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PUBLIC LAW 89-670-OCT. 15, 1966

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National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 through the ^ ' « ' P- ^'SBureau and Director authorized by section 201 of the Highway Safety Act of 1966. ^"'«. p- 731. (4) The office of Federal Highway Administrator, created by section p^^^c'Road^s 303 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby transferred to and con- 75 Stat. 822; tinned within the Department under the title Director of Public Roads. 78 Stat. 425. The Director shall be the operating head of the Bureau of Public Roads, or any other agency created within the Department to carry out the primary functions carried out immediately before the effective date of this Act by the Bureau of Public Roads. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary in carrying out the purposes of this Act shall, among his responsibilities, exercise leadership under the direction of the President in transportation matters, including those affecting the national defense and those involving national or regional emergencies; provide leadership in the development of national transportation policies and programs, and make recommendations to the President and the Congress for their consideration and implementation; promote and undertake development, collection, and dissemination of technological, statistical, economic, and other information relevant to domestic and international transportation; consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in gathering information regarding the status of labor-management contracts and other labormanagement problems and in promoting industrial harmony and stable employment conditions in all modes of transportation; promote and undertake research and development relating to transportation, including noise abatement, with particular attention to aircraft noise; consult with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies on the transportation requirements of the Government, including the procurement of transportation or the operation of their own transport services in order to encourage them to establish and observe policies consistent with the maintenance of a coordinated transportation system; and consult and cooperate with State and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested parties, including, when appropriate, holding informal public hearings. (b)(1) I n carrying out his duties and responsibilities under this Act, the Secretary shall be governed by all applicable statutes including the policy standards set forth in the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.); the national transportation policy of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. preceding §§ 1, 301, 901, and 1001); title 23, United States Code, relating to Federal-aid highways; and title 14 U.S.C., titles L II and L III of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. chs. 2A, 7, 11, 14, 15, and 18), the Act of April 25, 1940, as amended (54 Stat. 163; 46 U.S.C. 526-526u), and the Act of September 2, 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 1754; 46 U. S. C 527-527h), relating to the United States Coast Guard. (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize, without appropriate action by Congress, the adoption, revision, or implementation of— (A) any transportation policy, or (B) any investment standards or criteria. (3) I n exercising the functions, powers, and duties conferred on and transferred to the Secretary by this Act, the Secretary shall give full consideration to the need for operational continuity of the functions transferred, to the need for effectiveness and safety in transportation systems, and to the needs of the national defense. (c) Orders and actions of the Secretary or the National Transportation Safety Board in the exercise of functions, powers, and duties

Duties of Secretary.

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