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

    CARGO TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Aviation; Merchant Marine Industry;
        Railroads; Shipping Industry; Transportation; Trucking Industry
      Articles and editorials
        Washington Tale, Wall Street Journal, E2115 [13OC]
      Bills and resolutions
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        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]
        Hazardous substances:  authorizing appropriations for
            transportation, (see S. 2349), S8919 [23JY]
        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]
        ------ limit restriction on carriage of certain noncontainerized
            agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise trade by foreign-
            built freight vessels, (see H.R. 4236), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ permit foreign built ships to engage in coastwise trade in
            the transport of certain products, (see S. 2390), S9425 [30JY]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
        Surface Transportation Board:  expand authority over rail service
            transportation industry, (see S. 2164), S6181 [11JN]
      Letters
        Operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer trucks:  Walter B.
            McCormick, Jr., American Trucking Association, S1725 [11MR]
        Prohibit certain vessels from transportation of U.S. cargo:  R.R.
            Weston, Coast Guard, H10985 [15OC]
      Remarks in House
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors (H.R. 3537), E455 [24MR]
        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]
        Houston, TX:  Port of Houston project funding, H4919 [22JN], H4922
            [22JN], H4923 [22JN]
        Jones Act:  reform, E2115 [13OC]
        National Maritime Day:  observance, E969 [22MY]
        Railroads:  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]
        ------ prohibit certain vessels from transportation of U.S. cargo,
            H10985 [15OC]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish (H.R. 3147), E81 [3FE]
        States:  regulation of local transportation of agricultural
            materials, H1896 [1AP]
        Taxation:  treatment of railroad fuel relative to barge industry,
            H1895 [1AP]
      Remarks in Senate
        Harbors:  collection and use of maintenance taxes, S5577-S5579 [2JN]
        Hazardous substances:  authorizing appropriations for transportation
            (S. 2349), S8923 [23JY]
        Maine:  decrease in Federal safety assistance due to State exemption
            from Federal motor carrier safety regulations for certain
            trucks, S1229 [3MR]
        New Mexico:  establish commercial zones to improve border trade
            activities with Mexico, S1824 [12MR]
        Roads and highways:  operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer
            trucks, S1724-S1726 [11MR]
        Surface Transportation Board:  approval of CSX Corp. and Norfolk
            Southern Corp. acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp., S9550
            [31JY]
        ------ expand authority over rail service transportation industry
            (S. 2164), S6196 [11JN]
        Transportation:  eligibility of seaports and airports to receive
            infrastructure improvement funding through trade corridor
            programs, S1829 [12MR]
        ------ improve and expand safety programs, S1692 [10MR]
      Statements
        Surface Transportation Board Approval of CSX Corp. and Norfolk
            Southern Corp. Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp.:  Linda
            Morgan, Surface Transportation Board, S9551 [31JY]
      Summaries
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 1173):  McCain
            Amendment on Transportation Safety Programs, S1693 [10MR]
        Prohibition Against Alcohol Traffic to Minors Act (H.R. 3537), E455
            [24MR]
      Texts of
        S. 2164, Surface Transportation Board authority over rail service
            transportation industry, S6197 [11JN]