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| 95-hr-14407 | 95 | hr | 14407 | Federal Bicycle and Physical Fitness Facilities Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 0 | Federal Bicycle and Physical Fitness Facilities Act - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide safe bicycle parking facilities at all buildings under control of the Administrator within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-09-02T17:11:46Z | |
| 95-hr-14384 | 95 | hr | 14384 | Cargo Security Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-14 | 1978-10-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 0 | Cargo Security Act - Title I: Cargo Security for Property Being Transported in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulations to assure the safety and security of property under the control of carriers, freight forwarders, or terminal operators subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the Interstate Commerce Act, or the Shipping Act of 1916 while such property is being transported in interstate or foreign commerce with respect to: (1) proper packaging; (2) proper documentation and labeling; (3) comprehensive and uniform loss reporting; and (4) personnel security. Sets forth civil penalties for the violation of any regulation promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to this Act. Stipulates that orders of the Secretary assessing such a penalty shall be reviewable by the United States Court of Appeals in the circuit in which the violation occurred. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress on the administration of this title. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the causes and scope of cargo losses; (2) evaluate cargo theft deterrents; (3) examine insurance liability limitations for carriers; (4) encourage the development of crime prevention technology; (5) study the feasibility of Federal licensing or identification systems; and (6) publicize information concerning cargo security problems and measures designed to eliminate such problems. Sets forth criminal penalties for any individual who, without authority, affixes recognized security seals to goods in interstate or foreign commerce, or who, without authority, willfully remove, breaks, or defaces such a seal. Sets forth criminal penalties for individuals who, without authority, enter into any warehouse, designated storage area, or vehicle containing goods moving in interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth criminal penalties for knowingly making false statements in making application for employment with common carriers, freight forwarders or terminal operators. Title II: Customs P… | 2025-09-02T17:11:46Z | |
| 95-s-3621 | 95 | s | 3621 | A bill to assure greater safety for bicycles parked at Federal office buildings. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-14 | 1978-10-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide safe bicycle parking facilities at all buildings under control of the Administrator within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 95-hr-14335 | 95 | hr | 14335 | A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to make privately owned public use airports eligible for assistance under the Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to make privately owned public use airports eligible for airport project funding under such Act. | 2024-08-01T20:07:07Z | |
| 95-hr-14300 | 95 | hr | 14300 | A bill to remove the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers in Tennessee from the list of navigable streams of the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-7] | TN | D | J000216 | 0 | Declares the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers and their tributaries nonnavigable in order to allow construction and dredge and fill projects in these waters. | 2024-08-01T20:07:05Z | |
| 95-hr-14305 | 95 | hr | 14305 | Railroad Safety Incentive Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 1 | Railroad Safety Incentive Act - Title I: Findings, Purpose, and Goals - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a framework for applying a total systems approach for the prevention of railroad accidents and to assure the occupational health and safety of railroad employees by requiring railroads to develop comprehensive system safety programs for certification under this Act. Title II: Railroad Systems Safety and Performance - Establishes an Office of Railroad Systems Safety and Performance within the Federal Railroad Administration to carry out the provisions of this Act and to assume the work of the present Office of Railroad Safety. Establishes a division for occupational health and safety within such Office. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate requirements to govern the submission of a system safety plan by each railroad. Sets forth the provisions which must be included in such a plan in order to be certified by the Secretary. Stipulates that such certification shall be for a maximum period of three years. Authorizes the Secretary to grant interim certification for plans which substantially meet the requirements of this Act pending the modification of the plan to meet such requirements. Stipulates that if a railroad fails to have its safety program certified the Secretary shall direct such railroad to follow a program similar to the certified plan of another railroad. Requires railroads to file annual reports with the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration covering the activities of such railroad during the previous year under its plan. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of a plan certified under this title. Stipulates that the United States' district courts shall have jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief with respect to matters arising under this Act. Title III: Safety Analysis and Incentives - Directs the Administrator to consolidate railroad accident data compilation and evaluation in the Office of Railroad Systems Saf… | 2025-09-02T17:11:40Z | |
| 95-hjres-1164 | 95 | hjres | 1164 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-06 | 1978-10-06 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 9 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hr-14221 | 95 | hr | 14221 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study with respect to the construction of a railroad freight tunnel in the New York City area. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Caputo, Bruce F. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | C000137 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the necessity for and the feasibility of a railroad tunnel across the Hudson River-Upper New York Bay Narrows waterway, to be located in or within the vicinity of New York City. Requires the Secretary in conducting such study to invite comments and recommendations from persons who may be affected by the construction of such a railroad tunnel. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress on the results of such study within one year after the enactment of this Act. | 2024-08-01T20:07:05Z | |
| 95-hr-14196 | 95 | hr | 14196 | A bill to amend the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to provide emergency financial assistance under title V of such Act to railroads in reorganization serving the Northwestern United States, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-28 | 1978-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 1 | Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to provide emergency financial assistance to railroads in reorganization serving the Northwestern United States which are or may be subejct to an application for a certificate of abandonment or discontinuance under the Interstate Commerce Act. Defines "Northwestern United States" as the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Stipulates that no more than $135,000,000 in proceeds from the issuance and sale of Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund notes may be used for such assistance. | 2024-08-01T20:07:00Z | |
| 95-hr-14179 | 95 | hr | 14179 | A bill to establish maximum hours of service for air-traffic-control-tower operators. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-27 | 1978-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish maximum weekly hours of service for air-traffic-control-tower operators. | 2024-08-01T20:07:01Z | |
| 95-hr-14182 | 95 | hr | 14182 | A bill to amend section 154 of title 23, United States Code, to increase the national maximum speed limit to sixty-five miles per hour. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-27 | 1978-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Increases the national maximum speed limit to 65 miles per hour. | 2024-08-01T20:07:01Z | |
| 95-hr-14176 | 95 | hr | 14176 | A bill to amend section 312(c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, relating to research and development, to require the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate the development of a collision avoidance system for use on all civil aircraft of the United States in the interest of safety in air commerce. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-26 | 1978-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate and take whatever steps necessary to make available, as soon as possible a collision avoidance system for use on all civil aircraft of the United States. | 2024-08-01T20:07:01Z | |
| 95-hr-14137 | 95 | hr | 14137 | A bill to amend Section 105 of Title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop a formula for retroactive credit for funds already expended for highway construction projects which have received approval under the provisions under Title 23. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Transportation to develop a retroactive credit formula for highway projects initiated by State highway departments without Federal aid which meet specified criteria for Federal-aid highways. | 2024-08-01T20:07:01Z | |
| 95-hr-14012 | 95 | hr | 14012 | National Capital Transportation Amendments | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-09-07 | 1978-09-07 | Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Harris, Herbert E., II [D-VA-8] | VA | D | H000241 | 6 | National Capital Transportation Amendments - Amends the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make contributions to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, in addition to those already authorized by such Act, for the purpose of financing in part the construction costs of the Adopted Regional System (Metrorail). Requires a matching contribution by the local participating governments in a total amount that is not less than 25 percent of such additional Federal contributions. Authorizes the appropriation, for such purposes, of an amount not to exceed $1,700,000,000 for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1980. Directs the Transit Authority to establish a sinking fund for the accumulation of assets for payment of principal on bonds and other obligations issued by the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions to such fund beginning October 1, 1997, and requires a matching contribution by the local participating governments in a total amount not less than 25 percent of such Federal contribution. Permits the Transit Authority to use income from the investment of moneys in such sinking fund to pay interest costs incurred on obligations it has issued since July 13, 1972, but only after the Secretary has made interest payments in accordance with existing provisions of such Act. Permits the Secretary to contribute to the Transit Authority amounts sufficient to pay 80 percent of the remainder of such interest costs, after the Secretary has made the direct payments provided for by such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make an annual contribution to the Transit Authority (without requiring matching contributions by the local participating governments) in order to finance in part the operating and maintenance costs of the Authority's rapid rail transit system. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose for each of fiscal years 1980 through 1987. | 2025-09-02T17:11:27Z | |
