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President Signs S. 1462, Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1975; and H.R. 7405, Payroll deductions for deposit to accounts of House and Senate employees [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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President Signs S. 1462, Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1975; and H.R. 7405, Payroll deductions for deposit to accounts of House and Senate employees [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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July 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed S. 1462 - Federal Railroad Safety Authorization
Act of 1975 - which authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and the
transition quarter of $43.75 million for railroad safety and $8.75 million
for hazardous material transportation safety.
S. 1462 will authorize appropriations of $35 million for fiscal year 1976 and
$8. 75 million for the July 1-September 30, 1976 transition quarter for the
Department of Transportation to carry out its duties under the Federal Rail-
road Safety Act of 1970. Those duties involve prescribing and enforcing
regulations for the safe operation of railroad track, equipment, and facili-
ties. The bill will also authorize appropriations of $7 million for fiscal
year 1976 and $1. 75 million for the transition quarter to carry out the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.
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The President has signed H.R. 7405 - Payroll deductions for deposit
to accounts of House and Senate employees -- which authorizes payroll
deductions for deposit to certain accounts of employees of the House and
Senate.
The bill will amend the law authorizing payroll deductions to define "agency"
to include employees of the House and Senate. The bill will be implemented
by action of the Speaker of the House and the Secretary of the Senate for
employees of the respective houses at any time not later than July 1, 1976.
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Digitized from Box 13 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library