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| 106-hr-5641 | 106 | hr | 5641 | Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-12-05 | 2000-12-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (text of measure as introduced: CR E2127-2128) | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration Act - Establishes the Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) review existing and alternative options for organizational structure of air traffic services, including a government corporation and incentive based fees for services; (2) provide recommendations for any necessary changes in structure of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) so that it will be able to support the future growth in the national aviation and airport system; (3) review aviation safety and make recommendations for the long-term improvement of safety; and (4) make additional recommendations that would advance more efficient and effective FAA for the benefit of the general traveling public and the aviation transportation system. | 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z | |
| 106-hr-5637 | 106 | hr | 5637 | To provide that an amount available for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Transportation shall be available to reimburse certain costs incurred for clean-up of former Coast Guard facilities at Cape May, New Jersey, and to authorize the Coast Guard to transfer funds and authority for demolition and removal of a structure at former Coast Guard property in Traverse City, Michigan. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-12-04 | 2000-12-05 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 0 | Allocates certain Department of Transportation funds to reimburse the owner of the former Coast Guard lighthouse facility at Cape May, New Jersey, for costs incurred for clean-up of lead contaminated soil there.Authorizes the Coast Guard, subject to the availability of funds appropriated specifically for the project, to transfer a specified amount of funds and project management authority to the Traverse City Area Public School District to demolish and remove a certain structure known as "Building 402" at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse City, Michigan. | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-s-3244 | 106 | s | 3244 | A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the airport noise and access review program. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Amends Federal aviation law to declare that airport noise or access restrictions on the operation of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft shall not apply to a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of an airport adopted by an airport operator but disallowed by a court before 1985 if: (1) the airport operator adopted before 1985 a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation; and (2) such operator entered into an agreement before 1985 with scheduled air carriers regulating the capacity of the airport terminal. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-s-3245 | 106 | s | 3245 | A bill to provide for the transfer of the Coast Guard Station Scituate to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Authorizes the: (1) Administrator of General Services to transfer to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the Coast Guard Station Scituate; and (2) Coast Guard to relocate such Station.Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey: (1) the Coast Guard LORAN Station in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the town of Nantucket; and (2) the Plum Island Boathouse and Lighthouse, Massachusetts, to the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Provides a reversionary interest under each such conveyances if the property ceases to be used for public educational, park, recreational, cultural, historical preservation, or other similar purposes, or as a present or future site for Coast Guard aids to navigation. Requires the maintenance of navigation functions within each conveyance. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5485 | 106 | hr | 5485 | To temporarily exempt from restrictions on carriage in coastwise trade the transport of petroleum and petroleum products between ports designated by the President. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 2 | Exempts from certain restrictions on carriage in coastwise trade the transport of petroleum and petroleum products between any two U.S. ports designated by the President. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5488 | 106 | hr | 5488 | National Defense Features Program Enhancement Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 1 | National Defense Features Program Enhancement Act of 2000 - Requires the Federal Maritime Commission, in any case in which it finds that the failure of vessels built under the National Defense Features program to obtain employment in a trade route in the foreign commerce of the United States, together with long-term domination of that trade route by citizens of an allied nation, evidences the existence of restrictive trade practices, to counteract such practices utilizing all available remedies under the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988. | 2025-08-20T14:19:12Z | |
| 106-hr-5445 | 106 | hr | 5445 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase the amount of civil penalties and criminal fines for violations of requirements prohibiting the transportation of chemical oxygen generators on passenger-carrying aircraft in air commerce. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000342 | 2 | Amends Federal transportation law to increase civil and criminal fines imposed upon any person who knowingly transports or causes the transportation of, willfully delivers or causes to be delivered for transportation on, or recklessly transports or causes the transportation of, a chemical oxygen generator on a passenger-carrying aircraft. Prohibits the reduction of the amount of such fines. | 2025-01-02T17:15:28Z | |
| 106-hr-5411 | 106 | hr | 5411 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to permit the State of Utah to construct a hook ramp as part of the highway project to reconstruct the interchange at Interstate Route 15 and University Parkway in Orem, Utah. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Cook, Merrill [R-UT-2] | UT | R | C000722 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to permit the State of Utah to construct a hook ramp connecting 1200 West to Interstate Route 15 as part of the highway project to reconstruct the interchange at Interstate Route 15 and University Parkway in Orem, Utah. | 2025-01-02T17:15:28Z | |
| 106-hr-5413 | 106 | hr | 5413 | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations addressing safety concerns in minimizing delay for automobile traffic at railroad grade crossings. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to address safety concerns and to minimize delay for automobile traffic on our Nation's roads with respect to trains blocking traffic at railroad grade crossings. | 2025-01-02T17:15:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5394 | 106 | hr | 5394 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 (with specified transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and administrative expenses, and liquidations and rescissions of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA); (5) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (6) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (7) the Federal Railroad Administration; (8) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (9) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (10) the Research and Special Programs Administration; (11) the Office of Inspector General; and (12) the Surface Transportation Board.Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and (2) the National Transportation Safety Board.Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act identical or similar to those enacted in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-69).(Sec. 303) Makes funds appropriated under this Act for FAA expenditures available for: (1) expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; and (2) transportation of such dependents between schools serving the area that they attend and their places of residence when it is determined that such schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.(Sec. 305) Bars… | 2025-08-20T14:21:36Z | |
| 106-s-3173 | 106 | s | 3173 | Environmental Streamlining Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 11 | Environmental Streamlining Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, taking into consideration comments submitted during certain proposed rulemaking proceedings regarding transportation projects (notice published on May 25, 2000, 65 Fed. Reg. 33922, 33960), to publish in the Federal Register for public comment revised notices of proposed rulemaking to: (1) implement the planning and environmental streamlining provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (2) address the other matters covered by such notices of proposed rulemaking published on May 25, 2000. Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating final rules (including interim final rules) to implement such provisions and other matters until on or after May 1, 2001. | 2025-08-20T14:17:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5384 | 106 | hr | 5384 | Alternative Fuel Vehicles Intermodal Transportation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-23] | NY | R | B000586 | 1 | Alternative Fuel Vehicles Intermodal Transportation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to assist States, localities, and governmental authorities to purchase, operate, and facilitate the use of alternative fuel vehicles in linked transportation systems. Sets forth grant program requirements.Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effectiveness of the pilot program, including an assessment of the benefits to the environment derived from the projects included in the program as well as an estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to be derived from widespread application of such intermodal transportation activities; and (2) the mechanisms used by the Secretary to ensure that the information and knowhow gained by program participants is transferred among them and to other interested parties, including other project applicants.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5361 | 106 | hr | 5361 | Pipeline Safety Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 12 | Pipeline Safety Act of 2000 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, if he accepts a State's pipeline safety program certification, to make an agreement with the State authority to develop a plan in which it has a role in the oversight of interstate (gas and hazardous liquid) pipelines (currently, a State has authority over intrastate pipelines and pipeline facilities provided the above certification is made) by participating: (1) in special investigations involving interstate pipeline incidents within its borders; (2) in oversight of new construction of interstate pipelines there; and (3) as an interstate agent by carrying out inspection responsibilities for interstate pipelines within its borders to ensure compliance with Federal pipeline safety standards.Requires each operator of a gas transmission or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to: (1) analyze the risks to each facility located in a high-density population area or environmentally sensitive area; and (2) adopt a written integrity management program to reduce risks at such facilities.Authorizes the Secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to determine that a pipeline facility is or would be hazardous if its operation or associated equipment, material, or techniques are hazardous to life, property, or the environment.Increases civil penalties for violations of specified Federal pipeline safety standards. Establishes: (1) civil penalties for the illegal discharge of oil or other hazardous liquid; and (2) both civil and criminal penalties for persons who engage in an excavation activity and subsequently damage a pipeline facility without reporting it promptly.Requires operators of a gas transmission or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to educate the public on the use of a one-call notification system before excavation and other damage prevention activities, the possible hazards associated with unintended facility releases, the physical indications that a pipeline release may have occurred, the ste… | 2025-08-20T14:19:00Z | |
| 106-s-3151 | 106 | s | 3151 | A bill to provide for the abatement of noise and other adverse effects of idling train engines, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Directs for the Secretary of Transportation to provide for the National Academy of Sciences to study and report back to the Secretary on the noise impacts of railroad operations, including idling train engines, on the quality of life of nearby communities, the quality of the environment, and safety.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible taxpayer (rail carrier that owns property adjacent to railroad tracks) to take a general business tax credit in an amount equal to 50 percent of the eligible railroad noise abatement expenditures for the taxable year. Defines "eligible railroad noise abatement expenditures" as amounts paid by an eligible taxpayer for installation of sound barriers on property adjacent to railroad tracks, including the implementation of other activities to abate the noise of trains to within levels prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency.Amends Federal highway law to authorize payment from a State's Federal-aid highway fund apportionment for the entire cost of activities for the abatement of the noise of trains, including construction of sound barriers on public lands or on private property with the consent of the property owner.Amends Federal transportation law to revise certain factors the Surface Transportation Board must consider in a proceeding to approve the consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control of at least two Class I railroads. Includes among such factors: (1) the safety and environmental effects of the proposed transaction; (2) a federalism impact assessment that addresses the preemptive impact of, and associated costs incurred by State and local governments as a result of, such proposed transaction; and (3) all mitigation and impact costs attributed to the transaction.Requires an rail carrier to notify the Governor of the State and its affected communities before it takes any rail-related actions that may increase noise levels there. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5347 | 106 | hr | 5347 | Consumer-Friendly Airline Ticket Transfer Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-29 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] | NV | R | G000152 | 0 | Consumer-Friendly Airline Ticket Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring air carriers to make paper tickets purchased after January 1, 2001, for intrastate or interstate air transportation transferable at no cost.Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit an air carrier from: (1) barring a person (including a governmental entity) that purchases air transportation from using only a portion of such transportation (including using the air transportation purchased only for one-way travel instead of round-trip travel); and (2) assessing an additional fee to such person or any ticket agent that sold the air transportation to such person. | 2025-08-20T14:19:35Z | |
