15:19Z | |
| 102-hr-6093 | 102 | hr | 6093 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 1 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) FAA operations; and (5) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for: (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program. Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Requires the Secr… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-6113 | 102 | hr | 6113 | Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation. | House | Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2] | NC | D | V000006 | 0 | Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Transit Act, the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, and other Federal transportation law to base the apportionment of Federal transportation funds for certain highway and mass transit and airport and airway improvement programs on census estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce. (Currently, the apportionment is based only on the latest available Federal census.) | 2025-08-26T15:15:51Z | |
| 102-s-3293 | 102 | s | 3293 | Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-10-01 | 1992-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 3 | Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to require any person at or before tendering to an initial carrier any container or trailer for intermodal transportation with a projected gross cargo weight (including packing material and pallets) of more than 10,000 pounds, to certify to the carrier in writing the actual gross cargo weight and a reasonable description of the container's or trailer's contents. Requires prior notification to the carrier of projected gross cargo weight and the contents description. Makes it unlawful for a carrier or its agent, a customs broker, freight forwarder, warehouseman, or terminal operator to fail to forward such a certification to a subsequent carrier transporting the container or trailer in intermodal transportation. Makes it unlawful for any person: (1) to coerce or attempt to coerce a person providing such transportation to transport such loaded container or trailer before receiving the required certification; or (2) knowing that such weight limits are exceeded, to coerce or attempt to coerce any carrier to transport the container or trailer, or to operate the tractor-trailer combination in violation of such limits. Makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to transport such container or trailer before receiving such certification. Provides for State enforcement and for liens for posted bonds, fines, penalties, costs, and expenses. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to assess and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) existing data and data collection needs (along with any recommendations for improving data collection) with respect to the movement in intermodal transportation of loaded containers and trailers (including those containing perishable agricultural commodities) in violation of this Act and State highway motor vehicle weight laws; and (2) the legal and practical impediments to such data collection. | 2025-08-26T15:15:33Z | |
| 102-hr-6065 | 102 | hr | 6065 | To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to impose conditions relating to employment on certain transfers of air carrier certificates of public convenience and necessity. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-30 | 1992-09-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation. | House | Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | M000117 | 1 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require air carriers that have acquired certificates of convenience and necessity transferring air route authority to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean from another air carrier to hire from the latter, on the basis of seniority, approximately 6,500 employees required to operate such routes. Requires disputes over implementation of such transfers to be resolved by arbitration under the provisions of the Tiger International Seaboard Acquisition Case, CAB Docket 33712. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-6071 | 102 | hr | 6071 | To permit States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with respect to certain farm vehicles operated more than 150 miles from a person's farm. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-30 | 1992-09-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation. | House | Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] | MO | D | S000465 | 0 | Eliminates the requirement in the Code of Federal Regulations that a farm vehicle be used within 150 miles of its operator's farm with respect to a State's authority to exempt such vehicles from the commercial driver's license requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-s-3288 | 102 | s | 3288 | A bill to provide aircraft noise abatement loan guarantees, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-30 | 1992-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to guarantee lenders against loss on aircraft modification loans made to air carriers, charter air carriers, or interstate air carriers to modify aircraft to reduce aircraft noise. Sets forth certain conditions with respect to such guarantees. Authorizes the Secretary to make use of the advice and services of Federal agencies in providing such guarantees. Requires the Secretary to make loan guaranty program information available to the Comptroller General. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-6052 | 102 | hr | 6052 | Fair Speed Limit Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-29 | 1992-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 0 | Fair Speed Limit Act of 1992 - Provides that no speed limit shall be set: (1) to exceed, to the nearest five mile per hour (mph) increment, the speed at or below which 85 percent of free flowing vehicles are flowing, or the upper limit of the ten mph band of travel speeds containing the largest number of observed vehicles; and (2) below the speed at or below which 67 percent of the free flowing vehicles are flowing. Repeals provisions of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, with respect to the establishment of a national maximum speed limit. | 2025-08-26T15:16:41Z | |
| 102-hr-6026 | 102 | hr | 6026 | Airport Privatization Demonstration Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-24 | 1992-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-43] | CA | R | P000005 | 0 | Airport Privatization Demonstration Act - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to undertake a demonstration program under which the ownership of up to five airports which have received Federal assistance may be transferred to a non-public entity. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on progress in privatizing such airports. | 2025-08-26T15:16:11Z | |
| 102-hr-5997 | 102 | hr | 5997 | To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system measurements. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-23 | 1992-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1] | AL | R | C000052 | 2 | Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds: (1) for constructing, erecting, or modifying highway signs expressed only in metric system measurements; and (2) to promulgate regulations requiring the States to construct, erect, or modify highway signs using such measurements. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-6001 | 102 | hr | 6001 | Passenger Motor Vehicle Content Information Disclosure Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-23 | 1992-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Carr, Bob [D-MI-6] | MI | D | C000178 | 1 | Passenger Motor Vehicle Content Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require new passenger motor vehicle manufacturers to establish for each model year and cause to be prominently affixed, and each dealer to cause to be maintained, on each such vehicle manufactured after October 1, 1994, one or more labels indicating: (1) the percentage (by value) of passenger motor vehicle equipment installed on such vehicles within a carline which originated in the United States and Canada; (2) the final assembly point by city, State, and country of such vehicle; (3) in the case of any country (other than the United States and Canada) in which 15 percent or more (by value) of equipment installed on such vehicle within a carline originated, the names of at least the two countries in which the greatest amount (by value) of such equipment originated and the percentage (by value) of the equipment originating in each such country; and (4) the country of origin of the engine and the transmission of such vehicle. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations establishing a procedure to verify such labeling information. Sets forth penalties for violations committed under this Act. | 2025-08-26T15:18:07Z | |
| 102-hr-5984 | 102 | hr | 5984 | To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish a maximum amount an air carrier may charge for changing the departure time or date or the arrival time or date for a prepaid airline ticket. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-22 | 1992-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish a maximum fee (the lesser of $5 or ten percent of the amount of a prepaid airline ticket) an air carrier may charge for changing the departure time or date or the arrival time or date for such ticket. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-s-3262 | 102 | s | 3262 | Abandoned Barge Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-22 | 1992-09-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Abandoned Barge Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to prohibit an owner or operator of a barge from abandoning it on U.S. navigable waters. Deems a barge not to to be abandoned if: (1) it is located at a federally- or State-approved mooring area; (2) it is on private property with the property owner's permission; or (3) the owner or operator notifies the Secretary of Transportation of the barge's location. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) assess a civil penalty for violations of this Act; and (2) remove a barge that has been abandoned. Declares that the United States shall not be liable for damages resulting from such removal. Makes the owner or operator of an abandoned barge liable for expenses incurred by the United States in removing it. Declares that barge removal contractors and subcontractors are not liable for damages resulting from such removal, except in certain circumstances. Requires undocumented barges weighing 100 gross tons operating on U.S. navigable waters to be numbered. | 2025-08-26T15:13:45Z | |
| 102-hr-5976 | 102 | hr | 5976 | To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds on metric system highway signing. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-18 | 1992-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Darden, George (Buddy) [D-GA-7] | GA | D | D000051 | 0 | Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds to construct, erect, or modify highway signs using metric system measurements unless the Congress specifically authorizes such expenditure. Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to Puerto Rico. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5971 | 102 | hr | 5971 | To authorize the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants for the purpose of promoting the use of bicycle helmets by children under the age of 16. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-17 | 1992-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8] | PA | D | K000319 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants to States, State political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations for programs that require or encourage individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. Specifies that, in making such grants, the Administrator shall allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use. Permits such grants to be used to: (1) enforce a law that requires individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets; (2) assist individuals (particularly low income individuals) under age 16 to acquire such helmets; (3) develop and administer a program to educate individuals under age 16 and their families on the importance of wearing approved bicycle helments; or (4) carry out any combination of such activities. Defines "approved bicycle helmet" to mean a bicycle helmet which meets the testing standards of the American National Standards Institute or the Snell Memorial Institute, or which meets any other testing standard that the Consumer Product Safety Commission determines to be appropriate. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5947 | 102 | hr | 5947 | Amending the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-15 | 1992-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J., III [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000189 | 14 | Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the Federal Highway Administration from expending Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5948 | 102 | hr | 5948 | To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system measurements. