1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Making Opportunities Via
Efficient and More Effective National Transportation Act of
2009
or the MOVEMENT Act of 2009
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—National Goods Movement Improvement
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. National Goods Movement Improvement
Program.
Sec. 104. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 105. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 106. Sunset provision.
Title II—Funding Provisions
Sec. 201. National Goods Movement Improvement Fund.
Sec. 202. Harbor maintenance tax.
<enum>I</enum><header>National Goods
Movement Improvement</header>
<section id="HC1B100C3E2744AD097375671015C9D2F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7A967D273C1C4DA193A51FDFCB352EF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The movement of goods is a form of
interstate commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CC8F101A62745C886214E7C70FF9E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Waterborne
containerized shipments of imported products valued at approximately $2
trillion entered the United States last year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F57D7C55DC04455980094BA6E5C6090"><enum>(3)</enum><text>According to the
Maritime Administration, 6,867 oceangoing-vessels made 63,804 calls at United
States seaports. Of these ports of call, the top 10 seaports handled 88 percent
of imported cargo units in 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF610AEEC11A8417AB56591EDBA88F04F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>According to the
Maritime Administration, the average size of vessels calling at United States
ports increased by 8 percent over the past 5 years. Containerships were 13
percent larger over this period, representing the need to enhance spending on
transportation infrastructure to support the increased amounts of trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2F1EA0ADC7A4989989DE382F9AAEEFF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of
waterborne containerized shipments of imported products into the United States
increased by 33 percent between fiscal years 2000 and 2006, from 23.5 million
shipments to 31.3 million shipments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEF380417C0149A08C008B12C74C8D3D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The number of
waterborne containerized shipments in the United States recently declined on
average by approximately 10 percent; however, it is expected that the number of
waterborne containerized shipments in the United States will increase by as
much as 350 percent by the year 2020.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD3D4E474EE14290A3D56127BDE54DEA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The California Air Resources Board, in its
2006 Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and Goods Movement, calculated that in
California alone port and goods movement pollution contributed to 2,400
premature heart-related deaths, 62,000 cases of asthma symptoms, and more than
1 million respiratory-related school absences every year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2011711E77B040DFBBADA8406F20EDCA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>According to the
National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, congestion
is disrupting household and business activities from coast to coast and
extracting a large and expanding penalty on business productivity and the
quality of life of American families.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H719F0A03CBAE414BBBD91C8DE716FDB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>According to the
National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, Highway
Trust Fund revenues since 2003 have fallen by 4 percent a year when adjusted
with inflation, representing a drastic decrease in available funding for
transportation infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H80BEA86037824B460090173BBC3ECF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H2C64CC99793E41C29E2D8D00974100C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered
port</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered
port</quote> means a seaport or land port of entry in the United States at
which taxes are collected under 4461 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95AEFD6904F548A594D366B61246E5DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible goods
movement improvement project</header><text>The term <quote>eligible goods
movement improvement project</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D0CF75FC88040A1AD5C3573D2F0461C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a project eligible
for assistance under title 23, United States Code, that has as its primary
purpose improving the movement of goods in interstate commerce, including
projects that relieve truck congestion leading into and out of ports and invest
in existing transportation technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FDAC7B6A9944BDF888C3E26F6DD9F4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a project to
enhance or expand freight rail service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA1357CB8B954131AAB8B1CEDB2E0A8A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other projects to
improve the movement of goods in interstate commerce as the Secretary
determines appropriate, including projects located on the site of a covered
port.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2811ADDF02204FCAB5CA947FAF64D1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
environmental project</header><text>The term <quote>eligible environmental
project</quote> means a project that mitigates environmental damage to air,
water, and soil caused by the movement of goods, including projects that
promote diesel engine replacement and the use of clean trucks, cold iron
technology, and equipment that reduces smoke stack emissions from vessels at a
port.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F736BA3228C4978B2D72012E254F368"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible
homeland security project</header><text>The term <quote>eligible homeland
security project</quote> means a project to improve cargo inspection,
screening, and security training for workers, including projects to educate and
train port employees and workers on relevant security issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49156EF0D649495686F8A847B4B638B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible
project</header><text>The term <quote>eligible project</quote> means an
eligible goods movement improvement project, eligible environmental project, or
eligible homeland security project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF398879A88A344A3B524FD004023385F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>National goods
