RAILROADS
Addresses
Women's Transportation Seminar, Sec. of Transportation Dole, 12678-12681 [17MY]
Amendments
Amtrak: authorize appropriations (H.R. 3648), 26206 [28SE], 27147 [4OC], 27699, 27700 [6OC]
———authorize appropriations (S. 1117), 26091 [28SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3648), 28213 [18OC]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: enact (H.R. 1646), 20667 [25JY], 21017 [26JY], 22025, 22026, 22027, 22028 [1AU]
Analyses
Amendment to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 1082 [27JA]
H.R. 1646, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 22132 [2AU]
Rail Act Provisions, 8695 [14AP]
S. 1076, Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act, 8835 [18AP]
Articles and editorials
Amtrak Run Called Risky, 28234 [18OC]
Burlington Northern Chooses To Stay With the ``Black Hats'', 2082 [10FE]
Cargo Car of Future Rolling on Fast Track, 2079 [10FE]
Coal by Pipe or Politics, 25226 [21SE]
Deal With Rail Issues, 28234 [18OC]
Forming a Shipper Association May Save Local Rail Service, 10802 [3MY]
From the UMWA—Coal Slurry Pipelines Mean False Promises, False Hope, 14176 [26MY]
Making Better Use of Boxcars—ICC Moves Create Furor, 26710 [30SE]
Man Run Over by Train Near Station in Westerly, 28235 [18OC]
OK for Coal Slurry?, 22768 [3AU]
Railroads Outbid Pipeline Consortium, 21758 [29JY]
Rails Riding High, 34950 [14DE]
Region Would Benefit From Atlantic City Trains, 18574 [11JY]
Sixty Years of Railroad Honored With Gold Spike, 20518 [22JY]
Spare Board Engineers' Hours Erratic, 28234 [18OC]
Train Kills Pawtucket Man—Son Injured, 28235 [18OC]
Trouble on the Tracks, 28233 [18OC]
Turn On the Coal Faucet, 15981 [15JN]
Two Railroads Outbid Pipeline Consortium for Coal Shipment, 23955 [13SE]
Use, Punctuality Rise on Amtrak, 21764 [29JY]
We Can't Afford Not to Back Rail Plan, 23764 [12SE]
Worried States Enter the Railroad Business To Save Branch Lines, 26559 [29SE]
Bills and resolutions
Alcohol and drug abuse: control (see H. Con. Res. 234)
Amtrak: authorize appropriations (see S. 1117, 1118; H.R. 2764, 3648)
———require acceptance of commuter tickets (see H.R. 2429)
———study use of, for mail transportation (see H. Con. Res. 73)
Boxcar traffic: moratorium on deregulation (see H.R. 4045)
California: validate conveyance of certain Central Pacific Railway Co. lands (see H.R. 451)
Common carriers: amount in controversy requirement in certain actions (see H.R. 3919)
Connecticut and New York: resolution of labor dispute (see S. 1058; H.R. 2485)
Consolidated Rail Corp.: insurance benefits for employees (see H.R. 39)
———prohibit certain actions (see H.R. 3332)
Economic security: protect railroads controlled by other entities (see H.R. 2318)
Employees: benefit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 250)
Freight forwarder operating authorities: allow deduction (see H.R. 3528)
High-speed intercity rail passenger service: feasibility study (see H.R. 4308)
ICC: balance of interests between rail shippers and carriers (see H. Con. Res. 219)
Land grant lands: consider income from rail line abandonment and discontinuation proceedings (see H.R. 2318)
———forfeiture in proportion to rail service abandonments (see H.R. 2318)
Multimodal Transportation Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1445)
National Transportation Safety Board: civil service retirement credit for service under Federal railroad retirement program (see H.R. 185)
Public law board: review findings for fraud or corruption (see H.R. 1508)
Purchasers of rail services: define (see H.R. 4132)
Rail carriers: accounting method (see S. 1082; H.R. 2584)
Rail line rehabilitation: authority to issue bonds (see S. 928)
Rail Passenger Service Act: amend (see H.R. 2764)
Rail service: disapproving recommendation that States assume costs of certain (see H. Res. 149)
Railroad Accounting Principles Board: extend authorization (see H.R. 4439)
Railroad Bonding Act: enact (see S. 928)
Railroad Retirement Account: financial condition (see H.R. 1445)
Railroad Retirement Act: annuity payments shall not be included in determining eligibility for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 261)
———benefits for divorced persons (see H.R. 95)
———computation of annuities (see S. 1934; H.R. 3943, 4141)
Railroad retirement tax (see H.R. 1445)
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account: financial condition (see H.R. 1445)
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: amend (see S. 1076)
———compensation (see H.R. 1223)
———increase maximum daily benefit (see H.R. 94)
Rates: adjust (see S. 1081)
———standards (see S. 1082; H.R. 2584)
Rehabilitation projects: aid (see H.R. 1509)
