CARGO TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Aeronautics; Railroads; Shipping industry; Ships and Vessels; Transportation; Trucking Industry
Amendments
Tariff: motor carrier tariff rates (S. 1675), S15792, S15794, S15887 [30SE]
Analyses
Maritime Navigation Technology and Research Act (H.R. 5457), E1915 [22JN]
Articles and editorials
America's Welfare Queen Fleet—The Need for Maritime Policy Reform, S5481-S5485 [10AP]
Fight Over Freight—Failed Trucking Firms Are Trying To Recoup Discounts They Gave, S15649-S15651 [29SE]
Law Lets Trucking Firm Raise Rates Retroactively—Loophole Results in Flood of Revised Bills, S15648 [29SE]
Sealift in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, S5479 [10AP]
Torpedo Shipping Protectionism, S5485 [10AP]
Bills and resolutions
Aeronautics: Federal preemption of certain State regulations of air carrier routes and services (see H.R. 4688), H1996 [26MR]
Coast Guard: mariner licensing and documentation fees (see H.R. 4523), H1598 [20MR]
Government: procedures for resolving claims involving unfiled and negotiated transportation rates (see H.R. 5711), H6978 [29JY]
Interstate commerce: protect the security of valuable goods transported by armored car companies (see S. 3229), S13266 [10SE]
———regulation of motor carriers and interstate water carriers (see H.R. 4703), H2020 [30MR]
Maritime industry: establish a contingency retainer program and improve the U.S.-flag merchant marine (see S. 3047), S10218 [23JY]
Merchant marine: fee for issuance of entry level merchant seaman licenses and documents (see H.R. 4908), H2670 [9AP]
Power resources: transportation of certain oil and gas through Federal transportation facilities (see H.R. 5821), H8021 [11AU]
Railroads: installation of certain lights on trains for safety purposes (see S. 2644), S5898 [30AP]
Red River Waterway: designate Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr. Lock (see H.R. 5719), H6978 [29JY]
Shipping: fees for the issuance of any merchant mariners' documents, licenses, or certificates (see H.R. 4693), H1996 [26MR]
———service contracts requiring shippers to resolve legal disputes in the country of the controlled carrier (see H.R. 5564), H6021 [7JY]
———U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace (see H.R. 5841), H8144 [12AU]
Ships and vessels: clarify preference for U.S.-flag merchant vessels in the carriage of Dept. of Defense cargoes (see H.R. 5168), H3335 [14MY]
———eliminate foreign shipbuilding subsidy practices and enhance U.S. merchant marine competitiveness (see H.R. 6212), H12606 [9OC]
———operation of certain vessels in the coastwide trade between the U.S. and Puerto Rico (see H.R. 5030), H2809 [29AP]
———require state-of-the-art traffic control equipment (see H.R. 5457), H5042 [22JN]
Taxation: treatment of certain harbor maintenance fees (see S. 2796), S7352 [2JN]
———treatment of harbor maintenance tax relative to the movement of certain cargo within the U.S. (see H.R. 5654), H6449 [22JY]
Trucking: ICC regulatory responsibility (see H.R. 4406), H1100 [5MR]
Memorials of legislature
Louisiana, S10502 [28JY]
New Jersey, S10501 [28JY]
Remarks in House
Coast Guard: mariner licensing and documentation fees (H.R. 4523), E777 [20MR]
Contract Freighters, Inc.: President's ``E'' Award for Excellence recipient, E1968 [24JN]
Merchant marine: fee for issuance of entry level merchant seaman licenses and documents (H.R. 4908), E1043 [10AP]
Metropolitan Stevedore Co.: Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce's Salute to Industry Award recipient, E2953 [3OC]
National Maritime Day: observance, E1507 [21MY]
Shipping: fees for the issuance of any merchant mariners' documents, licenses, or certificates (H.R. 4693), E899 [31MR]
———treatment of U.S.-flag liner service, E1757 [10JN]
———U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace (H.R. 5841), H8118 [12AU]
Ships and vessels: eliminate foreign shipbuilding subsidy practices and enhance U.S. merchant marine competitiveness (H.R. 6212), E3278 [9OC]
———operation of certain vessels in the coastwise trade between the U.S. and Puerto Rico (H.R. 5030), E1157 [30AP]
———require state-of-the-art traffic control equipment (H.R. 5457), H5055 [23JN], E1915 [22JN]
Tariff: motor carrier tariff rates (S. 1675), H10940 [3OC]
Trucking industry: Federal regulation, H1140 [11MR]
Remarks in Senate
Credit: military vessel obligation guarantee program, S10324 [27JY]
International Maritime Organization: observance of World Maritime Day, S13928 [17SE]
Interstate commerce: protect the security of valuable goods transported by armored car companies (S. 3229), S13274 [10SE], S17433 [7OC]
Maritime industry: establish a contingency retainer program and improve the U.S.-flag merchant marine (S. 3047), S10237 [23JY]
Merchant marine: cargo preference and operating differential subsidies, S5477-S5486 [10AP]
Port of Philadelphia: inspectors, S11729 [6AU]
Railroads: installation of certain lights on trains for safety purposes (S. 2644), S5908 [30AP], S12510 [12AU]
Tariff: motor carrier tariff rates (S. 1675), S13093 [9SE], S15646-S15652 [29SE], S15792-S15798 [30SE]
Taxation: treatment of certain harbor maintenance fees (S. 2796), S7358 [2JN]
United Parcel Service: tribute, S13126 [9SE]
Reports filed
Extension of Coverage of Certain Federal Labor Laws to Foreign Flagships: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1126) (H. Rept. 102-984), H10778 [2OC]
Harbor Maintenance Tax Relative to the Movement of Certain Cargo Within the U.S.: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5654) (H. Rept. 102-732), H6705 [27JY]
Motor Carrier Tariff Rates: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1675) (S. Rept. 102-359), S11485 [4AU]
Statements
Installation of Certain Lights on Trains for Safety Purposes (S. 2644): Senator Dole, S12507 [12AU]
World Maritime Day—Marine Environment and Development—the International Maritime Organization: William A. O'Neill, S13928 [17SE], E2682 [17SE]
Summaries
U.S.-Flag Liner Service Legislation: Sea-Land Service and American President Lines, E1757 [10JN]
Texts of
H.R. 6212, eliminate foreign shipbuilding subsidy practices and enhance U.S. merchant marine competitiveness, E3278-E3289 [9OC]
S. 1675, Undercharge Equity Act, S15796 [30SE]
S. 2796, tax treatment of certain harbor maintenance fees, S7358 [2JN]
S. 3047, Maritime Reform Act, S10237-S10240 [23JY]
S. 3229, Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act, S13274 [10SE], S17434 [7OC]