[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]