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

Articles and editorials

Dissecting the Jones Act, S2795 [7AP]

Bills and resolutions

Biloxi, MS: deauthorize a portion of the Biloxi Harbor navigation project (see S. 1324), S11289 [28OC]

Coastal zones: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see S. 1138; H.R. 1991), S8533 [31JY], H4086 [19JN]

Government: use of private delivery services in filing documents with Federal agencies (see H.R. 782), H587 [13FE]

Japan: commend U.S. efforts to negotiate the removal of certain Japanese port restrictions (see S. Res. 140), S11192 [24OC]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (see S. 1306; H.R. 1138, 2715), S10950 [22OC], H1257 [20MR], H9501 [23OC]

New England: modernization of port and rail access in northern region (see S. 1087), S8360 [30JY]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (see S. 414), S2078 [10MR]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 198), H145 [9JA]

Taxation: treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 2684), H8928 [21OC]

Cost Estimates

Deauthorize a portion of the Biloxi Harbor navigation project (S. 1324): CBO, S11706 [4NO]

Letters

Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Fred E. Schrodt, Farmland Industries, Inc., S7706 [17JY]

———George Watts, National Broiler Council, S7707 [17JY]

———Kendell W. Keith, National Grain and Feed Association, S7706 [17JY]

———Paul A. Korody, ConAgra, Inc., S7706 [17JY]

———several agricultural associations, S7706 [17JY]

———Steven C. Anderson, American Frozen Food Institute, S7707 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Coastal zones: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (H.R. 1991), H4070 [19JN]

Government: use of private delivery services in filing documents with Federal agencies (H.R. 782), E283 [13FE]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country, H3898 [18JN], H9580, H9598, H9606 [28OC]

———prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (H.R. 1138), H1534-H1538 [15AP], H1696-H1699 [17AP]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (H.R. 198), E121 [4FE]

———limit commercial nonpostal services (H.R. 447), E19 [7JA]

Railroads: increase in train traffic due to mergers, H8810 [9OC]

Taxation: treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (H.R. 2684), E2034 [21OC]

Union Pacific Railroad: shipment delays, H9043 [23OC]

Remarks in Senate

Biloxi, MS: deauthorize a portion of the Biloxi Harbor navigation project (S. 1324), S11706 [4NO]

Coastal zones: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (S. 1138), S8604 [31JY]

Japan: commend U.S. efforts to negotiate the removal of certain Japanese port restrictions, S10833 [20OC], S10881 [21OC], S11233 [27OC]

———commend U.S. efforts to negotiate the removal of certain Japanese port restrictions (S. Res. 140), S11174, S11205 [24OC], S11242 [27OC]

New England: modernization of port and rail access in northern region (S. 1087), S8361 [30JY]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S2079-S2084 [10MR], S6493 [26JN], S7705 [17JY], S12517-S12519, S12572 [13NO]

Petroleum: gasoline tax relative to highway trust fund, S1795 [28FE]

Rhode Island: freight rail development project funding, S8183, S8184 [28JY]

Reports filed

Deauthorize a Portion of the Biloxi Harbor Navigation Project, Biloxi, MS: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1324), S11446 [30OC]

Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 414) (S. Rept. 105-61), S8531 [31JY]

Texts of

S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform Act, S2080-S2083 [10MR]

S. 1138, Freedom To Ship Act, S8605-S8607 [31JY]

S. 1324, deauthorize a portion of the Biloxi Harbor, MS, navigation project, S11292 [28OC]

S. 1324, deauthorize a portion of the Biloxi Harbor navigation project, S11706 [4NO]

S. Res. 140, commend U.S. efforts to negotiate the removal of certain Japanese port restrictions, S11205 [24OC], S11242 [27OC]