| 95-hr-13908 | 95 | hr | 13908 | Airport and Aircraft Noise Reduction Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 2 | Airport and Aircraft Noise Reduction Act - Title I: - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a single system of measuring noise and the impact of noise on individuals to be used to measure noise at airports and their surrounding areas and to establish land uses for such areas which are compatible with such noise levels. Allows airport operators to submit noise impact maps to the Secretary setting forth the noncompatible uses in each area of the map, a description of the projected aircraft operations during 1985, and the ways in which such operations will affect such map. Requires the revision of such maps when changes in airports operations would create any new noncompatible use in areas surrounding an airport. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to qualified airports for noise compatibility planning. Defines "noise compatibility planning" as the preparation of noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs under this Act. Sets forth limitations regarding the amounts which may be obligated through such grant program. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and beyond to carry out such grant program. Stipulates that noise compatibility programs filed with the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall include measures proposed by airport operators for the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and the prevention of the introduction of additional noncompatible uses with the area covered by the operator's noise impact map. Sets forth factors which the Secretary is to rely on in approving noise compatibility programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of an approved program shall be 80 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out such grant program. Requires the Secretary to prepare noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs for specified airports near the District of Columbia. Places additional legal proof requirements on a person suing for damages as a result… | 2025-09-02T17:11:23Z | |
| 95-hr-13926 | 95 | hr | 13926 | A bill to amend section 131(c) of title 23, United States Code, to permit nonprofit organizations to advertise the availability of free coffee for individuals traveling on highways on the Interstate System or the primary system. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-34] | NY | R | H000797 | 0 | Permits nonprofit organizations to advertise the distribution of free coffee to individuals traveling on highways on the Interstate System or on the primary system. Defines "free coffee" to include coffee for which a donation may be made, but is not required. | 2024-08-01T20:06:55Z | |
| 95-hr-13932 | 95 | hr | 13932 | A bill to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to prohibit the approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board of any agreement or pact the purposes of which are similar to the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 5 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately terminate the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and prohibits the Board from approving any agreement or pact whose purposes are the same or similar to such Pact. | 2024-08-01T20:06:55Z | |
| 95-hr-13970 | 95 | hr | 13970 | A bill to authorize grants to be made for the reduction of noise associated with certain rail mass transportation systems, and other purpose. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to Governors or designated recipients for mass transportation funds to retrofit rail equipment which is part of any rail mass transportation system in any urbanized area which was operational before 1950 for the purpose of noise reduction. Prohibits grants to retrofit rail equipment acquired after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1984 to carry out such grant program. | 2024-08-01T20:06:55Z | |
| 95-hjres-1120 | 95 | hjres | 1120 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 23 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1121 | 95 | hjres | 1121 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 23 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1122 | 95 | hjres | 1122 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 9 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-s-3396 | 95 | s | 3396 | A bill to change the name of the China Bluff Access Area being constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Warsaw in Sumter County, Alabama to the "S.W. Taylor Memorial Park". | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 0 | Changes the name of the China Bluff Access Area being constructed near Warsaw, Alabama, to the "S. W. Taylor Memorial Park." | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 95-s-3386 | 95 | s | 3386 | A bill to authorize federal participation in stream rectification, Trinity River Division, Central Valley Project, California, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-08 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to design, construct, operate, and maintain, or to contract with the State of California for the design, construction, operation or maintenance of a sand dredging system on a section of the Trinity River and a debris dam and associated facilities on Grass Valley Creek, in Trinity County, California. Requires that the State of California match, on a dollar-for-dollar bases, the Federal funds provided for constructing, operating, and maintaining the sand dredging system. Prohibits funding until the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County adopts adequate timber road and subdivision standards to protect the Grass Valley Creek watershed. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 95-s-3378 | 95 | s | 3378 | A bill to amend the definition of the term qualified vessel under a capital construction fund. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-04 | 1978-08-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Makes owners and lessees of vessels documented under the laws of the United States for the operation in United States foreign or domestic commerce (formerly foreign, Great Lakes, or noncontiguous trade) or fisheries eligible to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce to establish a capital construction fund for replacing, acquiring,or reconstructing vessels. Redefines "qualified vessel" for such purposes. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13735 | 95 | hr | 13735 | A bill to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to prohibit the approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board of any agreement or pact the purposes of which are similar to the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-03 | 1978-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 0 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately terminate the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and prohibits the Board from approving any agreement or pact whose purposes are the same or similar to such Pact. | 2024-08-01T20:06:46Z | |
| 95-hr-13720 | 95 | hr | 13720 | Visitors Promotion Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-02 | 1978-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 2 | Visitors Promotion Act - Establishes in the Department of Commerce a Visitors Information Agency. Requires the Administrator of such Agency: (1) to establish a national tourism policy; (2) to develop, plan, and carry out a program to encourage travel to the United States by residents of foreign countries; and (3) to take other specified steps to encourage travel. Requires the Administrator to organize "Visit USA Committees" in foreign countries to promote travel to the United States. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an interagency task force to promote and develop tourism in the United States. Requires the Administrator to report semiannually to the President and to the Congress on activities carried out under this Act. Abolishes the United States travel service. | 2025-09-02T17:11:21Z | |
| 95-hjres-1100 | 95 | hjres | 1100 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 2 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-s-3360 | 95 | s | 3360 | Minority Employment Opportunities in Transportation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 1 | Minority Employment Opportunities in Transportation Act - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit any assistance under such Act to a locality that enforces any restrictions on taxicabs other than those specifically allowed by this Act. Sets forth a list of allowable restrictions which does not include the requirement of a medallion. Provides for compensation to those who currently have invested in medallions which as a result of this Act are no longer necessary to carry on a taxi business. | 2025-09-02T17:14:25Z | |
| 95-s-3363 | 95 | s | 3363 | International Air Transportation Competition Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 1 | International Air Transportation Competition Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to consider competition in international air transportation and the need to provide domestic route authority to United States international carriers as being in the public interest. Directs the Board to permit air carriers to organize charter trips in foreign air transportation and to sell them directly to the public. Establishes a graduated permissible level of such trips over a three-year period. Allows specified air carriers holding certificates authorizing supplemental air transportation to obtain certificates to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation in up to five nonstop city-pair markets. Removes the requirement that the Board conduct public hearings when issuing permits authorizing foreign air carriers to engage in foreign air transportation. Creates a rebuttable presumption that any consolidation or merger of an air carrier and a supplemental air carrier is in the public interest. Prohibits the Board from approving any agreement affecting foreign air transportation which limits the level of capacity among air carriers and foreign air carriers in markets in which they compete or which fixes rates between air carriers and foreign air carriers. Requires the Board to submit any proposed order which suspends, rejects, or cancels a rate, fare, or charge for foreign air transportation by a foreign air carrier before its publication to the President. Gives the President ten days in which to disapprove such an order and stipulates that such disapproval must be on national defense or foreign policy grounds. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of International Aviation Negotiations. Stipulates that the Director of such Office shall be the chief representative of the United States in all negotiations dealing with international aviation. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to the Office to carry out its functions. Stipulates… | 2025-09-02T17:14:25Z | |
| 95-hjres-1090 | 95 | hjres | 1090 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 1 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13659 | 95 | hr | 13659 | A bill to amend section 206 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to extend the time period applicable to the transfer of certain properties from Conrail to a State, local or regional transportation authority, or Amtrak. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 1 | Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to extend the period of time during which the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Con Rail) is to transfer rail properties to State, local, or regional transportation authorities, or to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to meet the needs of commuter or intercity rail passenger service. | 2024-08-01T20:06:35Z | |
| 95-hr-13588 | 95 | hr | 13588 | A bill to change the name of the China Bluff Access Area being constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Warsaw in Sumter County, Alabama to the "S.W. Taylor Memorial Park". | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-25 | 1978-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Flowers, Walter [D-AL-7] | AL | D | F000218 | 0 | Names the China Bluff Access Area being constructed as part of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway in Alabama the "S.W. Taylor Memorial Park." | 2024-08-01T20:06:38Z | |
| 95-hr-13577 | 95 | hr | 13577 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to provide additional exemptions to States from requirements to make refunds to the Highway Trust Fund by reason of a withdrawal of approval of a route or portion thereof on the Interstate System. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5] | GA | D | F000329 | 16 | Stipulates that upon the withdrawal of approval of any portion of an Interstate Highway, the State involved, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, shall not be required to refund to the Highway Trust Fund any sums paid to the State for intangible costs. Stipulates that refunds shall not be required if the State applies such funds to an eligible transportation project or to a public conservation or recreation purpose within ten years. | 2024-08-01T20:06:37Z | |
| 95-s-3337 | 95 | s | 3337 | A bill to terminate, in the year 1979, further construction of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal project, to adjust the boundary of the Ocala National Forest, Florida, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-24 | 1978-09-15 | Referred jointly to House Committees on Public Works and Transportation; and Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 1 | Terminates further construction of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal project. Adjusts the boundary of the Ocala National Forest, Florida. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 95-sjres-149 | 95 | sjres | 149 | A joint resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-20 | 1978-07-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 15 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13517 | 95 | hr | 13517 | Railroad Right-of-Way Fire Prevention Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-18 | 1978-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Railroad Right-of-Way Fire Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish requirements for controlling spark emissions from locomotives in order to minimize the danger of fire along railroad rights-of-way. Establishes civil penalties for violations of such requirements. | 2025-09-02T17:11:14Z | |