movement improvement fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <quote>National Goods Movement Improvement Fund</quote> means the fund
established under section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6BD5ADA2385D4A1F948E4B7018885DEB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>National goods
movement improvement program</header><text>The term <quote>National Goods
Movement Improvement Program</quote> means the grant program authorized by
section 103.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA01AC8E87A494881B58032286DAFC600"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68BD9C72944C45BCA8F077D12C01E5C"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <quote>State</quote> means any of the 50 States and the District of
Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40CFBFD9FD5B4535AE11A9932CA900A2"><enum>(10)</enum><header>State
transportation department</header><text>The term <quote>State transportation
department</quote> has the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D770B9B5907485FA15F47015EBD687"><enum>(11)</enum><header>United
States</header><text>The term <quote>United States</quote> means the 50 States
and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H44B0953814794C44A5032648D458D554"><enum>103.</enum><header>National Goods
Movement Improvement Program</header>
<subsection id="H36486E02FB2445C4999D4537E2FE2208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
authority</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program, to be known as
the <quote>National Goods Movement Improvement Program</quote>, to provide
funding in accordance with the requirements of this section for eligible
projects using amounts appropriated out of the National Goods Movement
Improvement Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42DC02D8683F4761A2005E6E8E349820"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
pay the administrative costs of the Secretary under this section using amounts
made available to the Secretary under section 9511(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F44480DEF23470EBB8CB4B4A373FAF4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Apportionment of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H3F19CF1A32BD496CBD5D19A853003E72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On October 1 of a fiscal year, the Secretary shall
apportion the funds (other than the administrative expenses referred to in
subsection (b)) appropriated out of the National Goods Movement Improvement
Fund for the fiscal year to carry out this section among those States
containing one or more covered ports, in the form of grants, in the ratio
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58027A3815D8481BA12B17B83730097B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate amount of funds deposited in
the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund during the preceding fiscal year
that is attributable to covered ports in each such State; bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA34EE8E9AD7546558693074C13F7E565"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the aggregate
amount of funds deposited in the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund
during the preceding fiscal year that is attributable to covered ports in all
such States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H470C406FCF134F62AB8030BCC08FFA11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts to State transportation departments</header><text>Amounts apportioned
to a State under this subsection shall be made available to its State
transportation department. Such amounts may not be transferred, loaned, or
deferred to any other entity for any other purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4406FC5F34CA4AFF916C7DE7D78247C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>A State transportation department shall obligate funds
apportioned to the State under this subsection only for eligible projects that
have been approved by the Secretary in accordance with such procedures as the
Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A1EE66AB4864C069D12CB9EC87B299E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocations of
apportioned funds</header>
<paragraph id="HF40B1453409A4EF69E00355B1BF6B681"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation among
covered ports</header><text>A State transportation department shall allocate
funds apportioned to the State under subsection (c) for a fiscal year among the
covered ports located in the State, which generate revenue for the National
Goods Movement Improvement Fund, in the ratio that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12D809C223FC4A4DA9051BC95BE89091"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the aggregate amount of funds deposited in
the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund during the preceding fiscal year
that is attributable to each covered port in the State; bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88E00281FA824F8F9892353DFBF4D07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the aggregate
amount of funds deposited in the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund
during the preceding fiscal year that is attributable to all covered ports in
the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22F628B6C3EC4D1BA87EE3784B1D168E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation among
types of projects</header><text>Of the amounts allocated to a covered port
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8E32D95C5C64D7883AAA25215D2618F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>90 percent shall
be available only for eligible goods movement improvement projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5883D9847E304EE600EB7F2CF8B4EAEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>7 percent shall be
available only for eligible environmental projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1803716988034662B29343584B9572A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>3 percent shall be
available only for eligible homeland security projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EE0A9D582E24FB296F32BBF30C7E9DB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Project
selection</header>
<paragraph id="HCA9FBF59C0774C14B2AB2816C4A55E66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts allocated by a State department of transportation
to a covered port under subsection (d) shall be distributed by the State
department of transportation to projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA06A53569704443DB40067BB70645C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are selected by
the State department of transportation in consultation with the owner or
