[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]