[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1435 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1435

    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

                             August 1, 2013

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Menendez) 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 2013''.

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 ``restrict the safety regulatory 
                authority'' and inserting ``restrict--
                            ``(i) the safety regulatory authority'';
                    (B) by striking ``vehicles, the authority'' and 
                inserting ``vehicles;
                            ``(ii) the authority'';
                    (C) by striking ``cargo, or the authority'' and 
                inserting ``cargo;
                            ``(iii) the authority'';
                    (D) in clause (iii) (as designated by subparagraph 
                (C)), by inserting ``or'' after ``self-insurance 
                authorization;''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) 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 use of port facilities, if adoption 
                        or enforcement of the requirements does not 
                        conflict with any other applicable Federal law 
                        (including regulations);'' and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Port facilities.--
                    ``(A) Definition of port facilities.--In 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) limits 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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