operator of the covered port and any applicable regional planning commission;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDFAF469CEE14DB3A37BD2DAFBF0711F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided by paragraph (3), are
physically located, in whole or in part, on the site of the covered port or
within a 40-mile radius of such a site.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3A00BCB099143788DF25F58E4CB05D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project selection
guidelines</header>
<subparagraph id="H0A81810C765A45C300922700B0995240"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall establish guidelines for the selection of
projects for grant funding under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D52FE0B0452434DBD00F79900CA243F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of
guidelines</header><text>The Secretary shall make the guidelines established
under this paragraph available to State departments of transportation, owners
and operators of covered ports, owners and operators of railroads, and
applicable regional planning commissions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA593920CABD4E3F97189252BBE6EEF1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>In establishing the guidelines under this
subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the State department of
transportation receiving grant funding under this title can demonstrate—</text>
<clause id="HC5988EDC355B4CB08FEF44469C4D8BE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
financial need for the use of Federal funding for the project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4E9A33DC3D64C8A89CE706FA488D840"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
clear and definable purpose for the project, including how the project will
promote one or more of the goals of—</text>
<subclause id="HFE8AF80DD27A44B7B2A3BAAEC1AAD702"><enum>(I)</enum><text>improving highway,
rail, and port goods movement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBEFB9691F659471D87CEF9D70099F52F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mitigating environmental damage to air,
water, and soil caused by the movement of goods and promoting the use of clean
trucks or diesel replacement; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9B3DD102B3AD4F43B3ECADBB8350300"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving cargo inspection, screening, and
security training for workers, including projects to educate and train port
employees and workers on relevant security issues.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAE8EDAA5EC942C99FD38B17B32F6D2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Projects
accomplishing multiple goals</header><text>In establishing the guidelines under
this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure the selection of projects that
accomplish the maximum number of goals described in subparagraph
(C)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9F99D7D746D470DBD5BAE9D42359C25"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Planning
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing
the guidelines under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<clause id="HB63C015251C84B7D97A447E193F3F489"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible goods
movement improvement projects are selected in accordance with applicable
metropolitan, regional, and statewide planning processes, including sections
134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1D68FC2E102F4207BE0424EA1FEA25CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all
attempts are made by State departments of transportation receiving grant
funding under this title to include regional and State transportation
organizations in the selection process.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB682CE32CD77474A9D9081E10019A800"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception to
project location requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the application of
paragraph (1)(B) with respect to not to exceed 10 percent to the funds
allocated to a covered port for a fiscal year under subsection (d)(1)
if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37447D74E871417B811F2E9DA8F2AFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State, in
consultation with the owner or operator of the covered port and the appropriate
planning commission, submits an application for the waiver, at such time and in
such form as the Secretary may require;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A2F813888184F2BBDE90802A23164DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any project
constructed pursuant to the waiver—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DECD7C3C5C14B1586A89C5C49B015C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located within a
goods movement chain that originates or ends at the covered port;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8E262B2CE358474C9C71ADF18C009BA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
designed to accomplish multiple goals described in paragraph (2)(C)(ii);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H657A2958B8A74BAF8B6899D8DD4D21A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is
physically located, in whole or in part, within a 150-mile radius of the
covered port.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H75B0265B39E24BCC974EE1C9B352A0DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Public Works and the Environment of the Senate a written notice of
each waiver issued under paragraph (3), including an explanation of the reasons
for granting the waiver.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H156A5482E00642A8A948CD0079ADBF6E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Project
implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State
transportation department may carry out an eligible project using grant funds
made available under this title either directly or by entering into appropriate
arrangements with owners and operators of covered ports, owners and operators
of railroads, and other entities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2A58ED7F572041A8862B172713501725"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Freight impact
study</header><text>The Secretary shall require each State receiving funds
under this section to provide to the Secretary, on an annual basis, data on the
amount of cargo transported through the State by a seaport or inland
port.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EE3B19FBDF74DB4B180DC261FF3EA4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<subsection id="HB57A5F566B99474EA26F4B83DEFB587E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Date available
for obligation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations
from the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund shall be available for
obligation on the date of their apportionment or on October 1 of the fiscal
