Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976
Public Law 94-134 · H.R. 8365 · 94th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Nov 24, 1975 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. John McFall (D-CA-14)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations to the Department of Transportation and related agencies for fiscal year 1976 and the period ending September 30, 1976.
=Title I: Department of Transportation= - Makes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1976, and the transition period ending September 30, 1976, for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration; (4) the Federal Highway Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Urban Mass Transportation Administration; and (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Makes specified appropriations to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for programs aimed at reducing unemployment and at repairing, rehabilitating, or improving essential railroad roadbeds and facilities.
=Title II: Related Agencies= - Makes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1976, and the transition period ending September 30, 1976 for: (1) the National Transportation Safety Board; (2) the Civil Aeronautics Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) the Panama Canal; (5) the United States Railway Association; and (6) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
=Title III: General Provisions= - Places specified limitations on the use to which the funds appropriated by this Act may be put.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 26 actions.
- Nov 24, 1975Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 94-134.
- Nov 12, 1975PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate receded and concurred in certain House amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Nov 11, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment with amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendment.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to recommit to the Committee of Conference with instructions rejected in Senate, roll call #686 (158-231).Senate roll call 686
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
- Nov 6, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-636.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-636.
- Sep 17, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Jul 25, 1975Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #332 (82-1).Senate roll call 332
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Jul 22, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jul 11, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
- Jul 10, 1975FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #375 (392-13).House roll call 375
- FloorFloor · Motion to recommit to Committee on Appropriations rejected in House.
- Jun 26, 1975CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Appropriations Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.