SHIPPING INDUSTRY related term(s) Cargo Transportation

Agreements

Memorandum of Cooperation Among the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Gulf of Mexico States Accord, and the Gulf of Mexico States Partnership, Inc., E2527 [8DE]

Amendments

Federal Maritime Commission: authorize appropriations (S. 1244), S12023 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Traditional Coast Guard Duties Suffer, Study Says, S4679 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions

Cargo transportation: require inspection of cargo destined for the U.S. (see H.R. 1010), H1463 [27FE] (see H.R. 1392), H2269 [20MR]

Coast Guard: prohibit a vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if a certain capacity of the tank contains ballast water (see H.R. 3122), H8381 [17SE]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program to evaluate and demonstrate the operation of radiation detection systems for use at seaports (see S. 193), S1144 [17JA]

Federal Maritime Commission: authorize appropriations (see S. 1244), S7718 [11JN]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 989), H1462 [27FE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1147), S7134 [23MY] (see S. 1587), S11161 [5SE] (see H.R. 2193), H4527 [21MY]

———prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports (see S. 746), S4557 [31MR] (see H.R. 2376), H5044 [5JN] (see H.R. 3456), H10977 [6NO]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see S. 919), S5343 [11AP] (see H.R. 2924), H7782 [25JY]

Taxation: apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports that import cargo exceeding a certain amount per year (see S. 1310), S8357 [23JN] (see H.R. 2564), H5713 [23JN]

———inclusion of income only from aircraft and certain vessels transporting petroleum and related products in foreign base company shipping income (see S. 1361), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 772), H699 [13FE]

Letters

Delaware River main channel deepening project funding: Jeffrey L. Nash, Delaware River Port Authority, H7127 [18JY]

Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act: Kurt Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, S11167 [5SE]

Messages

Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment: President Bush, S14076 [5NO]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: maritime trade agreement with the U.S., E2326 [19NO]

Corps of Engineers: Delaware River main channel deepening project funding, H7126-H7129 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize issuance of port security grants, H10402 [5NO]

Harbors: expand authority of non-Federal interests to levy harbor fees, H8872-H8876 [24SE]

———levy container fees on foreign containers entering U.S. ports, H8799 [24SE]

Interstate Worldwide Relocation (business): anniversary, E420 [11MR]

Maritime Administration: memorandum of cooperation on short sea shipping in Gulf of Mexico region, E2527 [8DE]

Mobile, AL: anniversary of Alabama State Docks, E1349 [25JN]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H2590, H2677, H2681 [2AP], H2709, H2715, H2732, H2774 [3AP], H5762-H5764, H5770, H5798 [24JN], E584 [26MR]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (H.R. 2193), E1041 [21MY]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (H.R. 2924), E1638 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

Federal Maritime Commission: authorize appropriations (S. 1244), S7730 [11JN], S12023 [25SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S1358, S1359 [22JA], S4066, S4145 [20MR], S4253, S4254 [21MR], S4678-S4685 [2AP], S9758-S9763 [23JY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1147), S7145 [23MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1587), S11162-S11164 [5SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports through improved inspection of cargo containers, S10605 [31JY]

———prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports, S9847 [24JY]

———prevent and respond to terrorism and crime at or through ports (S. 746), S4570-S4572 [31MR], S11381 [11SE]

———provide research and development grants to improve security for U.S. seaports, S1062-S1064 [16JA], S1104, S1105 [17JA]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (S. 919), S5378, S5379 [11AP]

Taxation: inclusion of income only from aircraft and certain vessels transporting petroleum and related products in foreign base company shipping income (S. 1361), S8757 [26JN]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S14076 [5NO]

United Parcel Service: Women's Business Enterprise National Council ``Elite Eight'' honoree, S4701 [2AP]

Water pollution: eliminate use of strict criminal liability statutes to determine penalties in oil spill incidents, S10571 [31JY]

Reports filed

Federal Maritime Commission Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1244) (S. Rept. 108-120), S10616 [31JY]

Summaries

Railroad Competition Act (H.R. 2924), E1639 [25JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23): Hollings Amendment on Greater Security for U.S. Seaports, S4066 [20MR]

War in Iraq and Homeland Security Supplemental Appropriations (S. 762): Hollings Amendment on Seaport Security, S4684 [2AP]

Texts of

S. 746, Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act, S4572-S4577 [31MR]

S. 1244, Federal Maritime Commission appropriations, S12024 [25SE]

S. 1361, Restore Access to Foreign Trade (RAFT) Act, S8757 [26JN]

S. 1587, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act, S11164-S11167 [5SE]