year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38209717C6184B7DAE706C204CC82CEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text>Funds apportioned to a State for a project shall
remain available for obligation for such purpose for a period of 2 years after
the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized. Any funds
so apportioned that remain unobligated at the end of such period shall be
reallocated among the covered States at the discretion of the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA3C923DE3C2B4DB6AD96048E7B6F41DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants as
contractual obligations</header><text>A grant for a project under this title
that is approved by the Secretary is a contractual obligation of the Government
to pay the Federal share of the cost of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F52FED323FA410EBD9B22BC254308B1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction
standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project to be
carried out with assistance under this title that is for a highway that is on a
Federal-aid system (as such terms are defined in section 101 of title 23,
United States Code) shall be constructed to the same standards that would apply
if such project was being carried out with assistance under chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF285757FE64C418B867E4786A59C0000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prevailing rate
of wage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 113 of title
23, United States Code, shall apply to a project being carried out with
assistance provided under this title in the same manner and to the same extent
as such section would apply if such project was being carried out with
assistance provided under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F936D03B31749C9BF00A4253B45E086"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph id="H293A8215F284462200FB97C5426B6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project for which a
grant is made under this title shall be 90 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC9D82C8407B4A17B3538409E8DB8410"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which a
grant is made under this title may not be provided from Federal funds made
available under any other law (including funds from the Highway Trust
Fund).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H94E509BBBAA5440392C950003DFE3D53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2DBD247A7B574EB5A961008140279833"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a project is a
collaboration between multiple counties and multiple regional planning
commissions and has a national significance in promoting goods movement, the
Secretary may waive the requirement for payment of the non-Federal share of the
cost of the project under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6D9CA0E45FA48E39D8626A4005E921D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Written
justifications</header><text>Before issuing a waiver for a project under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a written
justification for the waiver, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF24616643AD341178D006CB354B33455"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of
the project, including its location and cost; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H090B3DCD447F4411AC37EC0500E62705"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of
the national impact the project will have in the United States on enhancing the
efficiency of the movement of goods, mitigating environmental damage caused by
the movement of goods and enhancing the security of the movement of
goods.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DEE4B7E836C412C9E2465D42495344"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may issue waivers under
subparagraph (A) with respect to not to exceed 20 percent to the grant funds
made available in a fiscal year under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0FF21349FBDD47559900D81CEAD380B5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
funds made available under this section may be used by a grant recipient to
conduct a study related to a future project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAE99080D4104427E90B2633761D00099"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Use of existing
and proven technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All
attempts should be made to use existing and proven technology when carrying out
eligible projects under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4C546519770458ABD972560FBB2F8A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header>
<subsection id="HB43E971549D041908298B3D9B0E31965"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter during the term of the National
Goods Movement Improvement Program (in this section referred to as the
<quote>program</quote>), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on
projects submitted, projects approved for funding, and the results of the
program, including the effects of the program on mitigating the environmental
damage caused by the movement of goods and enhancing the security of the
movement of goods.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA919971849A42848DA0AE57004C34E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report to be submitted under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H21B7BAED58AE445AA5D774B1C38FA74B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the impact that the
program has had in the United States on enhancing the efficiency of goods
movement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE518FF0933C43858958997B8901382C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list identifying each project selected
for funding under the program during the prior fiscal year and the amount of
funding provided under this title for the project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57281633CBC34DB58BADE59425479600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
list identifying any projects that were submitted to receive funding but were
denied;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H557D2FD771DF409F84694DF5EB3CB291"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
description of the impact, if any, that the program has had on the cost of
imported consumer goods in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39A57760C5874187A5EC7B667B9D3492"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment of
the current condition of the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9ECD24BD724008BE4D19D14300B604"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the results of a
study, to be conducted by the Secretary using data obtained under section
103(g), detailing the amount of cargo that is transported through each State by