| 106-hr-5337 | 106 | hr | 5337 | United States Cruise Vessel Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | G000180 | 5 | United States Cruise Vessel Act - Title I: Operations Under Certificate of Documentation - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with a temporary coastwise endorsement for an eligible foreign-built cruise vessel to operate in domestic itineraries in the transportation of passengers in the coastwise trade between U.S. ports if such vessel meets certain requirements, including that: (1) the operator of the vessel promises that any repairs to it will be performed in a U.S. shipyard; and (2) such operator, with a specified exception, executes a contract with one or more U.S. shipyards for the construction of two or more cruise vessels with a total combined berth or stateroom capacity equal to at least that of the operator's vessel to which a certificate of documentation has been issued. Terminates the coastwise endorsement for an eligible cruise vessel 24 months after the delivery date for the replacement vessel(s) for it. Authorizes the operator of an eligible cruise vessel that has been issued a certificate of documentation, or a cruise vessel that has been constructed under contract, to place such vessel under foreign registry.Prohibits eligible cruise vessels operating in domestic itineraries from operating as a ferry, regularly carrying for hire both passengers and vehicles or other cargo, or operating between or among the Hawaiian Islands.Directs the Secretary to give priority to U.S.- built cruise vessels over other eligible foreign-built cruise vessels in a comparable market that have been issued a certificate of documentation if the Secretary, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, determines that the employment in the coastwise trade of an eligible foreign-built cruise vessel will adversely affect the coastwise trade business of any person operating a vessel not documented under this Act.Title II: Other Provisions - Requires new or otherwise available permits for U.S.-flag vessels carrying passengers for hire into Glacier Bay or other National Park Serv… | 2025-08-20T14:17:27Z | |
| 106-hr-5340 | 106 | hr | 5340 | To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the airport noise and access review program. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 4 | Amends Federal aviation law to declare that airport noise or access restrictions on the operation of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft shall not apply to a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of an airport adopted by an airport operator but disallowed by a court before 1985 if: (1) the airport operator adopted before 1985 a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation; and (2) such operator entered into an agreement before 1985 with scheduled air carriers regulating the capacity of the airport terminal. | 2025-01-02T17:15:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5323 | 106 | hr | 5323 | Airport Medical Assistance Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000342 | 2 | Airport Medical Assistance Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to require automatic external defibrillators in terminals at airports with 100,000 or more annual enplanements.Grants immunity from civil liability (except for harm caused by willful or criminal misconduct or gross negligence) to any person who uses an automated external defibrillator device on a victim of a perceived medical emergency at an airport. | 2025-08-20T14:20:11Z | |
| 106-hr-5270 | 106 | hr | 5270 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify that State attorney generals may enforce State consumer protection laws with respect to air transportation and the advertisement and sale of air transportation services, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-22 | 2000-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] | CO | R | T000458 | 2 | Amends Federal aviation law to declare that nothing in provisions regarding Federal preemption over air transportation prices, routes, and service shall be construed to prevent a State attorney general from enforcing any State law prohibiting unfair or deceptive business practices or unfair methods of competition with respect to air transportation or the advertisement or sale of air transportation services. | 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z | |
| 106-s-3059 | 106 | s | 3059 | Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-15 | 2000-10-02 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9566-9567) | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Improvement Act - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) cooperate with transportation authorities of foreign countries to enhance motor vehicle and traffic safety by exchanging information about motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment safety defects, noncompliance with motor vehicle safety, and motor vehicle equipment standards and enforcement regulations; and (2) negotiate for an international agreement governing the dissemination of information about the recall by manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects.(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary, until the President concludes such negotiations and there is an international Internet database containing specified recall information, to: (1) establish an official Department of Transportation website on the Internet providing such information when a recall involves motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that is offered for sale inside and outside the United States; and (2) post information provided to the Secretary by U.S. embassies about recalls of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment in the country in which the embassy is located that is offered for sale in the United States.(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to notify the manufacturer of a motor vehicle, original equipment, or replacement equipment after making a decision through testing and inspection that such vehicle or equipment contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or does not comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard.(Sec. 5) Extends the period of time for no-charge remedies with respect to defective motor vehicles, replacement equipment, or tires.(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish increased reporting requirements and record retention for manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment to enhance the Secretary's ability to determine whether a moto… | 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5164 | 106 | hr | 5164 | Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-13 | 2000-11-01 | Became Public Law No: 106-414. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 41 | Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act - Amends Federal transportation law to require a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to report to the Secretary of Transportation within five working days any determination (or notification that the government of a foreign country has determined) to conduct a safety recall or other safety campaign in a foreign country on a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment that is identical or substantially similar to such vehicle or equipment that is offered for sale in the United States.(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers to enhance the Secretary's ability to carry out this Act, including requiring manufacturers to report: (1) information received by the manufacturer which is derived from foreign and domestic sources to the extent it may assist in the identification of defects related to motor vehicle safety and motor vehicle equipment in the United States; and (2) all incidents of which the manufacturer receives actual notice of fatalities or serious injuries alleged or proven to have been caused by a possible defect in the manufacturer's motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment in the United States or a foreign country, when the defect in such vehicle or equipment is identical or substantially similar to the vehicle or equipment that is offered for sale in the United States.Requires the Secretary to issue a final rule requiring (with certain exceptions) a report to the Secretary of such sale or lease by any person who knowingly and willfully sells or leases for use on a motor vehicle a defective tire or a tire not compliant with applicable tire safety standards with actual knowledge that the manufacturer of such tire has notified its dealers of such defect or noncompliance as required by Federal law.Requires the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility and utility of obtaini… | 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5111 | 106 | hr | 5111 | To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to treat certain property boundaries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland, Alabama, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-06 | 2000-11-14 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] | AL | R | A000055 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to treat certain property boundaries (as shown on an airport layout drawing produced by Garver, Inc., dated March 8, 1999, and approved by the Jackson Airport District Office of the FAA) as the boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland, Alabama (formerly known as the George C. Wallace Airport). | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-s-3002 | 106 | s | 3002 | Pipeline Integrity, Safety, and Reliability Research and Development Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-09-05 | 2000-09-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8020-8021) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 11 | Pipeline Integrity, Safety, and Reliability Research and Development Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to develop and implement an accelerated cooperative research and development program to ensure the integrity of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.Requires the Secretary to: (1) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences for the establishment of a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee; and (2) prepare, along with the Committee, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, and submit to Congress a five-year research and development program plan.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:06Z | |
| 106-hconres-388 | 106 | hconres | 388 | Recognizing the historic significance of the 100th anniversary of the AAA Ohio Motorists Association, and extending best wishes for the continued success of the organization. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] | OH | D | J000284 | 18 | Recognizes the historic significance of the 100th anniversary of the AAA Ohio Motorists Association. | 2025-01-02T17:07:49Z | |
| 106-hr-5008 | 106 | hr | 5008 | To direct the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to issue standards for the use of motorized skate boards. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Directs the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to issue standards for the use of motorized skate boards. | 2025-01-02T17:14:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5025 | 106 | hr | 5025 | Maritime Safety Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 0 | Maritime Safety Act of 2000 - Amends Federal shipping law to prohibit any nontank (and non- fishing) vessel over 300 gross tons carrying oil as fuel from operating on U.S. navigable waters without an approved response plan for the prevention, containment, and cleanup of oil spills and for the protection from such a spill of fisheries and wildlife, natural resources, and public and private property. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue minimum requirements for such plans. Prescribes procedures for submittal, review, and the Secretary's approval of such plans.Increases the maximum liability of nontank vessels for oil spills to the greater of : (1) $806 (currently $600) per gross ton; or (2) $672,000 (currently $500,000).Requires any passenger vessel, small passenger vessel, and freight vessel (including a foreign vessel) subject to inspection to be equipped with a voyage data recorder of a type prescribed by the Secretary.Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the immediate investigation of responses to marine casualties.Requires certain vessels, including small passenger and towing vessels, to be equipped with a position indicating transponder and an appropriate situation display or other device suitable for accessing information made available by the transponder system.Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit the loading or unloading of a vessel in any port or place subject to U.S. jurisdiction if the vessel is registered in a country that fails to adequately enforce safety standards prescribed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) the five such countries with the greatest number of registered vessels detained by the Coast Guard in 1999 for violation of such safety standards; and (2) whether those countries have, since December 31, 1999, adequately enforced such standards.Directs the Secretary to seek to negotiate at the IMO the elimination of single hull bunker tanks on commercial vessels capable of carrying more than 1,000 ba… | 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z | |
