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[CITE: 49USC308]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 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    [(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1121(h), Dec. 21, 1995, 
109 Stat. 724.]
    (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.

(Pub. L. 97-449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2422; Pub. L. 98-216, 
Sec. 2(1)(A), Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, 
Sec. 1121(h), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 724; Pub. L. 105-362, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(c), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3295.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 97-449
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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, Pub. L. 93-236, Sec.
                                                                          602, 
87 Stat. 1022.
                                        49:1658.                         Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          12, 8
0 Stat. 949; Feb. 5, 1976, Pub.
                                                                          L. 94
-210, Sec.  906(1), 90 Stat. 149.
308(b)................................  49:1354(e).                      Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          313(e
), 72 Stat. 753.
308(c)................................  15:1519a.                        Oct. 3
, 1980, Pub. L. 96-371, Sec.  2,
                                                                          94 St
at. 1362; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L.
                                                                          97-31
, Sec.  12(8), 95 Stat. 154.
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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.

                                                 Pub. L. 98-216
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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308(d)................................  49 App.:1654a.                   Oct. 1
4, 1980, Pub. L. 96-448, Sec.
                                                                          409, 
94 Stat. 1948; Dec. 21, 1982,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-375, Sec.  210(a), 96 Stat.
                                                                          1825.
308(e)................................  49 App.:1601c.                   Jan. 6
, 1983, Pub. L. 97-424, Sec.
                                                                          310, 
96 Stat. 2151.
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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 (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.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105-362 substituted ``submit to 
Congress in March 1998, and in March of each even-numbered year 
thereafter, a report'' for ``submit a report to Congress in January of 
each even-numbered year''.
    1995--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out subsec. (d) which 
related to reports to Congress listing assistance provided by Government 
to railroad industry.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-216, Sec. 2(1)(A)(i), substituted ``Reports'' for 
``Annual reports'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-216, Sec. 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, Sec. 2(1)(A)(iii), added subsecs. 
(d) and (e).


   Annual Report on Safety Enforcement Activities of Federal Aviation 
                             Administration

    Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(l) [title III, Sec. 317(a)], Dec. 22, 
1987, 101 Stat. 1329-358, 1329-380, and Pub. L. 100-457, title III, 
Sec. 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, Secs. 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.
