TRANSPORTATION related term(s) Department of Transportation; Motor Vehicles; Roads and Highways; Surface Transportation Board

Amendments

Appropriations: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H748 [15FE]

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]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values (S. 1134), S46, S47 [23JA]

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]

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 710), H5826 [11SE]

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]

Transportation Security Administration: modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (S. 3542), S7275, S7276 [29NO]

——— transfer unclaimed clothes recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other charities (H.R. 6328), S7750, S7752 [11DE], H7447 [30DE]

Analyses

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]

In the House, a Transportation Train Wreck, H527 [7FE]

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

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (see H.R. 7), H218 [31JA]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 547), H725 [14FE]

Armed Forces: authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for certain current and former members of the Reserve components, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents (see S. 2112), S699 [15FE] (see H.R. 4164), H1272 [7MR]

——— permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see S. 3624), S6625 [21SE] (see H.R. 6456), H6231 [20SE]

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]

——— establish an air travelers’ bill of rights (see S. 3302), S4203 [14JN] (see H.R. 6449), H6230 [20SE]

——— require individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist (see H.R. 6159), H5077 [19JY]

——— require security screening of passengers at airports to be carried out by private screening companies (see S. 3303), S4203 [14JN]

BLM: provide for land conveyances in Nevada for Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and other Federal, State, and local projects (see S. 3346), S4674 [27JN] (see H.R. 6072), H4655 [29JN]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: enter into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of additional services at customs ports of entry (see H.R. 5968), H3806 [19JN] (see H.R. 6055), H4603 [28JN]

——— submit a plan to ensure the placement of sufficient officers at certain U.S. international airports to effectively combat security threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 4006), H692 [9FE]

Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 6216), H5326 [26JY]

Coal Mitigation Trust Fund: establish by imposing a tax on the extraction of coal to mitigate impact of transportation of coal by rail (see H.R. 6202), H5291 [25JY]

Coast Guard: require development and posting of passenger capacity limits for recreational vessels over a certain length (see S. 3537), S6339 [13SE]

Corps of Engineers: modify the Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, LA, navigation project (see H.R. 6026), H4064 [26JN]

Crime: provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 5889), H3480 [5JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service expedited authority to remove geese that threaten aircraft (see S. 2377), S2821 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: work with non-Federal entities and accept non-Federal funding under strict guidelines to promote commercial space transportation infrastructure efficiencies (see H.R. 4401), H2029 [19AP]

Dept. of HHS: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see S. 3358), S4724 [28JN]

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]

——— contract with an independent laboratory to study health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints and improve notice to airline passengers (see S. 2044), S208 [31JA] (see H.R. 4068), H901 [16FE]

——— require inclusion as an eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program (see H.R. 3857), H219 [31JA]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure (see H.R. 6221), H5327 [26JY]

——— 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 the Treasury: establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle (see H.R. 6662), H6806 [13DE]

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

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (see H.R. 4352), H1845 [16AP]

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

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

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

——— 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]

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

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]

Drunken driving: modify minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence (see H.R. 3810), H114 [23JA]

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]

——— establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to address flight attendant duty time limitations and rest requirements (see H.R. 3824), H181 [25JA]

——— extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 3800), H113 [23JA]

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

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination as the location for a conference or event (see S. 2469), S2823 [26AP] (see H.R. 5332), H2316 [7MY]

——— reduce travel expensed for certain Federal employees (see H.R. 4472), H2039 [23AP]

——— require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings (see H.R. 4631), H2123 [25AP]

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]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

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]

GSA: reduce amounts available for acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal fleet (see H.R. 6144), H5008 [18JY]

Immigration: restrict community policing programs funding for States that grant driver’s licenses to certain illegal immigrants (see H.R. 6465), H6231 [20SE]

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

LA/Ontario International Airport: facilitate transfer or sale from Los Angeles, CA, back to Ontario, CA (see H.R. 5832), H3161 [18MY]

