[House Report 107-793]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Union Calendar No. 494
107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 107-793
(107-104)
SUMMARY
OF
LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
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ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS
first session
Convened January 3, 2001
Adjourned December 20, 2001
second session
Convened January 23, 2002
Adjourned November 22, 2002
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5COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 20, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DON YOUNG, Alaska, Chairman
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin, Vice- JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
Chair NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
STEPHEN HORN, California JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
JOHN L. MICA, Florida ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of
JACK QUINN, New York Columbia
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan JERROLD NADLER, New York
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio CORRINE BROWN, Florida
SUE W. KELLY, New York JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana BOB FILNER, California
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JERRY MORAN, Kansas JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD,
RICHARD W. POMBO, California California
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho MAX SANDLIN, Texas
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia NICK LAMPSON, Texas
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
HENRY E, BROWN, Jr., South Carolina MARION BERRY, Arkansas
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
BRIAN D. KERNS, Indiana SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana BRAD CARSON, Oklahoma
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania JIM MATHESON, Utah
MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
SAM GRAVES, Missouri RICK LARSEN, Washington
C.L. (BUTCH) OTTER, Idaho MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
MARK R. KENNEDY, Minnesota
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma
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SUBCOMMITTEES
The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee are
ex officio voting members of all Subcommittees. The Member of
the Majority Party ranking immediately after the Chairman shall
be Vice Chairman or Chairwoman of the Subcommittee, and the
ranking Member of the Minority Party shall serve as
Subcommittee Ranking Minority Member for the 107th Congress.
Subcommittee on Aviation
JOHN L. MICA, Florida, Chairman
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of
STEPHEN HORN, California Columbia
JACK QUINN, New York EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
SUE W. KELLY, New York PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JERRY MORAN, Kansas JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD,
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho California
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina,Vice ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
Chairman BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois NICK LAMPSON, Texas
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
SAM GRAVES, Missouri BRAD CARSON, Oklahoma
MARK R. KENNEDY, Minnesota JIM MATHESON, Utah
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma (Ex Officio)
DON YOUNG, Alaska
(Ex Officio)
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Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina CORRINE BROWN, Florida
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut Vice-Chair PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
DON YOUNG, Alaska JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
(Ex Officio) (Ex Officio)
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency
Management
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio, Chairman
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan MARION BERRY, Arkansas
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of
Virginia, Vice-Chair Columbia
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
DON YOUNG, Alaska JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
(Ex Officio) (Ex Officio)
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Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin, Chairman
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
JOHN L. MICA, Florida BOB FILNER, California
JACK QUINN, New York FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD,
SUE W. KELLY, New York California
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisana ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota MAX SANDLIN, Texas
JERRY MORAN, Kansas BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
RICHARD W. POMBO, California TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia BRAD CARSON, Oklahoma
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina JIM MATHESON, Utah
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan RICK LARSEN, Washington
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina JERROLD NADLER, New York
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
BRIAN D. KERNS, Indiana LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey CORRINE BROWN, Florida
SAM GRAVES, Missouri JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
C.L. (BUTCH) OTTER, Idaho MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
MARK R. KENNEDY, Minnesota, Vice- (ex officio)
Chair
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
DON YOUNG, Alaska
(ex officio)
Subcommittee on Railroads
JACK QUINN, New York, Chairman
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York JERROLD NADLER, New York
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
JOHN L. MICA, Florida ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama BOB FILNER, California
JERRY MORAN, Kansas ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia RICK LARSEN, Washington
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey, Vice- JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
Chair (ex officio)
DON YOUNG, Alaska
(ex officio)
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Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
STEPHEN HORN, California GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
SUE W. KELLY, New York NICK LAMPSON, Texas
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
RICHARD W. POMBO, California MARION BERRY, Arkansas
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho BOB FILNER, California
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
BRIAN D. KERNS, Indiana JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD,
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana, Vice- California
Chair BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
C.L. (BUTCH) OTTER, Idaho MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio)
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
DON YOUNG, Alaska
(Ex Officio)
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Majority Full Committee Staff
Lloyd A. Jones, Chief of Staff
Elizabeth Megginson, Chief Counsel
Charles Ziegler, Deputy Chief Counsel and Parliamentarian
Christine Kennedy, Administrator
Raga Elim, Special Counsel to the Chairman
Debbie Callis, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Fraser Verrusio, Policy Director
Joseph Graziano, Chief Financial Administrator
Jimmy Miller, Director of Committee Facilities and Travel
Stephen Beaulieu, Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel
Kris Demirjian, Staff Assistant
Kimberlee Saranko, Staff Assistant
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Minority Full Committee Staff
David A. Heymsfeld, Minority Staff Director
Ward McCarragher, Minority Chief Counsel
Kathleen Donnelly, Minority Counsel
Sheila R. Lockwood, Minority Systems Administrator
Dara M. Schlieker, Minority Financial Administrator
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Budget
Sharon Barkeloo, Professional Staff Member for Budget and Aviation
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Information Systems
Keven Sard, Manager Information Systems
Christopher Hewett, Web and Graphics Editor
Sonia Tutiven, Assistant Systems Administrator
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Press Office
Steve Hansen, Communications Director
Justin Harclerode, Deputy Communications Director
Jim Berard, Minority Director of Communications
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Editorial
Gilda Fuentez, Editor
Tracy Mosebey, Legislative Calendar Clerk
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Majority Staff
Investigations Office
Bob Faber, Senior Counsel
Mark Zachares, Investigative Counsel
Derek Miller, Investigative Counsel
Charles Yessaian, Legislative Staff Assistant
Minority Staff
Trinita Brown, Minority Counsel
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AVIATION
Majority Staff
David Schaffer, Staff Director and Senior Counsel
Holly E. Woodruff Lyons, Counsel
Adam Tsao, Professional Staff Member
Sharon Barkeloo, Professional Staff Member for Budget and Aviation
Cheryl McCullough, Senior Legislative Staff Assistant
Minority Staff
Stacie Soumbeniotis, Minority Staff Director and Senior Counsel
Giles Giovinazzi, Minority Counsel
Michael Herren, Minority Staff Assistant
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COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
Majority Staff
Rebecca Dye, Staff Director and Senior Counsel
Edward Lee, Professional Staff Member
Marsha Canter, Senior Legislative Staff Assistant
Minority Staff
John Cullather, Minority Staff Director
Rose M. Hamlin, Minority Staff Assistant
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Majority Staff
Matt Wallen, Staff Director
Dan Schulman, Counsel
Minority Staff
Susan F. Brita, Minority Staff Director
Trinita Brown, Minority Counsel on Emergency Management
Rose M. Hamlin, Minority Staff Assistant
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HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
Majority Staff
Levon Boyagian, Staff Director
Graham Hill, Counsel
Joyce Rose, Professional Staff Member
James Tymon, Professional Staff Member
Melissa Theriault, Staff Assistant
Amy Warder, Staff Assistant
Minority Staff
Clyde Woodle, Minority Senior Staff Director
Kenneth House, Minority Staff Director
Frank Mulvey, Minority Staff Director
Eric Schyndle, Minority Staff Assistant
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RAILROADS
Majority Staff
Glenn Scammel, Staff Director and Senior Counsel
John Scheib, Counsel
Travis Johnson, Staff Assistant
Minority Staff
Frank Mulvey, Minority Staff Director
Michael Herren, Minority Staff Assistant
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WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Majority Staff
Susan Bodine, Staff Director and Senior Counsel
Jonathan Pawlow, Counsel
John Anderson, Professional Staff Member
Donna Campbell, Senior Legislative Staff Assistant
Fess Cassels, Legislative Staff Assistant
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Minority Staff
Kenneth J. Kopocis, Minority Staff Director
Ryan Seiger, Minority Counsel
Arthur Chan, Minority Chief Economist
Pamela Keller, Minority Staff Assistant
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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL
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December 20, 2002.
Hon. Jeff Trandahl,
The Clerk, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Trandahl: In compliance with Rule XI, Clause 1(d)
of the Rules of the House of Representatives, there is
transmitted herewith the Summary of Activities of the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 107th Congress.
The purpose of the report is to provide the Members of the
House of Representatives, and the general public, with an
overview of the legislative and oversight activities conducted
by the Committee pursuant to Rule X, Clause 1(q) of the Rules
of the House of Representatives.
This document is intended as a general reference tool, and
not as a substitute for the hearing records, reports, and other
committee files.
Sincerely yours,
Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Enclosure.
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CONTENTS
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Page
Letter of Submittal.............................................. XI
Foreword......................................................... XV
Jurisdiction of the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure................................................. 1
Bills enacted into law........................................... 2
Committee Bills and Resolutions that passed the House but not
acted on by the Senate......................................... 5
Bills reported to the House but not acted upon................... 7
Resolutions approved by both Chambers............................ 8
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred to the Committee but not
acted on....................................................... 9
Bills that passed both the House and Senate but not signed into
public law..................................................... 11
Bills enacted into law (summaries of public laws):
107-2 To designate the John Joseph Moakley United States
Courthouse................................................... 11
107-23 To designate the James C. Corman Federal Building....... 11
107-31 To designate the Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and
United States Courthouse..................................... 12
107-33 To designate the Thurgood Marshall United States
Courthouse................................................... 12
107-42 Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.. 13
107-49 To designate the Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and
United States Courthouse..................................... 13
107-71 Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001........ 14
107-80 To designate the James A. McClure Federal Building and
United States Courthouse..................................... 14
107-90 Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act...... 15
107-106 National Museum of African American History and Culture
Plan for Action Presidential Commission Act of 2001.......... 15
107-107 National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2002 16
107-118 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act........................................... 16
107-149 Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of
2001......................................................... 16
107-154 Extended Unemployment Assistance Act................... 17
107-174 Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination
and Retaliation Act of 2002.................................. 17
107-175 To designate the Ron de Lugo Federal Building.......... 18
107-176 To designate the Donald J. Pease Federal Building...... 18
107-177 To designate the William L. Beatty Federal Building and
United States Courthouse..................................... 19
107-178 To designate the Mike Mansfield Federal Building and
United States Courthouse..................................... 19
107-182 Paul Simon Chicago Jobs Corps Center................... 20
107-224 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Plaza
Authorization Act of 2002.................................... 21
107-230 To provide a temporary waiver from certain
transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan
transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act
and under other laws for certain areas in New York where the
planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of
terrorism, and for other purposes............................ 21
107-232 Transit Operating Flexibility Act...................... 22
107-257 To designate the Wayne Lyman Morse United States
Courthouse................................................... 22
107-295 Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002........... 23
107-298 Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2001.............. 33
107-303 Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002............. 34
107-310 Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002.................... 34
107-314 Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal
year 2003.................................................... 35
107-320 To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel
of land to Chatham County, Georgia........................... 35
107-355 To enhance the security and safety of pipelines........ 35
Committee Views and Estimates Report............................. 37
Summary of activities:
Full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure............ 39
Subcommittee on Aviation....................................... 43
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation........ 51
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and
Emergency Management......................................... 79
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit........................... 109
Subcommittee on Railroads...................................... 119
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment................ 121
Oversight........................................................ 129
Public Building Project Resolutions and 11(b) Resolutions
Approved Pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959.......... 138
Water Survey Resolutions Adopted................................. 166
Publications..................................................... 169
FOREWORD
The 107th Congress will be remembered as one of the most
extraordinary times in the history of our nation and the
Congress. As the new Congress began, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure was poised to solve the
problems facing the country's vast transportation
infrastructure. The problems that we faced were congestion on
our roads, in the air, and on our waterways. During the early
months of the Congress, we focused on the need for capital
investment in new and improved infrastructure. We felt secure
and strong.
That sense of security changed one tragic day in September,
2001. The Committee had to focus on protecting our
transportation systems and the infrastructure that supports
that system from the threat of terrorism. The Committee rose to
the challenge and in record time produced legislation to keep
our aviation transportation system operating and to make it
truly secure. The Committee made a significant contribution to
legislation to create a new Department of Homeland Security and
proposed legislation relative to security of our water
infrastructure, our bus systems, and our ports.
In the midst of dealing with the urgency of the terrorist
threat, the Committee was also able to continue its work on the
more routine but important legislation that falls within its
jurisdiction including a new vision for passenger rail, the
protection of our water, the management of our public
buildings, encouraging economic development, and laying the
foundation for reauthorization of highway and aviation
programs.
These accomplishments would not have occurred without the
strong bipartisanship of the Committee's members and the
leadership of the Ranking Minority Member, Rep. James L.
Oberstar. I also want to extend my thanks and appreciation to
Aviation Subcommittee Chairman John L. Mica and Ranking
Minority Member William O. Lipinski, Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Frank A. LoBiondo and
Ranking Minority Member Corrine Brown, Economic Development,
Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman
Steven C. LaTourette and Ranking Minority Member Jerry F.
Costello, Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Thomas E.
Petri and Ranking Minority Member Robert A. Borski, Railroads
Subcommittee Chairman Jack Quinn and Ranking Minority Member
Bob Clement, and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Chairman John J. Duncan and Ranking Minority Member Peter A.
DeFazio.
It is with pride that the House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure submits its summary of legislative and
oversight activities for the 107th Congress--accomplishments
that will build a safer, more efficient, and more economically
strong America for the 21st Century.
Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES--COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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December 20, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Young, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
PROVISIONS OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPLICABLE TO
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES; JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
``Rule X
``ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF STANDING COMMITTEES
``The Committees and Their Jurisdiction
``1. There shall be in the House the following standing
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and
related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2,
3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters
relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing
committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with
and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as
follows:
* * * * * * *
``(q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
``(1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service,
lighthouses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard
Academy.
``(2) Federal management of emergencies and natural
disasters.
``(3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
``(4) Inland waterways.
``(5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and
signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such
vessels.
``(6) Navigation and the laws relating thereto, including
pilotage.
``(7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
``(8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent
collisions at sea.
``(9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the
Senate and House office buildings.
``(10) Measures relating to the construction or maintenance
of roads and post roads, other than appropriations therefor;
but it shall not be in order for any bill providing general
legislation in relation to roads to contain any provision for
any specific road, nor for any bill in relation to a specific
road to embrace a provision in relation to any other specific
road.
``(11) Measures relating to the construction or
reconstruction, maintenance, and care of the buildings and
grounds of the Botanic Gardens, the Library of Congress, and
the Smithsonian Institution.
``(12) Measures relating to merchant marine, except for
national security aspects of merchant marine.
``(13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites and
construction of post offices, customhouses, Federal
courthouses, and Government buildings within the District of
Columbia.
``(14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters,
including inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
``(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management)
as they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
``(16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of
the United States generally.
``(17) Public works for the benefit of navigation,
including bridges and dams (other than international bridges
and dams) .
``(18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.
``(19) Roads and the safety thereof.
``(20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads,
water transportation, transportation safety (except automobile
safety), transportation infrastructure, transportation labor,
and railroad retirement and unemployment (except revenue
measures related thereto) .
``(21) Water power.''
BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW
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Public Law Number Date Enacted Bill Number Title
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107-2................................ Mar. 13, 2001.......... H.R. 559............... To designate the United
States courthouse
located at 1
Courthouse Way in
Boston, Massachusetts,
as the ``John Joseph
Moakley United States
Courthouse''.
107-23............................... Aug. 3, 2001........... S. 468................. A bill to designate the
Federal building
located at 6230 Van
Nuys Boulevard in Van
Nuys, California, as
the ``James C. Corman
Federal Building''.
107-31............................... Aug. 20, 2001.......... H.R. 558............... To designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
504 West Hamilton
Street in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, as the
``Edward N. Cahn
Federal Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
107-33............................... Aug. 20, 2001.......... H.R. 988............... To designate the United
States courthouse
located at 40 Centre
Street in New York,
New York, as the
``Thurgood Marshall
United States
Courthouse''.
107-42............................... Sep. 22, 2001.......... H.R. 2926.............. To preserve the
continued viability of
the United States air
transportation system.
107-49............................... Oct. 15, 2001.......... H.R. 1583.............. To designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
121 West Spring Street
in New Albany,
Indiana, as the ``Lee
H. Hamilton Federal
Building and United
States Courthouse''.
107-56............................... Oct. 26, 2001.......... H.R. 3162.............. To deter and punish
terrorist acts in the
United States and
around the world, to
enhance law
enforcement
investigatory tools,
and for other
purposes.
107-71............................... Nov. 19, 2001.......... S. 1447................ A bill to improve
aviation security, and
for other purposes.
107-80............................... Dec. 12, 2001.......... S. 1459................ A bill to designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
550 West Fort Street
in Boise, Idaho, as
the ``James A. McClure
Federal Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
107-90............................... Dec. 21, 2001.......... H.R. 10................ An Act to modernize the
financing of the
railroad retirement
system and to provide
enhanced benefits to
employees and
beneficiaries.
107-106.............................. Dec. 28, 2001.......... H.R. 3442.............. To establish the
National Museum of
African American
History and Culture
Plan for Action
Presidential
Commission to develop
a plan of action for
the establishment and
maintenance of the
National Museum of
African American
History and Culture in
Washington, D.C., and
for other purposes.
107-118.............................. Jan. 11, 2002.......... H.R. 2869.............. To provide certain
relief for small
businesses from
liability under the
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980,
and to amend such Act
to promote the cleanup
and reuse of
brownfields, to
provide financial
assistance for
brownfields
revitalization, to
enhance State response
programs, and for
other purposes.
107-149.............................. Mar. 12, 2002.......... S. 1206................ A bill to reauthorize
the Appalachian
Regional Development
Act of 1965, and for
other purposes.
107-154.............................. Mar. 25, 2002.......... H.R. 3986.............. To extend the period of
availability of
unemployment
assistance under the
Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance
Act in the case of
victims of the
terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001.
107-173.............................. May 14, 2002........... H.R. 3525.............. To enhance the border
security of the United
States, and for other
purposes.
107-174.............................. May 15, 2002........... H.R. 169............... To require that Federal
agencies be
accountable for
violations of
antidiscrimination and
whistleblower
protection laws, and
for other purposes.
107-175.............................. May 17, 2002........... H.R. 495............... To designate the
Federal building
located in Charlotte
Amalie, St. Thomas,
United States Virgin
Islands, as the ``Ron
de Lugo Federal
Building''.
107-176.............................. May 17, 2002........... H.R. 819............... To designate the
Federal building
located at 143 West
Liberty Street,
Medina, Ohio, as the
``Donald J. Pease
Federal Building''.
107-177.............................. May 17, 2002........... H.R. 3093.............. To designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
501 Bell Street in
Alton, Illinois, as
the ``William L.
Beatty Federal
Building and United
States Courthouse''.
107-178.............................. May 17, 2002........... H.R. 3282.............. To designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
400 North Main Street
in Butte, Montana, as
the ``Mike Mansfield
Federal Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
107-182.............................. May 21, 2002........... S. 378................. A bill to redesignate
the Federal building
located at 3348 South
Kedzie Avenue, in
Chicago, Illinois, as
the ``Paul Simon
Chicago Job Corps
Center''.
107-224.............................. Sep. 19, 2002.......... H.R. 5012.............. A bill to amend the
John F. Kennedy Center
Act to authorize the
Secretary of
Transportation to
carry out a project
for construction of a
plaza adjacent to the
John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing
Arts, and for other
purposes.
107-230.............................. Oct. 2, 2002........... H.R. 3880.............. To provide a temporary
waiver from certain
transportation
conformity
requirements and
metropolitan
transportation
planning requirements
under the Clean Air
Act and under other
laws for certain areas
in New York where the
planning offices and
resources have been
destroyed by acts of
terrorism, and for
other purposes.
107-232.............................. Oct. 2, 2002........... H.R. 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.
107-257.............................. Oct. 29, 2002.......... S. 1270................ A bill to designate the
United States
courthouse to be
constructed at 8th
Avenue and Mill Street
in Eugene, Oregon, as
the ``Wayne Lyman
Morse United States
Courthouse''.
107-259.............................. Oct. 29, 2002.......... S. 1646................ A bill to identify
certain routes in the
States of Texas,
Oklahoma, Colorado,
and New Mexico as part
of the Ports-to-Plains
Corridor, a high
priority corridor on
the National Highway
System.
107-295.............................. Nov. 25, 2002.......... S. 1214................ A bill to amend the
Merchant Marine Act,
1936, to establish a
program to ensure
greater security for
United States
seaports, and for
other purposes.
107-296.............................. Nov. 25, 2002.......... H.R. 5005.............. To establish the
Department of Homeland
Security, and for
other purposes.
107-298.............................. Nov. 26, 2002.......... H.R. 2546.............. To amend title 49,
United States Code, to
prohibit States from
requiring a license or
fee on account of the
fact that a motor
vehicle is providing
interstate pre-
arranged ground
transportation
service, and for other
purposes.
107-303.............................. ....................... H.R. 1070.............. An Act to amend the
Federal Water
Pollution Control Act
to authorize the
Administrator of the
Environmental
Protection Agency to
provide assistance for
remediation of
sediment contamination
in areas of concern,
to authorize
assistance for
research and
development of
innovative
technologies for such
remediation, and to
amend the Federal
Water Pollution
Control Act and the
Water Resources
Development Act of
2000 to modify
provisions relating to
the Lake Champlain
basin, and for other
purposes.
107-310.............................. ....................... H.R. 4727.............. To reauthorize the
national dam safety
program, and for other
purposes.
107-320.............................. ....................... H.R. 2595.............. To direct the Secretary
of the Army to convey
a parcel of land to
Chatham County,
Georgia.
107-355.............................. ....................... H.R. 3609.............. To amend title 49,
United States Code, to
enhance the security
and safety of
pipelines.
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COMMITTEE BILLS AND RESOLUTION THAT PASSED THE HOUSE BUT NOT ACTED ON BY
THE SENATE
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Bill Number Passed the House Title
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H.R. 554........................ 2/14/2001......... To establish a
program,
coordinated by
the National
Transportation
Safety Board, of
assistance to
families of
passengers
involved in rail
passenger
accidents.
H.R. 621........................ 2/28/2001......... To designate the
Federal building
located at 6230
Van Nuys
Boulevard in Van
Nuys, California,
as the ``James C.
Corman Federal
Building''.
H.R. 691........................ 6/27/2001......... To extend the
authorization of
funding for child
passenger
protection
education grants
through fiscal
year 2003.
H.R. 852........................ 11/27/2001........ To designate the
Federal building
and United States
courthouse to be
constructed at 10
East Commerce
Street in
Youngstown, Ohio,
as the
``Nathaniel R.
Jones and Frank
J. Battisti
Federal Building
and United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 1098....................... 3/21/2001......... To improve the
recording and
discharging of
maritime liens
and expand the
American Merchant
Marine Memorial
Wall of Honor,
and for other
purposes.
H.R. 1099....................... 3/22/2001......... To make changes in
laws governing
Coast Guard
personnel,
increase marine
safety, renew
certain groups
that advise the
Coast Guard on
safety
issues,make
miscellaneous
improvements to
Coast Guard
operations and
policies, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 1140....................... 7/31/2001......... To modernize the
financing of the
railroad
retirement system
and to provide
enhanced benefits
to employees and
beneficiaries.
H.R. 1699....................... 6/7/2001.......... To authorize
appropriations
for the Coast
Guard for fiscal
year 2002.
H.R. 1801....................... 5/21/2001......... To designate the
United States
courthouse
located at 501
West 10th Street
in Fort Worth,
Texas, as the
``Eldon B. Mahon
United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 1831....................... 5/22/2001......... To provide certain
relief for small
businesses from
liability under
the Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation, and
Liability Act of
1980.
H.R. 1979....................... 6/20/2002......... To amend title 49,
United States
Code, to provide
assistance for
the construction
of certain air
traffic control
towers.
H.R. 2501....................... 8/2/2001.......... To authorize the
Appalachian
Regional
Development Act
of 1965.
H.R. 2672....................... 10/7/2002......... To designate the
United States
courthouse to be
constructed at
8th Avenue and
Mill Street in
Eugene, Oregon,
as the ``Wayne
Lyman Morse
United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 2776....................... 11/13/2001........ To designate
buildings 315,
318, and 319
located at the
Federal Aviation
Administration's
William J. Hughes
Technical Center
in Atlantic City,
New Jersey, as
the ``Frank R.
Lautenberg
Aviation Security
Complex''.
H.R. 2804....................... 5/19/2002......... To designate the
United States
courthouse
located at 95
Seventh Street in
San Francisco,
California, as
the ``James R.
Browning United
States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 2841....................... 11/13/2001........ To designate the
building located
at 1 Federal
Plaza in New
York, New York,
as the ``James L.
Watson United
States Court of
International
Trade Building''.
H.R. 2911....................... 5/7/2002.......... To designate the
Federal building
located at 5100
Paint Branch
Parkway in
College Park,
Maryland, as the
``Harvey W. Wiley
Federal
Building''.
H.R. 3370....................... 12/11/2001........ To amend the Coast
Guard
Authorization Act
of 1996 to modify
the reversionary
interest of the
United States in
a parcel of
property conveyed
to the Traverse
City Area School
District in
Traverse City,
Michigan.
H.R. 3429....................... 11/15/2002........ To direct the
Secretary of
Transportation to
make grants for
security
improvements to
over-the-road bus
operations, and
for other
purposes.
H.R. 3441....................... 12/11/2001........ To amend title 49,
United States
Code, to realign
the policy
responsibility in
the Department of
Transportation,
and for other
purposes.
H.R. 3479....................... 7/15/2002......... To expand aviation
capacity.
H.R. 3507....................... 12/20/2001........ To authorize
appropriations
for the Coast
Guard for fiscal
year 2002, and
for other
purposes.
H.R. 3694....................... 5/14/2002......... To provide for
highway
infrastructure
investment at the
guaranteed
funding level
contained in the
Transportation
Equity Act for
the 21st Century.
H.R. 4006....................... 5/7/2002.......... To designate the
United States
courthouse
located at 100
Federal Plaza in
Central Islip,
New York, as the
``Alfonse M.
D'Amato United
States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 4028....................... 5/7/2002.......... To designate the
United States
courthouse
located at 600
West Capital
Avenue in Little
Rock, Arkansas,
as the ``Richard
S. Arnold United
States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 4466....................... 6/4/2002.......... To amend title 49,
United States
Code, to
authorize
appropriations
for the National
Transportation
Safety Board for
fiscal years
2003, 2004, and
2005, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 4481....................... 7/9/2002.......... To amend title 49,
United States
Code, relating to
airport project
streamlining, and
for other
purposes.
H.R. 4635....................... 7/10/2002......... To amend title 49,
United States
Code, to
establish a
program for
Federal flight
deck officers,
and for other
purposes.
H.R. 5083....................... 10/7/2002......... To designate the
United States
courthouse at
South Federal
Place in Santa
Fe, New Mexico,
as the ``Santiago
E. Campos United
States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 5169....................... 10/7/2002......... To amend the
Federal Water
Pollution Control
Act to enhance
the security to
wastewater
treatment works.
H.R. 5335....................... 10/7/2002......... To designate the
Federal building
and United States
courthouse
located at 200
West 2nd Street
in Dayton, Ohio,
as the ``Tony
Hall Federal
Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 5422....................... 10/8/2002......... To prevent child
abduction, and
for other
purposes.
H.R. 5427....................... 10/7/2002......... To designate the
Federal building
located at Fifth
and Richardson
Avenues in
Roswell, New
Mexico, as the
``Joe Skeen
Federal
Building''.
H.R. 5604....................... 11/15/2002........ To designate the
Federal building
and United States
couthouse located
at 46 East Ohio
Street in
Indianapolis,
Indiana, as the
``Birch Bayh
Federal Building
and United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 5611....................... 11/15/2002........ To designate the
Federal building
located at 324
Twenty-Fifth
Street in Ogden,
Utah, as the
``James V. Hansen
Federal
Building''.
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BILLS REPORTED TO THE HOUSE, BUT NOT ACTED UPON
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Bill No. Report No. Date reported Title
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H.R. 1407............................ 107-77, Part I......... May 23, 2001........... To amend title 49,
United States Code, to
permit air carriers to
meet and discuss their
schedules in order to
reduce flight delays,
and for other
purposes.
H.R. 2481............................ 107-243................ Oct. 16, 2001.......... To improve maritime
safety and the quality
of life for Coast
Guard personnel, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 2972............................ 107-301................ Nov. 27, 2001.......... To designate the
Federal building and
United States
courthouse located at
550 West Fort Street
in Boise, Idaho, as
the ``James A. McClure
Federal Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
H.R. 3347............................ 107-406, Part I........ Apr. 15, 2002.......... To provide economic
relief to general
aviation entities that
have suffered
substantial economic
injury as a result of
the terrorist attacks
perpetrated against
the United States on
September 11, 2001.
S. 1622.............................. 107-377................ Dec. 10, 2001.......... A bill to extend the
period of availability
of unemployment
assistance under the
Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance
Act in the case of
victims of the
terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001.
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RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY BOTH CHAMBERS
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Resolution Number Passed House Passed Senate Title
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H. Con. Res. 74...................... 5/8/2002............... 5/9/2001............... Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds
for the 20th annual
National Peace
Officers' Memorial
Service.
H. Con. Res. 76...................... 5/21/2001.............. 5/22/2001.............. Authorizing the use of
the East Front of the
Capitol Grounds for
performances sponsored
by the John F. Kennedy
Center for the
Performing Arts.
H. Con. Res. 79...................... 5/21/2001.............. 5/22/2001.............. Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds
for the Greater
Washington Soap Box
Derby.
H. Con. Res. 87...................... 5/21/2001.............. 5/22/2001.............. Authorizing the 2001
District of Columbia
Special Olympics Law
Enforcement Torch Run
to be run through the
Capitol Grounds.
H. Con. Res. 272..................... 11/16/2001............. 12/10/2001............. Expressing the sense of
Congress regarding the
crash of American
Airlines Flight 587.
H. Con. Res. 347..................... 4/30/2002.............. 5/8/2002............... Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds
for the National Peace
Officers' Memorial
Service.
