DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Coast Guard—U.S.; Secretary of Transportation
Addresses
Future of Ford Motor Co.: Donald E. Petersen, 15244 [11JN]
———H.A. Poling, 15245 [11JN]
Proposed National Efforts To Curb Drunk Driving: V.J. Adduci, 31808 [13NO]
Truck and Bus Safety: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 31532-31534 [12NO]
U.S. Trade Crisis: Robert S. Strauss, 25223 [26SE]
Amendments
Appropriations: authorizing for maritime programs (S. 679), 14432 [5JN]
———making (H.R. 3244), 23151 [10SE], 23369, 23371, 23376, 23391, 23398, 23400, 23401 [11SE], 23506 [12SE], 28100 [18OC], 28513, 28515, 28516, 28519, 28528, 28529, 28531, 28539, 28550, 28583 [23OC]
Conrail: sale (S. 638), 33984 [3DE], 34126 [4DE]
Maritime programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1157), 11148 [8MY], 11725, 11727 [14MY]
Analyses
Amtrak Amendment to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (S. 1730), 28558 [23OC]
Automobile Gray Market Act (H.R. 1006), 2015 [6FE]
Coast Guard Fees for Certain Services (S. 1318), 16029 [18JN]
Conrail Sale, 4668 [6MR]
Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3265), 23485 [11SE]
Establish a Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3265), 23485 [11SE]
Regulating Importation of Foreign Automobiles (H.R. 2598), 15540 [12JN]
Standards for Railroad Rates and Market Determination (H.R. 540), 834 [22JA]
Tandem Truck Safety Act (Public Law 98-554), 348-352 [3JA]
Appointments
Coast Guard Academy: Board of Visitors, 5001 [7MR]
Conferees: H.R. 3244, making appropriations, 28556 [23OC], 29651 [30OC]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: Senator Danforth to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———Senator Dodd to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———Senator Hollings to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———Senator Kasten to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
Articles and editorials
American CAFE, 20912 [29JY]
Amtrak Is Worth Saving, 14557 [5JN]
Amtrak Would Cost More To Shut Down, 8082 [16AP]
Ax Hangs Over Amtrak; Effects Wouldn't Stop There, 9549 [25AP]
Back to the Sad CAFE, 20912 [29JY]
Barge Industry Awash in River of Red Ink, 17920 [27JN]
Car Makers Are Getting Back in the Driver's Seat, 20908 [29JY]
Cargo Preference Requirements (excerpt), 29438, 29459 [29OC]
Coast Guard Cuts Routine Patrols—Hopes Congress Will Rescue Budget, 32518 [20NO]
Coming Soon—Death of Passenger Trains?, 10181 [1MY]
Commuter Railroads Brace for ``Doomsday'' if Amtrak Loses Its Subsidy, 11152 [8MY]
Congress and Mass Transit, 1349 [30JA]
Conrail Deal Off Track, 22792 [1AU]
Conrail Shouldn't Be Sold to Norfolk Southern, 28725 [23OC], 29051 [24OC], 29553 [29OC]
Conrail—Which Direction and How Much?, 29406 [29OC]
Cop-out on Fuel Economy, 20906 [29JY]
Corporate Fuel Economy Standards (excerpt), 20915 [29JY]
Derailing the Conrail Deal, 6373 [26MR]
Derailing the Maine Central?, 38554 [19DE]
Don't Strangle Amtrak, 5258 [14MR], 5930 [20MR]
End of the Line, 4252 [28FE]
Ending Amtrak Subsidy—Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish, 5931 [20MR]
Federal Plan To Sell Conrail Is Losing Steam, 27323 [10OC]
Fight To Save Amtrak Puts Small, Big Cities on Same Track, 12206 [15MY]
``Freedom'' To Guzzle Gas, 20907 [29JY]
Fuel Economy Standards, 20911 [29JY]
GATRA—Tiny Bus Line Grows Into Busy System for 12 Towns, 17253 [25JN]
Gold Convertibility Is the Key, 20398 [24JY]
Hoopla Re New Conrail Purchase Proposal—Promises, Yes! Premises Upon Premises, Yes, Yes! Disappointing—Yes, Yes, Yes!, 15511-15513 [12JN]
How Many Miles Per Gallon?, 20911 [29JY]
How Not To Sell Conrail, 2037 [6FE]
Idea of Norfolk Southern Takeover Gathering Steam With Conrail Workers, 26133 [3OC]
Infrastructure—Crisis of Our Own Making?, 5997-5998 [21MR], 13314 [22MY]
Inspection's Image Still Tarnished, 3312 [23FE]
Junk Fuel Standard, Let Marketplace Rule, 20913 [29JY]
Justice Antitrust Review of NS Divesture Plans Will Take Until Yearend, 20147 [23JY]
Larson Turns PennDOT Around, 10916 [7MY]
Let Them Try Harder, 20907 [29JY]
Mass Transit Is Under Unfair Attack, 15038 [10JN]
Mileage and Marketing, 20921 [29JY]
No Time To Relax in Battle for Energy Self-Sufficiency, 20907 [29JY]
``No'' to Norfolk Southern, 20145 [23JY]
Putting Conrail Back on a Private Track, 2455 [19FE]
Railroading Amtrak, 4252 [28FE]
Rio Grande Tackles Big Boys, 38660 [19DE]
Rockefeller Pressured EPA To Back Westway, 17963 [27JN]
Save Virginia Lives, Too, 11187 [8MY]
Saving Amtrak, 5593 [19MR], 9538 [25AP]
Seat Belt Psychology, 11188 [8MY]
Skies Are Not Unsafe, 24022 [17SE]