Medicaid: provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see S. 3586), S6545 [20SE]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of representational allowance for air travel expenses unless an itemized description of expenses is provided and a House credit card is used for such expenses (see H. Res. 580), H1305 [8MR]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: change membership of Board of Directors (see H.R. 6356), H5707 [2AU] (see H.R. 6369), H5765 [10SE]

——— provide for an Inspector General (see H.R. 5322), H2274 [27AP]

Motor vehicles: amend certain safety laws (see H.R. 6051), H4603 [28JN]

——— exempt natural gas vehicles from certain maximum fuel economy increase standards (see S. 2174), S1540 [8MR]

——— improve certain laws relative to use of high occupancy vehicle facilities (see S. 3191), S3234 [16MY]

——— reduce number of non-essential new vehicles purchased and leased by the Government (see H.R. 6324), H5706 [2AU]

National Mobility Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 673), H3404 [1JN]

National School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 798), H6232 [20SE]

National School Bus Safety Week: designate (see H. Res. 798), H6232 [20SE]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 754), H5629 [1AU]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 451), S3042 [9MY] (see H. Res. 653), H2646 [10MY]

National Youth Traffic Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 441), S2824 [26AP]

Natural gas: provide assistance to States to carry out initiatives to promote the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel and public and private investment in natural gas vehicles and transportation infrastructure (see S. 3437), S5381 [25JY]

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]

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]

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 (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]

Senior citizens: improve public transportation services for seniors (see H.R. 4028), H725 [14FE]

——— provide for a Seniors’ Financial Bill of Rights (see S. 3621), S6625 [21SE]

States: recognize authority to regulate air ambulance medical standards (see S. 2376), S2821 [26AP]

Taxation: allow an ordinary and necessary business expense deduction for contributions to regional infrastructure improvement zones (see H.R. 3780), H77 [18JA]

——— exempt certain air taxi services from taxes on transportation by air (see S. 3451), S5487 [26JY] (see H.R. 6243), H5525 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3800), H113 [23JA]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 6437), H6150 [19SE]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to renewable energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 3275), S3838 [7JN]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see H.R. 6066), H4654 [29JN]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see S. Con. Res. 61), S7686 [6DE] (see H. Con. Res. 142), H6578 [30NO] (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6679 [7DE]

Transportation Security Administration: appoint passenger advocates at certain airports to assist elderly and disabled passengers who believe they have been mistreated by personnel (see S. 2207), S1847 [20MR]

——— modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (see S. 3542), S6340 [13SE] (see H.R. 6028), H4064 [26JN]

——— prohibit establishment by air carriers and airport operators of expedited lines at airport screening checkpoints for specific categories of passengers (see S. 2235), S2030 [26MR]

——— transfer unclaimed clothes recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other charities (see S. 3640), S6947 [27NO] (see H.R. 6328), H5706 [2AU]

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: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 6576), H6310 [16OC]

Chronologies

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

Cloture motions

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

Airport and Airway Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H136 [24JA]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H136 [24JA]

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act and Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H833 [16FE]

Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act: Greg Principato, Airports Council International-North America, H4013 [26JN]

——— Roger J. Dow, U.S. Travel Association, H4013 [26JN]

——— Stephen A. Alterman, Cargo Airline Association, H4013 [26JN]

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]

FEMA State and local rail and transit security grant programs funding: Michael P. Melaniphy, American Public Transportation Association, H3532 [6JN]

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]

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2013: President Obama, H702–H705 [14FE]

Motions

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]

Press releases

CBO—Republican Surface Transportation Proposal Bankrupts Highway Trust Fund—Republican Leadership’s Bill Falls $78 Billion Short Over Ten-Year Period: Representative Rahall, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H744 [15FE]

Remarks in House

African Americans: tribute to contributions of African American inventors, H969 [28FE]