H. Con. Res. 348..................... 4/30/2002.............. 9/3/2002............... Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds
for the National Book
Festival.
H. Con. Res. 356..................... 4/30/2002.............. 5/23/2002.............. Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds
for the Greater
Washington Soap Box
Derby.
S. Con. Res. 41...................... 6/20/2001.............. 5/22/2001.............. A concurrent resolution
authorizing the use of
the Capitol grounds
for the National Book
Festival.
S. Con. Res. 82...................... 11/27/2001............. 11/13/2001............. A concurrent resolution
authorizing the 2002
Winter Olympics Torch
Relay to come onto the
Capitol Grounds.
S. Con. Res 110...................... 9/24/2002.............. 6/19/2002.............. A concurrent resolution
honoring the heroism
and courage displayed
by airline flight
attendants on a daily
basis.
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SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BUT NOT ACTED ON
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Bill Number Passed Senate Title
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S. Con. Res. 80................. 12/18/2001........ A concurrent
resolution
expressing the
sense of Congress
regarding the
30th anniversary
of the enactment
of the Federal
Water Pollution
Control Act.
S.J. Res. 42.................... 11/14/2002........ A joint resolution
commending Sail
Boston for its
continuing
advancement of
the maritime
heritage of
nations, its
commemoration of
the natical
history of the
United States,
and its
promotion,
encouragement,
and support of
young cadets
through training.
S. 235.......................... 2/8/2001.......... A bill to provide
for enhanced
safety, public
awareness, and
environmental
protection in
pipeline
transportation,
and for other
purposes.
S. 350.......................... 4/25/2001......... A bill to amend
the Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation, and
Liability Act of
1980 to promote
the cleanup and
reuse of
brownfields, to
provide financial
assistance for
brownfields
revitalization,
to enhance State
response
programs, and for
other purposes.
S. 774.......................... 5/24/2001......... A bill to
designate the
Federal building
and United States
courthouse
located at 121
West Spring
Street in New
Albany, Indiana,
as the ``Lee H.
Hamilton Federal
Building and
United States
Courthouse''.
S. 980.......................... 2/25/2002......... A bill to provide
for the
improvement of
the safety of
child restraints
in passenger
motor vehicles,
and for other
purposes.
S. 1632......................... 10/15/2002........ A bill to amend
the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster
Relief and
Emergency
Assistance Act to
extend the
deadline for
submission of
State
recommendations
of local
governments to
receive
assistance of
predisaster
hazard mitigation
and to authorize
the President to
provide
additional repair
assistance to
individuals and
households.
S. 1637......................... 12/20/2001........ A bill to waive
certain
limitations in
the case of use
of the emergency
fund authorized
by section 125 of
title 23, United
States Code, to
pay the costs of
projects in
response to the
attack on the
World Trade
Center in New
York City that
occurred on
September 11,
2001.
S. 1644......................... 5/22/2002......... A bill to further
the protection
and recognition
of veterans'
memorials, and
for other
purposes.
S. 2037......................... 7/18/2002......... A bill to mobilize
technology and
science experts
to respond
quickly to the
threats posed by
terrorist attacks
and other
emergencies, by
providing for the
establishment of
a national
emergency
technology guard,
a technology
reliability
advisory board,
and a center for
evaluating
antiterrorism and
disaster response
technology within
the National
Institute of
Standards and
Technology.
S. 2896......................... 9/10/2002......... A bill to enhance
the operation of
the AMBER Alert
communications
network in order
to facilitate the
recovery of
abducted
children, to
provide for
enhanced
notification on
highways of
alerts and
information on
such children,
and for other
purposes.
S. 2949......................... 11/18/2002........ A bill to provide
for enhanced
aviation
security, and for
other purposes.
S. 3149......................... 10/17/2002........ A bill to provide
authority for the
Smithsonian
Institution to
use voluntary
separation
incentives for
personnel
flexibility, and
for other
purposes.
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BILLS THAT PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUT NOT SIGNED INTO PUBLIC LAW
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Bill No. Passed House Passed Senate Title
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H.R. 4............................... Aug. 2, 2002........... Apr. 25, 2002.......... To enhance energy
conservation, research
and development and to
provide for security
and diversity in the
energy supply for the
American people, and
for other purposes.
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BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW
(Summaries of Public Laws)
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JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-2)
(H.R. 559)
This law designates the United States courthouse located at
1 Boston Way in Boston, Massachusetts as the ``John Joseph
Moakley United States Courthouse.'' Congressman Moakley was
born, raised, and lived most of his adult life in South Boston.
He began his long and distinguished career in public service at
the age of 15, when he enlisted in the United States Navy and
served in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon returning
from service in World War II, Congressman Moakley attended the
University of Miami, and later received his law degree from
Suffolk University Law School in Boston. At the age of 25,
Congressman Moakley was elected to the Massachusetts State
Legislature, serving in both the State House of Representatives
and State Senate for 18 years before being elected to the
Boston City Council. In 1972, Congressman Moakley was elected
to the United States House of Representatives. After his first
term in the House, Congressman Moakley was appointed to the
Rules Committee. He later became Chairman of the Rules
Committee in 1989. Congressman Moakley was known for having an
affable personality and an ability to give everyone a fair
hearing before the Rules Committee, even during difficult
political debates. In addition to his work on the Rules
Committee and being an ardent supporter for South Boston's
transportation infrastructure, Congressman Moakley was
dedicated to ending human rights violations around the world.
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JAMES C. CORMAN FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-23)
(S. 468)
This law designates the Federal building in Van Nuys,
California as the ``James C. Corman Federal Building.'' Former
Representative Corman was born in Galena, Kansas and was a
graduate of Belmont High School. He earned his undergraduate
degree from UCLA, his J.D. from USC and his LL.D. from the
University of San Fernando Valley School of Law. He was
admitted to the California Bar in 1949. Former Representative
Corman first served his country in the United States Marine
Corps during World War II and later as a Colonel in the Marine
Corps Reserves. In 1957, he was elected to the Los Angeles City
Council. He served on the council until being elected to the
87th Congress in 1960, and was re-elected to the House of
Representatives for 10 succeeding terms. He served on the
Judiciary Committee where he was instrumental in fighting for
passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and on the Ways and Means
Committee where he was a leading advocate for the poor and
disadvantaged, working on tax and welfare reform. Congressman
Corman was also proud to serve on President Johnson's National
Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate the
causes of multi-city rioting in 1967.
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EDWARD N. CAHN FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-31)
(H.R. 558)
This law designates the federal building and United States
courthouse located in Allentown, Pennsylvania as the ``Edward
N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse.'' Judge
Cahn was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Judge Cahn
was part of the Allentown High championship basketball team in
1951. He went on to attend Lehigh University and graduated
magna cum laude in 1955. Judge Cahn was the first Lehigh
University basketball player to score 1000 points during his
collegiate career. After graduating from Yale Law School, Judge
Cahn returned to the Lehigh Valley. He was in the United States
Marine Corps Reserves until 1964 and active in private law
practice until 1974. In 1974, President Ford appointed Edward
Cahn to Pennsylvania's Eastern District Federal Court. For the
next 23 years Judge Cahn fairly and expeditiously administered
the law from the federal bench in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He
is the only judge in the 3rd Circuit to work out of the
Allentown courthouse. In 1993, Judge Cahn was appointed the
court's Chief Judge until his retirement in December 1998.
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THURGOOD MARSHALL UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-33)
(H.R. 988)
This law designates the United States courthouse located at
40 Centre Street in New York City, New York as the ``Thurgood
Marshall United States Courthouse.'' Thurgood Marshall was born
in Baltimore, Maryland, July 2, 1908. His father, William C.
Marshall, was a club steward and his mother Norma A. Marshall,
was a primary school teacher. In 1930, he graduated cum laude
from Lincoln University in Chester, Pennsylvania. Three years
later, he graduated at the top of his class from the Howard
University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school,
Justice Marshall embarked on a legal career with the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In
1940, he became the head of the newly formed NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund, a post that he held for twenty
years. It was during this tenure as Chief Counsel that Justice
Marshall organized efforts to end segregation in voting,
housing, public accommodations, and education. These efforts
led to a series of cases grouped under the title of Brown v.
Board of Education, in which Marshall argued and the Supreme
Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Four years after he received
appointment to the court of appeals, President Lyndon B.
Johnson chose Justice Marshall to be the nation's solicitor
general. Two years later, on June 13, 1967, President Johnson
chose Marshall to be a Justice of the Supreme Court where he
served with distinction until his retirement in 1991. He died
in 1993.
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AIR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND SYSTEM STABILIZATION ACT
Became Public Law 107-42
(H.R. 2926)
This legislation was passed in the week immediately
following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to
stabilize the United States commercial air transportation
system. It provided $5 billion in grants to commercial air
carriers for direct and incremental losses suffered as a result
of the attacks. The legislation also authorized the Federal
government to issue up to $10 billion in loan guarantees to the
airlines to ensure their continued viability.
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LEE H. HAMILTON FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-49)
(H.R. 1583)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana as
the ``Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' This law had the strong bipartisan support of the
entire Indiana delegation. Lee Hamilton represented the ninth
Congressional district in Indiana for 34 years. Congressman
Hamilton was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and moved to
Evansville, Indiana in 1944 where he attended public schools.
He is a graduate of DePauw University and went on to study at
Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany before graduating from
Indiana School of Law in 1956. Congressman Hamilton was
admitted to the state bar in 1957. He entered private law
practice in Chicago, but returned shortly thereafter to
Columbus, Indiana where he continued in private law practice
until running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. He
was first elected to serve in the eighty-ninth Congress and was
re-elected to sixteen succeeding Congresses. While in the
House, Congressman Hamilton was a leader with a penchant for
working with both sides of the aisle. He served as Chairman of
the House Intelligence Committee from 1985 until 1987, as
Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee in 1989 and 1990 and
as Chairman of the International Relations Committee from 1993
until 1995. In 1992, he was appointed to serve as co-Chair of
the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. The
Committee's recommendations were used as a starting point for
the reorganization of Congress 1995. Congressman Hamilton
retired from Congress in 1996.
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AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 2001
Became Public Law 107-71
(S.1447/H.R. 3150)
This legislation is a landmark aviation security package
that will create a federalized airport screening system and
insure 100 percent baggage screening at our Nation's airports.
The law is the result of a House-Senate Conference Committee
and includes numerous provisions from the House-passed
legislation. The legislation was drafted as the result of the
September 11th terrorist attacks and includes provisions
recommended from both U.S. and international aviation and
security experts to create a uniform, consistent security
system at our Nation's airports and provide for Federal
marshals on commercial flights and increased security in all
areas of our airports and jets.
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JAMES A. McCLURE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-80)
(S. 1459)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho as
the ``James A. McClure Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' James A. McClure was born in Payette, Idaho on
December 27, 1924. He attended public schools in Payette and
went on to serve in the United States Navy from 1942 until
1946. Following his tour with the Navy he earned his J.D.
degree from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1950 and
was admitted to the Idaho bar that same year. He commenced
private practice in Payette before serving as prosecuting
attorney of Payette County until 1956. During that time he
served as city attorney from 1953 until 1966, and in the Idaho
State Senate from 1961 until 1966, as well as being a member of
the Payette County Central Committee for fifteen years. Senator
McClure was elected to the United States House of
Representatives to serve in the 90th Congress. He served for
three succeeding terms until being elected to the United States
Senate in 1972. Senator McClure served succeeding terms in the
Senate until his retirement in 1991. While in the Senate,
Senator McClure was Chairman of the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources from 1981 until 1987 and Chairman of the
Senate Republican Conference from 1981 until 1985.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS' IMPROVEMENT ACT
(H.R. 1140/H.R. 10--S. Amdt. 2170)
Became Public Law 107-90
This legislation amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
to increase benefits available under the Railroad Retirement
Act of 1974. It improves the benefits for railroad employees,
retirees and their beneficiaries and revises the financing of
the pension part (Tier II) of the Railroad Retirement system.
The law was a result of Senate Amendment 2170, which
incorporated H.R. 1140, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors'
Improvement Act, as substitute text in H.R. 10, formerly the
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act. H.R.
10, now the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act,
became Public Law 107-90 on December 21, 2001.
The new law serves to modernize the financing of the
railroad retirement system, provide payroll tax relief, and
provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. The
enhanced benefits include restoration of an age 62 retirement
option with 30 years of service, full succession by surviving
spouses to Tier II pension benefits of retirees, and reduction
of minimum vesting period from 10 years to 5 years.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE PLAN FOR ACTION
Presidential Commission Act of 2001
(Public Law 107-106)
(H.R. 3442)
The law establishes the National Museum of African American
History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission,
which will develop a plan to establish and maintain the
National Museum of African American History and Culture in
Washington, DC. The Commission will submit a report to Congress
and the President, which will include a legislative plan of
action. The report will include: a private fundraising plan for
the museum's establishment and continued maintenance; identify
the availability and cost of collections; assess the impact of
the National museum on regional African American museums;
identify possible locations for the museum on or around the
National Mall and in Washington, DC; assess the feasibility and
cost of renovating the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries
building for use by the museum; assess whether the African
American Museum should be located within the Smithsonian, and
make recommendations on the governance and organizational
structure of the African American Museum. The Commission will
also convene a national conference to help assist with making
recommendations. The Commission is comprised of 23 members,
seven voting members appointed by the President of the United
States, six voting members and two nonvoting members appointed
by each the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Majority Leader of the Senate.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002
(Public Law 107-107)
(S. 1438 )
Public Law 107-107 provides for a targeted military pay
raise ranging from five percent to 10 percent effective January
1, 2002. The Act also amends title 14, United States Code, to
allow the Secretary of Transportation to issue one duplicate
Medal of Honor to recipients for display purposes, and a
provision which clarifies the Secretary's authority to replace
stolen decorations.
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SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY RELIEF AND BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION ACT
(P.L. 107-118)
(H.R. 2869)
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act, amends the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)
to exempt certain persons and small businesses from liability
under CERCLA for the transportation and disposal of certain
wastes and to promote the redevelopment of brownfields. Title I
of this Act protects small businesses from Superfund liability
by eliminating the liability of persons who sent only a very
small amount of waste to a Superfund site, or who sent only
ordinary trash to the site. Title II of this Act encourages
brownfields redevelopment by exempting certain persons from
liability for contamination existing at a site that they
purchase after the date of enactment of this legislation, and
by limiting federal enforcement at sites being addressed under
State voluntary cleanup programs. Title II of this Act also
provides funding for brownfields assessments and cleanups and
for State voluntary cleanup programs.
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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2001
(Public Law 107-149)
(S. 1206)
The Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of
2001 builds upon past successes of the Appalachian Regional
Commission by making several amendments to existing law,
extends the authorization for an additional five years, and
reauthorizes additional related programs. Specifically, P.L.
107-149 expands the Commission by adding four new adjacent
counties, requires the Commission to direct at least half of
its grant funding to activities and projects in distressed
counties, establishes a program to provide enhanced access to
telecommunications and technology to the region, and lowers the
cost sharing amount for distressed counties. P.L. 107-149 also
coordinates economic development programs in the Appalachian
region through the creation of the Interagency Coordinating
Council on Appalachia and reauthorizes the Appalachian
Development Highway System and local access road program.
