TRUCKING INDUSTRY

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out an empty container sealing pilot program to encourage shipping container handlers to seal empty containers after they have unpacked them (see H.R. 5143), H7574 [23SE]

EPA: require motor carriers to comply with vehicle emission performance standards (see S. 2842), S9611 [23SE] (see H.R. 5314), H9048 [8OC]

Motor vehicles: encourage the acceleration, production, retail sale, and consumer use of new intelligent vehicle technology safety systems (see H.R. 4931), H6702 [22JY]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (see S. 2687), S8423 [19JY]

Shipping industry: improve intermodal shipping container transportation security (see S. 2297), S3919 [7AP]

Taxation: exempt containers used primarily in potato farming from the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers (see S. 2807), S9287 [15SE]

———treatment of truck cargo using a ferry operating between two ports to bypass traffic congestion on the nearest international bridge to the two ports (see H.R. 3882), H830 [3MR]

World War II: honor members of the Army Motor Transport Service that participated in the Red Ball Express trucking operation for service and contribution to the Allied advance following D-Day (see H. Con. Res. 439), H3719 [2JN]

Letters

Exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from new hours of service regulations: Leo T. Reed, Studio Transportation Drivers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H2029 [1AP]

Increase allowable weight of vehicles permitted to travel on certain interstate highways in New Hampshire: several New Hampshire law enforcement leaders and concerned citizens, H10928 [7DE]

Reform formula used to allocate Federal highway funds to States by considering interstate truck traffic and weather statistics: Senators Specter and Santorum, S522 [3FE]

System for identifying and tracking trucks carrying hazardous materials and performing background checks for commercial driver licenses: American Trucking Association, S9115 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (H.R. 871), H8131 [5OC]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: radiation portal monitoring technology funding, H4544 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out an empty container sealing pilot program to encourage shipping container handlers to seal empty containers after they have unpacked them (H.R. 5143), E1701 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to extend phase-in period for regulations requiring foreign commercial vehicles to comply with U.S. safety standards, H7341-H7344 [22SE]

International Truck and Engine Corp.: tribute for providing trucks for military efforts in Iraq, E1915 [11OC]

Motor vehicles: encourage the acceleration, production, retail sale, and consumer use of new intelligent vehicle technology safety systems (H.R. 4931), E1470 [22JY]

New Jersey: authority to restrict certain wide trucks, H1996, H2021, H2022 [1AP]

Roads and highways: increase allowable weight for vehicles equipped with idling reduction technology, H1822, H1823, H1994, H1995 [1AP]

———increase allowable weight of vehicles permitted to travel on certain interstate highways in New Hampshire, H1822, H1823, H2034-H2036 [1AP], H10927 [7DE]

Transportation: exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from new hours of service regulations, H2028-H2030 [1AP]

World War II: honor members of the Army Motor Transport Service that participated in the Red Ball Express trucking operation for service and contribution to the Allied advance following D-Day (H. Con. Res. 439), H3902, H3903 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide funding to establish identification and tracking system for trucks carrying hazardous material and a background check system for commercial driver licenses, S9018, S9019 [9SE], S9113-S9116 [13SE]

EPA: require motor carriers to comply with vehicle emission performance standards (S. 2842), S9638 [23SE]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (S. 2687), S8426 [19JY]

Roads and highways: apportion funds to States to accelerate and complete coordinated planning, design, and construction of highway projects important to foreign trade, S1229-S1232 [12FE]

———reform formula used to allocate Federal highway funds to States by considering interstate truck traffic and weather statistics, S520 [3FE], S1227-S1229 [12FE]

Transportation: improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods moving industry, S1235 [12FE]

World War II: honor members of the Army Motor Transport Service that participated in the Red Ball Express trucking operation for service and contribution to the Allied advance following D-Day (H. Con. Res. 439), S8806 [22JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 439, honor members of the World War II Army Motor Transport Service that participated in the Red Ball Express trucking operation for service and contribution to the Allied advance following D-Day, H3902 [14JN]

S. 2297, Intermodal Shipping Container Security Act, S3931 [7AP]