MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21st CENTURY ACT (MAP–21)

Amendments

Enact (S. 1813), S504, S505, S536, S538, S539, S540, S541, S543 [9FE], S570, S571, S572, S573, S574, S575, S576, S577, S581, S582 [13FE], S639, S640, S641, S642, S645, S646, S647, S650, S651, S652, S653, S654, S655, S656, S657 [14FE], S686, S687, S705, S706, S707, S708, S787, S788, S789, S790, S791, S792, S794, S795, S796, S797 [15FE], S860, S861, S862, S863, S864, S865, S866, S867, S870, S871, S872, S873, S874 [16FE], S913, S914, S919, S924, S925, S926, S927, S928, S1018, S1019 [17FE], S1051, S1052, S1053 [27FE], S1079, S1090, S1095, S1096, S1097 [28FE], S1151, S1152 [29FE], S1179, S1210, S1364, S1365, S1367 [1MR], S1385, S1386, S1387, S1389, S1392, S1395, S1396, S1397, S1398, S1399 [5MR], S1426, S1427, S1429, S1430 [6MR], S1463, S1464, S1466, S1467, S1468, S1470 [7MR], S1505, S1512, S1515, S1517, S1531, S1533, S1534, S1535, S1544, S1548, S1556 [8MR], S1573 [12MR], S1593, S1597, S1601, S1602, S1603, S1605, S1618 [13MR], S1647 [14MR], S1814 [19MR]

Analyses

National Rail System Preservation, Expansion, and Development Act, S1655–S1657 [14MR]

Articles and editorials

Conservatives Should Break Transportation Bill Gridlock, S4707 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Enact (H.R. 4348): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 1813), S686 [15FE], S886 [17FE], S1372 [2MR], S1410 [6MR]

——— motion to proceed, S382 [7FE], S420 [9FE]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 4348), H4432–H4601 [28JN]

Letters

Provide the EPA additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA, S1510, S1514 [8MR]

——— W. Randall Rawson, American Boiler Manufacturers Association, S1510 [8MR]

Provisions: Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, S404 [9FE]

——— Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4752 [29JN]

——— Transportation Construction Coalition, S416 [9FE]

Rights of conscience protection relative to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirements for coverage of specific items and services: Allison Herwitt, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S1133 [29FE]

——— Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc., S1133 [29FE]

——— Helen M. Alvaré and Kim Daniel, S1117 [29FE]

——— Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health (organization), S1133 [29FE]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, S1133 [29FE]

——— Patrick J. Kennedy, S1124 [29FE]

——— several organizations, S1133, S1134 [29FE]

——— several pediatric and adolescent health organizations, S1134 [29FE]

Lists

Staff who worked on H.R. 4348, provisions, E1223 [11JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4348): conference report, S4751, S4752 [29JN]

Enact (S. 1813), S382 [7FE], S686 [15FE], S1172, S1179 [1MR], S1518 [8MR], S1605 [13MR], S1650 [14MR]

Remarks in House

Committee of Conference: tribute to members and staff, H4624, H4625 [29JN], E1223 [11JY]

Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content in transportation construction projects, H3795 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, H4619, H4620, H4626 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedestrians, H4624 [29JN]

——— Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, H4623 [29JN]

——— Safe Routes to School Program funding, E1238 [12JY]

Enact (H.R. 14), H1448 [21MR], H1519, H1520 [22MR], H1586, H1594, H1595, H1603–H1608 [27MR], H1645, H1650, H1668, H1669 [28MR], H1746, H1747, H1750, H1756–H1761 [29MR], H1927, H1928, H1930, H1935 [18AP], H1994 [19AP], E418 [22MR], E513, E514 [30MR], E539 [16AP]

Enact (H.R. 4348): conference report, H4608, H4616–H4630, H4636, H4637 [29JN], H5634 [2AU], E1176 [28JN], E1205 [9JY], E1238 [12JY]