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-09-15 | 1992-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S001044 | 15 | Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing, erecting, or modifying highway signs expressed only in metric system measurements. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5830 | 102 | hr | 5830 | To expedite construction of highway projects which provide additional quality jobs. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-12 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 7 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation, States, and metropolitan planning organizations to expedite use of obligation authority restored by Public Law 102-334 for construction of highway projects under actual construction by October 30, 1992, in order to increase the number of quality jobs for construction and improvement of transportation facilities. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 102-hr-5841 | 102 | hr | 5841 | Shipping Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-09-11 | Executive Comment Requested from Justice, DOT, Fed Maritime Comm. | House | Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C000174 | 0 | Shipping Act of 1992 - Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 (the Act) to revise the definitions of "controlled carrier" and "service contract" with respect to ocean shippers and ocean common carriers. Includes within the Act's scope agreements by or among ocean common carriers to collectively negotiate and enter into service contracts. Requires, among other things, conference agreements not to include as parties ocean common carriers whose aggregated market shares of liner capacity in the involved trade or route exceeds 60 percent of the total capacity in that trade or route (or any greater percentage as may be determined by the Attorney General), unless the Attorney General determines that the agreement is not likely, by a reduction in competition, to produce an unreasonable reduction in transportation service or an unreasonable increase in transportation costs for such trade or route. Authorizes the Federal Maritime Commission to seek injunctive relief against agreements that have been determined anticompetitive. Denies extension of antitrust immunity to any discussion or agreement among: (1) shippers and ocean common carriers regarding service contracts; or (2) ocean common carriers that are not members of the same conference. Repeals the requirement that sample copies of loyalty contracts be included in tariffs (ocean common carrier rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices between all points or ports on its route) filed by such carrier or conference with the Federal Maritime Commission. | 2025-08-26T15:14:26Z | |
| 102-hr-5884 | 102 | hr | 5884 | To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal provisions establishing a national maximum speed limit. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Sarpalius, Bill [D-TX-13] | TX | D | S000066 | 0 | Repeals Federal highway provisions, including provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, with respect to the national maximum speed limit compliance program. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-s-3192 | 102 | s | 3192 | Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to direct the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to make rules and regulations to offset the unfavorable effects that foreign shipbuilding subsidies or other anticompetitive practices have on U.S. shipbuilders. Authorizes U.S. shipbuilders to petition the FMC for relief from such subsidies or anticompetitive practices. Authorizes the FMC to take specified actions if it finds that such subsidies or practices exist. Requires the collector of customs, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to refuse clearance or deny entry to foreign vessels benefiting from such subsidies or practices. Prohibits the FMC from taking action against: (1) foreign countries that are parties to and are in substantial compliance with trade agreements with the United States that provide for the elimination of shipbuilding subsidies; and (2) U.S. documented vessels. Requires the FMC to: (1) investigate such subsidies and anticompetitive practices of foreign countries, including but not limited to member countries of Working Party #6 of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and (2) establish a list of foreign shipbuilders that receive benefits from such subsidies, anticompetitive practices, or other special conditions unfavorable to U.S. shipbuilders. | 2025-08-26T15:15:27Z | |
| 102-s-3206 | 102 | s | 3206 | Airport Improvements Fair Share Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 3 | Airport Improvements Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to provide for the use of the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, the latest decennial census of the United States) for the calculation of the apportionment of State airport development and airport planning funds. | 2025-08-26T15:16:05Z | |
| 102-s-3207 | 102 | s | 3207 | Environment and Public Works Fair Share Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 3 | Environment and Public Works Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Federal formula used to allocate funds to States under such Act to use the population figures from the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce for each State (currently, from the latest decennial census). Requires the Federal formula used for grants to States for interstate highway systems, Federal-aid urban highways, and highway safety programs to include the population figures from the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, from the latest decennial census). | 2025-08-26T15:15:51Z | |
| 102-s-3211 | 102 | s | 3211 | Urban Mass Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 3 | Urban Mass Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to base the apportionment of Federal transportation funds for certain urban and nonurban mass transportation programs on census estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce. (Currently, the apportionment is based only on the latest available Federal census.) | 2025-08-26T15:16:41Z | |
| 102-hr-5767 | 102 | hr | 5767 | To authorize the foreign sale of certain United States-flag tank vessels. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-04 | 1992-09-09 | Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4484. | House | Rep. Laughlin, Greg [D-TX-14] | TX | D | L000119 | 0 | Authorizes the foreign sale of certain U.S.-flag tank vessels. | 2021-06-02T15:11:01Z | |
| 102-hr-5753 | 102 | hr | 5753 | Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Corrections Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-08-03 | 1992-08-12 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 3 | Intermodal Surface Transporation Technical Corrections Act - Title I: Title 23 Programs - Amends title 23 of the United States Code and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) to revise and make technical corrections to provisions regarding: (1) changing the name of the Interstate and Defense Highway System to the Dwight D. Eisenhower System; (2) Federal-aid highway systems; (3) State highway apportionments; (4) rights-of-way; (5) contracts for engineering and design services; (6) Federal share of costs for transportation planning; (7) payment to States for bond retirement; (8) waiver of axle weight limitations for buses using the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and certain State highways; (9) toll roads and rail-highway crossings; (10) allocation of Federal highway fund apportionments to specified State highway projects for construction of sound barriers; (11) redesignation of metropolitan planning organizations; (12) seismic retrofitting of bridges; (13) air quality improvement programs; (14) penalties for non-use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets; (15) national maximum speed limit requirements with respect to highway fund apportionments; (16) a national minimum drinking age; (17) revocation of drivers' licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses; (18) State transportation revolving funds; (19) Federal lands highway program; (20) bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways; (21) the highway research and technology program; (22) the highway safety promotion program; (23) alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures; (24) use of recycled paving material; (25) roadside barrier technology; (26) certain high cost bridge, congestion relief, high priority corridor, rural access, urban access and mobility, innovative, and intermodal projects; (27) the infrastructure awareness program; (28) the disadvantaged business enterprise program; (29) freeway service patrols; (30) traffic control standards; (31) the center for trauma and motor vehicle safety… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 102-hr-5711 | 102 | hr | 5711 | Undercharge Claim Reconciliation Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-29 | 1992-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 3 | Undercharge Claim Reconciliation Act of 1992 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize persons against whom a claim is made by a motor carrier of property (other than household goods carrier) or by a nonhousehold goods freight forwarder for the collection of rates or charges in addition to the rates originally collected by such carrier or freight forwarder to elect to satisfy such claim pursuant to a specified formula upon showing that: (1) the carrier or forwarder is no longer transporting property or is transporting property for the purpose of avoiding application of this Act; and (2) with respect to such claim, the person was offered a rate other than the one legally on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), the person tendered freight to the carrier or forwarder in reasonable reliance upon the offered transportation rate, the carrier or forwarder did not properly or timely file with the ICC a tariff providing for such rate or failed to execute a valid contract for transportation services, such rate was collected by the carrier or forwarder, and the carrier or forwarder demands additional payment of a higher rate filed in a tariff. Requires disputes regarding the aforementioned to be resolved by the court in which such claim is filed or by the ICC. Requires the additional rate or charge for shipments to be adjusted by reducing it by specified percentages in calendar years 1985 through 1991. Shortens the statute of limitations for the filing of claims: (1) by a motor common carrier for recovery of transportation or service charges; and (2) by a person to recover overcharges by a motor carrier. Permits motor carriers and shippers to resolve by mutual consent, subject to ICC review and approval, any overcharge and undercharge claims resulting from billing errors or incorrect tariff provisions arising from the inadvertent failure to properly and timely file and maintain agreed upon rates, rules, or classifications. | 2025-08-26T15:18:20Z | |
| 102-s-3096 | 102 | s | 3096 | A bill to establish a grant program under the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the purpose of promoting the use of bicycle helmets by children under the age of 16. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-29 | 1992-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 3 | Authorizes the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants to States and political subdivisions for programs that require or encourage individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. Specifies that the Administrator shall allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use. Permits such grants to be used to: (1) enforce a law that requires individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets while riding bicycles; (2) assist individuals under age 16 to acquire such helmets; and (3) develop and administer a program to educate individuals under age 16 and their families on the importance of wearing helmets. Designates interim bicycle helmet standards. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to: (1) review the requirements of the interim standards and establish a final standard; and (2) include in the final standard provisions to protect against the risk of helmets coming off the heads of bicycle riders and provisions that address the risk of injury to children. Specifies that a bicycle helmet that does not conform to an interim or final standard shall be considered in violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5684 | 102 | hr | 5684 | Increased Railroad Locomotive Visibility Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-23 | 1992-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 3 | Increased Railroad Locomotive Visibility Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring passenger, commuter, and other trains to have ditchlights (designed to illuminate the sides of a railroad locomotive as well as the railroad tracks and the contiguous areas) affixed to the front of their locomotives. | 2025-08-26T15:16:03Z | |