| 106-hr-5059 | 106 | hr | 5059 | To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at high-way-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000342 | 14 | Amends Federal transportation law to delay the effective date for implementing regulations requiring that a locomotive horn be sounded by each train that approaches and enters upon each public highway-rail grade crossing. Amends the definition of supplementary safety measure which does not require the sounding of a locomotive horn for the prevention of highway-rail casualties. Excludes from such definition adequate median barriers that prevent movement around crossing gates. Repeals the exclusion from (thus including in) the meaning of supplementary safety measure any flashing lights with gates that do not completely block travel over the line of railroad. | 2025-01-02T17:14:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5060 | 106 | hr | 5060 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to waive federal preemption of State law providing for the awarding of punitive damages against motor carriers for engaging in unfair or deceptive trade practices in the processing of claims relating to loss, damage, injury, or delay in connection with transportation of property in interstate commerce. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to declare that no provision of Federal law shall limit the liability of a motor carrier for punitive damages authorized under State law for any act or omission in connection with the investigation, settlement, adjudication, or other aspect of a claim for loss, damage, injury, or delay of transported property that constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice. | 2025-01-02T17:14:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5082 | 106 | hr | 5082 | Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 0 | Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit rail carriers from constructing, developing, or expanding railroad maintenance facilities, intermodal rail transfer facilities, railroad sidings, railroad bridges, railroad yards, or other railroad facilities unless the Surface Transportation Board determines that the rail carrier has provided affected local communities with notice and an opportunity to be heard with respect to such activities. Sets forth requirements with respect to such public meetings.Prohibits the Board from approving the consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control of a rail carrier by one or more rail carriers unless it has received assurances that the rail carriers have addressed adequately and will continue to address adequately problems identified with respect to the quality of life and safety of persons who live, work, or are for any other reason near railroad tracks.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations for reducing noise pollution generated from railroad operations and railroad facilities. Sets forth certain regulation requirements. Repeals a section of the Noise Control Act of 1972 regarding railroad noise emission standards upon the issuance of the final regulations under this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:28Z | |
| 106-s-2965 | 106 | s | 2965 | Port and Maritime Security Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 3 | Port and Maritime Security Act of 2000 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in cooperation with the Maritime Administration and the U.S. Customs Service, to establish a Port Security Task Force to: (1) coordinate programs to enhance the security and safety of U.S. seaports; (2) coordinate the security operations of local seaport security committees; (3) develop standards and procedures for the conduct and triennial review and revision, if necessary, of seaport security threat assessments for U.S. seaports, including collection, maintenance, and dissemination of seaport infrastructure and overt-security equipment maps and charts; and (4) develop voluntary minimum security guidelines, linked to the U.S. Coast Guard Captain-of-the-Port controls for maritime trade, which include a model seaport concept and a set of recommended best practices guidelines for the use of maritime terminal operators. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 6) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee loans for seaport security infrastructure improvements at any U.S. seaport involved in international trade. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 7) Requires the U.S. Customs Service to establish a competitive matching grant program for half the cost of developing technology to enhance security at U.S. seaports. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 8) Amends the International Maritime and Post Security Act to require the Secretary to report annually on maritime security and terrorism.(Sec. 9) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administration, to publish a revised version of the "Port Security: A National Planning Guide" and make it available on the Internet.(Sec. 10) Directs the U.S. Coast Guard to establish seaport security committees to: (1) utilize the information made available under this Act; (2) implement port security threat assessments; and (3) implement security guidelines. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 11) Directs the Attorney General to coordinate the collection of port-r… | 2025-08-20T14:17:15Z | |
| 106-hr-4978 | 106 | hr | 4978 | Airline Competition Preservation Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Airline Competition Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, on his or her own initiative or on a complaint, to: (1) investigate to determine whether an air carrier is charging a fare or an average fare for interstate air transportation on a route that is unreasonably high; and (2) upon an affirmative finding, order the carrier to reduce the fare, offer the reduced fare for a specific number of seats on the route, and offer rebates to individuals who have been charged the fare.Provides for a situation where, with respect to an interstate route to or from a hub airport, a dominant air carrier (which accounts for more than 50 percent of total annual boardings) at the airport: (1) institutes or changes its fares in a manner that results in fares lower than or comparable to those offered by a new entrant air carrier; and (2) increases the passenger capacity at which such fares are offered to a level which is two or more times the capacity previously offered by the carrier at such fares on the route, and two or more times the total capacity offered by the new entrant air carrier on the route. Requires the dominant air carrier in such a situation, in the two-year period beginning when such fares and additional capacity are instituted, to continue to offer such fares with respect to at least 80 percent of the highest number of seats per week for which the dominant air carrier has offered them.Authorizes the Secretary, on his or her own initiative or on a complaint, to: (1) investigate to determine whether a dominant air carrier at a hub airport is charging higher than average fares at the airport; and (2) upon an affirmative finding, order the carrier to take specified actions to increase opportunities for competition at the hub airport.Makes this Act effective immediately upon the Secretary's determination that three or fewer air carriers account for 70 percent or more of the scheduled revenue passenger miles in interstate air transportation as a result … | 2025-08-20T14:18:30Z | |
| 106-hr-4955 | 106 | hr | 4955 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow States to regulate tow truck operations. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-25 | 2000-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to exempt from Federal preemption (thus allowing) States to regulate tow truck operations whether or not they are performed without the prior consent or authorization of the transported motor vehicle's owner or operator. (Currently, State regulation of the price of for-hire motor vehicle transportation by a tow truck is permitted only if the transportation is performed without such prior consent.) | 2025-01-02T17:14:51Z | |
| 106-s-2891 | 106 | s | 2891 | Air Travelers Fair Treatment Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-19 | 2000-07-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 3 | Air Travelers Fair Treatment Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law to make it an unfair or deceptive practice and an unfair method of competition for an air carrier or foreign air carrier to fail to provide a passenger with an accurate explanation of the reasons for a flight delay, cancellation, or diversion from a ticketed itinerary.(Sec. 2) Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice and an unfair method of competition for an air carrier or foreign air carrier to: (1) prohibit a person (including a governmental entity) that purchases air transportation from only using a portion of the air transportation purchased (including only for one-way travel instead of round-trip travel); or (2) assess an additional fee on or charge to such a person or any ticket agent that sold the air transportation to such person.Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice and an unfair method of competition for an air carrier or foreign air carrier, in the case of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in the competitive circumstances of the appointment of a ticket agent by an air carrier or foreign air carrier, to fail: (1) to provide the ticket agent with written notice, and a full statement of reasons for the action, on or before the 90th day preceding the action; and (2) to provide the ticket agent with at least 60 days to correct any deficiency claimed. Exempts from this rule cases of insolvency, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy, or nonpayment of sums due under the appointment.(Sec. 3) Modifies Federal preemption of State authority over air transportation prices, routes, and service to preempt only direct State prescription of such prices, routes, or levels of service.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations to establish minimum standards for resuscitation, emergency medical, and first-aid equipment and supplies to be carried on board an aircraft capable of carrying at least 30 passengers.Prohibits air carriers or foreign air carriers from preventi… | 2025-08-20T14:18:47Z | |
| 106-hr-4849 | 106 | hr | 4849 | Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 10 | Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to implement the oil and gas pipeline safety improvement recommendations provided for in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General's Report (RT-2000-069).(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary, the Administrator of Research and Special Program Administration, and the Director of the Office of Pipeline Safety to comply fully with certain Federal transportation law requirements to ensure timely responsiveness to National Transportation Safety Board recommendations about pipeline safety (including to make a copy of each recommendation on pipeline safety and response available to the public at reasonable cost).(Sec. 4) Requires each pipeline operator, or, in the case of an intrastate pipeline facility operator, the appropriate State regulatory agency, to submit to the Secretary a plan designed to enhance the qualifications of pipeline personnel and reduce the likelihood of accidents and injuries.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring operators of natural gas transmission pipelines and of hazardous liquid pipelines to: (1) evaluate the risks to their pipeline facilities in environmentally sensitive areas and high-density population areas; and (2) adopt and implement a program for integrity management that reduces the risk of incident in those areas.Directs the Secretary to require an operator's integrity management plan to be based on risk analysis and contain at least internal inspection or pressure testing that periodically assesses the integrity of the pipeline, clearly defined criteria, and measures that prevent and mitigate unintended releases.Authorizes a State authority under contract with the Secretary to review and assess an operator's risk analyses and integrity management plans required for interstate pipelines located in that State. Requires the Secretary to review and monitor such plans.(Sec. 6) Amends Federal transportation law to revise the Secretary's authority to decide a pipeline facility … | 2025-08-20T14:18:09Z | |
| 106-hr-4792 | 106 | hr | 4792 | Comprehensive Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-29 | 2000-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 19 | Comprehensive Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) implement the oil and gas pipeline safety improvement recommendations provided for in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General's Report (RT-2000-069); and (2) report every 90 days to specified congressional committees on the specific actions taken to implement them. Requires the DOT Inspector General to assess periodically for the same committees the Secretary's progress in doing so.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary, the Administrator of Research and Special Program Administration, and the Director of the Office of Pipeline Safety to: (1) comply fully with certain Federal transportation law requirements to ensure timely responsiveness to National Transportation Safety Board recommendations about pipeline safety; (2) make a copy of each recommendation on pipeline safety and response available to the public over the Internet without charge or otherwise at a reasonable cost; and (3) review and publish the results of General Accounting Office report number GAO-RCED-00-128.(Sec. 4) Requires each pipeline operator, or, in the case of an intrastate pipeline facility operator, the appropriate State regulatory agency, to submit to the Secretary a plan designed to enhance the qualifications of pipeline personnel and reduce the likelihood of accidents and injuries.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring: (1) natural gas pipeline operators to conduct periodic assessment of facility integrity; and (2) hazardous liquid pipeline operators to periodically determine the adequacy of pipelines to operate safely in unusually sensitive areas and high-density population areas; and (3) perform periodic inspections or tests capable of identifying corrosion, mechanical damage, or other structural or operational defects that could be detrimental to safety and the environment.(Sec. 6) Amends Federal transportation law to grant shutdown authority to the Secretary, or, in the case of an intrastate pipeli… | 2025-08-20T14:17:43Z | |
| 106-hr-4746 | 106 | hr | 4746 | Emergency Rural and Small Railroad Preservation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-26 | 2000-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] | AL | R | B000013 | 22 | Emergency Rural and Small Railroad Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program in which grants are allocated upon the application of State and local governments, government-sponsored authorities and corporations, and Class II and III freight railroads to upgrade track and bridges to accommodate 286,000 pound freight cars or promote essential service and enhance safety. Directs the Secretary to give priority to projects that are economically viable, and require a non-Federal matching contribution of at least ten percent.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Railroad Trust Fund consisting of amounts derived from taxes on trains to be used to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:20:31Z | |
| 106-hr-4752 | 106 | hr | 4752 | To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects for removing accumulated snags and other debris from navigable waters to mitigate damages resulting from a major disaster. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-26 | 2000-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects for removing accumulated snags and other debris, and for protecting, clearing, and straightening channels, in navigable waters to mitigate damages resulting from a major disaster if such work is advisable in the interest of flood control or navigation. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:14:28Z | |
