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| 99-s-2951 | 99 | s | 2951 | Emergency Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-18 | 1986-10-18 | Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 4 | Emergency Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 1986 - Provides that unobligated funds apportioned to a State prior to October 1, 1986, for highway construction projects may be obligated by such State prior to April 30, 1987, for highway construction projects eligible to receive such funds under any apportionment. | 2025-08-29T16:30:40Z | |
| 99-s-2939 | 99 | s | 2939 | Methanol Vehicle Promotion Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 0 | Methanol Vehicle Promotion Act of 1986 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to provide that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a manufacturer of dual fuel automobiles shall receive a Corporate Average Fuel Economy increase according to prescribed formulas. States that the fuel economy of methanol powered automobiles (or dual fuel automobiles) shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol mixture used to operate such automobiles. Prescribes the content of fuel economy labeling for methanol powered and dual fuel automobiles. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to the Congress, starting January 1993, regarding the effects of this Act: (1) upon methanol and gasoline consumption on an industrywide and manufacturer-specific basis; and (2) certain fuel economy standards on an industrywide and manufacturer-specific basis. | 2025-08-29T16:29:27Z | |
| 99-s-2945 | 99 | s | 2945 | A bill to provide for rehiring certain former air traffic controllers. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 7 | Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to appoint or reinstate certain former air traffic controllers whose appointments were terminated due to the air traffic controllers strike of August 1981. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-s-2928 | 99 | s | 2928 | Automotive Safety Improvements Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-16 | Introduced in the Senate and read twice and held at the desk by unanimous consent. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Automotive Safety Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to repeal the general authority of the Secretaries of Transportation and of the Treasury to allow the importaion of motor vehicles that are not in compliance with Federal motor vehicle safety standards if such Secretaries anticipate that such vehicles will conform within a specified time. Sets forth procedures under which a person importing a non-conforming motor vehicle must post bond and comply with conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that such vehicle will be brought into conformity with Federal motor vehicle safety standards. | 2025-08-29T16:32:15Z | |
| 99-s-2936 | 99 | s | 2936 | A bill granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York Rail Improvements Compact. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 2 | Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to the Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York Rail Improvements Compact relating to rail improvements and rail passenger service. Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 99-sjres-428 | 99 | sjres | 428 | A joint resolution granting the consent and approval of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 3 | Grants the consent of the Congress to specified amendments offered by the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to certain sections of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact relating to public hearing requirements, investments, procurement, and public safety. Reserves the right of the Congress to alter or repeal this Act. | 2021-06-30T19:57:57Z | |
| 99-hr-5706 | 99 | hr | 5706 | A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to require vessels used to transport sewage sludge to be built in the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-15 | 1986-10-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to require that vessels used to transport municipal sewage sludge be built in the United States. | 2021-06-30T19:49:57Z | |
| 99-hr-5707 | 99 | hr | 5707 | A bill to amend title 49 of the United States Code to prevent predatory pricing by motor common carriers. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-15 | 1986-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. DioGuardi, Joseph J. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | D000359 | 0 | Amends Federal law regarding motor common carrier rates to provide that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall suspend as unreasonably low any rate which fails to meet or exceed 90 percent of the variable cost of providing the service for which the rate is charged, if any person submits such evidence to the Commission and requests such suspension. Sets forth rebuttable presumptions regarding the evidence submitted. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5658 | 99 | hr | 5658 | A bill to amend the definition of "vessel of the United States" in the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-07 | 1986-10-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. | House | Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7] | WA | D | L000486 | 1 | Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise the definition of "vessel of the United States." Provides that no vessel documented after October 7, 1986, shall be considered a "vessel of the United States" unless such vessel is documented and owned by a U.S. citizen, or a corporation, partnership, or association which is a U.S. citizen. | 2021-06-30T19:49:43Z | |
| 99-hr-5661 | 99 | hr | 5661 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on board passenger-carrying aircraft on domestic flights. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-07 | 1986-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | S000124 | 11 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger-carrying aircraft in interstate or overseas transportation. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations to implement this Act. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2910 | 99 | s | 2910 | A bill to clarify the definition of "vessels of the United States" in the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-07 | 1986-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise the definition of "vessel of the United States" to mean a vessel built in, and documented under the laws of, the United States. (Currently, such definition requires vessels to only be documented under U.S. law.) | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5630 | 99 | hr | 5630 | A bill amending title 46, United States Code, to permit vessels owned by certain corporations to be documented under the laws of the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. McKernan, John R., Jr. [R-ME-1] | ME | R | M000512 | 0 | Amends Federal law regarding the documentation of vessels to provide eligibility for such documentation, under certain conditions, for a vessel owned by a corporation without a board of directors. | 2021-06-30T19:49:37Z | |
| 99-hr-5632 | 99 | hr | 5632 | Bus Regulatory Reform Act Amendments of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 1 | Bus Regulatory Reform Act Amendments of 1986 - Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission (the Commission), when considering a petition for the discontinuance of bus transportation, to take into account the extent to which interstate and intrastate revenues are less than the variable costs of transportation (currently it has to accord great weight to such revenues). Requires the Commission, when considering such a petition, to accord great weight to whether the transportation is the last motor carrier of passenger service to such point, and whether a reasonable alternative to such service is available. Requires the Commission, when making any findings related to the public interest concerning public transportation certification, to accord great weight to the recommendations of each State in which the transportation to be authorized will be provided. Declares that it is the Federal transportation policy to coordinate State and Federal regulatory actions to ensure bus service to rural communities which have no other means of public transportation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Commission, the States, and national associations representing governmental agencies should cooperate in developing innovative regulatory approaches to ensure the preservation of bus service in areas which are threatened with the total loss of public transportation service. | 2025-08-29T16:32:59Z | |
| 99-s-2900 | 99 | s | 2900 | A bill to provide a temporary extension of the Interstate Transfer deadline for the H-3 Highway. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the withdrawal of any route which on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction, but only until ten days after the final legislative day of the 99th Congress. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5621 | 99 | hr | 5621 | Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-30 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | M000992 | 2 | Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to promulgate regulations establishing minimum Federal standards for the licensing, testing, qualifications and classifications of commercial motor vehicle operators, and additional regulations for such operators who transport hazardous materials. Sets guidelines for such standards. Establishes guidelines for civil and criminal penalties to be imposed by the States for violations of such standards. Prohibits commercial motor vehicle operators from possessing more than one operator's license. Sets September 1, 1989, as the deadline by which each State must adopt and administer a classified licensing program which complies with the minimum Federal standards for commercial motor vehicle operators. Requires the States to notify the Secretary of the proposed and actual issuance of a commercial license in order to eliminate the multiple licensing of commercial motor vehicle operators. Restricts the issuance of commercial licenses to persons with acceptable safety records. Provides that States must require commercial operators to turn in other commercial licenses. Provides Federal grants to assist States which have programs for license issuance and administration that comply with the Federal guidelines established under this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) withhold highway funds and certain apportionments from States which are not in compliance with this Act as of September 30, 1990; and (2) establish by January 1, 1989, a commercial driver's license information clearinghouse allowing rapid communication among the States. Sets forth the functions of such information system. Requires any prospective employer to consult such clearinghouse prior to employing a commercial motor vehicle operator in order to ascertain his or her status. Prohibits the employment of drivers whose licenses have been suspended, revoked, or cancelled for cause. Requires the Secretary to establish fees for the use of such information sy… | 2025-08-29T16:31:19Z | |
| 99-hr-5598 | 99 | hr | 5598 | A bill to provide for the transfer of the Coast Guard cutter "Taney" to the city of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a maritime museum and display. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-25 | 1986-10-28 | Became Public Law No: 99-577. | House | Rep. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | M000702 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to transfer the Coast Guard cutter "Taney" to the city of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a maritime museum and display. | 2023-01-19T20:05:12Z | |
