[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9765-9766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, this morning, I watched as President Obama 
signed the long overdue Water Resources Reform and Development Act into 
law.

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  This new law is good news, particularly for the ports of Los Angeles 
and Long Beach, which stand to gain tens of millions of dollars that 
they have collected in their harbor maintenance tax. It will help 
create good-paying jobs and keep our ports globally competitive.
  As a representative of the Nation's busiest port complex, I believe 
it is about time that our Nation's ports finally get the critical 
investments that they need to remain strong. It has been a long haul, 
but after months of meetings and hearings, the ideas to fully spend 
this harbor maintenance tax and to increase the flexibility of the 
funds for these ports were included in the final water bill that was 
signed by the President.
  President Obama and Congress recognize the critical importance of our 
ports to our Nation's economic growth and sustainability. Today's 
action is a victory not only for those ports in my community, but for 
all of our Nation's ports.

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