Retirement benefits: study work and earnings limitations (see H.R. 3948)
Retirement taxes: increase (see H.R. 1180)
Shippers: prohibit denying use of track (see H.R. 4559)
Transportation contracts: full disclosure (see S. 2137)
Transportation projects: Federal assistance (see S. 1445)
Unemployment benefits: extend (see H.R. 1801)
———extend supplemental (see S. 1717)
———increase period (see H.R. 880)
Unemployment compensation (see H.R. 263, 1093)
Documents
Coal Transportation Tariff of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (excerpt), 24682 [19SE]
History
Deregulation of Railroads in Montana, 2082 [10FE]
Letters
Arkansas Power & Light's coal haulage contract with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad: Floyd W. Lewis for Middle South Utilities, Inc., 24680 [19SE]
———Senator Johnston, 24679 [19SE]
Purported letter by Martin Van Buren to Andrew Jackson attacking railroads, George W. Franz, 27425 [5OC]
Rail line between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, New Jersey Citizens Transportation Council, 25808 [26SE]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: Association of American Railroads, 22131 [2AU]
———National Railway Labor Conference, 22138 [2AU]
———Railroad Retirement Board, 22007 [1AU]
———Railway Labor Executives' Association, 22131, 22138 [2AU]
———(sundry), 22131, 22137 [2AU]
Transportation by canal boats versus railroads, Martin Van Buren (1829), 24313 [15SE]
Memorandums
Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act (S. 1076), 8828 [18AP]
Memorials of legislature
Conrail track abandonment program: Pennsylvania, 8771 [18AP], 11275 [5MY]
Elimination of certain railroad crossings: Nevada, 16185 [16JN]
Federal Railroad Administration determination regarding train speeds: Nevada, 7160 [24MR]
Passenger train service: Oklahoma, 18798 [12JY]
Rail service: Indiana, 3114 [28FE]
Railroad retirement benefits: North Dakota, 11276 [5MY], 11671 [10MY]
———Tennessee, 13483 [24MY]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: Maine, 18075 [29JN]
———Mississippi, 9690 [26AP]
———North Dakota, 9690 [26AP]
———Oklahoma, 20350 [21JY]
———Oregon, 27245 [5OC]
———South Carolina, 14508 [6JN]
Messages
Alaska Railroad Operation Report, President Reagan, 13480 [24MY], 13537 [24MY]
Budget Deferrals, President Reagan (PM 72), 23540 [12SE]
Railroad Retirement Board Report, President Reagan, 17691 [28JN], 23702 [12SE]
Railroad Retirement System: President Reagan, 3241 [1MR], 3294 [1MR]
Petitions
Rail Passenger Service Act: San Antonio, Tex., citizen, 4437 [9MR]
Press releases
Transportation of coal, Middle South Utilities, 22371 [2AU]
Remarks in House
Alcohol: address industry problems (H. Con. Res. 234), 34901 [18NO]
Amtrak: authorize appropriations (H.R. 3648), 16825 [22JN], 27647, 27696-27704 [6OC], 28233 [18OC]
———increase use of rail service to transport mail (H. Con. Res. 730, 3732 [2MR]
———system improvements, 21764 [29JY]
Bloomer Shippers Railway Redevelopment League: acquisition and rehabilitation of railway lines, 10802 [3MY]
Branch railroad lines: state involvement, 26559 [29SE]
Brotherhood Railway Carmen: tribute, 21294 [27JY], 22746 [3AU]
California: validate conveyance of certain Central Pacific Railway Co. lands (H.R. 451), 12459 [17MY]
Coal: cost of transporting, 16820 [22JN], 21758 [29JY], 22371 [2AU]
Coal delivery contracts, 24682 [19SE]
Coal transportation: rates, 25929 [27SE]
Drug abuse: address industry problems (H. Con. Res. 234), 34901 [18NO]
Economic plight, 11857 [11MY]
Economic Recovery Through Railroad Revitalization and Roadbed Restoration Act: introduction (H.R. 1509), 2549 [17FE]
Employees: restore unemployment benefits (H.R. 1223), 1522 [2FE]
Federal pensions: treatment in respect to domestic relations (H.R. 1484), 2259 [15FE]
Federal Railroad Administration: making appropriations, 16813 [22JN]
Freight: insure competition (H.R. 4559), 34821 [18NO]
ICC: ratemaking guidelines (H.R. 2584), 13210 [19MY]
Interstate high speed intercity rail passenger service compact: consent of Congress (H.R. 4308), 30947 [4NO]
Los Angeles, Calif.: metro rail construction funds, 16832-16850 [22JN]
Metro-North commuter rail strike: settlement, 8875 [18AP]
Montana: impact of deregulation on shippers, 2081 [10FE]
National Transportation Week: observance, 12678 [17MY]
Nuclear weapons: notification of transportation, 6321 [21MR]
Ohio: rail service assistance funds, 16821 [22JN]
Philadelphia, Pa., and Atlantic City, N.J.: intercity rail link funds, 16825 [22JN]
Rail abandonment: consider income from land grants (H.R. 2381), 7490 [24MR]
Rail Act: implementation of provisions, 8693 [14AP]
Rail carriers: protect shippers from certain pricing practices (H.R. 2584), 29689 [27OC]
Rail shippers: ICC policies, 32659 [15NO]
