SHIPPING INDUSTRY related term(s) Cargo Transportation

Articles and editorials

Committed to Huron, S13322 [18NO]

DM&E Loan Could Help S.D. Economy, S13322 [18NO]

In DM&E, Backers See Jobs, Prosperity, S13320-S13322 [18NO]

We Deliver the Goods, E1833 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: restore application of antitrust laws to rail carriers (see H.R. 3318), H5962 [18JY]

Armed Forces: increase authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers (see H.R. 1406), H1693 [17MR]

Cargo transportation: coordinate cargo theft crime data collection and make improvements relating to cargo theft prevention (see H.R. 785), H584 [10FE]

———improve cargo security (see S. 2008), S12839 [15NO]

Caribbean Basin Port Assistance Program: establish (see S. 744), S3413 [11AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop regulations regarding the transportation of extremely hazardous materials (see H.R. 3510), H7556 [28JY]

———issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (see S. 1256), S6740 [16JN] (see H.R. 1414), H1693 [17MR]

Government regulations: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see S. 695), S3147 [4AP] (see H.R. 1039), H940 [2MR]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S6825 [20JN] (see H.R. 23), H72 [4JA]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 378), S1413 [15FE] (see S. 1032), S5071 [12MY] (see H.R. 478), H284 [1FE]

———improve intermodal shipping container transportation security (see S. 376), S1413 [15FE]

———reduce crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports (see H.R. 2651), H4138 [26MY]

Petroleum: lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (see S. 847), S3897 [19AP] (see H. Res. 299), H4142 [26MY]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (see S. 919), S4397 [27AP]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (see S. 1083), S5531 [19MY]

Ships and vessels: treat as a passenger vessel any vessel having berth or stateroom accommodations for more than 399 passengers and require that such a vessel be equipped with a voyage data recorder (see H.R. 2342), H3260 [12MY]

Taxation: provide an exemption from the harbor maintenance tax for certain shipping between U.S. mainland ports (see H.R. 3319), H5962 [18JY]

Transportation: improve intermodal transportation (see H.R. 1637), H2100 [14AP]

U.S. Code: complete the codification of title relative to shipping (see H.R. 1442), H1694 [17MR]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize and facilitate official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected (see S. 1582), S9467 [29JY] (see H.R. 3421), H6431 [25JY]

Letters

Gasoline price levels: Senator Mikulski, S11188 [6OC]

Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel Project funding: David F. Melcher, Corps of Engineers, H3788 [24MY]

———Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., Corps of Engineers, H3789 [24MY]

———Representative Gene Green, H3789 [24MY]

———several Members of the Texas congressional delegation, H3789 [24MY]

Military Sealift Command's use of U.S. shipping industry to assist in deployment of Armed Forces overseas: Norton A. Schwartz, Dept. of the Air Force, H12262 [18DE]

Remarks in House

Aviation: enhance competition in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, area, H3407 [17MY], H4901 [22JN]

Cargo transportation: coordinate cargo theft crime data collection and make improvements relating to cargo theft prevention (H.R. 785), H1854 [12AP]

Coast Guard: study ecological and health effects of 1978 oil spill in Newtown Creek in New York, NY, H8035 [15SE]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding for implementation of certain OMB guidelines determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H3873, H3874 [24MY]

———revise guidelines used in determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H5815, H5870, H5871 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense: Military Sealift Command's use of U.S. shipping industry to assist in deployment of Armed Forces overseas, H12262 [18DE]

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. 163), E27 [4JA]

Drugs: reduce foreign shipments of pseudoephedrine used in the production of methamphetamine, H4437 [14JN]

Harbors: expand authority of non-Federal interests to levy harbor fees, H5872, H5873 [14JY]

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. 23), E7 [4JA], E1833 [13SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H202 [26JA], H3366 [17MY], H11518 [14DE], H11813 [15DE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (H.R. 478), H256 [1FE]

———reduce crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports, H6280-H6282 [21JY]