Stockman Seems Sidetracked in His Case Against Amtrak, 11161 [8MY]
Take My Subsidy—Please, 14604 [6JN]
Time May Be Running Out on Norfolk Southern's Offer for Conrail, 30220 [1NO]
U.S. Should Scrap Law on Car Fuel Economy, 20913 [29JY]
Weep No Tears for Westway, 26143 [3OC]
What's Mrs. Dole Hiding?, 6499 [27MR]
Where's the Pork Barrel?, 17526 [26JN]
Why No Belts on School Buses?, 36311 [12DE]
Why Should We Regulate Fuel Economy at All?, 19738 [18JY]
William Haddon, Jr., 58, Dies—Authority on Highway Safety, 4526 [5MR]
William Haddon, Jr., Dies—Expert on Highway Safety, 4526 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions
Aeronautics: research and development on collision avoidance system (see H.R. 3905)
Airlines: review and approval of acquisition of certain corporations (see S. 1267)
Airports: authority to transfer public lands (see S. 389)
———reserved slots for service to small communities (see H.R. 2207)
———review security procedures in foreign countries (see S. 1321; H.R. 2905)
Appropriations: making (see H.R. 3244)
———waiving certain points of order against H.R. 3244 (see H. Res. 261)
Architect of the Capitol: building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC (see S. 1706)
Aviation accidents: investigate causes of midair collisions, near misses, and crashes (see H.J. Res. 66)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing: issue newly designed $100 bills (see S. 963)
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety: establish (see H.R. 1433)
Coast Guard: establish fees for certain services (see S. 1318)
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3025)
Fish and fisheries: reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners filing for bankruptcy (see S. 1992)
Foreign countries: review security procedures at airports (see S. 1321; H.R. 2905)
Interstate Highway System: substitute cost estimates (see H.R. 1059)
Maritime programs: appropriations (see H.R. 1157)
———authorizing appropriations (see S. 679)
Merchant marine: jurisdiction over tariff-filing requirements (see S. 188)
———U.S.-flag vessel preference for Government-generated cargoes (see S. 187)
Motor Carrier Administration: establish (see S. 1710; H.R. 3427)
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: construction (see H.R. 509)
Natural gas: eliminate distortion in transportation resulting from certain restrictive contracts (see H.R. 511)
Passenger ships: documentation of certain, for coastwise trade (see S. 1461)
Railroads: standards for rates and determination of market dominance (see H.R. 540)
———transfer safety jurisdiction to Dept. of Labor (see S. 1611)
Shipbuilding: administration of Loan Guarantee Program (see H.R. 3571, 3572)
Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: relief (see S. 1173)
Trucking: regulation (see S. 1711)
Union Station Redevelopment Corp.: building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC (see S. 1706)
Urban Mass Transportation Administration: disapprove deferral of certain budget authority (see H.J. Res. 437)
———disapproving deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 416)
Zero-coupon bonds: Presidential statement on accrued interest (see S. 368)
Briefs
Cargo Preference Requirements: Milwaukee, WI, 29442 [29OC]
Colloquies
Interstate Highway System cost estimates: several Senators (1984), 3310 [23FE]
Communications from
FAA: budget requests, 5725 (EC804) [20MR]
Substitute letter of transmittal for prior report: transmittal, 37 (EC27) [3JA]
Decisions
Order denying Trans World Airlines application, 14975-14978 [10JN]
Documents
Repayment of Subsidies by U.S. Shippers, 14605 [6JN]
Factsheets
Dept. of Transportation Hijacking Data, Athens, Greece (1977-1984), 17940 [27JN]
Letters
Administration efforts to eliminate railroad unemployment insurance system: National Conference of State Legislatures, 16764 [20JN]
Amtrak amendment to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (S. 1730): W. Graham Claytor, Jr., 28560 [23OC]
Cargo preference requirements: agricultural coalition (excerpt), 29441 [29OC]
———Daniel E. Shaughnessy, 29443 [29OC]
———several organizations, 29434 [29OC]
———William T. Duke, 29734 [30OC]
Civil penalties for safety violations in commercial aircraft operations: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 26777 [8OC]
Coast Guard's defense readiness, 29648 [30OC]
Construction of roads for the waste isolation pilot project: L.A. Larranaga, 28537 [23OC]
———R.A. Barnhart, 28537 [23OC]
Continue Federal assistance to Amtrak: Association of American Railroads, 9365 [24AP]
———NJ Transit, 9364 [24AP]
Control of TWA by Carl Icahn: Senator Eagleton, 13635 [23MY]