a seaport or inland port;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7C5BC49E0414929B749A1CA6E5BB1E3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recommendations
regarding the potential for expansion or other changes to the program,
including adjustments to the harbor maintenance tax to ensure that the tax is
producing sufficient funding for the program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA123BAED17394F399365FE5388CA7B2C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>recommendations
regarding whether the program should be reauthorized by Congress and, if so,
whether the harbor maintenance tax should be increased or decreased to support
infrastructure spending.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H40D31662EDD045029F6C00A0D439B427"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
developing the report to be submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H38CE4D36AB6B4F53B45BBC6675A08183"><enum>106.</enum><header>Sunset
provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of the
Secretary to make grants under this title shall continue in effect until
October 1, 2019.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Funding
Provisions</header>
<section id="H4DA73928C4884DF398B9020500E88C0"><enum>201.</enum><header>National Goods
Movement Improvement Fund</header>
<subsection id="H8C78FF29C5C4474D9B57A1D0E83FC700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of
chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the trust fund
code) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A792E29673B43D2BBDEC0CCFCB38E35" style="OLC">
<section id="H97F7B94E1DBA495FA12700F0B1FA2133"><enum>9511.</enum><header>National Goods
Movement Improvement Fund</header>
<subsection id="HB716088D7F754D45ACEF7C38D6E68DC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of
fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby
established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the
<quote>National Goods Movement Improvement Fund</quote>, consisting of such
amounts as may be—</text>
<paragraph id="HA086754A27214951007015BED2EB5FB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriated to the National Goods Movement
Improvement Fund as provided in this section, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H457BAFE01E4F4A51A3D2E4C936496F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">credited to the National Goods Movement
Improvement Fund as provided in section 9602(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B7AC203685E431FB56E00A78C36E95C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer to
National Goods Movement Improvement Fund of amounts equivalent to certain
taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are hereby
appropriated to the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund amounts equivalent
to 71.43 percent of the taxes received in the Treasury under section 4461
(relating to harbor maintenance tax).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8803CA3742C640BABE2D24000003F56D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures
from National Goods Movement Improvement Fund</header><text>Amounts in the
National Goods Movement Improvement Fund shall be available to the Secretary of
Transportation, as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, for fiscal years
beginning after the second September 30th after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Making Opportunities Via Efficient and
More Effective National Transportation Act of 2009</short-title>—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9914E207DB14E0DB6E693009E160663"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for making expenditures to carry out
section 103 of such Act, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC5604A5826B4ED3AC2590AEDB599F18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the payment of all expenses of
administration incurred for any fiscal year by the Secretary of Transportation
related to the administration of the program established by section 103 of such
Act, and by the Department of the Treasury, the Army Corps of Engineers, and
the Department of Commerce related to the administration of the tax imposed
under section 4461(a)(2), but not in excess of an amount equal to one percent
of the total balance of the fund on the last day of the preceding fiscal year
or $10,000,000, whichever is
less.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F60C3E6D9CE488288561D6110AF3059"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for such subchapter A is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following:</text>
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<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H5A792E29673B43D2BBDEC0CCFCB38E35" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H97F7B94E1DBA495FA12700F0B1FA2133" level="section">Sec. 9511. National Goods Movement Improvement
Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H821D60F4C7A94E5A8BD228DB177F7CB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4F2C1D8C8FE04C8DBD44DACA8727973"><enum>202.</enum><header>Harbor
maintenance tax</header>
<subsection id="HC8FDE20B1B424D7384148980999206BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of
tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4461 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows.</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D2C66CEB694E148F00F35FD42C4C61" style="OLC">
<section id="H3FF32CE45E374B5BBF69D77EC392503"><enum>4461.</enum><header>Imposition of
tax</header>
<subsection id="H5E682503D35840C4B5AAA0E2A701724B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby imposed
a tax on—</text>
<paragraph id="HAFB54164B71F46039F433642F6F5861"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any port use,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84DD94059570440D9C0046BF77A651F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>commercial cargo
entering the customs territory of the United States other than by port use
following foreign port use.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBDEEB9B707C74ACCB1B513F8E88DDD7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of
tax</header>
<paragraph id="H0AFD2E78C4F740839F9EB53D8275D599"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Port
use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the tax
imposed by subsection (a)(1) shall be an amount equal to 0.4375 percent of the
value of the commercial cargo involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF75A8C017B4D42CC95EAE5184429B3FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial cargo
entering the United States following foreign port use</header><text>The amount
of the tax imposed by subsection (a)(2) shall be an amount equal to 0.3125
