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| 107-hr-5764 | 107 | hr | 5764 | To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-22 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] | NC | D | E000226 | 0 | Declares that the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Commuter Rail Employees and the Metro-North Railroad shall be extinguished upon the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. Deems employees of the entity resulting from such merger to be covered under the appropriate collective bargaining agreement of the Long Island Rail Road in compliance with the Railway Labor Act. Subordinates the appropriate seniority roster of Metro-North Railroad employees to the seniority roster of Long Island Rail Road employees. Subjects all disputes arising from the application of this Act to the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board. | 2025-01-02T16:53:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5764 |
| 107-hr-5730 | 107 | hr | 5730 | To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Requires the vessel EX-COMPETENT (also known as the AFDM-6) to be towed from its present location in Hawaii to a location specified by its transferee (a corporation that received such vessel as surplus Government property) within 12 months after funds are appropriated for such purpose. Allows the transferee to use the vessel as a drydock in Hawaii until such time. Ratifies and confirms the 2001 transfer of the vessel.Reinstates the transferee to good standing and eligibility to participate in the General Service Administration's Federal Donation Program in Alaska.Establishes in the Maritime Administration a five-year pilot project under which the transferee, using such vessel as appropriate, shall remove and dismantle up to 20 vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the U.S. Pacific coast.Authorizes appropriations for an advance direct lump-sum payment to the transferee. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5730 |
| 107-hr-5746 | 107 | hr | 5746 | To provide that the State and local income tax withholding provisions of section 11502 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the Metro-North Railroad or its employees. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] | TX | D | L000043 | 0 | Excludes Metro-North Railroad and its employees from otherwise applicable provisions requiring the withholding and reporting of State and local income taxes only for the State and locality where an employee actually resides (as opposed to works). | 2025-01-02T16:53:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5746 |
| 107-s-3162 | 107 | s | 3162 | Nuclear Waste Transportation Security Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 3 | Nuclear Waste Transportation Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a program for the transportation safety of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (waste and fuel) taking into consideration terrorist threats and other potential emergencies.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and local and tribal governments for activities to enhance the security of transporting nuclear waste, including emergency response.Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and Energy, in establishing routes for the transportation of nuclear waste through a State, to jointly consult with the State's chief executive officer regarding preferred or alternative routes. Requires the executive officer to be given 7 days' prior notice of any such transportation. Specifies requirements for particular shipments. Prohibits nuclear waste from being transported by vessel in the inland waters of the United States or the Great Lakes.Requires renewal every three years of a hazmat employee's certification of training to handle waste and fuel. Provides training grants for hazmat employees and instructors.Enhances civil penalties for violations in the transportation of waste and fuel.Requires: (1) a program of outreach regarding response to accidents, attacks, or other emergencies involving the transportation of waste and fuel; (2) a study regarding effects on public health of such transportation; and (3) a comprehensive program of testing the physical integrity and suitability of the packages used for such transportation.Requires the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to evaluate the validity of any activities undertaken by the Secretary or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to the transportation of waste or fuel. | 2025-08-19T17:30:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3162 |
| 107-hr-5712 | 107 | hr | 5712 | To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-13 | 2002-11-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2005-2006) | House | Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | B000644 | 0 | Amends Federal highway provisions to include within the definition of "safety improvement project" a project that installs or maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones.Authorizes the payment from apportioned funds for the entire cost of construction projects involving the maintenance of protective devices at railway-highway crossings. Makes specified sums available for each fiscal year for that purpose.Provides for biennial (currently, annual) reports by each State to the Secretary of Transportation on progress being made to implement the railway-highway crossings program.Requires each State to identify roadway safety improvement needs for hazardous locations, sections, and elements which may constitute a danger to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Authorizes the Secretary to approve as a project under the hazard elimination program any safety improvement project that reduces the likelihood of crashes involving road departures, intersections, pedestrians, bicycles, older drivers, or construction work zones. Makes funds available for: (1) police assistance for traffic and speed management in construction work zones; or (2) compilation and analysis of data.Directs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to specified congressional committees biennial reports on the results of the hazard elimination program; and (2) issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway to wear high visibility garments. Authorizes such regulations to require other worker-safety measures. | 2025-01-02T16:53:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5712 |
| 107-hr-5720 | 107 | hr | 5720 | To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to foreign air transportation. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-11-13 | 2002-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000342 | 2 | Amends Federal law to prohibit a foreign air carrier from being granted a permit by the Secretary of Transportation authorizing it to transport passengers for compensation between the United States and a foreign country on any flight that does not stop in the country under the laws of which the carrier is organized. Allows the issue of such a permit for any flight that does not stop in such country if the right to perform such air transportation has been specifically granted by an applicable international agreement for both scheduled and charter service.Permits the Secretary of Transportation to exempt a foreign carrier from such prohibition only if no U.S. air carrier is willing and able to provide the equivalent air transportation at a commercially feasible price. | 2025-01-02T16:53:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5720 |
| 107-s-3132 | 107 | s | 3132 | MEGA Fund Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10689-10694) | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 2 | Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding Act (MEGA Fund Act) - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for various programs, including the Interstate Maintenance Program, the National Highway System, the Bridge Program, the Surface Transportation Program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, the Appalachian Development Highway System Program, the Recreational Trails Program, and the High Priority Projects Program. Requires deductions from program apportionments for a future strategic highway research program.Expresses the sense of the Senate that the provisions of budget legislation pertaining to the highway program should be amended to: (1) improve predictability and stability in the levels of highway program obligation authority; (2) facilitate the expenditure of funds in the HTF (other than the Mass Transit Account); and (3) eliminate the possibility of reductions in the levels of highway program obligation authority being imposed automatically so that any reductions are solely the prerogative of Congress.Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Act reauthorizing highway, highway safety, and transit programs for fiscal years beginning with FY 2004 should include appropriate budgetary protections for highway safety and transit programs.Establishes a program to assist States that face certain economic and demographic barriers in meeting transportation needs.Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA Act) to provide certain minimum allocations to border States.Establishes the cooperative Federal lands transportation program for projects on highways that: (1) are State owned or maintained; and (2) cross, are adjacent to, or lead to federally owned land or Indian reservations. | 2025-08-19T17:28:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3132 |
| 107-s-3134 | 107 | s | 3134 | MEGA Rural Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10699) | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 2 | Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Rural Transportation Investment Act or MEGA Rural Act - Establishes a program of Federal funds to assist States that face certain economic and demographic barriers in meeting transportation needs. Allocates funds for FY 2004 through 2009 to low-income States, high-growth States, low- and high-population-density States, and States with extensive road ownership.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a rural local roads safety pilot program. Allocates funds to States under a specified formula. Makes the Federal cost share 100 percent.Provides minimum funding levels to States for FY 2004 through 2009 for: (1) transportation services for the elderly and disabled; (2) financial assistance for other than urbanized areas; and (3) financial assistance for urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000.Directs the Secretary to establish a program under which States provide essential bus service between rural areas and primary airports, and between rural areas and stations for intercity passenger rail service, and appropriate intermediate or nearby points.Provides the Federal share of eligible transit project or operating costs for FY 2004 and thereafter.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the crediting of interest to the Mass Transit Account within the Highway Trust Fund. | 2025-08-19T17:29:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3134 |
| 107-hr-5630 | 107 | hr | 5630 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a highway in California connecting State Route 130 in Santa Clara County with Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-10 | 2002-10-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a highway in California, connecting State Route 130 in Santa Clara County with Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County, open only to passenger vehicles. | 2025-04-07T13:37:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5630 |
| 107-s-3106 | 107 | s | 3106 | Denali Transportation System Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-10 | 2002-10-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10385) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 1 | Denali Transportation System Act - Amends the Denali Commission Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to pay the design and construction costs of the Denali transportation system in Alaska. Authorizes the Commission to construct marine connections and other transportation access infrastructure for communities that would otherwise lack access to the National Highway System. Makes each completed highway on the Denali transportation system a part of the National Highway System. Authorizes the Commission to give preference to the use of Alaskan construction firms and Alaskan materials used in the construction of the Denali transportation system. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3106 |
| 107-s-3107 | 107 | s | 3107 | Driver's License Fraud Prevention Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-10 | 2002-10-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Driver's License Fraud Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to complete an assessment of the personal information and characteristics recorded by States to identify individuals for purposes of issuing driver's licenses, including potential methods uniquely identifying individuals such as biometric identifiers, and the cost and effects of using such identifiers to identify drivers nationwide.Amends Federal transportation law to require the Secretary to prescribe regulations setting forth: (1) minimum standards for processing driver's license and identification card applications, including proof of the identity of an applicant for the license or identification card; and (2) minimum security standards that shall be applied by a State to prevent fraud in the issuance or use of a driver's license or identification card.Prohibits a State from issuing a driver's license to an individual: (1) who currently holds a valid driver's license issued by that State or by another State; and (2) during a period in which such individual is disqualified from operating a motor vehicle.Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States to: (1) develop the Driver License Agreement to promote the sharing of driver's license information and conviction records among the States; and (2) implement innovative programs to verify driver identity, prevent fraud in the procurement of driver's licenses, and demonstrate the use of technology to create tamper resistant, secure driver's licenses.Amends Federal criminal law to revise requirements governing the disclosure of personal information from State motor vehicle records to permit the disclosure of such information by a State department of motor vehicles for purposes of preventing fraud, or to verify information relating to the employment of an individual.Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for: (1) the fraudulent issuance, renewal, upgrade, or transfer of a driver's license; and (2) the unauthorized use of State motor vehicle agency records and equipment by any per… | 2025-08-19T17:30:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3107 |
| 107-hr-5593 | 107 | hr | 5593 | Airline Worker Relief Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-09 | 2002-10-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 1 | Airline Worker Relief Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide adjustment assistance (similar to assistance provided to workers adversely affected by import competition under the Trade Act of 1974) to certain eligible airline workers who lost their jobs as the result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. | 2025-08-19T17:31:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5593 |
| 107-hconres-506 | 107 | hconres | 506 | Urging the States to include in their driver's license exams at least one question about highway-rail grade crossings safety by fiscal year 2005. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-08 | 2002-10-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S001154 | 0 | Urges the States by FY 2005 to include in their driver's license exams (including commercial driver's license exams) at least one question regarding highway-rail grade crossings safety. | 2025-01-02T16:42:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/506 |
