HARBORS

Bills and resolutions

America’s Water Infrastructure Act: technical corrections (see S. 1811), S3363 [12JN]

Coast Guard: improve shore infrastructure, standardize facility assessments and maintenance of installations, and implement GAO recommendations on maintenance project management (see S. 2212), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3210), H4432 [11JN]

Corps of Engineers: deauthorize New London, CT, waterfront channel (see H.R. 3863), H7157 [19JY]

——— ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see S. 2013), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 664), H718 [17JA]

——— modify criteria used to dredge small ports (see S. 2923), S6755 [21NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (see S. 2385), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 5486), H12210 [18DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct an inland waters threat analysis (see H.R. 4402), H7834 [19SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish program to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 2591), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4967), H8718 [31OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a revenue metric for port network components for inclusion in National Multimodal Freight Network (see H.R. 839), H1282 [29JA]

——— establish Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program (see H.R. 2723), H3789 [14MY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 1428), H2312 [28FE]

EPA: establish a grant program to support restoration of San Francisco Bay (see H.R. 1132), H1492 [8FE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: provide for use of funds for the purposes for which the funds were collected and ensure credited funds are used to support navigation (see H.R. 2396), H3338 [30AP] (see H.R. 2440), H3403 [1MY]

Maritime Administration: provide assistance for education and research harbors to protect research vessels and designate Maritime Academies as Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (see S. 1452), S2815 [14MY]

Nation’s Oldest Port National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 4542), H8079 [27SE]

NOAA: provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (see H.R. 5366), H9387 [9DE]

Taxation: exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 5351), H9346 [6DE]

——— impose a carbon tax on fossil fuel producers and direct funds toward rebuilding infrastructure, consumer tax rebates, and coal country assistance (see H.R. 4142), H7488 [2AU]

Water: improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts (see S. 933), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 3548), H5256 [27JN]

Letters

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act: National Taxpayers Union, H8483 [28OC]

——— Representative DeFazio, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8481 [28OC]

——— Representative Yarmuth, Committee on the Budget (House), H8480 [28OC]

——— William D. Friedman, Port of Cleveland, OH, H8529 [28OC]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 2440, Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, H8481 [28OC]

Remarks in House

Coast Guard: improve shore infrastructure, standardize facility assessments and maintenance of installations, and implement GAO recommendations on maintenance project management, H7285 [24JY], E1013 [30JY]

Collins Engineers, Inc.: anniversary, E1156 [17SE]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit reallocation of Civil Works Program funding to another Federal department or agency, H4748, H4749 [18JN]

——— work with State officials to establish a no wake zone in covered navigation channels when certain criteria exists, H4745 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct an inland waters threat analysis (H.R. 4402), H9376, H9377 [9DE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: provide for use of funds for the purposes for which the funds were collected and ensure credited funds are used to support navigation (H.R. 2440), H3468 [7MY], H4228 [4JN], H8479–H8484, H8529 [28OC], E1367 [29OC], E1385 [31OC]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, H3468–H3472 [7MY]

NOAA: provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, H9993 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

America’s Water Infrastructure Act: technical corrections (S. 1811), S4776 [10JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: funding, S2261 [4AP]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, S785 [31JA], S2476 [29AP], S2535 [1MY], S3029 [22MY], S3067 [23MY], S6633 [19NO]

Reports filed

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2440) (H. Rept. 116–136), H5268 [2JY]

Inland Waters Security Review Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4402) (H. Rept. 116–299), H9055 [19NO]

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1132) (H. Rept. 116–304), H9120 [20NO]

Statements

Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation Budget Request Hearing: Senator Alexander, Committee on Approprations (Senate) Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, S2380 [10AP]

Tables

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending versus tax revenue, H8529 [28OC]

Texts of

H.R. 2440, Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, H8479 [28OC]

H.R. 4402, Inland Waters Security Review Act, H9376 [9DE]

S. 1811, America’s Water Infrastructure Act technical corrections, S4776 [10JY]