| 99-s-2877 | 99 | s | 2877 | A bill to amend section 312(c) of the Federal Aviation Act to 1958, relating to research and development, to require the Secretary of Transportation to assure the development of a collision avoidance system for use on all civil and military aircraft of the United States in the interest of air safety. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-25 | 1986-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards for an airborne collision avoidance system for all U.S. civil and military aircraft within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth guidelines for such standards. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-s-2880 | 99 | s | 2880 | A bill to provide a temporary extension of the interstate transfer deadline for H-3. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-25 | 1986-10-07 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 264 - 147 (Record Vote No: 435). | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation with amendment, H. Rept. 99-950) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the withdrawal of any route which on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction, until ten days after the final legislative day of the 99th Congress. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to make grants to the Metropolitan District Commission, Massachusetts, for an emergency improvement project at the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Limits the Federal share of such project to 75 percent of improvement costs. Authorizes appropriations for such project for FY 1987 through FY 1989. Directs the Administrator to make grants to the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority for a water quality improvement and waste water treatment program for Boston Harbor and adjacent waters. Limits the Federal share of such program costs to 75 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriation for FY 1987 through FY 1991 in addition to, but not in lieu of, other appropriations under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to preclude any person except an eligible authority from applying for a permit to either dump, or transport for the purpose of dumping, any municipal sludge within the New York Bight Apex ocean waters. Prohibits the Administrator from issuing or renewing any permit which authorizes: (1) the dumping (or transportation for purposes of dumping) municipal sludge within the Apex after the earlier of December 15, 1987, or a day determined by the Administrator to be the first day on which such sludge can reasonably be dumped at a site other than within the Apex; or (2) any person other than an elibile authority to dump, or transport for dumping, municipal sludge within the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site." | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2852 | 99 | s | 2852 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to the Peninsula Airport Commission, Virginia, for airport purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-23 | 1986-11-06 | Became Public Law No: 99-618. | Senate | Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] | VA | R | T000367 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Delineates the conditions under which the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to grant releases from any restriction contained in a deed whereby the United States conveyed certain property in Newport News and York County, Virginia, to the Peninsula Airport Commission for airport purposes. Restricts such releases to 7.5 acres of real property. Prohibits the Commission from transferring any interest in such property to any person or business concern other than the city of Newport News, Virginia. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5568 | 99 | hr | 5568 | Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-22 | 1986-09-30 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1029. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 4 | (Measure passed House, amended) Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 - Prohibits, as of July 1, 1987, any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle from having more than one driver's license, except in certain circumstances. Requires commercial motor vehicle operators who have violated motor vehicle traffic control laws of a State other than the license-issuing State to: (1) notify the latter State of such violation; and (2) notify the operator's employer of such violation. Requires commercial motor vehicle operators to notify employers of any suspension or loss of: (1) commercial motor vehicle driving privileges; and (2) previous employment as a commercial motor vehicle operator. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish by regulation the period (not less than ten years) for which notice of such previous employment must be given. Prohibits employers from authorizing to operate a commercial motor vehicle any employee who: (1) has lost the right to drive such vehicles; or (2) possesses more than one commercial motor vehicle driving license. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations by January 1, 1989, establishing minimum Federal standards for testing the fitness of commercial motor vehicle operators. Prescribes guidelines for such standards. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to a State which agrees to establish a program for testing the fitness of commercial motor vehicle operators. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program. Outlines the funding and eligibility guidelines for such grant program for FY 1987 through 1989, and for years after FY 1989. Provides that grant recipients: (1) in FY 1987 through 1989 may only use grant funds to develop a program for testing and ensuring the fitness of commercial motor vehicle operators; and (2) in FY 1990 and thereafter may only use grant funds for testing commercial motor vehicle operators. Presents guidelines for the development of such commercial motor vehicle operators testing program. Directs the Sec… | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5561 | 99 | hr | 5561 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and make recommendations on a default protection plan for airline passengers. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-19 | 1986-10-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-25] | NY | R | B000586 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on methods for providing protection to airline passengers whose flight tickets are cancelled due to bankruptcy proceedings involving the air carrier. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2833 | 99 | s | 2833 | Conrail Privatization Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-18 | 1986-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Conrail Privatization Act of 1986 - Title I: Conrail - Subtitle A: Sale of Conrail - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to retain the services of investment bankers, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to manage the public offering of such common stock of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) as the Secretary deems appropriate. Sets forth procedures for such public offering. Subtitle B: Other Matters Relating to the Sale - Prescribes other matters relating to the sale, including rail service guarantees, ownership limitations, provisions for employees, and essential rail service loan guarantees. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Technical and Conforming Amendments and Repeals - Abolishes the U.S. Railway Association. Sets forth the applicability of the Regional Railroad Reorganization Act of 1973 to Conrail after the sale. Makes other conforming amendments to the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982. Makes other amendments relating to the liability of directors, the effect of this Act on contractors, and employee issues. | 2025-08-29T16:32:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5538 | 99 | hr | 5538 | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, relating to open containers of alcoholic beverages and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the passenger area of motor vehicles and establishment of a national minimum blood alcohol level for driving motor vehicles. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-17 | 1986-09-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 10 | Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State under the Federal-aid highway program if it is lawful in such State to: (1) possess an open alcoholic beverage container in the passenger area of any motor vehicle on a public highway; (2) consume any alcoholic beverage in such motor vehicle on a public highway; or (3) drive a motor vehicle on a public highway when the driver's blood alcohol concentration is at least 0.10 percent. Exempts from such withholding measures charter buses of ten or more passengers whose drivers are not permitted by State law to possess open alcoholic beverages in the passenger area. Sets forth guidelines for the withholding of such funds. Provides for the release of withheld funds to States which comply with this Act on or before September 30, 1991. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5532 | 99 | hr | 5532 | A bill to prohibit the implementation of a rule of the Department of Defense that would establish procedures for determining whether rates charged by vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States are excessive under the Cargo Preference Act of 1904. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials. | House | Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | M000117 | 20 | Prohibits the implementation of a rule of the Department of Defense that would establish procedures for determining whether rates charged by vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States are excessive under the Cargo Preference Act of 1904. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5501 | 99 | hr | 5501 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Solvency and Benefit Increase Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-11 | 1986-09-30 | Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 99-931 (Part I). | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 6 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 99-931 (Part I)) Railroad Unemployment Insurance Solvency and Benefit Increase Act of 1986 - Title I: Financing Provisions - Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to redefine compensation to provide that in computing the compensation paid to any employee, no part of any month's compensation in excess of the monthly compensation base shall be recognized. Establishes a formula for such monthly compensation base. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board (the Board) to: (1) compute the monthly compensation base according to certain guidelines; (2) compute the maximum daily benefit rate applicable to days of unemployment and sickness; and (3) publish notice of such computation in the Federal Register. Revises the guidelines for employers' contributions. Requires the Board to maintain an individual employer record for each employer, and the records necessary to determine pooled charges and pooled credits, as well as unallocated balances for the system. Provides for the combining of joint individual employer records upon the employers' request in the event of a merger, consolidation, unification, or reorganization. Establishes a 12 percent employer contribution limit, or nine percent when a surtax is in effect. Revises the guidelines for employee representatives' contributions to require that such a representative pay a contribution relating to so much of the compensation paid for representation services as is not in excess of a specified monthly compensation base. Extends certain remedies to an employer or employee representative who contests the contribution rate made applicable to him or her by the Board. Establishes deadlines by which the Board shall proclaim certain account balances, pooled ratios and surcharge rates. Requires the Board to publish notice of such proclamations in the Federal Register. Increases from 0.5 to 0.65 the percentage of employer and employee contributions which must be credited to the railr… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2804 | 99 | s | 2804 | Household Goods Transport Competition Improvements Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-10 | 1986-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 0 | Household Goods Transport Competition Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding interstate household goods transportation to prohibit specified terms which have anti-competitive effects from appearing in agency contracts between household goods moving firms and motor common carriers of household goods. Declares that such provisions are unenforceable if they appear in contracts entered into before the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to: (1) consider the effects that pooling agreements between a motor common carrier of household goods and its agents may have upon the agent firms and all forms associated with such agent firms by common ownership; and (2) preserve the operational flexibility and competitive potentials of such agents and firms under common ownership with them. | 2025-08-29T16:30:22Z | |
| 99-s-2807 | 99 | s | 2807 | Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-10 | 1986-10-10 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to repeal the requirement that the National Transportation Safety Board publish notice of the issuance and availability of its accident reports in the Federal Register. Authorizes the Board to require payment from governmental entities for the reasonable cost of goods and services supplied, and to apply the funds received to the Board's appropriations. Empowers the Board to conduct schools for the training of Board employees, and to authorize attendance at such schools by U.S. and foreign government personnel as well as transportation industry personnel. Prohibits the Board, except in specified circumstances, from disclosing records or information relating to its participation in foreign aircraft accident investigations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes an emergency fund for use by the Board to cover necessary expenses (not otherwise provided for) for accident investigations. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to allow airports that receive funds under a certain airport improvement program to use a portion of such funds in FY 1987 for liability insurance premium payments that are attributable solely to airport development and air navigation facilities. Sets guidelines for the obligation of such funds. | 2025-08-29T16:33:11Z | |