| 107-s-3071 | 107 | s | 3071 | A bill to require reports to Congress related to airports that will not deploy explosive detection systems by December 31, 2002, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-08 | 2002-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] | NV | R | E000194 | 0 | Amends Federal aviation law to require the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make specified reports to Congress if TSA is unable to deploy explosive detection systems at all airports by December 31, 2002. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3071 |
| 107-hr-5543 | 107 | hr | 5543 | Maggie's Law: National Drowsy Driving Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-03 | 2002-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Maggie's Law: National Drowsy Driving Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into agreements with, and make grants to, State highway offices and other driving safety organizations to obtain and distribute national, State, and local drowsy driving education programs and supporting materials.Directs that grant funds be used to: (1) implement programs designed to prevent deaths and injuries due to drivers who are impaired by fatigue and sleep deprivation; (2) develop a standardized curriculum on the risks and prevention of drowsy driving and fall-asleep motor vehicle crashes; (3) collaborate with national drowsy driving campaigns to distribute information and educational messages and to review existing State model programs; (4) adopt policy statements and work plans for the installation and expansion of continuous shoulder rumble strips for interstate highways; (5) adopt codes on accident report forms to report fatigue-related or fall-asleep crashes; (6) provide training in the detection and reporting of drowsy driving as a factor in motor vehicle crashes; and (7) provide education programs to the police and the courts regarding the sanctions available for drowsy driving accidents.Directs the Secretary to study the scope of the problem of fatigue-related automobile crashes. | 2025-08-19T17:33:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5543 |
| 107-s-3056 | 107 | s | 3056 | Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-03 | 2002-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9911-9912) | Senate | Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | C001042 | 1 | Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to transfer an increasing percentage (two percent on October 1, 2006; four percent on October 1, 2007; and six percent on October 1, 2008) of a State's Federal-aid highway funds to that State's apportionment solely for impaired driving programs if the State has not enacted or is not enforcing a higher risk impaired driver law.Defines such a law as one that provides certain minimum penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI) within a minimum of five consecutive years, of DWI or DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent or greater, or of driving-while-suspended if the suspension was the result of a DUI conviction; or (2) refusing a blood alcohol concentration test while under arrest or investigation for involvement in a fatal or serious injury crash.Includes among such penalties: (1) driver's license suspension; (2) motor vehicle impoundment or immobilization; (3) assessment by a certified substance abuse official and assignment to treatment; (4) imprisonment, attachment of an electronic monitoring device, or assignment to a DUI/DWI specialty facility; (5) a $1,000 fine; (6) required restitution; (7) probation; and (8) required attendance of a treatment program and a victim impact panel. | 2025-08-19T17:32:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3056 |
| 107-hr-5538 | 107 | hr | 5538 | To amend title 23, United States Code, to waive certain limitations. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] | MS | R | P000323 | 0 | Provides increased weight limitations for vehicles hauling sand, gravel, wood chips, wood shavings, sawdust, fill dirt, agricultural products, or unprocessed forestry products, or any combination thereof, on Interstate routes 59, 55, 20, or 10 in Mississippi. | 2025-04-07T13:38:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5538 |
| 107-s-3031 | 107 | s | 3031 | MEGA Stream Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 6 | Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Environmental Streamlining Act (MEGA Stream Act) - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program under which States carry out Federal responsibilities with respect to one or more highway or transit projects (or classes of projects) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), provisions of this Act, or such other environmental review or decision-making authority of the Secretary as the Secretary deems appropriate.Sets conditions regarding State assumption of responsibility for projects located within the State for which environmental impact statements are required.Grants the U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action against a State for failure to carry out any State responsibility under this Act.Requires the Secretary to conduct audits to ensure State compliance.Designates the Department of Transportation as the lead agency for purposes of compliance with NEPA. Sets forth provisions regarding statements of purpose and need for a highway or transit project, determination of alternatives, and public comment.Makes the Secretary responsible for: (1) developing a schedule for the NEPA process; (2) coordinating efforts to identify and resolve issues that could cause any other Federal agency to oppose or deny project approval or cause delay in completion of the process; (3) developing an agency coordination plan; (4) requesting each relevant Federal agency to participate in the process; and (5) preparing or ensuring that any required environmental impact statement is completed in accordance with the NEPA process. | 2025-08-19T17:28:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3031 |
| 107-hr-5504 | 107 | hr | 5504 | Anton's Law | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-01 | 2002-12-04 | Became Public Law No: 107-318. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 6 | Anton's Law - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to establish performance requirements for child restraints, including booster seats, for children weighing more than 50 pounds. Requires the Secretary to: (1) consider whether to include injury performance criteria for child restraints under the requirements, establish performance requirements for seat belt fit when used with booster seats and other belt guidance devices, and address situations where children weighing more than 50 pounds only have access to seating positions with lap belts; and (2) review the definition of the term "booster seat" in Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 213 to determine if it is sufficiently comprehensive.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to develop, evaluate, and initiate a rulemaking proceeding to adopt an anthropomorphic test device that simulates a ten-year old child for use in testing child restraints used in passenger motor vehicles.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to complete a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 208 relating to occupant crash protection in order to require a lap and shoulder belt assembly for each rear designated seating position in a passenger motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less (except that if the Secretary determines that installation of a lap and shoulder belt is not practicable for a particular designated seating position in a particular type of passenger motor vehicle, the Secretary may exclude the designated seating position from the requirement). Requires such requirement to be implemented in phases beginning with the production year that begins not later than 12 months after the end of the year in which the regulations are prescribed. Requires the final rule to apply to all passenger motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less that are manufactured in the third production year of the implementation phase-in under the schedule.(Sec. 6) Directs the… | 2025-04-07T13:39:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5504 |
| 107-hr-5506 | 107 | hr | 5506 | Aviation Industry Stabilization and Reform Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-01 | 2002-10-02 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 0 | Aviation Industry Stabilization and Reform Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to extend through calendar 2003 the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to declare an air carrier a victim of terrorism not liable for third party claims arising out of acts of terrorism.Grants the Secretary authority to extend through calendar 2003 the termination date of any insurance policy issued to an air carrier.Extends the period for applying for certain loan guarantees under the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.Requires the Under Secretary for Transportation Security, after all cockpit doors are strengthened, to reconsider and report to Congress on whether it is necessary to require Federal air marshals to be seated in the first class cabin of an aircraft with strengthened cockpit doors.Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) undertake action necessary to improve the screening of mail so that it can be carried on passenger flights; and (2) reimburse air carriers for certain screening and related activities as well as the cost of fortifying cockpit doors.Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration from issuing or enforcing a final rule requiring the strengthening or locking of cockpit doors on all-cargo aircraft until the Under Secretary has considered and determined that it is necessary for aviation security.Prescribes requirements for reorganization of the Air Traffic Services Subcommittee of the Aviation Management Advisory Council into the Air Traffic Services Board Specifies additional duties for the Under Secretary.Revises requirements relating to: (1) nondisclosure of security activities; (2) safety regulations; (3) passenger and property screening; and (4) employment standards, training, investigations, and restrictions.Directs the Under Secretary to establish a process to permit an individual who was convicted of a crime of a specified type to obtain a waiver, in certain circumstances, to permit the individual's employment. | 2025-08-19T17:31:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5506 |
| 107-hr-5509 | 107 | hr | 5509 | United States Cruise Tourism Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-10-01 | 2002-10-28 | Executive Comment Requested from DOT. | House | Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] | SC | R | B001235 | 4 | United States Cruise Tourism Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the transportation of passengers on foreign-flag cruise vessels not otherwise qualified to engage in the coastwise trade between ports in the United States, directly or by way of a foreign port, except with respect to coastwise trade served by a U.S.-flag cruise vessel. Requires termination of any such foreign-flag cruise vessel passenger service within three years after a U.S.-flag cruise vessel commences such service between the same ports.Requires the owner or charterer of a qualified foreign-flag cruise vessel to have any vessel repairs performed in the United States, unless the vessel requires repairs or service while at a distant foreign port. Directs the Secretary to terminate the coastwise trade privileges of the owner or charterer of a foreign-flag cruise vessel if such repairs have not been made in the United States. Provides for a waiver of such requirements in emergencies. | 2025-08-19T17:29:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5509 |
| 107-s-3011 | 107 | s | 3011 | MEGA Safe Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-26 | 2002-10-02 | Star Print ordered on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Safety Improvements Act (MEGA Safe Act) - Directs the Secretary of Transportation: (1) before making an apportionment for the Interstate and National Highway System program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program, or the Surface Transportation program for a fiscal year, to set aside specified funds to carry out a program to assist local governments in placing fluorescent yellow-green signs to mark school zone crossing and other pedestrian and bicycle highway crossing zones; and (2) to establish a rural local roads safety pilot program to carry out construction, improvement, and maintenance activities that provide a safety benefit.Designates the left lane of each highway on the Interstate System as a national passing lane. Directs the Secretary to provide not less than $1 million to each State and the District of Columbia to inform the public that: (1) passing lanes should be used for passing only; and (2) motor vehicle operators in the left lane should always move to the right to permit other vehicles to pass.Requires the Secretary to provide jointly to the American Trucking Association and the American Automobile Association a $1 million grant to identify the most effective means by which drivers of passenger vehicles and commercial trucks may be educated concerning the hazards, and the safest manner, of driving in each other's presence.Directs the Secretary to require that a trained and certified person be responsible for ensuring the effective administration of any traffic control plan of a highway project that uses Federal funds. | 2025-08-19T17:31:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/3011 |
| 107-hr-5455 | 107 | hr | 5455 | Expediting Project Delivery to Improve Transportation and the Environment Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-25 | 2002-10-08 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 5 | Expediting Project Delivery To Improve Transportation and the Environment Act - Designates the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), or the two agencies jointly as the lead agency for the surface transportation process for preparing a detailed environmental impact statement, assessment, or other document under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain highway or transit projects eligible for Federal assistance from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Lists lead agency responsibilities, including: (1) determining the purpose and need for the proposed action, the alternatives to be considered, and the appropriate methodologies for measuring transportation impacts; and (2) coordinating efforts to identify and resolve expeditiously issues that could cause other Federal agencies to oppose or deny project approval or delay process completion.Authorizes the Governor of a State to request the assistance of the Secretary of Transportation in resolving issues that could result in the denial of necessary permits or approvals or cause project delays.Prohibits the Secretary from approving a transportation project that has a significant impact on a protected resource, with exceptions.Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a survey biennially of State agencies participating in environmental assessments involving HTF funds; (2) establish a comprehensive program to stimulate the adoption of innovative methods for expediting and improving the environmental review process; (3) transfer to States certain Federal environmental responsibilities with respect to highway or transit projects; and (4) carry out a program to accelerate the procurement of large transit buses by transportation authorities that are recipients of financial assistance from FTA, with exceptions. | 2025-08-19T17:31:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5455 |