| 95-hr-13489 | 95 | hr | 13489 | A bill to designate the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as the Will M. Whittington Waterways Experiment Station. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-14 | 1978-07-14 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Designates the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as the "Will M. Whittington Waterways Experiment Station." | 2024-08-01T20:06:37Z | |
| 95-s-3293 | 95 | s | 3293 | A bill to provide that the AMTRAK route system in effect on January 1, 1978, shall not be modified or restructured prior to October 1, 1979, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-13 | 1978-07-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 5 | Prohibits the modification or restructuring of the route system of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in effect on January 1, 1978, until October 1, 1979, except with respect to those routes initiated by the Corporation subsequent to January 1, 1978, pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act. Stipulates that if after October 1, 1979, it is determined that nay trains or routes are not required under the Final Route Reexamination Recommendations proposed by the Secretary of Transportation and adopted by the Congress, the Corporation shall formally notify the Governor and legislature of the State affected and post such notice of proposed discontinuance at the rail facilities served. Prohibits the Corporation from terminating such service for a 60 day period. Authorizes the continuance of such service beyond such period if the State, regional, or local transportation agency involved agrees to reimburse the Corporation for a reasonable portion of any operating losses and capital costs associated with the continuance of such service. Defines "reasonable portion of such costs for purposes of this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-sres-515 | 95 | sres | 515 | A resolution relating to the transportation crisis for farmers and shippers of agricultural commodities. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-13 | 1978-07-13 | Referred to Senate Committee Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 16 | Declares it the sense of the Senate that specified steps should be taken to insure that more efficient use is made of the existing stock of railroad freight cars and power equipment and to encourage the acquisition of new cars and equipment in order to meet the needs of American agriculture. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13435 | 95 | hr | 13435 | A bill to amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize Federal subsidies for the operation and maintenance of the Arlington Cemetery and Smithsonian stations of the Washington metropolitan area rapid rail transit system. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-12 | 1978-07-12 | Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4] | CT | R | M000527 | 0 | Amends the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to require the Secretary of Transportation to make payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in such amounts as the Transit Authority may requisition to finance the operation and maintenance of the Arlington Cemetery and Smithsonian stations of the Washington metropolitan area rapid rail transit system. Authorizes the appropriation of not more than $500,000 for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1979 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T20:06:26Z | |
| 95-hr-13394 | 95 | hr | 13394 | A bill to authorize Federal participation in stream rectification, Trinity River Division, Central Valley Project, California, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-10 | 1978-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | J000135 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to design, construct, operate, and maintain, or to contract with the State of California for the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of a sand dredging system on a section of the Trinity River and a debris dam and associated facilities on Grass Valley Creek, in Trinity County, California. Requires that the State of California match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the Federal funds provided for constructing, operating, and maintaining the sand dredging system. Prohibits funding until the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County adopts adequate timber road and subdivision standards to protect the Grass Valley Creek watershed. | 2024-08-01T20:06:29Z | |
| 95-hr-13398 | 95 | hr | 13398 | A bill to amend section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act to insure the provision of air service by holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-10 | 1978-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4] | KY | R | S000669 | 1 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, in determining whether to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to evaluate the need for additional service in each market established on the record. Directs the Board to include in such certificates such terms and conditions as are necessary to insure that the applicant will be required to furnish the service it has proposed between the points to be specified in any such certificate. | 2024-08-01T20:06:30Z | |
| 95-hr-13366 | 95 | hr | 13366 | A bill to provide for the construction of the Wild West Highway between Wichita, Kansas and Tucumcari, New Mexico. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-29 | 1978-06-29 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1] | KS | R | S000217 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to select a route and provide for the construction of a highway between Witchita, Kansas, and Tucumcari, New Mexico, to be known as the "Wild West Highway". Stipulates that the Federal share of the construction of such highway shall be 80 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T20:06:30Z | |
| 95-hr-13311 | 95 | hr | 13311 | Port Safety and Tank Vessel Safety Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-28 | 1978-09-12 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 682 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 23 | (Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1384 (Part II)) Port Safety and Tank Vessel Safety Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to remove specified limitations on the conditions under which vessel traffic may be controlled by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Authorizes the Secretary to order any vessel to operate or anchor in a specified manner if there is reasonable cause to believe the vessel does not comply with regulations or other applicable law or treaties, if the vessel does not satisfy conditions for port entry or if hazardous conditions warrant such an action. Directs the Secretary to designate necessary fairways and traffic separation schemes for vessels operating in the territorial sea of the United States and in high seas approaches to United States' ports. Places limitations on the Secretary's power to make such designations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the needs for such a designation and to reconcile the needs for such a designation with all other reasonable uses of the area involved before taking such action. Exempts from the provisions of this Act foreign vessels passing through United States territorial waters or through the navigable waters of the United States which form part of an international strait and which are not destined for, or departing from, a port under United States jurisdiction. Specifies vessel safety and environmental considerations to be taken into account by the Secretary in making designations pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to protect structures on or in navigable waters or land structures or shore areas adjacent to such waters and to protect the navigable waters and the resources therein from vessel or structure damage. Specifies actions which the Secretary may take including: (1) establishing procedures for the handling of dangerous articles (including oil) on waterfront structu… | 2025-09-02T17:11:01Z | |
| 95-hr-13312 | 95 | hr | 13312 | A bill to authorize the Coast Guard Cutter Chautaqua to be made available for use as an exhibition and education center under contracts with nonprofit organizations. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-28 | 1978-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Authorizes the Commandant of the Cost Guard to contract with the Boston Educational Marine Exchange to establish aboard the Coast Guard cutter Chautaqua an exhibition and education center in order to: (1) educate the public regarding the present and future mission of the Coast Guard; and (2) conduct classes for the public related to seamanship and marine sciences. | 2024-08-01T20:06:18Z | |
| 95-s-3260 | 95 | s | 3260 | A bill to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to continue to allow railroad rate flexibility. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-28 | 1978-06-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 0 | Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to: (1) provide that the Interstate Commerce Commission may not suspend rate increases based upon findings that the carrier has "market dominance" over the service to which such rate increase applies; (2) extend until January 1, 1983, the limitation on the Commission's power to suspend rate schedules; and (3) provide that the limitations on the Commission's power to suspend such rates apply only if the aggregate of rate increases and decreases in any calendar year is not greater than seven percent of the rate in effect on January 1st of that year. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13255 | 95 | hr | 13255 | A bill to approve the sale of certain naval vessels and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-22 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1385) Authorizes the President to sell one oiler, one auxiliary repair dry dock, and one surveying ship to the Republic of China. Defines "naval vessel" as any vessel of a class carried on the Naval Vessel Register as a Naval vessel. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 95-s-3219 | 95 | s | 3219 | A bill to authorize the Coast Guard cutter Chautaqua to be made available for use as an exhibition and education center under contracts with nonprofit organizations. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-22 | 1978-06-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 1 | Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to enter into a contract with the Boston Educational Marine Exchange or any other private or public nonprofit organization to utilize the Coast Guard cutter Chautaque for the purposes of establishing an exhibit to educate the public regarding the mission of the Coast Guard and to use space and facilities abroad the vessel for marine education activities. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-13181 | 95 | hr | 13181 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to the authority of the Civil Aeronautics Board to regulate liability of freight claims for interstate air transportation of property. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-19 | 1978-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Ambro, Jerome A. [D-NY-3] | NY | D | A000170 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, upon a finding that an airline's classification, rule, regulation, or practice affecting liability or freight claims is unjust, unreasonable, or unjustly discriminatory, to prescribe the lawful classification, rule, regulation, or practice to be made effective. | 2024-08-01T20:06:22Z | |
| 95-hr-13165 | 95 | hr | 13165 | A bill to modify the Galveston Channel 40-foot project for navigation in Galveston Bay, Texas. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-16 | 1978-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 0 | Modifies the Galveston Channel 40-foot project for navigation in Galveston Bay, Texas, as authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1965, to provide that non-Federal interests contribute 25 percent of the costs of areas required by disposal of spoil and of necessary retaining dikes, bulkheads, embankments, levees, and spillways. Allows a credit for reasonable expenditures for such acquisition and construction. Waives the 25 percent contribution requirement upon findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that political and industrial concerns are complying with an approved waste treatment plan and water quality standards are not being violated. | 2024-08-01T20:06:22Z | |