| 106-hr-4755 | 106 | hr | 4755 | Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Preservation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-26 | 2000-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 1 | Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Preservation Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to be solely responsible for the maintenance, rehabilitation, and expansion of the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland until all conditions under this Act have been met for the construction of a replacement for the bridge. Provides that terms of the agreement of April 19, 1985, between the Secretary, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, related to the assignment of responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the bridge, shall remain in effect.Designates certain contract and associated obligational authorities for the bridge as the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Preservation Fund which shall be maintained within the Department of Transportation. Requires that such Fund be available to the Secretary for the maintenance, rehabilitation, and expansion of the bridge for keeping it in a condition sufficient to facilitate interstate traffic in an efficient and safe manner. Provides for amounts in the Fund only to be available for those portions of the bridge that are owned by the Federal Government. Sets forth a rule for the replenishment of the Fund.Requires the Secretary to prepare and transmit to Congress an annual report on the bridge's condition.Directs the Secretary, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia to develop a transportation plan for the Capital Beltway corridor (Interstate Route 495) served by the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge project. Requires that the plan establish what level of high occupancy vehicle lanes and transit service should be provided in the corridor and how such service should be accommodated on a replacement bridge. Permits the cost of developing the plan to be paid from the Fund.Requires the balance in the Fund to be available for the construction of a replacement bridge upon certification to Congress by the Secretary that all of the following conditions have been met: (1) the transportation plan has been comple… | 2025-08-20T14:18:10Z | |
| 106-hr-4682 | 106 | hr | 4682 | Title XI Mortgage Access and National Shipbuilding Initiative Extension Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-15 | 2000-06-27 | Executive Comment Requested from DOT. | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 0 | Title XI Mortgage Access and National Shipbuilding Initiative Extension Act - Amends title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a simplified form and process for application for Smaller Ship Shared-Risk Financing Guarantees. Sets forth certain eligibility requirements and restrictions and conditions with respect to such guarantees.Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Coast Guard and subject to appropriations, to provide financial assistance for research projects proposed to and selected by the U.S. Passenger Vessel Association that: (1) foster business process or design technologies to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental impacts from domestic passenger vessel operations; (2) promote cost-effective solutions to passenger and crew safety issues arising from such operations and changing technologies; and (3) propose, promote, or assess the feasibility of waterborne passenger transport in U.S. locales with existing or foreseeable nonwaterborne transport congestion.Declares that the authority created under the National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1933 to extend the availability of title XI obligation guarantees to eligible export vessels and for U.S. shipyard modernization shall continue until terminated or otherwise modified by Congress. | 2025-08-20T14:20:20Z | |
| 106-s-2713 | 106 | s | 2713 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-13 | 2000-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] | AR | R | H001015 | 0 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 - Amends Federal highway provisions regarding revenue aligned budget authority to provide that, if in a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1999, a State has within its boundaries one or more high priority corridors but does not obligate on projects for construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (construction projects) of segments for the National Highway System (NHS) an aggregate amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of ten percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned to the State or the total amount necessary to complete construction of any such incomplete projects, the State may obligate funds allocated to the State for NHS modifications for the following fiscal year only on construction projects in such corridors. | 2025-08-20T14:21:24Z | |
| 106-s-2716 | 106 | s | 2716 | Motor Carrier Fairness Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-13 | 2000-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5029) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Motor Carrier Fairness Act of 2000 - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from taking any action to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled "Hours of Service of Drivers" published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the Federal Register on May 2, 2000. | 2025-08-20T14:19:49Z | |
| 106-s-2720 | 106 | s | 2720 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-13 | 2000-06-15 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (S. 2720 consideration: CR S5280) | Senate | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] | AL | R | S000320 | 0 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 (with specified transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and administrative expenses, and liquidations and rescissions of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA); (5) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (6) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (7) the Federal Railroad Administration; (8) the Federal Transit Administration; (9) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (10) the Research and Special Programs Administration; (11) the Office of Inspector General; and (12) the Surface Transportation Board.Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and (2) the National Transportation Safety Board.Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act identical or similar to those enacted in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-69).(Sec. 303) Makes funds appropriated under this Act for FAA expenditures available for: (1) expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; and (2) transportation of such dependents between schools serving the area that they attend and their places of residence when it is determined that such schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.(Sec. 305) Bars the … | 2025-08-20T14:19:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4638 | 106 | hr | 4638 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-12 | 2000-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 1 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 - Amends Federal highway provisions regarding revenue aligned budget authority to provide that, if in a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1999, a State has within its boundaries one or more high priority corridors but does not obligate on projects for construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (construction projects) of segments for the National Highway System (NHS) an aggregate amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of ten percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned to the State or the total amount necessary to complete construction of any such incomplete projects, the State may only obligate funds allocated to the State for NHS modifications for the succeeding fiscal year on construction projects in such corridors. | 2025-08-20T14:17:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4629 | 106 | hr | 4629 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 0 | Priority Corridor Equity Act of 2000 - Amends Federal highway provisions regarding revenue aligned budget authority to provide that, if in a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1999, a State has within its boundaries one or more high priority corridors but does not obligate on projects for construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (construction projects) of segments for the National Highway System (NHS) an aggregate amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of one percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned to the State or the total amount necessary to complete construction of any such incomplete projects, the State may only obligate funds allocated to the State for NHS modifications for the succeeding fiscal year on construction projects in such corridors. | 2025-08-20T14:21:25Z | |
| 106-hr-4609 | 106 | hr | 4609 | Airport Recycling Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-06-08 | 2000-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | K000180 | 0 | Airport Recycling Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law to make recycling programs for newspapers and other recyclable items an airport development activity, for which an airport improvement project may receive a grant. Declares it is U.S. policy that airports should develop and implement such programs. | 2025-08-20T14:17:10Z | |
| 106-hr-4529 | 106 | hr | 4529 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-24 | 2000-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 16 | Amends Federal aviation transportation law to proscribe employment of certain convicted felons whom the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration determines indicate a propensity for placing contraband aboard an aircraft in return for money. | 2025-01-02T17:14:17Z | |
| 106-s-2604 | 106 | s | 2604 | Rail Competition Enforcement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-23 | 2000-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 1 | Rail Competition Enforcement Act - Amends Federal transportation law to subject to the Sherman and Clayton (antitrust) Acts, the Federal Trade Commission Act, specified requirements of the Wilson Tariff Act, and other specified Federal law any parties and other persons involved in rail carrier agreements relating to rates, classifications, divisions, or rules.Requires the Surface Transportation Board and any other reviewing agency, in reviewing any such proposed agreement for antitrust implications, to take into account, inter alia, the impact of the proposed agreement on shippers and on affected communities. | 2025-08-20T14:18:52Z | |
| 106-hr-4514 | 106 | hr | 4514 | Rail Merger Reform and Customer Protection Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-22 | 2000-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 3 | Rail Merger Reform and Customer Protection Act - Amends Federal transportation law to condition the Surface Transportation Board's approval of any rail carrier consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control upon a finding that the transaction: (1) will increase competition among rail carriers; (2) will not reduce transportation alternatives available to current railroad customers; (3) will provide additional transportation alternative options for railroad customers; (4) will improve service to customers; and (5) is in conformity with the antitrust laws.Declares that rail carriers and rail transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board shall also be subject to the antitrust laws.Repeals the exemption of rate agreements from the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act and specified parts of the Wilson Tariff Act (thus subjecting such agreements to Federal antitrust laws). Repeals the mandate that the Federal Trade Commission report to the Board periodically on possible anticompetitive features of approved rate agreements, or agreements submitted for approval, and any organization operating under such agreements.Prohibits a person proceeding against a rail carrier in a complaint before the Board from proceeding against the same rail carrier pursuant to other Federal or State law, and vice versa.Amends the Clayton Act to conform with this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:35Z | |
| 106-hr-4507 | 106 | hr | 4507 | Transit Rail Access Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st Century | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-19 | 2000-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5] | TN | D | C000503 | 7 | Transit Rail Access Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st Century - Amends Federal transportation law to provide that if, after negotiation, a mass transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to use the carrier's trackage, and have related services provided, for fixed guideway transportation purposes, the Surface Transportation Board shall, upon the authority's or the carrier's application, and if necessary or useful: (1) order that the trackage be made available and the related services provided to the authority; and (2) prescribe reasonable terms and compensation, based upon the carrier's incremental cost of providing such trackage and services.Authorizes the mass transportation authority or the rail carrier to apply to the Board for an order establishing reasonable terms for the operation of additional trains by or for the authority over a rail line of the carrier, when the carrier and the authority cannot agree to terms.Authorizes a mass transportation authority, after notice to the rail carrier and a sufficient period for maintenance improvements, to apply to the Board for an order requiring the carrier to provide increased or improved maintenance on the trackage if the authority believes that maintenance on trackage operated by or for the authority has fallen below a safe or necessary level.Authorizes a mass transportation authority to apply to the Board for an order requiring the rail carrier to allow accelerated speeds and related improvements if the rail carrier refuses to allow them.Declares that, except in an emergency, fixed guideway transportation provided by or for a mass transportation authority pursuant to an order issued under this Act has preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing, unless the Board orders otherwise.Declares that if, after negotiation, a mass transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to acquire an interest in a railroad right-of-way for the construction and operation of a segregated fixed g… | 2025-08-20T14:18:59Z | |
