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| 113-hr-5890 | 113 | hr | 5890 | No Missing Planes Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2015-01-02 | 2015-01-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | No Missing Planes Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study the feasibility of technology to: (1) improve communications between commercial aircraft and air traffic control towers when an aircraft leaves its flight plan or experiences dangerous conditions, (2) pinpoint the location of missing aircraft within 30 minutes by disseminating the information globally in less than hour to rescue and recovery agencies, and (3) accomplish specified related tasks. | 2023-01-11T13:29:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5848 | 113 | hr | 5848 | Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 1 | Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2014 - Revises early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles regarding possible defects of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require a manufacturer in cases where the defect has caused a fatality to provide certain additional information as part of its report to the Secretary. Requires that information to be publicly disclosed and entered into the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early warning reporting database. Directs the Secretary to: (1) take specified actions to improve public accessibility to information on NHTSA's public vehicle safety databases; and (2) give public notice via the internet of all inspections or investigations conducted by the Secretary to enforce a motor vehicle safety requirement or order, or that are related to a motor vehicle accident due to a possible defect. | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-hr-5868 | 113 | hr | 5868 | To provide for a study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies on the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] | MN | D | E000288 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council to study the cost and impact of rerouting freight rail traffic of hazardous material to avoid its transportation through urban areas. | 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z | |
| 113-hr-5876 | 113 | hr | 5876 | Responsible Skies Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | M001137 | 0 | Responsible Skies Act of 2014 - Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prohibit the operator of an unmanned recreational aircraft (drone) from flying it: above 400 feet and within 5 miles of the perimeter of a commercial airport, or where it may be seen from the airport's perimeter. | 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z | |
| 113-hr-5813 | 113 | hr | 5813 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11] | NY | R | G000569 | 7 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melville Hall on the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; and enter into a contract with the Foundation for the Hall's operation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z | |
| 113-hr-5822 | 113 | hr | 5822 | Developing Standards for Electronic Shipping Papers Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000563 | 0 | Developing Standards for Electronic Shipping Papers Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a Hazardous Materials Information Advisory Committee to develop voluntary standards and best practices for first responders and enforcement officials in the use of electronic shipping papers in the event of a hazardous material transportation incident. Defines the term "electronic shipping paper" as an electronic version of the physical shipping paper conveying the most current available hazard information and capable of being accessed instantaneously by emergency responders during such an incident. | 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z | |
| 113-s-2983 | 113 | s | 2983 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-12 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melville Hall on the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; and enter into a contract with the Foundation for the Hall's operation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-s-2985 | 113 | s | 2985 | A bill to designate a segment of Interstate Route 35 in the State of Minnesota as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | Designates the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway." | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-hr-5769 | 113 | hr | 5769 | Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-12-01 | 2014-12-04 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] | CA | R | H001048 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 - Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: operation and maintenance; the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; the Coast Guard Reserve program; environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities; research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors related to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness; and alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program. (Sec. 102) Authorizes for FY2015 end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 and military training student loads. Title II: Coast Guard - (Sec. 201) Reduces from 7,200 to 6,000 the number of commissioned officers on the active duty promotion list, subject to current exceptions. (Sec. 202) Designates the date on which the term for the Commandant of the Coast Guard begins and ends. (Sec. 203) Identifies the skills and qualifications necessary for a career as a waterways operations manager or a facility safety and security specialist. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Coast Guard’s centers of expertise for prevention and response to conduct experiments and investigate plans, devices, and inventions relating to the performance of Coast Guard functions. (Sec. 205) Increases the amount of certain fines and penalties for tampering with aids to navigation and making false distress calls. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Coast Guard to enter into … | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-hr-5755 | 113 | hr | 5755 | Safer American Streets Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] | TX | R | S000937 | 1 | Safer American Streets Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years, to withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of specified federal-aid highway program funds for any state or municipal government that employs an automated traffic enforcement system on a federal-aid highway. Prohibits: the Mayor of the District of Columbia from using an automated traffic enforcement system to detect a moving infraction, and the use of any information obtained through such a system as proof of an infraction in an administrative adjudication. Repeals title IX of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Temporary Amendment Act of 1996 (relating to automated traffic enforcement in the District of Columbia). | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5766 | 113 | hr | 5766 | 21st Century SCASDP Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] | TX | D | O000170 | 3 | 21st Century SCASDP Act - Revises certain criteria the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) must apply in selecting communities, or consortia of communities, with an underserved airport for participation in the Small Community Air Service Development Program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-s-2949 | 113 | s | 2949 | Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 5 | Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act - Prescribes certain whistleblower incentives and protections for motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership employees or contractors who voluntarily provide the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) information relating to any motor vehicle defect, noncompliance, or any violation of any notification or reporting requirement which is likely to cause unreasonable risk of death or serious physical injury. Authorizes the Secretary to pay awards to one or more whistleblowers in an aggregate amount of up to 30% of total monetary sanctions collected pursuant to an administrative or judicial action resulting in aggregate monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. Prohibits an award to any whistleblower who knowingly and willfully makes false representations. Subjects such a whistleblower to criminal penalties. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-s-2961 | 113 | s | 2961 | Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation (Office), headed by the Assistant Secretary for Intercity Transportation Planning. Requires the Office to be composed of: the Office of High-Speed Rail Policy, the Office of High-Speed Planning, and the Office of High-Speed Rail Operations and Safety. Requires the Assistant Secretary to oversee the planning, development, construction, financing, funding, and operation of high-speed rail in selected corridors throughout the United States. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress the results of a feasibility study that identifies and prioritizes corridors that offer the best opportunity to provide point-to-point high-speed intercity passenger rail service. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-sres-583 | 113 | sres | 583 | A resolution designating November 30, 2014, as "Drive Safer Sunday". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-20 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Encourages educational institutions, national trucking firms, clergy, law enforcement, motorists, and the general public to promote motor vehicle driving safety. Designates November 30, 2014, Drive Safer Sunday. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-s-2924 | 113 | s | 2924 | A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 8 | Amends federal shipping law to extend through October 31, 2028, the exemption of certain vessels from the requirement that U.S. passenger vessels having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers be constructed of fire-retardant materials in order to be granted a certificate of inspection. Continues to apply this exemption only to vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, which operate only within the Boundary Line (the dividing point between inland waters and high seas). Requires the owner or managing operator of an exempt vessel to: notify crew members that the vessel does not comply with applicable fire safety standards due primarily to the wooden construction of passenger berthing areas, and make annual structural alterations to at least 10% of vessel areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials. Requires any noncombustible material requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard (with which an exempt vessel is still required to comply) to be consistent with the preservation of a vessel's historic integrity in areas carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to the public. | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-hr-5675 | 113 | hr | 5675 | SAFE TOWERS Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-19 | 2014-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] | IL | R | H001059 | 9 | Standards Addressing Federal Transparency and Oversight With Evolving Recruitment Specifications Act or the SAFE TOWERS Act - Revises Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements for the hiring of air traffic controllers. Directs the FAA Administrator to give preferential consideration in the hiring of air traffic controllers to: individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and graduated from an institution participating in the FAA's Collegiate Training Initiative program, and have received a recommendation from the institution; and qualified individuals eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment or qualified eligible veterans who maintain aviation experience. Directs the Administrator to revise FAA hiring practices for air traffic controller applicants with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to eliminate the use of biographical assessments or other personality tests that unduly disqualify applicants. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Administrator's authority to maintain the Collegiate Training Initiative program. Directs the Administrator to establish an Air Traffic Control Education and Training Advisory Committee. Requires the Administrator to take into consideration any locally developed training initiatives for air traffic controllers for use in establishing best practices nationwide. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-hr-5532 | 113 | hr | 5532 | Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] | PA | R | B001269 | 1 | Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that covered motor carrier data is not made available to the public, and prohibits such data from being used in a civil action for damages resulting from an incident involving a motor carrier, until the Secretary submits a report certifying that recommendations required by this Act have been implemented. Defines "covered motor carrier data" as data generated with respect to a motor carrier under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that contains recommendations on how to improve such initiative, including by ensuring that it: utilizes and generates only safety data and scores determined to be predictive of motor carrier accidents, appropriately addresses concerns relating to the age of utilized safety data, does not unfairly harm small motor carriers as a result of limited safety data availability, appropriately addresses differences between motor carriers transporting passengers and those transporting freight, generates safety data that allows individual motor carriers and their safety scores to be effectively compared, and utilizes accurate safety data. Establishes deadlines for such report, for implementation of such recommendations, and for certification of such implementation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5561 | 113 | hr | 5561 | Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | B001251 | 2 | Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, to declare as high priority corridors on the National Highway System as well as segments of the Interstate System: (1) U.S. Route 117/Interstate Route 795 from U.S. Route 70 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, to Interstate Route 40 west of Faison, Sampson County, North Carolina; and (2) U.S. Route 70 from its intersection with Interstate Route 40 in Garner, Wake County, North Carolina, to the Port at Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5575 | 113 | hr | 5575 | Peaceful Learning Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] | NY | D | C001038 | 4 | Peaceful Learning Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study railway noise in the United States. Requires the Secretary, by regulation, to: establish a single system of measuring railway noise that: (1) has a highly reliable relationship between projected railway noise exposure and surveyed reactions of individuals to noise, and (2) is applied uniformly in measuring railway noise near urbanized areas; establish a single system for determining the exposure of individuals to railway noise in urbanized areas; and determine, based on the study findings, minimum standards for railway noise levels on the property of a school located in an urbanized area. Requires each rail operator to submit to DOT a noise exposure map showing any areas of nonconforming railway noise levels (based on such standards) that: (1) adversely impact a school located in an urbanized area, and (2) are caused by operations of the rail operator. Authorizes a rail operator that submitted a noise exposure map to DOT also to submit a noise compatibility program. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations to make grants to specified entities for up to 80% of the costs of carrying out a project under an approved noise compatibility program. Bars admission of a noise exposure map and related information into evidence, or their use for any other purpose, in a civil action asking for relief for noise resulting from the operation of a fixed rail public transportation facility. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5591 | 113 | hr | 5591 | Transportation Connections to Opportunity Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | F000455 | 0 | Transportation Connections to Opportunity Act of 2014 - Requires the metropolitan transportation planning process to offer interested parties a reasonable opportunity to participate in the development and consideration of transportation scenarios in a metropolitan planning area. Includes as a national transportation goal an interconnected transportation system which connects people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal network. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a performance measure for use by metropolitan planning organizations in assessing the degree to which a transportation system provides multimodal connections to opportunity, particularly for transportation-disadvantaged populations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program in which not more than 10 metropolitan planning organizations develop and deploy measures and targets to improve multimodal connectivity and increase connections for populations with limited transportation options; (2) create and maintain data sets and analysis tools to assist metropolitan planning organizations, states, and the Department of Transportation (DOT) in carrying out performance management analyses; and (3) carry out a broadband infrastructure initiative to expand right-of-way use to accommodate broadband infrastructure (buried or aerial facilities that provide wired or wireless connections to enable users to send and receive data) and improve broadband access in unserved and underserved areas. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5609 | 113 | hr | 5609 | Vessel Incidental Discharge Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] | CA | R | H001048 | 14 | Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Sets forth provisions concerning standards for waste water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including discharges of ballast water (water taken into the ship's ballast to maintain stability). Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges from vessels into navigable waters and best management practices for discharges other than ballast water. Sets as the national standard the Coast Guard's 2012 "Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters." Requires DHS to revise the ballast water performance standard so that those discharges will contain less than specified concentrations of living organisms, indicator microbes, and viruses if DHS finds that the standard would be feasible. Requires ballast water treatment technology to be certified by DHS. Prohibits DHS from certifying a technology that uses certain biocides (substances or organisms introduced into or produced by the technology to reduce or eliminate aquatic nuisance species). Sets forth exemptions from permit requirements, prohibitions of any other law, and discharge standards under this Act for specified discharges and vessels. Authorizes DHS to establish alternative programs for compliance with ballast water discharge regulations for specified vessels. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate standards for the reception of ballast water from a vessel into a reception facility and the disposal or treatment of the ballast water. Establishes this Act as the exclusive statutory authority for federal regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel to which this Act applies. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5621 | 113 | hr | 5621 | Transit Accessibility Innovation Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | L000559 | 6 | Transit Accessibility Innovation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to implement a transit accessibility innovation program by distributing competitive discretionary grants to public transit agencies for eligible projects in order to encourage public transit systems to take action to address deficiencies in service for individuals with disabilities. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to use 2% of funds made available under this Act to carry out activities to ensure that innovative practices, program models, and new service delivery options are collected, reviewed, and disseminated to other public transit agencies for replication in other communities. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, also to use certain funds to carry out a transportation promotion pilot program to ensure that: (1) public transit agencies fulfill their requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and (2) individuals with disabilities have advocates to ensure greater opportunities for integration and access into transit systems. Requires the Secretary to make grants to: (1) agencies implementing a system established under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 that have demonstrated histories of transportation expertise or advocacy, and (2) nonprofit organizations that have also demonstrated such histories. Increases from 10% to 15% the limitation on the use of a recipient's annual formula apportionment for provision of nonfixed route paratransit transportation services in accordance with the ADA. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5624 | 113 | hr | 5624 | Economy in Motion: The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] | CA | D | L000579 | 0 | Economy in Motion: The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program to distribute funds to states, and a National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program to make grants to entities for projects, to improve the efficiency and reliability of freight movement in the United States; (2) establish a multimodal national freight network to accomplish the goals of the national freight policy, including increasing the productivity and efficiency of the national freight system and improving its safety, security, and resilience; (3) develop, maintain, and post on the public website of the Department of Transportation (DOT) a national freight strategic plan that includes an assessment of the condition and performance of the national freight system; and (4) develop and improve tools to support an outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to evaluate proposed freight-related and other transportation projects. Amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (or MAP-21) to: (1) expand the membership and duties of state freight advisory committees; and (2) require state freight plans to include strategies and goals to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, local air pollution, water runoff, and wildlife habitat loss. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a 1% excise tax upon taxable ground transportation of property (i.e., transportation by freight rail or transportation by commercial motor vehicle for a distance of more than 50 miles), and (2) deposit such tax revenues into a Freight Trust Fund (established by this Act) to finance the Multimodal Freight Funding Formula Program and the National Freight Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5638 | 113 | hr | 5638 | To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 3 | Allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of the limitations established under hours-of-service requirements to the extent necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5654 | 113 | hr | 5654 | Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 6 | Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2014 - Revises and expands requirements relating to public disclosure by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of: (1) defects in motor vehicles or equipment, whether or not such defects are safety-related; and (2) noncompliance with vehicle safety standards. Requires: (1) public disclosure of early warning information submitted by vehicle manufactures unless exempt from disclosure by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), (2) public disclosure of summaries of NHTSA inquiries to manufacturers seeking additional information about fatal incidents, and (3) NHTSA to increase public accessibility to information on the vehicle safety databases of NHTSA and to issue a final rule requiring manufacturers to retain certain safety-related records for a 20-year period. Increases civil penalties for violations of federal motor vehicle safety requirements. Directs NHTSA to: (1) order notification and remediation of a defect or noncompliance, in motor vehicles or equipment, that presents an imminent hazard, and (2) issue a final rule to establish standards for reducing pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Authorizes NHTSA to enter into cooperative agreements and collaborative motor safety research and development agreements with foreign governments. Prohibits a car dealer from selling or leasing a used motor vehicle until: (1) the dealer clearly and conspicuously notifies the purchaser or lessee, in writing, of any notification of a defect or noncompliance that has not been remedied; and (2) the purchaser or lessee acknowledges receipt of such notice. Requires manufacturers who file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection (liquidation) to comply with their recall obligations (currently, this requirement applies only to manufacturers in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings). | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-hr-5664 | 113 | hr | 5664 | To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to modify a high priority project in the State of California, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to modify the description of a high priority project funded under such Act in California by replacing "constructing Arbor Vitae street improvements, Inglewood" with "constructing Imperial Highway street improvements designated by the city of Inglewood." | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-s-2858 | 113 | s | 2858 | Toxics by Rail Accountability and Community Knowledge (TRACK) Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Toxics by Rail Accountability and Community Knowledge (TRACK) Act of 2014 - Requires railroad carriers found at fault for an unintended release of hazardous materials (hazmat) due to a railroad accident or incident during calendar year 2010 to: review periodically any post-accident public health assessments of hazmat-exposed individuals who could experience long-lasting or irreversible health effects; inform those individuals in a timely manner of any health information, including information on long-lasting or irreversible health consequences; and offer to renegotiate any legal settlements made to affected individuals in which additional information about potential for such consequences has been later disclosed in a post-accident public health assessment. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe regulations: requiring railroad carriers transporting hazmat to give first responders, emergency response officials, and law enforcement personnel accurate and current commodity flow data and assist with the development of emergency operations and hazmat response plans for railroad accidents or incidents; and establishing a procedure for railroad carriers to permit a train to pass a red signal at a moveable bridge. Requires the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, to develop route safety and security risk assessment tools for short line and regional railroad carriers. Revises the railroad safety risk reduction program by requiring railroad carriers to develop a comprehensive program to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, incidents, injuries, and fatalities (as under current law) through the use of safety management systems and their associated key principles, analysis of operational incidents and accidents, and continuous evaluation and improvement programs. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring railroad carriers transporting hazmat to: give first respo… | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2887 | 113 | s | 2887 | Accessible Transportation for All Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5790-5792) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Accessible Transportation for All Act - Requires owners or operators of a for-hire transportation company, taxi service, or transportation network company to provide accessible vehicles for hire by disabled individuals in need of transportation services. Prohibits discrimination against disabled individuals in the provision of for-hire transportation services. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to organize a national competition for U.S. automobile manufacturers to design one or more model accessible taxi vehicles and model accessible passenger cars. Establishes in the FTA an Accessible Taxi and For-Hire Transportation Board. Requires states to develop a strategic plan to increase the availability of accessible taxi vehicles, accessible vehicles for hire, and other accessible for-hire transportation options for people with disabilities. Directs the Administrator, in collaboration with the U.S. Access Board, to promulgate accessibility and service standards for accessible taxi vehicles and accessible vehicles for hire to ensure that they are fully accessible to, and usable by, passengers with disabilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for expenditures incurred by a small business that is a qualified taxi company in purchasing or adapting a vehicle for use as an accessible taxi vehicle. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2891 | 113 | s | 2891 | Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 4 | Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program. Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, freight rail providers, and local rail authorities. Requires each state (including the governor and state department of transportation) to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects. Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants. Authorizes a state to reserve a specified percentage of apportioned funds to meet rural local government requests to support development of project applications. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-sres-570 | 113 | sres | 570 | A resolution designating October 17, 2014, as "National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5798-5799) | Senate | Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] | WV | D | M001183 | 5 | Designates October 17, 2014, as National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day to promote programs and activities that will lead to the greater use of cleaner, more efficient transportation that uses new sources of energy. Urges the people of the United States to: (1) increase the personal and commercial use of, and promote public sector adoption of, cleaner and more energy-efficient alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles; and (2) encourage the adoption of federal policies to advance and adopt alternative, advanced, and emerging vehicle and fuel technologies to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-s-2848 | 113 | s | 2848 | Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 6 | Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Prescribes a special rule to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015-FY2017 to apportion amounts for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs to sponsors of primary airports based on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if it had: (1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for FY2015-FY2017, and (2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar year 2012. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-sres-560 | 113 | sres | 560 | A resolution designating September 2014 as "School Bus Safety Month". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5706) | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 2014 as School Bus Safety Month. | 2019-02-20T12:29:02Z | |
| 113-hr-5493 | 113 | hr | 5493 | To amend the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 to expand the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers Training Program Pilot Program to include a Coast Guard unit at Pinellas Park High School in Pinellas Park, Florida, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Jolly, David [R-FL-13] | FL | R | J000296 | 0 | Amends the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 to expand the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers Training Program Pilot Program by authorizing the Coast Guard to establish and maintain a junior reserve officers training program in cooperation with the Pinellas County School District of Pinellas County, Florida. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2819 | 113 | s | 2819 | Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 7 | Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014 - Authorizes a rental company that receives a notification (approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]) from the manufacturer of a covered rental vehicle about any equipment defect, or noncompliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards, to rent or sell the vehicle or equipment only if the defect or noncompliance is remedied. Specifies any rental vehicle: (1) rated at 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or less, (2) rented without a driver for an initial term of under 4 months, and (3) that is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 5 or more motor vehicles used for rental purposes by a rental company. Prescribes a special rule to require rental companies to comply with specified limitations on sale, lease, or rental of a motor vehicle as soon as practicable, but within 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the manufacturer's notification of a defect or noncompliance with vehicle safety standards, whether by electronic means or first class mail. Extends the 24-hour deadline for complying with such limitations to 48 hours if the notification covers more than 5,000 motor vehicles in the rental company's fleet. Permits a rental company to rent (but not sell or lease) a motor vehicle subject to recall if the defect or noncompliance remedy is not immediately available and the company takes any actions specified in the notice to alter the vehicle temporarily to eliminate the safety risk posed. Makes these special rules for rental companies inapplicable to junk automobiles. Prohibits a rental company from knowingly making inoperable any safety devices or elements of design installed on or in a compliant motor vehicle or vehicle equipment unless the company reasonably believes the vehicle or equipment will not be used when the devices or elements are inoperable. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request, to inspect records of a rental company with respect to a safety investigation. Authorizes the Secretary to require a rental company to keep… | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-hr-5462 | 113 | hr | 5462 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on the fees charged to passengers of air carriers. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-15 | 2014-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 113-294. | House | Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001067 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Revises aviation passenger security fee requirements to limit per round trip fees to $11.20. | 2023-03-22T18:49:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5467 | 113 | hr | 5467 | Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-15 | 2014-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] | FL | D | F000462 | 2 | Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act - Revises metropolitan transportation planning organization (MPO) requirements. Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area. Defines "consolidated metropolitan planning organization" to mean a sole MPO that serves a metropolitan statistical area. Allows an MPO for an urbanized area with a population over 200,000 to request a high-performing MPO designation from the Secretary of Transportation (DOT). Specifies criteria the Secretary shall consider in making such designation. Revises certain allocations of surface transportation program funds to states for: (1) any areas with a population of fewer (under current law, non-urban areas with more) than 5,000, and (2) urbanized areas with a population over 200,000 that have a high-performing MPO. Makes similar changes to the transportation alternatives program. Extends permanently a state's obligational authority to distribute a specified amount of surface transportation program funds for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000, including those areas that have a high-performing MPO. Makes permanent a special rule authorizing a state to obligate up to 15% of its apportionment of surface transportation program funds for each fiscal on roads functionally classified as minor collectors in areas of less than 5,000 population. Revises requirements for the apportionment of state planning funds to MPOs. Requires a state's apportionment to be distributed in accordance with a formula that prioritizes the needs of high-performing MPOs. Requires metropolitan planning organizations to involve public port authorities in metropolitan freight transportation planning. Revises the statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning process for the development of statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation improvement programs for federal-aid highway projects. Makes certai… | 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z | |