———reduce crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports (H.R. 2651), H4119 [26MY]

New Jersey: transportation projects funding, H7579 [29JY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1210 [9MR], H5085 [23JN], H10476-H10481 [16NO]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices and overall energy costs, H6111 [20JY]

———gasoline price levels, H1210 [9MR], H1899 [13AP], H2108 [19AP], H2397 [21AP], H7617, H7636, H7637 [2SE], H7668, H7669 [6SE], H7697 [7SE], H8769 [7OC]

———gasoline tax, H1319 [10MR]

———lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC and oil companies to reap windfall oil profits, H9352 [27OC]

———lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits, H3879 [24MY]

Postal Service: establish pilot program to test alternative methods for the delivery postal services, H6542-H6544 [26JY]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing energy prices, H11511 [14DE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: enforcement of consumer protection provisions, H10939 [18NO]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI: anniversary of Soo Locks, E1301 [21JN]

Ships and vessels: treat as a passenger vessel any vessel having berth or stateroom accommodations for more than 399 passengers and require that such a vessel be equipped with a voyage data recorder, H8051 [15SE]

Taxation: provide an exemption from the harbor maintenance tax for certain shipping between U.S. mainland ports (H.R. 3319), E1515 [18JY]

Texas: Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel Project funding, H3788, H3789 [24MY], H10064 [9NO]

U.S. Code: complete the codification of title relative to shipping (H.R. 1442), H10247-H10312 [16NO]

———complete the codification of title relative to shipping (H.R. 4319), E484 [17MR]

Remarks in Senate

Cargo transportation: improve cargo security (S. 2008), S12840-S12844, S12871 [15NO], S13065 [16NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: hazardous materials shipments identification and tracking funding, S8175, S8176 [13JY], S8252 [14JY]

———issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (S. 1256), S6743 [16JN]

———require report on port security grant programs, S8126-S8128 [12JY]

———seaports security funding, S2835 [16MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program funding, S13319 [18NO]

Government regulations: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (S. 695), S13063 [16NO]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (S. 1272), S6831 [20JN], S14315 [21DE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S7968 [11JY], S14234 [21DE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 378), S1419 [15FE], S1500-S1502 [16FE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1032), S5168 [12MY]

———improve intermodal shipping container transportation security (S. 376), S1415 [15FE]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S621 [31JA], S2056 [4MR], S2112 [7MR], S3350 [7AP], S3366 [11AP], S3961 [20AP], S7458 [28JN]

———gasoline price levels, S3366 [11AP], S3961 [20AP], S9624, S9625 [6SE], S9696, S9716 [7SE], S11188 [6OC], S12045 [28OC], S12285 [3NO]

———lower burden of gasoline prices on the U.S. economy and circumvent efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits (S. 847), S3957 [19AP], S4038 [20AP], S11191-S11194 [6OC]

Philadelphia, PA: marine cargo terminal construction funding, S3971-S3973 [20AP]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (S. 919), S4407, S4408 [27AP]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI: anniversary of completion of the St. Marys River Soo Locks, S3550 [13AP]

———anniversary of Soo Locks, S6908 [21JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S6809, S6810 [20JN], S6994-S6997 [22JN]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize and facilitate official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected (S. 1582), S9505 [29JY]

Reports

Peaking of World Oil Production—Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management: Robert L. Hirsch, Science Applications International Corp., H10481-H10496 [16NO]

Reports filed

Complete the Codification of U.S. Code Title Relative to Shipping: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1442) (H. Rept. 109-170), H5912 [14JY]

Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 378), S4108 [21AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1442, complete the codification of U.S. Code title relative to shipping, H10247-H10311 [16NO]

S. 376, Intermodal Shipping Container Security Act, S1415-S1417 [15FE]

S. 695, suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges, S13063 [16NO]

S. 1256, Hazardous Materials Vulnerability Reduction Act, S6744-S6746 [16JN]

S. 1272, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act, S6831 [20JN]