——— consideration of conference report (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance Fund, H4619–H4623 [29JN]

Maritime Administration: Maritime Security Program and Cargo Preference Program funding, H4623 [29JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: pension funding relief reforms, H4627, H4628, H4629 [29JN]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels, H4623 [29JN]

Roads and highways: remove privatized highways from consideration in apportioning highway funding among States, H4623 [29JN]

Territories: Territorial Highway Program funding, H4625, H4626 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: clarify exemptions from certain Federal regulations regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers during planting and harvest seasons, S1603, S1604 [13MR]

——— expand exemption from certain Federal regulations for farmers to transport their products across State lines in farm vehicles, S1440 [7MR], S1603 [13MR]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads, S1129 [29FE], S1437 [7MR]

Budget: deficit, S1659 [14MR]

——— reduce discretionary spending limits to offset Highway Trust Fund spending, S1517, S1518, S1530, S1531 [8MR], S1604, S1605 [13MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S823 [16FE], S3873 [7JN]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S605 [14FE], S1495, S1502–S1505, S1515–S1517, S1519–S1523, S1525, S1530 [8MR], S1596, S1609 [13MR], S1651 [14MR]

Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content in transportation construction projects, S1440 [7MR], S1602, S1608 [13MR]

Corps of Engineers: prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, S4742, S4752 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, S4735, S4743, S4757 [29JN]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, S559 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program and the Secure Rural Schools and Community-Self Determination Act, S1525–S1528 [8MR], S1609 [13MR], S1651 [14MR]

——— reinstate Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, S1505–S1507, S1523, S1526 [8MR]

Dept. of Transportation: allow funds to be used to repair or reconstruct a bridge on non-National Highway Systems Federal-aid highways, S1188 [1MR]

——— allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects, S405 [9FE]

——— establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway, S665 [15FE]

——— grant States use of Congested Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds toward transit system programs, S1131 [29FE]

——— off-system bridge program funding, S1451 [7MR], S1535 [8MR], S1602 [13MR]

——— Projects of National and Regional Significance Program funding, S1131 [29FE]

Economy: importance of job creation, S421 [9FE], S2203 [29MR]

Enact (H.R. 4348), S3744 [6JN], S3813, S3815, S3827 [7JN], S3957 [12JN], S4114–S4118 [13JN], S4165, S4195 [14JN], S4659 [27JN]

——— conference report, S4699, S4707, S4708, S4710–S4714, S4716 [28JN], S4735, S4741–S4744, S4747–S4764 [29JN], S4810–S4812 [10JY], S5178 [19JY]

Enact (S. 1813), S364–S366 [7FE], S423–S486 [9FE], S545, S550, S559, S561 [13FE], S585, S587, S593–S595, S599, S605, S607, S609 [14FE], S661–S665, S671, S672, S685–S690, S692–S697 [15FE], S818–S822, S826, S832, S836–S838, S842 [16FE], S880, S885, S886, S892 [17FE], S1072, S1073, S1077–S1083, S1085 [28FE], S1104–S1110, S1112–S1139, S1141, S1142, S1155, S1156 [29FE], S1159–S1173, S1179, S1188, S1189 [1MR], S1371–S1373 [2MR], S1376 [5MR], S1405, S1407–S1410 [6MR], S1434, S1435, S1437, S1440–S1443, S1448–S1452 [7MR], S1495–S1497, S1502–S1536 [8MR], S1561–S1564, S1572, S1573 [12MR], S1583, S1589–S1606, S1608, S1609 [13MR], S1639, S1641, S1644, S1645, S1647–S1662, S1667 [14MR], S1729 [15MR], S1877 [21MR], S1955, S1986–S1988 [22MR], S2009, S2013 [26MR], S2049, S2050, S2056–S2059, S2062, S2076 [27MR], S2135, S2149, S2157 [28MR], S2202–S2204, S2206, S2208, S2209 [29MR], S2314 [16AP], S2384–S2386 [17AP], S2458, S2476, S2487 [18AP], S2590 [23AP], S3067 [10MY]