| 102-s-3047 | 102 | s | 3047 | A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to establish a contingency retainer program and improve the United States-flag merchant marine. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Title I: Amendments To The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 - Maritime Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the establishment of a fleet of active, militarily useful, vessels to meet Department of Defense and other security requirements, while also maintaining an American presence in international commercial shipping, to be known as the Contingency Retainer Fleet, to consist of up to 74 privately owned, U.S.-flag vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements under this Act. Prohibits excluding a vessel from the Fleet solely because it was not constructed in the United States. Deems a vessel to have been U.S.-built for purposes of provisions of the Act relating to: (1) transportation in American vessels of Government personnel and certain cargoes; and (2) shipment requirements for certain exports sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth requirements for the operating agreement, including that: (1) the vessel be operated in the foreign trade; (2) the agreement require payments to the vessel owner or operator of specified amounts each year, starting at $2.5 million per vessel in fiscal year 1994 and decreasing gradually to $1.6 million in fiscal year 2000 (authorizes appropriations); (3) no payment may be for a vessel that is subject to an operating-differential subsidy; and (4) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense, either the vessel will be made available or vessel space will be provided on a guaranteed basis. Allows vessels included in an operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contract to be offered for inclusion in the Fleet. Prohibits, subject to exception, vessels over 24 years old from being included in the Fleet. Prohibits new or renewed ODS contracts after enactment of this Act, but allows current contracts to continue. Excludes liquid or dry bulk cargo carrying vessels receiving ODSs from the application of provisions limiting construction-differential subsidy (CDS) vessels to operating in foreign… | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5662 | 102 | hr | 5662 | Victory Ship Revitalization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-22 | 1992-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] | MD | R | B000392 | 0 | Victory Ship Revitalization Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to sell up to 20 victory ships in the National Defense Reserve Fleet for use in the domestic trade. Sets forth specified limitations on the sale of such vessels, including restriction of such sales to U.S. citizens. Requires the deposit of proceeds from such sales in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund. | 2025-08-26T15:17:37Z | |
| 102-hr-5663 | 102 | hr | 5663 | Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-22 | 1992-09-09 | Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4484. | House | Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] | MD | R | B000392 | 3 | Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement Act of 1992 - Authorizes conveyance without consideration of all U.S. right, title, and interest in two vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet and meeting other requirements to any nonprofit organization which operates a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship as a memorial to merchant mariners. Requires the organization to sell the vessel for scrap, use the proceeds to refurbish a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship to enable the ship to participate in activities concerning the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, and return any unused proceeds to the United States for deposit in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund. | 2025-08-26T15:14:05Z | |
| 102-hr-5627 | 102 | hr | 5627 | To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to establish a contingency retainer program and improve the United States-flag merchant marine. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-21 | 1992-07-24 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 3 | Title I: Amendments To The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 - Maritime Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the establishment of a fleet of active, militarily useful, vessels to meet Department of Defense and other security requirements, while also maintaining an American presence in international commercial shipping, to be known as the Contingency Retainer Fleet, to consist of up to 74 privately owned, U.S.-flag vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements under this Act. Prohibits excluding a vessel from the Fleet solely because it was not constructed in the United States. Deems a vessel to have been U.S.-built for purposes of provisions of the Act relating to: (1) transportation in American vessels of Government personnel and certain cargoes; and (2) shipment requirements for certain exports sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth requirements for the operating agreement, including that: (1) the vessel be operated in the foreign trade; (2) the agreement require payments to the vessel owner or operator of specified amounts each year, starting at $2.5 million per vessel in fiscal year 1994 and decreasing gradually to $1.6 million in fiscal year 2000 (authorizes appropriations); (3) no payment may be for a vessel that is subject to an operating-differential subsidy; and (4) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense, either the vessel will be made available or vessel space will be provided on a guaranteed basis. Allows vessels included in an operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contract to be offered for inclusion in the Fleet. Prohibits, subject to exception, vessels over 24 years old from being included in the Fleet. Prohibits new or renewed ODS contracts after enactment of this Act, but allows current contracts to continue. Excludes liquid or dry bulk cargo carrying vessels receiving ODSs from the application of provisions limiting construction-differential subsidy (CDS) vessels to operating in foreign… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5580 | 102 | hr | 5580 | Infrastructure Reinvestment and Economic Revitalization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | B000644 | 4 | Infrastructure Reinvestment and Economic Revitalization Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose gasoline and diesel taxes at a rate that is equal to certain fund financing rates, including the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund financing rate. Decreases, for purposes of imposition of such taxes, the Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing rates. Sets the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund financing rate at five cents. Establishes the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund, composed of revenues derived from infrastructure reinvestment taxes. Makes the Fund off-budget. Authorizes appropriations from such Fund for surface transportation programs. | 2025-08-26T15:16:48Z | |
| 102-hr-5585 | 102 | hr | 5585 | To establish United States policy relating to wetlands, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 4 | Declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage the enhancement and creation of wetlands whenever possible. Directs the Secretary of the Army, in carrying out navigation projects involving the disposal of dredged materials, to include the option of wetlands enhancement or creation whenever possible. Requires the Secretary, in cases in which he plans to use dredged materials from such projects in wetlands enhancement or creation, to include as a benefit in determining a project's cost-benefit ratio the value of enhancement and creation. Directs the Secretary to consider the costs of wetlands enhancement and creation in Federal projects and the costs of federally permitted wetlands mitigation activities in the vicinity of Federal projects using approved habitat evaluation procedures. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5606 | 102 | hr | 5606 | To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal provisions establishing a national maximum speed limit. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Repeals provisions of Federal transportation law and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 requiring a national maximum speed limit of 55 mph. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5564 | 102 | hr | 5564 | To amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to prohibit controlled carriers from entering into service contracts that require a shipper or shippers' association to resolve legal disputes in the country of the controlled carrier. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-07 | 1992-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 2 | Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 to prohibit controlled carriers from entering into service contracts that require a shipper or shippers' association to resolve legal disputes in the country of the controlled carrier. | 2021-06-02T15:06:36Z | |
| 102-s-2944 | 102 | s | 2944 | Aircraft Noise Reduction Research Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-02 | 1992-07-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Aircraft Noise Reduction Research Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration and of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish and jointly conduct a research program to develop by the year 2000 new technologies, operational procedures, or other means for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes. Authorizes appropriations. Requires an annual progress report to the Congress. | 2025-08-26T15:14:18Z | |
| 102-s-2945 | 102 | s | 2945 | Supplemental Compensation Plan Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-02 | 1992-07-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 2 | Supplemental Compensation Plan Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish a U.S. Supplemental Compensation Plan to supplement the compensation payable to claimants under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention) with respect to death, or personal injury, of airline passengers. Prohibits air carriers required to participate in the Plan from engaging in any air transportation unless they comply with specified requirements. Requires each air carrier to submit to the Secretary of Transportation for approval an agreement to designate an agent as its attorney in fact in order to: (1) negotiate the Compensation Plan Contribution; (2) select and negotiate with the Plan Administrator; and (3) monitor the Plan Administrator's performance. Provides for: (1) liability of the Plan Administrator for covered damages to claimants; (2) collection and payment of the Compensation Plan Contribution; (3) notice to claimants and evaluation of their claims; (4) claimants' proof of claim for offer of settlement; and (5) negotiation with and selection of the Plan Administrator. | 2025-08-26T15:17:40Z | |
| 102-s-2952 | 102 | s | 2952 | Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-02 | 1992-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 2 | Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants to States and political subdivisions for programs that require or encourage individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. Directs the Administrator to allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use. Specifies that such grants may be used to: (1) enforce a law that requires such individuals to wear approved bicycle helmets; (2) assist individuals in acquiring helmets; and (3) develop and administer a program to educate bicycle riders and their families on the importance of wearing helmets to improve safety. Designates interim standards for bicycle helmets. Provides that: (1) a helmet that does not conform to an interim standard shall be considered in violation of a consumer product safety (CPS) standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA); and (2) the final standard shall be considered a CPS standard. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to begin a proceeding to review the requirements of the interim standards and establish a final standard that includes provisions to protect against the risk of helmets coming off the heads of bicycle riders and to address the risk of injury to children. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Fastener Quality Act to provide that a manufacturer shall be deemed to have demonstrated that the chemical characteristics of a lot conform to the standards and specifications to which the manufacturer represents such lot has been manufactured if: (1) the coil or heat number of metal from which such lot was fabricated has been inspected and tested with respect to its chemical characteristics by a laboratory accredited in accordance with the procedures and conditions specified by the Secretary of Commerce under such Act; (2) such laboratory has provided to the manufacturer, either directly or through the metal manufacturer, a written inspe… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5521 | 102 | hr | 5521 | National Aeronautical Research and Competitiveness Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-07-01 | 1992-09-15 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | L000295 | 9 | National Aeronautical Research and Competitiveness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish a joint military and civilian aeronautical research and development program; (2) prepare and transmit to the Congress a five-year aeronautical research plan; and (3) establish an Aeronautical Research Advisory Committee. | 2025-08-26T15:17:51Z | |