| 106-hr-4511 | 106 | hr | 4511 | To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration from taking action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule related to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-19 | 2000-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] | NE | R | T000459 | 64 | Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from taking any action to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled "Hours of Service of Drivers" published by FMCSA in the Federal Register on May 2, 2000. Requires the Administrator to extend by 90 days the period for public comment on such rule. | 2025-01-02T17:14:16Z | |
| 106-hr-4475 | 106 | hr | 4475 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-17 | 2000-10-23 | Became Public Law No: 106-346. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 (with specified transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and administrative expenses, and liquidations and rescissions of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA); (5) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (6) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (7) the Federal Railroad Administration; (8) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (9) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (10) the Research and Special Programs Administration; (11) the Office of Inspector General; and (12) the Surface Transportation Board.Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and (2) the National Transportation Safety Board.Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act identical or similar to those enacted in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-69).(Sec. 303) Makes funds appropriated under this Act for FAA expenditures available for: (1) expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; and (2) transportation of such dependents between schools serving the area that they attend and their places of residence when it is determined that such schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.(Sec. 305) Bars… | 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z | |
| 106-s-2564 | 106 | s | 2564 | All American Cruise Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | All American Cruise Act of 2000 - Title I: Tax Incentives for Cruise Ship Construction and Operation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit contractors building certain cruise ships to use the completed contract method of accounting; (2) exclude from the gross income of a corporation amounts derived from the operation of a U.S. built and documented cruise ship; (3) allow a cruise ship construction credit; (4) classify a cruise ship as seven-year property under the accelerated cost recovery system; (5) revise requirements concerning the deduction for business expenses on cruise ships; and (6) allow a credit for the use of clean-burning engines on U.S. cruise ships.Title II: Capital Construction Funds for Passenger Vessel Construction - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to, among other things: (1) add passenger vessels in the oceangoing domestic trade to the list of vessels for which a capital construction fund may be established; (2) redefine "eligible vessel" and "qualified vessel"; and (3) define "foreign commerce," "foreign trade," "passenger vessel," and "oceangoing domestic trade."Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning tax incentives relating to merchant marine capital construction funds to, among other things, deem withdrawals qualified if they are for payments that reduce the principal of a qualified lease of a qualified vessel.Title III: Domestic Cruise Industry Phase-In - Permits the issuance of a temporary certificate of documentation to certain foreign-built cruise ships. Sets forth provisions concerning permit exclusions, expiration, and revocation. | 2025-08-20T14:21:07Z | |
| 106-hr-4441 | 106 | hr | 4441 | Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-11 | 2000-10-11 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 10 | Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal transportation code to require any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder subject to the Secretary of Transportation and the Surface Transportation Board, and regularly providing truckload transportation service, to assess the payor of transportation charges under each service contract or agreement a surcharge (or other permitted fuel cost adjustment) based on mileage or percentage of revenue for fuel used in the transportation provided to such payor. Requires such a surcharge whenever an increase in the price of such fuel surpasses the benchmark difference between the current fuel price and the fuel price norm, when such difference exceeds $0.05. Requires the surcharge to be the amount necessary to compensate the motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder or other person responsible for paying for fuel for any increase in the price from the fuel price norm.Requires the surcharge to be: (1) calculated on the date the shipment is tendered to the motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder; (2) itemized separately on invoices; and (3) paid by the payor of transportation charges.Declares that any action to enforce this Act may only be brought by the motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder that provided the transportation services against the payor of the charges, or by the payor against the motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder. Limits a court's authority to determining only whether a surcharge under this Act (as opposed to any other charges) has been assessed or paid. Denies either the Secretary or the Board any regulatory or enforcement authority relating to this Act.Declares that nothing in this Act shall: (1) be construed to prohibit any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder from including any reasonable privately negotiated fuel cost adjustment provision in any transportation contract or agreement; or (2) impair the ability of any person to enter into any contract or agreement after enactment of this Act that provides for a fu… | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-hr-4385 | 106 | hr | 4385 | To amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the Federal preemption of State law concerning the regulation of marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation by States. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-04 | 2000-05-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2636-2637) | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 1 | Amends Federal shipping law to provide that nothing, including Federal regulation, shall preempt the authority of a State to adopt additional standards regarding the maintenance, operation, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of vessels. | 2025-01-02T17:14:02Z | |
| 106-s-2506 | 106 | s | 2506 | A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the Federal preemption of State law concerning the regulation of marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation by States. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-04 | 2000-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3521) | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 0 | Amends Federal shipping law to provide that nothing, including Federal regulation, shall preempt the authority of a State to adopt additional standards regarding the maintenance, operation, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of vessels. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-hr-4352 | 106 | hr | 4352 | To limit the age restrictions imposed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for the issuance or renewal of certain airman certificates, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-02 | 2000-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] | NV | R | G000152 | 10 | Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, solely by reason of a person's age, if such person is less than 65 years old, from: (1) refusing to issue to, or renew for, such person an airman certificate for the operation of a commercial aircraft; or (2) requiring an air carrier to terminate the employment of, or refuse to employ, such person as a pilot on such aircraft. | 2025-01-02T17:14:02Z | |
| 106-s-2487 | 106 | s | 2487 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-05-01 | 2000-09-29 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration.(Sec. 3) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that certain restrictions concerning a vessel built in a foreign country shall not apply to a newly constructed drybulk or breakbulk vessel over 7,500 deadweight tons that has been delivered from a foreign shipyard or contracted for construction in a foreign shipyard before the earlier of two specified dates. Deems U.S.-built any vessel timely contracted for or delivered and documented under U.S. law, if certain conditions are met.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to initiate discussions in all appropriate international forums to establish an international standard for the scrapping of vessels in a safe and environmentally sound manner.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop, and report to specified congressional committees on, a program for the scrapping of obsolete National Defense Reserve Fleet Vessels.Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to extend, through September 30, 2006, the authority of the Secretary to dispose of certain vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Requires that such vessels be disposed of in the most cost effective manner to the United States, taking into account the need for disposal, the environment, and safety concerns.Amends Federal law to authorize the expenditure of funds from the National Defense Sealift Fund for costs related to the scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels.Names vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that may be scrapped in the United States or a foreign country.(Sec. 5) Requires the Maritime Administration (in its annual report to Congress and its estimated annual budget) to state separately the amount, source, intended use, and nature of any funds (other than funds appropriated to the Administration or to the Secretary for use by t… | 2025-04-07T13:42:34Z | |
| 106-hr-4276 | 106 | hr | 4276 | Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-13 | 2000-04-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 3 | Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law with respect to gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities in high-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas.(Sec. 2) Requires the operator of a natural gas transmission pipeline facility or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to: (1) evaluate the risks to the operator's pipeline facility in such areas (as identified by specified criteria established by the Secretary of Transportation); and (2) adopt and implement a program for integrity management that reduces the risks in those areas.Specifies minimum standards, according to certain criteria, for an operator's program for integrity management, including: (1) internal inspection or another equally protective method for periodic assessment of pipeline integrity; (2) prompt actions to address integrity issues; and (3) measures that prevent and mitigate the consequences of a release of a hazardous substance or a discharge of oil.Requires the Secretary to prescribe additional standards, addressing specified issues, to direct an operator's conduct of a risk analysis or adoption or implementation of a program for integrity management.Excludes tanks incidental to pipeline transportation from the mandatory pipe inventory of a hazardous pipeline facility.Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the implementation of an integrity management program by operators of more than 500 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, and ultimately by all operators of such pipelines or natural gas transmission pipelines.(Sec. 3) Revises requirements for owner or operator public education programs on the use of a one-call notification system before excavation and other damage prevention activities, the possible hazards of unintended pipeline facility releases, and public detection and reporting of such an event.Requires each owner or operator to: (1) review its existing public education program for effectiveness and modify it as necessary; and (2) initiate and maintain liaison wi… | 2025-08-20T14:20:58Z | |
| 106-s-2438 | 106 | s | 2438 | Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-13 | 2000-10-10 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 5 | Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) implement the oil and gas pipeline safety improvement recommendations provided for in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General's Report (RT-2000-069); and (2) report every 90 days to specified congressional committees on the specific actions taken to implement them. Requires the DOT Inspector General to assess periodically for the same committees the Secretary's progress in doing so.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary, the Administrator of Research and Special Program Administration, and the Director of the Office of Pipeline Safety to: (1) comply fully with certain Federal transportation law requirements to ensure timely responsiveness to National Transportation Safety Board recommendations about pipeline safety; and (2) make a copy of each recommendation on pipeline safety and response available to the public at reasonable cost.(Sec. 4) Requires each pipeline operator, or, in the case of an intrastate pipeline facility operator, the appropriate State regulatory agency, to submit to the Secretary a plan designed to enhance the qualifications of pipeline personnel and reduce the likelihood of accidents and injuries.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring operators of natural gas transmission pipelines and of hazardous liquid pipelines to: (1) evaluate the risks to their pipeline facilities in environmentally sensitive areas and high-density population areas; and (2) adopt and implement a program for integrity management that reduces the risk of incident in those areas.Directs the Secretary to require an operator's integrity management plan to be based on risk analysis and contain at least a periodic assessment of pipeline integrity, clearly defined criteria, and measures that prevent and mitigate unintended releases.Authorizes a State authority under contract with the Secretary to review and assess an operator's risk analyses and integrity management plans required for interstate pipelines l… | 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z | |
