(a) As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Transportation shall report to the President, for submission to Congress, on the activities of the Department of Transportation during the prior fiscal year.
(b) The Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress each year a report on the aviation activities of the Department. The report shall include-
(1) collected information the Secretary considers valuable in deciding questions about-
(A) the development and regulation of civil aeronautics;
(B) the use of airspace of the United States; and
(C) the improvement of the air navigation and traffic control system; and
(2) recommendations for additional legislation and other action the Secretary considers necessary.
(c) The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report on the conditions of the public ports of the United States, including the-
(1) economic and technological development of the ports;
(2) extent to which the ports contribute to the national welfare and security; and
(3) factors that may impede the continued development of the ports.
[(d) Repealed.
(e)(1) The Secretary shall submit to Congress in March 1998, and in March of each even-numbered year thereafter, a report of estimates by the Secretary on the current performance and condition of public mass transportation systems with recommendations for necessary administrative or legislative changes.
(2) In reporting to Congress under this subsection, the Secretary shall prepare a complete assessment of public transportation facilities in the United States. The Secretary also shall assess future needs for those facilities and estimate future capital requirements and operation and maintenance requirements for one-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods at specified levels of service.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 308(a) | 45:792. | Jan. 2, 1974,
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| 49:1658. | Oct. 15, 1966,
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| 308(b) | 49:1354(e). | Aug. 23, 1958,
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| 308(c) | 15:1519a. | Oct. 3, 1980,
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In subsection (a), the words "As part of his annual report each year" in 45:792 are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement of the source provisions.
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words "aviation activities of the Department" are substituted for "work performed under this chapter" because of the restatement. The words "The report shall include" are substituted for "Such report shall contain" for consistency. In clause (1), the words "and data" after "information" are omitted as surplus. The words "airspace of the United States" are substituted for "National airspace" for clarity and consistency. In clause (2), the words "the Secretary considers necessary" are substituted for "as may be considered" for clarity.
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 308(d) | 49 App.:1654a. | Oct. 14, 1980,
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| 308(e) | 49 App.:1601c. | Jan. 6, 1983,
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This [deletion of the last sentence of subsection (a)] is necessary because section 111(b) of the Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982 (
In subsection (e)(1), the words "January of each even-numbered year" are substituted for "January of 1984 and in January of every second year thereafter" to eliminate unnecessary words.
1998-Subsec. (e)(1).
1995-Subsec. (d).
1984-
Subsec. (a).
Subsecs. (d), (e).
"(a)
"(b)
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which reporting provisions contained in subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section and, as subsequently amended, subsec. (e) of this section, are listed, respectively, as the 11th item on page 133, the last item on page 132, and the 5th item on page 138), see section 3003 of