SHIPPING INDUSTRY related term(s) Cargo Transportation; Ships and Vessels

Analyses

Reconstitution of the Panama Canal Commission as an Independent Government Corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: designation of rural transport areas for nonattainment requirements of air pollution standards (see H.R. 3902), H865 [24FE]

Crime: extend mail fraud prohibitions to include private and commercial interstate carriers (see H.R. 4069), H1539 [17MR]

Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 317), H11428 [7OC]

Hazardous substances: transport of equipment intended for cleanup of radioactive waste under Federal contract (see H.R. 4743), H5655 [13JY]

Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5221, 5229), H11199, H11200 [6OC]

Postal Service: forfeiture of property in mail or wire fraud investigations and allocation of proceeds from forfeitures (see H.R. 4070), H1539 [17MR]

———prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3792, 3796), H286 [3FE]

Safety: marine port authority guidelines relative to public health and safety and the environment (see H.R. 3747), H83 [26JA]

Ships and vessels: clear certain licensing impediments (see H.R. 4567, 4583), H4343 [10JN], H4553 [15JN]

———construction of vessels suitable for commercial and national defense purposes (see H.R. 3769), H204 [2FE]

———improve the safety of towing vessels (see H.R. 4058), H1439 [16MR]

Taxation: issuance of tax-free bonds for the construction of the Alameda rail corridor project (see S. 2250), S8100 [30JN]

———State and local income tax treatment of ship and vessel employees (see S. 2159; H.R. 4244), S6522 [7JN], H2397 [18AP]

Trucking industry: effective date of trucking deregulation (see S. 2485; H.R. 5071), S13852 [30SE], H9440 [21SE]

———violence against truckers (see H. Con. Res. 228), H1780 [21MR]

Remarks in House

American Waterways Operators: anniversary, E2291 [29NO]

Cargo preference: competitiveness of U.S. flag carriers, H9495, H9496 [22SE]

Crime: extend mail fraud prohibitions to include private and commercial interstate carriers (H.R. 4069), H1449 [17MR]

Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 317), E2165 [7OC], E2207 [8OC]

———negotiations with foreign shipbuilding competitors, H1966 [24MR]

Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126 [6OC]

Postal Service: forfeiture of property in mail or wire fraud investigations and allocation of proceeds from forfeitures (H.R. 4070), H1449 [17MR]

Safety: marine port authority guidelines relative to public health and safety and the environment (H.R. 3747), H46 [26JA]

Ships and vessels: improve the safety of towing vessels (H.R. 4058), E454 [16MR]

Taxation: State and local income tax treatment of ship and vessel employees (H.R. 4244), H2387 [18AP]

Remarks in Senate

Cargo transportation: funding for Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program, S9051 [14JY]

Corps of Engineers: develop waterway models of Dry Straits and Wrangell Narrows, AK, S8035, S8036 [30JN]

Fish and fishing: U.S. and Canadian fishing rights, S6773 [10JN]

Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets, S3894 [25MR]

———prohibit penalization of businesses relative to use of private express services, S2589-S2592, S2603, S2604 [9MR]

Taxation: issuance of tax-free bonds for the construction of the Alameda rail corridor project (S. 2250), S8100, S8101 [30JN]

———State and local income tax treatment of ship and vessel employees (S. 2159), S6522 [7JN]

Trucking industry: regulation of express delivery service trucks relative to intermodal air carriers, S7030 [16JN]

Texts of

S. 2159, Transportation Employee Equitable Treatment Act, S6523 [7JN]