Corporate average fuel economy standards: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 20910 [29JY], 28525 [23OC]
———Lee A. Iacocca, 20904 [29JY]
———Louis R. Ross, 20912 [29JY]
———Richard H. Shay, 20911 [29JY]
———Rosalind A. Knapp, 28523 [23OC]
———Senator Evans (excerpt), 20901 [29JY]
———several public interest organizations, 20906 [29JY]
———William C. Chapmen, 28523 [23OC]
Emergency radio beacons, 27558 [15OC]
Funding for Interstate Highway System (H.R. 1251): Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 4439, 4446 [5MR]
Funding for the Interstate Highway System: R.A. Barnhart, 34402 [5DE]
———Senator Symms, 34403 [5DE]
Interstate Highway System cost estimates: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 8128 [17AP]
Mass transit funding: Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 11433 [9MY]
Motor vehicle passive restraint system regulations: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 2234 [7FE]
National Federal assistance to Amtrak: Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana, 13309 [22MY]
Opposition to sale of Conrail: B.J. Goodwin, 22931 [4SE]
Proposed sale of Conrail: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 26133 [3OC]
Safety of shipping cask used in transportation of nuclear waste: Dept. of Energy, 19154, 19155 [16JY]
Sale of Conrail: David H. Brockway, 4807 [7MR]
———Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 4791-4796 [7MR]
———Senator Specter, 4791-4796 [7MR]
———(sundry), 4787, 4791-4796 [7MR]
Transportation of nuclear waste: New York, NY, Law Dept., 35439-35440 [9DE]
Transportation of nuclear waste through New York, NY, 19154 [16JY]
Watch It, Conrail, Here Comes Norfolk Southern: Langdon, Jervis, Jr., 16890 [21JN]
Letters of transmittal
Transfer Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport to independent authority (S. 1017), 9611 [26AP]
Lists
Cosponsors of the Cochran amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29429 [29OC]
Estimates of proposed federal funding for interstate highway system construction funds, 3905 [27FE]
Impact of Lehman amendment to the Dept. of Transportation appropriations bill, H.R. 3272, 23371 [11SE]
Nondefense discretionary accounts in the Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3244), 29097 [25OC]
Organizations supporting the Cochran amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29430 [29OC]
Memorials of legislature
California, 3426 [25FE], 28316 [22OC], 29478 [29OC]
Colorado, 16123 [18JN]
Federal Funding for Amtrak: New York State Legislature, 12197 [15MY]
Maine, 16123 [18JN]
Pennsylvania, 6376 [26MR]
Texas, 17630 [27JN]
Messages
Deferral of Certain Budget Authority: President Reagan, 6169 [26MR], 33671 [2DE]
Deferrals of Budget Authority: President Reagan, 586 [7JA]
Federal Railroad Safety Act Administration Report: President Reagan, 649 [21JA]
Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Reagan, 1931 [6FE]
Motion
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3244), Representative C.W. Bill Young motion to instruct conferees, 32514 [20NO]
Petitions
Amtrak: Carbondale, IL, City Council, 7419 [3AP]
Continue Federal assistance to Amtrak: Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Authorities Committee, 9364 [24AP]
Infrastructure loan programs: Glendale Heights, IL, City Council, 21633 [30JY]
———Harvard, IL, City Council, 21278 [29JY]
———Oakbrook Terrace, IL, City Council, 21278 [29JY]
———Rock Island County, IL, County Board, 21633 [30JY]
———Round Lake Beach, IL, City Council, 21278 [29JY]
Interstate cost and subcost estimate: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 1507 [31JA]
Proposed national efforts to curb drunk driving: American Council on Alcohol Problems, 31809 [13NO]
Remarks in House
Aeronautics: investigate and identify causes of frequent midair collisions (H.J. Res. 66), 25220 [26SE]
———proposed investigation into near midair collisions, 14815 [6JN]
———use of appropriations for air safety, 23481 [11SE]
Air safety: use of appropriations, 23481 [11SE]
Airline flight safety: investigate and identify causes of accidents, 505 [3JA]
Airplane crashes: investigate possible causes of midair collisions (H.J. Res. 66), 10404 [2MY]
Airport and Air Carrier Security Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2905), 17960 [27JN]
Airport and Airway Development Act: amend (H.R. 734), 1352 [30JA]
Amtrak: eliminate Federal assistance, 832 [22JA]
———funding, 14556 [5JN]
———funding freeze, 9321 [24AP]
———proposed funding, 11621 [9MY]
Appropriations: making (H.R. 3244), 23361, 23363-23406 [11SE], 23505 [12SE], 23513 [19SE]-23514 [12SE]
———making (H.R. 3244), appointment of conferees, 29651 [30OC]