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EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT
(Public Law 107-154)
(H.R. 3986)
This law temporarily extended the period of availability of
unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Under Section
410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et. seq.), unemployment
assistance is provided to persons who become unemployed as a
result of major disasters. In New York City, the September 11th
attacks damaged or destroyed nearly 25 million square feet of
office space, which makes up approximately 20 percent of all
the office space in downtown New York. The destruction caused
the direct loss of an estimated 110,000 jobs and further put at
risk 270,000 jobs in the New York City area. In Northern
Virginia, the attacks have caused the loss of an estimated
18,700 jobs. Disaster Unemployment Assistance is provided to
individuals not eligible for unemployment assistance provided
by the state in which they reside. The extension provided under
this act extended the period of eligibility from 26 to 39
weeks.
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NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-174)
(H.R. 169)
The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination
and Retaliation Act of 2002 requires Federal agencies to be
accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and
whistleblower protection laws.
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RON De LUGO FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-175)
(H.R. 495)
This law designates the federal building located in
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas of the United States Virgin
Islands as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building.'' Ron de Lugo
was born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1930. He attended Saints
Peter and Paul School in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and Colegio
San Jose, Puerto Rico. Delegate de Lugo ably served in the
United States Army as a Program Director and Announcer for the
Armed Forces Radio Service from 1948 until 1950. Following his
military service, Delegate de Lugo continued working radio at
WSTA St. Thomas and WIVI St. Croix. In 1956, he served as
Senator for the Virgin Islands, a position he held for eight
years; during which time he served as minority leader and
member of the Democratic National Committee. In 1968, Delegate
de Lugo was named the Virgin Islands' representative to
Congress. While serving as representative to the United States
Congress, Ron de Lugo successfully educated his colleagues
about the people of the Virgin Islands. In 1973, Delegate de
Lugo was elected to serve in the 93rd Congress. He served in
the next two succeeding Congress before running for governor.
He later returned to Congress in January 1981 when he was
officially elected Delegate to the Ninety-seventh Congress from
the Virgin Islands, a position he held until the conclusion of
his career in 1995, when he did not seek re-election. Delegate
de Lugo served on the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation and as vice chairman on the Aviation
Subcommittee.
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DONALD J. PEASE FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-176)
(H.R. 819)
This law designates the Federal building located at 143
West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease
Federal Building.'' Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1931, former
Representative Donald Pease attended the public schools of
Toledo before earning his B.S. in 1953 and M.A. in 1955 from
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Former Representative Pease
was a Fulbright scholar at Kings College, University of Durham
in England. Upon his return to the United States in 1955, he
served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. He then
entered the workforce working as a newspaperman, coeditor and
publisher for the Oberlin News-Tribune from 1957 to 1968, and
as editor from 1969 until 1976. During this same time, in
addition to reporting on the news, former Representative Pease
was making the news first as a member of the Oberlin City
Council, then as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives
and Ohio Senate. In 1976 former Representative Pease was
elected to the 95th Congress and to each of the succeeding
seven Congresses before retiring at the end of the 102nd
Congress.
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WILLIAM L. BEATTY FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-177)
(H.R. 3093)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse in Alton, Illinois as the ``William L. Beatty
Federal Building and United States Courthouse.'' William L.
Beatty was born in Mendota, Illinois in 1925. He grew up in
East St. Louis and graduated from Central Catholic High School.
He served in the United States Army's 394th Field Artillery
Battalion in Europe during World War II. After returning from
the war he attended Washington University for undergraduate
studies and graduated from St. Louis University Law School in
1950. Upon graduating from law school he passed the Illinois
and Missouri bar and entered private law practice for 18 years,
including serving as municipal attorney for Granite City,
Illinois and as an assistant state's attorney. Judge Beatty was
elected Illinois State Circuit Judge in Madison County in 1968.
He served on the State Circuit Court until 1979, when President
Carter appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Illinois. While sitting on the bench,
Judge Beatty was always known for crafting fair and creative
sentences. He was eligible to retire from the Federal bench in
1992, but instead continued to maintain a busy workload as a
Senior Judge. Judge Beatty had a distinguished 50-year career
in law.
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MIKE MANSFIELD FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-178)
(H.R. 3282)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana,
as the ``Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' Michael Joseph Mansfield was born in 1903 in New
York City. He moved to Montana in 1906 to live with relatives
after the unexpected death of his mother. Having a strong
desire to serve his country, at the age of 14, Senator
Mansfield represented that he was older so that he could enlist
in the U.S. Navy and serve as a seaman in the Atlantic during
World War I. After the war, he continued to serve his country
as a Private for one year in the U.S. Army. Finally, as a
completion of his tour of the service branches, Senator
Mansfield served from 1920-1922 as a Private First Class in the
United States Marine Corps in the Philippines, Japan and China.
After his five years of military service, the then-19 year-old
returned to Montana to work as a miner, before attending both
the Montana School of Mines and then Montana State University
from which he received a Masters Degree in 1933. After
graduation, Senator Mansfield stayed at Montana State
University to serve as a professor of history and political
science before being elected to represent the State of Montana
in the U.S House of Representatives in 1942. Senator Mansfield
was re-elected four times to the House of Representatives,
before being elected to the United States Senate in 1952, where
he served with distinction for 24 years. In his first term in
office, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson selected
Mansfield to serve as his Majority Whip. After Johnson's
election to the Vice Presidency, and after serving just one and
a half terms in the Senate, Senator Mansfield was chosen by his
colleagues to serve as Majority Leader in 1961. He held that
position for 16 years, a record that still stands. It was as
Majority Leader in the Senate that Mike Mansfield cemented his
place in history by securing passage of such legislation as the
Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and legislation
authorizing the Medicare program. After a distinguished career
in the armed services and in both the House and Senate, Senator
Mansfield served as Ambassador to Japan under Presidents Carter
and Reagan, a post which he held for 11 years until 1988,
again, a record length of time. Mike Mansfield died on October
5, 2001 at the age of 98 years.
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PAUL SIMON CHICAGO JOB CORPS CENTER
(Public Law 107-182)
(S. 378)
This law designates the designates the Federal building
located at 3348 South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois as
the ``Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center.'' Senator Paul Simon
was born in Eugene, Oregon on November 29, 1928 and attended
public schools. He went on to attend the University of Oregon
Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. At the age of 19 Senator Simon
became the nation's youngest editor-publisher by saving the
Troy Tribune in Troy, Illinois. He expanded his newspaper
business to a chain of 14 weeklies in central and southern
Illinois. Senator Simon used the newspaper to expose a
syndicate gambling operation in Madison County, and in 1951 at
the age of 22, he was called to testify before the United
States Crime Investigating Committee. In 1966 he sold his
newspaper business to devote full time to writing and public
service. From 1951 until 1953, Senator Simon served in the
United States Army. He was assigned to the Counter Intelligence
Corps as a special agent along the Iron Curtain in Europe. Upon
his return from Europe, at the age of 25, Senator Simon was
elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. He was re-
elected three times before being elected to the State Senate in
1962 for a four year-term. Voters returned him to the State
Senate in 1966. Half way through his second State Senate term
he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served until 1973. He
was the first Lieutenant Governor to be elected to that post
with the Governor of another party. Senator Simon was elected
to the United States House of Representatives in 1974 and
served for ten years before being elected to the United States
Senate in 1984. While in Congress, Senator Simon was a leading
advocate for education, disability policy and foreign affairs.
He was the chief sponsor of the Missing Children Act, which
established the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. Senator Simon also played a vital role with enacting
job training education programs including the National Literacy
Act, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, the Job Training
Partnership Act and the direct college loan program. He was
also the chief sponsor of the Balanced Budget amendment of 1986
and initiated legislation to designate the first five federally
chartered high-speed rail corridors. Senator Simon holds 39
honorary degrees and has written 15 books.
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THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PLAZA AUTHORIZATION
ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-224)
(H.R. 5012)
Each year the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts hosts performances ranging from improvisational comedy to
Broadway musicals, as well as being the permanent home of the
Washington Opera and Washington Symphony Orchestra. On average,
the Kennedy Center is host to over two million patrons
attending performances on one of five stages or theatres. This
law amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the
Secretary of Transportation to construct a plaza adjacent to
the Kennedy Center; authorizes necessary and related
transportation improvements; grants authority for the transfer
and receipt of certain property rights; clarifies ownership of
resulting property; authorizes the construction of new
buildings; and authorizes appropriations to complete the
project. Completion of this project will improve the
pedestrian, vehicular, and bicycle access to the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in addition to providing
necessary administrative, education, performance, and rehearsal
space for Kennedy Center activities.
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TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY WAIVER FROM CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY
REQUIREMENTS AND METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND UNDER OTHER LAWS FOR CERTAIN AREAS IN NEW
YORK WHERE THE PLANNING OFFICES AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY
ACTS OF TERRORISM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE.
(Public Law 107-230)
(H.R. 3880)
Public Law 107-230 provides provides the State of New York
a temporary waiver from certain Clean Air Act (CAA)
transportation conformity requirements and related metropolitan
planning requirements of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA 21) until September 30, 2005, so that New
York can implement adjustments necessary after the September
11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The
legislation allows the State to receive full transportation
funding. In addition, the bill requires that New York file an
Interim Progress Report no later than January 1, 2004,
detailing the manner in which the State will achieve compliance
with the transportation conformity requirements no later than
the expiration of the temporary waiver.
H.R. 3880 was passed by the House on September 10, 2002. On
September 12, 2002 H.R. 3880 passed the Senate by Unanimous
Consent. On October 1, 2002 the President signed H.R. 3880.
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TRANSIT OPERATING FLEXIBILITY ACT
(Public Law 107-232)
(H.R. 5157)
Public Law 107-232 allows the transit systems in 52
communities 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.
The 2000 census made significant changes in urbanized area
designations. These designations drive transit formula
apportionments for communities of 50,000 and more in
population. Under Federal Transit Law, areas of more than
200,000 cannot use Federal formula grant funds to pay for
transit operating expenses. This legislation allows the 52
communities that ``crossed 200,000'' in population according to
the new Census data to retain the flexibility to use funds for
operating expenses to the extent that they used these funds for
operations in fiscal year 2002. The law does not change the
amount of transit formula funding that these communities, or
any other community, will receive under TEA 21 in fiscal year
2003.
H.R. 5157 passed the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure by voice vote on July 24, 2002. The bill was
ordered reported by the Full committee on July 24, 2002. On
September 13, 2002 H.R. 5157 passed the Senate without
amendment by Unanimous Consent. On October 1, 2002 the
President signed H.R. 5157.
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WAYNE LYMAN MORSE UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-257)
(S. 1270)
This law designates the United States Courthouse to be
constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as
the ``Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse.'' Born in
1900 in Dane County, Wisconsin, Senator Morse graduated from
the University of Wisconsin in 1924, from the law department at
the University of Minnesota in 1928, and from Columbia
University Law School in 1932. Senator Morse was a professor of
law and later dean at the University of Oregon Law School until
his election to the United States Senate in 1944. Early in his
career, Senator Morse witnessed America's rapid urban and
industrial development, specifically its effects on the rural
lives of the farmers in his home State of Wisconsin. Influenced
by such progressive change, Senator Morse worked to maintain a
balanced connection between political democracy and the
citizens of that democracy, upholding the belief that this
country's true wealth, its people, would flourish in such an
environment. Throughout his career Senator Morse held the
conviction of ``principle over politics,'' made evident by his
serving as a Republican, an Independent and as a Democrat prior
to his defeat in the election of 1968. Senator Morse died while
campaigning for a return to the Senate in 1974.
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MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 2002 (Public Law 107-295)
(S. 1214)
Section 1 states that the Act may be cited as the
``Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.''
Section 101 states a number of Congressional findings in
regard to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.
Section 102 of the Conference Report creates a new subtitle
VI of title 46, United States Code, to establish a
comprehensive national system of transportation security
enhancements. Chapter 701 of this subtitle contains provisions
related to port security.
Definitions.
New section 70101 provides definitions for six terms to be
used in new chapter 701. The term ``Secretary'' is defined as
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating. The term ``transportation security incident'' is
defined as a security incident resulting in a significant loss
of life, environmental damage, transportation system
disruption, or economic disruption.
United States facility and vessel vulnerability assessments
Section 70102 requires the Secretary to conduct initial
assessments of vessel types and facilities, located on or
adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.,
and to identify which of these vessels or facilities pose a
high risk of being involved in a transportation security
incident. Based on the information gathered in the initial
assessments, the Secretary is required to conduct a detailed
vulnerability assessment for facilities and vessels that may be
involved in a transportation security incident. The Secretary
may also accept an alternative assessment prepared by or on
behalf of a vessel or facility owner or operator if that
assessment satisfies certain criteria.
Maritime transportation security plans
Section 70103 of new chapter 701 requires the Secretary to
establish the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan
for deterring and responding to a transportation security
incident. Each Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, after
soliciting advice from the Area Security Advisory Committee, is
required to submit to the Secretary an Area Maritime
Transportation Security Plan for each individual area
established under the National Maritime Transportation Security
Plan. Finally, section 70103 requires owners and operators of
vessels and facilities, which the Secretary believes may be
involved in a transportation security incident, to develop
vessel and facility security plans.
Transportation security incident response
Section 70104 requires the Secretary to establish a system
of security incident response plans developed for vessels and
facilities that may be involved in a transportation security
incident.
Transportation security cards
Section 70105 establishes a national standard for issuance
of transportation security cards whose purpose is to control
access to ensure terminal areas to only authorized personnel.
Maritime safety and security teams
Section 70106 establishes Coast Guard maritime safety and
security teams to protect vessels, ports, facilities, and cargo
on United States' waters.
Grants
Section 70107 provides financial assistance for enhanced
security to implement a facility or area maritime security
plans approved by the Coast Guard or an interim security
measure required by the Coast Guard.
This section authorizes matching grants for various types
of security upgrades at U.S. ports and U.S. maritime areas
including reimbursements for security enhancements that have
corrected security vulnerabilities since September 11, 2001,
that are consistent with their Area Maritime Transportation
Security Plans and facility security plans.
This section also provides $15 million for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2008 for research and development grants for
port security.
Foreign port assessment
New section 70108 of title 46 requires the Secretary to
assess the effectiveness of the antiterrorism measures
maintained at a foreign port from which vessels depart on a
voyage to the United States or which poses a high risk of
introducing terrorism to international maritime commerce.
Notifying foreign authorities
Section 70109 requires the Secretary, after conducting a
foreign port assessment, to contact the foreign government if
he finds that a port in that foreign country does not maintain
effective antiterrorism measures. Section 70109(b) requires the
Secretary to make available a port security training program
for ports in foreign countries that are found under section
70108 to lack adequate security measures.
Actions when foreign ports not maintaining effective antiterrorism
measures
If the Secretary finds that a foreign port does not
maintain effective antiterrorism measures, section 70110 allows
him to prescribe conditions of entry into the United States for
any vessel arriving from that port. The Secretary may also deny
entry into the United States to any vessel that does not meet
these conditions.
