DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Maritime Administration; Surface Transportation Board

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (S. 1956), S6611, S6648, S6649 [21SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H3981 [25JN], H4033, H4035, H4036, H4037, H4039, H4041, H4044, H4045, H4047, H4048, H4051, H4052, H4053, H4054, H4055, H4056, H4065, H4066 [26JN], H4096, H4097, H4099, H4100, H4101, H4102, H4103, H4104, H4105, H4106, H4108, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4117, H4118, H4121, H4122, H4124, H4135, H4136, H4137, H4139, H4140, H4141, H4142, H4143, H4144, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4025 [26JN]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), S8608, S8609 [31DE], H7584 [2JA]

——— reform regulations regarding enforcement actions against pilots, clarify statutory deference related to the NTSB, require notice to airmen (NOTAM) posting, and reform medical certification process (S. 1335), S4733, S4777 [29JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (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 Park System Critical Authorities Act (S. 3398), S5137 [18JY]

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

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 658, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, H192 [31JA]

——— H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, S2615 [24AP], H2108 [25AP]

Articles and editorials

Central Subway Needs Money To Fulfill Potential, H4137 [27JN]

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

NTSB—An Impartial Forum for Pilots?, S4179 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: reauthorize surface transportation research, technology, training, intelligent transportation, and university transportation programs, and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (see H.R. 3833), H186 [27JA]

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

——— issue regulations to ensure families are able to sit together on flights (see H.R. 6124), H4863 [12JY]

——— prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons while operating in the national airspace system (see H.R. 5950), H3707 [15JN]

Bridges: provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (see H.R. 3837), H186 [27JA]

Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 4342), H1805 [29MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2322), S2545 [19AP] (see H.R. 5972), H3914 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (see H. Res. 697), H3974 [21JN]

Ecology and environment: issue categorical exclusions from requirement that an environmental assessment or impact statement be prepared for highway safety improvement projects (see H.R. 6387), H5922 [12SE]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 533), H373 [1FE]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (see H.R. 6586), H6328 [9NO]

——— provide guidance and limitations relative to the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. airspace in order to inform the public and protect individual privacy (see H.R. 6676), H7264 [18DE]

Federal Highway Administration: establish position of Recovered Mineral Component Ombudsman in the Office of Pavement Technology (see H.R. 6492), H6274 [21SE]

Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program: modify by disallowing toll facilities in North Carolina (see H.R. 4174), H1304 [8MR]

Law enforcement: provide grants to States to prevent racial profiling (see H.R. 4398), H1977 [18AP]

Motor vehicles: ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 6451), H6230 [20SE]

——— 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]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting or selling vehicles that are under manufacturer recall (see S. 3502), S5977 [2AU] (see H.R. 6094), H4774 [10JY]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 3706), S8364 [21DE]

——— withhold certain highway funds from States unless they enact a law strengthening penalties for motorists illegally passing a stopped school bus (see H.R. 4236), H1497 [21MR]

National Park Service: clarify responsibility for District of Columbia snow removal, transfer administrative jurisdiction for George Washington Memorial Parkway land, and provide uniform penalties for crimes on park land (see S. 3398), S5133 [18JY] (see H.R. 6610), H6505 [28NO]

Ports: 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]

Power resources: impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow a tax credit for the purchase of a domestic fuel-efficient vehicle, and make grants to mass transit systems for fare reductions (see H.R. 3784), H77 [18JA]

Railroads: develop commercial areas around rail stations to help finance rail corridor infrastructure and operational expenses (see H.R. 4361), H1845 [16AP]

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

Roads and highways: conduct a study of economically beneficial uses of rights-of-way associated with certain highways (see H.R. 6541), H6276 [21SE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and Highway Trust Fund programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 4239), H1541 [22MR] (see H.R. 4276, 4281), H1739 [28MR] (see H.R. 4348), H1844 [16AP] (see H.R. 6057), H4603 (see H.R. 6058), H4604 [28JN] (see H.R. 6064), H4654 [29JN]

——— prioritize local comments when selecting a toll pilot project (see H.R. 5713), H2644 [10MY]

Taxation: extend authorities relating to the Highway Trust Fund and provide revenues for highway programs (see S. 2132), S1049 [27FE] (see H.R. 3864), H374 [1FE]

Transformational infrastructure competitive grant program: establish (see H.R. 4352), H1845 [16AP]

Transportation: amend certain motor vehicle safety laws (see H.R. 6051), H4603 [28JN]

——— help leverage private investment for transit-oriented development near transit stations (see S. 2053), S261 [1FE] (see H.R. 3854), H218 [31JA]

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 5976), H3914 [20JN]

Travel and tourism: require priority visa processing for visitors to national heritage areas or national parks and make infrastructure grants to communities hosting these areas (see H.R. 6130), H4868 [13JY]

