[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2011 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2011

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain port 
                  authorities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2011

 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Franken, Mr. Menendez, 
Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which 
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain port 
                  authorities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Ports Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY TO PORT FACILITIES.

    Section 14501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' after ``cargo,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the semicolon the 
                following: ``, or the authority of a State, political 
                subdivision of a State, or political authority of 2 or 
                more States, to adopt requirements for motor carriers 
                and commercial motor vehicles providing services at 
                port facilities that are reasonably related to the 
                reduction of environmental pollution, traffic 
                congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the 
                efficient utilization of port facilities, if adoption 
                or enforcement of such requirements does not conflict 
                with any other applicable Federal law or regulation''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Clarification.--
                    ``(A) Definition of port facilities.--For purposes 
                of paragraph (2)(A), the term `port facilities' means 
                all port facilities for coastwise, intercoastal, inland 
                waterways, and Great Lakes shipping and overseas 
                shipping, including wharves, piers, sheds, warehouses, 
                terminals, yards, docks, control towers, container 
                equipment, maintenance buildings, container freight 
                stations, and port equipment, including harbor craft, 
                cranes, and straddle carriers.
                    ``(B) Applicability of clean air act.--Nothing in 
                paragraph (1) may be construed to limit the rights 
                reserved to any State or political subdivision of a 
                State under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
                seq.).''.
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