percent of the value of the commercial cargo involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF57377F962194C8DB9322614D58CFFE8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Liability and
time of imposition of tax</header>
<paragraph id="H6671BDC7505A4E210033CDBA06597D65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>The
tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be paid by the importer of the cargo with
respect to which tax is imposed under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEC045560FEB4C34BDD000B5DD6D99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time of
imposition</header>
<subparagraph id="HE51FF589E4C341318B3D77F699FFF1BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Port
use</header><text>Except as provided by regulations, the tax imposed by
subsection (a)(1) shall be imposed at the time of unloading.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H599FF7119ECC440989729777F2B2A129"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Commercial cargo
entering the United States following foreign port use</header><text>Except as
provided by regulations, the tax imposed by subsection (a)(2) shall be imposed
at the time the commercial cargo enters the customs territory of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB04100E7A30E4D29B3F876F260795B40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Subsection
(a) of section 4462 of such Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F0CD730ADBD40AB80A0443058632531" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE4C728AB562344258F5538A6EEF02400"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign port
use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term “foreign port
use” means the unloading of commercial cargo from a commercial vessel at a
foreign port.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E435850A1354EA7B78146FFD2BD1901"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Foreign
port</header><text>The term “foreign port” means any channel or harbor (or
component thereof) in Mexico or Canada, which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67BBA88E8596436489DAD91100D9F7C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not an inland
waterway, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF299E7D46DC46FA8DCEC92E98214C18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is open to public
navigation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D8C44D6B2FD4632A1E85CFF460354C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(g) of section 4462 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H315247ACF1FB491693A4EEAFBC5ECD8C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6748AC82FDBC40F5B13544F966331B1F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Goods
originating in Canada or Mexico</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No tax shall be imposed under section
4461(a)(2) on any good, commodity, or product which originated in Canada or
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H43F245D921FD408393CCD94EE3D830F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reduction of tax
in cases of port use subject to State or local fees</header><text>Section 4462
of such Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD1B344FF51DE4C6DA4B426628696F200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (i) as subsection (j); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF48E63F809447A18CFBFCB759AA5310"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (h) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66BD009597904E9CB09C49E8A0345264" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H9D4DC2BD0CAC4309AD6BE457A2E8D941"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Port use subject
to State or local fees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16BF2799ABC44C80A7ADCE5990A38018"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduction of
tax</header><text>The Secretary may reduce the amount of the tax imposed for
port use at an individual port under section 4461(a)(1) if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB68507105AB44E486000646AD802CAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the port use is
subject to a State or local fee, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HACD99D874DD94240B6C625A5C41552F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the revenues from
the State or local fee are reserved for projects and activities to improve the
movement of commercial cargo in commerce, as determined by the Secretary in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H390134449B4D45518CCE911E276CEE19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a
reduction under paragraph (1) shall be lessor of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H606E2671120D4EBB8DB740002103CAD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the
State or local fee involved, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBC6C3AED99244FC9957F13FB5B88A6E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount equal to
10 percent of the tax that would otherwise apply to the port use under section
4461(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D61F3E6C39241889F3FEEDD300000AD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments relating to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H7939A4FA56614CE8B45307019C34CC82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer to
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to certain
taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9505(b) of such
Code is amended by striking <quote>amounts equivalent to the taxes
received</quote> and inserting <quote>amounts equivalent to 28.57 percent of
the taxes received</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FED802407BB450C85007CF44BD2CAA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenditures from
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses</header><text>Section
9505(c)(3) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>subchapter A of chapter
36 (relating to harbor maintenance tax)</quote> and inserting <quote>the tax
imposed under section 4461(a)(1)</quote> .</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H194024FCF6FF4AD18FD7BF2591DB1DE6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Guidelines for
carrying out reduction in tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish
guidelines for the approval or denial of a reduction in tax under section
4462(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section). Such
guidelines shall include procedures for States seeking such reduction to inform
the Secretary of Transportation in writing of their request for a
reduction.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8825F1648B0436BB0204E99413C1077"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to port use
and commercial cargo entering the United States on or after on the 90th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>