| 102-hr-5481 | 102 | hr | 5481 | FAA Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-24 | 1992-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-345. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | FAA Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess a civil penalty for violations pertaining to: (1) prohibition of civil aircraft flights over security zones; (2) the organization of the FAA; (3) aviation safety regulations; (4) regulations requiring airline passengers to be notified of the lack of security measures at certain airports; and (5) regulations requiring public notice of existing or proposed construction or repairs which will promote safety in air commerce. Requires the Administrator of the FAA, before assessing a civil penalty against a pilot, flight engineer, mechanic, or repairman, to: (1) advise the individual of the charges or reasons relied upon for the Administrator's proposed action; and (2) provide him or her with an opportunity to answer such charges and be heard as to why the civil penalty should not be assessed. Authorizes such individuals to appeal such a penalty to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Declares that the NTSB shall not be bound by any findings of fact of the Administrator of the FAA but shall, however, be bound by all validly adopted interpretations of laws and regulations administered by the FAA (and of written agency policy guidance available to the public relating to sanctions to be imposed from assessment of a civil penalty to suspension or revocation of a certificate) unless it finds that such interpretation is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise not in accordance with law. Authorizes the NTSB to modify such sanctions. Provides for judicial review of NTSB orders. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to assess a civil penalty against persons other than a pilot, flight engineer, mechanic, or repairman, only after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Specifies the sole issues the FAA Administrator shall consider in any appeal from a decision of an administrative law judge, including: (1) preponderance of evidence supp… | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5465 | 102 | hr | 5465 | To amend title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to aviation insurance. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-23 | 1992-09-14 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 4 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (the Act) to authorize Federal departments and agencies to procure from the Secretary of Transportation insurance to cover risks (especially war risks) from: (1) the operation of an aircraft in domestic (intrastate and interstate) or overseas air commerce; and (2) the provision of goods or services related to the operation of such aircraft (ground support) if it is in the performance of a contract for such department or agency or is for the purpose of transporting U.S. military forces pursuant to an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance (war risk insurance) program under title XIII of the Act through September 30, 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of such program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving its administration by reducing the paperwork and time period required for provision of insurance under such program. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5466 | 102 | hr | 5466 | Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-23 | 1992-09-10 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 12 | Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (the Act) to prohibit a vendor, in the operation of its air carrier computer reservations system, from discriminating against participants in such system in specified ways, including: (1) making available to subscribers an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity; (2) supplying information to a person creating or attempting to create such an integrated display; (3) making available, after September 30, 1994, to a subscriber or participant any subscriber or participant transaction capability which is more functional, timely, complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or efficient with respect to one subscriber, or participant, than to another; (4) charging a participant fee for, or require compliance with terms or conditions relating to, the provision of any computer reservation system feature, function, or service unless they are reasonable; or (5) prohibiting a subscriber from obtaining or using another computer reservation system. Prohibits a vendor or air carrier from requiring, or providing incentives to induce, a subscriber to use information from a computer reservation system to create an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity. Prohibits a vendor, except on grounds of demonstrated technological incompatibility, from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the: (1) interconnection to its computer reservation system equipment of computer hardware or software supplied by a person other than such vendor; or (2) use by a subscriber, to access any other computer reservation system or data base, or hardware and communications lines supplied by another vendor. Sets forth other specified prohibitions. Prohibits a vendor from: (1) requiring, as a condition for providing a subscriber additional computer reservation system components (including software and enhancements), that the term of the subscriber's contract be extended; (2) requiring use of its computer reservation system by… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5457 | 102 | hr | 5457 | Maritime Navigation Technology and Research Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-22 | 1992-09-30 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 5 | Maritime Navigation Technology and Research Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations which require vessels operating in a U.S. harbor to use state-of-the-art navigation, communication, and collision avoidance equipment that is compatible with Coast Guard vessel traffic systems. Requires the Secretary to conduct research and development of vessel navigation technologies. Establishes the Maritime Navigation Research Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on maritime research programs. | 2025-08-26T15:14:19Z | |
| 102-hr-5397 | 102 | hr | 5397 | Abandoned Barge Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-15 | 1992-10-06 | Text of Measure Incorporated in H.R.5617 (Title V). | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 2 | Abandoned Barge Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to prohibit an owner or operator of a barge from abandoning it on U.S. navigable waters. Deems a barge not to to be abandoned if: (1) it is located at a federally- or State-approved mooring area; (2) it is on private property with the property owner's permission; or (3) the owner or operator notifies the Secretary of Transportation of the barge's location and that the barge is not abandoned. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) assess a civil penalty for violations of this Act; and (2) remove a barge that has been abandoned. Declares that the United States shall not be liable for damages resulting from such removal. Makes the owner or operator of an abandoned barge liable for expenses incurred by the United States in removing it. Declares that barge removal contractors and subcontractors are not liable for damages resulting from such removal, except in certain circumstances. Requires undocumented barges weighing 100 gross tons operating on U.S. navigable waters to be numbered. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5384 | 102 | hr | 5384 | To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to the civil penalty assessment program. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 12 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, before assessing a civil penalty against any certificate-holding airmen and air carriers, to: (1) advise them of the charges or reasons relied upon for the Administrator's proposed action; and (2) provide them with an opportunity to answer such charges and be heard as to why the civil penalty should not be assessed. Authorizes such individuals to appeal such a penalty to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Provides for the judicial review of a NTSB order. Authorizes the NTSB to change an Administrator's order amending, modifying, or reversing a certificate to an order assessing a civil penalty. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5362 | 102 | hr | 5362 | General Aviation Standards Act of 1989 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-10 | 1992-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 0 | General Aviation Standards Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (with respect to aviation accident investigations) to apply such Act, with specified exceptions, to any action for damages for harm arising out of a general aviation accident brought against a manufacturer, owner, or operator of a general aviation aircraft, or a person who supports, repairs, or maintains such aircraft or any other person or governmental entity. Establishes guidelines for uniform standards of liability of general aviation manufacturers for such accidents. States that all actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Establishes, with specified exceptions, a limitation of actions period of 12 years from delivery of aircraft or harm-causing part to the purchaser for general aviation civil liability brought against a general aviation manufacturer. Declares admissible as evidence certain income tax and payroll tax liability for purposes of establishing financial harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Permits the award of punitive damages if a claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the direct result of conduct manifesting conscious, flagrant indifference to safety. Establishes a two-year limitation of actions period for actions arising out of such an accident. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts, concurrently with State courts, for all civil actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Provides procedures for removal from State to Federal district courts of such actions. Declares that this Act supersedes any State law regarding recovery of damages for harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Declares the intent of the Congress that sanctions be strictly enforced for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including orders to pay to the other party the reasonable costs of legal fees. Requires the Secretary of Transport… | 2025-08-26T15:13:55Z | |
| 102-hr-5319 | 102 | hr | 5319 | Historic Fleet Restoration Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-06-03 | 1992-09-09 | Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4484. | House | Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-5] | CA | D | P000197 | 0 | Historic Fleet Restoration Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the National Maritime Museum Association (San Francisco, California) certain National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are scheduled to be scrapped. | 2021-06-02T14:57:16Z | |
| 102-hjres-498 | 102 | hjres | 498 | Designating the week commencing October 4, 1992, as "National Aviation Education Week". | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 50 | Designates the week beginning October 4, 1992, as National Aviation Education Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-5292 | 102 | hr | 5292 | To provide for the appointment of General Thomas C. Richards, United States Air Force, Retired, as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-02 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 3 | Authorizes the President to appoint General Thomas C. Richards to the Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5293 | 102 | hr | 5293 | Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-25 | For Further Action See H.R.5466. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 7 | Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit a vendor, in the operation of its air carrier computer reservations system, from discriminating against participants in such system in specified ways, including: (1) making available to subscribers an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity; (2) supplying information to a person creating or attempting to create such an integrated display; (3) making available, after September 30, 1994, to a subscriber or participant any subscriber or participant transaction capability which is more functional, timely, complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or efficient with respect to one subscriber, or participant, than to another; (4) charging a participant fee for, or requiring terms or conditions with, the provision of any computer reservation system feature, function, or service unless they are reasonable; (5) charging a participation fee more than the maximum fee found reasonable; or (6) prohibiting a subscriber from obtaining or using another computer reservation system. Prohibits a vendor or air carrier from requiring, or providing incentives to induce, a subscriber to use information from a computer reservation system to create an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity. Prohibits a vendor, except on grounds of demonstrated technological incompatibility, from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the: (1) interconnection to its computer reservation system equipment of computer hardware or software supplied by a person other than such vendor; or (2) use by a subscriber, to access any other computer reservation system or data base, or hardware and communications lines supplied by another vendor. Sets forth other specified prohibitions. Prohibits a vendor from: (1) requiring, as a condition for providing a subscriber additional computer reservation system components (including software and enhancements), that the term of the subscriber's contract be extended; (2) requi… | 2025-08-26T15:13:47Z | |