Veterans: establish a program to assist veterans to acquire commercial driver’s licenses (see S. 2084), S494 [9FE]

Chronologies

Pilot’s Bill of Rights legislative action, S4179 [14JN]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S686 [15FE], S886 [17FE], S1372 [2MR], S1410 [6MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), motion to proceed, S382 [7FE], S420 [9FE]

Conference reports

FAA Modernization and Reform Act (H.R. 658), H230–H304 [1FE]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) (H.R. 4348), H4432–H4601 [28JN]

Cost Estimates

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act (S. 1956): CBO, S6527 [20SE]

Letters

BIA Indian Reservation Roads program revised funding formula: A. Webster Demmert III, Klawock Cooperative Association, S695 [15FE]

——— Dawn Hutchison, Wrangell Cooperative Association, S695 [15FE]

——— John Gomez, Jr., Ramona Band of Cahuilla, S694 [15FE]

——— Joseph D. Hamilton, Ramona Band of Cahuilla, S694 [15FE]

——— Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Association of Village Council Presidents, S695 [15FE]

——— Stacy Dixon, Susanville Indian Rancheria, S694 [15FE]

Ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S.: Calman Cohen, Emergency Committee for American Trade, H3046 [17MY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3046 [17MY]

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6527 [20SE]

Highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1933 [18AP]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1933 [18AP]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, S404 [9FE]

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

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

National Park System Critical Authorities Act: Ken Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S5137 [18JY]

Pilot’s Bill of Rights: several Senators, S4180 [14JN]

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act: Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, H5606 [1AU]

Surface Transportation Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1603 [27MR], H1755 [29MR]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1603 [27MR], H1755 [29MR]

Transportation and infrastructure projects funding: Representative Schilling, E911 [30MY]

Use of public-private partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, Ed Rendell, and Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, Building America’s Future Education Fund, H2102 [25AP]

Lists

House of Representatives staff who worked on H.R. 658, FAA Modernization and Reform Act, H455 [3FE]

Staff who worked on H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), E1223 [11JY]

Surface transportation extensions passed in the House of Representatives, H1756 [29MR]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4633 [29JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S382 [7FE], S686 [15FE], S1172, S1179 [1MR], S1518 [8MR], S1605 [13MR], S1650 [14MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), H1959 [18AP], H2099 [25AP], H2745, H2787 [16MY], H3038, H3044 [17MY], H3250 [30MY], H3444, H3447 [5JN], H3499, H3505, H3509 [6JN], H3652 [7JN], H3723 [18JN], H3755, H3788 [19JN], H3824, H3868 [20JN], H3948, H3952 [21JN], H4028, H4029 [26JN], H4151 [27JN]

Petitions and memorials

Georgia: allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities, H733 [15FE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

Aviation: prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons while operating in the national airspace system (H.R. 5950), H4144 [27JN]

——— prohibit funding for the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons while operating in the national airspace system, H4143, H4144 [27JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement European Union emissions trading scheme on U.S. civil aircraft operators, H4139, H4140 [27JN]

——— prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (S. 1956), H6330–H6334 [13NO]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, H1578 [27MR]

Bridges: provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (H.R. 3837), E83 [27JA]

California: high-speed rail project funding, H4141 [27JN]

——— high-speed rail projects funding, H4148, H4149 [27JN]

Cincinnati, OH: prohibit funding for streetcar project, H4147 [27JN]

Contracts: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, H4623 [29JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD: prohibit funding for grants under the Dept. of Transportation livable communities program and the Dept. of HUD sustainable communities program, H4141, H4142 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4135, H4136 [27JN]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4142, H4143 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H3946 [21JN], H4029–H4062 [26JN], H4079–H4151 [27JN], H4630–H4635 [29JN], E1156 [27JN], E1177 [28JN], E1182, E1183 [29JN], E1237, E1239, E1245 [12JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4017–H4027 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), motion to recommit, H4634 [29JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5972), unanimous-consent agreement, H4630 [29JN]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and fund the national aviation system (H.R. 658), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 533), H445–H447 [3FE]

——— authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H192 [31JA]

——— clarify that fractional aviation is non-commercial and not subject to commercial aviation ticket tax, H456 [3FE]

——— Essential Air Service Program funding, H448 [3FE], H4039, H4040 [26JN], H4146 [27JN]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), H6335–H6337, H6341 [13NO]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), Senate amendment, H7584 [2JA]

——— Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, H449, H450 [3FE], E147 [6FE]

Federal Highway Administration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce Migratory Bird Treaty Act relative to the cliff swallow or barn swallow, H4148 [27JN]

Federal Railroad Administration: funding, H4045, H4046 [26JN]

Federal Transit Administration: formula and bus grants funding, H4041, H4042 [26JN]

——— funding, H4047, H4048 [26JN]