| 107-hr-5456 | 107 | hr | 5456 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to maintain flight restrictions over major sporting events and other major open assemblies of people. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-25 | 2002-09-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to maintain the restrictions imposed under specified Federal Aviation Administration Notices to Airmen (relating to flight restrictions over major sporting events and other major open assemblies of people). Cancels any existing waiver of or exemption from such restrictions. Prohibits the Secretary from granting any new waivers or exemptions to waivers for aircraft, except a waiver to any aircraft, approved by the Under Secretary for Security of the Transportation Security Administration, to provide aerial television coverage and an aerial security platform for security personnel for any event covered under the Notices. Requires in such an instance that such Notices adhere to security requirements set forth by the Transportation Security Administration. | 2025-01-02T16:53:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5456 |
| 107-hr-5423 | 107 | hr | 5423 | To provide for the annual audit of the White County Bridge Commission, for the New Harmony Bridge over the Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, for the filling of vacancies in the membership thereof, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 2 | Requires the White County Bridge Commission to provide for the annual audit of its financial transactions (with respect to the New Harmony Bridge over the Wabash River) as prescribed by the Governors of the States of Indiana and Illinois. Directs the General Accounting Office to give advice on such audits. Requires the Commission to submit a copy of the audit report to the Governors and the Secretary of Commerce. Allows each Governor or the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the conduct of further audits as they see fit. Declares that the Commission shall bear all expenses of the annual audit.Directs the Commission to submit an annual report to the Governors and the Secretary covering operations and fiscal transactions. Allows the Commission to transfer all functions, powers, duties, and other specified elements to the highway department or other agency of either of the two States, upon which action the Commission shall cease to exist. | 2025-01-02T16:53:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5423 |
| 107-s-2966 | 107 | s | 2966 | Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2002 - Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator to develop technologies that would: (1) significantly reduce aircraft noise, harmful emissions, and fuel consumption; (2) make certain performance improvements to existing rotorcraft; and (3) enable overland flight of supersonic civil transport aircraft with certain performance characteristics. Directs the NASA Administrator to provide specified congressional committees a plan for the implementation of such initiatives.Directs the NASA Administrator to establish NASA aeronautics scholarships for U.S. citizens enrolled in accredited Masters degree programs in aeronautical engineering at institutions of higher education.Directs the Administrators of NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in a national initiative to define and develop an air traffic management system that meets national long-term aviation security, safety, and capacity needs. Sets forth certain things that the system shall do, including that it ensure seamless global operations for system users.Provides for grants from the FAA Administrator for university-based Centers for Research on Aviation Training.Authorizes appropriations for certain FAA research and development projects and activities.Requires certain aviation-related studies and assessments. | 2025-08-19T17:31:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2966 |
| 107-s-2979 | 107 | s | 2979 | A bill to identify certain routes in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota as part of the Heartland Expressway, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] | CO | R | A000109 | 2 | Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify specified routes in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota as part of the Heartland Expressway, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2979 |
| 107-s-2940 | 107 | s | 2940 | Coast Guard Readiness Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-17 | 2002-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Coast Guard Readiness Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security establish a system of Interagency Homeland Security Fusion Centers (Centers) composed of members from specified Federal agencies and foreign governments.Directs the Centers to: (1) coordinate maritime homeland security information focusing on air and sea approaches to the United States; (2) facilitate information sharing between specified Federal agencies and foreign governments; and (3) provide intelligence to the appropriate Federal Agencies concerning maritime threats to homeland security.Requires Centers to: (1) have access to all databases and information systems of member Federal agencies; (2) collect, compile, analyze, and disseminate agency information to identify and locate potential threats to homeland security; and (3) alert all pertinent government agencies regarding potential homeland security threats.Provides that no budget request submitted to Congress for FY 2004 or 2005 may contain a request for reductions in Coast Guard appropriations for specified non-homeland security mission areas below the larger of the FY 2002 or 2003 levels appropriated and allocated for each area. | 2025-08-19T17:29:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2940 |
| 107-s-2949 | 107 | s | 2949 | Aviation Security Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-17 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 7 | Aviation Security Improvement Act - Title I: Air Cargo Security - (Sec. 101) Requires the screening of cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft operated by domestic and foreign air carriers in interstate and intrastate air transportation (currently, only those transported by all-cargo aircraft).(Sec. 102) Provides for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for cargo shipment to ensure the observation of appropriate security controls. Requires the Under Secretary to enter into arrangements with the appropriate officials of foreign countries to ensure that inspections are conducted on a regular basis at shipping facilities for cargo transported in air transportation to the United States. Authorizes the Under Secretary to increase the number of inspectors to implement such requirements.(Sec. 103) Provides for an industry-wide pilot program database of known shippers of cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft of domestic or foreign air carriers in air transportation or intrastate air transportation. Requires the Under Secretary to conduct random inspections of indirect air carrier facilities to determine if they meet certain security requirements.Requires the Under Secretary to assess the security aspects of the indirect air carrier program, and report the result of the assessment, together with any recommendations for necessary modifications of the program to specified congressional committees. Requires the Under Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on random screening of air cargo security programs based on threat assessments and other relevant information.Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 104) Provides a training program for cargo handlers to ensure that cargo is properly handled and safe-guarded from security breaches.(Sec. 105) Requires air carriers operating all-cargo aircraft to have an approved plan for the security of their operations area, the cargo placed aboard the aircraft, and persons having access to their aircraft on the ground or in flight. Sets fo… | 2025-04-07T13:39:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2949 |
| 107-s-2950 | 107 | s | 2950 | National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-17 | 2002-10-10 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 699. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 5 | Title I: NTSB Authorization - National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2002 - (Sec. 102) Amends Federal transportation law to reauthorize appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005 for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Authorizes appropriations necessary to increase the NTSB emergency fund to, and maintain it at, a level not to exceed $3 million (such amount available for NTSB expenses for accident investigations).Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005 for the NTSB for necessary expenses of the NTSB Academy. Authorizes the NTSB to impose and collect a fee as an offsetting collection for NTSB Academy services.Directs the NTSB to report annually to Congress on NTSB Academy activities and operations.(Sec. 103) Requires the NTSB, in cases where it has relinquished investigative priority with respect to an aircraft accident or a railroad accident, to assist the agency to which it has relinquished such priority in assisting families with respect to the accident.Requires the NTSB and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to revise their 1977 agreement on the investigation of accidents to take into account the amendments made by this section and to submit a copy of the revised agreement to specified congressional committees.(Sec. 104) Authorizes the NTSB, with respect to its duties to investigate transportation-related accidents, to enter into contracts without regard to laws requiring a competitive bid process if it is necessary to expedite an investigation. Requires the NTSB, as a component of its annual report to Congress, to include an enumeration of each contract for $25,000 or more executed during the preceding calendar year.Title II: Child Passenger Safety - Anton's Law - (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish certain performance requirements for child restraints, including booster seats, for the restraint of children weighing more than 50 pounds.(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressiona… | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2950 |
| 107-s-2951 | 107 | s | 2951 | Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-17 | 2002-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 3 | Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Act of 2002 - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal aviation law to authorize appropriations out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 2003 through 2005 for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for specified aviation research and development (R&D) projects.(Sec. 3) Requires the Administrators of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to submit to specified congressional committees an updated integrated civil aviation R&D plan that coordinates national aviation safety and security research programs of NASA, the FAA, and the TSA.(Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to continue the program to consider awards to nonprofit concrete pavement research foundations to improve the design, construction, rehabilitation, and repair of rigid concrete airfield pavements to aid in the development of safer, more cost-effective, and more durable airfield pavements.(Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to review and determine, and report the results to specified congressional committees on, whether FAA standards for airfield pavements are in accordance with its standard 20-year-life requirement using the most up-to-date available information on the life of airfield pavements.(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator of the FAA, in coordination with the Administrator of NASA, to participate in a national air traffic management R&D initiative designed to meet national long-term aviation security, safety, and capacity needs.(Sec. 7) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council to assess, and report the results to specified congressional committees on, the FAA's proposed wake turbulence R&D program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003.(Sec. 8) Authorizes the FAA to conduct research to promote the development of analytical tools to i… | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2951 |
| 107-hr-5381 | 107 | hr | 5381 | Anton's Law | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-12 | 2002-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 2 | Anton's Law - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a safety standard for booster seats used in passenger motor vehicles as a form of child restraint. Directs the Secretary to complete a rulemaking proceeding to amend certain Code of Federal Regulations motor vehicle safety standards in order to: (1) require each seat belt assembly in the rear seats of a passenger motor vehicle to be a lap and shoulder belt assembly; and (2) apply such requirement to passenger motor vehicles beginning after the production year in which such regulations are prescribed in compliance with the implementation of a certain phase-in schedule.Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to extend the occupant protection incentive grants program for a two-year period.Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Secretary to make: (1) a basic grant to any State that enacts a child restraint law by October 1, 2003; and (2) a supplemental grant to any such State if the child restraint law is an enhanced child restraint law. Sets forth certain grant requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:32:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5381 |
| 107-s-2906 | 107 | s | 2906 | Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and Development Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-09-05 | 2002-09-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8305) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 5 | Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and Development Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and carry out a program to make allocations to States for projects to expand eligible two-lane highways in rural areas to four-lane highways. Authorizes the Secretary to make allocations only for projects that are on the National Highway System (NHS) or a high priority corridor identified under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.Directs the Secretary to give priority to projects: (1) to improve highway safety on the most dangerous rural two-lane highways on the NHS; (2) carried out on rural highways with respect to which the annual volume of commercial vehicle traffic has increased since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act or is expected to increase after this Act's enactment; (3) carried out on rural highways with high levels of commercial truck traffic; and (4) on highway corridors that will help stimulate regional economic growth and development in rural areas. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2906 |
| 107-s-2861 | 107 | s | 2861 | Transportation Empowerment Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, the interstate and Indian reservation bridge program, the Federal lands highways program, public lands highways, parkways and park roads, highway safety programs, highway safety research and development, and transportation research.Amends provisions regarding transferability of funds to authorize a State, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use such funds for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the State.Repeals provisions regarding the apportionment formula for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Sets forth provisions regarding the apportionment of funds to the States for interstate maintenance.Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) extend the availability of HTF funds for authorized expenditures; (2) set a core programs financing rate for gasoline, special motor fuels, kerosene, and diesel fuel; (3) establish in HTF an Infrastructure Special Assistance Fund; and (4) provide for the return of excess tax receipts to States for transportation purposes.Grants congressional consent to States to enter into interstate transportation compacts for specified purposes.Sets forth provisions regarding financing and authority of infrastructure banks.Amends the IRC to reduce taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and special fuels funding HTF.Makes this Act contingent upon certification by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget that this Act is deficit neutral and meets specified requirements regarding discretionary spending limits. | 2025-08-19T17:32:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2861 |