———making (H.R. 3244), motion to instruct conferees, 32514 [20NO]
Automobile Gray Market Act: enact (H.R. 1006), 2014 [6FE]
Bankruptcy: reform law relative to vessels and fisheries (H.R. 3571), 27739, 27757 [16OC]
Beaver Valley, PA: authorize highway project (H.R. 881), 1634 [31JA]
Bridge assistance: make certain State and locally funded eligible for Federal (H.R. 2215), 9397 [24AP]
Bridges: authorize construction to replace ferryboat service (H.R. 1292), 3982 [27FE]
Buses: tax treatment of operating rights (H.R. 1733), 6369 [26MR]
Conrail: proposed sale, 20145, 20147 [23JY], 21648 [30JY], 26132 [3OC]
———public sale, 17393 [26JN], 17954 [27JN]
———sale, 4668 [6MR]
Conrail Privatization Act: enact (H.R. 787), 1330 [30JA]
Conrail Public Sale and Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 2873), 17990 [27JN], 22792 [1AU], 28725 [23OC]
Construction-differential subsidy: provide for the equitable repayment (H.R. 2485), 11917 [14MY]
Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 7502 [3AP], 9786 [30AP]
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad: effects of proposed merger, 38660 [19DE]
Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (H.R. 3265), 23484 [11SE]
Drinking age: increase minimum to 21, 36813 [16DE]
Drunk driving: proposed national efforts to curb, 31808 [13NO]
Exchange rates: debate on conventional international floating system, 20398 [24JY]
Federal Railroad Administration: improve safety programs, 22957 [5SE]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: reauthorize, 11164 [8MY]
Federal Ship Financing Program: protect interest of U.S. as secured creditor (H.R. 2816), 16746 [20JN]
Foreign automobiles: regulate importation (H.R. 2598), 15539 [12JN]
Foreign Motor Carrier Registration Act: enact (H.R. 2689), 14819 [6JN]
Foreign trade: cargo preference program authority, 26002 [3OC]
Frequent Flyer Information Reporting Act: enact (H.R. 2257), 11633 [9MY]
Frozen foods: exempt transportation by motor vehicle from jurisdiction of the ICC (H.R. 2234), 9561 [25AP]
Fuel efficiency: standards, 4558 [5MR]
Gray, Walmar: foreign country regulations for ICC operating certificate, 11938 [14MY]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: amend (H.R. 1146), 2816 [20FE]
Hazardous substances: regulate transportation, 23141 [10SE]
Heavy vehicles: repeal certain Federal use tax provisions (H.R. 2677), 14550 [5JN]
Highway funding: release certain, 495 [3JA]
Highway Safety Act: enact (H.R. 2985), 18935 [11JY]
Highway Safety Initiative Act: enact, 37489 [17DE]
Highway trust fund: demand congressional release to States by end of each fiscal year (H.R. 1059), 10200 [1MY]
Inland and coastal waterways: role of Federal Government in construction and maintenance, 16892 [21JN]
Interstate Cost Estimate Program: funding, 1362 [31JA]
Interstate Highway System: approval of cost estimates (S. 1514), 24230-24232 [19SE]
———approval of substitute cost estimates (H.R. 1251), 4106, 4108, 4148-4156 [28FE]
Interstate Transfer Program: funding, 11068 [8MY]
Local Anti-Terrorism Planning Act: enact (H.R. 3712), 31219 [7NO]
Maritime programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1157), 11713, 11722-11733 [14MY]
———funds, 14597 [6JN]
Mass transit: ensure safe facilities (H.R. 2764), 15813 [13JN]
———vehicle overhaul program, 13342 [22MY]
Merchant Marine Act: amend (H.R. 3141), 22047, 22069 [31JY]
Milk protein: limit imports of products, 5931 [20MR]
Motor Carrier Administration: establish (H.R. 3427), 25529 [1OC]
Motor vehicles: fuel economy standards, 17561 [26JN], 19738, 19756 [18JY]
———notice of hearings on regulations mandating passive restraint systems, 2234 [7FE]
National All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act: enact (H.R. 3325), 24188 [18SE]
National infrastructure facilities: decay in transportation network, 19493, 19495 [18JY]
National Motor Carrier Productivity and Safety Improvement Act: enact, 22819 [1AU]
National Schoolbus Safety Act: enact (H.R. 3305), 23688 [12SE], 36311 [12DE]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend (H.R. 1006), 2014 [6FE]
National Transportation Week: observance, 12400 [16MY]
New Jersey: funding for proposed area cross-Hudson transportation, 34367 [4DE]
New York: Federal permit for landfill portion of the Westway interstate highway project, 17963 [27JN]
———funding for proposed area cross-Hudson transportation, 34367 [4DE]
New York, NY: funding for Westway highway project, 26143 [3OC]
———make special provision for approval of Westway highway project (H.R. 3316), 24031 [17SE]
Nuclear waste: transportation, 35438 [9DE]
Ports and waterways: funding for development projects, 22807 [1AU]