| 99-s-2794 | 99 | s | 2794 | General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-09-03 | 1986-09-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 879. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 17 | General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act of 1986 - Declares that this Act supersedes any State law regarding liability for general aviation accidents. Establishes guidelines for uniform standards of liability of general aviation manufacturers for general aviation accidents. States that all actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Establishes, with specified exceptions, a limitation of actions period of 20 years from delivery of aircraft or harm-causing part to the purchaser for general aviation civil liability brought against a general aviation manufacturer. Declares admissible as evidence certain income tax and payroll tax liability for purposes of establishing financial harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Permits the award of punitive damages if a claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the direct result of conduct manifesting conscious, flagrant indifference to safety. Establishes a two-year limitation of actions period for actions arising out of a general aviation accident. Declares the intent of the Congress that sanctions be strictly enforced for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including orders to pay to the other party the reasonable costs of legal fees. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts, concurrently with State courts, for all civil actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident. | 2025-08-29T16:30:14Z | |
| 99-hr-5453 | 99 | hr | 5453 | Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-15 | 1986-09-04 | Executive Comment Requested from Army, Treasury, OMB. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | E000031 | 23 | Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act - Establishes a federally guaranteed loan program for the protection from shoreline erosion of improvements to residential real property contiguous with the Great Lakes. Sets forth conditions for eligibility for such loans and conditions under which States may subsidize such loans. Sets forth authorities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding such loans, including authority to establish limitations on interest rates on eligible loans, to make foreclosures, and transfer guarantees. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop minimum standards with respect to protection from shoreline erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to the Congress on damage from subsurface water seepage. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Congress a single report on the effectiveness of the shoreline protection program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992. | 2025-08-29T16:33:05Z | |
| 99-hr-5466 | 99 | hr | 5466 | Airline Computer Reservations Systems Arbitration Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-15 | 1986-09-05 | Executive Comment Requested from Justice, DOT, OMB. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 1 | Airline Computer Reservations Systems Arbitration Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide arbitration services for any participating air carrier or subscriber (ticket agent) who requests arbitration of any provision of a computer reservations system contract to which it is a party. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such arbitration. | 2025-08-29T16:29:36Z | |
| 99-s-2780 | 99 | s | 2780 | Pipeline Safety Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 1 | Pipeline Safety Act of 1986 - Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to promulgate regulations establishing Federal hazardous liquid pipeline safety standards, including requirements for release detection, prevention, and correction, for the transportation of hazardous liquids and for pipeline facilities. Sets forth the factors which the Secretary may consider when promulgating such regulations. Permits the States to adopt standards or requirements that are more stringent than Federal standards or requirements. Makes the Federal standards and requirements applicable to both interstate and intrastate pipelines. (Currently such requirements apply only to interstate facilities.) Increases from $1,000 to $25,000 the civil penalty imposed for violations of this Act. Increases from $25,000 to $250,000 the criminal penalty imposed for violations of this Act. Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to include within its coverage pipelines and pipeline facilities whether or not the liquids in such facilities have been included under such Act's coverage. Authorizes the commencement of citizens' civil action suits against the Secretary for failure to perform a duty under this Act. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to increase from $3,000,000 to $40,000,000 the fees assessed against hazardous liquids transported by pipelines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:30:20Z | |
| 99-s-2784 | 99 | s | 2784 | Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 2 | Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act - Establishes a federally guaranteed loan program for the protection from shoreline erosion of improvements to residential real property contiguous with the Great Lakes. Sets forth conditions for eligibility for such loans and conditions under which States may subsidize such loans. Sets forth authorities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding such loans, including authority to establish limitations on interest rates on eligible loans, to make foreclosures, and transfer guarantees. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop minimum standards with respect to protection from shoreline erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to the Congress on damage from subsurface water seepage. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Congress a single report on the effectiveness of the shoreline protection program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992. | 2025-08-29T16:32:56Z | |
| 99-sres-485 | 99 | sres | 485 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to return Conrail to the private sector through a public stock offering. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) legislation should be enacted to require the Secretary of Transportation to work with the Congress to undertake a public offering of Conrail stock; and (2) such offering should be required to realize an amount equal to that assumed under the budget resolution. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5414 | 99 | hr | 5414 | A bill to require all automobiles sold in nonattainment areas in model year 1990 and thereafter to be capable of burning both methanol and gasoline. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-13 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to require that all automobiles sold in nonattainment areas model year 1990 and thereafter be capable of burning both methanol and gasoline. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5396 | 99 | hr | 5396 | A bill requiring the development of hazardous materials emergency response procedures, prohibiting the transportation of hazardous materials in certain obsolete railroad tank cars, and requiring a study of railroad tank car design procedures. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-12 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 25 | (Measure reconsidered and passed Senate, amended, roll call #255 (36-35)) Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop emergency response procedures for rail carriers engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials. Prohibits any railroad tank car built before November 6, 1971, from being used for commercial transportation of hazardous materials unless such tank car meets all safety requirements imposed on tank cars built after such date. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding the public safety considerations of railroad tank car design. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5398 | 99 | hr | 5398 | Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-12 | 1986-10-03 | Similiar Provisions Included in H.J.Res.738. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 2 | Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to enter into a 50-year lease of the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport) with the Airports Authority (a public corporation established by this Act solely to operate such airports). States that such authority shall lapse two years after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth lease payments and conditions, including requirements that: (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports be operated as a unit and as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area; (2) the real property constituting such airports be used only for airport purposes; (3) the Airports Authority (the Authority) be subject to certain requirements of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982; (4) the Authority may not change the number of instrument flight rule takeoffs and landings authorized by the High Density Rule at Washington National Airport; (5) the Authority shall continue all collective bargaining rights of Metropolitan Washington Airports employees; and (6) the Secretary must submit such 50-year lease to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Airports Authority should: (1) pursue the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the facilities at the Metropolitan Washington Airports simultaneously; and (2) complete such improvement, construction, and rehabilitation within five years after the earliest date on which the Airports Authority issues bonds. Requires the Airports Authority to be a public corporate body with powers conferred upon it jointly by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia under specified guidelines which include: (1) operation of Metropolitan Washington Airports for public purposes; (2) independence from the State and local governments of Virginia and the District of Columbia; (3) authority to issue bonds; (4) authority to acquire real and personal property; (5) authority to exercise… | 2025-08-29T16:32:03Z | |
| 99-hr-5401 | 99 | hr | 5401 | Safe Pipeline Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-12 | 1986-09-04 | Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 0 | Safe Pipeline Act - Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 and the Natural Gas Pipeline Safey Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of Energy to promulgate minimum Federal standards requiring pipeline facilities operators to: (1) furnish appropriate local governments with detailed maps showing exact locations of pipeline facilities and a complete inventory and description of all substances transported through such facilities; (2) provide certain public safety agencies with such maps, inventories, and descriptions, including an operator's emergency and maintenance manual; (3) notify certain commercial and residential property owners of the location of certain pipeline facilities and of action to take if pipeline hazards are found; (4) post conspicuous signs on all public streets under which such pipeline facilities pass; (5) convert all required shut-off valves to automatic shut-off valves; (6) equip certain pipeline facilities with automatic shut-off valves; and (7) submit a complete inventory to the Secretary regarding all types of pipeline used in such operator's system. Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate minimum Federal standards to require testing and pipeline facilities inspections at specified intervals. Proscribes the siting of new pipelines within 150 feet of a residence, school, nursing home, hospital, or correctional institution, or any other permanently inhabited facility. | 2025-08-29T16:31:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5405 | 99 | hr | 5405 | Travelers Security Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-12 | 1986-09-11 | Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, DOT. | House | Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22] | IL | D | G000400 | 0 | Travelers Security Act of 1986 - Title I: Transportation Security Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a Transportation Security Trust Fund (the Fund) in the Treasury. Imposes a one-half of one percent tax on the amount paid for transportation of any person by air, rail, or bus by common carrier within the United States. Title II: Transportation Security Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to make a grant from the Fund to the operator of a transportation facility for the implementation of an approved security program. Authorizes the Secretary to make a loan from the Fund to the operator of a high risk foreign airport for the implementation of an approved security program. Requires the Secretary to publish a list of high risk foreign airports which shall include all foreign airports that present a greater than ordinary risk of terrorism to a significant number of U.S. citizens. Requires the operator of a transportation facility or high risk foreign airport, before applying for such a grant, to have a security systems analysis prepared for the facility or airport. Requires such analysis to be conducted by a person who is approved by the Secretary and who: (1) is primarily engaged in providing engineering and scientific research and development services; (2) is not a manufacturer or distributor of security equipment; (3) has a top secret security clearance; and (4) has demonstrated to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient expertise in security matters. Requires a security program to include the training of security personnel. Prohibits the Secretary from approving an application for a grant or loan under this title unless the Secretary is satisfied that the security program is in accordance with the recommendations of the security systems analyst. Sets forth the method for applying for a grant and for approving such application. Requires the Secretary to maintain a list of: (1) all approved site security systems analysts; and (2) all approved transportatio… | 2025-08-29T16:33:46Z | |
