    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    SHIPPING INDUSTRY related term(s) Cargo Transportation; Ships and
        Vessels
      Amendments
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S1357 [4MR],
            S3199 [3AP], S3223 [3AP]
      Articles and editorials
        Ship Deregulation Promise, S3309 [21AP]
      Bills and resolutions
        Dept. of Justice:  provide State and local authorities access to
            information relative to criminal background checks on port
            employees and prospective employees, (see H.R. 3975), H3971
            [22MY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  collection of user fees for navigational
            assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H2054 [1AP]
        National Maritime Arbitration Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 200),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), technical
            corrections, (see S. Res. 215), S3535 [23AP]
        Railroads:  ensure effective competition by improving regulation of
            rates and abandoned lines, (see H.R. 4488), H7413 [6AU]
        Ships and vessels:  allow certain foreign freight vessels to
            transport common ground clay as bulk cargo, (see H.R. 4490),
            H7413 [6AU]
        Taxation:  grant States the authority to require out-of-State
            sellers to collect sales or use taxes on goods shipped into the
            State, (see S. 1586), S226 [29JA]
        ------ treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income,
            (see H.R. 3730), H2318 [23AP]
      Letters
        Allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to offer service
            contracts to shippers:  Louis Policastro, New York/New Jersey
            Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association, Inc., S3310
            [21AP]
        ----- several shipping industry organizations, S3310 [21AP]
        Impact of satellite communications privatization on maritime safety
            services:  Kathy J. Metcalf, Chamber of Shipping of America
            (organization), H2829 [6MY]
        Ocean Shipping Reform Act:  Representative Hyde, Committee on the
            Judiciary (House), H7016 [4AU]
        ------ Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and
            Infrastructure (House), H7017 [4AU]
        Operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer trucks:  Walter B.
            McCormick, Jr., American Trucking Association, S1725 [11MR]
        U.S.-Chinese maritime relations:  Senator Hollings, Committee on
            Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6499 [17JN],
            S6500 [17JN]
      Lists
        Supporters of S. 1586, Consumer and Main Street Protection Act, S230
            [29JA]
      Messages
        Maritime Boundary Treaty With Niue:  President Clinton, S6915 [23JN]
      Outlines
        Consumer and Main Street Protection Act (S. 1586), S232 [29JA]
      Press releases
        Allow Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers To Offer Service
            Contracts to Shippers:  Transportation Intermediaries
            Association, S3310 [21AP]
      Remarks in House
        Dept. of Justice:  provide State and local authorities access to
            information relative to criminal background checks on port
            employees and prospective employees (H.R. 3975), E959 [22MY]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees, H7845-H7848 [16SE] provide State and
            local authorities access to information relative to criminal
            background checks on port employees and prospective employees
            (H.R. 3975), E1744 [17SE]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), H7011-H7020
            [4AU]
        ----- reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), technical
            corrections (S. Res. 215), H2937 [7MY]
        Petroleum:  gasoline price levels, E1934 [7OC]
        ------ reduce gasoline tax, H2023-H2027 [1AP]
        Railroads:  economic regulation of freight industry, E2049 [11OC]
        ------ ensure effective competition by improving regulation of rates
            and abandoned lines (H.R. 4488), E1571 [7AU]
        Ships and vessels:  allow certain foreign freight vessels to
            transport common ground clay as bulk cargo (H.R. 4490), E1589
            [7AU]
        ------ limit restriction on carriage of certain noncontainerized
            agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise trade by foreign-
            built freight vessels (H.R. 4236), E1435 [24JY]
        ------ limit restriction on carriage of certain noncontainerized
            agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise trade by foreign-
            built freight vessels (H.R. 4236), H7499 [10SE], H10009 [7OC]
        Telecommunications:  impact of satellite communications
            privatization on maritime safety services, H2828 [6MY]
      Remarks in Senate
        China, People's Republic of:  establish reciprocity in maritime and
            shipping relationship with the U.S., S6499 [17JN]
        Contracts:  allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to offer
            service contracts to shippers, S3199-S3201 [3AP], S3306-S3311
            [21AP]
        COSCO (Chinese shipping company):  preferential treatment relative
            to lease agreements with U.S. ports, S6746 [22JN]
        Creel, Hal:  nomination to the Federal Maritime Commission, S12349
            [10OC], S12967 [21OC]
        Eastport, ME:  anniversary, S1164 [27FE]
        Federal Maritime Commission:  preserve, S3311 [21AP], S3312 [21AP]
        Long Beach, CA:  prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a
            commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country,
            S4937-S4939 [15MY]
        Moran, John:  nomination to the Federal Maritime Commission, S12349
            [10OC], S12967 [21OC]
        National Maritime Arbitration Day:  designate (S. Res. 200), S2690
            [26MR]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S1067
            [26FE], S1068 [26FE], S3192-S3201 [3AP], S3214 [3AP],
            S3305-S3321 [21AP]
        ----- reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), technical
            corrections (S. Res. 215), S3559 [23AP]
        ------ reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414),
            S11297-S11302 [1OC], S11359 [2OC]
        Petroleum:  reduce gasoline tax, S1744-S1752 [11MR]
        Roads and highways:  operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer
            trucks, S1724-S1726 [11MR]
        Ships and vessels:  require private vessels, bulk carriers, and
            tankers to adhere to International Safety Management Code,
            S12739 [20OC]
        States:  limits on registration requirements for trailers
            transporting container chassis, S12764 [21OC]
        Taxation:  grant States the authority to require out-of-State
            sellers to collect sales or use taxes on goods shipped into the
            State (S. 1586), S229-S231 [29JA], S4214 [4MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S6915
            [23JN]
      Statements
        Gasoline Price Levels:  Carter R. Montgomery, Longhorn Partners
            Pipeline (business), E1934 [7OC]
        ------ M. Ray Perryman, Perryman Group (business), E1934-E1936 [7OC]
      Tables
        Uncollected sales tax on mail order goods (1994), S232 [29JA]
      Texts of
        S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform Act, S3192-S3198 [3AP], S3313-S3318
            [21AP], S11297-S11301 [1OC], H7011-H7015 [4AU]
        S. 1586, Consumer and Main Street Protection Act, S231 [29JA]
        S. Res. 200, National Maritime Arbitration Day, S2684 [26MR], S2690
            [26MR]
        S. Res. 215, technical corrections to S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform
            Act, S3545 [23AP], S3559 [23AP], H2937 [7MY]