Preservation of International Air Service Act: enact (H.R. 2575), 13693 [23MY]
Public transportation: Federal assistance for State and local, 17252 [25JN]
Radioactive Materials Transportation Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2938), 20682 [25JY]
Radioactive Materials Transportation Safety Act: enact (H.R. 1105), 2823 [20FE]
Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact, 2314 [7FE]
Railroads: alcohol and drug use by employees, 22959 [5SE]
———criminal sanctions for failure to open up solely owned facility (H.R. 1140), 26927 [9OC], 27024 [9OC], 29547 [29OC]
———standards for rates and determination of market dominance (H.R. 540), 833 [22JA]
Regional Rail Reorganization Act: enact (H.R. 1930), 7684 [4AP]
Roads and highways: approve the Interstate Cost Estimate (S. 1514), 24401 [19SE]
———encourage State and local governments to initiate safety improvement programs, 37489 [17DE]
———project funding, 11068 [8MY]
Sale of Conrail Act: enact (H.R. 1449), 6373 [26MR]
Seatbelts: requiring, 11187 [8MY]
Sheridan, John P.: tribute, 9392 [24AP]
Speed limit: restore States' rights to determine, 868 [24JA]
St. Louis, MO: economy of the barge industry, 17920 [27JN]
Tax Reform Act: repeal, 856 [22JA]
Trans World Airlines: prohibit hostile acquisiton (H.R. 2870), 17553 [26JN]
———prohibit the acquisiton of air carrier by another air carrier (H.R. 2870), 22523 [1AU]
———restrain Carl Icahn from purchasing until Dept. of Transportation can investigate (H.R. 2575), 13871 [24MY], 17553 [26JN]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (H.J. Res. 445), 30943 [6NO]
Trucks and buses: safety, 31532 [12NO]
U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration: reauthorize (H.R. 1655), 5947 [21MR]
U.S.-flag vessels: authorize the foreign acquisition of subsidized (H.R. 3141), 22047, 22069 [31JY]
Union Station Redevelopment Corp.: design building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC (S. 1706), 35606 [10DE]
Van Der Bus Aa Lines, Inc.: tribute, 865 [22JA]
Vessels: bids for overhaul, maintenance, or repair, 29614, 29640 [30OC]
War risk insurance program: extend, 560 [3JA]
Washington Dulles International Airport, VA: transfer from Federal to local regional control, 17960 [27JN]
Washington National Airport, VA: transfer from Federal to local regional control, 17960 [27JN]
Waterway transportation: economic conditions, 17525 [26JN]
Wilding, James A.: tribute, 28023 [17OC]
Remarks in Senate
Aeronautics: review of certain authority relative to international airline routes (S. 586), 4477 [5MR]
———revocation of certain certificates for air transportation (S. 1218), 13633 [23MY]
Agriculture: shipment requirements for exports, 29416-29454 [29OC]
Airports: equitable use of operating rights at congested terminals (S. 1966), 36906 [17DE]
Amtrak: funding, 11443-11446 [9MY], 28539-28549 [23OC]
———funding proposals, 5258 [14MR]
———proposed elimination of funding, 7419 [3AP]
———provisions to facilitate certain activities, 28556-28561 [23OC]
Appropriations: authorizing for maritime programs (S. 679), 14432 [5JN]
———authorizing (S. 679), 5318 [18MR]
———making (H.R. 3244), 28439 [22OC], 28503, 28528-28555 [23OC], 29097 [25OC], 34402-34403 [5DE]
———making (H.R. 3244), appointment of conferees, 28556 [23OC]
———making (H.R. 3244), conform to the second concurrent resolution on the budget, 28543 [23OC]
———reduce levels provided for in H.R. 3244, 28550 [23OC]
Architect of the Capitol: design building adjacent to Union Station (S. 1706), 38465 [19DE]
———design building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC (S. 1706)
Arkansas: improvement of a segment of U.S. Highway 71 (S. 384), 1777 [5FE]
Automobile industry: requirements for registration of imports, 38654 [19DE]
Budget: mass transit funding, 11432-11435 [9MY]
Bus and truck industries: safety initiatives, 31335 [12NO]
Coast Guard: establish fees for certain services (S. 1318), 16028 [18JN]
———funding, 28539-28549, 28554 [23OC]
Colorado Highway 470: funding, 28109 [18OC]
Conrail: prohibit sale (S. 464), 2441 [19FE]
———proposed sale, 6838 [28MR]
———provide for sale by public stock offering (S. 465), 2441 [19FE]
———provide for sale by public stock offering (S. 1137), 12143 [15MY]
———provide for sale by public stock offering (S. Res. 72), 2508 [19FE]
———sale, 2455 [19FE], 27844 [17OC], 29406 [29OC], 30220, 30315 [1NO], 31905 [14NO], 32314 [19NO], 36483 [16DE], 38552 [19DE]
———sale (S. 638), 34126 [4DE]
———sale (S. 638), unanimous-consent agreement, 34406 [5DE]
———transfer to private sector (S. 638), 4784-4810 [7MR], 16201 [19JN], 38752 [20DE]
Corporations: restrictions on hostile takeovers of airlines (S. 1267), 14974 [10JN]