| 95-hr-13176 | 95 | hr | 13176 | Interoceanic Canal Study Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-16 | 1978-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Interoceanic Canal Study Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are: (1) the completion of studies necessary to make current the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission report; (2) to determine the feasibility of a new interoceanic canal; and (3) to implement that portion of the Panama Canal Treaty relating to the study of a sea-level canal in the Republic of Panama. Title I: Interoceanic Canal Study Council - Establishes an Interoceanic Canal Study Council to review and assess routes for the construction and operation of such a canal across America. Requires the Council to submit to the President a document setting forth the results of such review. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress after reviewing such document. Terminates the Council upon the establishment of the Joint United States-Panama Sea-Level Canal Study Commission or the expiration of six months after its report. Provides that title II of this Act shall only take effect after the President submits the necessary report to Congress. Title II: Joint United States-Panama Sea- Level Canal Study Commission - Establishes the Joint United States-Panama Sea-Level Canal Study Commission, upon the taking effect of this title, to conduct studies as may be related to the canal, including onsite surveys and the preparation, if required, of an environmental report. Requires the Commission to submit, within two years after the initial appointment of all members of the Commission, a report to the Congress and the President on the update of the final report of the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission. Requires the Commission to prepare an environmental report with respect to the construction of such a canal if the President notifies the Congress that such a canal would be advantageous to the United States. Requires the Council on Environmental Quality, upon the submission to the Congress and the President of the environmental report, to afford interested persons an opportunity to present data and views respectin… | 2025-09-02T17:10:58Z | |
| 95-hr-13180 | 95 | hr | 13180 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the reduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits in cases of persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least 5 years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-16 | 1978-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 18 | Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the deduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits for persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least five years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. | 2024-08-01T20:06:19Z | |
| 95-hr-13081 | 95 | hr | 13081 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to minimum rates, fares and charges for service provided by air carriers for contract services to the Department of Defense. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-12 | 1978-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | J000135 | 1 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to establish minimum rates, fares, and charges for air services provided to the Department of Defense by air carriers through contracts of more than 30 days' duration. | 2024-08-01T20:06:12Z | |
| 95-hr-13095 | 95 | hr | 13095 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to provide additional exemptions to States from requirements to make refunds to the Highway Trust Fund by reason of a withdrawal of approval of a route or portion thereof on the Interstate System. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-12 | 1978-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5] | GA | D | F000329 | 24 | Stipulates that upon the withdrawal of approval of any portion of an Interstate Highway, the State involved, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, shall not be required to refund to the Highway Trust Fund any sums paid to the State for intangible costs. Stipulates that refunds shall not be required if the State applies such funds to an eligible transportation project or to a public conservation or recreation purpose within ten years. | 2024-08-01T20:06:12Z | |
| 95-hr-12976 | 95 | hr | 12976 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to reduced-rate transportation for certain persons traveling to the United States to be adopted by residents of the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-05 | 1978-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-11] | IN | D | J000033 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize free or reduced rate air transportation for any person, fifteen years of age or younger, who is traveling to the United States from any place outside thereof for the purpose of being adopted by any resident of the United States. | 2024-08-01T20:06:11Z | |
| 95-hr-12978 | 95 | hr | 12978 | A bill to amend the Shipping Act to vest jurisdiction in the Federal Maritime Commission over complaints against shippers, consignors, and consignees, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-05 | 1978-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to vest jurisdiction in the Federal Maritime Commission over complaints against shippers, consignors, and consignees. Prohibits any shipper, consignor, or consignee (or agent or employee thereof) of a common carrier by water in foreign commerce from receiving or demanding less than the applicable Federal Maritime Commission cargo rates. | 2024-08-01T20:06:05Z | |
| 95-hr-12959 | 95 | hr | 12959 | A bill to amend the definition of the term "qualified vessel" under a Capital Construction Fund. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-02 | 1978-08-25 | Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1525. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1525) Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to make owners and lessess of vessels documented under the laws of the United States for the operation in United States foreign or domestic commerce (formerly foreign, Great Lakes, or noncontiguous trade) or fisheries eligible to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce to establish a capital construction fund for replacing, acquiring, or reconstructing vessels. Redefines "qualified vessel" for such purposes. Expands eligibility by modifying the definition of "eligible vessel" to include any vessel of five net tons or greater. Allows United States owners of foreign-flag or foreign built ships to deposit earnings from those ships in such fund. Allows United States owners of United States controlled foreign shipping corporations to deposit money from eligible vessels into such fund. | 2024-08-01T20:05:59Z | |
| 95-hr-12918 | 95 | hr | 12918 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to provide additional exemptions to States from requirements to make refunds to the Highway Trust Fund by reason of a withdrawal of approval of a route or portion thereof on the Interstate System. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-01 | 1978-06-01 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5] | GA | D | F000329 | 0 | Stipulates that upon the withdrawal of approval of any portion of an Interstate Highway, the State involved, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, shall not be required to refund to the Highway Trust Fund any sums paid to the State for intangible costs. Stipulates that refunds shall not be required if the State applies such funds to an eligible transportation project or to a public conservation or recreation purpose within ten years. | 2024-08-01T20:06:02Z | |
| 95-hr-12933 | 95 | hr | 12933 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1979 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-01 | 1978-08-04 | Public Law 95-335. | House | Rep. McFall, John J. [D-CA-14] | CA | D | M000436 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1329) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act - =Title I: Department of Transportation= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration; (4) the Federal Highway Administration (including expenses of railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects and of the Alaska Highway); (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration (including funds for the Northeast Corridor improvement program); (7) the Urban Mass Transportation Administration; (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; and (9) the Research and Special Programs Directorate. =Title II: Related Agencies= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 for: (1) the National Transportation Safety Board; (2) the Civil Aeronautics Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) the Panama Canal Zone Government (including capital outlay) and the Panama Canal Company; (5) the Department of the Treasury for the acquisition of fund anticipation notes pursuant to the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976; (6) the United States Railway Association; and (7) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. =Title III: General Provisions= - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds made available under this Act including a prohibition on the use of funds for any further construction of the Miami jetport or of any other air facility in Florida lying south of the Okeechobee Waterway and in the drainage basin contributing water to the Everglades National Park until it has been shown by an appropriate study made jointly by the Departments of the Interior and Transportation that such an airport will not have an adverse environmental effect on the ecology of the Everglades. Provides funds for the replacement of the West Seattle Bridge in the State of Washington. Prohibits the use of fund… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 95-hr-12852 | 95 | hr | 12852 | A bill to exempt certain highway construction and improvement projects from the environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-24 | 1978-05-24 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 3 | Provides that no highway construction or improvement project which (1) essentially follows an existing street or highway alignment, and (2) does not require the acquisition of any land other than that required for minor alterations in the interest of safety (such as for the revision of grades and the flattening of curves), may be deemed to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the meaning of provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 relating to the requiring of environmental impact statements. | 2024-08-01T20:06:02Z | |
| 95-hr-12822 | 95 | hr | 12822 | A bill to amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 relating to certain operating assistance under the Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-23 | 1978-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | B000363 | 2 | Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1974 to repeal the emergency financial assistance provided in such Act for reimbursement for the costs of providing certain mandatory rail passenger service. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reimburse States and local public bodies and agencies for the cost of modernizing and rehabilitating rolling stock, and publicly owned road bed, and for the costs of supporting or operating electric railways designated as Class I. Repeals the present formula for the apportionment of such reimbursement funds and directs the Secretary to establish a new formula within 90 days after the enactment of the Urban Mass Transportation Act Amendments of 1978. Sets forth the Federal share for the payment of subsidies for operating expenses and for rolling stock or publicly owned road bed modernization or rehabilitation. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts through fiscal year 1982 for such payments. | 2024-08-01T20:06:02Z | |
| 95-hr-12833 | 95 | hr | 12833 | Community and Airport Development Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-23 | 1978-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Community and Airport Development Act - Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to increase authorizations of appropriations for airport development programs for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Authorizes additional appropriations for the purpose of developing general aviation airports for such fiscal years. | 2025-09-02T17:10:48Z | |
| 95-hres-1199 | 95 | hres | 1199 | A resolution relating to the rail transportation crisis for farmers and shippers of agricultural commodities. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-23 | 1978-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 0 | Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that steps should be taken to insure that more efficient use is made of the existing stock of railroad freight cars and power equipment and to encourage the acquisition of new cars and equipment in order to meet the needs of American agriculture. | 2024-08-01T19:56:42Z | |