| 102-hr-5295 | 102 | hr | 5295 | Aircraft Noise Research and Abatement Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | R000262 | 5 | Aircraft Noise Research and Abatement Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration and of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct a joint research program to develop by the year 2000 new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes. Authorizes appropriations. Requires an annual progress report to the Congress. | 2025-08-26T15:16:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5300 | 102 | hr | 5300 | To amend the Federal Transit Act to increase for 2 fiscal years the Federal share of the costs of establishing and operating a university transportation center. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000687 | 0 | Amends the Federal Transit Act to increase from 50 percent to 100 percent for FY 1993 and 1994 the Federal share of the costs of establishing and operating a university transportation center. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5268 | 102 | hr | 5268 | To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish deadlines relating to the issuance of rules by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-27 | 1992-06-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 2 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish deadlines for: (1) notice to petitioners for a rulemaking informing them of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) intent with respect to the issuance of a proposed rule; (2) issuance of the proposed rule; and (3) issuance of the final rule. Sets forth congressional reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to make available to the public any comments received with respect to any review of a proposed regulatory project or rule of the FAA conducted by an employee of the Department of Transportation, Office of Management and Budget, or any other executive agency. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5257 | 102 | hr | 5257 | United States-Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-21 | 1992-09-23 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-5] | MS | D | T000074 | 15 | United States-Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to permit a vessel to transport passengers in coastwise trade only if: (1) the vessel meets certain requirements under the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 and the Shipping Act, 1916, for engaging in such trade; and (2) (in the case of a vessel that is at least five net tons) such vessel is documented with a coastwise endorsement. Sets forth a civil penalty of $1,000 per passenger transported in violation of this Act. Sets forth a terminable exception to such requirements for certain ineligible vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the Panamanian-registered Europa Sun and Europa Star and the Spanish-registered M/V Helton Voyager. Authorizes a foreign vessel to engage in coastwise trade before May 21, 1997, if: (1) it did not engage in such trade before January 1, 1992; (2) the owner of such vessel entered into a contract to purchase it before May 21, 1992; (3) the owner or operator of the vessel entered into a binding terminal agreement with a U.S port before May 21, 1992; (4) the vessel, when engaged in coastwise trade, only operates from that port; (5) it is not sold by the owner; and (6) the owner of such vessel files with the Secretary a copy of the purchase contract, the terminal agreement, and any other evidence to demonstrate that the owner purchased it to engage in coastwise trade. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5217 | 102 | hr | 5217 | Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-20 | 1992-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Zimmer, Dick [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | Z000008 | 11 | Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to develop a staged plan to reduce by at least 75 percent on or before January 1, 2001, the number of individuals residing in residential areas in the vicinity of an airport who are exposed to a yearly day-night average sound level of 60 decibels or above. Requires the Secretary in developing such plan to consider various methods for aviation noise reduction, including soundproofing, relocation incentives, use of quieter aircraft, operations restrictions, and revision of air routes. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to make airspace traffic changes in residential areas if they will not result in an increase in aviation noise. Requires the Secretary to assume responsibility for compliance with the requirements of this Act with respect to all non-military aviation activity. | 2025-08-26T15:14:17Z | |
| 102-s-2734 | 102 | s | 2734 | Water Resources Development Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-15 | 1992-05-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Water Resources Development Act of 1992 - Title I: Project Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) to carry out public works projects in the following locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, and ecosystem restoration: (1) Southeast Alaska Harbors of Refuge, Alaska; (2) Whiteman's Creek, Arkansas; (3) American River Watershed, California; (4) Morro Bay Harbor, California; (5) Sacramento Metro Area, California; (6) Rio Grande Alamosa, Colorado; (7) Delaware River Mainstem and Channel Deepening, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; (8) Canaveral Harbor, Florida; (9) Kissimee River, Florida; (10) Port Everglades Harbor, Florida; (11) Savannah Harbor, Georgia and South Carolina; (12) Kentucky Lock Addition, Kentucky; (13) Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana; (14) Saugus River and Tributaries, Massachusetts; (15) Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries, Nevada; (16) Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina; (17) West Onslow and New River Inlet, North Carolina; (18) Lackawanna River at Scranton, Pennsylvania; (19) Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; (20) Rio Grande De Loiza, Puerto Rico; (21) Sargent Beach, Texas; and (22) Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. Modifies projects at the following locations with respect to coastal storm protection, storm water collection, flood control beach erosion control and hurricane protection, navigation, and water quality improvement: (1) Virginia Beach, Virginia; (2) South Fork of the Zumbro River, Rochester, Minnesota; (3) Moorefield and Petersburg, West Virginia; (4) Buena Vista, Virginia; (5) Westhampton Beach, New York; (6) Jones inlet, New York; (7) Buffomville Lake, Massachusetts; (8) French River, Connecticut and Massachusetts; and (9) Clear Creek, Texas. Reauthorizes the project for flood control at: (1) Perry Creek, Sioux City, Iowa; and (2) Green Bay Levee District, Iowa. Title II: Project Related Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for modifying the channel bypass element of the L… | 2025-08-26T15:13:31Z | |
| 102-hr-5168 | 102 | hr | 5168 | United States Merchant Marine Utilization and Preference Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-20 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD, DOT. | House | Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] | MD | R | B000392 | 3 | United States Merchant Marine Utilization and Preference Act of 1992 - Requires Department of Defense (DOD) cargoes to be transported by water in the following order of priority under conditions other than full or partial mobilization declared by the President: (1) use of privately owned U.S. flag vessels that operate in U.S. liner or tramp trades and not chartered by the Government; and (2) time or voyage charter of suitable privately owned U.S. flag vessels operating in liner service providing partial or total space available or in tramp service if they are voluntarily made available to DOD; (3) vessels in the nucleus fleet; and (4) foreign flag vessels. Limits the use of time and voyage charters to a minimum necessary to meet requirements which, barring reasonable foresight, can not be met by U.S. flag liner or tramp operators. Requires the written approval of the Secretary of Transportation for use of vessels in the nucleus fleet or foreign-flag vessels (limited to a single voyage as necessary to meet urgent military requirements). Applies the tariff filed by a person with the Federal Maritime Commission under the Shipping Act of 1916 or of 1984 to transportation of DOD cargo on any U.S. flag-vessel that is operated by that person, with specified exceptions. Makes the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations solely responsible in DOD for obtaining, providing, operating, and controlling Government-owned or chartered vessels: (1) to transport DOD cargoes in areas not served by privately owned U.S. flag merchant vessels; and (2) for purposes of any partial or full mobility conducted for any reason declared by the President. Makes the Military Sealift Command the sole manager for ocean transportation of DOD cargoes. States that the purpose of any ocean transportation provided by DOD is to support and augment persons who provide transportation by water in commercial service to the extent those persons can not provide the vessels or services required by DOD. Prohibits DOD from engaging in competition with private… | 2025-08-26T15:13:36Z | |
| 102-hres-455 | 102 | hres | 455 | Concerning recognition of the United States merchant marine by the United States House of Representatives. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | M000458 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives to foster and encourage the development of the U.S. merchant marine. | 2021-06-02T13:59:36Z | |
| 102-s-2700 | 102 | s | 2700 | Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-13 | 1992-08-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1992 - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Maritime Commission for FY 1993. | 2025-08-26T15:16:56Z | |
| 102-s-2701 | 102 | s | 2701 | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1993 for the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-13 | 1992-08-04 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operating-differential subsidies; (2) manpower, education, and training; (3) operating programs; (4) national security support capabilities; and (5) the Ready Reserve Force. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, prior to April 1, 1997, to dispose of all vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet unless: (1) assigned to the Ready Reserve Force; (2) specifically authorized or required by statute to be used for a particular purpose; (3) necessary for national defense purposes (requires annual recertification); or (4) needed for State or Federal agency use (requires annual recertification). Prohibits scrapping a vessel in a foreign market. Allows use of 15 vessels being disposed of for the artificial reef program under specified Federal law. Sets forth requirements and conditions on those States which have such ships transferred to them. Prohibits changing the Master Manual for the Missouri River Basin without the written approval of the Secretary. Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to read as though a specified provision had not been repealed. (The provision being restored authorized certain uses of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-s-2702 | 102 | s | 2702 | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-13 | 1992-07-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 8 | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and the average military training student loads. Amends Federal law to authorize denial or revocation of a trade or recreational endorsement on a certificate of documentation if the vessel's owner has not paid an assessment of a civil penalty after final agency action. Makes the vessel and its equipment liable to seizure and forfeiture if it is operated after denial or revocation. Authorizes designation of a limited percentage of officers of an armed force in the pay grade of O-6 or below (currently, grades O-3 through O-6) as having unusual responsibility, resulting in additional pay. Subjects foreign vessels certified by countries with inspection laws similar to those of the United States to (currently, only to) an inspection to ensure that the condition of the vessel is (currently, the condition of the vessel's propulsion and lifesaving equipment are) as stated in its certificate. Prohibits a foreign vessel (currently, a foreign or domestic vessel of more than a specified size) from departing from a U.S. port with passengers who embarked at that port if the vessel does not comply with the standards stated in the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. Requires that, when an inspection or examination of a documented or foreign vessel (currently, of a documented vessel) is conducted under part B (currently, under chapter 33) at a foreign place at the request of the owner or operator of the vessel, the owner or operator reimburse the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the travel and… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-s-2703 | 102 | s | 2703 | A bill to authorize the President to appoint General Thomas C. Richards to the Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-13 | 1992-06-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-308. