DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 4440

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1980, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

PART 1 (Pages 1-998)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY CORPORATION

URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
BIRCH BAYH, Indiana, Chairman

ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JOHN C. STENNIS, Mississippi

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
JOHN A. DURKIN, New Hampshire

JAMES A. McCLURE, Idaho

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland
LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut
MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota,
ex officio

Professional Staff
JAMES H. ENGLISH
B. TIMOTHY LEETH

WALLACE G. BERGER (Minority)

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