| 113-hr-5449 | 113 | hr | 5449 | Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-11 | 2014-12-01 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S001154 | 8 | Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2018 to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for: the Northeast Corridor Improvement Fund account, the National Network account, the Office of the Inspector General, and national infrastructure investment capital grants. Title II: Amtrak Reform - (Sec. 201) Directs Amtrak to establish internal controls to ensure its costs and revenues are allocated to either the Northeast Corridor or the National Network. Directs the Secretary to establish substantive and procedural requirements for Northeast Corridor and National Network investment capital grant requests. Directs Amtrak to establish: a Northeast Corridor Improvement Fund account for Northeast Corridor capital improvement projects, and a National Network account for capital expenses and operating costs of the National Network. Requires Amtrak, before entering into contracts exceeding $100 million to purchase rolling stock, to submit to the Secretary and Congress a business case analysis on the utility of such a purchase. Requires the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission to: develop an annual capital investment plan for the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and the Northeast Corridor branch lines connecting to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Spuyten Duyvil, New York; and update, once every 10 years, a Northeast Corridor service development plan. Requires Amtrak, and states and public entities that own infrastructure supporting or providing intercity rail passenger transportation on the Northeast Corridor, to develop and update asset management plans for the Northeast Corridor main line and the Northeast Corridor branch lines. (Sec. 202) Requires the Amtrak Board of Directors to prepare a five-year capital and operating plan for the Northeast C… | 2023-01-11T13:25:16Z | |
| 113-hr-5455 | 113 | hr | 5455 | SCAN Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] | CA | D | H001063 | 0 | Scan Containers Absolutely Now Act or the SCAN Act - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) conduct a one-year pilot program at two domestic ports to evaluate the process of 100% scanning of cargo containers and its potential for use at all domestic ports, (2) achieve a full-scale implementation of the program within one year after enactment of this Act, and (3) evaluate and report on such program within one year after program completion. Requires the Secretary to: (1) purchase the equipment necessary to conduct the pilot program, (2) make information about the equipment available to domestic ports as part of the application process, and (3) permit such equipment to remain with the selected ports upon completion of the program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z | |
| 113-hr-5440 | 113 | hr | 5440 | Verified And Legitimate ID (VALID) Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-16 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7539) | House | Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] | TX | R | M001158 | 1 | Verified And Legitimate ID (VALID) Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from accepting an I-862 Notice to Appear form as identification in the course of a passenger screening. | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-s-2784 | 113 | s | 2784 | Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 3 | Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015-FY2020 to carry out rail safety activities for the safe transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat). Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations or issue orders to require, in cases where two or more railroads jointly operate within a small geographic area, all such host railroads to develop uniform operating rules for all operations within the area. Reauthorizes appropriations for the railroad safety technology grants program for FY2015-FY2020. Directs the Secretary and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to coordinate to assess electromagnetic spectrum needs and availability for implementing positive train control systems. Requires a working alerter in the controlling locomotive of each intercity rail passenger train. Requires each Class I railroad carrier and each railroad carrier that provides intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to install inward- and outward-facing audio and image recording devices in all controlling locomotive cabs and cab car operating compartments. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to implement the requirement for a fatigue management plan. Prescribes certain requirements for the operation of high-hazard flammable trains, including installation of wayside defective bearing detectors. Directs the Secretary to require approval of each oil spill prevention and response plan submitted to the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (for tank cars) to ensure it meets all Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements. Revises positive train control systems requirements. Requires each Class I railroad carrier and each entity providing intercity or commuter rail passenger carrier transportation to develop and submit to the Secretary a plan for implementing a positive train control system by December 31, 2015, on its main line over which 20 or more tank cars loaded with petroleum crude oi… | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2777 | 113 | s | 2777 | Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-09-08 | 2014-12-12 | By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-321. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 2 | Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Removes the Surface Transportation Board from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish it as an independent U.S. agency. Repeals the requirement that DOT provide administrative support for the Board. Limits the authority of the DOT Inspector General to review Board matters to reviewing only the financial management, property management, and business operations of the Board, including internal accounting and administrative control systems, to determine compliance with federal law, rules, and regulations. Authorizes appropriations for such reviews. (Sec. 4) Increases Board membership from three to five members. Increases from two to three the minimum number of Board members who must have professional standing and demonstrated knowledge in the fields of transportation, transportation regulation, or economic regulation. Increases from one to two the minimum number of Board members who must have professional or business experience (including agriculture or other rail customers) in the private sector. Eliminates the one-year holdover limitation for continuing service by a Board member when a successor is not immediately appointed. (Sec. 5) Authorizes a majority of Board members to hold a meeting not open to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no vote or other disposition of official agency business is taken, (2) each individual present is a Board member or employee, and (3) the Board's General Counsel is present. Requires the Board to disclose topics and participants within two business days of any non-public meeting, unless the discussion relates to an ongoing proceeding, in which case the required disclosure is postponed till the date of the final Board decision. (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Board to investigate rail carrier and pipeline carrier violations on its own initiative as well as on complaint (as under existing law). Allows a proceeding to determine the reasonableness of a rate charged by a carrier, however, to be initia… | 2023-01-11T13:25:06Z | |
| 113-s-2774 | 113 | s | 2774 | Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2013 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-08-01 | 2014-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2013 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) establish standards for determining the maximum passenger capacity for recreational vessels, expressed in the number of passengers and in pounds; (2) require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display such maximum capacity in a legible manner that is clearly visible to passengers; and (3) require operators to post notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing. Defines a "recreational vehicle" as any vessel that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding any vessel that is subject to Coast Guard inspection and engaged in commercial use. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-hr-5312 | 113 | hr | 5312 | Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] | NC | D | P000523 | 1 | Safe Aviation and Flight Emergency Tracking Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) issue regulations to ensure that a covered aircraft is equipped with technology that provides for the continuous tracking of information regarding the aircraft during flight and the timely and cost effective recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder in the event of a crash or other serious incident; (2) investigate automatic dependent surveillance, automatic deployable flight recorders, emergency locator transmitters, and satellite navigation and communications; and (3) work collaboratively with the International Civil Aviation Organization and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement international standards that improve the tracking of aircraft in flight. Defines "covered aircraft" to mean a passenger aircraft: (1) able to carry at least 120 passengers, (2) ordered on or after January 1, 2016, and (3) providing scheduled passenger air transportation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:53Z | |
| 113-hr-5337 | 113 | hr | 5337 | Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 2 | Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require all commercial passenger aircraft ordered by an air carrier on or after January 1, 2016, to be equipped with a deployable recorder system as the second combination FDR/CVR recorder system installed under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight recorder standards. Defines: (1) "commercial passenger aircraft" to mean a jet aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass over 15,000 kilograms that is required to be equipped with two combination recorder systems in accordance with ICAO requirements; and (2) "deployable recorder system" to mean a flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder, and emergency locator transmitter housed in one crash protected, floatable unit that meets the performance specifications under specified standards of the FAA and the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-s-2720 | 113 | s | 2720 | ROAD Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] | NC | D | H001049 | 1 | Route to Opportunity And Development Act of 2014 or the ROAD Act of 2014 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, to revise the high priority Raleigh-Norfolk Corridor of the National Highway System between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Norfolk, Virginia, to include Rocky Mount, Williamston, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-s-2721 | 113 | s | 2721 | Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to allow natural gas vehicles to exceed any federal weight limitations to operate on the Interstate Highway System by an amount equal to the difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system. | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-s-2737 | 113 | s | 2737 | Invest in American Jobs Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 4 | Invest in American Jobs Act of 2014 - Revises Buy American requirements with respect to federal-aid highways, capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service (rail grants), and Amtrak, particularly the handling of waiver requests. Revises similar Buy American requirements with respect to public transportation, particularly rolling stock. Requires the cost of rolling stock components and subcomponents produced in the United States to increase from 60% in FY2013 by 10% annual increments up to 100% for FY2017 and ensuing fiscal years. Revises waiver requirements as well to mirror those for federal-aid highways. Applies the rail grant Buy American requirements under this Act to recipients of rail loans and loan guarantees with respect to railroad rehabilitation and improvement. Prescribes Buy American requirements for procurement of a facility or equipment under federal aviation programs similar to those for rolling stock. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to report annually to Congress on: (1) each project for which a waiver of Buy American requirements was issued; and (2) the country of origin and product specifications for steel, iron, or manufactured goods acquired pursuant to each waiver. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to prescribe Buy American requirements for steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in the construction of a public water system. Adds similar Buy American requirements to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, with respect to economic development programs, and to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Amends the Truman-Hobbs Act to prescribe Buy American requirements for steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in the alteration of a bridge over U.S. navigable waters. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2750 | 113 | s | 2750 | Airport Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Airport Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014 - Revises provisions regarding a pilot program on airport privatization to delete provisions: (1) limiting the number of airports in the pilot program to not more than 10; (2) requiring that if applications are approved with respect to 5 airports, 1 of the airports must be a general aviation airport; and (3) prohibiting the approval of more than 1 application submitted by an airport that had 1% or more of the total passenger boardings in the United States in the preceding calendar year. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2759 | 113 | s | 2759 | A bill to release the City of St. Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-285. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to release the city of St. Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport. Prohibits such release from being executed before the city transfers to the Missouri Department of Transportation: (1) specified amounts to be used for capital improvements for airport development consistent with such Department's obligations under the FAA's state block grant program; and (2) for no consideration, all airport and aviation-related equipment of the Airport owned by the city and determined to be salvageable. Describes such specified amounts as: (1) the fair market value for the highest and best use of the Airport property; (2) the unamortized portion of any federal development grants other than land paid to the city for use at the airport, which may be paid with, and shall be an allowable use of, airport revenue; and (3) the airport revenues remaining in the Airport's account and otherwise due to or received by the city. Directs the FAA to remove the runway end indicator lighting system at the Airport. | 2023-03-22T18:49:24Z | |
| 113-s-2760 | 113 | s | 2760 | Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 0 | Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for specified National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs (including administrative expenses) for FY2015-FY2020. Revises uniform guidelines for state highway safety programs to require programs to: (1) reduce injuries and deaths to older drivers, and (2) improve emergency medical services response to crash sites. Revises grant eligibility requirements for states that adopt and enforce mandatory alcohol-ignition interlock laws to allow them to make certain exceptions to the requirement. Declares that the federal share of costs for highway safety research and development projects may be up to 100% if so specified in the project agreement. Revises the allocation of grant amounts to a state for a fiscal year for motorcyclist safety programs. Extends for FY2015-FY2020 the authorization of appropriations for NHTSA motor vehicle safety programs in general. Revises and increases civil and criminal penalties for persons who violate motor vehicle safety regulations. Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014 - Authorizes a rental company that receives a notification (approved by NHTSA) from the manufacturer of a covered rental vehicle about any equipment defect, or noncompliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards, to rent or sell the vehicle or equipment only if the defect or noncompliance is remedied. Specifies any rental vehicle: (1) rated at 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or less, (2) rented without a driver for an initial term of under 4 months, and (3) that is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 5 or more motor vehicles used for rental purposes by a rental company. Prescribes a special rule to require rental companies to comply with specified limitations on sale, lease, or rental of a motor vehicle as soon as practicable, but within 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the manufacturer's notification of… | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2761 | 113 | s | 2761 | Local Empowerment Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 0 | Local Empowerment Act - Revises requirements for the apportionment of state planning funds to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). Requires a state's apportionment to be distributed in accordance with a formula that prioritizes the needs of high performing MPOs. Revises certain allocations of surface transportation program funds to states for: (1) any areas with a population of fewer (under current law, non-urban areas with more) than 5,000, and (2) urbanized areas with a population of more than 200,000 that have a high performing MPO. Extends for FY2015-FY2018 a state's obligational authority to distribute a specified amount of surface transportation program funds for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000, including those areas that have a high performing MPO. Makes permanent a special rule authorizing a state to obligate up to 15% of its apportionment of surface transportation program funds for each fiscal on roads functionally classified as minor collectors in areas of less than 5,000 population. Defines "consolidated metropolitan planning organization" to mean a sole MPO that serves a metropolitan statistical area. Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area. Allows a MPO for an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 to request that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) designate it as a high performing MPO. Specifies criteria the Secretary shall consider in making such designation. Makes similar changes to requirements for the transportation alternatives program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-hr-5270 | 113 | hr | 5270 | Growing American Shipping Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] | CA | D | G000559 | 6 | Growing American Shipping Act of 2014 - Amends the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 to expand the directive to the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and implement a program to promote the transportation of imports of liquefied natural gas to the United States on U.S.-flag vessels to include the promotion of the transportation of exports of the gas from the United States. Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to require DOT to give top priority to the processing of a license for liquefied natural gas facilities at a deepwater port that will supply the gas to be exported on U.S.-flag vessels in addition to the priority currently given to the processing of licenses for imports of the gas. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5295 | 113 | hr | 5295 | Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S001172 | 1 | Small Airport Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Prescribes a special rule to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2015 and FY2016 to apportion amounts for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs to sponsors of primary airports based on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if it had: (1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for FY2015 or FY2016, and (2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar year 2012. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-s-2682 | 113 | s | 2682 | Made in the U.S.A. Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 1 | Made in the U.S.A. Act - Prohibits the head of a federal agency from obligating or expending funds or providing financial assistance for projects for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless substantially all of the iron, steel, wood products, cement, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States (Buy American requirements). Authorizes the head of an agency to waive such prohibition in certain circumstances. Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the Build America Bond program, to: (1) extend permanently the authority to issue such bonds and the authority for payments to issuers of such bonds, (2) reduce the bond holder tax credit percentage, and (3) treat as bonds qualified for the tax credit any bond (or series of bonds) issued to refund a qualified bond if certain criteria are met. Revises Buy American requirements with respect to federal-aid highways, particularly the handling of waiver requests. Revises similar Buy American requirements with respect to public transportation and Amtrak, particularly rolling stock. Requires the cost of rolling stock components and subcomponents produced in the United States to increase from 60% in FY2015 by 10% annual increments up to 100% for FY2019 and ensuing fiscal years. Prescribes Buy American requirements for procurement of a facility or equipment under federal aviation programs similar to those for rolling stock. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to report annually to Congress on: (1) each project for which a waiver of Buy American requirements was issued; and (2) the country of origin and product specifications for steel, iron, or manufactured goods acquired pursuant to each waiver. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-hr-5201 | 113 | hr | 5201 | Right to Haul Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2] | FL | R | S001186 | 0 | Right to Haul Act of 2014 - Exempts certain agricultural loads traveling on federal highways from federal vehicle weight limitations. Makes individual state weight limitations for agricultural commodities on state highways applicable to federal highways within the state's borders. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-sres-507 | 113 | sres | 507 | A resolution designating August 7, 2014, as "National Lighthouse and Lighthouse Preservation Day". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4626; text as passed Senate: CR S4623) | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates August 7, 2014, as National Lighthouse and Lighthouse Preservation Day. Encourages lighthouse grounds to be opened to the general public to the extent feasible. | 2019-02-20T12:28:57Z | |
| 113-hr-5122 | 113 | hr | 5122 | Railroad Hours of Service Employees Technical Corrections Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-16 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | B001242 | 3 | Railroad Hours of Service Employees Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 to consider that a railroad employee, subject to hours of service under federal law, meets the hours of service eligibility requirement under FMLA if: (1) the employee has worked for or been paid for at least 60% of the applicable total guarantee, or the equivalent, for the previous 12-month period, by the employer with respect to whom FMLA leave is requested; and (2) the employee has worked for or been paid by that employer for at least 504 hours (not counting personal commute time or time spent on vacation leave or medical or sick leave) during such period. Defines "applicable guarantee" for an employee, as established in the applicable collective bargaining agreement or, if none exists, in the employer's policies as: (1) the minimum number of hours for which an employer has agreed to schedule a nonreserve status employee for any given period; and (2) the number of hours for which an employer has agreed to pay a reserve status employee for any given period. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-hr-5101 | 113 | hr | 5101 | National Freight Network Trust Fund Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-14 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] | CA | D | H001063 | 40 | National Freight Network Trust Fund Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the National Freight Network Trust Fund, from which expenditures shall be made to fund awards under the National Freight Network Grant Program. Appropriates to the Fund amounts equivalent to 5% of the import duties imposed under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Establishes such Program in the Department of Transportation (DOT), under which the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants to states, regional or local transportation organizations, or port authorities to assist projects that improve the performance of the national freight network. Directs the Secretary to evaluate and select projects on a competitive basis by considering their potential to: generate national economic benefits, improve the performance of key corridors and gateways, reduce congestion, improve transportation safety, and enhance the network. Requires the Secretary to update the national freight network every five years. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-s-2594 | 113 | s | 2594 | A bill to redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "30th Street Station", as the "William H. Gray 30th Street Station". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | Designates the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as 30th Street Station, as the "William H. Gray 30th Street Station." Bars the use of federal funds to modify signage at the station or for related activities necessitated by its redesignation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-sres-499 | 113 | sres | 499 | A resolution congratulating the American Motorcyclist Association on its 90th Anniversary. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4417) | Senate | Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] | WV | D | M001183 | 2 | Congratulates the American Motorcyclist Association on its 90th Anniversary. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-hr-5021 | 113 | hr | 5021 | Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-08 | 2014-08-08 | Became Public Law No: 113-159. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 8 | Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 - Title I: Surface Transportation Program Extension - Subtitle A: Federal-Aid Highways - (Sec. 1001) Continues from October 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015, and authorizes appropriations through that period for, specified federal-aid highway programs under: the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) Technical Corrections Act of 2008, SAFETEA-LU, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), and other specified law. Subjects funding for such programs generally to the same manner of distribution, administration, limitation, and availability for obligation, but at a specified pro rata of the total amount, as funds authorized for appropriation out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for such programs and activities for FY2014. Amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to authorize appropriations out of the general fund of the Treasury for the Tribal High Priority Projects program for the same period. Prescribes an obligation ceiling of $26,800,569,863 for federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for the same period. (Sec. 1002) Authorizes appropriations from the HTF (other than the Mass Transit Account) for administrative expenses of the federal-aid highway program for the same period. Subtitle B: Extension of Highway Safety Programs - (Sec. 1101) Amends MAP-21 to extend for the same period the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including: (1) highway safety research and development, (2) national priority safety programs, (3) the National Driver Register, (4) the High Visibility Enforcement Program, and (5) NHTSA administrative expenses. Amends SAFETEA-LU to extend for the same period high-visibili… | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5025 | 113 | hr | 5025 | Alisa's Law of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | L000480 | 2 | Alisa's Law of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2015-FY2017 if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing a law requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor vehicle operated by an individual convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. Defines "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" as driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol concentration greater than or equal to the lesser of: (1) the blood alcohol concentration limit of the state in which the individual is driving, or (2) 0.08%. Requires an ignition interlock device to: (1) require a driver to provide a breath sample before the motor vehicle starts, and (2) prevent a motor vehicle from starting if the alcohol concentration of the driver is above the legal limit. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-4992 | 113 | hr | 4992 | Refueling Assistance Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] | IL | D | B001286 | 3 | Refueling Assistance Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study motor vehicle refueling assistance to qualified individuals with disabilities. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the study results and any recommendations for imposing feasible and cost-effective requirements on gas stations to improve motor vehicle refueling assistance for such individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on persons who knowingly violate any regulations issued under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-s-2559 | 113 | s | 2559 | Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 0 | Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014 - Revises early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles regarding possible defects of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations establishing categories of information that must be made available to the public. Requires the public disclosure of possible defects of motor vehicles or related equipment reported to the Secretary by motor vehicle manufacturers (Early Warning data). Directs the Secretary to: (1) take specified actions to improve public accessibility to information on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) vehicle safety databases, and (2) promulgate rules requiring the senior senior official for safety for a corporation to be responsible for requests for information in NHTSA safety or compliance investigations. Requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Inspector General to study NHTSA use of Early Warning data. Prohibits certain vehicle safety officials, for the two-year period after termination of NHTSA employment, from knowingly making any communication to or appearance before NHTSA on behalf of a manufacturer subject to NHTSA regulation in connection with any matter involving vehicle safety on which such person seeks official action by a NHTSA officer or employee. Prohibits a motor vehicle manufacturer or any other person subject to federal motor vehicle safety regulation from employing NHTSA employees for the two-year period following the employee's termination of employment with NHTSA. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of such prohibition. Establishes the Vehicle Safety Fund to meet U.S. obligations in carrying out NHTSA vehicle safety programs. Requires the Secretary to assess and collect, for deposit in the Fund, a vehicle safety user fee from the manufacturer for each motor vehicle certified compliant with applicable motor vehicle safety standards. Increases civil penalties for persons who violate federal motor vehicle s… | 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z | |
| 113-s-2563 | 113 | s | 2563 | Improving Driver Safety Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 2 | Improving Driver Safety Act of 2014 - Revises distracted driving incentive grant program eligibility requirements to require the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award such grants to states that include distracted driving issues as part of their driver's license examination. Authorizes the Secretary to use up to 50% of amounts available for grants to states that: (1) in FY2015 have a basic text messaging statute for drivers of all ages, make violation of the statute a primary offense, and participate in the Secretary's annual distracted driving law enforcement mobilization; and (2) in FY2016 meet the aforementioned requirements, impose increased fines for repeat violations, and have a statute that prohibits a driver younger than 18 from using a personal wireless communications device while driving. Authorizes states to use grant funds for: (1) enforcement of distracted driving laws, and (2) highway safety program projects. Directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to report to Congress on any legal and technical barriers to capturing data on the prevalence of wireless communications devices while driving, including recommendations on how to address those barriers. | 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z | |
| 113-sres-490 | 113 | sres | 490 | A resolution commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4190; text as passed Senate: CR S4165) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, connecting the communities of Lewes, Delaware and Cape May, New Jersey. | 2019-02-20T12:28:54Z | |
| 113-sres-493 | 113 | sres | 493 | A resolution designating July 11, 2014, as "Collector Car Appreciation Day" and recognizing that the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars is an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4190; text as passed Senate: CR S4166) | Senate | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | MT | D | T000464 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates July 11, 2014, as Collector Car Appreciation Day. Recognizes that the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars is an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of the United States. | 2019-02-20T12:28:54Z | |
| 113-hres-650 | 113 | hres | 650 | Congratulating the American Motorcyclist Association on their 90th Anniversary. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] | OH | R | S001187 | 10 | Congratulates the American Motorcyclist Association on its 90th Anniversary. | 2023-01-11T13:26:10Z | |
| 113-hr-4945 | 113 | hr | 4945 | Repairing Our Aging Roads Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-24 | 2014-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | B001280 | 0 | Repairing Our Aging Roads Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue Transportation Bonds in the aggregate of up to $2 billion to each state for transportation infrastructure projects. Establishes in the Treasury 50 separate State Transportation Trust Funds consisting of amounts derived from the sale and issuance of Transportation Bonds to construct or improve state transportation infrastructure. Requires an offsetting reduction, equal to the dollar amount of bonds issued, in any discretionary account in any appropriation Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-s-2522 | 113 | s | 2522 | A bill to designate the James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway and the James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway in the State of Minnesota. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-24 | 2014-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 0 | Designates: (1) the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway"; and (2) the segment of U.S. Route 61 between milepost 0 at Duluth, Minnesota, and milepost 150 at Grand Portage, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway." | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-s-2512 | 113 | s | 2512 | Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-23 | 2014-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899) | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 1 | Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). Establishes in the Treasury an Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Fund regularly amounts equal to the savings achieved through this repeal from the capital budgets of each affected federal agency. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to compile a prioritized list of emergency interstate bridge projects on the federal-aid highway system meeting specified criteria (e.g., the bridge is deemed functionally obsolete). Authorizes the obligation of Fund amounts for such projects. | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-hr-4925 | 113 | hr | 4925 | TIFIA 2.0 Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-20 | 2014-06-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-10] | FL | R | W000806 | 0 | TIFIA 2.0 Act - Amends the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) to revise the Department of Transportation (DOT) TIFIA program of direct loans, loan guarantees, and credit for surface transportation projects. Establishes in the Treasury a TIFIA Revolving Fund. Requires the set-aside of up to 10% of Fund amounts for rural infrastructure projects (as similarly required in current funding law). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer from the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury amounts equal to moneys deposited in the Fund as a result of the repayment of principal and interest on direct loans for transportation infrastructure projects before enactment of this Act. Revises project eligibility requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:14Z | |