| 99-hr-5379 | 99 | hr | 5379 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to the Peninsula Airport Commission, Virginia, for airport purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-11 | 1986-10-09 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 0 | Delineates the conditions under which the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to grant releases from any restriction contained in a deed whereby the United States conveyed certain property in Newport News and York County, Virginia, to the Peninsula Airport Commission for airport purposes. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2734 | 99 | s | 2734 | Railroad Service Retirement Credit Act of 1985 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-09 | 1986-09-18 | Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 6 | Railroad Service Retirement Credit Act of 1985 - Presents guidelines under which credits for employment service under the Railroad Retirement Act will apply to individuals who first became employees of the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the National Mediation Board, the National Transportation Safety Board, or the Railroad Retirement Board on or before December 31, 1983. States that Federal civil service retirement deposits may not be required for certain creditable service. Denies any annuity entitlement under the Railroad Retirement Act to an individual eligible to receive an annuity under a civil service retirement plan. | 2025-08-29T16:29:47Z | |
| 99-hr-5351 | 99 | hr | 5351 | Agriculture and Timber Products Shipper Protection Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-06 | 1986-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Agriculture and Timber Products Shipper Protection Act of 1986 - Delineates the essential terms of an agricultural commodities transportation contract which must be made available to the general public in tariff format. Deems any subsequent changes to such terms to be a new contract for purposes of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate within 60 days after enactment of this Act regulations which require such essential contract terms to be made available to the general public in tariff format. Extends from 30 days to 60 days the deadline for filing a complaint against a shipping contract. Directs the railroad contract rate advisory service to: (1) assess the impact on competition among agricultural shippers of contract rate variations for various shipments and published single car rates; and (2) report to the Congress within 120 days after the enactment date of this Act. Prohibits certain rail carriers from requiring of any shipper a minimum number of more than 750 cars annually for timber products' transportation. | 2025-08-29T16:33:22Z | |
| 99-s-2713 | 99 | s | 2713 | A bill to amend title 408 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to ensure the preservation of employee seniority rights in airline mergers and similar transactions. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-04 | 1986-08-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 1 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 regarding airline mergers to require the acquiring air carrier, and the surviving collective bargaining representative, to develop integrated seniority ranking lists for all employee groups if the Secretary of Transportation determines that the seniority of an air carrier employee would be adversely affected by the pending airline merger. Authorizes the affected parties to refer to an arbitrator any irreconcilable differences regarding such integrated seniority ranking lists. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5324 | 99 | hr | 5324 | A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to require airports receiving grants to be in compliance with airport security requirements. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-01 | 1986-09-05 | Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 1 | Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to preclude approval of an airport project grant application unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that the applicant airport operator is in compliance with all relevant Federal regulations and requirements relating to airport security. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5326 | 99 | hr | 5326 | A bill to eliminate certain customs user fees. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 8 | Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to eliminate the customs services fees imposed upon: (1) all arrivals made by private vessel or private aircraft; and (2) the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the United States. Eliminates the collection procedures for such fees. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2709 | 99 | s | 2709 | A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require certain information to be filed in registering the title of motor vehicles, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to prohibit the registration or licensing of motor vehicles when the ownership is transferred in interstate commerce unless: (1) the application for a new certificate of title is accompanied by the prior owner's most recent registration card and title; and (2) the new certificate of title is printed in a specified manner and includes the odometer mileage. Prohibits State issuance of a registration card for a motor vehicle used in interstate commerce unless the application indicates the mileage of the motor vehicle on the application date. Authorizes States to submit alternative mileage disclosure requirements for the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. Provides that a motor vehicle auction company must maintain records showing: (1) the name of the most recent owner; (2) vehicle identification number; and (3) the odometer reading on the date the auction company took possession of the vehicle. Increases the civil penalty for violations of the odometer requirements from $1,000 to $2,000, and imposes a civil penalty in increments of $5,000 for subsequent violations. Increases the criminal penalty for such violations from one to three years maximum imprisonment, and provides for a mandatory imprisonment sentence of three years for second and subsequent convictions. Prohibits the probation, parole, or suspension of a sentence of a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-s-2703 | 99 | s | 2703 | Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-30 | 1986-10-02 | Became Public Law No: 99-435. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 20 | Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from discriminating against handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations to ensure non-discriminatory treatment of such persons. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5274 | 99 | hr | 5274 | A bill to amend section 404 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit discrimination against handicapped persons in air transportation. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-29 | 1986-09-18 | See S.2703. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 38 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from discriminating against handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) revise Federal regulations regarding the carriage of handicapped persons to ensure that all subparts of such regulations apply to all air carriers; (2) review air carrier procedures for the carriage of handicapped persons; and (3) direct that such procedures be brought into conformity with Federal regulations. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5279 | 99 | hr | 5279 | A bill to promote air safety, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-29 | 1986-09-05 | Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 20 | Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and implement a new enforcement strategy for commercial aircraft inspection involving: (1) more frequent hands-on and en-route inspections; (2) periodic rotation of field inspectors from region to region; (3) programs designed to prevent the overscheduling of flight crews engaged in air commerce; and (4) a program to assure that the Military Airlift Command is promptly notified by the FAA whenever a contractor airline of such command has been cited for a safety violation. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that upon conviction of an air carrier for either failure to file requisite reports, or the falsification of such reports, the criminal penalty shall include a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, or a maximum term of five years' imprisonment, or both. Provides a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty which may be imposed for violation of certain administrative, security, and safety regulations by commercial aircraft operators. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit any reprisal by an air carrier against any officer, employee, or contractor of such carrier for the lawful disclosure to a governmental entity (whistle blowing) regarding violations of such Act. Authorizes any person aggrieved by such a reprisal to bring a civil action. Prohibits certain FAA employees from accepting employment with any air carrier following their separation from the FAA, if, during the 24-month period preceding such separation, the employees had any direct control or responsibility over such air carrier in matters directly involving air safety. Imposes a $10,000 fine or three-month maximum imprisonment, or both, for violations of such prohibition. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5281 | 99 | hr | 5281 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to combat drug trafficking, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-29 | 1986-09-11 | See H.R.5484. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit the States to establish criminal penalties (including forfeiture of aircraft) for certain fraudulent activities regarding aircraft registration. Makes it mandatory for an aircraft operator to make an aircraft's certificate (or registration) available for inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hres-518 | 99 | hres | 518 | A resolution authorizing and directing the appropriate committee or committees of the House or any authorized subcommittee thereof, to study the advisability and feasibility of establishing an independent air safety enforcement agency. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-29 | 1986-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 16 | Directs the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives to: (1) study the advisability and feasibility of establishing an independent agency charged with the responsibility for enforcement of air safety in the field of aviation; and (2) report the results of such study, together with recommendations, to the House at the earliest practicable date. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5219 | 99 | hr | 5219 | Household Goods Transport Competition Improvements Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-22 | 1986-08-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5] | WI | D | M000881 | 0 | Household Goods Transport Competition Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding interstate household goods transportation to prohibit specified terms which have anti-competitive effects from appearing in agency contracts between household goods moving firms and motor common carriers of household goods. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to: (1) consider the effects that pooling agreements between a motor common carrier of household goods and its agents may have upon the agent firms and all forms associated with such agent firms by common ownership; and (2) preserve the operational flexibility and competitive potentials of such agents and firms under common ownership with them. | 2025-08-29T16:32:12Z | |