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 0 | Authorizes the President to appoint General Thomas C. Richards to the Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5133 | 102 | hr | 5133 | To authorize the project for navigation at Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for navigation at Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-sjres-300 | 102 | sjres | 300 | A joint resolution to designate the week commencing October 4, 1992, as "National Aviation Education Week". | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 23 | Designates the week beginning October 4, 1992, as National Aviation Education Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-5124 | 102 | hr | 5124 | Airfare Advertising Reform Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-07 | 1992-09-24 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 4 | Airfare Advertising Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prevent domestic and foreign air carriers from disseminating, or causing dissemination of, false, misleading, or deceptive advertisements. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the Civil Aeronautics Board (sic) from taking action with respect to deceptive advertisement violations committed by such air carriers if such violation also constitutes a violation under the Federal Trade Commission Act and this Act. Requires the FTC to issue a final rule which at a minimum provides that dissemination of any advertisement for air transportation between two points by an air carrier which contains a rate for such transportation shall constitute an unfair or deceptive practice affecting commerce, unless: (1) the advertisement clearly and conspicuously discloses all material restrictions governing the rate offered; (2) the rate includes all costs for obtaining such air transportation (including taxes, fees, fuel, and other surcharges) and is the round trip rate (if a round-trip ticket must be purchased to obtain such rate); and (3) the advertisement also contains the minimum number of seats per flight to which such rate applies. | 2025-08-26T15:17:08Z | |
| 102-s-2671 | 102 | s | 2671 | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to make technical corrections. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-07 | 1992-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 8 | Makes technical corrections to Federal highway provisions. Authorizes States to start work on projects authorized under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act before Federal funding becomes available, subject to specified requirements. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 102-hr-5072 | 102 | hr | 5072 | Shipbuilding Promotion Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-06 | 1992-05-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials. | House | Rep. Andrews, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000211 | 1 | Shipbuilding Promotion Act of 1992 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct that all sealift ships built under the fast sealift program be constructed and designed to commercial specifications. Directs the Secretary to establish an interagency working group to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to ensure the effective competition of U.S. shipyards in the international shipbuilding market. Directs the Secretary to submit the plan to the Congress at the time of the FY 1994 defense budget request. Provides that, if such plan is not submitted at such time, no funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for FY 1993 may be used for contracting for the construction, repair, or purchase of any product or service with any company located or with headquarters in any country that continues to provide a subsidy to a foreign shipyard for the construction or repair of vessels or that engages in ship dumping practices. Defines a subsidy as direct or indirect official operation support, or direct or indirect assistance, to the commercial shipbuilding and repair industry of a country. | 2025-08-26T15:16:44Z | |
| 102-hr-5055 | 102 | hr | 5055 | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-05-05 | 1992-10-06 | Text of Measure Incorporated in H.R.5617 (Title V). | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 5 | Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1992 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and the average military training student loads. Earmarks funds for specified purposes relating to Group Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; Traverse City, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Galveston, Texas; and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Declares specified bridges in Louisiana and Massachusetts to be unreasonable obstructions to navigation. Imposes a Buy American Requirement on Coast Guard buoy chain procurement. Amends Federal law, popularly known as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act or the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act, to earmark certain funds for State recreational boating safety programs under other Federal provisions. Title II: Boating Safety - Amends Federal law to create an increased civil penalty for subsequent offenses of operating a vessel while intoxicated. Mandates reports to specified congressional committees regarding: (1) a plan to increase the availability of voluntary safe boating education to individuals under seventeen years old; and (2) ways to enlarge the mission of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and to increase Auxiliary participation in Coast Guard activities. Mandates a demonstration project in the Ninth Coast Guard District in conjunction with other appropriate Government agencies to increase coordination of enforcement of boating laws and regulations. Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit a fee or charge for the inspection of training ships operated by State maritime academies. Subjects fore… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-s-2641 | 102 | s | 2641 | A bill to partially restore obligation authority authorized in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1992. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-30 | 1992-08-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-334. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 5 | Restores a portion of obligation authority provided for in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with regard to the construction of the Brooklyn Courthouse. | 2021-09-25T05:34:38Z | |
| 102-s-2642 | 102 | s | 2642 | Aviation Noise Improvement and Capacity Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-30 | 1992-09-25 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 741. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 0 | Aviation Noise Improvement and Capacity Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that: (1) it is in the public interest to recognize the effects of airport capacity expansion projects on airport noise; and (2) noncompatible land uses around airports must be reduced, and efforts to mitigate noise must be given a high priority. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) aviation research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects; and (5) enhancing airport capacity. Directs the Administrator of the FAA and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a research program to develop improved technologies for reductions in aircraft engine and airframe noise and emissions. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Civil Aeromedical Institute to conduct civil aeromedical research related to, among other things, human factors specifically associated with general aviation. Amends Federal law to authorize appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for FAA operations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to limit no more than 44 percent (currently, 49.5 percent) the apportionment of State funds for primary and cargo service airports in cases where such apportionment has been limited or reduced by an Act of Congress. Includes, for purposes of the apportionment of airport development and planning funds in the State of Alaska, public airports that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned such funds in FY 1980 because such airports were not unde… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-s-2644 | 102 | s | 2644 | Increased Railroad Locomotive Visibility Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-30 | 1992-07-30 | Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-1017. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 5 | Increased Railroad Locomotive Visibility Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring passenger, commuter, and other trains to have ditchlights (designed to illuminate the sides of a railroad locomotive as well as the railroad tracks and the contiguous areas) affixed to the front of their locomotives. | 2025-08-26T15:15:31Z | |
| 102-s-2645 | 102 | s | 2645 | A bill to require the promulgation of regulations to improve aviation safety in adverse weather conditions, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-30 | 1992-04-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to require improved measures to enhance the safety of aircraft operations in adverse winter weather conditions. Requires such rulemaking to address, among other things: (1) the need to require uniform procedures and standards for deicing aircraft before takeoff, including the use of particular deicing agents; (2) limitations and improvements on elapsed time allowed between deicing and takeoff; (3) requirements for deicing facilities in close proximity to the point of takeoff at U.S. airports; (4) modifications to FAA procedures for certifying aircraft for operation in the United States to require notification to aircraft operators of safety recommendations made by aircraft manufacturers; (5) the implementation of recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board; and (6) modifications to procedures for determining when aircraft require deicing and whether such aircraft can safely operate under conditions which compel the use of deicing agents. Sets deadlines for interim and final regulations. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5024 | 102 | hr | 5024 | Commission on the Airplane Crash at Gander, Newfoundland, Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-29 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs. | House | Rep. Tallon, Robert M. (Robin) [D-SC-6] | SC | D | T000034 | 40 | Commission on the Airplane Crash at Gander, Newfoundland, Act - Establishes in the legislative branch of the Government the Commission on the Airplane Crash at Gander, Newfoundland. Directs the Commission to investigate and study the circumstances surrounding the crash of an Arrow Airlines airplane near Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, on December 12, 1985. Requires a report to the President and the Congress on findings and conclusions. | 2025-08-26T15:14:37Z | |
| 102-hr-4881 | 102 | hr | 4881 | Rebuild America Now Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Rebuild America Now Act of 1992 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to transfer unobligated funds that had previously been allocated to a State for a fiscal year for a highway and transportation construction project under certain categories in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to the allocation of any other project in such categories within such State if: (1) such State requests the transfer and certifies the amount to be transferred which cannot be obligated for such project; (2) the metropolitan planning organization designated for the metropolitan area in which the project from which such funds are to be transferred is located approves such transfer (or the affected local officials, in any case in which the project from which funds are to be transferred is not located in a metropolitan area); and (3) the Secretary and the State agree on a date (on or before October 1, 1996) by which the allocation of the project from which the funds are to be transferred will be reimbursed by the amount so transferred. Limits such fund transfer authority to certain: (1) high cost bridge projects; (2) congestion relief projects; (3) high priority corridors on the National Highway System; (4) rural and urban access projects; (5) innovative projects; and (6) priority intermodal projects. | 2025-08-26T15:15:10Z | |