Enhanced crewmember identification
Section 70111 requires crew members on vessels calling at
U.S. ports to carry and present on demand any identification
that the Secretary decides is necessary.
Maritime security advisory committees
Section 70112 requires the Secretary to establish a
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee and Area Maritime
Security Advisory Committees for any port area of the United
States. The Committees may advise, consult, and make
recommendations to the Secretary on ways to enhance security
and safety at U.S. seaports.
Maritime intelligence
Section 70113 requires the Secretary to implement a system
to collect, integrate, and analyze information concerning
vessels operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
U.S. The Secretary may collect information from public and
private entities to the extent that the information is not
provided by other Federal departments and agencies.
Automatic identification systems
Section 70114 requires that certain vessels be equipped
with and operate an automatic identification system (AIS) under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The AIS includes a
position indicating transponder and an electronic charting or
situation display for accessing the information made available
by the transponder system. This will allow a vessel operator to
more easily identify the position and heading of their vessel
and other vessels navigating in the area. It will also allow
shore-based Coast Guard facilities to more easily monitor the
location and heading of vessels in their area.
Long-range vessel tracking system
Section 70115 authorizes the Secretary to develop and
implement a long-range automated secure vessel tracking system
for all vessels on voyages in U.S. waters that are equipped
with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System or
equivalent satellite technology. The Secretary may use existing
maritime organizations to collect and monitor tracking
information under the system.
Secure systems of transportation
Section 70116 requires the Secretary, in consultation with
the Transportation Security Oversight Board, to establish a
program to evaluate and certify secure systems of international
intermodal transportation.
Civil penalty
Section 70117 establishes a civil penalty of not more than
$25,000 for each violation of this new chapter.
Section 103 of the Act encourages the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating to undertake
negotiations on an international agreement that provides for an
international system for identifying seafarers. If the
Secretary is unable to negotiate this agreement within 24
months, he is required to submit to Congress a draft of
legislation which would establish a system for identifying
seafarers.
Section 104 extends the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States from 3 miles off the shore, to 12 miles. This
extension of jurisdiction is consistent with Presidential
Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988, and is also consistent
with the Law of the Sea.
Section 105 suspends the effectiveness of any end-strength
and grade distribution for the Coast Guard for any fiscal year
that there is in effect a declaration of war or national
emergency, for a period not to exceed six months after the end
of the war or national emergency.
Section 106 allows natural gas to be included in the
Deepwater Port Act, which establishes a system for permitting
and licensing deepwater terminals. Currently, only oil
facilities are included in this Federal law. This section
ensures the proper application and administration of the
Deepwater Port Act to offshore natural gas facilities and
enables the timely development of offshore natural gas
facilities.
Section 107 amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to
allow for the dispatch of properly trained and qualified armed
Coast Guard personnel on facilities and vessels to deter or
respond to acts of terrorism or transportation security
incidents. The substitute also requires that the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report
to Congress on the use of non-Coast Guard personnel as sea
marshals.
Section 108 of the Act contains amendments to section 431A
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by section 343(b) of the
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210, including a requirement
that the Secretary of the Treasury provide the appropriate
Federal departments and agencies with cargo information
obtained pursuant to this section. The Conference substitute
also amends section 343(a) of Public Law 107-210.
Section 109 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
develop standards and a curriculum to allow for the training
and certification of maritime security professionals. The
section further authorizes the Secretary to make training
opportunities available to any law enforcement or maritime
security personnel in the United States. The section also
authorizes $5.5 million for each of fiscal years 2003 through
2008 for maritime training.
Section 110 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
report to Congress on the life cycle costs and benefits of
creating a Center for Coastal and Maritime Security. The
Secretary is also required to report to Congress on the secure
system of transportation program established under this Act.
By not later that January 1, 2004, section 111 of this
legislation requires the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the
Transportation Security Oversight Board, to develop and
maintain an antiterrorism cargo identification, tracking, and
screening system for containerized cargo shipped to and from
the United States. This section also requires the Secretary to
develop performance standards to enhance the physical security
of shipping containers, including standards for seals and locks
as well as systems to detect any tampering or breaking of the
seal or container integrity.
Section 112 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to report to Congress a list
of all nations whose flag vessels have entered the United
States ports in the previous year. The report must also contain
a breakdown of countries whose vessel registration or
classification procedures have been found by the Secretary to
be noncompliant with international classifications and whose
laws or regulations are not sufficient to allow tracking of
ownership registration histories of registered flag vessels.
Section 113 directs the Secretary of Transportation to
publish a revised version of the document ``Port Security: A
National Planning Guide,'' within three years after the
enactment of the Senate passed bill and to make the document
available on the Internet.
Section 202 of the Conference Report amends section 1120(g)
of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
324) to deem the vessel COASTAL VENTURE to have been
constructed in the United States.
Section 203 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
make a grant to the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
Committee to construct an addition to the American Merchant
Marine Memorial Wall of Honor in San Pedro, California.
Section 204 requires the discharge from a vessel of any
agricultural cargo residue material in the form of hold
washings to be governed exclusively under the provisions of
MARPOL Annex V (MARPOL V).
Section 205 extends the provisions of current law for
preferred mortgages to a valid lien against a vessel not
covered by a preferred mortgage.
Section 206 deems the research vessel DAVIDSON to be less
than 100 gross tons, for purposes of applying the optional
regulatory measurement under section 14305 of title 46, United
States Code.
Section 207 waives certain coastwise trade laws for
individually listed vessels.
Section 208 of the House amendment adds the vessels SS RED
OAK VICTORY, SS AMERICAN VICTORY, and LST-325 to a list of
three vessels subject to section 3302(l) of title 46, United
States Code.
Section 209 waives the coastwise trade laws of the United
States for three barges as long as these barges are only used
in firework displays.
Section 210 of the Act waives certain U.S. coastwise trade
laws for the vessel EAGLE under certain specific circumstances.
Section 211 allows ten sailboats participating in the New
World Challenge Race to transport non-paying guests, before and
during stops of that race.
Section 212 allows the owner of the ASPHALT COMMANDER to
place this U.S.-flag vessel under a foreign registry.
Section 213 allows certain foreign-built launch barges to
transport topside modules in the coastwise trade of the United
States.
Section 214 temporarily authorizes the Secretary to waive
the coastwise laws of the United States for not more than three
foreign built self-propelled tank vessels under certain
circumstances related to the late delivery from a United States
shipyard of a coastwise eligible self-propelled tank vessel.
Section 215 eliminates the position of Associate Deputy
Secretary, Department of Transportation, and creates the
position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
Section 311 amends section 336(d) of title 14, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to promote the Coast
Guard Band Director from the rank of Commander to the rank of
Captain.
Section 312 amends section 511 of title 14, United States
Code, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to grant
compensatory absence from duty for Coast Guard military
personnel serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard.
Section 313 amends sections 259, 260(a), and 271(a) of
title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to
advance officers ahead of their peers within a given promotion
zone, without disadvantaging other high performing officers.
Section 321 amends section 1203(b) of title 33, United
States Code, to require foreign-flag vessels to monitor inter-
ship radiotelephone frequencies when operating within the U.S.
territorial sea between three and twelve miles offshore.
Section 322 maintains six reports which were eliminated
after the enactment of the Federal Reports Elimination and
Sunset Act of 1995. The section also terminates an annual
report to Congress regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund.
Section 323 amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to
authorize the Coast Guard to borrow up to $100 million for
additional emergency oil spill cleanup removal from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Section 324 amends section 7302 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue an
interim merchant mariner's document valid for a period not to
exceed 120 days.
Section 325 raises the maximum civil penalty to $5,000 for
the negligent operation of a recreational vessel, or for
interfering with the safe operation of a recreational vessel.
The penalty for the negligent operation of any other vessel, or
for interfering with the safe operation of a commercial vessel,
under this amendment will be $25,000.
Section 331 amends section 4508 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Commercial
Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005
and make technical changes.
Section 332 amends section 18 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Houston-Galveston Navigation
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 333 of the Act amends section 19 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 334 amends section 2073 of title 33, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Navigation
Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 335 amends section 13110 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the National
Boating Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005 and make
technical changes.
Section 336 amends section 1231(a) of title 33, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Towing
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 341 of the Conference Report authorizes the Coast
Guard to accept up to seven excess PC-170 patrol ships from the
U.S. Navy.
During fiscal year 2003, section 342 amends the
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 to increase the
State Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program by one million
dollars and to change the definition of state matching amounts
for purposes of the State Boating Safety Grant Program.
Section 343 authorizes the Coast Guard to operate and
maintain a Caribbean Support Tender to provide technical
assistance and law enforcement training for foreign coast
guards, navies, and other maritime services.
Section 344 extends the expiration date for the prohibition
of any new maritime user fees from September 30, 2001, to
September 30, 2006.
Section 345 requires the Coast Guard to continue to offer
advice and technical assistance to organizations in the Great
Lakes region that are dedicated to lighthouse stewardship.
Section 346 requires the Coast Guard to report to Congress,
within 60 days after enactment, the agency's implementation of
National Transportation Safety Board recommendations following
the MORNING DEW accident.
Section 347 authorizes the transfer of 4.13 acres of land,
known as the Naval Reserve Pier property, located in Portland,
Maine, to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development Corporation.
Section 348 requires the Secretary in the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to submit a report to
Congress that compares Coast Guard expenditures by mission area
on an annualized basis before and after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001. The report must also estimate the annual
funding amounts and personnel levels that would restore all
Coast Guard mission areas to the readiness levels that existed
before September 11, 2001. This section also requires a report
identifying mission targets for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and
2005, and the specific steps necessary to achieve those
targets.
Section 349 transfers the Coast Guard Slip Point Light
Station in Clallam County, Washington, to Clallam County and
the Point Pinos Light, located in Monterey County, California,
to the City of Pacific Grove, California.
Section 402 of the Act would extend the present Coast Guard
housing authorities from October 1, 2001, to October 1, 2007.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 provides the Coast
Guard with the legal authorities to encourage private sector
participation in the acquisition or construction of Coast Guard
housing on or near Coast Guard installations. The Coast Guard
is currently in the process of developing proposals for several
potential housing projects using these new authorities.
This section further authorizes the Coast Guard to
implement a demonstration project for the acquisition or
construction of military family housing and military
unaccompanied housing at the Coast Guard installation in
Kodiak, Alaska.
Section 403 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
maintain and publish an inventory of U.S.-flag vessels capable
of laying, maintaining, or repairing a submarine cable.
Section 404 requires that a vessel engaged in towing
assistance or towing escort be a vessel of the United States,
and establishes a civil penalty for a person who violates this
section.
Section 405 requires the Coast Guard to establish standards
for the safe operation of Coast Guard search and rescue
stations, and expresses a sense of Congress that the Coast
Guard should establish, implement and maintain minimum
standards necessary to ensure that an individual on duty or
watch in a Coast Guard search and rescue command center
facility not work more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period.
Section 406 authorizes the Coast Guard to allow private VHF
Communications companies to place equipment and VHF towers on
Coast Guard property. In exchange, the Coast Guard may receive
discounted VHF communications services. This section also
states that commercial VHF communication equipment placed on
real property under the administrative control of the Coast
Guard shall not interfere in any manner with any current or
future Coast Guard communications equipment.
Section 407 authorizes $987,400 for the fire, oil, and
toxic spill response communications, training, equipment, and
program administration activities conducted by nonprofit
organizations in cooperation with the Coast Guard.
Section 408 conforms certain permanent laws of the United
States relating to the Coast Guard and maritime transportation
by correcting references to the former Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 409 prohibits a vessel, which has been forfeited to
the United States government for a breach of the laws of the
United States, from obtaining a certificate of documentation
with a fisheries endorsement. This section does not grant the
Coast Guard new authority to seize or forfeit vessels.
Section 410 requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are equipped with
adequate safety equipment, including hypothermia protective
clothing where appropriate, while performing search and rescue
missions.
Section 411 makes technical amendments regarding the
promotion of Coast Guard Reserve Officers to implement the
changes to the Reserve promotion system included in the Fiscal
Year 2001 Department of Defense Authorization Act.
Section 412 authorizes the Coast Guard to continue
commanders and lieutenant commanders scheduled to retire due to
failure of selection for promotion.
Section 413 authorizes the Coast Guard to pay an
individual's undergraduate or graduate educational tuition when
that individual enlists in the Coast Guard Reserve and promises
to accept a commission in the Coast Guard Reserve upon
completion of the degree.
Section 414 permits the Coast Guard to offer to captains,
who would otherwise be forced to retire after thirty years of
duty, the opportunity to continue on active duty. This proposal
would allow the Coast Guard to retain these highly experienced
individuals at very little additional cost.
Section 415 allows the Coast Guard to pay death gratuities
to personal representatives of Coast Guard Auxiliarists who die
in the line of duty, to the same extent that death gratuities
are paid on behalf of Federal employees.
Section 416 revises the Coast Guard's severance pay
provisions to incorporate the Department of Defense separation
pay computations.
Section 417 authorizes the Coast Guard to lease lighthouse
properties for terms not to exceed thirty years.
Section 418 amends the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act to
increase the Coast Guard's drug interdiction jurisdiction from
12 to 24 miles from U.S. shores.
Section 419 grants the Coast Guard statutory authority to
regulate wing-in-ground craft and makes them subject to
inspection as small passenger vessels.
Section 420 removes the requirement for filing an original
commercial instrument (for example, a ship mortgage) within ten
days of the electronic filing of the instrument.
Section 421 eliminates the requirement for a thumbprint to
be placed on a merchant mariners' document.
Section 422 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
issue temporary certificates of documentation, and to delegate
to private third parties the authority to issue the
certificates for recreational vessels.
Section 423 authorizes the Coast Guard to conduct marine
casualty investigations involving foreign vessels in areas
outside U.S. territorial waters consistent with the practices
and procedures of international law.
Section 424 requires that the Coast Guard convey the
property adjacent to Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, located
in Hampton Township, Michigan, to BaySail, Inc., a nonprofit
corporation.
Section 425 changes the recipient's name of a previous
Coast Guard property transfer in Traverse City, Michigan.
Section 426 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to submit an annual report
to Congress setting forth the capabilities and readiness of the
Coast Guard to fulfill its national defense responsibilities.
Section 427 extends the Oil Spill Recovery Institute until
September 30, 2012.
Section 428 amends section 2114 of title 46, United States
Code, to expand the protection of seamen against
discrimination. This section does not allow for anyone to
discharge or discriminate against any seaman who reports a
violation of a maritime law to the Coast Guard or refuses to
perform duties which he believes would result in his or another
individual's injury.
Section 429 does not allow the Commandant of the Coast
Guard to decommission any WYTL-class harbor tugs unless he
certifies that sufficient replacement capability has been
procured by the Coast Guard to remediate any degradation in
current icebreaking services.
Section 430 allows the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
provide support to an entity which engages in fishing vessel
safety training.
Section 431 limits the liability of pilots working in a
Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service while acting within the
scope of their duties and under the supervision of a Coast
Guard officer.