| 113-hr-4926 | 113 | hr | 4926 | To designate a segment of Interstate Route 35 in the State of Minnesota as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-20 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-261. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 12, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the segment of Interstate Route 35 between milepost 133 at Forest Lake, Minnesota, and milepost 259 at Duluth, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway." | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4889 | 113 | hr | 4889 | Clean and Efficient Public Safety Vehicles Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-18 | 2014-06-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 1 | Clean and Efficient Public Safety Vehicles Act of 2014 - Revises requirements for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement (CMAQ) program. Prescribes a special rule to require a state to obligate 5% of its apportionment of CMAQ program funds for projects to deploy cost-effective technologies that reduce emissions of pollutants from public safety vehicles, including firefighting vehicles, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, and other emergency response vehicles. Declares that such projects shall not be limited to using technology developed or recommended by the SmartWay program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or any successor program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-s-2478 | 113 | s | 2478 | Short Line Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-17 | 2014-06-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 1 | Short Line Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award grants to private or nonprofit organizations involved in, or affiliated with, transportation by regional (Class II) railroads and shortline (Class III) railroads for research, development, evaluation, and training efforts to enhance rail safety practices and safety culture. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hres-625 | 113 | hres | 625 | Honoring Greyhound Lines, Inc., of Dallas, TX on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] | TX | D | J000126 | 0 | Honors the centennial anniversary of the founding of Greyhound Lines, Inc., of Dallas, Texas. | 2023-01-11T13:26:10Z | |
| 113-hr-4834 | 113 | hr | 4834 | GROW AMERICA Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-11 | 2014-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 2 | Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America Act or the GROW AMERICA Act - Prescribes requirements for environmental reviews with respect to state and federal agency engagement, obstruction of navigation, historic sites, categorical exclusion of multimodal projects from environmental review, and creation in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) of an Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center. Directs the Secretary to establish a multimodal freight incentive grant program and a National Freight Infrastructure Program. Redesignates the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways as the National Highway System and the National Freight Network. Requires the federal long-range transportation plan to include a transportation system resilience assessment. Prescribes criteria for high performing metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) representing urbanized areas with populations of over 200,000. Removes the congestion management process from the transportation planning process for MPOs. Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program for up to 10 MPOs to improve multimodal connectivity and increase connections for disadvantaged Americans and neighborhoods with limited transportation options. Revises requirements with respect to congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, including electric vehicle charging stations and commercial motor vehicle anti-idling facilities in rest areas along the Interstate System. Establishes in the DOT: (1) a discretionary TIGER Infrastructure Grant Program for various transportation projects; and (2) a discretionary FAST Grant Program to reform the way surface transportation investments and decisions are made, implemented, and funded to achieve national transportation outcomes. Revises requirements for the funding of railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing, the state infrastructure bank program, toll roads, bridges, tu… | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-hr-4838 | 113 | hr | 4838 | To redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "30th Street Station", as the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-11 | 2014-08-08 | Became Public Law No: 113-158. | House | Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] | PA | D | F000043 | 21 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as 30th Street Station, as the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station." | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4829 | 113 | hr | 4829 | ROAD Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | B001251 | 9 | Route to Opportunity And Development Act of 2014 or the ROAD Act of 2014 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, to revise the high priority Raleigh-Norfolk Corridor of the National Highway System between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Norfolk, Virginia, to include Rocky Mount, Williamston, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-s-2457 | 113 | s | 2457 | Highway Runoff Management Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3549-3550) | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Highway Runoff Management Act - Requires each state to develop for approval a state highway stormwater management program consisting of management measures to prevent, reduce, or control highway runoff from federal-aid highway projects. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to publish guidance to assist states in the establishment of such measures. | 2023-01-11T13:26:08Z | |
| 113-hr-4802 | 113 | hr | 4802 | Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-05 | 2014-07-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001067 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 3, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) conduct outreach to all U.S. airports at which the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) performs, or oversees the implementation and performance of, security measures; and (2) give necessary technical assistance to verify that such airports have in place individualized working plans for responding to security incidents inside the airport perimeter, including active shooters, acts of terrorism, and incidents that target passenger-screening checkpoints. Requires the Assistant Secretary to report to Congress on the outreach findings, including an analysis of the level of preparedness such airports have to respond to such incidents. (Sec. 4) Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) identify best practices that exist across airports for security incident planning, management, and training; and (2) establish a mechanism through which to share those best practices with other airport operators nationwide. (Sec. 5) Requires the Assistant Secretary also to: (1) certify annually to specified congressional committees that all screening personnel have participated in practical training exercises for active shooter scenarios, and (2) analyze for those same committees how TSA can use cost savings achieved through efficiencies to increase over the next five fiscal years the funding available for checkpoint screening law enforcement support reimbursable agreements. (Sec. 7) Declares that no additional appropriations are authorized to carry out this Act. Requires this Act to be carried out using amounts otherwise available. (Sec. 8) Requires the Assistant Secretary to review the interoperable communications capabilities of law enforcement, fire, and medical personnel responsible for responding to securit… | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-s-2444 | 113 | s | 2444 | Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-05 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-281. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 10, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 - Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: operation and maintenance; the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; the Coast Guard Reserve program; environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities; research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors related to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness; and alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program. (Sec. 102) Authorizes for FY2015 end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 and military training student loads. Title II: Coast Guard - (Sec. 201) Reduces from 7,200 to 6,000 the number of commissioned officers on the active duty promotion list, subject to current exceptions. (Sec. 202) Designates the date on which the term for the Commandant of the Coast Guard begins and ends. (Sec. 203) Identifies the skills and qualifications necessary for a career as a waterways operations manager or a facility safety and security specialist. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Coast Guard’s centers of expertise for prevention and response to conduct experiments and investigate plans, devices, and inventions relating to the performance of Coast Guard functions. (Sec. 205) Increases the amount of certain fines and penalties for tampering with aids to navigation and making false distress calls. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Coast Guard to ente… | 2023-03-22T18:49:23Z | |
| 113-sres-467 | 113 | sres | 467 | A resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Fishermen's Terminal in the Port of Seattle and celebrating Seattle's rich maritime heritage and its importance to the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-06-04 | 2014-06-04 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3430; text as passed Senate: CR S3428-3429) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes May 28, 2014, as the official centennial of Fishermen's Terminal in the Port of Seattle. Praises the Terminal's contributions to the welfare of individuals, the fishing industry, the Port, Washington, and the United States. | 2019-02-20T12:28:51Z | |
| 113-hr-4790 | 113 | hr | 4790 | Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Pollinator Protection Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-30 | 2014-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 14 | Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes as an eligible project cost for the construction of a federal-aid highway the cost of improving habitat and forage for pollinators (i.e. bees, birds, bats, Monarch butterflies, and other butterflies) on rights-of-way adjacent to such highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with willing states, to carry out programs that encourage: (1) integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-ways, including reduced mowing; (2) the development of habitat and forage for pollinators through planting of native forbs and grasses, including noninvasive, native milkweed species; and (3) research and demonstration projects on economic and environmental benefits and best practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing, and planting of native forbs and grasses for pollinator habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies and other migrating pollinators. Authorizes the use of federal funds for the provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees that is related to a federally-funded transportation project. | 2023-01-11T13:26:24Z | |
| 113-hr-4770 | 113 | hr | 4770 | Coast Guard Regulation Relief Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-29 | 2014-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] | FL | D | M001191 | 0 | Coast Guard Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Amends federal shipping law to revise requirements for recording of a notice of a claim of a maritime lien. Declares that a notice shall expire three years after it is recorded. (Currently, expires three years after the lien was established.) Authorizes a person to re-record an expired notice if that person submits to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) a declaration that the information in the notice is accurate to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief. Extends the re-recorded notice for another three years. Declares that the expiration of a notice may not be construed to have any effect on the validity of a claim of lien. | 2023-01-11T13:26:25Z | |