| 102-hr-4908 | 102 | hr | 4908 | Maritime Academy Cadet Licensing Relief Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 5 | Maritime Academy Cadet Licensing Relief Act - Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit any fee for the issuance, evaluation, or examination of, or applications for, entry level licenses or merchant mariner's documents for certain individuals under specified provisions. | 2025-08-26T15:16:57Z | |
| 102-s-2573 | 102 | s | 2573 | Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Title I: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include within the definition of "airport development" certain projects to improve passenger and freight airport access. Extends: (1) airport improvement grant authority; (2) specified funds for airport noise reduction activities; and (3) authorization of appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations to be available if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines that its Capital Investment Plan is in need of substantial modification. Authorizes appropriations for research, engineering, and development demonstration projects. Requires that the total annual amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for airport and airway improvement programs shall equal 85 percent of the FAA's annual budget, except for liquidating aircraft loan guarantees. Extends weather services reimbursement authority. Increases the noise set-aside. Obligates such increases on a priority basis to sponsors of primary airports and to contiguous political jurisdictions where compatible land use control measures have been adopted. Amends the military airport program to: (1) increase funding set-asides; (2) increase the number of program airports; (3) repeal the airport designation deadline; and (4) set aside funds for construction and improvement of parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities. Sets aside funds for integrated urban transportation planning. Increases the scope of activities within the disadvantaged small business set-aside requirement. Authorizes up to 50 percent funding increases for certain nonprimary airports' land acquisition costs. Authorizes a State block grant program for projects at general aviation airports. Permits States which have successfully administered such block grants for at least one year to administer block grants for reliever and small commercial service ai… | 2025-08-26T15:17:58Z | |
| 102-s-2608 | 102 | s | 2608 | Amtrak Authorization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-09 | 1992-08-12 | Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 548. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 10 | Amtrak Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize FY 1993 through 1995 appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), including funds for: (1) operating expenses for the core system and new State-supported service; and (2) mandatory payments for railroad retirement benefits and railroad unemployment insurance obligations in excess of those calculated on an experience-rated basis. Requires that one of the two members of the AMTRAK Board of Directors appointed by the preferred stockholders be: (1) specially qualified to represent the interests of rail passengers (consumers); and (2) selected from among three qualified nominees of the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Changes the designation "President" of AMTRAK to "Chief Executive Officer." Eliminates the requirement that AMTRAK's articles of incorporation be amended for issuance of preferred stock required to be issued annually to the United States. Extends to subsidiaries and lessors and lessees (thus permitting sale/lease back transactions) AMTRAK's current exemption from additional taxes for expenditures to acquire or improve real property, equipment, facilities, or rights-of-way material or structures used in the provisions of rail passenger service. Authorizes AMTRAK to consider discontinuance, modification, or adjustment of any commuter service which, on or after October 1, 1993, has a short-term avoidable loss that exceeds in any previous six-month period the average loss per passenger mile for short-distance AMTRAK route service during such period. Requires AMTRAK to solicit public comment on alternatives to any such action before taking it. Directs AMTRAK to: (1) develop, and report to the Congress on, a plan for demonstrating high-speed rail technologies; and (2) give technical assistance to State and regional partnerships, study groups, private sector representatives, and other Federal or State entities that seek to advance high-speed rail service through equipment upgrades and… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4768 | 102 | hr | 4768 | Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-04-03 | 1992-04-16 | See H.R.4691. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to revise the requirement that an airport development project ensure that at least ten percent of certain concessions (sales of food, beverages, printed material, or other consumer products) at the airport go to small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Changes the set-aside from ten percent of all such concessions to ten percent of the aggregate of all revenues generated by such concessions, including, furthermore, all businesses which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, parking, or other consumer services. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to allow an airport operator or owner to meet the ten percent goal by including businesses operated through management contracts or by including the purchase of goods or services used in a business conducted on the airport if it would not be practicable for the operator or owner to comply with such goal by approved business arrangements. Permits the Secretary, by regulation, to allow such inclusions on an airport by airport basis. Revises the definition of an eligible "disadvantaged business enterprise" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000. | 2025-08-26T15:18:13Z | |
| 102-hr-4715 | 102 | hr | 4715 | Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-31 | 1992-08-06 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 1 | Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes expenditures by the Panama Canal Commission for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal. Authorizes use of a limited amount from the Panama Canal Revolving Fund for administrative expenses, limiting reception and representation expenses of the Board, Secretary, and Administrator of the Commission. Authorizes the purchase of passenger motor vehicles. Modifies requirements regarding the use of Commission funds for health care services for certain individuals. Prohibits the Commission from implementing a toll rate greater than a specified percentage over the toll rate in effect on a specified date. Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to require that tolls for certain types of vessels be based on the Panama Canal net ton, or its equivalency (currently, on net vessel tons of one hundred cubic feet each of actual earning capacity). | 2021-06-02T14:51:30Z | |
| 102-hr-4697 | 102 | hr | 4697 | Omnibus Recreational Vessel Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-30 | 1992-04-01 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior, DOT. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 0 | Omnibus Recreational Vessel Act of 1992 - Title I: Recreational Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law to provide an additional civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for subsequent violations by individuals who operate a vessel under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug. (Current law provides a civil penalty of no more than $1,000 for first time offenders.) Requires individuals who operate in violation of Federal law a recreational vessel under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug or in an unsafe manner, to complete a boating safety course. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to identify in the Vessel Identification System individuals who commit two or more serious violations of Federal recreational boating laws, standards, or regulations. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a plan to increase the availability of voluntary safe boating education to individuals 16 years of age or younger. Requires the Secretary to consider using the resources of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in developing such plan. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on ways to enlarge the mission of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and to increase its participation in Coast Guard programs. Title II: Fisheries Enforcement - Authorizes the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to assist in the control and eradication of sea lamprey and other aquatic nuisance species in the Great Lakes. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Federal, State, and Local Coordination - Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project in the Ninth Coast Guard District, in conjunction with other appropriate officials of Federal, State, and local government agencies, to increase coordinated of enforcement of boating laws and regulations. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to: (1) consult and cooperate with State and local governments and other interested entities in developing boating safety programs; and (2) make availab… | 2025-08-26T15:18:04Z | |
| 102-hr-4703 | 102 | hr | 4703 | Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-30 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 2 | Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1992 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to terminate, as of October 1, 1993, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as an independent executive agency of the U.S. Government. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation the functions, powers, and duties of the ICC relating to the regulation of rail transportation and to certain other surface transportation regulation. Prohibits any State or its political subdivision or any interstate or other political agency of two or more States from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or standard relating to interstate or intrastate rates, routes, or services of motor carriers, motor private carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, or transportation brokers. Authorizes the President to take specified action upon a determination that the government of a contiguous foreign country has engaged in unfair, discriminatory, or restrictive practices having a substantial adverse competitive impact upon certain U.S. transportation companies. Revises State motor carrier registration requirements. Transfers to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jurisdiction over certain regulation of motor carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, and railroad passenger carriers. Grants to the FTC the exclusive power to enforce certain regulations governing the transport of household goods. Requires the FTC, within 120 days of this Act's enactment, to review and revise such regulations to eliminate unnecessary regulation and to ensure that shippers of household goods receive adequate protection in their dealings with carriers. Identifies the administrative procedure to govern such FTC rulemaking, including provisions for judicial review. Requires such rule review and revision to be completed within one year following its initiation. Requires that all U.S. departments and agencies conform their rules to those finally promulgated by the FTC within one year after such promulgation. Amends the Clayton Act to make conforming amendments with regard… | 2025-08-26T15:17:04Z | |
| 102-hr-4614 | 102 | hr | 4614 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a research and development program on the use of nonhazardous solid wastes in the construction of the surface transportation system. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-26 | 1992-03-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a research and development program on the use of nonhazardous solid wastes (including cement, concrete, paper, rerefined oil, tires, rubber, insulation products, plastics, metals, glass, and wood) from industrial, commercial mining, agricultural, and community activities in the construction of the surface transportation system. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 102-hr-4688 | 102 | hr | 4688 | Airline Deregulation Federal Preemption Clarification Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-26 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 11 | Airline Deregulation Federal Preemption Clarification Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare that provisions relating to the prohibition against State regulation of rates, routes, or services of air carriers shall not apply to the transportation of cargo from origin to destination solely by a motor carrier regardless of whether such motor carrier is also an air carrier or a subsidiary or affiliate of an air carrier. | 2025-08-26T15:14:10Z | |