Appropriations: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), H201–H207 [31JA], H386 [2FE], H461–H463 [3FE], H477 [6FE], H526 [7FE], H632, H635 [8FE], H662 [9FE], H699, H720, H721 [14FE], H731, H732, H737, H739, H759 [15FE], H818, H894–H897 [16FE], H930 [17FE], H952 [27FE], H978 [28FE], H1161, H1189, H1190 [6MR], H1221 [7MR], H1433, H1448 [21MR], H1595, H1603–H1607 [27MR], H1668 [28MR], H1748, H1749, H1755–H1760 [29MR], H1934–H1937 [18AP], E213, E217 [16FE], E514 [30MR]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H740–H750 [15FE]

Armed Forces: permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (S. 3624), H6285 [28SE]

Aviation: 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]

Boston, MA: anniversary of Boston Carmen’s Union Local Chapter 589, E757 [10MY]

Budget: deficit, H3654–H3657 [7JN]

Buy American Act: increase total domestic content of all steel, iron, and manufactured goods, including rolling stock, H4125 [27JN]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, H3655, H3658 [7JN]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 613), H19 [17JA], H204 [31JA], H721 [14FE], H3694, H3696 [8JN], H3796 [19JN], H4903 [17JY]

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

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

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

Coal: require EPA and Dept. of Transportation report on health, environmental, and public safety impacts of fugitive dust emissions from coal transport, H6242, H6243 [21SE]

Coal Mitigation Trust Fund: establish by imposing a tax on the extraction of coal to mitigate impact of transportation of coal by rail (H.R. 6202), E1328 [25JY]

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

Courts: revise laws on liability in certain civil actions arising from maritime incidents, E615 [23AP]

Crime: provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 5889), H3986–H3991 [26JN], H4421 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: certify Pakistan opens Ground Lines of Communication, allows NATO supply transit into Afghanistan, and supports U.S. equipment retrograde out of Afghanistan, H3015 [17MY], E877 [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]

——— prioritize assignment of officers and analysts to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance security of mass transit systems (H.R. 3140), H3246, H3247 [30MY]

——— require inclusion as an eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program (H.R. 3857), H5821–H5824 [11SE]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, H6500–H6503 [28NO]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure (H.R. 6221), E1338 [26JY]

——— 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 the Interior: authorize St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values (S. 1134), H1079–H1085 [29FE]

——— conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, provide fair revenue sharing for coastal States, and formulate offshore energy development plans to generate infrastructure revenue, H753, H756 [15FE], E217 [16FE]

Dept. of Transportation: California high-speed rail projects funding, H4148, H4149 [27JN]

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

——— 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]

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

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

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

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (H.R. 4352), H6163 [20SE]

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

——— Federal Transit Administration funding, H4047, H4048 [26JN]

——— high-speed rail projects funding, E1239 [12JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (H.R. 5976), H4037 [26JN], H4119 [27JN]

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

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

——— 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 International Highway Technology Scanning Program, H4141 [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 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]

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

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program, H731 [15FE]

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

——— State distracted driving prevention grant funding, H3953–H3955 [21JN], E1149 [27JN]

——— 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]

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

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]

East Bay Bicycle Coalition: anniversary, E1775 [15NO]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H34 [18JA]

——— create jobs through infrastructure investment, H1004–H1006 [28FE], H6371 [15NO], H6756–H6758 [12DE], H7438 [30DE]

——— importance of job creation, H3658 [7JN]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H18–H20 [17JA], H43 [18JA], H398, H400, H401 [2FE], H554 [7FE], H621 [8FE], H2619 [10MY], H3582 [7JN], H3693–H3697 [8JN], H3957 [21JN], H4425 [28JN], H4900–H4903 [17JY], H5188, H5191–H5194 [24JY], H5775, H5856 [11SE], H5926, H5928, H5933, H5934, H5983, H5986 [13SE], H6049 [14SE], H6192 [20SE], H6259, H6261, H6262, H6264 [21SE], H6358, H6360 [14NO], H6453–H6458 [27NO], H6619 [4DE]

——— rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, H3149 [18MY], H6614 [4DE], H6865–H6869 [18DE]

——— stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, H521 [7FE], H4690 [10JY]

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 710), H5826–H5829 [11SE], E1493 [12SE]

FAA: approve applications from airports to authorize private security companies to conduct passenger screening, H453 [3FE]

——— 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]

——— establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to address flight attendant duty time limitations and rest requirements (H.R. 3824), E76 [25JA]

——— extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3800), H135–H137 [24JA], E77 [25JA]

——— 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]

——— prohibit implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal until a study on reducing delays at affected airports is conducted, H446 [3FE]

——— reauthorize civil aviation research and development projects and activities (H.R. 970), H452 [3FE]

Federal agencies and departments: require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings (H.R. 4631), H5776–H5778 [11SE], E1531 [14SE]

Federal Maritime Commission: administrative spending, salaries, and expense accounts funding, H4121 [27JN]

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

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]

——— State and local rail and transit security grant programs funding, H3531, H3532 [6JN]

Friends of Light Rail and Transit (organization): anniversary, E1669 [28SE]

Hazardous substances: Millstone, CT, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H809 [16FE]

——— Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H32 [18JA], H171–H174 [25JA], H384 [2FE], H664 [9FE], H809 [16FE], H1581 [27MR], H1853 [17AP], H1963 [18AP], H2138 [26AP], H2333 [8MY], H2817 [17MY], H3273, H3353, H3355 [31MY]

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]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5194 [24JY]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, H6357–H6362 [14NO]

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

——— funding, H201–H207 [31JA], H737 [15FE], H976 [28FE], H1531–H1533 [22MR], H1715 [28MR], H6514 [29NO]

——— importance of investment, H3956 [21JN]

Maritime Administration: Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program funding, H4051 [26JN]

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

Members of Congress: encourage donation of frequent flyer miles to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., Hero Miles Program, H6626 [5DE]

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

——— ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the U.S. (H.R. 1687), H3465 [5JN]

——— reduce number of non-essential new vehicles purchased and leased by the Government (H.R. 6324), H6097–H6099 [19SE]

——— use of motorcycles and scooters as transportation options, E874 [18MY]

Nashville, TN: anniversary of Nashville International Airport, E1017 [7JN]

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 Mediation Board: modify rules governing showing of interest threshold preceding representation elections, E142 [6FE]

——— repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, E142 [6FE]

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

——— importance of public transit program funding, H1004 [28FE]

National Transportation Week: observance, E815 [16MY], E874 [18MY]

NRC: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site licensing activities funding, H3416–H3418 [5JN], H3586 [7JN]

Obama, President: economic policies relative to stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, H1547 [26MR]

——— evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, H734 [15FE]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H362 [1FE], H633 [8FE]

——— gasoline price levels, H951 [27FE], H974 [28FE], H1026, H1027, H1028, H1029, H1030, H1091–H1097 [29FE], H1116 [1MR], H1156, H1163, H1164 [6MR], H1211, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1264 [7MR], H1291, H1298 [8MR], H1376 [19MR], H1559 [26MR], H1649 [28MR], H1744 [29MR], H1857, H1858 [17AP], H1969 [18AP], H2059 [24AP], H2194–H2197 [26AP], H3820 [20JN]

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

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]

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]

——— ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 3533), H202 [31JA]

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

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

Roads and highways: 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

Roehl Transport Inc.: anniversary, E555 [17AP]

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

St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Teamsters Local Union No. 600, E1082 [19JN]

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

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, H1096, H1097 [29FE]

Surface Transportation Board: funding, H4053 [26JN]

Taiwan: accord observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (S. Con. Res. 17), H5846, H5847 [11SE], E1486 [12SE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit, H7558 [1JA]

——— extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3800), H135–H137 [24JA], E77 [25JA]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (H.R. 6066), H4783 [11JY]

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

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

Texas: tribute to annual 26th Congressional District of Texas Transportation Summit, E1820 [28NO]

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]

——— call for investigation of allegations of airport screeners involved in a drug smuggling ring, H2138 [26AP]

——— 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]

——— establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee (H.R. 1447), H4011–H4014 [26JN], H4421 [28JN], E1167 [28JN]

——— establish an Ombudsman Office (H.R. 1165), H5825 [11SE]

——— Federal Air Marshal Service funding, H3547, H3549, H3550 [6JN], H3619, H3643 [7JN], E1029 [8JN]

——— funding, H3546, H3547 [6JN], H3644 [7JN]

——— modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (H.R. 6028), H5824–H5826 [11SE]

——— modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (S. 3542), H6728–H6731 [12DE]

——— privatization proposals, H447 [3FE]

——— prohibit funding for security officers or behavior detection officers outside an airport, H3630–H3632 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide certain employees uniforms or badges resembling those of law enforcement officers, H3629, H3630 [7JN]

——— reform, H3547 [6JN]

——— require private companies contracted to provide security screenings to be owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, H3644 [7JN]

——— surface transportation inspection program funding, H3637, H3638 [7JN]

——— transfer unclaimed clothes recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other charities (H.R. 6328), H5825 [11SE], H6440, H6441 [27NO], E1834 [29NO]

——— transfer unclaimed clothes recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other charities (H.R. 6328), Senate amendment, H7446–H7448 [30DE], H7559 [1JA]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H1643 [28MR]

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

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]

Appropriations: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), S585, S587 [14FE]

Armed Forces: permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (S. 3624), S6675 [21SE]

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]

BLM: provide for land conveyances in Nevada for Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and other Federal, State, and local projects (S. 3346), S4676 [27JN]

Bridges: 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]

Chicago, IL: O’Hare International Airport infrastructure improvement project funding, S382 [7FE]

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

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

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

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

Crime: provide transportation to crisis centers for battered women in rural areas, S3272, S3273 [17MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3812–S3816 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy: end loan guarantee program and apply savings to deficit reduction and highway bridge program, S2048 [27MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: contract with an independent laboratory to study health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints and improve notice to airline passengers (S. 2044), S209 [31JA]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (S. 352), S1708 [15MR]

——— authorize St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values (S. 1134), S33, S47 [23JA], S1180 [1MR]

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]

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]

Economy: create jobs through infrastructure investment, S6410 [19SE]

——— impact of Government bailout of automobile industry, S3892 [11JN]

——— stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, S1064 [28FE], S1174 [1MR], S2132, S2133 [28MR], S2217 [29MR], S2383 [17AP], S3419 [22MY]

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

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 710), S6672, S6673 [21SE]

Evanston, WY: anniversary of Evanston Roundhouse and Railyards, S4719 [28JN]

FAA: approve applications from airports to authorize private security companies to conduct passenger screening, S383 [7FE]

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

——— extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3800), S136 [26JA]

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

——— improve treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act, S342 [6FE]

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

Federal agencies and departments: limit conference expenses, S2521 [19AP], S2640 [24AP]

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]

——— use of Social Security, Medicare, and other trust funds to fund, S4690 [28JN]

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

Minneapolis, MN: anniversary of I–35 bridge collapse, S5811, S5847 [1AU]

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

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

National Mediation Board: modify rules governing showing of interest threshold preceding representation elections, S340, S341 [6FE]

——— modify rules protecting rights of workers to organize and negotiate labor terms, S382 [7FE]

——— repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, S339–S341 [6FE]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance, S3069 [10MY]

——— observance (S. Res. 451), S3049 [9MY]

National Youth Traffic Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 441), S2886 [26AP]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S1035 [27FE], S1182 [1MR]

——— gasoline price levels, S810 [16FE], S1064, S1068–S1072 [28FE], S1099–S1103 [29FE], S1174, S1181–S1183, S1187 [1MR], S1381 [5MR], S1403–S1407 [6MR], S1434, S1436, S1438–S1440 [7MR], S1502 [8MR], S1662 [14MR], S2023, S2026 [26MR], S2046, S2050, S2059–S2062, S2070 [27MR], S2116, S2132–S2135, S2137, S2141 [28MR], S2192, S2193, S2215 [29MR], S2346 [17AP], S2456, S2460 [18AP], S2521 [19AP], S2665 [25AP], S5130 [18JY]