| 99-s-2671 | 99 | s | 2671 | A bill to promote air safety and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 1 | Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and implement a new enforcement strategy for commercial aircraft inspection involving: (1) more frequent hands-on and en-route inspections; (2) periodic rotation of field inspectors from region to region; (3) programs designed to prevent the overscheduling of flight crews engaged in air commerce; and (4) a program to assure that the Military Airlift Command is promptly notified by the FAA whenever a contractor airline of such command has been cited for a safety violation. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that upon conviction of an air carrier for either failure to file requisite reports, or the falsification of such reports, the criminal penalty shall include a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, or a maximum term of five years' imprisonment, or both. Provides a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty which may be imposed for violation of certain administrative, security, and safety regulations by commercial aircraft operators. Prohibits certain FAA employees from accepting employment with any air carrier following their separation from the FAA if, during the 24-month period preceding such separation, the employees had any direct control or responsibility over such air carrier in matters directly involving air safety. Imposes a $10,000 fine or three-month maximum imprisonment, or both, for violations of such prohibition. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-sres-450 | 99 | sres | 450 | A bill authorizing and directing the Committee on Governmental Affairs, or any authorized subcommittee thereof, to study the advisability and feasibility of establishing an independent air safety enforcement agency. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-22 | Referred to the Committee on Rules. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Directs the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs to: (1) study the advisability and feasibility of establishing an independent agency charged with the responsibility for enforcement of air safety in the field of aviation; and (2) report the results of such study, together with recommendations, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 99-s-2662 | 99 | s | 2662 | Liner Development Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-24 | Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 1 | Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after ten years, with possible renewals for additional ten-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the … | 2025-08-29T16:32:11Z | |
| 99-s-2665 | 99 | s | 2665 | A bill to amend the national maximum speed limit law. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 19 | Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit up to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5164 | 99 | hr | 5164 | A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to permit States to monitor certain Federal-aid primary roads with speed limits less than 55 miles per hour for purposes of determining compliance with the national maximum speed limit. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-15 | 1986-08-15 | See H.R.3129. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Permits States which have a general speed limit less than the national maximum to monitor (for purposes of compliance with the national 55-mile-per-hour speed limit) Federal-aid primary highways posted at less than a 55-miles-per-hour. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion previously withheld Federal funds to any State from which they were withheld for failure to comply with enforcement of the national 55-mile-per-hour speed limit, if such State is now found to be in compliance. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2643 | 99 | s | 2643 | Interstate Highway Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-07-15 | 1986-07-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 3 | Interstate Highway Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Act of 1986 - Amends the availability guidelines for apportionment of funds to the States for the Interstate Highway System to provide: (1) that such apportionments shall be available for expenditures in a State during the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which such apportionments were earmarked (thus shortening the period in which such sums are available for obligation by a State); and (2) that apportionments which remain unobligated at the close of such succeeding fiscal year shall be made available to the States for rehabilitation or reconstruction projects on the Interstate System. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to set aside for such projects $300,000,000 before any apportionments are made for a fiscal year beginning after 1986. Conditions the availability of such funds upon a determination by the Secretary that a State is willing and able to: (1) obligate such funds within an immediate one-year period; (2) apply the funds to a ready-to-commence project; and (3) begin construction within the 90-day period immediately following the obligation date of such funds. Requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to projects: (1) costing more than $10,000,000; and (2) involving either high-volume traffic in large urban areas or high-volume truck traffic in rural areas. | 2025-08-29T16:31:58Z | |
| 99-hr-5102 | 99 | hr | 5102 | A bill to amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 861 et seq.) and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Amends the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 to authorize the United States as mortgagee to enforce a preferred mortgage lien in a suit under such Act. Requires the U.S. district court hearing such a suit to either appoint a receiver to operate or supervise the operation of the vessel for which the preferred mortgage lien suit is pending. | 2021-06-30T19:43:12Z | |
| 99-s-2581 | 99 | s | 2581 | A bill to increase the obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-20 | 1986-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Increases the obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 1986 through 1990 (except for emergency relief projects and national minimum drinking age programs). Prescribes allocation guidelines under which the Secretary of Transportation is directed to distribute the obligation limitation for FY 1987 through 1990. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which have been apportioned or allocated to a State; (2) revise a distribution of the funds made available for FY 1987 through 1990 if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during such fiscal year; (3) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during such fiscal year (giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds); and (4) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses, Federal lands highways, and the Strategic Highway Research Program. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to repeal the obligation limitations set therein. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-s-2569 | 99 | s | 2569 | Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-18 | 1986-06-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 3 | Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1986 - Declares as a policy of the Congress that States should: (1) protect natural resources and habitat areas; (2) guarantee recreational exploration of shipwreck sites; and (3) allow for appropriate public or private sector recovery of shipwrecks which protect the historical values and environmental integrity of the shipwrecks and their sites. Allows any person engaging in the recovery of a shipwreck to which a State asserts title to receive reasonable compensation for such recovery. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after the enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties. Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) substantially buried in submerged lands of a State; (2) in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register, and the public is given adequate notice of the location of the shipwreck. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States. | 2025-08-29T16:31:54Z | |
| 99-hr-5040 | 99 | hr | 5040 | National Capital Airports Corporation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-17 | 1986-08-12 | Clean Bill H.R.5398 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 4 | National Capital Airports Corporation Act - Title I: National Capital Airports Corporation - Creates a federally-owned corporation under the direction of the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) known as the National Capital Airports Corporation (the Corporation). Grants such Corporation control and responsibility for the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport). Establishes the Advisory Board of the National Capital Airports Corporation to review Corporation policies and to advise the Secretary and the General Manager of the Corporation. Title II: Operation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports - Transfers to the Corporation: (1) the real property constituting the Metropolitan Washington Airports; (2) all functions of the Secretary and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration relating to such airports; and (3) the personnel and assets of such airports. Prohibits the Corporation from: (1) increasing or decreasing the number of instrument flight rule take-offs and landings permitted for air carriers at Washington National Airport on the date of enactment of this Act (except for safety reasons); and (2) imposing a limitation after such date on the number of passenger arrivals or departures at such airport. Authorizes the Corporation to impose a specified minimum landing fee for general aviation aircraft. Prohibits revenues derived from automobile parking and certain aircraft operation charges at one airport from being used for maintenance or operating expenses at the other. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Corporation should: (1) pursue improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports; and (2) to the extent practicable, cause improvements which have been proposed before the date of enactment of this Act to be completed within five years after the earliest date on which the Corporation issues bonds. Establishes the National Capital Airports Fund to be available to the Cor… | 2025-08-29T16:29:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5043 | 99 | hr | 5043 | Highway Beautification Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-17 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] | RI | R | S000136 | 31 | Highway Beautification Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law regarding outdoor advertising to require the Secretary of Transportation to submit an annual report to the Congress detailing the extent to which each State is in compliance with the outdoor advertising requirements. Provides that a State shall be deemed as failing to provide effective control of outdoor advertising if the State allows vegetation located on State rights-of-way for Interstate or primary system highways to be altered or removed if the purpose of such alteration is to improve the visibility of certain outdoor advertising. Specifies exemptions. | 2025-08-29T16:31:14Z | |
| 99-hr-5044 | 99 | hr | 5044 | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-17 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Tallon, Robert M. (Robin) [D-SC-6] | SC | D | T000034 | 0 | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) the Federal-aid secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; and (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve until September 30, 1986, the withdrawal of any route which was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction as of November 6, 1978. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes appropriations for highway substitution projects for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary), in September of 1986 and every subsequent September, to adjust the last Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate approved to make apportionments for: (1) substitute highway projects; and (2) substitute transit projects. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to set aside funds from specified authorizations for the Strategic Highway Research Program. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary Program; (2) the Federal-aid Secondary System; and (3) the Federal-a… | 2025-08-29T16:30:58Z | |