Railroad retirement: study of certain benefits (H.R. 3948), 25228 [21SE]
———treat as community property (H.R. 2901), 11146 [4MY]
Railroad retirement fund: assure solvency, 22391 [4AU]
———assure solvency (H.R. 1646), 22391 [2AU]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: enact (H.R. 1646), 21997 [1AU], 22015 [2AU]-22029 [1AU], 22372, 22391 [2AU], 23331, 23380 [4AU]
———enact (H.R. 1646), technical corrections, 22029 [1AU]
Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: enact (H.R. 451), 12459 [17MY]
Railroad Service and Accountability Act, 26559 [29SE]
Ratemaking guidelines (H.R. 2584), 13663 [24MY]
Retirement and unemployment systems: funding study (H. Con. Res. 46), 1844 [7FE]
Retirement system: alternative funding (H. Con. Res. 28), 216 [6JA]
———funding (H.R. 1180)), 1518 [2FE]
———solvency (H.R. 1646), 11857 [11MY]
Rock Island Railroad: payment of benefits to former employees of bankrupt, 16817 [22JN]
San Diego Light Rail Trolley project: extension, 11441 [9MY]
San Francisco to San Jose, Calif.: locomotives to improve commuter rail service, 16817 [22JN]
Shipper associations: acquisition and rehabilitation of railway lines, 10802 [3MY]
Southern Pacific Transportation Co.: embargo on certain California rail service, 19115 [14JY]
———rail line abandonement, 19115 [14JY]
Unemployment insurance: increase coverage (H.R. 459), 1082 [27JA], 11857 [11MY]
Unemployment rate, 11857 [11MY]
Van Buren, Martin: purported letter to Andrew Jackson attacking railroads, 25943 [27SE], 27425 [5OC]
Remarks in Senate
Accounting principles (S. 1082), 8981 [19AP]
Amtrak: funding (H.R. 1718), 6310 [21MR]
Coal transportation: railroad rates, 15050 [8JN]
Employees: supplemental unemployment benefits for certain (S. 97), 644 [26JA]
GSA: train station renovation project, 2206 [15FE]
Rail rates: adjustments (S. 1081), 8980 [19AP]
Rail transportation contracts: full disclosure (S. 2137), 34442 [18NO]
Railroad Bonding Act: introduction (S. 928), 7171 [24MR]
Railroad Retirement Act: amend (S. 1214), 11279 [5MY]
———amend (S. 1934), 27545 [6OC]
Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act: introduction (S. 1076), 8828 [18AP]
Railroad Retirement Board: nomination of Robert A. Gielow, 3440 [1MR]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: enact (H.R. 1646), 18075 [29JN], 22129-22142 [2AU], 23036 [4AU]
———enact (H.R. 1646), Budget Act waiver, 22129 [2AU]
———enact (H.R. 1646), unanimous-consent agreement, 22128 [2AU]
———introduction (S. 1074), 8822 [18AP]
Railroad unemployment benefits: extend supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3959), 29318 [26OC]
Retirement system: financing (S. Con. Res. 5), 1057 [27JA], 1155 [31JA]
Unemployed Railroad Workers Supplemental Benefits Extension Act: introduction (S. 1717), 21873 [1AU]
Reports
Comments on the Bus Regulatory Reform Act: Railroad Commission of Texas, 29885-29887 [28OC]
Resolutions by organizations
Rail rate deregulation: Southern Governors' Association, 29689 [27OC]
Statements
Amtrak Improvement Act, Sec. of Transportation Dole, 10125 [27AP]
Funding Rail Rehabilitation for Intercity Rail Link Between Philadelphia, Pa., and Atlantic City (sundry), 16826 [22JN]
Metro-North Commuter Rail Strike Settlement, Representative McKinney, 8876 [18AP]
Summaries
H.R. 3619, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 21999 [1AU], 22005 [1AU]
Tables
Annuity amounts under section 22 (present law) reduction and under H.R. 1646, 22134 [2AU]
Legislative history of RRA and RUIA actions, 8829 [18AP]
Railroad and coal revenues (selected data), 8695 [14AP]
Railroad retirement benefits (sundry), 22007, 22010 [1AU]
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act (H.R. 1646), 22141 [2AU]
Texts of
H. Con Res. 46, study of railroad retirement and unemployment systems, 1845 [7FE]
H. Res. 286, consideration of H.R. 1646, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 21997 [1AU]
H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3648, Amtrak Improvement Act, 27647 [6OC]
H.R. 451, Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act, 12459 [17MY]
H.R. 1180, railroad retirement system funding, 1518 [2FE]
H.R. 1646, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 22135 [2AU]
H.R. 3619, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 22016-22025 [1AU]
H.R. 3648, Amtrak Improvement Act, 27699 [6OC]
S. 928, Railroad Bonding Act, 7172 [24MR]
S. 1074, Railroad Retirement Solvency Act, 8822-8827 [18AP]
S. 1076, Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act, 8830-8835 [18AP]
S. 1082, railroad accounting principles, 8981 [19AP]
S. 1214, Railroad Retirement Act Amendments, 11280 [5MY]
S. Con. Res. 5, railroad retirement system financing, 1058 [27JA]