Power resources: provide consumer gas price relief, increase domestic transportation fuel production, and close oil company tax loopholes, S2047 [27MR]

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]

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

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

Republican Party: national agenda, S3812–S3816 [7JN]

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. 1134, Dept. of the Interior authorization of St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values, S123 [26JA]

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

——— 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]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize drawdown of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S1709 [15MR]

Taxation: adjust gasoline tax rates with inflation, S1448–S1450 [7MR], S4690 [28JN]

——— establish Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project (TRIP) Bonds program, S836, S838 [16FE]

——— extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3800), S136 [26JA]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to renewable energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (S. 3275), S3841 [7JN]

Transportation Security Administration: modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (S. 3542), S7276 [29NO]

——— transfer unclaimed clothes recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other charities (H.R. 6328), S7752 [11DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S., S3069 [10MY], S6047 [10SE]

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

Reports filed

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Committee on Transportation (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 112–397), H696 [13FE]

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. 7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 547) (H. Rept. 112–398), H725 [14FE]

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]

Dept. of the Interior Authorization of St. Croix River Crossing Project With Appropriate Mitigation Measures To Promote River Values: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1134) (S. Rept. 112–124), S42 [23JA]

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]

Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3410) (H. Rept. 112–395), H696 [13FE]

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]

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

Government Spending Accountability (GSA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4631) (H. Rept. 112–4631), H5859 [11SE]

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

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (S. 710) (H. Rept. 112–654), H5764 [10SE]

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

Iuka, MS, Yellow Creek Port Properties Transfer Approval: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1735) (S. Rept. 112–243), S7302 [30NO]

Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3140) (H. Rept. 112–467), H2441 [8MY]

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]

Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5889) (H. Rept. 112–551), H4063 [26JN]

Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3857) (H. Rept. 112–498), H3265 [30MY]

Research and Innovative Technology Administration Transportation Research and Development Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1953) (S. Rept. 112–236), S6744 [13NO]

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 Transfer of Unclaimed Money Recovered at Airport Security Checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO): Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2179) (H. Rept. 112–468), H2441 [8MY]

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]

Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3452) (H. Rept. 112–452), H2029 [19AP]

Rulings of the Chair

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]

Statements

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Executive Office of the President, H745 [15FE]

Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 Anniversary: Representative Keating, E757 [10MY]

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. 547, consideration of H.R. 7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, H740 [15FE]

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. 1447, Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act, H4011 [26JN]

H.R. 3140, Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act, H3246 [30MY]

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. 3800, Airport and Airway Extension Act, H135 [24JA]

H.R. 3857, Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act, H5822 [11SE]

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

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

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

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. 4631, Government Spending Accountability (GSA) Act, H5776 [11SE]

H.R. 5889, Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, H3986–H3989 [26JN]

H.R. 6028, No-Hassle Flying Act, H5824 [11SE]

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

H.R. 6324, Cutting Federal Unnecessary and Expensive Leasing (Cutting FUEL) Act, H6097 [19SE]

H.R. 6328, Clothe a Homeless Hero Act, H6440 [27NO]

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. 710, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, H5826 [11SE]

S. 1134, Dept. of the Interior authorization of St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values, S47, S48 [23JA], H1079 [29FE]

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]

S. 3275, Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act, S3842 [7JN]

S. 3346, Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act, S4677–S4682 [27JN]

S. 3542, No-Hassle Flying Act, S7276 [29NO], H6728 [12DE]

S. 3624, Military Commercial Driver’s License Act, S6675 [21SE], H6285 [28SE]

S. Con. Res. 17, accord Taiwan observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization, H5846 [11SE]

S. Con. Res. 61, oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation, S7687 [6DE]

S. Res. 441, National Youth Traffic Safety Month, S2832, S2887 [26AP]

S. Res. 451, National Travel and Tourism Week, S3047, S3049 [9MY]