COMMON CARRIERS related term(s) Aeronautics; Airlines, Airports, and Aeronautics; Boats; Cargo Transportation; Motor Vehicles; Railroads; Ships and Vessels; Transportation

Analyses

Airline Competition Enhancement Act (H.R. 2074), E1437 [24AP]

Articles and editorials

Bush Budget Sidetracks the Chicago Transit Authority, S1768 [7FE]

Heinz Was Champion of Mass Transit Causes, S15055 [23OC]

High-Speed Train Link to D.C. May Get on Track, S4341 [11AP]

Levitating to Washington, S4341 [11AP]

Ride to the Future, S4341 [11AP]

Transit Subsidies—The Help That Failed, S7959 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: age restrictions on aircraft pilots (see S. 859, S4737 [18AP]; H.R. 1943, H2393 [18AP])

———air carrier competition and passenger services (see H.R. 2037, H2535 [24AP]; H.R. 2074, H2536 [24AP])

———child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H2535 [24AP])

———establish a commission to analyze the economic state of the air passenger industry (see S. 1998, S17245 [20NO])

———establish uniform liability standards for aviation accidents (see H.R. 2815, H5266 [27JN])

———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (see S. 1977, S16848 [15NO]; S. 1980, S16848 [15NO]

———reimbursement of certain expenditures by operators of privately owned reliever airports (see H.R. 2745, H5048 [25JN])

Air piracy: use of dogs at airports to detect explosives and certain other devices (see H.R. 600, H683 [23JA])

Buses: testing for use of alcohol or controlled substances by the operators of school buses (see S. 2001, S17433 [21NO])

Cargo transportation: motor carrier tariff rates (see S. 1675, S12182 [2AU])

Commuter Transit Incentive Act: enact (see H.R. 3633, H8494 [24OC])

Drug abuse: testing for certain transportation employees (see H.R. 3361, H6675 [17SE])

Education: increase literacy skills of commercial drivers (see S. 626, S3020 [12MR])

Fayetteville, NC: allow vehicular traffic, other than buses, to use Hay St. (see H.R. 925, H991 [6FE])

Mass transit: extend certain programs (see S. 1160, S6654 [23MY])

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 631, S3021 [12MR]; H.R. 2352, H3148 [15MY])

Operators: alcohol and drug testing (see S. 676, S3386 [14MR]; S. 678, S3386 [14MR]

Railroads: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 677, S3386 [14MR])

Roads and highways: motor carrier transportation costs (see S. 539, S2618 [5MR])

Ships and vessels: fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032, H11888 [26NO])

———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])

———treatment of U.S. ocean freight forwarders by ocean carrier conferences (see H.R. 2195, H2767 [2MY])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H6381 [2AU])

Taxation: credit for high speed rail and certain other mass transportation equipment (see S. 2012, S17433 [21NO])

———deductions of school bus drivers relative to computing adjusted gross income (see S. 2002, S17433 [21NO])

———treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H59 [3JA])

Transportation: authorize funding for highway construction, mass transit, and safety programs (see S. 1121, S6210 [21MY])

———collection of payments for shipments via motor common carriers of property and nonhousehold goods freight forwarders (see H.R. 3705, H9144 [4NO])

———construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system between Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC (see S. 797, S4336 [11AP])

———develop a national high speed rail system (see S. 1065, S5753 [14MY])

———development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (see S. 811, S4337 [11AP])

———encourage nonroad modes of travel and use of cleaner burning domestic alternative fuels (see H.R. 3482, H7313 [2OC])

———grants to tax-exempt organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (see S. 1067, S5753 [14MY])

———verification of weights (see H.R. 3598, H8187 [22OC])

Vans: Federal motor vehicle safety standards (see H.R. 876, H989 [6FE])

Factsheets

Federal Aid Surface Transportation Act Is a Fairer Formula, S6248 [21MY]

Letters

Heavy duty truck manufacturing in Iraq: Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp., H2553 [25AP]

Transportation programs for elderly and handicapped: American Association of Retired Persons, S5785 [14MY]

———National Association of State Units on Aging, S5785 [14MY]

———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5785 [14MY]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, S5785 [14MY]

Memorials of legislature

Pennsylvania, H12063 [3JA]

Petitions

Puget Sound Council of Governments: Federal Aid Transportation Surface Act, H5911 [25JY]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: air carrier competition and passenger services (H.R. 2037), H2492 [24AP]

———air carrier competition and passenger services (H.R. 2074), E1435-E1437 [24AP]

———child safety restraint systems (H.R. 2063), E1454 [24AP]

Amtrak: tribute to professional service and efficiency, H1296 [28FE]

Budget: funding for mass transit, H2194 [16AP]

Cargo transportation: Dept. of Defense employment of U.S.-flag vessels for ocean transportation of all components of equipment, H3411 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, H6546 [16SE]

Dept. of Transportation: study of alternative forms of transportation, H8356-H8359 [23OC]

Drug abuse: testing for certain transportation employees (H.R. 3361), E3076 [18SE]

Employment: temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the unresolved disputes referred to in Executive Order No. 12714 (H.J. Res. 221), H6374-H6377 [2AU]

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5352), H3041 [15MY]

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (H.R. 3221), E2946 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: age restrictions on aircraft pilots (S. 859), S4748 [18AP]

———establish a commission to analyze the economic state of the air passenger industry (S. 1998), S17255 [20NO]

———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (S. 1977), S16851 [15NO]

———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (S. 1980), S16876 [15NO]

———impact of airline deregulation, S9109 [28JN]

Amtrak: assist certain States in obtaining passenger rail service, S7796, S7797 [13JN]

———furlough of employees, S13118 [17SE]

Boston, MA: South Boston Piers Transitway, S7888 [17JN]

Cargo transportation: motor carrier tariff rates (S. 1675), S12260 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: proposed user fee for domestic air travel, S3693 [20MR]

Education: establish transportation, pavement, bridge, and safety management education and training program, S7888 [17JN]

Mass transit: extend certain programs (S. 1160), S6684, S6690 [23MY]

———Federal funding, S1768, S1769 [7FE]

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 631), S3093 [12MR]

Operators: alcohol and drug testing (S. 676), S3419, S3427 [14MR], S6133, S6137, S6138 [20MY], S13172 [17SE]

———alcohol and drug testing (S. 677), S3419, S3427 [14MR]

———alcohol and drug testing (S. 678), S3419, S3427 [14MR]

Railroads: Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail study, S13121 [17SE]

———Chicago-St. Louis rail corridor trackwork loan, S13121 [17SE]

Roads and highways: motor carrier transportation costs (S. 539), S2621 [5MR]

Safety: Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, S3305 [13MR]

Solid waste: interstate transportation, S13965-S13967 [30SE]

Taxation: credit for high speed rail and certain other mass transportation equipment (S. 2012), S17458 [21NO]

———deductions of school bus drivers relative to computing adjusted gross income (S. 2002), S17434 [21NO]

Transportation: authorize funding for highway construction, mass transit, and safety programs (S. 1121), S6226-S6248 [21MY]

———construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system, S7784, S7786 [13JN]

———construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system between Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC (S. 797), S4339-S4341 [11AP]

———develop a national high speed rail system (S. 1065), S5778 [14MY]

———development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (S. 811), S4360, S4361 [11AP], S15034-S15038 [22OC]

———grants to nonprofit organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (S. 1067), S5784 [14MY]

———grants to tax-exempt organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (S. 1067), S13119 [17SE]

———land and right-of-way acquisition and guideway construction for the magnetic levitation project in Orlando, FL, S18819 [18DE]

———public ferry systems, S7586 [12JN]

Reports filed

Dept. of Transportation Coordination of Federal Efforts in the Development of Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 811) (S. Rept. 102-163), S13926 [27SE]

Flight Attendant Duty Time Act (H.R. 14): Committee on Rules (H. Res. 203) (H. Rept. 102-161), H5803 [24JY]

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 631) (S. Rept. 102-96), S9265 [8JY]

Testing for Alcohol and Controlled Substances for Operators of Aircraft, Trains, and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 676) (H. Rept. 102-54), S5351 [6MY]

Statements

Federal Mass Transportation Act: Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, S6690 [23MY]

———New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, S6690 [23MY]

Summaries

Airline Competition and Passenger Protection Act (H.R. 2037), H2492 [24AP]

Texts of

S. 539, motor carrier transportation costs, S2622 [5MR]

S. 631, authorizing appropriations for the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, S3093-S3096 [12MR]

S. 676, alcohol and drug testing for operators, S6134-S6136, S6139-S6143 [20MY]

S. 676, alcohol and drug testing for persons involved in the operation of common carriers, S3419 [14MR]

S. 677, alcohol and drug testing for persons involved in the operation of trains, S3423 [14MR]

S. 678, alcohol and drug testing for persons involved in the operation of common carriers, S3424 [14MR]

S. 811, High-Speed Rail Transportation Act, S15034-S15036 [22OC]

S. 859, age restrictions on aircraft pilots, S4748 [18AP]

S. 1067, Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Improvement Act, S5784 [14MY]

S. 1121, Federal Aid Surface Transportation Act, S6227-S6247 [21MY]

S. 1160, Federal Mass Transportation Act, S6685-S6690 [23MY]

S. 1998, Airline Consumer Protection and Competition Emergency Commission Act, S17255 [20NO]

S. 2002, tax deductions of school bus drivers relative to computing adjusted gross income, S17434 [21NO]

S. 2012, taxation credit for high speed rail and certain other mass transportation equipment, S17459 [21NO]

S. Res. 77, improve mass transit programs, S3112 [12MR]