Customs Service: user fees, 31951, 31954 [14NO]
Daniels, Edwin H.: nomination confirmed, 16713 [20JN]
Disasters: raise ceiling on assistance, 31946 [14NO]
FAA: funding, 28539-28549 [23OC]
———penalties for commercial safety violations (S. 1750), 26776 [8OC]
Fish and fisheries: reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners filing for bankruptcy (S. 1992), 38587 [19DE]
Fort Smith, AR: authorize Waldron Road project (S. 383), 1776 [5FE]
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway Advisory Council: establish, 29697-29701 [30OC]
Haddon, William, Jr.: tribute, 4525 [5MR], 4937 [7MR]
Hawaii: highway project on Oahu, 28515 [23OC]
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 6778 [28MR], 8341 [18AP]
Hazardous wastes: funding for waste isolation pilot project roads-28538 [23OC]
Hillings, Jennifer A.: nomination confirmed, 19777 [19JY]
Hollingsworth, Bobby F.: nomination confirmed, 16713 [20JN]
Interstate Highway System: approval of cost estimates (S. 1514), 21394 [30JY]
———approval of cost estimates (S. 391), 2810 [20FE], 3305-3320, 3327 [23FE]
———approval of cost estimates (S. 926), 8127 [17AP]
———approval of substitute cost estimates (S. 178), 111-113, 278 [3JA]
———funding, 34402-34403 [5DE]
———make permanent the withholding of funds from States not adopting the minimum drinking age (S. 1428), 18869 [11JY]
———modify apportionment formula (S. 928), 8129 [17AP]
Irwin, James C.: nomination confirmed, 16713 [20JN]
Lusk, Clyde T., Jr.: nomination confirmed, 16713 [20JN]
Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act: enact (S. 1597), 22396 [1AU]
Motor Carrier Administration: establish (S. 1710), 25176 [26SE]
Motor vehicles: ban importation of automobiles not in compliance with certain U.S. standards (S. 921), 7931 [16AP]
———corporate average fuel economy standards, 28522-28528 [23OC]
———fuel economy standards, 20901-20926 [29JY], 21310 [30JY]
———funding to promote safety (S. 863), 7357 [3AP]
———reinstate bumper standards (S. 862), 7356 [3AP]
———require installation of airbag systems (S. 864), 7359 [3AP], 19608 [18JY]
National Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 6778 [28MR]
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 8341 [18AP]
Railroads: alcohol and drug use by operators, 21668 [31JY], 22472 [1AU]
———transfer safety jurisdiction to the Dept. of Labor (S. 1611), 23046 [9SE]
Range, Rebecca G.: nomination confirmed, 19777 [19JY]
Roads and highways: exempt trust fund obligations from certain funding reductions, 28543 [23OC]
———funding for Interstate System (H.R. 1251), 4438-4448 [5MR]
———interstate cost estimates (S. 299), 1214 [29JA]
———use of Federal funds for substitute transportation projects in New York, NY, 28550-28552 [23OC]
Rural areas: clarify funding formula for transportation systems (S. 1601), 22399 [1AU]
Shipping industry: cargo preference requirements, 29980 [31OC]
———cost efficiency in shipment of Government cargoes, 29697-29701 [30OC]
———criteria for determination of availability of U.S.-flag vessels relative to cargo preference requirements, 29703-29705 [30OC]
———criteria for determination of rates for purposes of cargo preference requirements, 29454-29459 [29OC]
———exemption of certain agricultural commodities from cargo preference requirements, 29469-29475 [29OC]
———limit applicability of cargo preference requirements to vessels certified as necessary for national defense, 29464 [29OC]
———provide direction in the administration of the cargo preference requirements, 29732-29736 [30OC]
———rates relative to cargo preference requirements, 29694 [30OC]
Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: relief (S. 1173), 12657 [20MY]
Tandem Truck Safety Act: splash and spray suppressant provisions, 348 [3JA]
Transportation: Carbondale, IL, railway highway crossing demonstration project, 28553 [23OC]
———funding for the Atlantic City, NJ, rail line, 28553 [23OC]
———mass transit funding, 28539-28549, 28553 [23OC]
Trucking: deregulation (S. 1711), 25178 [26SE]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: appointment of Senator Danforth to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———appointment of Senator Dodd to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———appointment of Senator Hollings to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
———appointment of Senator Kasten to the Board of Visitors, 32734 [20NO]
Union Station Redevelopment Corp.: design building adjacent to Union Station (S. 1706), 25172 [26SE]
———design building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC (S. 1706, 29531-29533 [29OC]