| 107-s-2884 | 107 | s | 2884 | MEGA RED TRANS Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 10 | Maximum Economic Growth for America through Investment in Rural, Elderly, and Disabled Transit Act (or the MEGA RED TRANS Act) - Amends Federal transportation law to set forth certain minimum funding levels of amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) formula grants and loans to States to provide mass transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities and in non-urbanized areas; and (2) block grants to States for mass transportation service projects in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000.Establishes an essential bus service program under which States provide essential bus service between rural areas and primary airports, and between rural areas and stations for intercity passenger rail service, and appropriate intermediate or nearby points.Sets forth certain requirements regarding the Federal share of eligible project costs or eligible operating costs with respect to funds distributed for transit projects after FY 2004.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require interest that is accrued on balances in the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to be credited to such account. | 2025-08-19T17:29:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2884 |
| 107-s-2895 | 107 | s | 2895 | Comprehensive Seaport and Container Security Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7961-7964) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 3 | Comprehensive Seaport and Container Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security of the Transportation Security Administration to designate a Director of the Port who will be the primary authority responsible for security at each U.S. seaport to coordinate security and be the point of contact on seaport security issues for civilian port entities there.Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to implement a data collection system to compile data related to crimes at or affecting U.S. seaports.Requires U.S. seaports that receive cargo from a foreign country to allow the use of office and inspection space by U.S. Customs Service officers at no cost to the Customs Service.Directs the Commissioner of Customs to issue regulations transferring the responsibility to license, and revoke or suspend a license of, ocean transportation intermediaries from the Federal Maritime Commission to the Commissioner of Customs.Directs the Commissioner of Customs to submit to Congress a plan to station inspectors from the Customs Service, other Federal agencies, or the private sector at foreign facilities of manufacturers or common carriers to profile and inspect merchandise and containers prepared for shipment on vessels arriving at U.S. ports or U.S. places.Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the advanced electronic transmission of cargo manifest information.Increases civil penalties for vessel owners who falsify or fail to produce a manifest. Sets forth criminal penalties for any person who provides false information with respect to the shipment of merchandise bound for the United States. Increases civil penalties for vessel, aircraft, or vehicle owners for violation of certain arrival, reporting, entry, and clearance requirements.Directs the Commissioner of Customs to develop a shipment profiling plan to track containers and shipments of merchandise imported into the United States for the purpose of identifying any shipment before it is transported to a U.S. seaport that … | 2025-08-19T17:31:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2895 |
| 107-s-2831 | 107 | s | 2831 | Airline Worker Relief Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-31 | 2002-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Carnahan, Jean [D-MO] | MO | D | C001043 | 0 | Airline Worker Relief Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide adjustment assistance (similar to assistance provided to workers adversely affected by import competition under the Trade Act of 1974) to certain eligible airline workers who lost their jobs as the result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. | 2025-08-19T17:30:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2831 |
| 107-hres-511 | 107 | hres | 511 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that funding should be made available from the Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of those charged with driving while intoxicated and to issue responsibility warnings to those who take custody of suspects of driving while intoxicated. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1418) | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 0 | Urges funding be made available from the Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to: (1) impound motor vehicles of individuals charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; and (2) issue responsibility warnings to individuals who take custody of suspects of driving while intoxicated. | 2025-01-02T16:43:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-resolution/511 |
| 107-s-2804 | 107 | s | 2804 | A bill to amend the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to reaffirm and revise the designation of America's National Maritime Museum, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 8 | Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to: (1) revise the designation of museums composing the America's National Maritime Museum; and (2) designate specified new museums to be museums of the America's National Maritime Museum. | 2025-04-07T13:37:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2804 |
| 107-s-2805 | 107 | s | 2805 | John's Law of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7432) | Senate | Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | C001042 | 1 | John's Law of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified Federal highway funds from a State that fails to enact and enforce a law that requires: (1) an agency to provide an individual summoned to transport or accompany a person who has been arrested for public intoxication with a written statement advising that individual of his or her potential criminal and civil liability for permitting or facilitating the arrestee's operation of a motor vehicle while the arrestee remains intoxicated; and (2) a law enforcement agency to impound the vehicle of a person arrested for public intoxication for a period of 12 hours or until such later time as the person is able to operate the vehicle in a safe manner and not in violation of driving while intoxicated laws.Allows withheld funds to: (1) remain available for apportionment to the State (once it meets Act requirements) for four years; (2) remain available for expenditure for three fiscal years after apportionment; and (3) be redistributed to other States if the originally targeted State is not in compliance, or the funds are not obligated for expenditure, within such periods. | 2025-08-19T17:29:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2805 |
| 107-hr-5216 | 107 | hr | 5216 | National Defense Rail Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-25 | 2002-07-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1470) | House | Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-10] | IN | D | C000191 | 22 | National Defense Rail Act - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak security assistance. Requires studies or assessments of: (1) foreign rail transport security programs; (2) the feasibility of passenger, baggage, and cargo screening; (3) existing rail safety regulations; (4) security priorities; and (5) rail crossing delay security issues.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a national high-speed ground transportation policy; and (2) provide 100 percent financial assistance to develop and implement high-speed rail corridors according to designated priorities, including the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings.Requires such projects to comply with specified labor standards, including the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.Defines the national rail passenger transportation system. Authorizes Amtrak to operate an intercity rail service or route not included in such system. Authorizes additional appropriations for Amtrak for principal and interest, compliance with environmental laws, and improving accessibility for the elderly and persons with disabilities. Repeals the requirement that Amtrak be self-sufficient. Authorizes appropriations for the Northeast Corridor, long and short distance trains, and State-supported routes.Directs the Secretary to re-establish the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee. Revises requirements concerning the Amtrak board of directors. Requires an independent audit of Amtrak operations.Revises requirements of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 concerning loans and loan guarantees.Directs the Secretary to establish a rail passenger cooperative research program, including an advisory board. | 2025-08-19T17:31:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5216 |
| 107-s-2771 | 107 | s | 2771 | John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-22 | 2002-07-26 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 0 | John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to undertake activities necessary to plan, design, engineer, and construct a Plaza (other than buildings) adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including improved bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular access to and round the Center.Authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Center to undertake activities on the Plaza necessary to facilitate the project, including construction of buildings on the Plaza.Allows the Board to acknowledge private contributions used in construction only in the interior, not on the exterior, of the buildings.Grants the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as necessary to meet project requirements and needs, exclusive authority to: (1) modify the permanent system of District highways; (2) convey any interest in real estate (including air rights or air space) owned or controlled by the District; and (3) enter into memoranda of agreement with the Board and any Federal or other governmental agency.Declares that upon completion of the Project the responsibility for maintenance and oversight of roadways, sidewalks, and green spaces shall remain with the owner of the affected property. Declares that the Board shall own, operate, and maintain the buildings and green spaces established on the Plaza.Authorizes the Secretary to realign national highways related to Project changes and improve direct access and egress between Interstate Route 66 and the Center.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2010. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2771 |
| 107-hr-5157 | 107 | hr | 5157 | To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to allow transit systems in urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-18 | 2002-10-01 | Became Public Law No: 107-232. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 46 | Amends Federal transportation law with respect to urbanized area formula grants for capital projects and the planning and improvement costs of equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance items for use in mass transportation.Makes a special rule for FY 2003 authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to make such grants from FY 2003 funds to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in mass transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 as determined under the 2000 Federal decennial census of population, if: (1) the urbanized area had a population under 200,000 in the 1990 census; (2) a portion of the area was a separate urbanized area with a population under 200,000 in the 1990 census; or (3) the area was not designated as a urbanized area in the 1990 census.Limits such amounts: (1) for the first two described areas to the amount apportioned in FY 2002 to such areas; and (2) for urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population according to the 2000 census, to the amount apportioned for FY 2003. | 2025-04-07T13:39:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5157 |
| 107-hr-5135 | 107 | hr | 5135 | Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] | TX | R | G000377 | 29 | Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security of the Transportation Security Administration to notify the owner or operator of each U.S. airport of the number and type of explosive detection systems that will be required to be deployed at the airport in order to screen all checked baggage without imposing unreasonable delays on the passengers. Requires each owner or operator to: (1) notify the Under Secretary by a specified date if they are not able to make modifications to the airport's terminal buildings that are necessary to accommodate the explosive detection systems; and (2) develop a plan, if notice is given, by a specified date for making necessary modifications to the terminal buildings so as to deploy and fully utilize explosive detection systems to screen all checked baggage. Requires the Under Secretary to carry out demonstration projects for the installation and testing of alternative explosive detection systems at not less than five U.S. airports. Sets forth certain plan and demonstration requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:29:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5135 |
| 107-hr-5142 | 107 | hr | 5142 | LAX Contour Expansion Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | LAX Contour Expansion Act - Provides that the standard for soundproofing a residential building under specified Federal law (relating to noise measurement, exposure systems, and land use compatible with noise exposure) for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) shall be a community noise equivalent level of 60 decibels instead of 65 decibels. Declares that the submission to the Secretary of Transportation by the operator of LAX of a certain noise exposure map shall not affect the eligibility of a residential building that was eligible on June 1, 2002, for certain noise mitigation assistance. | 2025-08-19T17:29:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5142 |
| 107-hr-5143 | 107 | hr | 5143 | Priority for LAX Airport Noise Elimination Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Priority for LAX Airport Noise Elimination Act - Amends Federal aviation law to make Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) a priority airport for purposes of receiving grants for airport noise compatibility planning and programs. | 2025-08-19T17:31:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5143 |
| 107-hr-5144 | 107 | hr | 5144 | Careful Airport Planning for Southern California Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 1 | Careful Airport Planning for Southern California Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving any revision or modification of the airport layout plan for Los Angeles International Airport if it could result in an increase in the number of air passengers at the airport to a level exceeding 78 million air passengers per year. | 2025-08-19T17:33:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5144 |
