[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H5191-H5192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 4470) to rename the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 4470

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

     SECTION 1. GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
                   CORPORATION.

       (a) Renaming the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation.--The Act of May 13, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 981 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 1 (33 U.S.C. 981), by striking ``Saint 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting 
     ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''; 
     and
       (2) in section 2(b) (33 U.S.C. 982(b)), by striking ``Saint 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting 
     ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''.
       (b) References.--Any reference to the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation in any law, regulation, document, 
     record, Executive order, or other paper of the United States 
     shall be deemed to be a reference to the Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Title 5.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation''.
       (2) Title 18.--Section 2282B of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''.
       (3) Internal revenue code.--Section 9505(a)(2) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(a)(2)) is 
     amended by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation''.
       (4) Title 31.--Section 9101(3)(K) of title 31, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''.
       (5) Water resources development act of 1986.--The Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (A) in section 206 (33 U.S.C. 2234), by striking ``Saint 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting 
     ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'';
       (B) in section 210(a)(1) (33 U.S.C. 2238(a)(1)), by 
     striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' 
     and inserting ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation'';
       (C) in section 214(2)(B) (33 U.S.C. 2241(2)(B)), by 
     striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' 
     and inserting ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation''; and
       (D) in section 1132(b) (33 U.S.C. 2309(b)), by striking 
     ``Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' and 
     inserting ``Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation'' each place it appears.
       (6) Title 46.--Title 46, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in section 2109, by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'';
       (B) in section 8103(g), by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'';
       (C) in section 8503(c), by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'';

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       (D) in section 55112(a)(3), by striking ``St. Lawrence 
     Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes 
     St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'';
       (E) in section 55331(3), by striking ``Saint Lawrence 
     Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes 
     St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''; and
       (F) in section 70032, by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation'' each place it 
     appears.
       (7) Title 49.--
       (A) In general.--Title 49, United States Code, is amended--
       (i) in section 110--

       (I) in the heading, by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''; and
       (II) in subsection (a), by striking ``Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes St. 
     Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''; and

       (ii) in section 6314(c)(2)(G), by striking ``Saint Lawrence 
     Seaway Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Great Lakes 
     St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation''.
       (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 1 
     of subtitle I of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     amending the item relating to section 110 to read as follows:

``110. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Carjabal) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.


                             General Leave

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 4470, as amended.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and rise in strong support of H.R. 4470.
  This legislation, introduced by the gentlewoman from Ohio, 
Representative Marcy Kaptur, is simple in its intent but strong in its 
meaning. H.R. 4470 would rename the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation as the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation.
  The binational Saint Lawrence Seaway is a 328-nautical-mile deep-
draft waterway between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie. It connects 
the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence 
River. The U.S. portion of the Seaway was authorized in 1954 and is 
operated by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation within 
the United States Department of Transportation.
  This change would more accurately portray the geographical scope of 
the agency and would clarify the agency's mission is of benefit to the 
Saint Lawrence region, as well as the entire Great Lakes region.
  I thank Representative Kaptur for her work on this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support H.R. 4470, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4470.
  By adding the words ``Great Lakes'' to the name of the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, the corporation will better reflect its 
geographic location and its economic importance to this significant 
region of the Nation.
  Located within the Department of Transportation, the corporation is 
charged with operating and maintaining all U.S. infrastructure and 
waters of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The corporation is also tasked 
with developing trade focused on driving economic activity for the 
entire Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway system.
  I urge support of the bipartisan legislation to better represent what 
this federally owned corporation means to the Great Lakes.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I don't have any speakers.
  I urge support of H.R. 4470, and I yield back the balance of my time 
and.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the 
legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Carbajal) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4470, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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