HARBORS

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), S3735 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions

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

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]

——— provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (see S. 2061), S261 [1FE] (see H.R. 5739), H2662 [11MY]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (see H.R. 4005), H692 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: 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]

FEMA: authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for mandated security personnel (see H.R. 5803), H3102 [17MY]

——— authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for replacement of certain security equipment or facilities (see H.R. 5802), H3102 [17MY]

Maritime Administration: make grants to States or port authorities to cover the cost of repair and construction activities relative to certain strategic commercial seaports (see H.R. 6253), H5628 [1AU]

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]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

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]

Remarks in House

Congressional Ports, Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus: inaugural event, H1219, H1221 [7MR]

Corps of Engineers: ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance, H3355 [31MY]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H3490 [6JN]

——— operation and maintenance funding, H3463 [5JN]

——— prohibit funding for development or submission of proposals to expand authorized uses of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, H3460, H3461 [5JN]

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]

——— provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), H4672, H4673 [9JY], E1216 [10JY]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (H.R. 4005), H4009–H4011 [26JN], E175 [9FE], E1181 [29JN]

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]

FEMA: authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for mandated security personnel, H4008 [26JN]

——— authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for replacement of certain security equipment or facilities, H4008 [26JN]

——— Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3556, H3557 [6JN]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H1926, H1934, H1938, H1944–H1946 [18AP], E592, E599 [19AP]

——— ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (H.R. 104), H3950 [21JN]

Highlands, NJ: anniversary of Twin Lights Historical Site, E1701 [16OC]

Houston, TX: Port of Houston dredging project funding, E953 [1JN]

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

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]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), E837 [17MY]

St. Paul Port Authority: anniversary, E1889 [7DE]

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

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

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), S3735 [5JN]

Reports filed

Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2061) (S. Rept. 112–171), S3630 [24MY]

Gauging American Port Security (GAPS) Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4005) (H. Rept. 112–499), H3265 [30MY]

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 97) (S. Rept. 112–136), S131 [26JA]

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. 4005, Gauging American Port Security (GAPS) Act, H4009 [26JN]

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

S. 2061, Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act, S3735 [5JN], H4672 [9JY]