| 106-s-2440 | 106 | s | 2440 | Airport Security Improvement Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-13 | 2000-11-22 | Became Public Law No: 106-528. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 8 | Airport Security Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop an electronic fingerprint transmission pilot project for individual criminal history record checks into an aviation industry-wide program. Exempts any airport, air carrier, or screening company from participating in such program if they determine it would not be cost effective and notify the Administrator of such determination.(Sec. 2) Amends Federal aviation law to require that a criminal history record check (fingerprint check) be done for any individual applying for a position as a security screener, a screener supervisor, or that will allow unescorted access to an aircraft or a secured area of an airport. Allows such persons during the first three years to work temporarily without a fingerprint check (provided such fingerprints have been submitted and an employment investigation has found no cause for suspicion) for 45 days during the first two years of such three year period, and for 30 days during the third year of such period. Requires all new employees, after the temporary periods, to have a fingerprint check before beginning work. Declares that an employment investigation shall not be required for an individual if a criminal history record check is completed before the individual begins working. Sets forth specified exceptions to the requirements of this Act.Lists additional crimes in the past ten years preceding an employment investigation for which an individual will be barred from employment in a position as a security screener or a position that will allow unescorted access.(Sec. 3) Directs the Administrator to issue a final rule on the certification of screening companies.Establishes new minimum standards for the training of security screeners.Directs the Administrator to work with air carriers and airports to ensure that computer-based training facilities intended for use by security screeners at an airport are conveniently located and easily accessible.(Sec. 4) Requires each… | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-hconres-306 | 106 | hconres | 306 | Expressing the sense of Congress in support of the freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-12 | 2000-04-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | M000312 | 138 | Safe Highways Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that certain statutory proscriptions and restrictions: (1) on longer combination vehicles should not be amended so as to weaken the current "freeze" on those vehicles or result in any less restrictive prohibition or restrictions upon them; and (2) should not be amended so as to permit operation of commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight greater than that currently allowed under Federal law. | 2025-01-02T17:07:35Z | |
| 106-hr-4247 | 106 | hr | 4247 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-12 | 2000-04-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 1 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Secretary of Transportation for the Maritime Administration.Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that certain restrictions concerning a vessel built in a foreign country shall not apply to a drybulk or breakbulk vessel over 7,500 deadweight tons that has been delivered from a foreign shipyard or contracted for construction in a foreign shipyard within either one year of the enactment of this Act or no later than the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act, whichever is earlier. Deems U.S.-built any vessel timely contracted for or delivered and documented under U.S. law, if certain conditions are met.Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act to extend, by five years, the date by which certain vessels must be disposed. | 2025-08-20T14:16:56Z | |
| 106-s-2409 | 106 | s | 2409 | Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-12 | 2000-04-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2621-2624) | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 2 | Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law with respect to gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities in high-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas.(Sec. 2) Requires the operator of a natural gas transmission pipeline facility or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to: (1) evaluate the risks to the operator's pipeline facility in such areas (as identified by specified criteria established by the Secretary of Transportation); and (2) adopt and implement a program for integrity management that reduces the risks in those areas.Specifies minimum standards, according to certain criteria, for an operator's program for integrity management, including: (1) internal inspection or another equally protective method for periodic assessment of pipeline integrity; (2) prompt actions to address integrity issues; and (3) measures that prevent and mitigate the consequences of a release of a hazardous substance or a discharge of oil.Requires the Secretary to prescribe additional standards, addressing specified issues, to direct an operator's conduct of a risk analysis or adoption or implementation of a program for integrity management.Excludes tanks incidental to pipeline transportation from the mandatory pipe inventory of a hazardous pipeline facility.Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the implementation of an integrity management program by operators of more than 500 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, and ultimately by all operators of such pipelines or natural gas transmission pipelines.(Sec. 3) Revises requirements for owner or operator public education programs on the use of a one-call notification system before excavation and other damage prevention activities, the possible hazards of unintended pipeline facility releases, and public detection and reporting of such an event.Requires each owner or operator to: (1) review its existing public education program for effectiveness and modify it as necessary; and (2) initiate and maintain liaison wi… | 2025-08-20T14:20:06Z | |
| 106-s-2412 | 106 | s | 2412 | National Transportation Safety Board Amendments Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-12 | 2000-11-01 | Became Public Law No: 106-424. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | National Transportation Safety Board Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the National Transportation Safety Board to: (1) negotiate and enter into agreements with individuals and private entities and departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of Federal, State and local governments, and governments of foreign countries for the provision of facilities, accident-related and technical services, or training in accident investigation theory and techniques; and (2) require (as under current law) that such entities provide appropriate consideration for the reasonable costs of any facilities, goods, services, or (new law) training provided by the Board. Requires any amounts received as such consideration to be credited to the Board's appropriations as offsetting collections.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Board, for an employee whose basic pay equals or exceeds the minimum rate for GS-10 of the General Schedule, to establish an overtime hourly rate of time-and-a-half (which shall be considered premium pay), up to a specified annual limit, with respect to work performed at the scene of an accident (including travel to or from the scene) and other work critical to an accident investigation. Limits the total amount of overtime pay that can be paid out in any given fiscal year.(Sec. 5) Extends to cockpit video recordings or written depictions of visual information the same disclosure limitations and requirements (including those applicable to discovery and use of such recordings or written depictions in judicial proceedings) that apply to cockpit voice recordings or transcripts of them. Extends such disclosure limitations and requirements to surface vehicle voice or video recorder recordings or transcripts of oral communications by or among drivers, train employees, or other operating employees responsible for the movement and direction of the vehicle or vessel, or between such operating employees and company communication centers, related to an accident investigated by the Board.(Sec. 6) Revise… | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-s-2384 | 106 | s | 2384 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged material in the construction of federally funded transportation projects. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-11 | 2000-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Amends Federal law to instruct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged material in the construction of federally funded transportation projects. | 2025-04-07T13:42:57Z | |
| 106-s-2388 | 106 | s | 2388 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-11 | 2000-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Authorizes FY 2001 appropriations for the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation for operations, training activities, and the costs of guaranteed loans under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to exempt from certain U.S.-build requirements any drybulk or breakbulk vessel over 7,500 deadweight tons that has been built in and delivered from a foreign shipyard, or contracted for construction in a foreign shipyard, before the earlier of: (1) one year after the enactment of this Act; or (2) the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act. Requires such a vessel to: (1) have any additional shipyard work necessary to receive a Coast Guard certificate of inspection performed in a U.S. shipyard; (2) not be documented in another country before being documented under U.S. law; (3) comply with inspection standards imposed on ocean common carriers; and (4) be delivered on or before the third anniversary of the date of the construction contract.Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to postpone from September 30, 2001, until September 30, 2006, the deadline for disposal of vessels National Defense Reserve Fleet after July 1, 1994, that are not assigned to the Ready Reserve Force component of that fleet, and not specifically authorized or required by statute for any other use. | 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z | |
| 106-s-2369 | 106 | s | 2369 | A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to waive federal preemption of State law providing for the awarding of punitive damages against motor carriers for engaging in unfair or deceptive trade practices in the processing of claims relating to loss, damage, injury, or delay in connection with transportation of property in interstate commerce. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-06 | 2000-04-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2348) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to declare that no provision of Federal law shall limit the liability of a motor carrier for punitive damages authorized under State law for any act or omission in connection with the investigation, settlement, adjudication, or other aspect of a claim for loss, damage, injury, or delay of transported property that constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-hr-4186 | 106 | hr | 4186 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged material in the construction of federally funded transportation projects. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-05 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends Federal law to instruct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged material in the construction of federally funded transportation projects. | 2025-01-02T17:13:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4189 | 106 | hr | 4189 | Surplus Vessel Scrapping Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-05 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 2 | Surplus Vessel Scrapping Act of 2000 - Instructs the Secretary of Transportation to implement a vessel scrapping and processing pilot program during FY 2001 through 2003.Prescribes program guidelines. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4190 | 106 | hr | 4190 | To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to the Federal share for reconstruction of a road and causeway in Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-05 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Hilleary, Van [R-TN-4] | TN | R | H000615 | 0 | Amends Federal highway provisions under the high priority projects program to increase the Federal share for the reconstruction of a road and causeway in Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee, to 100 percent of the total cost. | 2025-01-02T17:13:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4191 | 106 | hr | 4191 | Great Lakes Ecology Protection Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-05 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 17 | Great Lakes Ecology Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes. Calls upon such regulations to require, among other things, the use of environmentally sound treatment methods for ballast water and ballast sediments, such as sterilization, in preventing and controlling infestations of aquatic nuisance species.Sets forth provisions requiring maximum public participation in, and advance notice of, proposed rulemaking with respect to such regulations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:25Z | |
| 106-hr-4197 | 106 | hr | 4197 | To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant to the Traverse City Area Public School District for demolition and removal of a structure at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse City, Michigan. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-05 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant to the Traverse City Area Public School District for the demolition and removal of Building 402 at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse City, Michigan. | 2025-01-02T17:13:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4171 | 106 | hr | 4171 | To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the transportation of hazardous materials. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-04-04 | 2000-04-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to exempt food and distilled spirits from the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation designate certain materials as hazardous when deciding that transporting them in commerce in a particular amount or form may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property. | 2025-01-02T17:13:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4145 | 106 | hr | 4145 | Child Passenger Protection Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-03-30 | 2000-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 18 | Child Passenger Protection Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to update and improve crash test standards and conditions for child restraints in motor vehicles. Sets forth certain child restraint testing requirements. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a safety rating program for child restraints to provide practicable, understandable, and timely information to parents and caretakers for use in making informed purchases of child restraints. | 2025-08-20T14:18:30Z | |