Government regulations: submit report estimating the number of lost jobs, fatalities and injuries, and the cost to the economy caused by new fuel economy standards for motor vehicles, H6214–H6216 [20SE]

High-speed rail projects: funding, E1239 [12JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H3664 [8JN], E1031 [8JN]

——— increase minimum rate of return to States for payments made through the Federal gas tax, H3505–H3509 [6JN]

——— permit a State to elect to receive the State’s contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment (H.R. 632), H3507 [6JN]

Information technology: prohibit funding to implement regulations to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking, electronic on-board recording devices, or event data recorders in passenger or commercial motor vehicles, H4149, H4150 [27JN]

International Highway Technology Scanning Program: prohibit funding, H4141 [27JN]

Law enforcement: provide grants to States to prevent racial profiling (H.R. 4398), E573 [18AP]

Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Deployment Program: funding, E1237 [12JY]

Maritime Administration: identify actions to enable qualified U.S. flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, H6643 [5DE], E855 [18MY]

——— Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program funding, H4051 [26JN]

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

Minority Business Resource Center: funding, H4033–H4035 [26JN]

Motor vehicles: effects of increase of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards on vehicle pricing and safety, H208–H213 [31JA]

——— prohibit funding to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle, H4137–H4139 [27JN]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): tribute to Committee of Conference members and staff, E1223 [11JY]

National Defense Transportation Day: observance, E815 [16MY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: development of alcohol detection system to prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities, H4107, H4108 [27JN]

——— State enforcement of law relative to motorists illegally passing a stopped school bus funding, H4045 [26JN]

National Transportation Week: observance, E815 [16MY]

Office of Civil Rights: funding, H4036, H4037 [26JN]

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization: funding, H4033–H4035 [26JN]

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: funding, H4052 [26JN]

——— prohibit requirement of placement of line markers other than at public road crossings and railroad crossings, H4140, H4141 [27JN]

Portland, OR: streetcar investment anchored revitalization project funding, H518 [7FE]

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

Projects of National and Regional Significance Program: funding, H4041 [26JN]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S., H3045–H3049 [17MY], E910 [30MY]

Railroads: develop commercial areas around rail stations to help finance rail corridor infrastructure and operational expenses, E515 [30MR]

——— develop commercial areas around rail stations to help finance rail corridor infrastructure and operational expenses (H.R. 4361), E520 [16AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and Highway Trust Fund programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (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]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), H1932–H1962 [18AP], H2011 [19AP], H2099 [25AP], H2460 [9MY], H3391, H3392 [1JN], H3487 [6JN], H3664, H3693 [8JN], H3743, H3744 [19JN], H3817, H3881 [20JN], H3918, H3946, H3956, H3960 [21JN], H4023–H4025, H4041 [26JN], H4067, H4077, H4120 [27JN], E592, E596, E599, E602 [19AP], E663 [26AP], E910 [30MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H2099–H2106 [25AP], H3038–H3049 [17MY], H3444, H3447 [5JN], H3499, H3505–H3513 [6JN], H3652–H3658 [7JN], H3664 [8JN], H3788–H3797 [19JN], H3868–H3875 [20JN], H3948–H3955 [21JN], H4151–H4153 [27JN], E699 [27AP], E856 [18MY], E1031 [8JN], E1098 [20JN], E1106 [21JN], E1149 [27JN]

——— obligate Highway Trust Fund funding equal to level of CBO projected Federal gas tax revenues, H3652–H3658 [7JN]

——— permit Federal regulation and review of tolls and toll increases on certain surface transportation facilities (H.R. 3684), E57 [23JA]

——— prohibit funding for construction of highways in foreign countries and for Birmingham, AL, beltway, H1959, H1960 [18AP]

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

——— streamline environmental reviews and approval requirements for surface transportation projects, H1934, H1953–H1955 [18AP]

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

——— reauthorize and improve, H731 [15FE]

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

——— distracted driving prevention and research funding through reductions in financial management funding, H4035, H4036 [26JN]

San Francisco, CA: Central Subway project funding, H4136, H4137 [27JN]

States: distracted driving prevention grant funding, H3953–H3955 [21JN], E1149 [27JN]

Surface Transportation Board: funding, H4053 [26JN]

Territories: provide for participation in Federal-aid highway discretionary programs (H.R. 2734), H4625 [29JN]

——— Territorial Highway Program funding, H4625, H4626 [29JN]

Transformational infrastructure competitive grant program: establish (H.R. 4352), H6163 [20SE]

Transportation: allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities, H732 [15FE]

——— authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (H.R. 897), H5604–H5606 [1AU]

——— encourage use of private-public partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects, H2102 [25AP]

——— extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), H520 [7FE], E71 [25JA]

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program: funding, H4032, H4037, H4038, H4040, H4041 [26JN], H4119 [27JN], E1239 [12JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5976), H4037 [26JN], H4119 [27JN]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H4048–H4050 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