| 95-hr-12816 | 95 | hr | 12816 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-22 | 1978-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4] | AL | D | B000431 | 0 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act - Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise and extend the authorization for appropriations for the Interstate Highway System through fiscal year 1992. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of a portion of such funds for fiscal years 1980 through 1983. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such amounts in a specified manner for fiscal year 1980. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for specified highway programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be 95 percent of the cost of such a project. Establishes a cutoff date for the designation and completion of the Interstate Highway System. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years. Sets forth the Federal share of the costs of such projects. Increases the Federal share for specified highway programs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a State's request for the retention of certain outdoor advertising where the sign or display was in existence on May 5, 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to approve Federal participation in State projects for replacing unsafe highway bridges which are not on the Federal-aid system. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for traffic control signalization projects designed to conserve motor fuel and decrease traffic congestion. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds made available for pavement marking demonstration programs in a manner deemed by the Secretary most appropriate to expedite the completion of pavement markings on all highways. Increases the amount of appropriations authorized for the construction of bridges across Federal dams which may be expended as an emergency fund to meet additional costs. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to increase the Federal sha… | 2025-09-02T17:10:47Z | |
| 95-hr-12803 | 95 | hr | 12803 | Tanker Safety Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-19 | 1978-05-19 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 1 | Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to require that vessels subject to such Act be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires that vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States and for which construction is contracted for or begun after January 1, 1978, be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity. | 2025-09-02T17:10:45Z | |
| 95-hr-12769 | 95 | hr | 12769 | Private General Aviation Airport Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-17 | 1978-05-17 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 0 | Private General Aviation Airport Act - Provides for Federal guarantees of private loans to certain privately owned, public use general aviation airports for improvements to such airports in order to promote local, feeder, and short haul air transportation. Specifies restrictions on any such guarantees authorized by the Secretary of Transportation. | 2025-09-02T17:10:47Z | |
| 95-hr-12730 | 95 | hr | 12730 | Safe Bridge Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-15 | 1978-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 19 | Safe Bridge Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) inventory all bridges which are not located on any of the Federal-aid systems; (2) classify them according to serviceability, safety, and essentiality for public use; and (3) assign each bridge a priority for replacement or rehabilitation based on such classification. Authorizes Federal participation in State projects to repair or replace such bridges. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for bridge replacement or rehabilitation programs through fiscal year 1982. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to extend the transfers of specified taxes collected in the general Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund through 1984. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend the transfers of specified nonhighway gasoline taxes from such fund to the Treasury through 1984. Postpones specified transportation related excise tax reductions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. | 2025-09-02T17:10:42Z | |
| 95-s-3073 | 95 | s | 3073 | Federal Aid Highway Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-15 | 1978-10-03 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (inserted text of S. 2441), H.R. 11733 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (inserted text of S. 2441), H.R. 11733 passed in lieu) Federal-Aid Highway Act - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to decrease authorizations for the Interstate Highway System for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Prohibits the use of interstate construction funds apportioned to a State to expand or clear areas adjacent to Interstate routes designed prior to February, 1967. Specifies the method by which the Secretary of Transportation is to apportion interstate highway funds for fiscal year 1980. Authorizes appropriations for various highway programs for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Establishes a minimum apportionment for each of the States at one-half of one percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations for the resurfacing of lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years. Stipulates that the Federal share of such a project shall not exceed 70 percent of its cost. Declares the national policy that Highway Trust Fund annual authorizations be closely related to anticipated annual receipts of the Fund. Declares that certain principles are to be taken into account when providing for growth. Repeals certain limitations on the Secretary's authority to designate withdrawn mileage to other interstate routes. Increases the Federal matching share for any State transit or highway project which is substituted for an Interstate System project. Eliminates the requirement that a State must apply sums received for withdrawn projects to a permissible transportation project in order to be exempt from refunding such sums to the Fund. Prohibits the Secretary from redesignating any State withdrawn mileage from the Interstate System as an Interstate project. Provides that States will not be required to refund to the Fund, upon withdrawal of routes, sums received by the State for certain costs. Limits the Federal-aid urban highway system to areas having a population of 50,000 or more. Prohibits … | 2025-09-02T17:14:16Z | |
| 95-s-3081 | 95 | s | 3081 | Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1978 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-15 | 1978-11-02 | Public Law 95-574. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 12577) Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for expenses of the Office of Safety, State safety programs, expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, and for conducting safety research and development programs. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Amends the Hours of Service Act to prescribe maximum on-duty and minimum off-duty hours for signal system employees. Defines "designated terminal" under such Act. Removes the authority of the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate rail accidents. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct an evaluation of the safety and efficiency of rail transportation from which rules, regulations, orders and standards relating to maximum size, weight, and length of railroad cars and trains issued by the Secretary shall be derived. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress within two years after the date of enactment of this Act the results of a study on the effect of the exclusive ownership and control of rights-of-way by railroads on the safety and efficiency of rail transportation. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-s-3064 | 95 | s | 3064 | Aircraft and Airport Noise Reduction Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-11 | 1978-05-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 1 | Aircraft and Airport Noise Reduction Act - Title I: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a single system of measuring noise and the impact of noise on individuals to be used to measure noise at airports and their surrounding areas and to establish land uses for such areas which are compatible with such noise levels. Allows airport operators to submit noise impact maps to the Secretary setting forth the noncompatible uses in each area of the map, a description of the projected aircraft operations during 1985, and the ways in which such operations will affect such map. Requires the revision of such maps when changes in airports operations would create any new noncompatible use in areas surrounding an airport. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to qualified airports for noise compatibility planning. Defines "noise compatibility planning" as the preparation of noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs under this Act. Sets forth limitation regarding the amounts which may be obligated through such grant program. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and beyond to carry out such grant program. Stipulates that noise compatibility programs filed with the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall include measures proposed by airport operators for the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and the prevention of the introduction of additional noncompatible uses with the area covered by the operator's noise impact map. Sets forth factors which the Secretary is to rely on in approving noise compatibility programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of an approved program shall be 80 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out such grant program. Requires the Secretary to prepare noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs for specified airports near the District of Columbia. Places additional legal proof requirements on a person suing for damages as a result o… | 2025-09-02T17:14:18Z | |
| 95-hr-12648 | 95 | hr | 12648 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 9 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act - Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise and extend the authorization for appropriations for the Interstate Highway System through fiscal year 1992. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of a portion of such funds for fiscal years 1980 through 1983. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such amounts in a specified manner for fiscal year 1980. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for specified highway programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be 95 percent of the cost of such a project. Establishes a cutoff date for the designation and completion of the Interstate Highway System. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years. Sets forth the Federal share of the costs of such projects. Increases the Federal share for specified highway programs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a State's request for the retention of certain outdoor advertising where the sign or display was in existence on May 5, 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to approve Federal participation in State projects for replacing unsafe highway bridges which are not on the Federal-aid system. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for traffic control signalization projects designed to conserve motor fuel and decrease traffic congestion. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds made available for pavement marking demonstration programs in a manner deemed by the Secretary most appropriate to expedite the completion of pavement markings on all highways. Increases the amount of appropriations authorized for the construction of bridges across Federal dams which may be expended as an emergency fund to meet additional costs. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to increase the Federal sha… | 2025-09-02T17:10:42Z | |
