Union Station Act of 1981

Union Station Act of 1981 - Amends the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to assign, on or before October 1, 1981, to the Secretary of Transportation all right, title, and interest in certain agreements and leases concerning Union Station, Washington, D. C.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to sublet part of Union Station to the Secretary of the Interior for use as a National Visitor Center and to operate the rest of the station as a rail passenger terminal.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (formerly the Washington Terminal Company) to construct a parking structure in a specified area adjacent to the Union Station Building. Requires the Company to cease construction of a new railroad passenger station in the area beneath and adjacent to such parking structure.

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use funds received from operations (including parking) at Union Station to pay certain operating, maintenance, and leasing costs. Waives financial and contractual restrictions on specified funds.

Requires that contracts for construction, renovations, or repairs performed under this Act shall be bid competitively on a fixed-price basis.

Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to enter into a contract with the Secretary to furnish steam from the Capitol Power Plant to Union Station.

Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and the Interior to assure that laborers and mechanics working on specified aspects of the Union Station Building be paid wages set in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

Limits, to specified sums, funds for alterations and construction under this Act.

Directs the Secretaries to transmit final construction plans and the parking enforcement mechanism prescribed by this Act to the appropriate Congressional committees.