[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2783 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2783

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the 
             Brooklyn waterfront, New York City, New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 1993

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the 
             Brooklyn waterfront, New York City, New York.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY OF BROOKLYN WATERFRONT, NEW YORK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Army, shall conduct a study of current land 
uses, land availability, and waterborne and land-side transportation in 
the area from Pier 7 through the 65th Street railyards, from the 
pierhead line up to the Gowanus Expressway, and along the Staten Island 
coast in the vicinity of the Stapleton Home Port, New York City, New 
York, in order to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a major 
container feeder port in such area, the cost of constructing such a 
port, and the commercial viability of such a port.
    (b) Assumptions.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct the 
study under this section utilizing each of the following assumptions:
            (1) That a rail freight tunnel which has been proposed by 
        the City of New York will be constructed between Staten Island, 
        New York, or Greenville, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York.
            (2) That such a tunnel will not be constructed.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress a report on 
the results of the study conducted under this Act.

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