TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT—A LEGACY FOR USERS

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 3550), S5838 [19MY], H1845, H1969, H1983, H1984, H1986, H1988, H1990, H1991, H1992, H1993, H1995, H1996, H2022, H2023, H2024, H2025, H2026, H2027, H2028, H2030, H2034, H2036 [1AP], H2066, H2070, H2080 [2AP]

———consideration (H. Res. 593), H1826 [1AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3550, provisions, S6047 [20MY], H3747 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 3550): consideration (see H. Res. 593), H1789 [31MR]

———consideration (H. Res. 593), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 592), H1789 [31MR]

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]

Inclusion of high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions: Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, and John Baldacci, Governor of Maine, H2073 [2AP]

Limit the liability of renting and leasing companies for negligence caused by operators of rented or leased vehicles: Denton Darrington, National Conference of State Legislatures, H1993 [1AP]

Provisions: Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1816 [1AP]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1816 [1AP]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 3550), H2083, H2101 [2AP], H3743 [3JN]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: transportation projects funding, H1820 [1AP]

Amtrak: funding, H1812 [1AP]

Aviation: airport bus replacement and fleet expansion pilot programs funding, H2027, H2028 [1AP]

Buy American Act: compliance, H1995, H1996 [1AP]

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

Colorado: T-REX Corridor improvement funding, H1817 [1AP]

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Act: funding, H1989, H1990 [1AP]

Dept. of Transportation: allow small starts projects which have applied for final design to move forward on their original time line, H2024 [1AP]

———authorize appropriations for surface transportation research and development, H1804 [1AP]

———clarify certain Buy American Act provisions, H2025-H2027 [1AP]

———Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funding, H1808, H1811 [1AP]

———make report on allocation of Federal surface transportation funds available to the public via the Internet, H1984 [1AP]

———priority consideration of the Interstate 49 corridor under the National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Program, H1991 [1AP]

———use of Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of those charged with driving while intoxicated, H1816 [1AP]

Drunken driving: allow use of Alcohol-Impaired Countermeasures grant funding to establish State impoundment programs for vehicles of drunken drivers, H2023, H2024 [1AP]

Enact (H.R. 3550), H468, H469 [11FE], H1646, H1649, H1650, H1713 [30MR], H1745 [31MR], H1793, H1795, H1796-H1820, H1845-H1997, H2021-H2036, H2039, H2040 [1AP], H2066, H2122, H2143 [2AP], H2989, H2990 [13MY], H3361 [19MY], H3743 [3JN], H4897 [24JN], E259 [26FE], E497 [31MR], E545, E549, E555 [20AP], E884 [17MY], E1321 [8JY], E1417 [19JY]

———amendment process, H1567 [25MR]

———consideration (H. Res. 593), H1820-H1845 [1AP]

———motion to instruct conferees, H3743-H3746 [3JN], E1061 [8JN]

———motion to recommit, H2101, H2119-H2121 [2AP]

———unanimous-consent agreement, H2066 [2AP]

Insurance: eliminate vicarious liability for companies that rent or lease motor vehicles, H1818 [1AP]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H1803 [1AP]

Los Angeles, CA: prohibit funding for construction project of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles International Airport, H2022, H2023 [1AP]

Motor vehicles: improve safety and enforcement relative to operation while under the influence of, or having used, drugs, H1816 [1AP]

———limit the liability of renting and leasing companies for negligence caused by operators of rented or leased vehicles, H1992, H1993 [1AP], H2079 [2AP]

———require increased safety testing of 15-passenger vans and ensure compliance with applicable motor vehicle safety standards if vans are used as schoolbuses, H1814 [1AP]

———toll requirements for hybrid gasoline-electric car users relative to use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes, H1990 [1AP], E866 [14MY]

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

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H1825 [1AP]

———State authority to govern whistles and horns on trains approaching public highway-rail grade crossings, H2036 [1AP]

Roads and highways: allow States to build voluntary-use toll lanes and dedicate revenues to new highway capacity, H2067-H2070 [2AP]

Rural areas: establish broadband service to improve intelligent transportation systems and homeland security, H1813 [1AP]

States: allow receipt of toll credits for any local, State, or private funds contributed to a toll project that exceeds the minimum nonfederal threshold requirements for a Federal match, H1986-H1988 [1AP]

———subtract amounts received in high-priority programs from surface transportation program formula totals, H1984-H1986 [1AP]

Taxation: restructure ethanol tax incentive from an excise tax exemption to an excise tax credit, H1805 [1AP]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects, H1807, H1809 [1AP]

———exempt farm supply and agricultural commodity truck drivers from new hours of service regulations, H2030, H2031 [1AP]

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

———include high priority and significant national regional projects under State minimum guarantee funding provisions, H2070-H2076 [2AP]

———program funding relative to minimum rate of return for donor States, H1803, H1805 [1AP], H2078, H2079 [2AP]

———Safe Routes to School Program funding, H3743-H3746 [3JN], E1061 [8JN]

Trucking industry: 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]

Remarks in Senate

Economy: importance of job creation, S3521 [1AP]

Enact (H.R. 3550), S445 [28AP], S3521-S3523 [1AP], S7775 [8JY], S8612 [22JY], S8983 [9SE], S9668 [24SE], S11285 [11OC]

———insert S. 1072 language in lieu, S5838 [19MY]

———unanimous-consent request, S4232 [21AP], S4659-S4661 [29AP]

Minnesota: transportation projects funding, S5495 [14MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3550, Provisions: (H. Res. 593) (H. Rept. 108-456), H1789 [31MR]

Provisions: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3550) (H. Rept. 108-452), H1642 [29MR]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 593, Consideration of H.R. 3550, Provisions: (H. Res. 592) (H. Rept. 108-455), H1789 [31MR]

Tables

Federal highway formula programs, H1824 [1AP]

Federal transit formula programs, H1825 [1AP]

Total highway/transit investment increases and new jobs created under Davis of Tennessee motion to recommit H.R. 3550, provisions, H1825 [1AP], H2119 [2AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 593, consideration of H.R. 3550, provisions, H1820 [1AP]

H.R. 3550, provisions, S6112-S6248 [21MY], H1845-H1969 [1AP]