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

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 49), S123 [25JA]

Business and industry: invest in and improve the U.S. freight transportation system (see H.R. 1122), H1905 [16MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see S. 754), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 2459), H4792 [8JY]

———establish National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Program (see H.R. 3607), H8317 [8DE]

———protect safety of U.S. roads by prohibiting Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2407), H4670 [6JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H33 [5JA]

Gulf of Mexico: clarify applicability of certain maritime laws with respect to Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, and oil spill (see S. 183), S127 [25JA]

Hazardous substances: improve hazardous materials transportation safety (see S. 1952), S8414 [7DE]

Idaho: permit certain commercial vehicles to use certain interstate system highways (see S. 1322), S4292 [30JN] (see H.R. 2143), H4035 [3JN]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain farm vehicles from certain operating requirements (see H.R. 2414), H4671 [6JY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 1561), H2855 [14AP]

———provide for the next generation of border and maritime security technologies (see H.R. 2463), H4792 [8JY]

Railroads: apply certain conditions to the parties in the current railway labor-management dispute that have not agreed to extend the cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act (see S.J. Res. 31), S8067 [30NO]

———extend cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act relative to the current railway labor-management dispute (see S.J. Res. 30), S8067 [30NO]

———make technical and minor modifications to positive train control requirements (see S. 301), S629 [8FE]

———require carriers to prepare and maintain a plan for notifying local emergency responders before transporting hazardous materials through their jurisdictions (see H.R. 3383), H7397 [4NO]

———resolve outstanding issues of current railway labor-management dispute (see S.J. Res. 32), S8067 [30NO] (see H.J. Res. 91), H7999 [30NO]

Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (see S. 832), S2506 [14AP]

Ships and vessels: issue certificates of documentation authorizing certain vessels to engage in coastwise trade in carriage of natural gas (see H.R. 563), H550 [8FE]

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

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (see S. 57), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 1267), H2106 [30MR]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2091), H3985 [2JN]

Transportation: improve national freight transportation system by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce (see S. 371), S792 [16FE] (see H.R. 1338), H2266 [1AP]

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]

Trucking industry: exempt drivers used by motor carriers from certain regulations if transporting grapes during a harvest period (see H.R. 3110), H6624 [5OC]

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. 2323), H4526 [23JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Transportation: infrastructure projects funding, H2850 [14AP]

———proposed change to the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers, H647 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 23), E1 [5JA]

Jones Act: compliance relative to Hawaii maritime industry, H3797, H3798 [31MY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry, H116 [7JA]

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

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 49), S161 [25JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: designation of IranAir and Tidewater Inc., responsible for facilitating Iran's transfer of weapons and other proliferation activities, S4060 [23JN]

Railroads: apply certain conditions to the parties in the current railway labor-management dispute that have not agreed to extend the cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act (S.J. Res. 31), S8075 [30NO], S8079 [1DE]

———extend cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act relative to the current railway labor-management dispute (S.J. Res. 30), S8075 [30NO], S8079 [1DE]

———resolve outstanding issues of current railway labor-management dispute (S.J. Res. 32), S8075 [30NO], S8079 [1DE]

Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (S. 832), S2518 [14AP]

Taxation: modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (S. 57), S171 [25JA]

Reports filed

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 49), S1894 [28MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 49) (S. Rept. 112-38), S4640 [18JY]

Texts of

S. 49, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, S162 [25JA]

S. 57, modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades, S172 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 30, extend cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act relative to the current railway labor-management dispute, S8071 [30NO]

S.J. Res. 31, apply certain conditions to the parties in the current railway labor-management dispute that have not agreed to extend the cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act, S8072 [30NO]