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

Bills and resolutions

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see S. 3263), S3729 [5JN] (see H.R. 4350), H1845 [16AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize, enhance, and reform certain port security programs through increased efficiency and risk-based coordination (see H.R. 4251), H1542 [22MR]

——— require a feasibility study on meeting the 100 percent requirement to scan containers destined for U.S. ports in order to extend the deadline for such scanning (see H.R. 6713), H7435 [27DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pilot program to study the benefits of using hair specimens for preemployment controlled substances tests of commercial motor vehicle operators (see H.R. 6641), H6675 [5DE]

——— establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (see H.R. 3838), H186 [27JA]

——— make capital grants for certain freight rail economic development projects (see H.R. 4272), H1641 [27MR]

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (see S. 3279), S3838 [7JN] (see H.R. 5964), H3806 [19JN]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]

Letters

Securing Maritime Activities Through Risk-Based Targeting for (SMART) Port Security Act: Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Dept., AFL–CIO, H4007 [26JN]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1175 [28JN]

——— Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E1176 [28JN]

U.S. freight transportation system investment and improvement: Bill Graves, American Trucking Associations, H4152 [27JN]

——— Kurt J. Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, H4153 [27JN]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: invest in and improve the U.S. freight transportation system, H4041 [26JN], H4151–H4153 [27JN], H4614 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: expedite strategic ports study, H3135 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize, enhance, and reform certain port security programs through increased efficiency and risk-based coordination (H.R. 4251), H3502, H3503 [6JN], H4003–H4009 [26JN], E1151 [27JN]

——— implement commercial pre-inspection pilot program at Peace Bridge to expedite traffic at U.S.-Canada border, H4709 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 3838), E81 [27JA]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (H. Res. 592), E393 [20MR]

Railroads: anniversary of Lake County Railroad, E1633 [21SE]

——— positive train control requirements implementation funding, H4047 [26JN]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, E1906 [11DE]

——— allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (H.R. 3173), H4015–H4017 [26JN], H4422 [28JN], E1171 [28JN]

——— ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials, H3502, H3503 [6JN], H4007 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

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

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (S. 3263), S3731 [5JN]

Corps of Engineers: port deepening projects funding, S1045, S1046 [27FE]

——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, S609 [14FE]

Mississippi River: impact of drought on water levels and resulting barge traffic, S7676 [6DE]

Ships and vessels: allow cargo shipped between two U.S. ports to be transported in non-U.S. built, owned or crewed vessels, S2145, S2146 [28MR]

Transportation: improve consumer protection through regulation of the household goods moving industry, S8197–S8199 [19DE]

Reports filed

Deepwater Horizon Survivors’ Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 183), S6800 [14NO]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 183) (S. Rept. 112–245), S7458 [5DE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1952) (S. Rept. 112–162), S2730 [25AP]

Securing Maritime Activities Through Risk-Based Targeting for (SMART) Port Security Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4251) (H. Rept. 112–521), H3702 [12JN]

Transportation Security Administration Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) Applicants To Remotely Apply for Issuance, Renewal, or Activation: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3173) (H. Rept. 112–523), H3706 [15JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3173, Transportation Security Administration allowance of transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, H4015 [26JN]

H.R. 4251, Securing Maritime Activities Through Risk-Based Targeting for (SMART) Port Security Act, H4003–H4007 [26JN]