| 95-hr-12674 | 95 | hr | 12674 | Air Service Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 1 | Air Service Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, in the performance of its duties, to consider reliance on competitive market forces in the airline industry and the encouragement of new air carriers as being in the public interest and in accordance with public convenience and necessity. Stipulates that the Federal government shall have preemptive powers with respect to air carriers holding valid certificates or licenses under such Act or who were granted exemptions in order to provide interstate or overseas air transportation. Stipulates that such preemption shall not take effect with respect to carriers solely engaged in intrastate air service as of August 1, 1977 and which were subsequently granted a license, certificate, or exemption to engage in additional transportation until at least 50 percent of the carrier's revenues for the preceeding year are derived from interstate air transportation. Establishes time limitations during which the Civil Aeronautics Board must dispense with applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in air transportation. Authorizes the Board to dismiss an application on its merits without a hearing within 90 days of its filing date. Deems such dismissal a final order for purposes of judicial review. Requires the Board to issue certificates to engage in regular interstate or overseas air transportation, temporary air transportation, or supplemental air transportation if certain conditions are met and the proposed service is consistent with public convenience and necessity (previously certificates for such interstate and overseas air transportation could only be granted if public convenience and necessity so required). Stipulates that if an air carrier holding round trip nonstop authority between any two points in interstate air transportation does not exercise such authority to a specified extent the Board shall issue a certificate authorizing such transportation to another carrier applying fo… | 2025-09-02T17:10:42Z | |
| 95-hr-12675 | 95 | hr | 12675 | Air Service Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 1 | Air Service Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, in the performance of its duties, to consider reliance on competitive market forces in the airline industry and the encouragement of new air carriers as being in the public interest and in accordance with public convenience and necessity. Stipulates that the Federal government shall have preemptive powers with respect to air carriers holding valid certificates or licenses under such Act or who were granted exemptions in order to provide interstate or overseas air transportation. Stipulates that such preemption shall not take effect with respect to carriers solely engaged in intrastate air service as of August 1, 1977 and which were subsequently granted a license, certificate, or exemption to engage in additional transportation until at least 25 percent of the carrier's revenues for the preceeding year are derived from interstate air transportation. Establishes time limitations during which the Civil Aeronautics Board must dispense with applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in air transportation. Authorizes the Board to dismiss an application on its merits without a hearing within 90 days of its filing date. Deems such dismissal a final order for purposes of judicial review. Requires the Board to issue certificates to engage in regular interstate or overseas air transportation, temporary air transportation, or supplemental air transportation if certain conditions are met and the proposed service is consistent with public convenience and necessity (previously certificates for such interstate and overseas air transportation could only be granted if public convenience and necessity so required). Stipulates that if an air carrier holding round trip nonstop authority between any two points in interstate air transportation does not exercise such authority to a specified extent the Board shall issue a certificate authorizing such transportation to another carrier applying for… | 2025-09-02T17:10:42Z | |
| 95-hr-12611 | 95 | hr | 12611 | Air Service Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-09 | 1978-09-21 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2493 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 19 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #814 (363-8)) Air Service Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, in the performance of its duties, to assign the highest priority to safety in air transportation, and to place maximum reliance on competitive market forces while encouraging new air carriers and preventing industry concentration. Stipulates that the Federal Government shall have preemptive rights with regard to interstate air carriers. Directs the Board and the Secretary of Transportation to jointly prepare a report to be submitted to the Congress by January 1, 1980, concerning direct and indirect Federal, State, and local governmental subsidization of United States scheduled air transportation. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress and the Board an annual report on the effects during the preceding year of the implementation of this Act on the level of air safety and to make annual recommendations regarding the level of surveillance necessary to enforce air safety regulations and the level of staffing necessary to carry out such surveillance. Establishes time limitations during which the Board must dispense with applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in air transportation. Authorizes the Board to dismiss an application on its merits without a hearing within 90 days of its filing date. Deems such dismissal a final order for purposes of judicial review. Requires the Board to issue certificates to engage in regular interstate or overseas air transportation, temporary air transportation, or supplemental air transportation if certain conditions are met and the proposed service is consistent with public convenience and necessity (previously certificates for such interstate and overseas air transportation could only be granted if public convenience and necessity so required). Stipulates that if certain round trip air carriers in interstate or overseas transportation fail to provide sp… | 2025-09-02T17:10:42Z | |
| 95-hr-12577 | 95 | hr | 12577 | Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-04 | 1978-10-13 | Measure laid on table, S. 3081 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] | PA | D | R000423 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1176) Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for expenses of the Office of Safety, State safety programs, expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, and for conducting safety research and development programs. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Amends the Hours of Service Act to prescribe maximum on-duty and minimum off-duty hours for signal system employees. Defines "designated terminal" under such Act. Removes the authority of the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate rail accidents. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct an evaluation of the safety and efficiency of rail transportation from which rules, regulations, orders and standards relating to maximum size, weight, and length of railroad cars and trains issued by the Secretary shall be derived. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress within two years after the date of enactment of this Act the results of a study on the effect of the exclusive ownership and control of rights-of-way by railroads on the safety and efficiency of rail transportation. | 2025-09-02T17:10:39Z | |
| 95-s-3040 | 95 | s | 3040 | Amtrak Improvement Act of 1978 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-04 | 1978-10-05 | Public Law 95-421. | Senate | Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000428 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1478) Amtrak Improvement Act - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for fiscal year 1979. Repeals the provision of such Act prohibiting mandatory review by officers or agencies of the United States of legislative recommendations made by the Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Corporation, to develop a preliminary recommendation for a route system for the Corporation which will provide an optimal intercity railroad passenger system based on current and future market and population requirements. Specifies considerations which the Secretary is to consider in formulating such recommendations and specifies provisions to be included in such report. Directs the Rail Services Planning Office to conduct public hearings on the Secretary's recommendations and to submit its findings to the Secretary. Directs the Office of Rail Public Counsel to provide legal services in order to protect the interests of communities and users of rail passenger service during such hearings. Requires the Secretary to thoroughly consider such material in developing final recommended route system for the Corporation. Directs the Secretary to submit such final recommendations to both Houses of Congress and to specified committees. Stipulates that such recommendations shall be deemed approved within 90 days unless either the House of Representatives or the Senate adopts a resolution disapproving such recommendations. Directs the Corporation after such approval to complete the implementation of such basic route system within 12 months. Suspends the Discontinuance of Services requirements and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) Adequacy of Service regulations regarding the final plan. Prescribes that the approved final plan shall supersede any other system or route previously in effect. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the conflicts between the needs… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-12521 | 95 | hr | 12521 | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-03 | 1978-05-03 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Jenrette, John W., Jr. [D-SC-6] | SC | D | J000099 | 4 | Includes within the definition of "air traffic controller" for purposes of statutes pertaining to Federal employee pay, retirement, and employment, persons actively engaged in providing preflight, inflight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators and the immediate supervisors of such persons. | 2024-08-01T20:05:45Z | |
| 95-hr-12512 | 95 | hr | 12512 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 in order to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prepare and put into effect comprehensive noise abatement plans for airports operated by the Administrator. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-02 | 1978-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Steers, Newton I., Jr. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | S000844 | 5 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop and effectuate comprehensive noise abatement plans for airports operated by the Administration. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an aircraft noise monitoring program for each such airport. | 2024-08-01T20:05:47Z | |
| 95-hr-12477 | 95 | hr | 12477 | Surface Transportation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-05-01 | 1978-05-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Surface Transportation Act - Title I: Rail Transportation - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a national survey of the existing rolling stock of all rail freight carriers. Directs the Secretary, based on the results of such survey, to create regional reserves of railroad rolling stock for lease to rail carriers for seasonal, specialized or high volume operations which in and of themselves do not justify the purchase of equipment. Directs the Secretary to establish, in conjunction with the reserve of rolling stock, regional rolling stock repair yards. Directs the Secretary, every six months, to establish efficiency ratings for each participating rail carrier for each of its lines utilizing reserve rolling stock. Stipulates that if a carrier's rating has increased it shall be eligible for reduced leasing rates and that if such rating has decreased a penalty charge shall be assessed on future leases of rolling stock by the railroad. Directs the Secretary to establish a computerized car identification plan to monitor the location, use, and respective load factors of the rolling stock in the regional reserve rolling stock program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct a study of abandoned rail lines or lines subject to abandonment to determine whether the line involved is crucial to intrastate or interstate shipment, the costs of operating such a line, and whether the State should provide for the continued operation of such line. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the completion of such a study, to make a loan to a State to cover 90 percent of the costs of upgrading such a railroad line for operation. Authorizes appropriations out of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Bus Transportation - Establishes the Federal Bus Administration within the Department of Transportation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to carry out the Department's functions relating to the common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle… | 2025-09-02T17:10:38Z | |