Urban Mass Transportation Administration: disapprove deferral of funding for rail projects, 28513 [23OC]
———Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 34390 [5DE]
———response to the Golden Fleece of the Month, 34390 [5DE]
Reports
Administration of Rail Safety Functions by the Federal Railroad Administration (1975): House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 23047 [9SE]
Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3244) (H. Rept. 99-256), 22978 [5SE]
———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3244) (S. Rept. 99-152), 26241 [4OC]
Appropriations for Certain Maritime Programs: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1157; H. Res. 157) (H. Rept. 99-66), 10693 [7MY]
Architect of the Capitol and Union Station Redevelopment Corp. Cooperation To Design Buildings Adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1706) (S. Rept. 99-158), 27701 [16OC]
———Committee on the Budget (S. 1706; S. Res. 238), 28417 [22OC]
Authorize Appropriations for Certain Maritime Programs: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H. 1157) (H. Rept. 99-60), 10023 [1MY]
Authorize Motor Vehicle Safety Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 863) (S. Rept. 99-48), 11831 [14MY]
Budget Waiver of S. 1706, Architect of the Capitol and Union Station Redevelopment Corp. Cooperation To Design Buildings Adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. Res. 238), 27701 [16OC]
Cargo Preference Requirements: OTA (excerpt), 29431 [29OC]
Coast Guard Law Changes: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2466) (H. Rept. 99-207), 19700 [18JY]
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards: Dept. of Commerce (excerpt), 20924 [29JY]
Federal Railroad Safety Act Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 2372; H. Res. 250) (H. Rept. 99-243), 22681 [1AU]
Interstate Cost Estimate and Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate Approval: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1514), 20938 [29JY]
Nomination: Jennifer A. Hillings, 19598 [18JY]
———Jennifer L. Dorn, 32126 [14NO]
———Rebecca G. Range, 19598 [18JY]
Rehabilitation of Nation's Water Resources Infrastructure: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 99-251), 23912 [17SE]
Revocation of Certain Certificates for Air Transportation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1218) (S. Rept. 99-90), 16962 [24JN]
Safety Improvement Programs—Annual Report: Federal Highway Administration (excerpt), 37489 [17DE]
Transfer of Conrail to Private Sector: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 638) (S. Rept. 99-98), 17632 [27JN]
Transfer of Conrail to the Private Sector (S. 638): Rudolph G. Penner, 16201-16203 [19JN]
Transfer of Metropolitan Washington Airports to Independent Airport Authority: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1017) (S. Rept. 99-193), 32762 [20NO]
Resolutions by organizations
Interstate Highway System substitute cost estimates: Minnesota congressional delegation, 112 [3JA]
———(sundry), 112 [3JA]
Rulings of the Chair
Appropriations: making (H.R. 3244), 23400 [11SE]
Statements
Airbags in American Automobiles: Annette Paluska, 10582 [6MY]
Authorize the Foreign Acquisition of Subsidized U.S.-Flag Vessels (H.R. 3141), 22047 [31JY]
Cargo Preference Requirements: Seafarers International Union, 29734 [30OC]
Conrail Sale: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 31905 [14NO]
Conrail Sale Question, 12978 [21MY]
Dept. of Transportation Gold Award to James A. Wilding: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 28023 [17OC]
FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Natural Gas Transportation: Representative Dannemeyer, 17973 [27JN]
Impact of Reductions in Funding: Coast Guard, 28554 [23OC]
Merchant Marine Act Amendment (H.R. 3141), 22047 [31JY]
Motor Carrier Safety: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 31335-31337 [12NO]
Response to Senator Proxmire's Golden Fleece Award: Ralph Stanley, 34390 [5DE]
Response to William Greider's Article on Sale of Conrail: John H. Riley, 6841 [28MR]
Sale of Conrail: Neil F. Hartigan, 27844 [17OC]
———Representative Heinz, 5262 [14MR]
———Senator Specter, 4784, 4786 [7MR]
———several State attorneys general, 27845-27847 [17OC]
Statement of Reasons for Waiving Certain Points of Order Against Consideration of Bill Making Appropriations, 23362 [11SE]
Transfer of Dulles and National Airports From Federal to Local Regional Control: Representative Byron, 17961 [27JN]
Studies
America in Ruins—Update—Public Works Financing Strategy: Pat Choate, 15506-15508 [12JN]
Fuel Efficiency Standards: Library of Congress (excerpt), 4558 [5MR]
