Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Testimony of members of Congress and public witnesses

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Página 237 - APTA is a nonprofit international association of over 1,500 public and private member organizations including transit systems and commuter rail operators; planning, design, construction and finance firms; product and service providers; academic institutions; transit associations and state departments of transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing safe, efficient and economical transit services and products.
Página 868 - FY99 appropriations bill, in appropriating $69 million for the Coast Guard Reserve, limited the amount of Reserve training funds that may be transferred to operating expenses to $20M. The House committee report notes that this limitation is included...
Página 510 - When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if any one fall from it.
Página 279 - Is a federally chartered organization representing 1 60,000 active-duty, guard and reserve, military retirees, veterans and family members of noncommissioned and petty officers serving in every component of the Armed Forces of the United States; Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. In this regard...
Página 874 - ... structure has been redefined by a revised RPAL, Reserve personnel can be recruited, trained, and assigned to meet established requirements. ... Reserve personnel will have more meaningful assignments; they will not have to create their own niches at each command.
Página 866 - Reservists, on extended active duty and long-term active duty for special work, filling active duty shortfalls. The number of Reservists on active duty is the direct result of the Coast Guard's solicitation of volunteers from the Selected Reserve to serve on extended active duty to fill full-time active duty billets for periods of 2 to 4 years. In addition, it must be noted that the Coast Guard has made significant headway in intensifying its Reserve recruiting over the past year. Such efforts have...
Página 283 - The Senate has already demonstrated an increased determination to establish a saving plan for members of the uniformed services. This proposal would give those eligible to participate an opportunity to contribute up to 5 percent of their basic pay into a program referred to as the Uniformed Services Thrift Savings Plan (USTSP) with the monthly deduction made from their pay by the servicing Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS). Under normal conditions, such a proposal would appear to have...
Página 429 - Bioassays to the Assessment of Human Health Risks from Solid Airborne Particles. In Toxic and Carcinogenic Effects of Solid Particles in the Respiratory Tract, pp 355-366, ILSI Press, Washington, DC, 1994.
Página 1038 - ... share of financial support for this important research effort. In 1990, our Coalition joined forces to undertake a study essential to the development of an effective attainment plan and effective control measures for the San Joaquin Valley of California. This unique cooperative partnership involving...
Página 865 - Reservists simply makes no sense at a time when the Coast Guard has just succeeded in completely eliminating the end-strength shortfall that has existed over the past several years. The Coast Guard has increased its recruiting capabilities and put into place a multi-year plan to keep the Coast Guard Reserve at full strength. As of February...

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