| 107-s-2735 | 107 | s | 2735 | Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] | NV | R | E000194 | 1 | Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security of the Transportation Security Administration to notify the owner or operator of each U.S. airport of the number and type of explosive detection systems that will be required to be deployed at the airport in order to screen all checked baggage without imposing unreasonable delays on the passengers. Requires each owner or operator to: (1) notify the Under Secretary by a specified date if they are not able to make modifications to the airport's terminal buildings that are necessary to accommodate the explosive detection systems; and (2) develop a plan, if notice is given, by a specified date for making necessary modifications to the terminal buildings so as to deploy and fully utilize explosive detection systems to screen all checked baggage. Requires the Under Secretary to carry out demonstration projects for the installation and testing of alternative explosive detection systems at not less than five U.S. airports. Sets forth certain plan and demonstration requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:30:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2735 |
| 107-hr-5020 | 107 | hr | 5020 | Emergency Directed Rail Service Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 4 | Emergency Directed Rail Service Act - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Surface Transportation Board, in order to promote commerce and service to the public, to direct the continued operation of freight or commuter rail passenger transportation operations in the case of a failure caused by a cessation of service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Authorizes the Board to provide funding (including the payment of increased insurance premiums) to support such operations. | 2025-08-19T17:31:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5020 |
| 107-hr-5024 | 107 | hr | 5024 | To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan guarantee available to Amtrak. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 23 | Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make available to Amtrak a loan guarantee in the amount of $270 million for Amtrak capital expenditures and operating expenses. | 2025-04-07T13:39:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5024 |
| 107-s-2686 | 107 | s | 2686 | Airport Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6130) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 2 | Airport Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal aviation law to apply to a non-Federal employer of airport security screening personnel, including a State or municipal government, an airport authority, a contractor, or an employer of private screening personnel certain whistleblower provisions prohibiting discrimination by an air carrier or contractor or subcontractor of an air carrier against an airline employee who: (1) provides information to the employer or the Federal Government about any alleged violation of Federal Aviation Administration regulations or Federal law relating to air carrier safety; (2) files a related proceeding; or (3) testifies or otherwise assists or participates in such proceeding.Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to apply certain whistleblower protections to Federal airport security personnel. | 2025-08-19T17:31:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2686 |
| 107-s-2687 | 107 | s | 2687 | National Defense Rail Connection Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6130-6131) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | National Defense Rail Connection Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, for purposes of national defense and economic development, to identify a proposed national defense railroad-utility corridor linking the existing corridor of the Alaska Railroad to the vicinity of the proposed National Missile Defense facilities at Fort Greely, Alaska.Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the corridor identification, to include issues related to the further extension of such corridor to a connection with the nearest appropriate terminus of the North American rail network in Canada. | 2025-08-19T17:32:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2687 |
| 107-hr-5012 | 107 | hr | 5012 | John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-25 | 2002-09-18 | Became Public Law No: 107-224. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 6 | John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to undertake activities necessary to plan, design, engineer, and construct a Plaza (other than buildings) adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including improved bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular access to and round the Center.Authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Center to undertake activities on the Plaza necessary to facilitate the project, including construction of buildings.Allows the Board to acknowledge private contributions used in construction only in the interior, not on the exterior, of the buildings.Grants the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as necessary to meet project requirements and needs, exclusive authority to: (1) modify the permanent system of District highways; (2) convey any interest in real estate (including air rights or air space) owned or controlled by the District; and (3) enter into memoranda of agreement with the Board and any Federal or other governmental agency.Declares that upon completion of the Project the responsibility for maintenance and oversight of roadways, sidewalks, and green spaces shall remain with the owner of the affected property. Declares that the Board shall own, operate, and maintain the buildings and green spaces established on the Plaza.Authorizes the Secretary to realign national highways related to Project changes and improve direct access and egress between Interstate Route 66 and the Center.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2010. | 2025-04-07T13:39:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5012 |
| 107-hr-5014 | 107 | hr | 5014 | Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-25 | 2002-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2002 - Amends Federal aviation law to provide a credit to an owner or operator of an airport that allows the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the head of a State or local agency to utilize the airport to respond to a disaster or emergency. Allows application of such credit toward the non-Federal share of allowable project costs for projects carried out under the airport improvement program. Declares that such credit shall be in an amount equal to the revenues that the airport lost, including operational costs that were incurred by the owner or operator, during the period of such utilization. | 2025-08-19T17:28:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5014 |
| 107-s-2668 | 107 | s | 2668 | Air Cargo Security Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-21 | 2002-11-18 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11304) | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 1 | Air Cargo Security Act - Amends Federal aviation law to require the screening of cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft operated by domestic and foreign air carriers in interstate and intrastate air transportation (currently, only those transported by all-cargo aircraft).Sets forth certain measures to increase the safety and security of air cargo, including the establishment of systems that: (1) are capable of providing an unbroken, verifiable record of custody of cargo transported in interstate and intrastate air transportation, and that every person having custody of such cargo from the time it leaves the shipper until it is loaded aboard the aircraft is known and properly certified; (2) provide the certification of shippers and cargo transportation service providers that includes the assignment of an encrypted identifier that must be presented to domestic and foreign air carriers before cargo may be accepted for shipment; and (3) provide for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for cargo shipments. | 2025-08-19T17:32:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2668 |
| 107-hr-4976 | 107 | hr | 4976 | Burton Greene Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-20 | 2002-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 3 | Burton Greene Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation, beginning on October 1, 2006, to transfer two percent of a State's Federal-aid highway funds to that State's apportionment solely for impaired driving programs if the State has not enacted or is not enforcing a higher risk impaired driver law.Defines such a law as one that provides certain minimum penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI) within a minimum of five consecutive years, of DWI or DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent or greater, or of driving-while-suspended if the suspension was the result of a DUI conviction; or (2) refusing a blood alcohol concentration test while under arrest or investigation for involvement in a fatal or serious injury crash.Includes among such penalties: (1) driver's license suspension; (2) motor vehicle impoundment or immobilization; (3) assessment by a certified substance abuse official and assignment to treatment; (4) imprisonment, attachment of an electronic monitoring device, or assignment to a DUI/DWI specialty facility; (5) a $1,000 fine; (6) required restitution; (7) probation; and (8) required attendance of a treatment program and a victim impact panel. | 2025-08-19T17:28:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4976 |
| 107-s-2656 | 107 | s | 2656 | A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the United States or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-20 | 2002-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5857-5858) | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security for the Transportation Security Administration to develop, and report to specified congressional committees on, a cargo security plan to ensure the adequacy of security measures for the transportation of cargo into and in the United States, and oversee the implementation of security measures with respect to cargo at airports and other transportation facilities. | 2025-04-07T13:37:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2656 |
| 107-s-2646 | 107 | s | 2646 | National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program Establishment Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-19 | 2002-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5776-5777) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program Establishment Act - Establishes the National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program to complete an advanced transportation simulation model and support early deployment of computer software and graphics packages for the model to Federal and State agencies for national, regional, or statewide transportation planning. Sets forth certain program requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:31:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2646 |
| 107-s-2642 | 107 | s | 2642 | A bill to require background checks of alien flight school applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of the aircraft for which they seek training, and to require a report on the effectiveness of the requirement. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-18 | 2002-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5712) | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 6 | Amends Federal aviation law to require a background check of alien flight school applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of the aircraft for which they seek training. (Currently, a background check is required for aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or more.) Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General to report jointly to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the background check requirement. | 2025-04-07T13:37:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2642 |
| 107-hr-4925 | 107 | hr | 4925 | To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide an exemption from Interstate System weight limitations for milk hauling vehicles in the State of Connecticut. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-12 | 2002-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S001152 | 3 | Amends Federal highway provisions to authorize the State of Connecticut to allow, by special permit, the operation of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of up to 99,000 pounds for the hauling of milk in liquid form on Interstate System highways in the State (thus providing an exemption from Interstate System weight limitations). | 2025-01-02T16:52:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4925 |
| 107-hr-4871 | 107 | hr | 4871 | To designate Pennsylvania State Route 60 and United States Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-05 | 2002-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | H001033 | 0 | Designates a certain segment of Pennsylvania State Route 60 and a segment of U.S. Routes 22 and 30 (all to be later designated as Interstate Route 376) as future parts of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. | 2025-01-02T16:52:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4871 |
| 107-s-2580 | 107 | s | 2580 | Fatal Grade Crossing Accident Investigations Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-06-05 | 2002-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 0 | Fatal Grade Crossing Accident Investigations Act - Amends Federal transportation law to require the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate all railroad grade crossing accidents that involve a fatality or substantial property damage. | 2025-08-19T17:29:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2580 |
| 107-s-2554 | 107 | s | 2554 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism and Cabin Defense Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-23 | 2002-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4842-4843) | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 27 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism and Cabin Defense Act of 2002 - Amends federal law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish a program to: (1) deputize volunteer qualified pilots of commercial cargo or passenger aircraft as Federal flight deck officers; and (2) provide training, supervision, and equipment for such officers.Authorizes flight deck officers to carry firearms and to use force, including lethal force, when they judge the security of an aircraft is at risk. Shields air carriers from liability for damages in Federal or State court arising out of the actions or omissions of a flight deck officer defending a plane from criminal violence or air piracy. Shields flight deck officers from liability except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.Directs the Under Secretary to prescribe requirements for an air carrier cabin crew training program and its instructors. Shields an air carrier liability for actions or omissions of training instructors or cabin crew in defending an aircraft. Shields training instructors and cabin crew from liability except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.Directs the Under Secretary to form an Aviation Crew Self-Defense Division within the Transportation Security Administration to develop and implement the program for training cabin crew members.Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to study and report to Congress on whether possession of a nonlethal weapon by a member of an air carrier's cabin crew would aid the flight deck crew in combating air piracy and criminal violence on commercial airlines. | 2025-08-19T17:30:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2554 |
