TRUCKING

Analyses

Tandem Truck Safety Act (Public Law 98-554), 348-352 [3JA]

Articles and editorials

Central Freight Celebrates 60th Birthday, 19712 [18JY]

Highballing—Area Roads Called Havens for Unsafe Trucks, 34445-34446 [5DE]

Pretty Good Truck Driver and Part-Time Banker—William D. Sellers, Jr., 7286 [3AP]

Safer Trucks, 35938 [11DE]

Truckdriver Helps Find Missing Children, 2696 [20FE]

Truckers Band Together To Skirt 55-MPH Limit, 34446 [5DE]

Trucker's Code of Operation—Ignoring the Law, 34443 [5DE]

Unsafe Trucks—An Accelerating Problem, Safety Programs Faulted, 34442 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions

Alcoholic beverages: national standard for blood-alcohol content for truck and bus operators (see S. 1904)

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: enact (see S. 1903)

Diesel motor: repayment of increased tax imposed on certain consumers (see S. 1998)

Foreign carriers: certificate of registration procedures (see S. 1252; H.R. 2689)

Frozen foods: exempt transportation from ICC jurisdiction (see H.R. 2234)

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety through registration of certain carriers, assistance in the routing, and training of personnel dealing with such materials (see H.R. 3779)

Highways: repeal use tax for certain (see H.R. 470)

Interstate commerce: reduce regulation (see H.R. 3929)

Mexico: registration requirement for certain foreign carriers (see H.R. 3923)

Motor Carrier Administration: establish in Dept. of Transportation (see S. 1710; H.R. 3427)

National Motor Carrier Productivity and Safety Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 3222)

Pensions: amend rules governing multiemployer plans (see H.R. 2087)

Regulation: reduce (see S. 1711)

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (see S. 1124)

Taxation: increase tax on gasoline and other motor fuels (see H.R. 1541)

Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 235; H.J. Res. 445)

Letters

Driving Safety: Robert A. Applewick, for Apple Lines, Inc., 1503 [31JA]

Restrictions on operation of U.S. shipping containers over Japanese roads: Paul B. Williamson, Jr., 17573 [27JN]

Result of business use vehicle recordkeeping requirement, 1141 [28JA]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, 16123 [18JN]

Georgia, 7813 [15AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Transportation: establish a Motor Carrier Administration (H.R. 3427), 25529 [1OC]

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety through registration of certain carriers, assistance in the routing, and training of personnel dealing with such materials (H.R. 3779), 32443 [19NO]

Motor vehicles: business use recordkeeping requirements, 1141 [28JA]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Melton Truck Lines, 6020 [21MR]

Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 235), 37849 [18DE]

Winona, MN: tribute to Schultz Transit, Inc., 6019 [21MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoholic beverages: national standard for blood-alcohol content for truck and bus operators (S. 1904), 34442, 34447, 34449 [5DE], 35937 [11DE]

Children: driver efforts to locate those missing, 2696 [20FE]

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: enact (S. 1903), 34442, 34447, 34449 [5DE], 35937 [11DE]

Customs Service: user fees, 31300 [12NO], 31951, 31954 [14NO]

Deregulation: impact, 1503 [31JA]

Diesel motor: repayment of increased tax imposed on certain consumers (S. 1998), 38772 [20DE]

Dove, S. Earl: election to chairmanship of the American Trucking Association, 30500 [5NO]

Federal regulations: safety initiatives, 31335 [12NO]

Interstate Highway System: modify apportionment formula (S. 928), 8129 [17AP]

Motor Carrier Administration: establish in Dept. of Transportation (S. 1710), 25176 [26SE]

Regulation: reduce (S. 1711), 25178 [26SE]

Sellers, William D., Jr.: tribute, 7285 [3AP]

Speed limits: raise (S. 329), 1529 [31JA]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 11832 [14MY], 30415-30419 [4NO]

Tandem Truck Safety Act: splash and spray suppressant provisions, 348 [3JA]

Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 235), 30707 [6NO]

Reports

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Reduction: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1124) (S. Rept. 99-120), 21727 [31JY]

Statements

Motor Carrier Safety: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 31335-31337 [12NO]

Texts of

S. 329, raise highway speed limits, 1530 [31JA]

S. 928, modify Interstate Highway System apportionment formula, 8130 [17AP]

S. 1124, Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act, 11832-11835 [14MY], 30416 [4NO]

S. 1710, establish Motor Carrier Administration in Dept. of Transportation, 25177 [26SE]

S. 1711, Trucking Deregulation Act, 25178-25185 [26SE]

S. 1903, Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 34448 [5DE]

S. 1904, national standard for blood-alcohol content for truck and bus operators, 34449 [5DE]

S.J. Res. 235, Truck and Bus Safety Week, 30708 [6NO], 36476 [13DE], 37850 [18DE]