TRUCKING INDUSTRY

Amendments

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9575, H9577, H9578, H9579, H9580, H9581, H9582, H9583, H9584, H9585 [16SE]

Articles and editorials

Congress Doesn't Respect NAFTA, S3329, S3330 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Conservation of energy: establish EnergySmart transport corridors to promote measures that will increase energy efficiency of Interstate Highway System and reduce pollutants (see S. 1098), S5700 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see S. 679), S3657 [24MR]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see S. 2843), S12618 [7DE] (see H.R. 3246), H8355 [17JY]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), consideration (see H. Res. 745), H9548 [15SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see S. 1113), S5700 [20MY]

———implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see S. 971), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 2156), H4914 [28AP]

———permit use of certain funds to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program allowing Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 1611), H3703 [19MR]

———reauthorize hazardous material safety program, ensure safe transport of hazardous material in all modes of transportation, and reduce risks inherent in such transport (see H.R. 4016), H12364 [4NO]

———use Highway Trust Fund to extend authorization of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (see S. 1496), S7868 [22JY]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 335), S11118 [4NO] (see H. Res. 841), H11458 [15OC]

Energy Assistance Fund: establish to guarantee low-interest loans for purchase and installation of energy efficient property, idling reduction and insulation for trucks, and alternative refueling stations (see S. 855), S4573 [22AP]

Idaho: permit certain commercial vehicles to use certain interstate system highways for purposes of providing significant savings in the transportation of goods (see S. 398), S2027 [9FE] (see S. 1059), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 969), H1158 [10FE] (see H.R. 2179), H4999 [29AP]

Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (see S. 856), S4573 [22AP]

National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund: establish (see H.R. 2707), H6263 [4JN]

National Goods Movement Improvement Fund: establish (see H.R. 2355), H5483 [12MY]

Roads and highways: authorize States to issue special permits to allow the operation of certain vehicles on the Interstate Highway System for the hauling of livestock (see H.R. 3605), H9729 [17SE]

Shipping industry: improve port and intermodal supply chain security (see S. 915), S4807 [28AP]

Surface Transportation Board: reauthorize (see S. 2889), S13319 [16DE]

Transportation: require the Depts. of Transportation and Commerce to submit reports on commercial and passenger vehicle traffic at certain points of entry (see H.R. 1965), H4522 [2AP]

West Virginia: allow the operation of certain vehicles for the hauling of coal and coal by-products on Interstate Route 77 in Kanawha County (see H.R. 2073), H4732 [23AP]

Letters

Drive Safer Sunday: Jill Ingrassia, American Automobile Association, H13020 [17NO]

Maine commercial truck highway safety demonstration program: Anne H. Jordan, Maine Dept. of Public Safety, S9538 [17SE]

———Craig A. Poulin, Maine State Troopers Association, S9539 [17SE]

———John E. Baldacci, Governor of Maine, S9538 [17SE]

———John Runyan, Coalition for Transportation Productivity, S9539 [17SE]

———Patrick J. Fleming, Maine State Police, S9538 [17SE]

———Paul Gaspar, Maine Association of Police, S9539 [17SE]

———Timothy P. Lynch, American Trucking Association, S9539 [17SE]

Motions

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9589 [16SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, H9581 [16SE]

———establish Innovative Automotive Demonstration Program within existing Vehicle Technologies Program, H9580, H9581 [16SE]

———freeze future advanced vehicle technologies funding, H9578 [16SE]

———include nonchemical batteries and electromechanical storage technologies in a program of research in vehicle technologies, H9583, H9584 [16SE]

———include recreational vehicles under the medium and heavy-duty commercial and transit vehicles research and development program, H9584 [16SE]

———limit funding for advanced vehicle technologies programs when funding for similar programs already exists and if Federal deficit exceeds a certain amount, H9589-H9591 [16SE]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies, H11500-H11505 [20OC]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), H9570-H9591 [16SE], E2300 [17SE], E2327 [22SE]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 745), H9566-H9568 [16SE]

———provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 3246), motion to recommit, H9589-H9591 [16SE]

———provide for a program of research in refueling and recharging infrastructure for alternative and hybrid vehicles in rural areas, H9582 [16SE]

———provide funding for retrofitting existing vehicle with advanced vehicle technologies, H9579, H9580 [16SE]

———require advanced technologies program to research and develop methods for reducing waste and emissions from advanced battery technology to increase calendar and cycle life, H9585 [16SE]

———require reports on medium to heavy-duty vehicle program and commercialized technologies and ensure nonroad mobile equipment is eligible for nonroad systems pilot program, H9577 [16SE]

———require reports on the commercial and passenger advanced vehicle technology program, H9579 [16SE]

———support public-private partnerships and industry programs dedicated to overcoming barriers in commercial application of vehicle technologies, H9585, H9586 [16SE]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (H.R. 2156), H4897 [28AP], H5373 [7MY]

———reauthorize hazardous material safety program, ensure safe transport of hazardous material in all modes of transportation, and reduce risks inherent in such transport (H.R. 4016), E2714 [4NO]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (H. Res. 841), H13018-H13020 [17NO], E2805 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

Conservation of energy: establish EnergySmart transport corridors to promote measures that will increase energy efficiency of Interstate Highway System and reduce pollutants (S. 1098), S5704-S5706 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (S. 679), S3670 [24MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (S. 1113), S5728 [20MY]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 335), S11376 [16NO]

Energy Assistance Fund: establish to guarantee low-interest loans for purchase and installation of energy efficient property, idling reduction and insulation for trucks, and alternative refueling stations (S. 855), S4576 [22AP]

John T. Noble Trucking (business): tribute to efforts to support creation of Northern Maine Veteran's Cemetery, S5432 [13MY]

Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program, S9537 [17SE], S13072 [12DE]

———establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (S. 856), S4576-S4578 [22AP]

Mexico: prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area until certain conditions are met to ensure the safety of such operations, S3329-S3331 [18MR]

Reports filed

Advanced Vehicle Technology Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 3246) (H. Rept. 111-254), H9490 [14SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3246, Advanced Vehicle Technology Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 745) (H. Rept. 111-255), H9548 [15SE]

Drive Safer Sunday: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 841) (H. Rept. 111-338), H13001 [16NO]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Authorizations Extension Funded by the Highway Trust Fund: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1496), S7868 [22JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 745, consideration of H.R. 3246, Advanced Vehicle Technology Act, H9566 [16SE]

H. Res. 841, Drive Safer Sunday, H13018 [17NO]

S. 679, Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act, S3670 [24MR]

S. 1098, EnergySmart Transport Corridors Act, S5714 [20MY]

S. Res. 335, Drive Safer Sunday, S11120 [4NO], S11376 [16NO]