| 107-s-2546 | 107 | s | 2546 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-22 | 2002-06-04 | Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation by unanimous consent. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act - Amends Federal law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish a program to: (1) deputize qualified volunteer pilots of passenger aircraft as Federal flight deck officers; and (2) provide training, supervision, and equipment for such officers.Directs the Under Secretary to authorize flight deck officers to carry firearms and to use force, including lethal force, when they judge the security of an aircraft is at risk. Shields air carriers from liability for damages in Federal or State court arising out of the actions or omissions of a flight deck officer defending a plane from criminal violence or air piracy. Shields flight deck officers from liability except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct. | 2025-08-19T17:28:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2546 |
| 107-hr-4761 | 107 | hr | 4761 | Railroad Safety Reform Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-16 | 2002-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 4 | Railroad Safety Reform Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to revise: (1) the hours of duty limitations with respect to train employees, signal employees, dispatching service employees, and power directors; and (2) certain sleeping quarters limitations with respect to train employees (including signal employees), and individuals employed to maintain the right of way of a railroad carrier. Requires the carrier to provide, among other things, a separate bedroom for each employee or individual.Requires each Class I and Class II railroad carrier to submit to the Secretary of Transportation a fatigue management plan designed to reduce fatigue experienced by railroad employees and the likelihood of accidents and injuries caused by such fatigue.Sets forth certain limitations on duty hours of transport vehicle drivers.Revises certain employee protection requirements prohibiting a railroad carrier from discharging or discriminating against an employee. Prohibits the carrier from threatening, intimidating, or disciplining for, or preventing an employee from notifying such carrier of certain railroad accident/injury-related or hazardous condition information.Makes it unlawful for any person to interfere with a railroad safety investigation, or to influence the testimony of any person or prevent a person from attending such investigation.Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.Revises grade crossing safety requirements to require each railroad carrier to: (1) establish a toll-free telephone service to report grade crossing problems; (2) notify trains operating near a grade crossing of any problems there; and (3) ensure placement of signs at each grade crossing displaying toll-free telephone information.Prescribes requirements for: (1) all passenger railroad cars to have emergency windows; (2) installation of passenger railroad signals; and (3) internal and compartmentalized fuel tanks on passenger locomotives.Sets forth certain railroad safety rulemaking and enforcement provisions. | 2025-08-19T17:30:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4761 |
| 107-s-2503 | 107 | s | 2503 | Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-10 | 2002-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 0 | Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize an individual who has not passed commercial motor vehicle written and driving tests meeting certain minimum Federal standards to operate a commercial motor vehicle solely within the borders of a State (intrastate) if such individual meets State-prescribed minimum standards for fitness for operating a commercial motor vehicle and has passed written and driving tests meeting those same standards. Requires States to test the fitness of commercial motor vehicle operators who operate intrastate, including the passing of a written and driving test, consistent with either the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation or State-prescribed minimum standards. | 2025-08-19T17:27:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2503 |
| 107-s-2497 | 107 | s | 2497 | A bill to prohibit the opening of cockpit doors in flight. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-09 | 2002-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit the opening of the cockpit door of a passenger aircraft while in flight, unless: (1) the cockpit has double doors monitored by remote camera, the first of which (mantrap door) must be locked before the second can be opened; and (2) the flight crew can prevent unlocking of the door to the flight deck. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2497 |
| 107-hr-4650 | 107 | hr | 4650 | Aviation Biometric Badge Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 2 | Aviation Biometric Badge Act - Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to require by regulation that each security screener (or employee who has unescorted access, or may permit other individuals to have unescorted access, to an aircraft or a secured area of the airport) be issued a biometric security badge that identifies a person by fingerprint or retinal recognition. | 2025-08-19T17:30:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4650 |
| 107-hr-4653 | 107 | hr | 4653 | Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-02 | 2002-06-17 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3582-3584) | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 48 | Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2002 - Establishes an Office of Aeronautics responsible for planning, budgeting, and managing all aeronautics research, development, and demonstration activities undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Directs the NASA Administrator to establish certain initiatives to develop technologies that would: (1) significantly reduce aircraft noise, harmful emissions, and fuel consumption; (2) make certain performance improvements to existing rotorcraft; and (3) enable overland flight of supersonic civil transport aircraft with certain performance characteristics. Directs the NASA Administrator to provide specified congressional committees a plan for the implementation of such initiatives.Directs the NASA Administrator to: (1) award grants to establish university-based Centers for Research on Aviation Training; and (2) establish NASA aeronautics scholarships for U.S. citizens enrolled in accredited Masters degree programs in aeronautical engineering at institutions of higher education.Authorizes appropriations for certain Federal Aviation Administration research and development projects and activities.Requires certain aviation-related studies and assessments. | 2025-08-19T17:28:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4653 |
| 107-hr-4633 | 107 | hr | 4633 | Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-01 | 2002-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 2 | Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002 - Amends Federal highway provisions to require each State, within five years, to have in effect a driver's license and identification card program under which a State shall: (1) include in each new or renewed license or card a computer chip containing card or license text data in electronic form, biometric data on the license or card holder, and security features or optical image layers to assist in visual verification that the license or card is valid; (2) obtain and maintain such biometric data; (3) participate in a program to link State motor vehicle databases electronically; and (4) implement procedures for accurately documenting the identity and residence of an individual before issuing a license or card.Authorizes grants to each State: (1) by the Secretary of Transportation to assist in developing and implementing such program and computer technologies and databases required to link State motor vehicle databases; and (2) the National Science Foundation for implementing programs that utilize such embedded computer chips for innovative uses that enhance government services.Sets forth requirements regarding transition from the National Driver Register.Prohibits forgery or false use of, tampering with, or unlawfully accessing data in a driver's license or identification card. | 2025-08-19T17:30:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4633 |
| 107-hr-4635 | 107 | hr | 4635 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-05-01 | 2002-07-15 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 56 | Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act - Amends Federal law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security (in the Transportation Security Administration) to establish a two-year pilot program to: (1) deputize volunteer pilots of air carriers as Federal law enforcement officers to defend the flight decks of aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy (Federal flight deck officers); and (2) provide training, supervision, and equipment for such officers.(Sec. 2) Requires the Under Secretary to begin the process of training and deputizing qualified pilots to be Federal flight deck officers under the program. Allows the Under Secretary to request another Federal agency to deputize such officers.Directs the Under Secretary to authorize flight deck officers to carry firearms and to use force, including lethal force, according to standards and circumstances the Under Secretary prescribes. Shields air carriers from liability for damages in Federal or State court arising out of a Federal flight deck officer's use of or failure to use a firearm. Shields flight deck officers from liability for acts or omissions in defending the flight deck of an aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.Declares that if an accidental discharge of a firearm results in the injury or death of a passenger or crew member on the aircraft, the Under Secretary: (1) shall revoke the deputization of the responsible Federal flight deck officer if such discharge was attributable to the officer's negligence; and (2) may temporarily suspend the pilot program if the Under Secretary determines that a shortcoming in standards, training, or procedures was responsible for the accidental discharge.Prohibits an air carrier from prohibiting or threatening any retaliatory action against a pilot for becoming a Federal flight deck officer.Declares the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security, and that nothing in this Act s… | 2025-04-07T13:40:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4635 |
| 107-hr-4615 | 107 | hr | 4615 | To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify a route that passes through the State of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-25 | 2002-04-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 6 | Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (or SPIRIT Corridor), which extends along U.S. Route 54 from its starting point in Texas on the border between the United States and Mexico, through New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and ending in Wichita, Kansas. | 2025-04-07T13:37:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4615 |
| 107-s-2329 | 107 | s | 2329 | Ship, Seafarer, and Container Security Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-25 | 2002-05-17 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 5 | Ship, Seafarer, and Container Security Act - Requires certain vessels to be equipped with an automatic identification system when operating in U.S. navigable waters. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking to implement such requirement.Urges the Secretary to negotiate an international agreement (or amendments to such an agreement) that: (1) provides for a uniform, comprehensive, international system of identification for seafarers that will enable the United States and other countries to establish the identity of any seafarer aboard a vessel within the jurisdiction, including the territorial waters, of the United States or such other country; (2) provides greater transparency with respect to the registration and ownership of vessels entering or operating in U.S. territorial waters; and (3) establishes marine container integrity and anti-tampering standards for marine containers. Requires the Secretary to submit draft legislation to specified congressional committees if negotiations do not result in an agreement or the amendment process fails within a specified period after enactment of this Act.Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish: (1) a risk-based system for use in evaluating the potential threat to the national security of the United States of vessels entering U.S. territorial waters; and (2) a system of security zones for U.S. ports, territorial waters, and waterways. | 2025-08-19T17:30:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2329 |
| 107-s-2242 | 107 | s | 2242 | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of tolls from vehicles or military equipment under the actual physical control of a uniformed member of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-24 | 2002-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 1 | Amends Federal law to prohibit the collection of tolls from vehicles and military equipment owned by the Department of Defense for the use of any toll facility (toll highway, bridge, or tunnel on a public road, or toll ferry boat operating on a route classified as a public road) when the vehicle or military equipment is under the actual physical control of a uniformed member of the Armed Forces. | 2025-04-07T13:37:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2242 |
| 107-s-2245 | 107 | s | 2245 | Railroad Competition, Arbitration, and Service Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-24 | 2002-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 4 | Railroad Competition, Arbitration, and Service Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to declare the primary objectives of U.S. rail transportation policy with respect to rail carrier competition, reasonable rates, and consistent and efficient rail transportation service for shippers.Requires arbitration of certain rail rate, service, and other disputes according to specified procedures.Prohibits the Surface Transportation Board from issuing a railroad construction and operation certificate authorizing a specified activity, or exempting from certificate requirements an activity involving a railroad line interest transfer by a Class I rail carrier to a Class II or III rail carrier, if the activity directly or indirectly would result in a restriction of: (1) the ability of the Class II or Class III rail carrier to interchange traffic with other carriers; or (2) competition between or among rail carriers in the region affected by the activity in a manner or to an extent that would violate Federal antitrust laws. Prescribes a process for review of any alleged restriction.Authorizes any person who uses or seeks to use rail service for major train load shipments to or from a facility that has physical access solely to one rail carrier to request, according to a specified procedure, that rail service for such shipments be provided by an existing Class I, Class II, or Class III rail carrier, or a new rail service meeting certain requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:28:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2245 |
| 107-hr-4545 | 107 | hr | 4545 | Amtrak Reauthorization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-23 | 2002-05-08 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 3 | Amtrak Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak for FY 2003 for: (1) capital expenditures; (2) operating expenses; (3) payment to the Treasury in an amount equal to the tax Amtrak must pay as an employer under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act that is more than the amount needed for anticipated benefits for Amtrak retirees and for their beneficiaries; and (4) certain rail security projects.Requires Amtrak to transmit to the Secretary of Transportation a comprehensive business plan, including targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses, and quarterly assessments of the extent to which the business plan goals have been achieved. | 2025-08-19T17:30:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4545 |