Section 432 allows the Coast Guard to transfer funds to the
City of Chicago to pay the Federal share to demolish the old
Coast Guard station on Chicago Harbor and construct a new
facility at this site for use as a marine safety station. The
Federal share of this project may not exceed one third of the
total cost of the project or two million dollars, whichever is
less.
Section 433 extends the time for a recreational vessel and
associated equipment recall from five to ten years.
Section 434 allows the Secretary of Transportation to
transfer up to $300,000 to the City of Escanaba, Michigan, for
the repair of the north wall of the municipal dock in Escanaba.
Section 435 of the Act directs the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating to amend the
vessel GLOBAL EXPLORER's certificate of documentation to show
the vessel's year of construction as 2002.
Section 436 amends chapter 51 of title 46, United States
Code, regarding vessel load lines.
Section 437 allows the Administrator of the General
Services Administration to transfer to the Secretary of the
Interior administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands
in the State of Michigan.
Section 438 authorizes funding for LORAN-C navigation
infrastructure.
Section 439 reimburses the State of Hawaii for damages
caused by the Coast Guard to the ferry pier at Barber's Point
Harbor, Hawaii.
Section 440 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating, jointly with the
Secretaries of Commerce and Interior, to report to Congress on
the immunity of a private responder (other than a person
responsible for the vessel or facility from which oil is
discharged) from liability for criminal and civil penalties for
the incidental take of a protected species while carrying out
oil spill response actions.
Section 441 amends section 10601(a) of title 46, United
States Code, by requiring that the owner, charterer, managing
operator or a representative thereof, including, but not
limited to, the master or individual in charge of a fishing
industry vessel, shall make a fishing agreement in writing with
each seaman employed on board the vessel.
Section 442 requires the Coast Guard to begin publishing
all major marine casualty reports upon enactment of this Act.
Additionally, the Conferees direct the Coast Guard to begin
electronically publishing the remaining marine casualty reports
by the end of the fiscal year 2005.
Section 443 amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to
add the safety and security of United States ports and
waterways to this law's traditional focus on marine safety and
environmental protection.
Section 444 allows the Coast Guard to suspend the payment
of the retired pay of a member or former member during periods
in which the member willfully remains outside the United States
to avoid criminal prosecution or civil liability.
Section 445 prohibits any non-Federal interest from
assessing or collecting any fee on vessels or water craft
operating on navigable waters subject to the authority of the
United States, or under the freedom of navigation on those
waters. This section does not prohibit those instances in which
Federal law has permitted the imposition of fees and recognizes
those circumstances under which non-Federal interests may
charge reasonable port and harbor fees for services rendered.
Section 501 of the Conference Report states that this title
may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization for Fiscal Year
2003.''
Section 502 authorizes approximately $6 billion for Coast
Guard programs and operations during fiscal year 2003. Section
502(1) authorizes approximately $4.3 billion for Coast Guard
operating expenses for fiscal year 2003.
Section 502(2) authorizes $725 million in fiscal year 2003
for the Coast Guard's acquisition, construction, and
improvement (AC&I) account.
Section 503 authorizes 45,500 Coast Guard active duty
military personnel as of September 30, 2003. the end of the
107th Congress.
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REAL INTERSTATE DRIVER EQUITY ACT OF 2001
(Public Law 107-298)
(H.R. 2546)
Public Law 107-298 amends federal transportation law to
prohibit a State, political subdivision, or interstate agency
from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or regulations
requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor
vehicle providing pre-arranged ground transportation service
crosses state borders. The motor carrier providing such
interstate service must meet all applicable registration and
vehicle licensing requirements in its home state, but is not
required to obtain multiple state licenses. This Act does not
allow a carrier to operate in another jurisdiction with
spontaneous new clients; all interstate passenger travel must
be pre-arranged. The law also protects the rights of
transportation terminal operators to provide preferential
access and of States to require pre-licensing drug testing and
criminal background checks as a condition of providing such
interstate service.
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GREAT LAKES AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-303)
(H.R. 1070)
The Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002, amends the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the water
quality of these lakes by providing assistance for local
restoration efforts. Title I of this Act authorizes $250
million over five years for EPA to carry out restoration
projects at Great Lakes Areas of Concern, with cost-sharing
local sponsors. This title also authorizes $15 million for
research and $5 million for public information relating to
cleanup of the Great Lakes, also over a five year period. Title
II of this Act authorizes $55 million over five years to assist
the implementation of a restoration plan for Lake Champlain.
Title III of this Act includes miscellaneous items, including
the restoration of requirements for EPA to submit to Congress
various Clean Water Act reports.
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THE DAM SAFETY AND SECURITY ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-310)
(H.R. 4727)
This law reauthorizes the National Dam Safety Program for
four years and increases the total authorized funding level to
$8.6 million for each of the Fiscal Years 2003 through 2006.
Passed and signed into law in 1996 as Section 215 of Public Law
104-303 (the Water Resources Development Act of 1996), the
National Dam Safety Program was originally authorized for six
years. The National Dam Safety Program has as its mission to
``* * * reduce the risks to life and property from dam failure
in the United States through the establishment and maintenance
of an effective national dam safety program to bring together
the expertise and resources of the federal and non-federal
communities in achieving national dam safety hazard
reduction.'' Since its creation, the National Dam Safety
Program has helped to mitigate the risk of dam failure by
providing technical and financial assistance to State dam
safety officials. There are more than 80,000 dams in the United
States, of these, approximately 10,000 dams are considered to
have ``high-hazard'' potential, meaning their failure could
result in loss of life or severe property damage. Private
individuals, corporations, and State and local governments own
more than 95 percent of the dams in America, making State dam
safety officials the first line of defense in preventing dam
failures and mitigating the effects through the development of
Emergency Action Plans. A primary function of the National Dam
Safety Program is to increase the level of knowledge and
preparedness to prevent and mitigate the effects of dam
failures.
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BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003
(Public Law 107-314)
(H.R. 4546)
Public Law 107-314 would increase military basic pay by at
least 4.1 percent.
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO CONVEY A PARCEL OF LAND
TO CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
(Public Law 107-320)
(H.R. 2595)
This Act directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the
Commissioners of Chatham County, Georgia, a specified parcel of
land, and that the parcel, or another parcel of equal appraised
value that the land may be exchanged for, be managed for
recreational purposes.
TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF PIPELINES
(Public Law 107-355)
(H.R. 3609)
This important bill reauthorized the Office of Pipeline
Safety at the Department of Transportation. The legislation
improves the states' ``one-call notification systems'' to avoid
damage to pipelines by a third party. The bill expands
``whistle blower'' protections for pipeline workers. The bill
improves the authority under which the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation (DOT) can order an operator to fix
a pipeline that has a potentially unsafe condition. At the
request of the DOT, the Attorney General may bring a civil suit
to enforce certain safety regulations. The bill allows the
Secretary of Transportation to award technical assistance
grants to groups for engineering and scientific analysis of
pipeline safety issues and to promote the participation in
official DOT processes. The bill authorizes $100 million for
research and development. The bill establishes an integrity
management program in all ``high consequence'' areas
(population centers) requiring the inspection of all facilities
within 10 years to establish a base line. These facilities will
be re-inspected within seven years, unless the Secretary waives
the requirement. The bill establishes a permit streamlining
program and establishes an interagency committee comprised of
the federal resource agencies that issue permits. The bill
provides for grants to emergency responders.
H.R. 3609 was passed as amended by a Roll Call Vote in the
House on July 23, 2002.
H.R. 3609 passed the Senate with an amendment by Unanimous
Consent on November 13, 2002. On November 15, 2002 the House
agreed to the Senate amendment without objection. On December
9, 2002 H.R. 3609 was presented to the President. H.R. 3609
became Public Law 107-355.
COMMITTEE VIEWS AND ESTIMATES REPORTS
Pursuant to section 310(d) of the Congressional Budget Act,
the Committee submitted its Views and Estimates Reports to the
Committee on the Budget for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 on March
7, 2001 and February 27, 2002 respectively.
These reports, intended to provide the Budget Committee
with an early and comprehensive indication of Committee
legislation plans for the next fiscal year, contained the views
and estimates of new budget authority and outlays to be
authorized in legislation under the Committee's jurisdiction
which would become effective during the next fiscal year.
SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
Consideration of H.R. 5005, to establish the Department of Homeland
Security.
(Substantially the same as H.R. 5710, which also passed the House.)
On June 6, 2002, President George W. Bush announced an
initiative to create a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to
consolidate the various agencies with homeland security
responsibilities into one department to protect the homeland.
H.R. 5005 was introduced by Rep. Richard K. Armey on June
24, 2002 and pursuant to House Resolution 449 was referred to
the Select Committee on Homeland Security and in addition to a
number of committees, including the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
On July 11, 2002 the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met to consider those provisions of H.R. 5005
which came within the Rule X jurisdiction of the committee and
ordered the bill to be reported to the Select Committee with
recommendations by a vote of 34-3.
The Committee made numerous recommendations, the most
significant of which are:
(1) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
functions transferred by H.R. 5005, remain a distinct unit
under the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation
Security headed by an Assistant Secretary for Transportation
Security. In addition, the transfer would not occur until the
secretary and assistant secretaries are in place. Also, the
transfer would not occur until the Secretary of Transportation
certifies that deadlines for deployment of explosive detection
systems and screeners have been met.
(2) A liaison office with the Department of Homeland
Security be established to work with the Federal Aviation
Administration on any action that might affect aviation safety.
(3) The new Department would not be able to spend funds
from the Airport Improvement Program.
(4) A report be submitted to Congress within 60 days on
meeting the deadlines for screening checked bags.
(5) The General Services (GSA) Administrator be given
authority and flexibility to meet the security needs of federal
agencies and to collect fees for protection services.
(6) Executive Order 12977 be codified establishing an
Interagency Security Committee.
(7) The transfer of FEMA should be struck from the
introduced bill, thereby retaining the independent agency
status of FEMA and retaining its lead agency role under the
Federal Response Plan.
(8) Provisions that gave the Secretary broad authority to
undertake real property arrangements not consistent with
current law be struck from the bill and replaced with a
provision to allow the Administrator of GSA to construct a new
headquarters facility for the Department of Homeland Security
consistent with the Public Buildings Act of 1959.
(9) Before any agency can be transferred, the Secretary of
DHS would have to send to Congress an organizational plan for
oversight review.
(10) Prohibit funds derived from the transportation trust
funds being transferred or appropriated to the DHS, except
certain security related funds made available to the FAA in
2003.
(11) Adding the Secretary of DHS to the Transportation
Security Oversight Board as the Chairman and transferring the
Board to DHS.
(12) Retains the transfer of the Federal Protective
Services to DHS and enhances the authority, responsibility,
pay, and benefits of the FPS officers, and
(13) Striking all references in the bill to the transfer of
the Coast Guard, therefore, leaving the Coast Guard in the
Department of Transportation and ensuring that the Coast
Guard's core missions are performed at adequate levels. The
amendment also established a new Under Secretary of
Transportation for the Coast Guard to better coordinate
security responsibilities with the new DHS.
The Chairman of the Committee, the Honorable Don Young, and
the Ranking Minority Member, the Honorable James L. Oberstar,
testified before the Select Committee on July 17, 2002
regarding the recommendations of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
The Select Committee met on July 19, 2002 to consider the
bill and the recommendations of the standing committees to
which the bill was referred and ordered the bill reported with
amendments by a vote of 5-4. The report of the Select Committee
was filed on July 24, 2002.
The bill was considered by the Committee of the Whole on
July 25 and 26, 2002 and agreed to with amendments by the House
by a vote of 295-132.
The bill was passed by the Senate on November 19, 2002 and
returned to the House with an amendment. The amendment was
agreed to on November 22, 2002 and signed by the President on
November 25, 2002 becoming Public Law 107-296.
The bill as finally passed, reflected many of the
recommendations of the Committee in the following particulars:
(1) TSA was retained as a distinct entity but that legal
requirement expires in 2 years.
(2) The requirement of a liaison office was retained and
the DHS and the FAA are required to consult with each other
regarding any action that might affect aviation safety, air
carrier operations, aircraft worthiness, or the use of
airspace.
(3) The Secretary of Transportation is required to consult
with the Secretary of DHS on AIP grants for security or
screening equipment.
(4) Retains requirement for a report to be submitted to
Congress on the plan for meeting the requirement that all check
bags be screened.
(5) The GSA recommendation was agreed to but revised to
retain all existing authority for federal real property
acquisition in the GSA and to allow GSA to continue to collect
rents and fees, including those for protective services.
(6) This recommendation regarding the Interagency Security
Committee was not adopted.
(7) FEMA was split into two. FEMA's Office of National
Preparedness was transferred to the Directorate of Border and
Transportation Security. The remaining portion of FEMA was
transferred to the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and
Response. FEMA retains its core missions and responsibility as
the lead agency for the Federal Response Plan.
(8) The Committee's concerns were addressed with respect to
the role of the GSA in real property acquisition and insuring
adequate accountability.
(9) Retains the requirement that an organizational plan be
presented to Congress and gives 90 days for review and
oversight.
(10) This recommendation to protect the transportation
trust funds was agreed to.
(11) This recommendation to transfer the Transportation
Security Oversight Board was agreed to.
(12) This recommendation to transfer the Federal Protective
Services was agreed to.
(13) The Coast Guard was transferred to the DHS, but was
kept as a distinct and separate entity. The Commandant reports
directly to the Secretary of DHS and is required to carry out
those statutory missions which constitute the core missions of
the Coast Guard. This addresses one of the major concerns of
the Committee that the Coast Guard continue to serve the public
in those missions related to Search and Rescue, Fisheries
Enforcement, Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement and the
other important missions conferred upon the Coast Guard by the
Congress.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION
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Enacted Bills
AIR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND SYSTEM STABILIZATION ACT
H.R. 2926
Became Public Law 107-42
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)
This legislation was passed in the week immediately
following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to
stabilize the United States commercial air transportation
system. It provided $5 billion in grants to commercial air
carriers for direct and incremental losses suffered as a result
of the attacks. The legislation also authorized the Federal
government to issue up to $10 billion in loan guarantees to the
airlines to ensure their continued viability.
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AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 2001
(S.1447/H.R. 3150)
Became Public Law 107-71
Sponsored by Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and John Mica (R-Florida)
This legislation is a landmark aviation security package
that will create a federalized airport screening system and
insure 100 percent baggage screening at our Nation's airports.
The law is the result of a House-Senate Conference Committee
and includes numerous provisions from the House-passed
legislation. The legislation was drafted as the result of the
September 11th terrorist attacks and includes provisions
recommended from both U.S. and international aviation and
security experts to create a uniform, consistent security
system at our Nation's airports and provide for Federal
marshals on commercial flights and increased security in all
areas of our airports and jets.
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EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS IN HONORING THE CREW AND
PASSENGERS OF UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93
H. Con. Res. 232
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Ernest Fletcher (R-Kentucky)
This resolution expressed the sense of the Congress in
honoring the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93
for possibly averting the use of that aircraft in a further
terrorist attack on the United States by attempting to
overpower the hijackers.