| 102-hr-4691 | 102 | hr | 4691 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-26 | 1992-05-20 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 3 | Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) FAA operations; and (5) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for: (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 and 1994 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight current or former military airports.) Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 and 1994 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Requires the Secretary to set-aside not less than an additional 2.5 percent of airport development a… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4693 | 102 | hr | 4693 | To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the establishment and collection of any fee or charge for the issuance of any merchant mariners' document, license or certificate of registry. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-26 | 1992-05-06 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 4 | Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit any fee for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant mariner's documents under specified provisions. | 2021-06-02T14:51:22Z | |
| 102-hr-4583 | 102 | hr | 4583 | Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-25 | 1992-04-08 | See H.R.4691. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 3 | Title I: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include within the definition of "airport development" certain projects to improve passenger and freight airport access. Extends: (1) airport improvement grant authority; (2) specified funds for airport noise reduction activities; and (3) authorization of appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations to be available if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines that its Capital Investment Plan is in need of substantial modification. Authorizes appropriations for research, engineering, and development demonstration projects. Requires that the total annual amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for airport and airway improvement programs shall equal 85 percent of the FAA's annual budget, except for liquidating aircraft loan guarantees. Extends weather services reimbursement authority. Increases the noise set-aside. Obligates such increases on a priority basis to sponsors of primary airports and to contiguous political jurisdictions where compatible land use control measures have been adopted. Amends the military airport program to: (1) increase funding set-asides; (2) increase the number of program airports; (3) repeal the airport designation deadline; and (4) set aside funds for construction and improvement of parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities. Sets aside funds for integrated urban transportation planning. Increases the scope of activities within the disadvantaged small business set-aside requirement. Authorizes up to 50 percent funding increases for certain nonprimary airports' land acquisition costs. Authorizes a State block grant program for projects at general aviation airports. Permits States which have successfully administered such block grants for at least one year to administer block grants for reliever and small commercial service ai… | 2025-08-26T15:17:32Z | |
| 102-hr-4557 | 102 | hr | 4557 | Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-24 | 1992-05-04 | For Further Action See H.R.4691. | House | Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2] | NC | D | V000006 | 0 | Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize FY 1993 appropriations for specified areas of airway improvement research, engineering and development, and demonstrations. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) report to the Congress on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and/or commercial airlines to employ portable equipment to de-ice commercial aircraft immediately before takeoff; and (2) research new techniques and develop more efficient fluids and technologies for de-icing. Prohibits the fraudulent labeling of products as made in America when they are not. Requires compliance with the Buy American Act. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 102-hr-4523 | 102 | hr | 4523 | To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from establishing any fee or charge for issuing a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariners' document under that title. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-20 | 1992-04-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 1 | Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit any fee for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant mariner's documents under specified provisions. | 2021-06-02T14:50:36Z | |
| 102-hr-4534 | 102 | hr | 4534 | Economic Development Administration Sunset Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-20 | 1992-07-09 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 0 | Economic Development Administration Sunset Act - Abolishes the Economic Development Administration (Administration). Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conclude the Administration's affairs and authorizes the Secretary to fulfill the terms of any agreement, loan, or obligation authorized by the repealed Acts. Provides for the continuance of the Economic Development Revolving Fund for purposes of receiving collections and repayments and fulfilling obligations under the repealed Acts. Abolishes the Fund when the Secretary determines that it is no longer necessary to carry out such activities. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:14Z | |
| 102-hr-4535 | 102 | hr | 4535 | Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1991 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-20 | 1992-04-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 0 | Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1991 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to terminate, as of October 1, 1993, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as an independent executive agency of the U.S. Government. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation the functions, powers, and duties of the ICC relating to the regulation of rail transportation and to certain other surface transportation regulation. Prohibits any State or its political subdivision or any interstate or other political agency of two or more States from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or standard relating to interstate or intrastate rates, routes, or services of motor carriers, motor private carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, or transportation brokers. Authorizes the President to take specified action upon a determination that the government of a contiguous foreign country has engaged in unfair, discriminatory, or restrictive practices having a substantial adverse competitive impact upon certain U.S. transportation companies. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress, two years from the effective date of this Act, a status report and evaluation concerning the implementation of the National Governors' Association Consensus Agenda on standards for uniform State regulation of interstate motor carriers. Transfers to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jurisdiction over certain regulation of motor carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, and railroad passenger carriers. Grants to the FTC the exclusive power to enforce certain regulations governing the transport of household goods. Requires the FTC, within 120 days of this Act's enactment, to review and revise such regulations to eliminate unnecessary regulation and to ensure that shippers of household goods receive adequate protection in their dealings with carriers. Identifies the administrative procedure to govern such FTC rulemaking, including provisions for judicial review. Requires such rule review and revision to be completed within… | 2025-08-26T15:14:57Z | |
| 102-s-2375 | 102 | s | 2375 | A bill to amend the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-20 | 1992-03-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to employ an additional 12 pipeline field personnel above the number authorized for FY 1992 for the Research and Special Programs Administration. Requires the Secretary to assure that the activities of such additional personnel focus on: (1) inspecting intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline facilities in States that do not have hazardous liquid pipeline safety programs meeting specified requirements; (2) inspecting interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facilities constructed before 1971; (3) assisting States identified under the previous two provisions in developing hazardous liquid pipeline safety programs that meet specified requirements; and (4) providing technical assistance and training to State pipeline inspectors and assisting in the review and management of pipeline safety grants. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4484 | 102 | hr | 4484 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-18 | 1992-10-06 | Similar Provisions Incorporated in H.R.5617 (Title VI). | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 5 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operating-differential subsidies; (2) manpower, education, and training; (3) operating programs; (4) national security support capabilities; (5) administrative costs related to new Federal ship mortgage insurance loan guarantees; (6) costs of such guarantees (authorizing use of a specified amount for methanol plantship loans); and (7) assistance to the Massachusetts Center for Marine Environmental Protection located at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use proceeds from the sale or disposal of National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessels for facility and ship maintenance, modernization and repair, acquisition of equipment, training simulators, and fuel costs necessary to maintain training at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the State maritime academies. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to entitle individuals to reemployment rights and other benefits, equivalent to those under specified Federal law for members of an armed forces reserve component ordered to active duty, if the individual meets other requirements and is employed on a vessel used by the United States for a war, armed conflict, national emergency, or maritime mobilization. Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to restore provisions of Federal law, previously repealed, relating to allowed uses of the NDRF. Authorizes the Secretary to designate National Shipbuilding Enhancement Institutes. Allows an Institute's activities to include such activities as: (1) developing vessel construction and repair technology; (2) enhancing domestic shipyards' international competitiveness; and (3) fostering innovations in the domestic shipbuilding marketing system. Authorizes grants to any designated Institute. Requires a State maritime academy receiving Federal assistance under specified provisions to reimburse individuals, from Federal funds provided for such purposes, for… | 2021-06-07T15:22:52Z | |
| 102-hr-4485 | 102 | hr | 4485 | To authorize reimbursement of expenses for overseas inspections and examination of foreign vessels. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-18 | 1992-10-06 | Similar Provisions Incorporated in H.R.5617 (Title V). | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 3 | Amends Federal law to require that, when an inspection or examination of a documented or foreign vessel (currently, of a documented vessel) is conducted under part B (currently, under chapter 33) at a foreign place at the request of the owner or operator of the vessel, the owner or operator reimburse the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the travel and subsistence of the personnel involved. (Chapter 33 (Inspection Generally) is one of the chapters in Part B (Inspection and Regulation of Vessels).) | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4492 | 102 | hr | 4492 | To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the establishment and collection of any fee or charge for the inspection of sailing school vessels. | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-18 | 1992-06-22 | Similar Provisions Incorporated in H.R.5055. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 0 | Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit any fee for inspection of a sailing school vessel under provisions relating to inspection and regulation of vessels. | 2021-06-02T14:50:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4493 | 102 | hr | 4493 | Individuals With Disabilities Transportation Assistance Act of 1992 | Transportation and Public Works | 1992-03-18 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 10 | Individuals With Disabilities Transportation Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration to make discretionary competition grants to public and nonprofit private organizations (including Indian tribes), and formula grants to States, for the provision of transportation service between the homes of eligible individuals with disabilities and the places where they are: (1) employed; (2) seeking employment; or (3) receiving vocational rehabilitation services. Requires States to provide certain matching funds for the formula grants. Sets forth specified grant requirements. Requires the Commissioner to submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:13:57Z |
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