| 107-hr-4481 | 107 | hr | 4481 | Airport Streamlining Approval Process Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-18 | 2002-07-11 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 18 | Airport Streamlining Approval Process Act of 2002 - (Sec. 3) Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take action to encourage the construction of airport capacity enhancement projects at congested airports.(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a coordinated review process for such projects, which shall provide that all environmental reviews, analyses, opinions, permits, licenses, and approvals that must be issued or made by a Federal agency or airport sponsor for such a project will be conducted concurrently in cooperation with all Federal and State agencies with jurisdiction over environmental-related matters.Requires: (1) the Secretary determine the reasonable alternatives to an airport capacity enhancement project at a congested airport; and (2) any other participating Federal or State agency to consider only those alternatives the Secretary has determined are reasonable.Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of an airport sponsor for a congested airport, to approve a restriction on use of a runway to be constructed at the airport to minimize potentially significant adverse noise impacts from the runway only if the restriction is necessary and the most appropriate and cost-effective measure (taking into consideration associated environmental trade-offs) to mitigate such impacts and expedite runway construction.Authorizes the Secretary, in specified circumstances, to allow an airport sponsor carrying out such a project to make payments, out of airport revenues (including local taxes on aviation fuel), for measures to mitigate the environmental impacts of the project, including aircraft noise.Permits the FAA Administrator to accept funds from an airport sponsor to hire additional staff or obtain the services of consultants in order to facilitate the timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with an airport development project.Authorizes appropriations to facilitate ti… | 2025-04-07T13:40:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4481 |
| 107-hr-4466 | 107 | hr | 4466 | National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-04-17 | 2002-06-05 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 5 | National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Title I: NTSB Reauthorization - (Sec. 101) Amends Federal transportation law to reauthorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for FY 2003 through 2005. Authorizes appropriations necessary to increase the NTSB emergency fund to, and maintain it at, a level not to exceed $6 million (currently, $2 million is available for NTSB expenses for accident investigations).Authorizes appropriations to the NTSB for FY 2003 through 2005 for necessary expenses of the NTSB Academy.(Sec. 102) Requires a NTSB employee, in any case in which he or she determines that an accident has occurred during the operation of an aircraft, to notify the aircraft's owner or operator of the right to appeal such determination to the NTSB. Limits such appeals to cases where loss of life does not occur.(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to Congress and the NTSB on the regulatory status of each significant safety recommendation made by the NTSB to the Secretary (or to an Administration within the Department of Transportation (DOT)), and to continue to report on the status of each such recommendation in each subsequent year until final regulatory action is taken on the recommendation or the Secretary (or Administration within DOT) determines that no action should be taken.(Sec. 104) Requires the NTSB, in cases where it has relinquished investigative priority with respect to an aircraft accident or a railroad accident, to assist, to the maximum extent possible, the agency to which it has relinquished investigative priority in assisting families with respect to the accident.Requires the NTSB and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to revise their 1977 agreement on the investigation of accidents to take into account the amendments made by this Act, and to submit a copy of the revised agreement to specified congressional committees.(Sec. 106) Directs the NTSB to study and report to specified congressional committees… | 2025-04-07T15:35:42Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4466 |
| 107-s-2071 | 107 | s | 2071 | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of tolls from vehicles or military equipment under the actual physical control of a uniformed member of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-22 | 2002-03-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2330) | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Prohibits any toll from being collected from any military vehicle or equipment owned by the Department of Defense for the use of any toll highway, bridge, tunnel, or ferry when such vehicle or equipment is under actual physical control of a member of the armed forces.Requires any such toll facility, during a period of national emergency declared by the President and upon request of the Secretary of Defense, to reserve a toll lane for the exclusive use of such vehicles or equipment. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2071 |
| 107-hr-4016 | 107 | hr | 4016 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the time during which air carrier liability for third party damages as a result of a terrorist attack may be limited, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 1 | Amends Federal transportation law to extend, beginning on September 22, 2001 through December 31, 2003, the period of time during which air carrier liability for third party damages as a result of a terrorist act may be limited to no more than $100 million, in the aggregate, for all claims arising out of such act. | 2025-01-02T16:50:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4016 |
| 107-hr-4077 | 107 | hr | 4077 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide an apportionment to a primary airport that falls below 10,000 passenger boardings in a calendar year as a result of the discontinuance of air carrier service at the airport, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Amends Federal aviation law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to grandfather, that is, apportion airport development and noise compatibility program funds to a primary airport sponsor in a fiscal year in an amount equal to that apportioned to such sponsor in the previous fiscal year if the Secretary finds: (1) passenger boardings at such airport are below 10,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment as a result of the discontinuance of air carrier service to and from the airport in any of the three calendar years preceding the calendar year used for such calculations; and (2) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger boardings in any of such three preceding calendar years. | 2025-01-02T16:50:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4077 |
| 107-s-2039 | 107 | s | 2039 | National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-20 | 2002-06-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 414. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 29 | National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2002 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement the redesign and reconstruction of Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Cook and Dupage Counties, Illinois, in accordance with a specified runway design plan, and the development of a south suburban airport in the Chicago metropolitan region, by facilitating their funding, construction, and implementation and all agency reviews. Subjects Administrator's actions and implementation of each plan to certain Federal environmental laws and FAA design criteria. Requires the State of Illinois to prepare an implementation plan under the Clean Air Act for regulating emissions associated with activity at commercial service airports.(Sec. 3) Prohibits the Administrator from approving the redesign plan if its implementation may increase the rate of runway incursions or degrade the safety of departing aircraft or the safety of arriving aircraft (including safety relating to the terminal approach control or the vectoring of aircraft from the contiguous enroute air-traffic airspace). Prohibits the Administrator's approval of an airport layout plan submitted by Chicago that includes the runway redesign plan, unless it includes public roadway access through the existing western boundary of O'Hare to passenger terminal and certain parking facilities.Declares that the Administrator's approval of an airport layout plan including the runway redesign plan shall require Chicago to offer acoustical treatment of all residential units and schools within the 65 DNL noise contour for each construction phase of the runway redesign plan. Conditions the Administrator's approval of such plan, also, on the achievement of specified annual noise impact reductions.Directs the Administrator to give priority consideration to letter of intent applications for the construction of the south suburban airport and for the extension of the main runway at the Gary/Chicago Airport.Directs the Administrator to submit a status… | 2025-04-07T13:40:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2039 |
| 107-hr-3983 | 107 | hr | 3983 | Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-18 | 2002-06-04 | Laid on the table. See S. 1214 for further action. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 6 | Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Title I: Maritime Transportation Security - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to assess port vulnerability, including each facility in a port, wherever the Secretary believes there is a high risk of catastrophic emergency. Permits the acceptance of existing assessments.Requires the Secretary to prepare a National Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Plan for deterring catastrophic emergencies. Requires such Plan to: (1) coordinate Federal, State, and local efforts, including Coast Guard maritime antiterrorism teams and Federal Maritime Antiterrorism Coordinators (Coast Guard officials); (2) identify security resources; (3) include a system of surveillance and notice to ensure earliest possible identification of emergencies; and (4) designate each area requiring an Area Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Plan and its Federal Maritime Antiterrorism Coordinator (a Coast Guard official).Requires Federal Maritime Antiterrorism Coordinators to develop, update, and integrate Area Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Plans, as needed. Requires that such Plans: (1) be adequate to deter acts of terrorism; (2) describe the area in terms of population or special economic, environmental, or national security importance; (3) integrate with other Area Plans; and (4) be reviewed, approved, and updated.Requires owners or operators of vessels or facilities to prepare and submit to the Secretary an antiterrorism plan for deterring a catastrophic emergency, including the identification of the plan implementor, the availability of antiterrorism measures, training and drills. Requires that such plans be consistent with the National and Area Plans and be reviewed, approved, and updated. Permits a vessel or facility to operate temporarily without such a plan if the owner or operator certifies that they have ensured deterrence by other means. Requires the implementation of interim security measures. Makes such information nondisclosable.Requires the Under Secretary of Transpo… | 2025-04-07T13:40:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3983 |
| 107-s-2024 | 107 | s | 2024 | A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize use of electric personal assistive mobility device on trails and pedestrian walkways constructed or maintained with Federal-aid highway funds. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-15 | 2002-06-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 423. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Amends Federal highway provisions to make an exception to the prohibition against the use of motorized vehicles on bicycle trails and pedestrian walkways for an "electric personal assistive mobility device," when permitted by State or local regulations. (Defines such a device as a self-balancing, non-tandem-wheeled device that is designed to transport only one person with personal baggage, is powered solely by an electric propulsion system, and has a top speed of 20 miles per hour.) | 2025-04-07T13:38:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2024 |
| 107-hres-369 | 107 | hres | 369 | Recognizing the goals and objectives of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-13 | 2002-03-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] | MI | R | R000572 | 17 | Recognizes specified goals and objectives of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus. | 2025-01-02T16:42:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-resolution/369 |
| 107-hr-3929 | 107 | hr | 3929 | Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-12 | 2002-10-18 | House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2002. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 12 | Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the heads of the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (participating agencies) to develop and implement a cooperative Federal research, development, demonstration, and standardization program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities.Establishes a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to advise participating agencies on the development and implementation of a five-year program plan to guide research, development, demonstration, and standardization activities under this Act. Requires participating agencies to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing their respective responsibilities under this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:32:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3929 |
| 107-s-2007 | 107 | s | 2007 | General Aviation Industry Reparations Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-12 | 2002-03-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 3 | General Aviation Industry Reparations Act of 2002 - Directs the President to take certain actions to compensate general aviation entities and their employees for economic injuries incurred by them as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, including to: (1) issue them federal credit instruments; and (2) compensate them and employees for direct losses incurred as a result of any Federal ground stop order or flight restrictions for a period of one week or more imposed in response to the increased security required by such attacks, as well as certain incremental losses, especially those incurred by employees of an entity receiving assistance who lost their jobs (other than for cause) as a result of such attacks. Authorizes the Air Transportation Stabilization Board to enter into agreements with one or more obligors to issue such instruments.Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide insurance or reinsurance, or reimbursement of insurance costs increases, to a general aviation entity against loss or damage arising from the operation of nonmilitary aircraft while in the United States.Authorizes the President to issue a Federal credit instrument to a general aviation entity if it has entered into a binding agreement to: (1) pay costs attributable to providing health insurance coverage for former and current employees who lost their jobs and coverage because of the terrorist attacks; and (2) maintain current health benefit and contribution levels for currently insured employees.Defines "general aviation entity" to mean any person (non-air carrier) that: (1) operates nonmilitary aircraft to conduct its primary business; (2) manufactures nonmilitary aircraft with a maximum seating capacity of fewer than 20 passengers, or aircraft parts to be used in such aircraft; (3) provides services necessary for nonmilitary operations; or (4) operates a nonprimary airport meeting certain criteria. Includes fixed based operators, flight schools, manufacturers of general aviation aircraft… | 2025-08-19T17:33:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2007 |