| 113-hr-4726 | 113 | hr | 4726 | Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] | IL | R | D000619 | 10 | Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with state transportation departments, to establish an innovation in surface transportation program. Requires states to make competitive grants for innovative surface transportation projects to eligible entities, including local governments, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, private providers of public transportation, nonprofit transportation organizations, port authorities, joint power authorities, and local rail authorities. Requires each state to establish an innovation in surface transportation selection panel to formulate criteria for selecting projects. Requires a state to reserve certain percentages of federal funds apportioned for the national highway performance, the highway safety improvement, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation, and transportation alternatives programs in order to fund related projects under state innovative surface transportation grants. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-hr-4727 | 113 | hr | 4727 | To enhance interstate commerce by creating a National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-22 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 9 | Prohibits a state from enforcing a law or imposing liability on an entity that hires a motor carrier for the transportation of property or household goods if the liability arises from a personal injury, death, or cargo or fother property damage claim or cause of action related to the negligent selection of that motor carrier under state law or regulation. Specifies as such an entity any person acting as a shipper, as a broker, as a consignee, a freight forwarder, a household goods freight forwarder, a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier, an ocean freight forwarder, or an ocean transportation intermediary. Makes an entity eligible for this waiver of liability only if, before tendering a shipment, but not more than 35 days before the hitred motor carrier picks up a shipment, the entity verifies that the motor carrier at the time of verification: is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier, has the minimum insurance coverage required by federal regulation, and does not have an unsatisfactory safety rating from FMCSA in force at the time of verification. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-hr-4738 | 113 | hr | 4738 | Tank Car Safety Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 0 | Tank Car Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to revise federal regulations regarding DOT-111 tank cars used to move flammable liquids to: (1) improve tank car design standards for new cars to include an outer steel jacket around it and thermal protection, full-height head shields, and high-flow capacity pressure relief valves; and (2) require additional safety upgrades to tank cars built after October 2011 by including installation of such valves and design modifications to prevent bottom outlets from opening in case of accident. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan to phase out older-model DOT-111 tank cars that are not retrofitted to meet the new federal requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-s-2398 | 113 | s | 2398 | Automaker Accountability Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 2 | Automaker Accountability Act of 2014 - Revises civil penalties for violation of federal motor vehicle safety requirements, and subjects to them also persons who cause such a violation. Repeals current maximum penalties. Increases civil penalties for violations: (1) from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation; (2) from $10,000 to $100,000, maximum, for the manufacture, sale, introduction into commerce, or importation of a school bus or school bus equipment that does not comply with federal motor vehicle requirements; and (3) from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation per day for a person who fails or refuses to perform an act pursuant to specified inspection, investigation, and record-keeping requirements pertaining to defective or noncompliant motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-sres-457 | 113 | sres | 457 | A resolution designating the week of May 18 through May 24, 2014, as "National Public Works Week". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3308-3309; text as passed Senate: CR S3300) | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of May 18-May 24, 2014, as National Public Works Week. Recognizes the important contributions of public works professionals to improving U.S. public infrastructure and to the communities they serve. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-s-2380 | 113 | s | 2380 | Freight Priorities Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-21 | 2014-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 0 | Freight Priorities Act - Declares the policy, objectives, and goals of the United States for improving the efficiency, operation, and security of the national freight network by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that accomplish specified results. Requires metropolitan planning organizations to involve public port authorities in metropolitan freight transportation planning. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish: (1) measures to assess the performance of a multimodal freight network in accordance with the national freight strategic plan, and (2) a pilot program for up to five urbanized areas to develop and deploy one or more pilot measures and targets to improve multimodal freight movement in densely populated and congested urban areas. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and support a national cooperative freight transportation research program, and (2) offer to enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies to support and carry out administrative and management activities relating to governance of the research program. Requires the National Academies to select an advisory committee consisting of a representative cross-section of freight stakeholders, which shall recommend a national research agenda for the program. | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-hr-4687 | 113 | hr | 4687 | Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-20 | 2014-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] | CA | D | H001063 | 0 | Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require the person purchasing or operating a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to inspect it to confirm the pipeline's status as active or abandoned. Directs the Secretary to require also, by regulation, that the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility ensure that such an inspection is conducted. Applies this inspection requirement with respect to newly listed abandoned pipelines as well. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-hr-4689 | 113 | hr | 4689 | To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-20 | 2014-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] | MN | R | K000363 | 0 | Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zoned area that were designed or previously used for through transportation of trains. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-s-2365 | 113 | s | 2365 | A bill to prohibit the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks unless the Surface Transportation Board has approved the rail carrier's rail car storage plan. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-20 | 2014-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 0 | Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zoned area that were designed or previously used for through transportation of trains. | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-sres-443 | 113 | sres | 443 | A resolution recognizing the goals of National Travel and Tourism Week and honoring the valuable contributions of travel and tourism to the United States. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-13 | 2014-05-13 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2980; text as passed Senate: CR S2957-2958) | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 9 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes May 3-11, 2014, as National Travel and Tourism Week. Commends the travel and tourism industry for its important contributions to the United States. | 2019-02-20T12:28:49Z | |
| 113-s-2322 | 113 | s | 2322 | MAP-21 Reauthorization Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-12 | 2014-05-15 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 3 | MAP-21 Reauthorization Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY2015-FY2020 for: (1) certain core federal-aid highway programs, and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses. Prescribes obligation ceilings for certain federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. Makes eligible for the national highway performance program any projects for replacement or rehabilitation of bridges on federal-aid highways. Extends through FY2020 funding for highway use tax evasion projects. Prescribes requirements to allow a state to bundle two or more similar projects for the replacement or repair of structurally deficient bridge projects. Requires each contractor and subcontractor who contracts for a bridge construction, replacement, or repair project to be certified as meeting certain eligibility requirements. Revises formulae for certain allocations of funds to states for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities. Makes certain funds available for the National Ferry Database. Revises congestion mitigation and air quality improvement (CMAQ) program requirements. Requires states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to use PM2.5 priority funding on the most cost-effective CMAQ projects and programs proven to reduce directly emitted fine particulate matter. Revises national freight program requirements. Requires a state to obligate its apportionment of national freight program funds for projects to improve the movement of freight on the national highway freight network. Requires states that have not met or made significant progress toward meeting certain state performance targets for freight movement on the network to submit to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), biennially, a freight performance improvement plan. Amends MAP-21 to revise requirements for state freight plans. Requires a state to develop a comprehensive 10-year freight plan, updated every 5 years. Directs the Secretary to establis… | 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z | |
| 113-hr-4623 | 113 | hr | 4623 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relating to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 8 | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to implement the policy set forth in the notice of proposed policy entitled "Proposal To Consider the Impact of One Engine Inoperative Procedures in Obstruction Evaluation Aeronautical Studies" published by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on April 28, 2014, only if the policy is adopted pursuant to notice and comment rulemaking. | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4638 | 113 | hr | 4638 | To designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station". | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] | MO | D | C001061 | 10 | Designates Union Station, located at 405 [sic] Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station." | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4642 | 113 | hr | 4642 | BOATS Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Boating Occupancy and Teaching Safety Act or the BOATS Act - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) establish maximum passenger capacity and maximum weight capacity standards for recreational vessels, and (2) require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display in a legible manner that is clearly visible, including on each flying bridge of the vessel, to vessel passengers such maximum capacity requirements and a notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing. Defines "flying bridge" to mean an open deck above the main navigating bridge of a recreational vessel. Amends federal shipping law to revise state recreational boating safety program requirements. Allows a state to contract with a local government or private entity to provide boating safety education services under a state recreational boating safety program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make amounts in the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund available for expenditures to carry out the purposes of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (as in effect upon enactment of this Act). | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4609 | 113 | hr | 4609 | Aerotropolis Act of 2014 | Transportation and Public Works | 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 0 | Aerotropolis Act of 2014 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to extend the eligibility for projects of national and regional significance under the surface transportation grant program to certain aerotropolis transportation system projects. Defines "aerotropolis transportation system" as a planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation network that provides efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z |
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