HARBORS

Bills and resolutions

Coast Guard: authorize entrance into agreements with foreign governments or international organizations for performance of port security assessments (see H.R. 3273), H7159 [27OC]

Corps of Engineers: allow use of certain amounts to carry out harbor deepening projects (see S. 793), S2387 [12AP]

———modify criteria used to dredge small ports (see S. 1927), S8067 [30NO]

———reform water resources project funding process through improved prioritization for such projects and Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund administration reforms (see S. 573), S1600 [14MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (see S. 869), S2621 [3MY]

FEMA: authorize appropriations for the Port Security Grant Program (see H.R. 3492), H7890 [18NO]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 412), S871 [17FE] (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]

———ensure that annual expenditures to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects (see H.R. 3648), H8880 [13DE]

Long Beach, CA: anniversary of Port of Long Beach (see H. Res. 224), H2855 [14AP]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see S. 97), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 3034), H6413 [22SE]

Ships and vessels: provide immunity for reporting and responding to suspicious transactions, activities, and occurrences that involve a vessel, facility, port, or waterway (see H.R. 2846), H5964 [7SE]

Taxation: exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 1964), S8461 [8DE] (see H.R. 1533), H2854 [14AP]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see S. 2011), S8733 [16DE] (see H.R. 572), H598 [9FE]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see S. 1966), S8461 [8DE] (see H.R. 3173), H6853 [12OC]

———ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials (see H.R. 1105), H1842 [15MR]

Memorandums

NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific Relocation From Seattle, WA, to Newport, OR: Todd J. Zinser, Dept. of Commerce, H1266 [18FE]

Remarks in House

Anna Maria, FL: anniversary of Anna Maria Pier, E384 [1MR]

Committee on the Marine Transportation System: ensure assessment and strategy plan identifies important maritime projects, implements container screening at ports, and utilizes Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, H7349 [4NO]

Corps of Engineers: construction and operation and maintenance funding, H4800-H4803 [11JY]

———prohibit funding for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund projects, H5076 [14JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: port and transit security, interoperable emergency communications, buffer zone protection, and medical response programs funding, H3862 [1JN]

FEMA: authorize appropriations for the Port Security Grant Program (H.R. 3492), E2102 [18NO]

———permit Port Security Grant Program funding to be used for replacement of security equipment, H7349 [4NO]

———permit Port Security Grant Program funding to be used for security personnel expenses, H7349 [4NO]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H4809, H4810 [11JY]

———ensure that annual expenditures to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects (H.R. 3648), E2243 [13DE]

Illinois: economic impact of Chicago, IL, economic innovation zone and Waukegan, IL, harbor preservation and repair on area businesses and job creation, H7004 [24OC]

Long Beach, CA: anniversary of Port of Long Beach, E1224 [1JY]

NOAA: Marine Operations Center-Pacific relocation from Seattle, WA, to Newport, OR, funding, H1265-H1268 [18FE]

Savannah, GA: recognize Port of Savannah as a growing economic hub and increase investments in U.S. ports, H1528 [3MR]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, H3895 [1JN]

———ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials (H.R. 1105), E495 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: allow use of certain amounts to carry out harbor deepening projects (S. 793), S2493, S2494 [14AP]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (S. 412), S909 [17FE]

Louisiana: importance of international trade, S6499-S6502 [13OC]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (S. 97), S187 [25JA]

Reports

Port of Bellingham, WA, Protest of Award of a Lease by NOAA to Port of Newport, OR, To Provide Office, Warehouse, and Related Space for NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific, E305-E307 [18FE]

Texts of

S. 97, San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, S187 [25JA]

S. 412, Harbor Maintenance Act, S909 [17FE]