Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1993: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, Volumen5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 |
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accident Administration agency airport Amtrak appropriate assistance budget capital CARMICHAEL CARR cars Chairman City class I railroads CLAYTOR Commission Commissioner Committee compliance CONGRESS THE LIBRARY costs COUGHLIN DUNGAN employees enforcement equipment estimate Federal Federal Railroad Administration fiscal year 1993 FRA's freight funding going grade crossing hazardous materials HAZMAT high speed rail high-speed rail highway implement improvements increase industry information follows inspection inspectors intercity Interstate Commerce Commission issue last year's hearing LEHMAN locomotive maglev maglev system million motor carrier Northeast Corridor NPRM NTSB Office operating percent performance PHILBIN pipeline safety problem proposed railroads recommendations reduce regulations regulatory request response revenue ridership routes RSPA rulemaking schedule shippers staff staff-years staffing Superliner SVCS tariff filing testing tiltrotor tion Total track train transportation update Washington year's hearing record
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Página 524 - Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970". SEC. 202. RAIL SAFETY REGULATIONS. (a) The Secretary of Transportation (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Secretary") shall (1) prescribe, as necessary, appropriate rules, regulations, orders, and standards for all areas of railroad safety...
Página 534 - ... self-contained urban rapid transit systems, FRA's statutory Jurisdiction extends to all entities that can be construed as railroads by virtue of their providing non-highway ground transportation over rails or electromagnetic guideways, and will extend to future railroads using other technologies not yet in use. For policy reasons, however, FRA does not exercise jurisdiction under all of its regulations to the full extent permitted by statute. Based on its knowledge of where the safety problems...
Página 667 - W. GRAHAM CLAYTOR, JR. PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) My name is W.
Página 437 - Congress whose basic function is to help legislators anticipate and plan for the positive and negative impacts of technological changes.
Página 146 - Commission shall approve such an application unless it finds that — (1) as a result of the transaction, there is likely to be substantial lessening of competition, creation of a monopoly, or restraint of trade in freight surface transportation in any region of the United States; and (2) the anticompetitive effects of the transaction outweigh the public interest in meeting significant transportation needs.
Página 523 - Three copies of a memorandum of comment are transmitted herewith. The Bureau of the Budget has advised that from the standpoint of the administration's program it has no objection to the views expressed in the memorandum. Sincerely yours, MANUEL F.
Página 523 - To authorize activities under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 for fiscal years 1992 through 1994, and for other purposes.
Página 523 - The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Dan Rostenkowski Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives The Honorable Barbara B.
Página 705 - ... make this vision a reality, however, will require a commitment of resources for improved passenger rail that is significantly greater than has been made in the past. Amtrak's ability to invest in new equipment and plant modernization will drive its financial performance for the rest of the decade. Amtrak's dramatic financial improvement in the 1980s was due in large part to the nearly $1.3 billion in federal capital assistance appropriated to Amtrak between 1976 and 1984. The mid- and late-1980s,...
Página 324 - RAIL SAFETY AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1982 ret RAIL SAFETY AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1982 Public Law 97-468; 97th Congress AN ACT Making technical corrections to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and for other purposes.