3.0.0 980 2019-02-20T23:06:37Z 2019-02-24T00:36:43Z Senate S S 2011-05-12 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-12T19:12:06Z United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2011 112 1879 HR 2011-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2011-05-12 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2011-05-12 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-05-12 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-05-12 True Transportation and Public Works Alternative and renewable resources Department of Transportation Education programs funding Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Higher education Marine and inland water transportation Motor fuels Navigation, waterways, harbors Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Research and development Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-25T15:46:29Z United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2011 - Makes funds available from the Highway Trust Fund to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2012-FY2018 for construction of ferry vessels and ferry terminal facilities. Revises general requirements and the formula for the allocation of such funds to ferry systems and public entities responsible for developing ferries.

Includes ferries within the federal clean fuels grant program.

Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Transportation (DOT) a Ferry Joint Program Office to: (1) coordinate federal programs affecting ferry vessel and ferry facility construction, maintenance, operations, and security; and (2) promote ferry service as a component of the U.S. transportation system.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that the national ferry database is consistent with the national transit database maintained by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); and (2) award a grant to a college to establish a National Ferry Transportation Institute for research, development, and training programs relating to U.S. ferry transportation systems.

]]> United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2011 Display Title United States Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote secure ferry transportation and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s980is/xml/BILLS-112s980is.xml 2011-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.