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EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE CRASH OF AMERICAN
AIRLINES FLIGHT 587
H. Con. Res. 272
Passed the House and Senate
Sponsored by Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-New York)
This resolution expresses the sense of Congress and
offering condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones
of the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 on
the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens County, New York, on November
12, 2001.
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EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE HEROISM AND COURAGE
DISPLAYED BY AIRLINE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS EACH DAY
H. CON. RES. 401 and S. CON. RES. 110
Passed the House and the Senate
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), Rep. John Mica (R-Florida),
Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minnesota), Rep. William Lipinski (D-Illinois),
and Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Michigan)
This resolution expresses profound gratitude to airline
flight attendants for their daily service to make air travel
safe, honors the courage and dedication of flight attendants,
and expresses support for the flight attendants who displayed
heroism on September 11, 2001, and to all flight attendants who
continue to display heroism each day.
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SMALL AIRPORT SAFETY, SECURITY, AND AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2002
H.R. 1979, House Report 107-496
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)
This legislation allows small airports to use Airport
Improvement Program grants to build air traffic control towers
to provide important safety benefits.
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THE DESIGNATION OF BUILDINGS 315, 318, AND 319 LOCATED AT THE FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S WILLIAM J. HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER IN
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, AS THE ``FRANK R. LAUTENBERG AVIATION
SECURITY COMPLEX''
H.R. 2776, House Report 107-279
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-New Jersey), Rep. Robert Menendez
(D-New Jersey), Rep. Jim Saxton (R-New Jersey), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-
New Jersey), Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-New Jersey), Rep. Steven Rothman (D-
New Jersey), Rep. Donald Payne (D-New Jersey), and Rep. Rush Holt (D-
New Jersey)
This legislation designates buildings 315, 318, and 319
located at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J.
Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the
``Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex''.
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NATIONAL AVIATION CAPACITY EXPANSION ACT
H.R. 3479, House Report 107-568
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. William Lipinski (D-Illinois)
This bill codifies an agreement reached between the
Governor of Illinois and the Mayor of Chicago to address
aviation needs in the Chicago region by allowing for the
expansion of Chicago O'Hare International Airport
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2002
H.R. 4466, House Report 107-470
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), Rep. John Mica (R-Florida),
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minnesota), Rep. Jack Quinn (R-New York), Rep.
William Lipinski (D-Illinois) and Rep. Robert Clement (D-Tennessee)
This legislation amends title 49, United States Code, to
authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety
Board for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005.
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AIRPORT STREAMLINING APPROVAL PROCESS ACT OF 2002
H.R. 4481, House Report 107-531
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), Rep. John Mica (R-Florida) and
Rep. John Duncan (R-Tennessee)
This legislation streamlines the Federal approval process
for airport capacity projects at the Nation's most congested
airports. This bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to
develop a coordinated review process to ensure that all
environmental reviews by government agencies will be conducted
at the same time, whenever possible, and completed within the
deadlines established by DOT. It also limits all Federal or
state agencies taking part in a review to the project ``purpose
and need'' determined by DOT, and limits reviews to the project
alternatives that the Secretary determines are reasonable. The
bill also ensures that Federal action will be subject to
judicial review only by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
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THE ARMING PILOTS AGAINST TERRORISM ACT
H.R. 4635, House Report 107-555
Passed the House
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Rep. John Mica (R-Florida)
This legislation establishes a program to allow commercial
airline pilots to carry a firearm to defend the cockpits in
their aircraft. It also establishes a program to train flight
attendants in situational awareness and self-defense to protect
against a terrorist hijacking.
A provision similar to H.R. 4635 was included in the Senate
substitute amendment to H.R. 5005, the bill to create a
Department of Homeland Security. H.R. 5005 was passed by both
the House and the Senate and signed into law.
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AIRLINE DELAY REDUCTION ACT
H.R. 1407, House Report 107-77
Reported to the House
Sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), Rep. Jim Oberstar
(D-Minnesota), Rep. John Mica (R-Florida), Rep. William
Lipinski (D-Illinois), Rep, Asa Hutchinson (R-Arkansas), Rep.
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), Rep. Stephen Horn (R-California),
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-California), Rep. Jack Quinn
(R-New York), Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of
Columbia), Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Michigan), Rep. Spencer Bachus
(R-Alabama), Rep. Richard Baker (R-Louisiana), Rep. John
Cooksey (R-Louisiana), Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-New Jersey), Rep.
Robin Hayes (R-North Carolina), Rep. John Isakson (R-Georgia),
Rep. Timothy Johnson (R-Illinois), Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-
Minnesota), and Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois).
This bill amends title 49, United States Code, to permit
air carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to
reduce flight delays.
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GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY REPARATIONS ACT
H.R. 3347, House Reports 107-406
Reported to the House
Sponsored by Rep. John Mica (R-Florida), Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania)
This bill provides economic relief to general aviation
entities that have suffered substantial economic injury as a
result of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the United
States on September 11, 2001. It makes $2.5 billion in grants
available to general aviation entities for reimbursement of
direct and indirect losses. It also makes $3 billion of the $10
billion in loan guarantees previously made available to the
airline industry available to general aviation entities.
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HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002
H.R. 5005
Became Public Law 107-296
This bill creates the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and transfers all Federal security-related activities to the
new department, including activities under the recently created
Transportation Security Administration. This bill also extends
the deadline for the deployment of explosives detection
machines for the screening of checked baggage for one year,
expands and extends various aspects of the War Risk Insurance
program, and creates a program to allow commercial airline
pilots to carry firearms while on duty.
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Hearings
On March 14, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to modernize the Air
Traffic Control System. (With a focus on the Standard Terminal
Automation Replacement System (STARS)).
On April 25, 2001 the Subcommittee held hearing on the
Federal Aviation Administration's Capacity Benchmarks.
On April 26, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
1407, The Airline Delay Reduction Act.
On May 24, 2001 the Subcommittee held a Hearing on Airport
Runway Construction Challenges.
June 13, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on Standard
Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) Deployment
Update.
On June 20, 2001 the Subcommittee heald a hearing on
Airline Customer Service Commitments: Status Report
On June 26, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on Runway
Incursions, Focusing on the Technology to Prevent Collisions.
On July 11, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Government Accounting Office's Report on the Federal Aviation
Administration's Rulemaking Process.
On July 16, 2001 the Subcommittee held a Field Hearing on
Air Traffic Congestion in the New York City Area in New York
City, New York.
On July 26, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on The
Competitiveness of the United States Manufacturing Aircraft
Manufacturing Industry.
On August 1, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
2107, a bill to preempt State law requiring approval of certain
airport projects.
On September 13, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing to
Update the Status of the Standard Terminal Automation System
(STARS) Program.
On September 21, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Aviation Security and the Future of the Aviation Industry.
(H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On September 25, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Aviation Security and the Future of the Aviation Industry.
(H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On October 11, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Deployment and Use of Security Technology. (H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On October 17, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
General Aviation Restrictions in Class B Airspace.
On December 7, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Checked Baggage Screening Systems. (H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On January 23, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
with a Focus on the 60-day Deadline for Screening and Checked
Baggage. (H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On February 27, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Aviation Security with a focus on Passenger Profiling. (H.R.
3150/S. 1447)
On March 6, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
3479, to Expand Aviation Capacity in the Chicago Area.
On March 14, 2002 the Subcommittee held a joint hearing
with the Subcommittee on Railroads on the Reauthorization of
the National Transportation Safety Board. (H.R. 4466)
On April 11, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Adequacy of the Federal Aviation Administration's Oversight of
Passenger Aircraft Maintenance.
On May 2, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on Arming
Flight Crews Against Terrorist Attacks. (H.R. 4635)
On July 16, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on Ways to
Improve Federal Aviation Administration's Organizational
Structure (Focusing on the Role of the Chief Operating Officer
and Air Traffic Services).
On July 23, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Aviation Security. (H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On September 17, 2002 the Subcommittee held a Field Hearing
on Aviation Security in Orlando, Florida. (H.R. 3150/S. 1447)
On September 24, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
the Financial condition of the Airline Industry.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME
TRANSPORTATION
During the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Maritime Transportation, Chaired by Congressman Frank A.
LoBiondo, with Congresswoman Corrine Brown serving as Ranking
Minority Member, developed major legislation dealing with the
U.S. Coast Guard and maritime security. One of the legislative
proposals originally would have authorized the Coast Guard
during fiscal year 2002. Due to the ending of fiscal year 2002,
the final bill authorizes the Coast Guard during fiscal year
2003. This legislation also involves the Coast Guard's
responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of vessels,
ports, waterways, and related facilities; to ensure safety of
life and property at sea; to enforce all Federal laws on the
high seas and U.S. waters; to maintain aids to navigation; and
to protect the marine environment. The Subcommittee also
developed a bill establishing a comprehensive national maritime
transportation security system, supported by port vulnerability
assessments conducted by the Coast Guard. This legislation also
establishes a requirement for the Coast Guard to assess the
effectiveness of security systems in certain foreign ports, and
to deny entry to vessels from ports that do not maintain
effective security. The Maritime Transportation Security Act of
2002, S. 1214, was enacted into law at the end of the 107th
Congress. This legislation includes a compromise version of the
Subcommittee's port security and Coast Guard authorization
bills. The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 2228, the
Maritime Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001.
The Subcommittee held oversight hearings on the Coast
Guard's fiscal year 2001 supplemental funding needs, the state
of recreational boating safety in the United States, as well as
port and maritime congestion. During the 107th Congress, the
Subcommittee also held oversight hearings of the Coast Guard's
drug interdiction strategy and the implementation of the
National Invasive Species Act of 1996.
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Enacted Legislation
MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-295)
Section 1 states that the Act may be cited as the
``Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.''
Section 101 states a number of Congressional findings in
regard to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.
Section 102 of the Conference Report creates a new subtitle
VI of title 46, United States Code, to establish a
comprehensive national system of transportation security
enhancements. Chapter 701 of this subtitle contains provisions
related to port security.
Definitions
New section 70101 provides definitions for six terms to be
used in new chapter 701. The term ``Secretary'' is defined as
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating. The term ``transportation security incident'' is
defined as a security incident resulting in a significant loss
of life, environmental damage, transportation system
disruption, or economic disruption.
United States facility and vessel vulnerability assessments
Section 70102 requires the Secretary to conduct initial
assessments of vessel types and facilities, located on or
adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.,
and to identify which of these vessels or facilities pose a
high risk of being involved in a transportation security
incident. Based on the information gathered in the initial
assessments, the Secretary is required to conduct a detailed
vulnerability assessment for facilities and vessels that may be
involved in a transportation security incident. The Secretary
may also accept an alternative assessment prepared by or on
behalf of a vessel or facility owner or operator if that
assessment satisfies certain criteria.
Maritime transportation security plans
Section 70103 of new chapter 701 requires the Secretary to
establish the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan
for deterring and responding to a transportation security
incident. Each Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, after
soliciting advice from the Area Security Advisory Committee, is
required to submit to the Secretary an Area Maritime
Transportation Security Plan for each individual area
established under the National Maritime Transportation Security
Plan. Finally, section 70103 requires owners and operators of
vessels and facilities, which the Secretary believes may be
involved in a transportation security incident, to develop
vessel and facility security plans.
Transportation security incident response
Section 70104 requires the Secretary to establish a system
of security incident response plans developed for vessels and
facilities that may be involved in a transportation security
incident.
Transportation security cards
Section 70105 establishes a national standard for issuance
of transportation security cards whose purpose is to control
access to ensure terminal areas to only authorized personnel.
Maritime safety and security teams
Section 70106 establishes Coast Guard maritime safety and
security teams to protect vessels, ports, facilities, and cargo
on United States' waters.
Grants
Section 70107 provides financial assistance for enhanced
security to implement a facility or area maritime security
plans approved by the Coast Guard or an interim security
measure required by the Coast Guard.
This section authorizes matching grants for various types
of security upgrades at U.S. ports and U.S. maritime areas
including reimbursements for security enhancements that have
corrected security vulnerabilities since September 11, 2001,
that are consistent with their Area Maritime Transportation
Security Plans and facility security plans.
This section also provides $15 million for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2008 for research and development grants for
port security.
Foreign port assessment
New section 70108 of title 46 requires the Secretary to
assess the effectiveness of the antiterrorism measures
maintained at a foreign port from which vessels depart on a
voyage to the United States or which poses a high risk of
introducing terrorism to international maritime commerce.
Notifying foreign authorities
Section 70109 requires the Secretary, after conducting a
foreign port assessment, to contact the foreign government if
he finds that a port in that foreign country does not maintain
effective antiterrorism measures. Section 70109(b) requires the
Secretary to make available a port security training program
for ports in foreign countries that are found under section
70108 to lack adequate security measures.
Actions when foreign ports not maintaining effective antiterrorism
measures
If the Secretary finds that a foreign port does not
maintain effective antiterrorism measures, section 70110 allows
him to prescribe conditions of entry into the United States for
any vessel arriving from that port. The Secretary may also deny
entry into the United States to any vessel that does not meet
these conditions.
Enhanced crewmember identification
Section 70111 requires crew members on vessels calling at
U.S. ports to carry and present on demand any identification
that the Secretary decides is necessary.
Maritime security advisory committees
Section 70112 requires the Secretary to establish a
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee and Area Maritime
Security Advisory Committees for any port area of the United
States. The Committees may advise, consult, and make
recommendations to the Secretary on ways to enhance security
and safety at U.S. seaports.
Maritime intelligence
Section 70113 requires the Secretary to implement a system
to collect, integrate, and analyze information concerning
vessels operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
U.S. The Secretary may collect information from public and
private entities to the extent that the information is not
provided by other Federal departments and agencies.
Automatic identification systems
Section 70114 requires that certain vessels be equipped
with and operate an automatic identification system (AIS) under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The AIS includes a
position indicating transponder and an electronic charting or
situation display for accessing the information made available
by the transponder system. This will allow a vessel operator to
more easily identify the position and heading of their vessel
and other vessels navigating in the area. It will also allow
shore-based Coast Guard facilities to more easily monitor the
location and heading of vessels in their area.
Long-range vessel tracking system
Section 70115 authorizes the Secretary to develop and
implement a long-range automated secure vessel tracking system
for all vessels on voyages in U.S. waters that are equipped
with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System or
equivalent satellite technology. The Secretary may use existing
maritime organizations to collect and monitor tracking
information under the system.
Secure systems of transportation
Section 70116 requires the Secretary, in consultation with
the Transportation Security Oversight Board, to establish a
program to evaluate and certify secure systems of international
intermodal transportation.
Civil penalty
Section 70117 establishes a civil penalty of not more than
$25,000 for each violation of this new chapter.
Section 103 of the Act encourages the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating to undertake
negotiations on an international agreement that provides for an
international system for identifying seafarers. If the
Secretary is unable to negotiate this agreement within 24
months, he is required to submit to Congress a draft of
legislation which would establish a system for identifying
seafarers.
Section 104 extends the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States from 3 miles off the shore, to 12 miles. This
extension of jurisdiction is consistent with Presidential
Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988, and is also consistent
with the Law of the Sea.