| 107-hr-3900 | 107 | hr | 3900 | To provide that certain adjustments made by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-07 | 2002-03-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] | FL | R | Y000031 | 83 | Nullifies discretionary spending limit adjustments made by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to the highway category and to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (which limits obligation levels for such category) when the President submitted the budget for FY 2003. | 2025-04-07T13:39:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3900 |
| 107-s-1991 | 107 | s | 1991 | National Defense Rail Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-06 | 2002-05-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 38 | National Defense Rail Act - Title I: Rail Transportation Security - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak for FY 2003 for security, including infrastructure, operations, and technology.(Sec. 102) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on rail passenger transportation security programs in Japan, the European Union, and other countries.(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on security screening for passengers, baggage, mail, express and other cargo. Requires a pilot program of random security screening at ten rail stations, including five of the ten busiest.(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary to review rail regulations for needed safety and security revisions.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to assess and report to the appropriate congressional committees on rail transportation security risks, including recommendations for prioritized improvements for rail tunnels, bridges, switching and other areas, detection equipment, personnel training, and railroad crossing delays. Requires an assessment of and consultation with existing private and public resources and efforts. Includes an assessment of the security needs of non-Amtrak stations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003.(Sec. 106) Expresses the intent of Congress that earlier appropriations for Amtrak security made under the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 be offset against funds authorized by this title.Title II: Interstate Railroad Passenger High-Speed Transportation System - Requires the Secretary to establish the national high-speed ground transportation policy.(Sec. 202) Permits the Secretary to provide 100 percent of the funding (rather than requiring matching funds) for planning and financial assistance to public agencies, including States, promoting the development of high-speed rail corridors. Gives priority to planning in the vicinity of Chica… | 2025-04-07T13:38:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1991 |
| 107-hr-3856 | 107 | hr | 3856 | To exempt a historic amphibious landing ship from inspection requirements under title 46, United States Code. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-05 | 2002-03-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] | VA | R | D000136 | 0 | Exempts the LST-325, a historic amphibious landing ship owned by USS LST Ship Memorial, Incorporated, located in Mobile, Alabama, from inspection requirements, except Coast Guard permitting requirements.. | 2025-01-02T16:50:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3856 |
| 107-s-1986 | 107 | s | 1986 | A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify a route that passes through the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-05 | 2002-03-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1538) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 4 | Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (or SPIRIT Corridor) that passes through Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1986 |
| 107-s-1980 | 107 | s | 1980 | A bill to require a training program for all airline personnel responsible for checking passenger identification, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-03-01 | 2002-03-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Amends Federal Law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and appropriate personnel to develop guidance for training of all airline personnel employed in commercial aviation charged with the responsibility of checking passenger identification.Directs each air carrier to develop and submit to the Administrator a training program in accordance with those guidelines. Requires air carriers to complete within 180 days after the Administrator's approval the training of all airline personnel charged with checking passenger identification.Amends Federal law to direct the Administrator to establish and carry out a program to require the installation and use at airports of appropriate identification verification technologies to assist in the screening of passengers. | 2025-04-07T13:37:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1980 |
| 107-s-1958 | 107 | s | 1958 | Rail Passenger Service Improvement Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-15 | 2002-02-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Rail Passenger Service Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to create an Office of Rail Passenger Development and Franchising to provide advice and support to the Secretary and the Federal Railroad Administrator on: (1) administration of rail passenger franchising responsibilities; and (2) undertaking capital improvements to the Northeast Corridor as authorized under this Act.Transfer from Amtrak to the Secretary or to an intercity rail passenger operator acting pursuant to a franchise granted by the Secretary, responsibility for making and implementing agreements with rail carriers or regional transportation facilities for facilities use.Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Corporation) to establish the following subsidiaries within one year: Amtrak Operations; Amtrak Maintenance; and Intercity Rail Reservations. Provides for: (1) the privatization of such subsidiary corporations through the sale of common stock; and (2) limited Amtrak operations from the beginning of FY 2003 until the stock sale. Requires: (1) development of a procedure to identify avoidable costs of Amtrak routes and services; and (2) annual Amtrak estimates of such costs.Requires the Corporation, before receiving any Federal rail programs funds, to transfer title to the Northeast Corridor to the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake certain Corridor capital improvements.Establishes the Amtrak Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Amtrak Control Board) to: (1) seek Amtrak operational and management efficiencies and direct Amtrak implementation of such efficiencies; and (2) promote options to improve Amtrak's financial condition and operational structure in order to enable Amtrak to be privatized within four years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Amtrak Reform Board, during the period prior to privatization, to develop and submit annually to the Control Board an Amtrak financial plan and budget. Requires: (1) Amtrak activities to be reviewed to ensure compliance … | 2025-08-19T17:32:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1958 |
| 107-hr-3694 | 107 | hr | 3694 | Highway Funding Restoration Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-07 | 2002-05-17 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 381. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 321 | Highway Funding Restoration Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to require that obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2003: (1) meet a specified minimum level (approximately $28 billion); and (2) be distributed in accordance with that Act.(Sec. 3) Requires the Revenue Aligned Budget Authority (RABA) adjustment for FY 2003 to the obligation ceiling in that Act (the purpose of which is to adjust the guaranteed amount of highway funding available to reflect the most recent estimates of Highway Trust Fund revenues) shall be deemed to be zero.(Sec. 4) Provides that the RABA adjustments to the highway budget category and the guaranteed highway funding level for FY 2003 shall be deemed to be zero. Makes this section immediately applicable to all discretionary sequestration reports that are produced by the Office of Management and Budget for FY 2003.(Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that the RABA should be amended to more accurately align highway spending with highway revenues while maintaining predictability and stability in highway funding levels.(Sec. 6) Makes specified highway projects and activities designated in the report of the House of Representatives for H.R. 2299 (the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002) eligible for FY 2002 funds made available for the project's or activity's respective program. | 2025-04-07T13:40:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3694 |
| 107-hr-3697 | 107 | hr | 3697 | Monica Kristina Rodriguez Pier Safety Study | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-07 | 2002-02-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Monica Kristina Rodriguez Pier Safety Study - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a study to improve pier safety standards in navigable waters. Requires the Secretary to submit a report on the study's findings to appropriate Congressional committees. | 2025-08-19T17:31:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3697 |
| 107-s-1914 | 107 | s | 1914 | Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2002 | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-07 | 2002-02-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 4 | Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal transportation code to require any contract or agreement for truckload transportation or service regularly provided by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder subject to the Secretary of Transportation and the Surface Transportation Board to include a requirement to assess a payor of transportation charges a minimum surcharge based on mileage or percentage of revenue for fuel used in the transportation provided to such payor. Requires such a surcharge whenever an increase in the price of such fuel surpasses by $0.05 per gallon the benchmark price of $1.10 per gallon. Requires the surcharge to be the amount necessary to compensate the person responsible for paying for fuel for any increase in the price from the fuel price norm.Requires any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder providing transportation or service using motor vehicles not owned by it and using fuel not paid for by it to pass any fuel surcharge through, with due notice in writing, to the person responsible for paying for fuel. Prohibits any reduction in compensatory transportation costs (other than the fuel surcharge) to the payor of fuel for the purpose of adjusting for or avoiding the pass through of the fuel surcharge. | 2025-08-19T17:28:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1914 |
| 107-s-1917 | 107 | s | 1917 | Highway Funding Restoration Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-07 | 2002-06-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 75 | Highway Funding Restoration Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA) to set the obligation limit for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2003 at $28.9 billion, to be distributed in accordance with that Act.(Sec. 3) Deems adjustments made pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Balanced Budget Act) (to align highway spending with revenues) and TEA to the highway category to be zero. Makes this section immediately applicable to reports issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act for FY 2003, including the discretionary sequestration preview report.(Sec. 4) Increases the discretionary spending limit under the Balanced Budget Act and obligations limitations under TEA for the highway category.(Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that the revenue aligned budget authority provision of the Balanced Budget Act should be amended to more accurately align highway spending with highway revenues while maintaining predictability and stability in highway funding levels.(Sec. 6) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the funds made available by this Act shall be distributed among the States in accordance with TEA. | 2025-04-07T13:38:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1917 |
| 107-hr-3690 | 107 | hr | 3690 | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces of the United States are also eligible to be security screening personnel. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-02-06 | 2002-02-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 6 | Amends Federal aviation safety and security law provisions to replace language requiring airport security screeners to be U.S. citizens with a provision that any individual eligible to join in the United States Military is eligible to become a security screener. | 2025-01-02T16:50:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3690 |
| 107-hr-3664 | 107 | hr | 3664 | To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, relating to a rural access project in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-01-29 | 2002-01-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 0 | Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize a rural access project involving improvements of the Wells Bypass (45th Street) in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. | 2025-01-02T16:50:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3664 |
| 107-hr-3621 | 107 | hr | 3621 | Port Security and Terrorism Prevention Act | Transportation and Public Works | 2002-01-23 | 2002-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Port Security and Terrorism Prevention Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to establish a National Maritime Security Advisory Committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on ways to enhance the security and safety of U.S. ports, including matters related to maritime and port security and safety.Directs the Secretary to develop standards and procedures for conducting initial security evaluations and port vulnerability assessments.Requires the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to assist the Port of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the development of a security assessment methodology (SAM), and a training program to implement it, in order to assess the ability of a port to detect and prevent terrorist or criminal activity.Requires the establishment of local seaport security committees, among other things, to assist in the review of port vulnerability assessments and maritime security plans for each local port authority, waterfront facility operator, or operator of a public or commercial structure located within or adjacent to a marine environment.Sets forth requirements calling for: (1) the issuance of regulations establishing requirements for submission of maritime facility security plans that are adequate to safeguard the public and improve the response to threats of crime and terrorism, including designation of controlled access areas in maritime facility plans for waterfront facilities and restrictions limiting access to security-sensitive information; (2) screening of and background checks for persons having access to such areas and information; (3) enhanced maritime domain awareness; (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign ports that serve U.S. vessels, from which foreign vessels serve the United States, or that pose a high risk of danger to U.S. ports, U.S. citizens, U.S. vessels, or other U.S. interests; (4) dissemination of port security program information to port authorities and marine terminal o… | 2025-08-19T17:30:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3621 |
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