| 99-s-2552 | 99 | s | 2552 | A bill to allow States to increase the maximum speed limit on interstate highways in rural areas to 65 miles per hour. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | Increases the maximum speed limit on interstate highways in rural areas from 55 to 65 miles an hour. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4973 | 99 | hr | 4973 | Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-08-01 | Executive Comment Received From Federal Maritime Commission. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 0 | Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 to revise the definitions of certain terms used under such Act. Revises the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission) to regulate the rates, fares, and charges of inland intercoastal common carriers. Prohibits the Commission from suspending the operation of any more than ten percent (currently five percent) of any increase or decrease in rates charged by inland intercoastal common carriers. Authorizes the Commission to increase the annual percentage exemption under certain specified conditions. Amends the Shipping Act, 1916 to make revisions to the definition of similar terms under such Act. Makes unlawful the use of a vessel for common carriage that on the same voyage is engaged in contract carriage. Requires every carrier offering port-to-port transportation by water to file with the Commission its rates, fees, and charges in connection with such transportation. Requires every carrier offering through transportation to make the same filing. Revises the authority of the Commission to regulate the rates, fares, and charges of inland intercoastal common carriers. Exempts any interstate water transportation rates, fares, or charges contained in a rail or motor service contract entered into and approved before March 15, 1986, from the requirements of either the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 or the Shipping Act, 1916 until the expiration of the current term of that contract. | 2025-08-29T16:31:58Z | |
| 99-hr-4999 | 99 | hr | 4999 | Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] | KS | D | S000477 | 8 | Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 - Delineates the essential terms of an agricultural commodities transportation contract which must be made available to the general public in tariff format. Deems any subsequent changes to such terms to be a new contract for purposes of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate within 60 days after enactment of this Act regulations which require such essential contract terms to be made available to the general public in tariff format. Proscribes rail transportation service under a contract until such contract receives Commission approval. Directs the railroad contract rate advisory service to: (1) assess the impact on competition among agricultural shippers of contract rate variations for various shipments and published single car rates; and (2) report to the Congress within 120 days after the enactment date of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5006 | 99 | hr | 5006 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway demonstration project to extend Pennsylvania State Route 33 to provide a limited access highway to connect Interstate Routes I-78 and I-80. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to extend Pennsylvania Route 33 on the Federal-aid primary system from its terminus at U.S. Route 22 to Interstate Route I-78 in order to: (1) provide a four-lane limited access highway connecting Interstate Routes I-78 and I-80; and (2) fulfill certain highway demonstration purposes. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the results of such project. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that the Federal share of any project cost under this Act shall be 100 percent, and that the funds are not subject to any obligation limitation. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5012 | 99 | hr | 5012 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to increase civil penalty limits for safety violations by persons engaged in commercial aircraft operations and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide a civil penalty of $1,000 for safety violations relating to notification of proposed construction of structures which could pose a hazard to air navigation. (Current law provides only for a criminal penalty.) Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the civil penalty for certain safety or security violations of such Act or of its regulations by persons operating aircraft for the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5013 | 99 | hr | 5013 | Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-08-13 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 181 - 241 (Record Vote No: 336). | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 16 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 99-767) Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Liability for Personal Injury on Fishing, Fish Processing, and Fish Tender Vessels - Amends Federal law to limit the liability of an employer for the temporary illness, injury, or disability of a seaman employed on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel if the employer: (1) provides a cure for such seaman; and (2) has in effect certain prescribed minimum illness or injury maintenance coverage. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to annually review the dollar figure representing such minimum coverage and to make certain adjustments to such figure, if necessary, in relation to changes in the Consumer Price Index for such period. Limits such an employer's general liability for an illness, disability, injury or death of a seaman employee to $500,000, with specified exceptions. Requires a seamen to bring an action to obtain such coverage within two years from the date the cause of action accrued. Title II: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law concerning fishing vessels to prescribe and to require the prescription of certain safety standards on all fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessels. Defines the international equivalent of such required vessel safety standards. Authorizes an appropriate safety official to take appropriate action with respect to vessels operating in an unsafe condition or in violation of standards set forth under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain vessels from such standards. Outlines civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) to advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning various vessel safety matters. Directs the Secretary, at least once a year, to publish a notice soliciting nomi… | 2021-06-30T20:24:25Z | |
| 99-s-2543 | 99 | s | 2543 | Federal Mass Transit Improvement Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 5 | Federal Mass Transit Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to issue multi-year project obligations to States and public agencies for urban mass transportation projects. Requires the Secretary to notify certain congressional committees at least 30 days prior to issuing such advance obligations. Prohibits such multi-year obligations from exceeding any limitation specified in an appropriations Act. Prescribes guidelines for such obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to make specified grants out of a new balanced investment fund to States and local public bodies for FY 1987 through 1990 for buses and vans. Sets guidelines for the allocation of such funds for urban and rural areas of specified population size. Prohibits such funds from being made available for rail modernization or extension or construction of new rail systems. Prohibits grants or loans for any fixed guideway system construction or extension unless the Secretary has first ensured that the applicant has prepared an evaluation of the proposed project which includes certain information. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for transportation projects substituted for withdrawn Interstate segments. Sets a ceiling upon FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for grants made to States and local agencies for innovative methods in the management and operation of public transportation services. Makes grants for construction projects also available to finance cost-effective leasing projects. Expands the definition of "associated capital items," and reduces the measure of current fair market value of rolling stock from one percent to one-half of one percent. Allows a recipient to retain for specified projects: (1) the net income received from airspace or adjacent property acquired as a result of a federally funded project; or (2) the income derived from the disposal of fungible items which have been fully depreciated. Provides that no funds apportioned… | 2025-08-29T16:33:46Z | |
| 99-s-2546 | 99 | s | 2546 | Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 0 | Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Liability for Personal Injury on Fishing, Fish Tender, and Fish Processing Vessels - Amends Federal law to limit the liability of an employer for the temporary illness injury, or disability of a seaman employed on a fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessel as long as the employer has in effect certain prescribed minimum illness or injury maintenance coverage. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, on January 1 of each year, to review the dollar figure representing the annual minimum payment per year for a seaman's illness or disability, and to make certain adjustments to such figure if necessary. Requires a seaman to bring an action to obtain such coverage within two years from the date the cause of action accrued. Authorizes an owner or employer to limit his or her liability for non-temporary injuries to a specified amount per incident, unless gross negligence or willful misconduct is proven. Title II: Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law concerning fishing vessels to prescribe and require the prescription of certain safety standards on all fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessels. Defines the international equivalent of such required vessel safety standards. Authorizes an appropriate safety official to take appropriate action with respect to vessels operating in an unsafe condition or in violation of standards set forth under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain vessels from such standards for good cause shown. Outlines civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) to advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning various vessel safety matters. Directs the Secretary, at least once a year, to publish a notice soliciting nominations for membership on the Committee. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to designate a r… | 2025-08-29T16:30:36Z | |
| 99-hr-4961 | 99 | hr | 4961 | Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-10 | 1986-11-04 | Pocket Vetoed by President. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of an emergency fund for use by the National Transportation Safety Board (the Board) for accident investigations. Repeals the requirement that the National Transportation Safety Board publish notice of the issuance and availability of its accident reports in the Federal Register. Empowers the Board to conduct schools for the training of Board employees, and to authorize attendance at such schools by U.S. and foreign government personnel as well as transportation industry personnel. Authorizes the Board to require payment from governmental entities for the reasonable cost of goods and services supplied, and to apply the funds received to the Board's appropriations. Authorizes the Board to require reports from persons involved in accidents and incidents involving civilian public aircraft. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to present an interim and a final report to the Congress concerning the increasing costs of general liability insurance coverage for United States public use airport sponsors. Requires the Administrator to contract with a nonprofit foundation for the establishment of a clearinghouse to disseminate general liability insurance information for public use airports. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-sconres-146 | 99 | sconres | 146 | A concurrent resolution on the Essential Air Service Program. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-09 | 1986-06-09 | Referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] | SD | R | A000009 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Essential Air Service Program should be maintained for the ten-year period for which it is authorized. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4939 | 99 | hr | 4939 | A bill to amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to foster increased competition among ocean common carriers in connection with the transportation of certain Government cargoes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-05 | 1986-07-29 | Executive Comment Received From Federal Maritime Comm. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 0 | Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 to prohibit a group of two or more common carriers from establishing rates or service contracts applicable to the transportation of household goods and effects of U.S. military personnel and their dependents moving overseas through U.S. Government bills of lading issued pursuant to Government procurements. | 2021-06-30T19:42:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4924 | 99 | hr | 4924 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on board passenger-carrying aircraft on flights of two hours or less and on flights where seating is not assigned. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44] | CA | D | B000236 | 27 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger aircraft if: (1) the flight is scheduled for two hours or less; or (2) seating is not assigned on such flight. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4931 | 99 | hr | 4931 | A bill to require certain payments from the Consolidated Rail Corporation to the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 2 | Requires the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to: (1) pay $100,000,000 to the United States within 90 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) pay annually 25 percent of the profits from corporation operations to the United States. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4879 | 99 | hr | 4879 | A bill to amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase the percentage of funds allocated to rural areas. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-21 | 1986-07-14 | Executive Comment Received From OMB. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 14 | Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase from 2.93 percent to five percent the amount allocated in any fiscal year for public transportation projects in non-urbanized areas. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hconres-339 | 99 | hconres | 339 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the essential air transportation program should be maintained for the ten-year period for which it is authorized. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-20 | 1986-09-17 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the essential air service to small communities program established under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 should be maintained for the ten-year period for which it is authorized; and (2) no executive action should be taken to undermine this program. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-s-2467 | 99 | s | 2467 | A bill to approve an interstate highway project in Hawaii. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-20 | 1986-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve construction of a portion of Interstate Route H-3 in Hawaii between the Halawa interchange and the Halekou interchange, including the latter interchange. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-s-2468 | 99 | s | 2468 | Antiterrorism and Air Security Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-20 | 1986-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] | AL | R | D000259 | 4 | Antiterrorism and Air Security Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to require the pre-employment investigation (including fingerprinting, if the Administrator determines it is necessary) of any employee with authorized access to: (1) air carriers or foreign air carrier aircraft; or (2) secured areas of U.S. airports serving such air carriers. Requires that any fingerprinting ordered by the Administrator in a criminal history records check shall be submitted to the Attorney General for identification and such a records check. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to implement the pre-employment investigation requirement. Prohibits, with certain exceptions, air carriers or airport operators from employing persons: (1) without the pre-employment investigation; or (2) if such an investigation indicates the existence of a factor which the Administrator determines warrants exclusion from access to aircraft or secured areas. Establishes criminal penalties (including a fine and imprisonment) for the willful violation of the security program relating to secured airport areas or aircraft. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) undertake discussions regarding air transportation security measures with any nation serviced by U.S. air travel; and (2) discourage U.S. air carriers from servicing any nation not cooperating in increasing air transportation security. | 2025-08-29T16:29:37Z | |
| 99-hr-4836 | 99 | hr | 4836 | A bill to amend section 408 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to ensure fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers and similar transactions. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-15 | 1986-08-04 | See H.R.4838. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 1 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions. Makes this Act applicable to any merger or acquisition approval application submitted to the Secretary of Transportation on or after February 1, 1986. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4838 | 99 | hr | 4838 | A bill to amend section 408 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to ensure fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers and similar transactions. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-15 | 1986-09-24 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 982. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 65 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #385 (329-72)) Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the effect of consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control of air carriers with respect to the employment of specified minority group members as air carrier employees, including women, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Hawaiian Natives, and Alaskan Natives. Requires the Secretary to report such study to the Congress within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4824 | 99 | hr | 4824 | A bill to prohibit the buying and selling of certain operating rights at airports and to require implementation of a new rule relating to the allocation of such rights. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-14 | 1986-08-12 | Clean Bill H.R.5398 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 10 | Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to: (1) repeal the rule which permits airlines to buy and sell landing rights at specified high density traffic airports; and (2) refrain from issuing any rule, regulation, or order regarding such airports that is inconsistent with this Act (thus prohibiting future rules permitting the transfer of landing rights). Sets forth transition provisions which: (1) retain the slot allocations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) prohibit any slot transfers except for a trade of slots at the same airport. Requires the Administrator to establish a slot allocation method using either allocation by scheduling committee or allocation by sale or lease. Requires the Administrator to make slots available for foreign air transportation and essential air transportation. Declares that: (1) slot allocation is an exercise of the Administrator's authority to assign the use of navigable airspace; and (2) the use of a slot is an operating privilege within the Administrator's exclusive control and jurisdiction. Outlines the composition of slot allocation scheduling committees. Requires such committees to reach slot allocation agreements by a unanimous vote of the members present and voting. Makes such allocation agreements (including any committee deadlock-breaking mechanism employed by the Administrator) effective for a six-month period. Requires the Administrator to allocate slots by either lease or lottery if a scheduling committee is deadlocked. Requires the proceeds of such slot leases to be deposited in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Authorizes air carriers to trade or sublease slots allocated by the Administrator as a result of a scheduling committee deadlock. Requires the Administrator to redistribute a minimum of five percent of available slots to air carriers not currently serving an airport (or that have fewer than eight slots at such airport) if the Administrat… | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2447 | 99 | s | 2447 | Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-14 | 1986-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 3 | Agricultural Shipper Protection Act of 1986 - Delineates the essential terms of an agricultural commodities transportation contract which must be made available to the general public in tariff format. Deems any subsequent change to such terms to be a separate and new contract for purposes of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate within 60 days after enactment of this Act regulations which require that such essential contract terms be made available to the general public in tariff format. Directs the Commission to liberally interpret the contract disclosure provisions in order to provide liberal discovery to shippers seeking remedies under this Act. Proscribes rail transportation service under a contract until such contract receives Commission approval. Directs the railroad contract rate advisory service to: (1) assess the impact on competition among agricultural shippers of contract rate variations for various shipments and published single car rates; and (2) report to the Congress within 120 days after the enactment date of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:30:55Z | |
| 99-hr-4812 | 99 | hr | 4812 | A bill to prohibit the buying and selling of operating rights at high density traffic airports, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-13 | 1986-06-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. Hearings printed: H. Hrg. 99-59. | House | Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5] | IA | R | L000305 | 10 | Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to: (1) repeal a certain final rule which permits airlines to buy and sell landing rights at specified high density traffic airports; and (2) refrain from issuing a rule, regulation, or order restricting instrument flight rule takeoffs or landings at any airport that is inconsistent with this Act (thus prohibiting future rules permitting the transfer of operating rights). Requires the Administrator to establish a method for the equitable allocation of operating rights ("slots") at high density traffic airports which is consistent with aviation safety. Requires that such slot allocations be made by separate air and commuter carrier scheduling committees established for each high density traffic airport. Directs the Administrator to establish the composition of such committees. Requires such committees to allocate and reallocate slots according to a time schedule established by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide slots for foreign air transportation and for essential air transportation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a special mechanism for slot allocation if the scheduling committee is unable to agree on allocation within the established time schedule; and (2) formulate an allocation mechanism for all new, voluntarily returned, and unused slots. Terminates such special slot mechanism after December 31, 1988. Requires that any slot allocation mechanism established by the Administrator: (1) adequately ensure the opportunity for new entry; (2) maintain essential air transportation; and (3) protect the access rights of commuter operators. Prohibits the sale, lease, or transfer of allocated slots by an air carrier or a commuter air carrier, with specified exceptions. Declares that slots are public property and that their use represents a nonpermanent operating privilege within the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the Administrator. Auth… | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4817 | 99 | hr | 4817 | A bill to amend Public Law 99-190 to repeal the provision relating to the collection of tolls for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-13 | 1986-09-18 | See H.R.5205. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17] | NY | D | W000258 | 12 | Amends Federal law regarding toll collection for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, to repeal the requirement that tolls be collected only from those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4767 | 99 | hr | 4767 | A bill to deauthorize the project for improvements at Racine Harbor, Wisconsin. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-07 | 1986-05-21 | Became Public Law No: 99-315. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 0 | Deauthorizes the project for improvements at Racine Harbor, Wisconsin. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to transfer to Racine County, Wisconsin, title to any facilities constructed as part of such project. