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House Calendar No. 242
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4778
[Report No. 103–831]
To codify without substantive change recent laws related to transportation and
to improve the United States Code.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 1994
Mr. BROOKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
OCTOBER 4, 1994
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and
ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 18, 1994]
A BILL
To codify without substantive change recent laws related to transportation and
to improve the United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. TITLE 11, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 365 of title 11, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (d)(6)(C), strike ‘‘section 101 of the Federal Aviation
Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301)’’ and substitute ‘‘section 40102(a) of
title 49’’.
(2) In subsection (p), strike ‘‘section 101(3) of the Federal Aviation
Act of 1958’’ and substitute ‘‘section 40102(a) of title 49’’.
SEC. 2. TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 18, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In section 2333(b), strike ‘‘section 902(i), (k), (l), (n), or (r) of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1472(i), (k), (l), (n), or
(r))’’ and substitute ‘‘section 46314, 46502, 46505, or 46506 of title 49’’.
(2) In section 2340(3), strike ‘‘section 101(38) of the Federal Aviation
Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301(38))’’ and substitute ‘‘section 46501(2)
of title 49’’.
SEC. 3. TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In section 103(i)(3), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
(2) In section 108(d)(2)(F), strike ‘‘section 4(f) of the Department of
Transportation Act’’ and substitute ‘‘section 303 of title 49’’.
(3) In section 127(d)(2)(A), strike ‘‘sections 411, 412, and 416 of the
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2311,
2312, and 2316)’’ and substitute ‘‘sections 31111–31114 of title 49’’.
(4) In section 133(b)(2), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
(5) Section 134 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsections (h)(5) and (i)(3) and (4), strike ‘‘the Federal
Transit Act’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
(B) In subsection (i)(5), strike ‘‘section 9 of the Federal Transit
Act’’ wherever it appears and ‘‘section 8(o) of the Federal Transit
Act’’ and substitute ‘‘section 5336 of title 49’’ and ‘‘section 5306(a)
of title 49’’, respectively.
(C) In subsections (k)–(m), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’
wherever it appears and substitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
(D) In subsection (k), strike ‘‘Federal Transit Act funds’’ and
substitute ‘‘chapter 53 funds’’.
(6) Section 135 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (f)(2), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’ and
substitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
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(B) In subsection (h), strike ‘‘section 8 of the Federal Transit Act,
United States Code’’ and ‘‘section 8 of such Act’’ and substitute
‘‘sections 5303–5306 and 5323(k) of title 49’’ and ‘‘sections 5303–
5306 and 5323(k)’’, respectively.
(7) In section 141(b), strike ‘‘section 411(j) of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(j))’’ and substitute
‘‘section 31112 of title 49’’.
(8) In section 303(c), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’ and substitute
‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’.
(9) In section 303(d), strike ‘‘the Federal Transit Act’’ and ‘‘such Act’’
and substitute ‘‘chapter 53 of title 49’’ and ‘‘chapter 53’’, respectively.
(10) In section 307(e)(13), strike ‘‘section 26(a)(1) of the Federal
Transit Act’’ and substitute ‘‘section 5313(a) of title 49’’.
SEC. 4. TITLE 26, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 9503(e)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
9503(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a),
or paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (b), of section 21 of the Federal Transit
Act’’ and substituting ‘‘section 5338(a)(1) or (b)(1) of title 49’’.
SEC. 5. TITLE 39, UNITED STATES CODE.
Section 5402(g)(1)(A) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1371)’’ and
substituting ‘‘section 41102(a) of title 49’’.
SEC. 6. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 49, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In section 112(e), strike ‘‘the date of the enactment of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘October 24, 1992’’.
(2) In section 321, strike ‘‘, respectively’’.
(3) Section 5103(b)(2) is amended as follows:
(A) Strike ‘‘include’’ and substitute ‘‘be conducted under section
553 of title 5, including’’.
(B) Strike ‘‘presentations’’ and substitute ‘‘presentation’’.
(4) In section 5104(a)(1), insert ‘‘applicable’’ after ‘‘each’’.
(5) In section 5115(b)(1)(C), strike ‘‘126’’ and substitute ‘‘126(g)’’.
(6) In section 5125(a) and (b)(1), insert ‘‘and unless authorized by
another law of the United States’’ after ‘‘section’’.
(7) Section 5307(d) is amended as follows:
(A) In clause (1)(D), strike ‘‘chapter’’ and substitute ‘‘section’’.
(B) In clause (1)(E)(iii), strike ‘‘Buy-American’’ and substitute
‘‘Buy America’’.
