3.0.0 4819 2023-01-14T22:48:16Z 2023-01-14T22:48:16Z House H HR 2004-07-13 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-19T21:21:14Z Referred to 2004-07-13T13:01:30Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-14T16:02:50Z Referred to 2004-07-13T13:01:25Z 2004-07-19 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2004-07-14 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2004-07-13 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-07-13 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-13 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2004-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000110 Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7] CHRISTOPHER JOHN D LA 7 N Transportation and Public Works Armed Forces and National Security Army Corps of Engineers Customs administration Department of Defense Economics and Public Finance Energy Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Marine terminals Marine transportation Navigation Tariff Transportation engineering Water Resources Development Waterways Transportation and Public Works 00 2004-07-13 Introduced in House 2004-08-10T14:43:54Z Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004 - Makes available for each fiscal year to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for operations and maintenance of essential waterways (in addition to amounts otherwise made available for operations and maintenance), five percent of the amount of duties collected during the preceding fiscal year on articles transported by vessel unladen for purposes of entering the customs territory of the United States.

Defines an "essential waterway" as a waterway that: (1) the Secretary of the Army determines provides service to one of the 25 highest ranked U.S. ports in terms of total tonnage of cargo transported through the port; (2) the Secretary of Energy determines is a critical component of the U.S. energy infrastructure; (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security determines provides service to at least one militarily and economically strategic port; or (4) the Secretary of Transportation determines provides service to at least one commercially strategic port.

]]> Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004 Display Title Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To provide funding for the operations and maintenance by the Corps of Engineers of essential waterways. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4819ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4819ih.xml 2004-07-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.