Proposed Sale of Conrail: U.S. Railway Association (summary), 22694 [1AU]
Summaries
Airport and Air Carrier Security Improvement Act (H.R. 2905), 17960 [27JN]
Consumer Rail Equity Act (H.R. 1190), 7502 [3AP]
Deficiencies in cask used to ship nuclear waste, 19155 [16JY]
Interstate Highway System Cost Estimates (S. 391), 2810 [20FE]
National Occupant Protection Program, 2235-2237 [7FE]
Rudman-Inouye Gray Market Compromise, 38654 [19DE]
Testimony of Witnesses at Conrail Hearings, 4797-4799 [7MR]
Transfer of Conrail to Private Sector (S. 638), 4799-4801 [7MR]
Transfer of Rail Safety Jurisdiction to the Dept. of Labor (S. 1611), 23048 [9SE]
Tables
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3244), spending totals—Senate-reported bill, 28372 [23OC]
Drinking in fatal accidents—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 36813 [16DE]
Fort Smith, AR, traffic and accident records, 1776 [5FE]
Fuel efficiency standards, 4558 [5MR]
Highway safety improvements with benefit/cost ratios equal to or greater than 1, 37489 [17DE]
Interstate highway and transit substitute projects funding, by State, 20939-20943 [29JY]
U.S.-flag vessel calls to port of Duluth 1980-85, 29443 [29OC]
Waldron Road, Fort Smith, AR, corridor traffic accidents, 3314 [23FE]
Waldron Road, Fort Smith, AR, corridor traffic count, 3315 [23FE]
Testimonies
Nuclear Waste Shipments Through New York: Representative Ackerman, 22736 [1AU]
Westway, NY, Interstate Highway Project: Representative Weiss, 14256 [4JN]
Texts of
H.R. 1105, Radioactive Materials Transportation Safety Act, 2824 [20FE]
H.R. 1146, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act amendment, 2817 [20FE]
H.R. 1251, Interstate Highway System substitute cost estimates, 4148 [28FE]
H.R. 1733, tax treatment of bus operating rights, 6369 [26MR]
H.R. 2689, Foreign Motor Carrier Registration Act, 14819 [6JN]
H.R. 3244, making appropriations, 23368 [11SE], 28504-28510 [23OC]
H.R. 3305, National Schoolbus Safety Act, 23688 [12SE]
H.R. 3325, National All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act, 24189 [18SE]
S. 383, Fort Smith, AR, Waldron Road highway project, 1776 [5FE]
S. 384, highway demonstration project in Arkansas, 1777 [5FE]
S. 391, Interstate Highway Funding Act, 3322-3327 [23FE]
S. 464, prohibit sale of Conrail, 2443 [19FE]
S. 465, provide for sale of Conrail by public stock offering, 2443 [19FE]
S. 586, review of certain authority relative to international airline routes, 4478 [5MR]
S. 638, transfer of Conrail to private sector, 4801-4804 [7MR]
S. 813, authorizing appropriations for the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act and the National Gas Pipeline Safety Act, 6778 [28MR]
S. 813, authorizing appropriations for the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, 8341 [18AP]
S. 862, Bumper Improvement Act, 7357 [3AP]
S. 863, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act, 7358 [3AP]
S. 864, Automobile Occupant Protection Improvement Act, 7359 [3AP]
S. 921, ban importation of automobiles not in compliance with certain U.S. standards, 7931 [16AP]
S. 926, approval of the Interstate Highway System cost estimates, 8128 [17AP]
S. 928, modify Interstate Highway System apportionment formula, 8130 [17AP]
S. 1137, provide for sale of Conrail by public stock offering, 12144 [15MY]
S. 1173, relief for Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 12658 [20MY]
S. 1218, International Air Service Protection Act, 13633 [23MY]
S. 1267, Dept. of Transportation Air Carrier Acquisition Approval Act, 14975 [10JN]
S. 1318, Coast Guard fees for certain services, 16028-16029 [18JN]
S. 1428, make permanent the withholding of Interstate Highway System funds from States not adopting the minimum drinking age, 18869 [11JY]
S. 1514, approval of cost estimates for Interstate Highway System (S. 1514), 24232 [19SE]
S. 1514, approval of Interstate Highway System cost estimates, 21394 [30JY]
S. 1597, Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act, 22397 [1AU]
S. 1601, clarify funding formula for rural transportation systems, 22400 [1AU]
S. 1706, design building adjacent to Union Station, Washington, DC, 25173 [26SE]
S. 1710, establish Motor Carrier Administration in Dept. of Transportation, 25177 [26SE]
S. 1711, Trucking Deregulation Act, 25178-25185 [26SE]
S. 1750, civil penalties for safety violations in commercial aircraft operations, 26776 [8OC]
S. 1966, equitable use of operating rights at certain airports, 36906 [17DE]
S. 1992, reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners, 38587 [19DE]
S. Res. 72, provide for sale of Conrail by public stock offering, 2507 [19FE]
Tax Reform Act, 856 [22JA]