CARGO TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Aviation; Merchant Marine Industry; Railroads; Shipping Industry; Transportation

Amendments

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2279), S9457, S9460 [21SE]

Analyses

Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act (S. 2653), S8126 [14JY]

Articles and editorials

Dangerous Retreat on Security, S8658 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

Aviation: further protect the U.S. aviation system from terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5121), H7442 [22SE]

———improve security (see S. 2393), S4997 [6MY] (see H.R. 4312), H2727 [6MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of hardened containers for cargo and luggage on passenger aircraft (see H.R. 5054), H6996 [9SE]

———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]

———make grants to Amtrak, other rail carriers, and providers of mass transportation to improve rail and mass transportation system security (see S. 2276), S3567 [1AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see S. 2352), S4428 [27AP]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H127 [27JA]

National security: deny funds for deployment of certain ballistic missile defense system components and, instead, provide needed funding for programs designed to keep ports secure from terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 428), H3093 [17MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 2240), S3180 [25MR] (see S. 2279), S3567 [1AP] (see S. 2653), S8118 [14JY] (see H.R. 3712), H88 [21JA] (see H.R. 4355), H2917 [12MY]

———reestablish the flow of cargo through U.S. ports after a transportation security incident, develop an automated vessel tracking system, and aid maritime security (see H.R. 3788), H433 [10FE]

Railroads: prohibit use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials (see H.R. 5119), H7442 [22SE]

Shipping industry: amend various laws relating to maritime transportation (see H.R. 4251), H2490 [30AP]

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

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 4904), H6701 [22JY]

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]

Letters

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

Aviation: improve air cargo security, H4543-H4550, H4558 [18JN]

———improve security (S. 2393), E1884 [11OC]

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

California: Alameda Corridor project funding, H1812, H1844 [1AP]

Corps of Engineers: funding, H1505 [25MR]

Crime: coordinate cargo theft crime data collection and make improvements relating to cargo theft prevention (H.R. 3563), H2552 [5MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of hardened containers for cargo and luggage on passenger aircraft, H8913 [8OC]

———carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of hardened containers for cargo and luggage on passenger aircraft (H.R. 5054), E1594 [10SE]

———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]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (H.R. 857), H2544-H2546 [4MY], H3011-H3013 [13MY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 3729), H115 [27JA], H2768 [11MY]

National security: deny funds for deployment of certain ballistic missile defense system components and, instead, provide needed funding for programs designed to keep ports secure from terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 428), E901 [18MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H1428, H1432 [24MR], H1580 [25MR], H6471, H6473 [21JY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (H.R. 3712), H63 [21JA]

———Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in Disaster Relief Program, H4520-H4523 [18JN]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 4904), E1508 [22JY]

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

———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]

Washington: impact of certain cargo regulations on fishing industry, H5680 [14JY]

Remarks in Senate

Aviation: develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the U.S., or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce, S9785-S9788, S9795 [28SE]

———improve security, S8657 [22JY], S10322, S10323 [4OC]

———improve security (S. 2393), S5000 [6MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allocation of homeland security block grant funds to high-threat urban areas and U.S. seaports, S8941-S8945 [8SE]

———eligibility of Amtrak and other inter-city passenger rail carriers and freight rail operations for grants to improve rail security, S9187, S9188 [14SE]

———increase grants to Amtrak, other rail carriers, and providers of mass transportation to improve rail and mass transportation system security, S9204, S9205 [14SE]

———make grants to Amtrak, other rail carriers, and providers of mass transportation to improve rail and mass transportation system security (S. 2276), S3582 [1AP]

———provide for continued performance of vehicle and cargo inspection activities by the New Mexico National Guard, S9184 [14SE]

———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]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (S. 2352), S4433 [27AP]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S8625 [22JY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2240), S3191 [25MR]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2279), S3583-S3585 [1AP], S9460-S9468 [21SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2279), unanimous-consent request, S7784 [8JY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2653), S8122-S8126 [14JY]

———port security funding, S2649 [11MR], S9003-S9006 [9SE], S9210 [14SE]

Railroads: enhance competition, S1996 [2MR]

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]

Reports

Civil Aviation Incidents in the U.S., 1983-1992, S8658-S8660 [22JY]

Reports filed

Aviation Security Advancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2393) (S. Rept. 108-417), S11639 [19NO]

Maritime Transportation Security Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2279) (S. Rept. 108-274), S5949 [20MY]

Texts of

S. 2279, Maritime Transportation Security Act, S3585-S3588 [1AP], S9467 [21SE]

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

S. 2393, Aviation Security Advancement Act, S5001 [6MY]

S. 2653, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act, S8122-S8125 [14JY]