[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD related term(s) Department of
Transportation
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
Appropriations: authorizing, (see S. 1802), S2296 [19MR]
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]
------ expand authority over rail service transportation industry,
(see S. 2164), S6181 [11JN]
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]
Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Representative Hyde, Committee on the
Judiciary (House), H7016 [4AU]
------ Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure (House), H7017 [4AU]
Press releases
Allow Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers To Offer Service
Contracts to Shippers: Transportation Intermediaries
Association, S3310 [21AP]
Remarks in House
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]
Railroads: economic regulation of freight industry, E2049 [11OC]
------ ensure effective competition by improving regulation of rates
and abandoned lines (H.R. 4488), E1571 [7AU]
Transportation: ability to adjudicate without quorum of statutorily
designated membership, E1919 [6OC]
Remarks in Senate
Appropriations: authorizing (S. 1802), S2302 [19MR], S12669 [16OC],
S12731 [20OC], S12738 [20OC], S12910 [21OC]
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]
Railroads: 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]
------ reform decision-making process for the conversion of
abandoned rights-of-way to rail trails, S1730-S1732 [11MR]
Shipping industry: allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to
offer service contracts to shippers, S3199-S3201 [3AP],
S3306-S3311 [21AP]
Reports filed
Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
(Senate) (S. 1802) (S. Rept. 105-315), S10118 [9SE]
Nomination of William Clyburn, Jr., to the Surface Transportation
Board: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
(Senate), S7881 [9JY]
Statements
Surface Transportation Board Approval of CSX Corp. and Norfolk
Southern Corp. Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp., S9551
[31JY]
Texts of
S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform Act, S3192-S3198 [3AP], S3313-S3318
[21AP], S11297-S11301 [1OC], H7011-H7015 [4AU]
S. 1802, appropriations, S2302 [19MR]
S. 2164, Surface Transportation Board authority over rail service
transportation industry, S6197 [11JN]
S. Res. 215, technical corrections to S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform
Act, S3545 [23AP], S3559 [23AP], H2937 [7MY]