——— motion to proceed, S400–S406, S414–S417, S420–S423 [9FE]

——— unanimous-consent agreement, S838 [16FE], S1455 [7MR], S1573 [12MR], S1814 [19MR]

——— unanimous-consent request, S1409, S1410 [6MR]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, S1508–S1511, S1513, S1514, S1523, S1528 [8MR], S1573 [12MR]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance Fund, S4699 [28JN], S4735, S4743, S4755, S4757 [29JN]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States, and provide Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, S1507, S1524, S1529 [8MR], S1661 [14MR], S2076 [27MR], S2208 [29MR], S2476 [18AP]

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State’s contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment, S1592 [13MR]

Mining and mineral resources: Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund funding, S4755 [29JN]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of motorcoaches, S1188 [1MR], S5178 [19JY]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline consistent with current law, prohibit export of crude oil transported by the pipeline, and require use of U.S. iron, steel, and manufactured goods in construction, S1525, S1529 [8MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S1077–S1082 [28FE], S1104–S1110, S1112, S1113, S1115–S1129, S1132–S1139, S1141 [29FE], S1159–S1173 [1MR]

Pensions: reform funding rules, S1659 [14MR]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, S1142 [29FE]

Power resources: provide for offshore and oil shale energy development and energy-related tax incentives, S1523 [8MR], S1596 [13MR], S1650, S1651 [14MR]

Railroads: allow Federal funds made available for purchase of rolling stock to be used to purchase any equipment used for high-speed rail, S1652 [14MR]

——— change railcar procurement rules for transit systems to allow up to 5 years for delivery of railcars after delivery of 1st railcar, S559 [13FE]

Roads and highways: assess need for environmental reviews and approval requirements for certain emergency highway construction projects, S1647–S1650 [14MR]

——— increase Federal cost share for emergency relief permanent repairs in extreme disasters, S1648 [14MR]

——— prohibit imposition of new tolls on the Federal-aid system, S1592 [13MR], S1648, S1649 [14MR]

——— provide States with additional flexibility to implement tolls on interstate highways, S1648, S1649 [14MR]

——— remove privatized highways from consideration in apportioning highway funding among States, S1593–S1596 [13MR]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S1435 [7MR]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S1512, S1513, S1518, S1528 [8MR]

Staff: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 1813, provisions, S1644 [14MR]

Taxation: adjust gasoline tax rates with inflation, S1448–S1450 [7MR]

——— encourage alternative energy investments and job creation, S1561–S1564 [12MR], S1591, S1600 [13MR]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1523 [8MR], S1596, S1597 [13MR], S1650, S1651 [14MR]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S832 [16FE]

——— extend tax credits for clean energy programs, S1572 [12MR], S1599 [13MR]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S1532, S1533 [8MR]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate, S1599 [13MR], S1651 [14MR]

Transportation: allow States to permit non-highway uses in rest areas along any highway, S1534 [8MR], S1605 [13MR]

——— allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities, S1534 [8MR], S1592, S1604 [13MR]

——— empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs, S1594, S1595 [13MR]

——— maintain competitive market by ensuring equal treatment of contract rail operators, S1536 [8MR]

——— modify gas tax apportionment formula to ensure that the percentage of funds received by a State is the same as the percentage of total gas taxes paid by the State, S1535 [8MR], S1601 [13MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4348, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4348) (H. Rept. 112–557), H4603 [28JN]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1813), S350 [6FE]

Testimonies

Rights of Conscience Protection Relative to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Requirements for Coverage of Specific Items and Services: Sandra Fluke, Georgetown University Law Students for Reproductive Justice, S1135 [29FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 4348, provisions, H4609 [29JN]

S. 1813, provisions, S423–S484 [9FE]