| 95-s-2995 | 95 | s | 2995 | Union Station Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-26 | 1978-10-04 | Measure passed Senate, amended. | Senate | Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] | WV | D | R000046 | 1 | (Reported to Sen. from the Committees on Comm., Science, & Trans. & Environ. & Pub. Works with amend., S. Rept. 95-1172) Union Station Improvement Act - Amends the National Visitor Center Facilities Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to transfer the lease and purchase option of the facilities of Union Station, Washington, D. C. to the Secretary of Transportation. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, after such assignment, to operate that portion of the premises not subject to the Department of the Interior for operation of the National Visitor Center as a rail passenger terminal and intercity bus terminal. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to acquire any property interest not held by the United States which may be necessary for the completion of Union Station. Directs the Secretary to complete the parking facility at Union Station. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to allow the Washington Terminal Company to cease further construction of the new railroad passenger station in the area beneath and adjacent to the parking facility. Authorizes the Company, at the request of the Secretary, to transfer all of its rights and obligations concerning Union Station to the Secretary. Amends the Department of Transportation Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to submit to Congress biannual status reports on the planning, design, construction, and operation of the bus facility. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the provisions of this Act. 10/4/78 sfac152 Measure passed Senate, amended Union Station Improvement Act - Amends the National Visitor Center Facilities Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to transfer the lease and purchase option of the facilities of Union Station, Washington, D.C. to the Secretary of Transportation. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, after such assignment, to operate that portion of the premises not subject to the Department of the Interior for operation of t… | 2025-09-02T17:14:10Z | |
| 95-s-2981 | 95 | s | 2981 | Local Rail Service Assistance Act of 1978 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-25 | 1978-11-08 | Public Law 95-607. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11979) Local Rail Service Assistance Act - =Title I: Local Rail Service Assistance= - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance to States for rail freight assistance programs to cover: (1) the cost of acquiring a line of railroad or other rail properties to maintain existing or provide for future rail service; and (2) the cost of constructing rail or rail related facilities (including new connections between two or more existing lines of railroad, intermodal freight terminals, sidings, and relocation of existing lines of railroad) to improve rail freight service. Revises the cost sharing formula for rail freight assistance programs under such Act to stipulate that the Federal share of such a program shall be 80 percent of its cost, except in the case of operating assistance projects where such share shall be 80 percent for the first year and 70 percent for the second and third years. Allows the State share of such costs to be provided in cash or through otherwise not provided benefits in the form of: (1) forgiveness of State taxes imposed on a railroad or its properties; (2) provision by the State, or by any person or entity on its behalf, of real property or tangible personal property necessary for State operation of rail freight service; (3) trackage rights secured by the State for a railroad. Provides that any amount in excess of the State share be applied toward such share for subsequent fiscal years; or (4) the cash equivalent of State salaries for State employees working in the State rail service assistance program. Revises the formula allocating Federal funds for rail service assistance programs among the States. Requires the Secretary to measure rail mileage as of the first day of each fiscal year. Allows two or more eligible States to agree to combine any portion of such entitlement to jointly conduct any eligible project. Authorizes each State to spend the greater of fiv… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-s-2982 | 95 | s | 2982 | A bill to authorize the States to use certain unobligated allocations for the Federal-aid highway systems for the repair of certain weather related damage to highways and urban mass transportation systems due to severe weather in the winter of 1977-1978 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-25 | 1978-04-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into contracts with any State by which the State may use up to ten percent of certain unobligated allocations for the Federal-aid highway system to repair highways and the surface rails of urban mass transportation systems (other than railroads) which were damaged as a result of the severe weather in the Winter of 1977-1978. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 95-hr-12275 | 95 | hr | 12275 | Older Americans Act Transportation Amendments | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-20 | 1978-04-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Older Americans Act Transportation Amendments - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965: (1) to require the National Information and Resource Clearing House for the Aging to prepare and disseminate information related to transportation services for older persons; and (2) to require the Council on Aging to undertake a study of transportation programs for older persons offered by the Federal Government. | 2025-09-02T17:10:30Z | |
| 95-hr-12276 | 95 | hr | 12276 | Rail Freight Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-20 | 1978-04-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Rail Freight Improvement Act - Title I: Rail Transportation - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a national survey of the existing rolling stock of all rail freight carriers. Directs the Secretary, based on the results of such survey, to create regional reserves of railroad rolling stock for lease to rail carriers for seasonal, specialized or high volume operations which in and of themselves do not justify the purchase of equipment. Directs the Secretary to establish, in conjunction with the reserve of rolling stock, regional rolling stock repair yards. Directs the Secretary, every six months, to establish efficiency ratings for each participating rail carrier for each of its lines utilizing reserve rolling stock. Stipulates that if a carrier's rating has increased it shall be eligible for reduced leasing rates and that if such rating has decreased a penalty charge shall be assessed on future leases of rolling stock by the railroad. Directs the Secretary to establish a computerized car identification plan to monitor the location, use, and respective load factors of the rolling stock in the regional reserve rolling stock program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct a study of abandoned rail lines or lines subject to abandonment to determine whether the line involved is crucial to intrastate or interstate shipment within such State, the costs of operating such a line, and whether the State should provide for the continued operation of such line. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the completion of such a study, to make a loan to a State to cover 90 percent of the costs of upgrading such a railroad line for operation. Authorizes appropriations out of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Transportation Public Service Employment - Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to develop policies, procedures, and programs to carry out this Act which will provide employment opportunit… | 2025-09-02T17:10:25Z | |
| 95-hr-12281 | 95 | hr | 12281 | Tanker Safety Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-20 | 1978-04-20 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 1 | Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to require that vessels subject to such Act be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires that vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States and for which construction is contracted for or begun after January 1, 1978, be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity. | 2025-09-02T17:10:24Z | |
| 95-hjres-859 | 95 | hjres | 859 | Joint resolution making supplemental appropriations for the United States Railway Association for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-05-19 | Public Law 95-282. | House | Rep. Mahon, George H. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | M000065 | 0 | Makes supplemental appropriations to the United States Railway Association for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1979. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 95-hr-12221 | 95 | hr | 12221 | National Rail Passenger Corporation Authorization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 0 | National Rail Passenger Corporation Authorization Act - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for fiscal year 1979. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Corporation, to develop a preliminary recommendation for a route system for the Corporation which will provide an optimal intercity railroad passenger system based on current and future market and population requirements. Specifies considerations which the Secretary is to consider in formulating such recommendations and specifies provisions to be included in such report. Directs the Office of Rail Public Counsel to conduct public hearings on the Secretary's recommendations and to submit its findings to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to thoroughly consider such material in developing a final recommended route system for the Corporation. Directs the Secretary to submit such final recommendations to both Houses of Congress and to specified committees. Stipulates that such recommendations shall be deemed approved within 60 days unless either the House of Representatives or the Senate adopts a resolution disapproving such recommendations. Directs the Corporation after such approval to complete the implementation of such basic route system within 12 months. Exempts such implementation from specified provisions of such Act. Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to establish maximum travel times between points in the Northeast Corridor. Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to develop economical and reliable rolling stock and related equipment designed to be compatible with the track, and operating and marketing characteristics of the Northeast Corridor. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission in determining the compensation to be paid by the Corporation to other railroads or public transportation agencies for track or facility usage to limit such compensation to the avoidable costs of permitting the Corporation… | 2025-09-02T17:10:25Z | |
| 95-hr-12226 | 95 | hr | 12226 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 13 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act - Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise and extend the authorization for appropriations for the Interstate Highway System through fiscal year 1992. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of a portion of such funds for fiscal years 1980 through 1983. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such amounts in a specified manner for fiscal year 1980. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for specified highway programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be 95 percent of the cost of such a project. Establishes a cutoff date for the designation and completion of the Interstate Highway System. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years. Sets forth the Federal share of the costs of such projects. Increases the Federal share for specified highway programs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a State's request for the retention of certain outdoor advertising where the sign or display was in existence on May 5, 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to approve Federal participation in State projects for replacing unsafe highway bridges which are not on the Federal-aid system. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for traffic control signalization projects designed to conserve motor fuel and decrease traffic congestion. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds made available for pavement marking demonstration programs in a manner deemed by the Secretary most appropriate to expedite the completion of pavement markings on all highways. Increases the amount of appropriations authorized for the construction of bridges across Federal dams which may be expended as an emergency fund to meet additional costs. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to increase the Federal sha… | 2025-09-02T17:10:27Z | |
| 95-hr-12237 | 95 | hr | 12237 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code, relating to highways, to authorize a program to separate rail and highway crossings in certain energy impacted cases. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to furnish Federal financial assistance for construction projects to separate rail-highway crossings where the rail facilities have incurred a substantial increase in use as a result of coal transportation activities with the result of substantial delays in highway travel. Stipulates that the Federal share of such a project shall not exceed 90 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1979 through 1981 for such projects. | 2024-08-01T20:05:39Z | |