(8) In section 5318(e), insert ‘‘Uniform’’ before ‘‘Relocation’’.
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(9) In section 5320(g)(2), strike ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) of this section’’
and substitute ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection’’.
(10) Section 5323 is amended as follows:
(A) In the catchline for subsection (j), strike ‘‘AMERICAN’’ and
substitute ‘‘AMERICA’’.
(B) Add at the end of the section the following:
‘‘(l ) PREAWARD AND POSTDELIVERY REVIEW OF ROLLING STOCK PUR-
CHASES.—The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations requir-
ing a preaward and postdelivery review of a grant under this chapter to buy
rolling stock to ensure compliance with Government motor vehicle safety re-
quirements, subsection (j) of this section, and bid specifications requirements
of grant recipients under this chapter. Under this subsection, independent in-
spections and review are required, and a manufacturer certification is not
sufficient.’’.
(11) In section 5326(a)(3), strike ‘‘regulations’’ and substitute ‘‘guide-
lines’’.
(12) In section 5327(c)(1), strike ‘‘of that Act’’ and substitute ‘‘or that
Act’’.
(13) In section 5331(a)(3), strike ‘‘subchapter III of chapter 201 or
section 31306’’ and substitute ‘‘section 20140 or 31306’’.
(14) In section 5337(a)(4), strike ‘‘section 5336(B)(2)(A)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘section 5336(b)(2)(A) of this title’’.
(15) In the catchline of section 5565, insert ‘‘certain’’ after ‘‘con-
verting’’.
(16) In section 11301(b)(1), strike ‘‘subchapter I of chapter 2A, chap-
ter 2B, and subchapter I of chapter 2D of title 15’’ and substitute ‘‘the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.), the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), and the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.)’’.
(17) In section 11348(a), strike ‘‘(l)(1)’’ and substitute ‘‘(m)(1)’’.
(18) In section 11706(d), strike ‘‘that limitation periods’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘those limitation periods’’.
(19) In section 20136(2), strike ‘‘subsection’’ and substitute ‘‘section’’.
(20) In section 22108(a)(3), insert ‘‘under this subsection’’ after ‘‘ap-
propriated’’.
(21) Section 24501 is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (f), strike ‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL
TAXES.—(1)’’ through the end of paragraph (1) and substitute the
following:
‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FROM ADDITIONAL TAXES.—(1) In this subsection—
‘‘(A) ‘additional tax’ means a tax or fee—
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‘‘(i) on the acquisition, improvement, ownership, or operation of
personal property by Amtrak Commuter; and
‘‘(ii) on real property, except a tax or fee on the acquisition of
real property or on the value of real property not attributable to
improvements made, or the operation of those improvements, by
Amtrak Commuter.
‘‘(B) ‘Amtrak Commuter’ includes a rail carrier subsidiary of Amtrak
Commuter and a lessor or lessee of Amtrak Commuter or one of its rail
carrier subsidiaries.’’.
(B) In subsection (f)(2), insert ‘‘, even if that use is indirect’’
after ‘‘transportation’’.
(22) In section 24904(a)(2), insert ‘‘, by condemnation or otherwise,’’
after ‘‘acquire’’.
(23) Sections 30141(c)(4)(A) and 30165(a) are amended as follows:
(A) Strike ‘‘section 30112’’ and substitute ‘‘any of sections
30112’’.
(B) Insert ‘‘any of’’ before ‘‘those sections’’ each place it appears.
(24) In section 30166(h), strike ‘‘the judicial’’ and substitute ‘‘any ju-
dicial’’.
(25) In section 30308(b), strike ‘‘appropriated’’ and substitute ‘‘au-
thorized’’.
(26) In section 31501(1), strike ‘‘section 203(f)’’ and substitute ‘‘sec-
tion 3(f)’’.
(27) In section 32101, the matter before clause (1) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘In this part (except chapter 329 and except as provided in section
33101)—’’.
(28) Item 32309 in the analysis of chapter 323 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘32309.
Civil penalty for labeling violations.’’.
(29) Section 32304(a)(11) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(11) ‘passenger motor vehicle’ has the same meaning given that term
in section 32101(10) of this title, except that it includes any multipur-
pose vehicle or light duty truck when that vehicle or truck is rated at
not more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight.’’.
(30) Section 32304(a)(14) is amended as follows:
(A) Insert ‘‘the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’.
(B) Strike ‘‘the Canal Zone,’’.
(31) In the catchline of section 32309, strike ‘‘Criminal’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘Civil’’.