ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation: improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (S. 2086), S3243 [21MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5088, H5089, H5090, H5093, H5095, H5096, H5097, H5098, H5104, H5155, H5157, H5158, H5159, H5160, H5161, H5162, H5163, H5164, H5168, H5169, H5171, H5172, H5173, H5174, H5175, H5176, H5177, H5178, H5180, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5187, H5188 [9JN], H5212, H5214, H5216, H5217, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5223, H5224, H5225, H5226, H5227, H5228, H5230, H5231, H5250 [10JN]

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4624 [17JY], S4664 [21JY], S4772, S4775, S4778, S4781 [23JY], S5026, S5028, S5068 [29JY], H7169 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (H. Res. 669), H6240 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

Articles and editorials

Living Tribute to Civil War Soldiers, E1167 [16JY]

Time To End the Gridlock That Takes Its Toll on Maryland’s Highways, S5025 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see S. 1957), S439 [16JA]

BLM: incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to public lands (see H.R. 5598), H7884 [18SE]

Cargo transportation: improve national freight policy (see S. 2380), S3237 [21MY]

Copperas Cove, TX: authorize land exchange with Fort Hood, TX, to support efforts to improve arterial transportation routes and promote economic development (see H.R. 4297), H2644 [25MR]

Crime: establish requirements relative to marijuana impaired driving (see H.R. 4179), H2256 [6MR]

——— prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 2934), S6022 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish Military Community Infrastructure Program to ease traffic jams around military bases by making public highway improvements (see H.R. 5290), H7126 [30JY]

Dept. of State: provide authority to approve or deny permits for border-crossing infrastructure projects (see S. 2314), S2875 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize settlement relative to the agreement with TVA, North Carolina, and Swain County, NC, on the non-construction of the North Shore Road (see S. 2744), S5217 [31JY]

——— require land transfer to Alaska to construct single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to connect King Cove, AK, and Cold Bay, AK, airport (see S. 1929), S372 [15JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Transportation Bonds to fund transportation projects in each State (see H.R. 4945), H5723 [24JN]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2063), S1233 [27FE]

——— designate natural gas fueling corridors in the U.S. for long haul truck traffic (see H.R. 3938), H1479 [28JA]

——— designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (see H.R. 4829), H5248 [10JN]

——— establish a grant program to assist the repair and replacement of bridges (see H.R. 3839), H134 [9JA]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H1511 [29JA]

——— establish innovation in surface transportation program (see S. 2891), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 4726), H4828 [22MY]

——— establish Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program (see H.R. 5624), H7885 [18SE]

——— establish the Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation (see S. 2961), S6205 [20NO]

——— evaluate and report on the feasibility and effectiveness of using natural gas as a fuel source in long haul trucks (see H.R. 3937), H1479 [28JA]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (see S. 2085), S1315 [5MR] (see H.R. 4076), H1937 [25FE]

——— improve highway safety (see S. 2563), S4154 [26JN]

——— improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (see S. 2086), S1365 [6MR]

——— improve the Highway Safety Improvement Program (see H.R. 4336), H2744 [27MR]

——— permit consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations (see S. 2761), S5217 [31JY]

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see S. 2078), S1315 [5MR]

——— provide States with greater flexibility in innovative highway financing (see S. 2051), S1233 [27FE]

——— reauthorize the State Infrastructure Bank program (see H.R. 3872), H223 [14JA]

——— require States with an increase in fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized transportation to address increase in State strategic highway safety plans (see H.R. 4507), H3291 [29AP]

——— temporarily waive certain vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles (see S. 2130), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4115), H2065 [27FE]

——— withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see H.R. 5025), H5876 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2438), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4745), H4836 [27MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (see H. Res. 604), H5022 [29MY]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (see H.R. 5153), H6398 [17JY]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 583), S6148 [19NO]

Ecology and environment: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 4790), H5063 [30MY]

Economy: 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. 2821), consideration (see H. Res. 686), H6814 [24JY]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (see S. 2512), S3898 [23JN]

Forest Service: stop implementation of travel management rule and incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to units derived from public domain (see H.R. 4272), H2484 [14MR]

Government regulations: exempt agricultural loads traveling on Federal highways from weight limitations if State agricultural regulations are met (see H.R. 5201), H6814 [24JY]

——— expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 4153), H2198 [5MR]

Highway Trust Fund: funding (see S. 2489), S3811 [18JN] (see H.R. 4601), H3940 [7MY]

Infrastructure: expand project eligibility to certain public infrastructure projects relative to financing (see S. 2275), S2613 [1MY]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (see S. 2522), S3939 [24JN] (see S. 2985), S6351 [4DE] (see H.R. 4926), H5597 [20JN]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (see S. 2522), S3939 [24JN] (see H.R. 4926), H5597 [20JN]

Law enforcement: withhold certain highway funds from a State that uses an automated traffic enforcement system on a Federal-aid highway (see H.R. 5755), H8169 [20NO]

Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (see S. Res. 482), S3939 [24JN]

Mississippi: waive certain vehicle weight limitations on any segment of U.S. Route 78 that is designated as part of the Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 4268), H2484 [14MR]

Motor vehicles: amend weight limitations for natural gas vehicles (see H.R. 3940), H1479 [28JA]

——— amend weight limitations for natural gas vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see S. 2721), S5216 [31JY]

——— create incentives for the development of alternative fuel vehicles (see S. 2065), S1233 [27FE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H6215 [14JY]

National Highway System: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors (see H.R. 4523), H3363 [30AP]

——— amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors and inclusion of certain route segments in the Interstate Highway System (see S. 2720), S5216 [31JY]

——— designate certain route segments in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see H.R. 5561), H7883 [18SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: extend authorization (see S. 2760), S5217 [31JY]

——— provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (see S. 2559), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 4364), H2802 [1AP]

Power resources: repeal gas tax and establish a carbon tax on highway fuels (see H.R. 5873), H9303 [11DE]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 4956), H5724 [24JN]

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. (see S. 2737), S5217 [31JY]

——— require public construction and infrastructure projects to use U.S. iron, steel, wood, cement, and manufactured goods, establish American Star Program, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 2682), S5051 [29JY]

Railroads: allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings (see H.R. 5638), H7886 [18SE]

States: require States to establish highway stormwater management programs (see S. 2457), S3544 [10JN]

Taxation: increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (see S. 2050), S1233 [27FE]

——— make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (see S. 2261), S2424 [28AP] (see H.R. 5528), H7882 [18SE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H5817 [26JN]

——— prohibit replacement of gasoline excise tax with a GPS, location, or distance-based tax (see H.R. 5884), H9303 [11DE]

——— reduce carbon pollution, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes for working Americans (see H.R. 5307), H7181 [31JY]

——— repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (see H.R. 4848), H5318 [11JN]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations (see H.R. 4131), H2097 [28FE]

——— authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (see H.R. 4834), H5318 [11JN]

——— ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 2004), S821 [6FE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 2322), S2911 [12MY] (see H.R. 5021), H5875 [8JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (see H. Res. 669), H6214 [14JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6398 [17JY]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H3143 [9AP]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA): transform into a revolving fund (see H.R. 4925), H5597 [20JN]

Cost Estimates

Tax Technical Corrections Act (S. 2261): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Letters

Federal truck size and weight regulations: Avery Ash, American Automobile Association, H5030 [30MY]

——— Matt Hodapp, National Troopers Coalition, Don Lundy, National Association of Emergency Management Technicians, and Aaron D. Kennard, National Sheriffs’ Association, H5031 [30MY]

——— Todd Spencer, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, H5030 [30MY]

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H6256 [15JY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6255 [15JY]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6249 [15JY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6249 [15JY]

——— several organizations, H6254 [15JY]

Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation (HHEATT) Act: Michael C. Trunzo, New England Fuel Institute, H2104 [4MR]

——— Richard Roldan, National Propane Gas Association, H2103 [4MR]

Houston, TX, heavy or light rail lines construction funding: Bill Calderon, Montrose Management District (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Bob Harvey, Greater Houston Partnership (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Jack Drake and Andrea French, Transportation Advocacy Group—Houston Region (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Kathie Easterly, University Place Association, H5099 [9JN]

——— Meredith Alberto, WTS Houston (organization), H5099 [9JN]

Reliable Home Heating Act: Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1060 [24JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1060 [24JN]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5237 [10JN]

Transportation: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S5209 [31JY], H6258 [15JY], H7172 [31JY]

Press releases

House Passes Historic Transportation Bill and Includes Faleomavaega’s Request of Additional $14 Million for Village Road Improvements in America Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1657 [20NO]

House Transportation Committee Agrees To Increase Highway Funding for Territories and Include $14 Million for Village Road and Other Improvements in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1656 [20NO]

Open Letter From Secretary Foxx and 11 Former DOT Secretaries Urging Congress To Address Long-Term Transportation Needs: Dept. of Transportation, S4651 [21JY]

Remarks in House

A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois, Inc.: tribute to efforts to promote motorcycle safety and education, H4692 [21MY]

Adams, NY: tribute to residents, businesses, first responders, and emergency service organizations for assistance rendered to stranded motorists during major snowstorm, E105 [17JA]

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (organization): anniversary, E791 [20MY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects, H6236 [15JY]

——— establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 2084), H2737 [27MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2144–H2146 [4MR], H2159 [5MR], H2810, H2811 [2AP]

California: tribute to Interstate 15 Joint Port of Entry Project, E1002 [17JN]

Collierville, TN: Parade (publication) ‘‘America’s Best Main Street’’ contest winner, E1461 [19SE]

Congress: legislative priorities, H5885 [9JY], H6113, H6114 [11JY], H7058 [30JY], H7132 [31JY], H7947 [13NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, E593 [28AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H6755 [24JY], H7047 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish Military Community Infrastructure Program to ease traffic jams around military bases by making public highway improvements, H4732, H4733 [21MY]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, H1613 [5FE]

——— designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway, H5106 [9JN]

——— eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate or modify others (H.R. 3628), H39–H41 [8JA]

——— establish a Road Usage Fee Pilot Program to study mileage-based fee systems (H.R. 3638), H2262 [11MR], H2736 [27MR]

——— exempt certain States from Federal truck size and weight regulations, H5030 [30MY]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (H.R. 4076), H2086 [28FE], H2103–H2106 [4MR], H2593 [24MR], H5603 [23JN]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations relative to state of emergency declaration due to extreme weather conditions, H1484 [29JA]

——— Federal Transit Administration training and technical assistance to make public transit more accessible for people with disabilities and senior citizens funding, H5097 [9JN]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (H.R. 2906), H7 [7JA]

——— infrastructure development funding, H2736–H2741 [27MR], H3008, H3035, H3038 [8AP], H3300 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for any transportation project unless all contracts are compliant with the Buy American Act, H5182, H5183 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for highway beautification, H5173 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Roadside Survey, H5180 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of a camera to collect and store vehicle license plate numbers, H5180 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to engage in activities with States to consider proposals relative to reduction of motorcycle fatalities, H5090, H5091 [9JN]

——— prohibit Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding unless certain GAO recommendations are implemented, H5222, H5223 [10JN]

——— proposal to allow tolls on existing interstate highways, H3298 [30AP]

——— require local transit agencies to implement local hiring and procurement policies for federally-funded transportation projects, H5230 [10JN]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H5150–H5155, H5180 [9JN], E961 [11JN], E1014 [18JN]

——— waive certain vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles in Wisconsin, H5094 [9JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5216, H5217 [10JN]

——— making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H9276 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5077–H5106, H5149–H5184 [9JN], H5189, H5203–H5239, H5243 [10JN], H5256 [11JN], H5322 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], E935, E937, E946 [10JN], E952, E953, E961 [11JN], E977 [12JN], E1014 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (H. Res. 604), H5029–H5034 [30MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), motion to recommit, H5237, H5238 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H5181, H5182 [9JN], H5220 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding from being used in contravention of the Buy American Act, H5218 [10JN]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (H.R. 5153), E1192 [17JY]

EPA: exempt the conduct of certain silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements, E161 [4FE]

Florida: prohibit funding to establish a toll on any existing free lanes of Interstate 4, H5183 [9JN]

Folksville USA (organization): tribute, E1205 [22JY]

Grant, Marc: Texas Association of County Engineers and Road Administrators Road Administrator of the Year award recipient, E1558 [13NO]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H2810 [2AP], H5592 [20JN], H5603, H5604 [23JN], H5720–H5722 [24JN], H5879, H5880, H5885 [9JY], H6040, H6042 [10JY]

——— funding (H.R. 4601), H3951 [8MY]

——— funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, H5403 [18JN]

——— funding through savings gained by Postal Service elimination of Saturday deliveries, H5406 [18JN], H5721 [24JN], H5880 [9JY]

——— importance of long term infrastructure repair funding, E1207 [23JY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, H2736, H2738 [27MR], H3008 [8AP], H5880 [9JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6116 [11JY], H6983 [29JY], H7055 [30JY]

——— legislative process, H6757 [24JY]

Houston, TX: heavy or light rail lines construction funding, H5098–H5100 [9JN]

Interstate 30: address safety and mobility issues, E42 [10JA]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8845–H8847 [8DE], E1757 [9DE], E1770, E1781 [10DE]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8845–H8847 [8DE], E1757 [9DE], E1770, E1781 [10DE]

Journey Through Hallowed Ground (organization): tribute to ‘‘Living Legacy Tree Planting Project’’, E1167 [16JY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H5174 [9JN]

Mississippi: waive certain vehicle weight limitations on any segment of U.S. Route 78 that is designated as part of the Interstate Highway System (H.R. 4268), H4439, H4440 [19MY]

Motorcycle Awareness Month: observance, H4692 [21MY]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H5884 [9JY]

——— establish (H.R. 5101), H6251 [15JY], E1149 [14JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: funding, H5237, H5238 [10JN]

New Hope-Lambertville Bridge: anniversary, E540 [7AP]

Newtown, PA: tribute to renaming of Brian S. Gregg Memorial Highway, H2593 [24MR]

Niagara Falls, NY: removal of Robert Moses State Parkway, H1439 [28JA]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (H.R. 4956), H5754 [25JN]

Railroads: allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings (H.R. 5638), E1482 [19SE]

Reagan, Ronald: anniversary of radio address on increasing excise tax on gasoline, H8285 [3DE]

Taxation: increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (H.R. 3636), H2151 [5MR], H5722 [24JN], H8281, H8285 [3DE]

——— reform the gas tax, H6237 [15JY]

——— repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (H.R. 4848), H5722 [24JN]

Texas: dedication of U.S. Highway 75 as the Sam Johnson Highway, H2013 [27FE]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations (H.R. 4131), E282 [28FE]

——— authorize Federal-aid highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs, H5241–H5243 [10JN]

——— authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (H.R. 4834), H5719 [24JN], H6258, H6286–H6290 [15JY], H6636 [22JY], E974 [12JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6123 [11JY], H6224, H6225, H6227, H6228, H6245–H6261, H6285 [15JY], H6356 [17JY], H6979 [29JY], H7050, H7055 [30JY], H7851 [18SE], E1185 [17JY], E1207 [23JY], E1297 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (H. Res. 669), H6235–H6242 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 108), H6391 [17JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), motion to recommit, H6259, H6260 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7169–H7176 [31JY], E1324 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs through reductions in private-sector pensions guarantees, H6257 [15JY]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA], H2795 [1AP], H2805 [2AP], H3945 [8MY], H5189, H5241–H5243 [10JN], H5322, H5334 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], H5501 [19JN], H5719–H5722 [24JN], H6284–H6290 [15JY]

——— improve transportation services in rural areas, H5193 [10JN]

——— shorten extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H6259, H6260 [15JY]

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: observance, E1606 [17NO]

Remarks in Senate

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (S. 1957), S3447 [5JN]

Cargo transportation: improve national freight policy (S. 2380), S3241 [21MY]

Chelbi Engineering Consultants, Inc.: anniversary, S6299 [3DE]

Climate: impact of climate change on energy infrastructure relative to production, extraction, refining, processing, transporting and storing, S1388 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on infrastructure, S1428–S1430, S1477 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on transportation and infrastructure, S1473–S1476 [10MR]

Dept. of the Interior: rejection of proposal to construct single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, S216–S218 [9JA], S1903 [1AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (S. 911), S4650 [21JY]

——— establish innovation in surface transportation program (S. 2891), S5794 [18SE]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (H.R. 4076), S1667 [13MR]

——— maintain regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers, S3837–S3842 [19JN], S6671–S6673 [11DE]

——— permit consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations (S. 2761), S5234 [31JY]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S394 [16JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S415 [16JA], S3776–S3784, S3788, S3792, S3798–S3800 [18JN], S3837–S3842, S3852 [19JN], S3887 [23JN], S6811 [13DE]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 583), S6220 [20NO]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (S. 2512), S3899 [23JN]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Dubuque County, IA, S3363 [3JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Pottawattamie County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2581 [1MY], S3446 [5JN], S3779 [18JN], S4211 [7JY], S4258 [8JY], S4373 [10JY]

——— funding through closing certain corporate tax loopholes, S2222 [8AP], S3514 [10JN]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, S4374 [10JY], S4650 [21JY]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (S. 1716), S3447 [5JN], S4726 [23JY]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (H.R. 4926), S6580 [10DE]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (H.R. 4926), S6580 [10DE]

Motor vehicles: amend weight limitations for natural gas vehicles, S3837 [19JN]

——— create incentives for the development of alternative fuel vehicles, S3837 [19JN]

——— create incentives for the development of alternative fuel vehicles (S. 2065), S1236 [27FE]

——— enforcement of Government regulations affecting truck weight and size and limits on time drivers spend driving, S3577 [11JN]

New Jersey: express condolences to families of victims in tractor trailer accident on New Jersey Turnpike and tribute to NTSB for investigating, S3577 [11JN]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, S708 [4FE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

States: empower with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs, S5028–S5031, S5034, S5036, S5038 [29JY]

——— require States to establish highway stormwater management programs (S. 2457), S3548 [10JN]

Taxation: make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (S. 2261), S2559 [30AP]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, S5026–S5028, S5038 [29JY]

——— ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (S. 2004), S1475 [10MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S628 [30JA], S4645 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4511 [15JY], S4513 [16JY], S4650–S4653 [21JY], S4668, S4669 [22JY], S4873 [24JY], S4980, S4985 [28JY], S5021–S5039, S5041 [29JY], S5113 [30JY], S5194–S5197 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), House amendment, S5209 [31JY], S5317 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), unanimous-consent agreement, S4721 [23JY], S5031 [29JY], S5198 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 2322), S4211 [7JY], S4651–S4653 [21JY]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

——— reauthorize surface transportation programs, S3447 [5JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 604) (H. Rept. 113–465), H5022 [29MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 669) (H. Rept. 113–521), H6214 [14JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4745) (H. Rept. 113–464), H4836 [27MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 113–182), S3474 [5JN]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Agreement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3806) (H. Rept. 113–695), H10334 [2JA]

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5021) (H. Rept. 113–520), H6214 [14JY]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway and James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4926) (H. Rept. 113–610), H7937 [12NO]

Reliable Home Heating Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2086) (S. Rept. 113–162), S3183 [20MY]

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2026) (H. Rept. 113–607), H7936 [12NO]

Tax Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2261) (S. Rept. 113–155), S2424 [28AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5089, H5105, H5169, H5172, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184 [9JN], H5218, H5223, H5226 [10JN]

Statements

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Executive Office of the President, H6253 [15JY]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5079–H5086 [9JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 108, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6391 [17JY]

H. Res. 604, consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 4681, intelligence services appropriations, H5029 [30MY]

H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6235 [15JY]

H. Res. 696, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H7133 [31JY]

H.R. 3628, Transportation Reports Elimination Act, H39 [8JA]

H.R. 4076, Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation (HHEATT) Act, H2103 [4MR]

H.R. 4268, waive certain vehicle weight limitations on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi that is designated as part of the Interstate Highway System, H4439 [19MY]

H.R. 4926, James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway and James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway, H8846 [8DE]

H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6246–H6249 [15JY], H7169–H7172 [31JY]

S. 2086, Reliable Home Heating Act, S3243 [21MY], H5602 [23JN]

S. 2457, Highway Runoff Management Act, S3549 [10JN]

S. 2512, Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act, S3899 [23JN]

S. Res. 482, Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC, S3944 [24JN]

S. Res. 583, Drive Safer Sunday, S6157 [19NO]