| 106-s-2325 | 106 | s | 2325 | Contracted Automobile Regulatory Relief Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-03-29 | 2000-03-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1910-1911) | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Contracted Automobile Regulatory Relief Act - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit a State or its political subdivision (including any interstate agency) from enacting or enforcing any law, regulation, or ordinance having the force and effect of law relating to: (1) regulating interstate limousine service (except the State or subdivision of the limousine operator's principal place of business); or (2) requiring persons who have secured the necessary State authorities for intrastate limousine service operations to secure additional authorities from political subdivisions within the State (except the subdivision of the limousine operator's principal place of business). | 2025-08-20T14:17:32Z | |
| 106-hr-4092 | 106 | hr | 4092 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the commercial operation of supersonic transport category aircraft that do not comply with stage 3 noise levels. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-03-23 | 2000-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | W000792 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the commercial operation of civil supersonic transport aircraft that do not comply with stage 3 noise levels to or from a U.S. airport. | 2025-01-02T17:13:36Z | |
| 106-s-2253 | 106 | s | 2253 | Rails to Resources Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-03-20 | 2000-10-16 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Rails to Resources Act of 2000 - Authorizes and urges the President to enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada to establish a joint commission to study the feasibility and advisability of linking the rail system in Alaska to the nearest appropriate point on the North American continental rail system.Provides for the establishment of the Rails to Resources Fund to pay for the costs of commission activities.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hr-3848 | 106 | hr | 3848 | Driver Distraction Prevention Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-03-08 | 2000-03-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B001227 | 0 | Driver Distraction Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an arrangement with Temple University's Institute for Survey Research, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on the impact on highway safety of distractions to drivers operating motor vehicles in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:21Z | |
| 106-s-2093 | 106 | s | 2093 | A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to ensure that full obligation authority is provided for the Indian reservation roads program. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-24 | 2000-02-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 7 | Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from distributing obligation authority, for each of FY 2001 through 2003, for amounts authorized for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highway Program. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 106-s-2075 | 106 | s | 2075 | A bill to expand Federal employee commuting options and to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from current Federal employee commuting patterns, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-22 | 2000-02-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 3 | Declares that the Executive Draft on Federal Transportation (concerning the expansion of Federal employee commuting options) in the National Capital Region which has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget shall take effect upon enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on its implementation. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-hr-3627 | 106 | hr | 3627 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to require passengers before boarding an aircraft to provide government-issued identification. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-10 | 2000-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit an air carrier from permitting an airline passenger to board an aircraft unless such passenger provides a government-issued identification with a picture, or two government-issued identifications of such passenger without a picture. | 2025-01-02T17:13:10Z | |
| 106-hr-3630 | 106 | hr | 3630 | To amend title 23, United States Code, to make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the highway program, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-10 | 2000-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA-6] | GA | R | I000055 | 0 | Amends Federal highway provisions to include among eligible projects: (1) for the National Highway System funds the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance for, intercity rail passenger facilities and rolling stock; (2) under the for Surface Transportation Program funds capital costs for transit projects eligible for assistance involving rail or a combination of bus and rail; and (3) under the for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds those projects or programs that will have air quality benefits through acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance for, intercity rail passenger facilities and rolling stock.Directs that highway and transit funds made available and transferred to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) or to any publicly-owned intercity or intracity passenger rail line be administered by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with specified guidelines. Federal provisions governing rail programs. | 2025-01-02T17:13:10Z | |
| 106-s-2070 | 106 | s | 2070 | Child Passenger Protection Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-10 | 2000-09-20 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] | IL | R | F000442 | 22 | Child Passenger Protection Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to update and improve crash test standards and conditions for child restraints in motor vehicles. Sets forth certain child restraint testing requirements. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a safety rating program for child restraints to provide practicable, understandable, and timely information to parents and caretakers for use in making informed purchases of child restraints. | 2025-08-20T14:21:31Z | |
| 106-hr-3603 | 106 | hr | 3603 | To expand Federal employee communting options and to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from current Federal employee commuting patterns, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-08 | 2000-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 2 | Declares that the Executive Draft on Federal Transportation (concerning the expansion of Federal employee commuting options) in the National Capital Region which has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget shall take effect upon enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on its implementation. | 2025-04-07T13:41:53Z | |
| 106-s-2035 | 106 | s | 2035 | A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-07 | 2000-02-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 19 | Amends Federal aviation law to declare that nothing in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act with respect to additional remedies shall affect any remedy existing at common law or under State law with respect to any injury or death arising out of any aviation incident occurring on or after January 1, 1995. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 106-hr-3566 | 106 | hr | 3566 | Truth in Budgeting Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-02-01 | 2000-02-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 3 | Truth in Budgeting Act - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the Federal budget as submitted by the President, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Exempts such trust funds from any general statutory budget outlays limitation.Requires the Secretary of the Army to estimate annually: (1) what, but for this Act, would be at the close of the next fiscal year the amount of unfunded inland waterways and harbor maintenance authorizations; and (2) the net inland waterways and harbor maintenance receipts at the close of such year. | 2025-08-20T14:21:02Z | |
| 106-hr-3558 | 106 | hr | 3558 | Safe Pipelines Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-01-31 | 2000-06-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4172) | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 11 | Safe Pipelines Act of 2000 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law (the Act) to revise Federal minimum safety standards for gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to require pipeline operators to be: (1) tested for qualification to perform enumerated activities related to the installation, testing, and maintenance of a pipeline; and (2) certified as qualified by the Secretary of Transportation to perform such activities.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to require an operator of a pipeline facility that: (1) has an instrumented internal inspection device (smart pig) to test the pipeline once every five years for corrosion and anomalies and make test results available to the public; and (2) is not covered by a certain certification under a State pipeline safety program or by a State pipeline safety agreement to test the pipeline hydrostatically once every five years to redetermine its maximum allowable operating pressure of the pipeline and make test results available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of an operator of a non-high-risk pipeline, to approve an alternative method of testing the pipeline, including inspection by smart pig, for structural weaknesses instead of hydrostatic testing if the Secretary first provides notification in the Federal Register and to interested State and local governments and other persons of the proposed approval and provides for public comment. Directs the Secretary to establish a list of high-risk pipelines (that have had a specified number of leaks over a certain period of time).(Sec. 4) Requires pipeline operators to report to the Secretary hazardous liquid spills of more than 40 gallons and ruptures to pipelines.(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to make available on the Internet maps of the location of all pipeline facilities subject to the Act.(Sec. 7) Directs the Governor of each State desiring to administer its own pipeline safety standards for interstate pipelines to submit to the Secretary a complete description of its proposed program. Prohibits a S… | 2025-08-20T14:21:25Z | |
| 106-hr-3534 | 106 | hr | 3534 | To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to treat certain aircraft as amateur-built aircraft for the purposes of issuing experimental certificates for the operation of such aircraft. | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-01-27 | 2000-01-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in issuing experimental certificates for the operation of amateur-built aircraft, to treat as an amateur-built aircraft any aircraft the majority of which has been assembled by: (1) persons who undertook the construction project solely for their own education or recreation; or (2) their agents, if the fabrication and assembly work of the agents is inspected and approved by a certified airframe and powerplant mechanic and by an inspector located at a manufacturing inspection district office or a flight standards district office of the Administration. Directs the Administrator to designate not less than one inspector for each office to perform inspections and grant approvals. | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-s-2004 | 106 | s | 2004 | Pipeline Safety Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 2000-01-26 | 2000-04-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2714-2715) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 5 | Pipeline Safety Act of 2000 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law to authorize a State, by regulation, to require: (1) an operator of a pipeline facility (gas or hazardous liquid) to satisfy training and education requirements in addition to Federal qualification requirements under such Act; and (2) use of equipment to detect and locate pipeline releases of hazardous liquids or gases. Prohibits a State from regulating such activities if it unduly burdens interstate commerce or it lacks the resources or expertise to enforce regulation of the activity.(Sec. 3) Provides that State pipeline safety agreements may permit the State authority to: (1) require inspections and tests of pipeline facilities in addition to Federal pipeline safety requirements; (2) enforce those Federal requirements; (3) require, by regulation, the owner or operator of a pipeline facility to certify to the State that its safety procedure and accident response plans comply with such Federal requirements; and (4) regulate activities related to the safety of pipeline facilities provided certain conditions are met. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to approve an agreement submitted by a State authority not later than 90 days after its submission. Prohibits the Secretary from approving an agreement that would unduly burden interstate commerce or if the State authority lacks the resources or expertise necessary to carry out the agreement. Authorizes the Secretary, subject to specified conditions, to end an agreement if it is found that the State authority has not complied with the agreement.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should aggressively pursue entry into pipeline safety agreements with States. Recognizes the State role in specified activities related to accident response and prevention.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to include in Federal minimum safety standards for pipeline facilities a requirement that owners or operators of interstate pipeline facilities notify appropriate Federal, State, and local entities and indivi… | 2025-08-20T14:19:05Z | |