| 95-s-2940 | 95 | s | 2940 | Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for expenses of the Office of Safety, State safety programs, expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration and for conducting safety research and development programs. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Amends the Hours of Service Act to define the term "designated terminal" as the home terminal or the away from home terminal of a railroad employee. Limits to ten hours the maximum amount of time which a railroad employee may continuously work without a ten hour off duty period. Prohibits the operation of any freight train exceeding 4,300 feet, exclusive of caboose. Prohibits discrimination against railroad employees who complain of violations of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 or who refuse to operate defective equipment which the employee reasonably believes to be in violation of such Act or regulations promulgated thereunder or who refuses to work in an area where the employee believes there is present an imminent danger to health or safety. Establishes within the Federal Railroad Administration an Office of Occupational Safety and Health to administer the occupational health and safety functions of the Administration. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of such Office. | 2025-09-02T17:14:09Z | |
| 95-s-2953 | 95 | s | 2953 | Highway and Public Transportation Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Highway and Public Transportation Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments to Title 23, United States Code - Amends Title 23, United States Code (Highways), to revise specified definitions contained in such title. Modifies the definition of "construction" to include highway maintenance (thereby allowing States to use Federal system funds for maintaining projects constructed on a Federal system) and to include construction of public transportation projects within the scope of such title. Eliminates the secondary Federal-aid system. Establishes a "small urban and rural" Federal-aid highway system. Stipulates that funds apportioned to each State for the primary and urban Federal-aid systems may be spent for any project on the urban system or the small urban and rural system to the extent that such apportionment is attributable to urbanized areas, and small urban and rural areas. Expands the urban system to include all transportation projects in urbanized areas except Interstate highway projects. Stipulates that the Secretary of Transportation may withdraw approval of an Interstate highway within a State upon request of the Governor and local governments concerned (previously such requests were to be made by the State highway department). Stipulates that, upon the joint request of the Governor and the local governments concerned, the Secretary may approve substitute projects for Interstate projects for other areas within a State (previously substitute projects were limited to the corridor or area from which the route was withdrawn). Stipulates that the Federal share for such a substitute project shall be 90 percent of its cost. Directs the Secretary, in determining cost estimates for withdrawn Interstate routes, to increase or decrease such cost in accordance with the increase or decrease in construction materials and labor to construct such a substitute project in the local market where the project is located. Requires States to either submit environmental impact statements on all Interstate projects or to withdraw … | 2025-09-02T17:14:08Z | |
| 95-hr-12192 | 95 | hr | 12192 | A bill to add mileage to the Interstate System for a route along a segment of Missouri Route 725. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-18 | 1978-04-18 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Young, Robert A. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | Y000051 | 5 | Authorizes additional mileage for the Interstate Highway System for the construction of a route along Missouri Route 725 between Interstate Route 270 and Page Avenue in Saint Louis County, Missouri. | 2024-08-01T20:05:38Z | |
| 95-hr-12204 | 95 | hr | 12204 | Maritime Regulatory Reorganization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-18 | 1978-04-18 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. McCloskey, Paul N., Jr. [R-CA-12] | CA | R | M000343 | 0 | Maritime Regulatory Reorganization Act - Abolishes the Federal Maritime Commission. Transfers the functions of the Commission to the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, the Department of Transportation, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Establishes within the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations a Deputy Special Representative for Maritime Affairs who shall be responsible for the regulation of United States foreign waterborne commerce. | 2025-09-02T17:10:24Z | |
| 95-hr-12161 | 95 | hr | 12161 | United States Railway Association Amendments Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-17 | 1978-10-14 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2788 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 1 | (Measure laid on table in House, S. 2788 passed in lieu) United States Railway Association Amendments Act - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1933 to authorize additional appropriations to the United States Railway Association in order to purchase securities of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail). Directs ConRail to establish an employee stock ownership plan. Prohibits the Association from investing specified final sums authorized by such Act until such plan is in effect. Requires that such plan provide for a transfer to the plan and to the accounts of plan participants, periodic installments of Series A preferred stock of the Corporation with a stated redemption value of at least $345,000,000 or any other securities in an amount determined by the Association, with concurrence of the Senate Finance Committee. States that the use of Series A preferred Stock to fund the Employee Stock Ownership Plan shall not relieve ConRail of the responsibility of repaying its indebtedness to the Association. Provides for: (1) the immediate vesting of rights of plan participants in such securities upon allocation to their accounts, subject to defeasance as a result of the plan's termination; and (2) the termination of the plan in the event that ConRail has not attained positive net income for two consecutive quarters and a freight labor cost to freight revenue ratio equal to the average ratio for all Class I railroads in 1977. Lists requirements the plan must fulfill, including, but not limited to, being approved by the Board of Directors of ConRail, the Association, and the Senate Finance Committee. States that the employee stock ownership plan shall be an employee benefit plan, combined with a trust that is tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Makes provisions for plans which do not meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Directs ConRail to adopt terms and conditions governing securities or interests therein to be transferred to the plan to protect the interest of … | 2024-08-01T20:05:35Z | |
| 95-hr-12162 | 95 | hr | 12162 | A bill to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to authorize additional appropriations for the Office of Rail Public Counsel. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-17 | 1978-09-25 | Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #824 (188-196). | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 1 | Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to authorize appropriations for the Office of Rail Public Counsel for fiscal year 1979. | 2024-08-01T20:05:27Z | |
| 95-hr-12106 | 95 | hr | 12106 | Independent Safety Board Act Amendment of 1978 | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-13 | 1978-09-11 | Public Law 95-363. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 1 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Independent Safety Board Act Amendments - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations to the National Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 95-hr-12108 | 95 | hr | 12108 | A bill to amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 relating to certain operating assistance under the Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-13 | 1978-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | B000363 | 0 | Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1974 to repeal the emergency financial assistance provided in such Act for reimbursement for the costs of providing certain mandatory rail passenger service. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reimburse States and local public bodies and agencies for the cost of modernizing and rehabilitating rolling stock, and publicly owned road bed, and for the costs of supporting or operating electric railways designated as Class I. Repeals the present formula for the apportionment of such reimbursement funds and directs the Secretary to establish a new formula within 90 days after the enactment of the Urban Mass Transportation Act Amendments of 1978. Sets forth the Federal share for the payment of subsidies for operating expenses and for rolling stock or publicly owned road bed modernization or rehabilitation. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts through fiscal year 1982 for such payments. | 2024-08-01T20:05:30Z | |
| 95-hr-12123 | 95 | hr | 12123 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code, relating to highways, to authorize a program to separate rail-highway crossings in certain impacted cases. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-13 | 1978-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Johnson, James P. (Jim) [R-CO-4] | CO | R | J000148 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to furnish Federal financial assistance for construction projects to separate rail-highway crossings where the rail facilities have incurred a substantial increase in use as a result of coal transportation activities with the result of substantial delays in highway travel. Stipulates that the Federal share of such a project shall not exceed 90 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1979 through 1981 for such projects. | 2024-08-01T20:05:30Z | |
| 95-hr-12137 | 95 | hr | 12137 | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-13 | 1978-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Jenrette, John W., Jr. [D-SC-6] | SC | D | J000099 | 2 | Includes within the definition of "air traffic controller" for purposes of statutes pertaining to Federal employee pay, retirement, and employment, persons actively engaged in providing preflight, inflight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators and the immediate supervisors of such persons. | 2024-08-01T20:05:29Z | |
| 95-hr-12066 | 95 | hr | 12066 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-04-12 | 1978-04-12 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act - Title I: Federal Aid Highway Act - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise and extend the authorization for appropriations for the Interstate Highway System through fiscal year 1992. Sets forth a formula for the apportionment of a portion of such funds for fiscal years 1980 through 1983. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such amounts in a specified manner for fiscal year 1980. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for specified highway programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be 95 percent of the cost of such a project. Establishes a cutoff date for the designation and completion of the Interstate Highway System. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years. Sets forth the Federal share of the costs of such projects. Increases the Federal share for specified highway programs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a State's request for the retention of certain outdoor advertising where the sign or display was in existence on May 5, 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to approve Federal participation in State projects for replacing unsafe highway bridges which are not on the Federal-aid system. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for traffic control signalization projects designed to conserve motor fuel and decrease traffic congestion. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds made available for pavement marking demonstration programs in a manner deemed by the Secretary most appropriate to expedite the completion of pavement markings on all highways. Increases the amount of appropriations authorized for the construction of bridges across Federal dams which may be expended as an emergency fund to meet additional costs. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to increase the Federal sha… | 2025-09-02T17:10:20Z |
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