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2417 | 99 | s | 2417 | Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-07 | 1986-10-17 | H.J.RES. 738 passed in Senate relating to this measure. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 18 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986 - Establishes the Aviation Safety Commission (whose members are to be appointed by the President within 30 days after enactment of this Act) to study how the Federal Aviation Administration may most effectively perform its responsibilities and increase aviation safety. Outlines the main considerations in such study. Requires the Commission to submit a report on such study to the President and the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission nine months after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4749 | 99 | hr | 4749 | A bill entitled: The Mass Transit Improvement Act of 1986. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-06 | 1986-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 0 | Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to eliminate as a condition of Federal financial assistance to State and local public mass transit agencies the retention of certain employee protective arrangements including: (1) collective bargaining rights; (2) pension rights; (3) certain assurances of employment and reemployment; and (4) paid training or retraining programs. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-2405 | 99 | s | 2405 | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-06 | 1986-09-24 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 5 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 3129 passed in lieu) Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986 - Title I: Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program; (2) the Federal-aid Urban system; (3) the Federal-aid Secondary system; (4) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (5) the Federal lands highway program; (6) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas; (7) highway safety construction programs; (8) highway construction safety research and development; (9) certain hazards elimination projects; and (10) hazards elimination projects regarding railway-highway crossings. Makes highway construction projects on any public road serving the area of a withdrawn Interstate route eligible as highway substitution projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to approve until September 30, 1986, the withdrawal of any route which was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction as of November 6, 1978. Makes substitution funds available in a State for two years. Authorizes appropriations for highway substitution projects for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust in September of 1986 and every subsequent September the last approved Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate to make apportionments for substitute highway projects and substitute transit projects on October 1 or as soon as practicable thereafter for fiscal years subsequent to FY 1986. Directs the Secretary to reserve in a State's account until a disposition decision has been reached an amount equal to the Federal funds expended to purchase a right-of-way for a withdrawn Interstate route if the State has not disposed of such right-of-way upon the date of enactment of this Act. States that upon repayment by a State of its right-of-way debt, such repayment shall be credited to the unprogrammed fund balance apporti… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-4740 | 99 | hr | 4740 | A bill to specify information which is to be included in manifests submitted for vessels and vehicles arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-05-01 | 1986-05-08 | Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Labor, Commerce, ITC, USTR. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require specified information to be included in the manifests of cargo vessels of less than five tons or any vehicle arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. Makes available for public disclosure certain information contained in such manifests. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if the Secretary of the Treasury makes a finding that disclosure will pose a threat of personal injury or property damage or such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2369 | 99 | s | 2369 | A bill to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to adjust rail rates to reflect cost decreases due to inflation. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-24 | 1986-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 0 | Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to require rail rate reductions to reflect cost decreases due to deflation. Prescribes guidelines for such reductions. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4612 | 99 | hr | 4612 | Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Amendments of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-17 | 1986-07-16 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 44 | Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Amendments of 1986 - Transfers to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): (1) the motor carrier safety functions of the Federal Highway Administration; and (2) the hazardous materials transportation functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration. Establishes in the NHTSA the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety (the Bureau), headed by an Associate Deputy Administrator for Motor Carrier Safety who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary). Outlines the motor carrier safety functions of the Associate Deputy Administrator. Establishes in the NHTSA the Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation, headed by an Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Transportation. Outlines the functions of such Associate Administrator. Requires the Associate Deputy Administrator for Motor Carrier Safety to: (1) notify each motor carrier of the safety rating for such carrier; and (2) publish such ratings annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1988: (1) for motor carrier safety functions; (2) to increase to 150 the number of motor carrier safety inspectors; and (3) for the hazardous materials transportation program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to increase the authorizations used to reimburse the States' pro rata share of costs incurred to implement Federal motor vehicle safety rules. Amends the Surface Transportation Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to make grants to States and political subdivisions for the designation of: (1) hazardous materials transportation routes; and (2) hazardous materials parking sites. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to require registered carriers of hazardous materials to maintain records of the routes followed in the transportation of such materials. Requires persons engaged in the commercial transportation of certain hazardous materials to prepare an annual registration statement. Authorizes appropri… | 2025-08-29T16:33:32Z | |
| 99-hr-4625 | 99 | hr | 4625 | A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize law enforcement officials to search passengers and property to be transported in commercial air transportation. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-17 | 1986-05-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5] | GA | D | F000329 | 5 | Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that: (1) any person delivering property to an air carrier for shipment in air commerce is deemed to have consented to a search of such property by a law enforcement officer at any time; and (2) any person presenting himself for boarding an aircraft for transportation in air commerce is deemed to have consented to a search, including a search of his or her property intended to be transported on such aircraft. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4635 | 99 | hr | 4635 | Highway Beautification Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-17 | 1986-07-14 | Executive Comment Received From OMB. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 1 | Highway Beautification Act of 1986 - Requires States and Federal agencies to control, according to prescribed guidelines, the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in rural areas adjacent to the Federal-aid primary and the Interstate systems. Provides that a State shall be deemed as failing to provide effective control of outdoor advertising if the State allows vegetation located on State rights-of-way for Interstate or primary system highways to be altered or removed if the purpose of such alteration is to improve the visibility of certain outdoor advertising. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide for rights-of-way areas on the Federal-aid primary and Interstate systems in which informational signs may be erected according to national standards. Sets deadlines for the removal of nonconforming signs. Authorizes the Secretary to approve payments out of certain apportionments for sign acquisition and removal by a State. Repeals, effective September 30, 1988, Federal law enacted prior to this Act regarding outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the Interstate and primary systems. Provides for the payment of outdoor advertising bonus claims submitted by a State before such effective repeal date. | 2025-08-29T16:31:29Z | |
| 99-s-2325 | 99 | s | 2325 | A bill to permit a maximum speed limit of seventy miles per hour on any route within the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-17 | 1986-04-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] | NE | D | E000284 | 2 | Increases the maximum speed limit on routes within the Interstate System from 55 to 70 miles per hour. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 99-s-2316 | 99 | s | 2316 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to specify information which is to be included in manifests submitted for vessels and vehicles arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-16 | 1986-04-18 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require specified information to be included in the manifests of cargo vessels of less than five tons arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. Makes available for public disclosure certain information contained in such manifests. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if the Secretary of the Treasury makes a finding that disclosure will pose a threat of personal injury or property damage or such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-4581 | 99 | hr | 4581 | Liner Development Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-15 | 1986-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 3 | Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after 15 years, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mu… | 2025-08-29T16:30:08Z | |
| 99-hr-4582 | 99 | hr | 4582 | Liner Development Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-15 | 1986-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 3 | Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts. Outlines: (1) eligibility requirements for ODS contracts with the Secretary; and (2) procedures for entering into such contracts, requiring any operator to apply within 120 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to award and enter into an ODS contract with a qualified applicant within 270 days after enactment of this Act. Outlines procedures for amending existing ODS contracts to reflect the changes brought about by this Act. Requires any operator wishing to amend its contract to notify the Secretary of such intention within one year after enactment of this Act. Prohibits any such amendments from taking effect prior to 270 days after enactment of this Act. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new ODS contracts and amendments to existing contracts; including: (1) monthly payment of ODS by the Secretary upon contractor verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of ODS payments based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that, all such vessels be manned by U.S. citizens and be able to be converted into naval auxiliary vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of a prorated ODS if there is an insufficient amount of total ODS funds. Provides that all ODS contracts and amended contracts under this Act can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Provides for the termination of such contracts 15 years after the enactment of this Act, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. D… | 2025-08-29T16:33:07Z | |
| 99-hr-4583 | 99 | hr | 4583 | Liner Development Act of 1986 | Transportation and Public Works | 1986-04-15 | 1986-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 3 | Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews abroad such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after 15 years, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mu… | 2025-08-29T16:30:08Z |
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