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

——— prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (S. 1956), S2995 [9MY], S5945 [2AU], S6527, S6528 [20SE], S6611 [21SE]

——— prohibit use of appropriated funding or user fee receipts for payment of fees, taxes, or fines incurred by U.S. airlines under the European Union emissions trading scheme, S6527, S6528 [20SE]

BIA: revised funding formula for Indian Reservation Roads program, S692–S696 [15FE]

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

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

——— repairs and reconstruction funding, S4619 [26JN]

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

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

Depts. of Agriculture and Transportation: conduct study of rural transportation issues relative to movement of agricultural products and domestically produced renewable fuels and resources for electricity production, S4350 [20JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD: require notification of Committee on Appropriations (House) and Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the public of projects selected for certain grants, S8431, S8441 [27DE]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S4118 [13JN]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), conference report, S329, S333–S344 [6FE], S382–S385 [7FE], S4194 [14JN]

——— Essential Air Service Program funding, S341 [6FE], S382 [7FE]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), S8608 [31DE]

——— Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, S335, S341 [6FE], S382 [7FE]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2211 [29MR]

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

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

——— improve safety of motorcoaches (S. 453), S7342 [3DE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S8626, S8631 [1JA]

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

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]

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

——— positive railroad control crash avoidance systems implementation, S820 [16FE]

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

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S2209–S2212 [29MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (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]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), motion to proceed, S400–S406, S414–S417, S420–S423 [9FE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), unanimous-consent agreement, S838 [16FE], S1455 [7MR], S1573 [12MR], S1814 [19MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), unanimous-consent request, S1409, S1410 [6MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), S2615 [24AP], S2683 [25AP], S3066, S3069 [10MY], S3223 [16MY], S3744 [6JN], S3813, S3815, S3827 [7JN], S3957 [12JN], S4114–S4118 [13JN], S4165, S4195 [14JN], S4452 [25JN], S4659 [27JN], S4690 [28JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), conference report, S4699, S4707, S4708, S4710–S4714, S4716 [28JN], S4735, S4741–S4744, S4747–S4764 [29JN], S4810–S4812 [10JY], S5178 [19JY]

——— 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: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), S1644 [14MR]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) conference report, S4760 [29JN]

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

Transportation: encourage use of private-public partnerships to invest in public transportation projects, S4755 [29JN]

——— ensure transit agencies that partner with community colleges on job training programs are eligible for Federal grants, S842 [16FE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, S665 [15FE]

Reports filed

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3864) (H. Rept. 112–396), H696 [13FE]

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1950) (S. Rept. 112–238), S6744 [13NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 658, FAA Modernization and Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 533) (H. Rept. 112–382), H373 [1FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 600) (H. Rept. 112–424), H1739 [28MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4348, Highway Programs Reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline Permitting Approval, and Gulf Coast States Resources and Economy Restoration: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 619) (H. Rept. 112–446), H1914 [17AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5972, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 697) (H. Rept. 112–545), H3974 [21JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5972) (H. Rept. 112–541), H3914 [20JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2322) (S. Rept. 112–157), S2545 [19AP]

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1956) (S. Rept. 112–195), S5976 [2AU]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 658) (H. Rept. 112–381), H373 [1FE]

Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2132) (S. Rept. 112–152), S1049 [27FE]

Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1449), S6800 [14NO]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1449) (S. Rept. 112–261), S8363 [21DE]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Committee of Conference (H.R. 4348) (H. Rept. 112–557), H4603 [28JN]

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

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4038, H4041, H4051 [26JN], H4101, H4104, H4111, H4118, H4119, H4125, H4144 [27JN]

Summaries

Pilot’s Bill of Rights (S. 1335), S4179 [14JN]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4080–H4095 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 533, consideration of conference report on H.R. 658, FAA Modernization and Reform Act, H445 [3FE]

H. Res. 600, consideration of H.R. 4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1744 [29MR]

H. Res. 619, consideration of H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H1925 [18AP]

H. Res. 697, consideration of H.R. 5972, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 5973, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4017 [26JN]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), H4609 [29JN]

H.R. 897, Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act, H5605 [1AU]

H.R. 4239, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1600–H1603 [27MR]

H.R. 4281, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1752–H1755 [29MR]

H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H1940–H1944 [18AP]

H.R. 6064, Temporary Surface Transportation Extension Act, H4637–H4641 [29JN]

H.R. 6586, FAA authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies extension, H6335 [13NO]

H.R. 6586, Space Exploration Sustainability Act, S8609 [31DE]

S. 1335, Pilot’s Bill of Rights, S4733–S4735 [29JN], H5100 [23JY]

S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), S423–S484 [9FE]

S. 1956, European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act, S6611, S6612 [21SE], H6330 [13NO]