| 106-hr-3512 | 106 | hr | 3512 | To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt from inspection certain small passenger vessels that operate in waters of the United States only in the Virgin Islands. | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-19 | 1999-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Del. Christensen, Donna MC [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | C000380 | 0 | Amends Federal shipping law to exempt from Federal inspection requirements small passenger vessels that carry no more than 12 passengers and operate only in U.S. Virgin Islands waters. | 2025-01-02T17:12:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3446 | 106 | hr | 3446 | Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 1999 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-18 | 1999-11-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 1 | Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 1999 - Title I: Railroad Competition - Amends Federal transportation law to declare as primary objectives for U.S. rail transportation policy: (1) ensuring effective competition among rail carriers at origin and destination; (2) maintaining reasonable rates in the absence of such competition; (3) maintaining consistent and efficient rail transportation service to shippers, including the timely provision of railcars requested by them; and (4) ensuring that smaller carload and intermodal shippers are not precluded from accessing rail systems due to volume requirements.(Sec. 102) Requires a rail carrier, upon a shipper's request, to establish a rail transportation rate and provide service requested by the shipper between any two points on the carrier's system where traffic originates, terminates, or may reasonably be interchanged. Authorizes the shipper to challenge the reasonableness of the rate established. Requires the Surface Transportation Board to then determine the reasonableness of the rate so challenged without regard to whether: (1) the rate established is for only part of a movement between an origin and a destination; (2) the shipper has made arrangements for transportation for any other part of such movement; or (3) the shipper currently has a contract with a rail carrier for any part of the rail traffic at issue, provided that the rate prescribed by the Board shall not apply to transportation covered by such contract.(Sec. 103) Prohibits the Board from imposing fees in excess of $1,000 for certain administrative services collected from an eligible facility in connection with rail maximum rate complaints.Prohibits a rail carrier from charging a rate for shipments from or to an eligible facility which results in a revenue-to-variable cost percentage (using system average costs) for transportation service to which the rate applies that is greater than 180 percent.Requires a rail carrier to accept all requests for grain service from an eligible facility up to a ma… | 2025-08-20T14:19:26Z | |
| 106-hr-3419 | 106 | hr | 3419 | Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-17 | 1999-12-09 | Became Public Law No: 106-159. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 3 | Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 - Title I: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Establishes the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the Department of Transportation (DOT), to be headed by an Administrator (with professional experience in motor carrier safety) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.(Sec. 101) Decreases the amount the Secretary of Transportation can deduct from Federal-aid highway funds for administrative expenses related to carrying out various Federal transportation projects. Sets forth a specified percentage of such funds for administrative expenses related to administering motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research.Declares that the number of personnel positions at the Office of Motor Carrier Safety (the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration beginning January 1, 2000) shall not be increased above the level transferred from the Federal Highway Administration to the Office of Motor Carrier Safety.(Sec. 102) Amends Federal aid highway law to provide, based on a specified formula pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), for proportionate reductions in appropriated funds from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the motor carrier safety grant program.(Sec. 103) Authorizes additional appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for the motor carrier safety grant program for FY 2001 through 2003.Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to increase authorizations of appropriations for the motor carrier safety grant program for FY 2001 through 2003. Prohibits the Secretary from making such grants to a State unless the State enters into an agreement that provides that the total State expenditure for the development or implementation of programs for improving motor carrier safety and enforcement of U.S. orders on commercial motor vehicle safety, hazardous materials transportation safety, and compatible State regulations will be … | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-hr-3376 | 106 | hr | 3376 | Cleaner Technologies in Transit Act of 1999 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-16 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | B000461 | 0 | Cleaner Technologies in Transit Act of 1999 - Prohibits funds made available by the Federal Transit Administration to any State, local government, or person from being used for the purchase of any bus that does not meet the low polluting fuel requirements of certain standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:34Z | |
| 106-hr-3392 | 106 | hr | 3392 | All American Cruise Act of 1999 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-16 | 1999-12-02 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H000981 | 8 | All American Cruise Act of 1999 - Title I: Tax Incentives for Cruise Ship Construction and Operation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit contractors building certain cruise ships to use the completed contract method of accounting; (2) exclude from the gross income of a corporation amounts derived from the operation of a U.S. built and documented cruise ship; (3) allow a cruise ship construction credit; (4) classify a cruise ship as seven-year property under the accelerated cost recovery system; (5) revise requirements concerning the deduction for business expenses on cruise ships; and (6) allow a credit for the use of clean-burning engines on U.S. cruise ships.Title II: Capital Construction Funds for Passenger Vessel Construction - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to, among other things: (1) add passenger vessels in the oceangoing domestic trade to the list of vessels for which a capital construction fund may be established; (2) redefine "eligible vessel" and "qualified vessel;" and (3) define "foreign commerce", "foreign trade," "passenger vessel," and "oceangoing domestic trade."Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning tax incentives relating to merchant marine capital construction funds to, among other things, deem withdrawals qualified if they are for payments that reduce the principal of a qualified lease of a qualified vessel.Title III: Domestic Cruise Industry Phase-In - Permits the issuance of a temporary certificate of documentation to certain foreign-built cruise ships. Sets forth provisions concerning permit exclusions, expiration, and revocation. | 2025-08-20T14:20:13Z | |
| 106-hr-3395 | 106 | hr | 3395 | To establish certain procedures regarding the appointment and tenure of persons to the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control established by the International Joint Commission under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-16 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | M000472 | 0 | Sets forth certain procedures regarding the term and appointment of persons to the U.S. section of the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control established by the International Joint Commission under the Order of Approval for Regulation of Lake Ontario. Makes such procedures applicable to other boards established by the Commission. | 2025-01-02T17:12:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3398 | 106 | hr | 3398 | Surface Transportation Board Modernization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-16 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 0 | Surface Transportation Board Modernization Act - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for Surface Transportation Board activities for FY 2000 through 2002.(Sec. 4) Declares that a rail carrier, corporation, or person participating in the consolidation, acquisition of control, or merger of another rail carrier is exempt from the antitrust laws and from State and local laws governing such transactions to the extent necessary. Subjects the activities of a rail carrier participating in or resulting from such transaction to State and Federal law, after such transaction is completed, to the same extent as any other similarly situated rail carrier that has not participated in or resulted from such transaction.(Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) circuitous routing of rail traffic; (2) the revision of certain conditions with respect to the approval of the consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control of rail carriers by the Board; (3) preservation and restoration of railroad service; (4) the sale of certain connecting railroad lines; (5) prohibitions against acts that unreasonably burden or discriminate against interstate commerce to include within such prohibited acts the increase in an assessment on rail transportation property on the basis of improvements directly related to the provision of railroad transportation; (6) the response of a rail carrier to requests for a carrier's rates and other service terms for a movement between any two points on its system or for an entire movement between a point on its system and any other point; (7) prohibitions against rail carrier rate discrimination to declare that a rate discriminates unreasonably against a connecting line if such rate is designed to divert traffic from or to that connecting line to a less direct route or if it excludes traffic from or to that connecting line; (8) restrictions prohibiting a rail carrier from establishing a rate which discriminates against the interchange of traffic as between carriers on any basis except a… | 2025-08-20T14:17:26Z | |
| 106-hr-3334 | 106 | hr | 3334 | Pedestrian Safety Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | W000792 | 0 | Pedestrian Safety Act - Authorizes the use of specified National Highway System funds for the construction of: (1) any traffic control device that gives pedestrians and bicyclists exclusive use of a roadway for short periods; (2) certain crosswalks; (3) speed bumps designed to enhance pedestrian safety; (4) any traffic circle in an intersection that replaces traffic control devices; and (5) any study of the feasibility of constructing or installing any such facility or device. (Currently, such pedestrian-targeted fund use is limited to the construction of walkways.) | 2025-08-20T14:21:37Z | |
| 106-s-1916 | 106 | s | 1916 | FAA Authorization Extension Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-15 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | FAA Authorization Extension Act - Amends Federal aviation law to extend, for a six-month period ending March 31, 2000, the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Airport Improvement Program; and (2) Federal aviation insurance and reinsurance programs.Authorizes an air carrier to transport a Stage 2 aircraft (not in compliance with Stage 3 noise levels) located in Hawaii to or from the 48 contiguous States on a non-revenue basis in order to: (1) perform maintenance (including major alterations) or preventive maintenance on such aircraft within specified limitations (certain Stage 2 aircraft with a maximum weight of more than 75,000 pounds providing turnaround service in Hawaii on November 5, 1990); or (2) provide such turnaround service (flights between places only in Hawaii) with such Stage 2 aircraft. Authorizes a person to operate after December 31, 1999, a Stage 2 aircraft in non- revenue service through U.S. airspace or to or from an airport in the contiguous 48 States in order, among other things, to: (1) sell, lease, or use the aircraft outside the contiguous 48 States; (2) scrap the aircraft; or (3) perform heavy maintenance or significant modifications on such aircraft.Excludes experimental aircraft from certain requirements prohibiting the operation of subsonic turbojet aircraft that do not comply with Stage 3 noise levels.Extends to March 21, 2000, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance. | 2025-08-20T14:20:19Z | |
| 106-hr-3219 | 106 | hr | 3219 | Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 1999 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-04 | 1999-11-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 30 | Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 1999 - Amends Federal transportation law to allow an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the transportation of property having a gross rating of up to 65,000 pounds solely within the borders of a State if such individual has passed written and driving tests meeting State-prescribed minimum standards.Provides penalties for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle in another State under a driver's license issued solely for operation within one State. | 2025-08-20T14:18:42Z | |
| 106-hr-3226 | 106 | hr | 3226 | Safe Pipelines Act of 2000 | Transportation and Public Works | 1999-11-04 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] | WA | R | M000669 | 0 | Safe Pipelines Act of 2000 - Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act (the Act) to revise Federal minimum safety standards for gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to require pipeline operators to be: (1) tested for qualification to perform enumerated activities related to the installation, testing, and maintenance of a pipeline; and (2) certified as qualified by the Secretary of Transportation to perform such activities.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to require an operator of a pipeline facility that: (1) has an instrumented internal inspection device (smart pig) to test the pipeline once every five years for corrosion and anomalies and make test results available to the public; and (2) is not covered by a certain certification under a State pipeline safety program or by a State pipeline safety agreement to test the pipeline hydrostatically once every five years to redetermine its maximum allowable operating pressure of the pipeline and make test results available to the public.(Sec. 4) Requires pipeline operators to report to the Secretary hazardous liquid spills of more than 40 gallons and ruptures to pipelines.(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to make available on the Internet maps of the location of all pipeline facilities subject to the Act.(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of: (1) external leak detection systems (including hydrocarbon sensor cables) for the purpose of improving pipeline leak detection; and (2) double-walled pipelines for the purpose of preventing ruptures and leaks.(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to complete cost-benefit analyses of all recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to the Secretary that the Board classifies as being "open".(Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the optimal minimum burial depth of underground pipelines for the purpose of preventing the release of hazardous materials in the air. | 2025-08-20T14:20:23Z |
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