§308. Reports

(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) By the 90th day after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report listing the specific assistance provided by the United States Government to the railroad industry during that fiscal year. The report shall include-

(1) the reasons for each Government loan or grant and explain the way in which the loan or grant contributed to the overall goal of providing a safe and efficient transportation system;

(2) information on the financial condition of each railroad having a loan guaranteed under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) throughout the duration of the loan; and

(3) information on the past and anticipated financial condition and operations during the fiscal year of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund established under section 502(a) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(a)) and of the Obligation Guarantee Fund established under section 511(b) of that Act (45 U.S.C. 831(b)).

(e)(1) The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress in January of each even-numbered year 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.

( Pub. L. 97–449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2422 ; Pub. L. 98–216, §2(1)(A), Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 4 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 97–449

Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
308(a)	45:792.	Jan. 2, 1974, Pub. L. 93–236, §602, 87 Stat. 1022 .
	49:1658.	Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, §12, 80 Stat. 949 ; Feb. 5, 1976, Pub. L. 94–210, §906(1), 90 Stat. 149 .
308(b)	49:1354(e).	Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, §313(e), 72 Stat. 753 .
308(c)	15:1519a.	Oct. 3, 1980, Pub. L. 96–371, §2, 94 Stat. 1362 ; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97–31, §12(8), 95 Stat. 154 .

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.

Pub. L. 98–216

Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
308(d)	49 App.:1654a.	Oct. 14, 1980, Pub. L. 96–448, §409, 94 Stat. 1948 ; Dec. 21, 1982, Pub. L. 97–375, §210(a), 96 Stat. 1825 .
308(e)	49 App.:1601c.	Jan. 6, 1983, Pub. L. 97–424, §310, 96 Stat. 2151 .

This [deletion of the last sentence of subsection (a)] is necessary because section 111(b) of the Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982 ( Pub. L. 97–375, 96 Stat. 1821 ) repealed section 602 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 ( Pub. L. 93–236, 87 Stat. 1022 ), which was restated as section 308(a) (last sentence) of title 49 by section 1 of the Act of January 12, 1983 ( Pub. L. 97–449, 96 Stat. 2413 ).

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.

References in Text

The Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is Pub. L. 91–663, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1975 , as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 15 (§661 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 661 of Title 45 and Tables.

Amendments

1984-Pub. L. 98–216, §2(1)(A)(i), substituted "Reports" for "Annual reports" in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–216, §2(1)(A)(ii), struck out requirement that the report include a complete statement on the effectiveness of the United States Railway Association and the Consolidated Rail Corporation in carrying out the purposes of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 98–216, §2(1)(A)(iii), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

Annual Report on Safety Enforcement Activities of Federal Aviation Administration

Pub. L. 100–202, §101(l) [title III, §317(a)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–358 , 1329-380, and Pub. L. 100–457, title III, §317(a), Sept. 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 2148 , which required Secretary of Transportation to transmit to Congress an annual report on Federal Aviation Administration's prior safety enforcement activities including staffing level comparisons, inspector experience and training schedules, criteria used to set annual work programs, annual inspection comparisons, statement of adequacy of internal management controls, status of regulatory changes, list of specific operational measures of effectiveness, schedule showing number of civil penalty cases closed, schedule showing number of enforcement actions taken, and schedules showing aviation industry's safety record, were repealed and reenacted as section 44723 of this title by Pub. L. 103–272, §§1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1202 , 1379.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 106 of this title; title 33 section 535h.