[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]