Section 105 suspends the effectiveness of any end-strength
and grade distribution for the Coast Guard for any fiscal year
that there is in effect a declaration of war or national
emergency, for a period not to exceed six months after the end
of the war or national emergency.
Section 106 allows natural gas to be included in the
Deepwater Port Act, which establishes a system for permitting
and licensing deepwater terminals. Currently, only oil
facilities are included in this Federal law. This section
ensures the proper application and administration of the
Deepwater Port Act to offshore natural gas facilities and
enables the timely development of offshore natural gas
facilities.
Section 107 amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to
allow for the dispatch of properly trained and qualified armed
Coast Guard personnel on facilities and vessels to deter or
respond to acts of terrorism or transportation security
incidents. The substitute also requires that the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report
to Congress on the use of non-Coast Guard personnel as sea
marshals.
Section 108 of the Act contains amendments to section 431A
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by section 343(b) of the
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210, including a requirement
that the Secretary of the Treasury provide the appropriate
Federal departments and agencies with cargo information
obtained pursuant to this section. The Conference substitute
also amends section 343(a) of Public Law 107-210.
Section 109 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
develop standards and a curriculum to allow for the training
and certification of maritime security professionals. The
section further authorizes the Secretary to make training
opportunities available to any law enforcement or maritime
security personnel in the United States. The section also
authorizes $5.5 million for each of fiscal years 2003 through
2008 for maritime training.
Section 110 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
report to Congress on the life cycle costs and benefits of
creating a Center for Coastal and Maritime Security. The
Secretary is also required to report to Congress on the secure
system of transportation program established under this Act.
By not later that January 1, 2004, section 111 of this
legislation requires the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the
Transportation Security Oversight Board, to develop and
maintain an antiterrorism cargo identification, tracking, and
screening system for containerized cargo shipped to and from
the United States. This section also requires the Secretary to
develop performance standards to enhance the physical security
of shipping containers, including standards for seals and locks
as well as systems to detect any tampering or breaking of the
seal or container integrity.
Section 112 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to report to Congress a list
of all nations whose flag vessels have entered the United
States ports in the previous year. The report must also contain
a breakdown of countries whose vessel registration or
classification procedures have been found by the Secretary to
be noncompliant with international classifications and whose
laws or regulations are not sufficient to allow tracking of
ownership registration histories of registered flag vessels.
Section 113 directs the Secretary of Transportation to
publish a revised version of the document ``Port Security: A
National Planning Guide,'' within three years after the
enactment of the Senate passed bill and to make the document
available on the Internet.
Section 202 of the Conference Report amends section 1120(g)
of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
324) to deem the vessel COASTAL VENTURE to have been
constructed in the United States.
Section 203 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
make a grant to the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
Committee to construct an addition to the American Merchant
Marine Memorial Wall of Honor in San Pedro, California.
Section 204 requires the discharge from a vessel of any
agricultural cargo residue material in the form of hold
washings to be governed exclusively under the provisions of
MARPOL Annex V (MARPOL V).
Section 205 extends the provisions of current law for
preferred mortgages to a valid lien against a vessel not
covered by a preferred mortgage.
Section 206 deems the research vessel DAVIDSON to be less
than 100 gross tons, for purposes of applying the optional
regulatory measurement under section 14305 of title 46, United
States Code.
Section 207 waives certain coastwise trade laws for
individually listed vessels.
Section 208 of the House amendment adds the vessels SS RED
OAK VICTORY, SS AMERICAN VICTORY, and LST-325 to a list of
three vessels subject to section 3302(l) of title 46, United
States Code.
Section 209 waives the coastwise trade laws of the United
States for three barges as long as these barges are only used
in firework displays.
Section 210 of the Act waives certain U.S. coastwise trade
laws for the vessel EAGLE under certain specific circumstances.
Section 211 allows ten sailboats participating in the New
World Challenge Race to transport non-paying guests, before and
during stops of that race.
Section 212 allows the owner of the ASPHALT COMMANDER to
place this U.S.-flag vessel under a foreign registry.
Section 213 allows certain foreign-built launch barges to
transport topside modules in the coastwise trade of the United
States.
Section 214 temporarily authorizes the Secretary to waive
the coastwise laws of the United States for not more than three
foreign built self-propelled tank vessels under certain
circumstances related to the late delivery from a United States
shipyard of a coastwise eligible self-propelled tank vessel.
Section 215 eliminates the position of Associate Deputy
Secretary, Department of Transportation, and creates the
position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
Section 311 amends section 336(d) of title 14, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to promote the Coast
Guard Band Director from the rank of Commander to the rank of
Captain.
Section 312 amends section 511 of title 14, United States
Code, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to grant
compensatory absence from duty for Coast Guard military
personnel serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard.
Section 313 amends sections 259, 260(a), and 271(a) of
title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to
advance officers ahead of their peers within a given promotion
zone, without disadvantaging other high performing officers.
Section 321 amends section 1203(b) of title 33, United
States Code, to require foreign-flag vessels to monitor inter-
ship radiotelephone frequencies when operating within the U.S.
territorial sea between three and twelve miles offshore.
Section 322 maintains six reports which were eliminated
after the enactment of the Federal Reports Elimination and
Sunset Act of 1995. The section also terminates an annual
report to Congress regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund.
Section 323 amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to
authorize the Coast Guard to borrow up to $100 million for
additional emergency oil spill cleanup removal from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Section 324 amends section 7302 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue an
interim merchant mariner's document valid for a period not to
exceed 120 days.
Section 325 raises the maximum civil penalty to $5,000 for
the negligent operation of a recreational vessel, or for
interfering with the safe operation of a recreational vessel.
The penalty for the negligent operation of any other vessel, or
for interfering with the safe operation of a commercial vessel,
under this amendment will be $25,000.
Section 331 amends section 4508 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Commercial
Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005
and make technical changes.
Section 332 amends section 18 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Houston-Galveston Navigation
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 333 of the Act amends section 19 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 334 amends section 2073 of title 33, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Navigation
Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 335 amends section 13110 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the National
Boating Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005 and make
technical changes.
Section 336 amends section 1231(a) of title 33, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Towing
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005 and make technical
changes.
Section 341 of the Conference Report authorizes the Coast
Guard to accept up to seven excess PC-170 patrol ships from the
U.S. Navy.
During fiscal year 2003, section 342 amends the
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 to increase the
State Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program by one million
dollars and to change the definition of state matching amounts
for purposes of the State Boating Safety Grant Program.
Section 343 authorizes the Coast Guard to operate and
maintain a Caribbean Support Tender to provide technical
assistance and law enforcement training for foreign coast
guards, navies, and other maritime services.
Section 344 extends the expiration date for the prohibition
of any new maritime user fees from September 30, 2001, to
September 30, 2006.
Section 345 requires the Coast Guard to continue to offer
advice and technical assistance to organizations in the Great
Lakes region that are dedicated to lighthouse stewardship.
Section 346 requires the Coast Guard to report to Congress,
within 60 days after enactment, the agency's implementation of
National Transportation Safety Board recommendations following
the MORNING DEW accident.
Section 347 authorizes the transfer of 4.13 acres of land,
known as the Naval Reserve Pier property, located in Portland,
Maine, to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development Corporation.
Section 348 requires the Secretary in the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to submit a report to
Congress that compares Coast Guard expenditures by mission area
on an annualized basis before and after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001. The report must also estimate the annual
funding amounts and personnel levels that would restore all
Coast Guard mission areas to the readiness levels that existed
before September 11, 2001. This section also requires a report
identifying mission targets for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and
2005, and the specific steps necessary to achieve those
targets.
Section 349 transfers the Coast Guard Slip Point Light
Station in Clallam County, Washington, to Clallam County and
the Point Pinos Light, located in Monterey County, California,
to the City of Pacific Grove, California.
Section 402 of the Act would extend the present Coast Guard
housing authorities from October 1, 2001, to October 1, 2007.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 provides the Coast
Guard with the legal authorities to encourage private sector
participation in the acquisition or construction of Coast Guard
housing on or near Coast Guard installations. The Coast Guard
is currently in the process of developing proposals for several
potential housing projects using these new authorities.
This section further authorizes the Coast Guard to
implement a demonstration project for the acquisition or
construction of military family housing and military
unaccompanied housing at the Coast Guard installation in
Kodiak, Alaska.
Section 403 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
maintain and publish an inventory of U.S.-flag vessels capable
of laying, maintaining, or repairing a submarine cable.
Section 404 requires that a vessel engaged in towing
assistance or towing escort be a vessel of the United States,
and establishes a civil penalty for a person who violates this
section.
Section 405 requires the Coast Guard to establish standards
for the safe operation of Coast Guard search and rescue
stations, and expresses a sense of Congress that the Coast
Guard should establish, implement and maintain minimum
standards necessary to ensure that an individual on duty or
watch in a Coast Guard search and rescue command center
facility not work more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period.
Section 406 authorizes the Coast Guard to allow private VHF
Communications companies to place equipment and VHF towers on
Coast Guard property. In exchange, the Coast Guard may receive
discounted VHF communications services. This section also
states that commercial VHF communication equipment placed on
real property under the administrative control of the Coast
Guard shall not interfere in any manner with any current or
future Coast Guard communications equipment.
Section 407 authorizes $987,400 for the fire, oil, and
toxic spill response communications, training, equipment, and
program administration activities conducted by nonprofit
organizations in cooperation with the Coast Guard.
Section 408 conforms certain permanent laws of the United
States relating to the Coast Guard and maritime transportation
by correcting references to the former Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 409 prohibits a vessel, which has been forfeited to
the United States government for a breach of the laws of the
United States, from obtaining a certificate of documentation
with a fisheries endorsement. This section does not grant the
Coast Guard new authority to seize or forfeit vessels.
Section 410 requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are equipped with
adequate safety equipment, including hypothermia protective
clothing where appropriate, while performing search and rescue
missions.
Section 411 makes technical amendments regarding the
promotion of Coast Guard Reserve Officers to implement the
changes to the Reserve promotion system included in the Fiscal
Year 2001 Department of Defense Authorization Act.
Section 412 authorizes the Coast Guard to continue
commanders and lieutenant commanders scheduled to retire due to
failure of selection for promotion.
Section 413 authorizes the Coast Guard to pay an
individual's undergraduate or graduate educational tuition when
that individual enlists in the Coast Guard Reserve and promises
to accept a commission in the Coast Guard Reserve upon
completion of the degree.
Section 414 permits the Coast Guard to offer to captains,
who would otherwise be forced to retire after thirty years of
duty, the opportunity to continue on active duty. This proposal
would allow the Coast Guard to retain these highly experienced
individuals at very little additional cost.
Section 415 allows the Coast Guard to pay death gratuities
to personal representatives of Coast Guard Auxiliarists who die
in the line of duty, to the same extent that death gratuities
are paid on behalf of Federal employees.
Section 416 revises the Coast Guard's severance pay
provisions to incorporate the Department of Defense separation
pay computations.
Section 417 authorizes the Coast Guard to lease lighthouse
properties for terms not to exceed thirty years.
Section 418 amends the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act to
increase the Coast Guard's drug interdiction jurisdiction from
12 to 24 miles from U.S. shores.
Section 419 grants the Coast Guard statutory authority to
regulate wing-in-ground craft and makes them subject to
inspection as small passenger vessels.
Section 420 removes the requirement for filing an original
commercial instrument (for example, a ship mortgage) within ten
days of the electronic filing of the instrument.
Section 421 eliminates the requirement for a thumbprint to
be placed on a merchant mariners' document.
Section 422 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
issue temporary certificates of documentation, and to delegate
to private third parties the authority to issue the
certificates for recreational vessels.
Section 423 authorizes the Coast Guard to conduct marine
casualty investigations involving foreign vessels in areas
outside U.S. territorial waters consistent with the practices
and procedures of international law.
Section 424 requires that the Coast Guard convey the
property adjacent to Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, located
in Hampton Township, Michigan, to BaySail, Inc., a nonprofit
corporation.
Section 425 changes the recipient's name of a previous
Coast Guard property transfer in Traverse City, Michigan.
Section 426 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to submit an annual report
to Congress setting forth the capabilities and readiness of the
Coast Guard to fulfill its national defense responsibilities.
Section 427 extends the Oil Spill Recovery Institute until
September 30, 2012.
Section 428 amends section 2114 of title 46, United States
Code, to expand the protection of seamen against
discrimination. This section does not allow for anyone to
discharge or discriminate against any seaman who reports a
violation of a maritime law to the Coast Guard or refuses to
perform duties which he believes would result in his or another
individual's injury.
Section 429 does not allow the Commandant of the Coast
Guard to decommission any WYTL-class harbor tugs unless he
certifies that sufficient replacement capability has been
procured by the Coast Guard to remediate any degradation in
current icebreaking services.
Section 430 allows the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
provide support to an entity which engages in fishing vessel
safety training.
Section 431 limits the liability of pilots working in a
Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service while acting within the
scope of their duties and under the supervision of a Coast
Guard officer.
Section 432 allows the Coast Guard to transfer funds to the
City of Chicago to pay the Federal share to demolish the old
Coast Guard station on Chicago Harbor and construct a new
facility at this site for use as a marine safety station. The
Federal share of this project may not exceed one third of the
total cost of the project or two million dollars, whichever is
less.
Section 433 extends the time for a recreational vessel and
associated equipment recall from five to ten years.
Section 434 allows the Secretary of Transportation to
transfer up to $300,000 to the City of Escanaba, Michigan, for
the repair of the north wall of the municipal dock in Escanaba.
Section 435 of the Act directs the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating to amend the
vessel GLOBAL EXPLORER's certificate of documentation to show
the vessel's year of construction as 2002.
Section 436 amends chapter 51 of title 46, United States
Code, regarding vessel load lines.
Section 437 allows the Administrator of the General
Services Administration to transfer to the Secretary of the
Interior administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands
in the State of Michigan.
Section 438 authorizes funding for LORAN-C navigation
infrastructure.
Section 439 reimburses the State of Hawaii for damages
caused by the Coast Guard to the ferry pier at Barber's Point
Harbor, Hawaii.
Section 440 requires the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating, jointly with the
Secretaries of Commerce and Interior, to report to Congress on
the immunity of a private responder (other than a person
responsible for the vessel or facility from which oil is
discharged) from liability for criminal and civil penalties for
the incidental take of a protected species while carrying out
oil spill response actions.
Section 441 amends section 10601(a) of title 46, United
States Code, by requiring that the owner, charterer, managing
operator or a representative thereof, including, but not
limited to, the master or individual in charge of a fishing
industry vessel, shall make a fishing agreement in writing with
each seaman employed on board the vessel.
Section 442 requires the Coast Guard to begin publishing
all major marine casualty reports upon enactment of this Act.
Additionally, the Conferees direct the Coast Guard to begin
electronically publishing the remaining marine casualty reports
by the end of the fiscal year 2005.
Section 443 amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to
add the safety and security of United States ports and
waterways to this law's traditional focus on marine safety and
environmental protection.
Section 444 allows the Coast Guard to suspend the payment
of the retired pay of a member or former member during periods
in which the member willfully remains outside the United States
to avoid criminal prosecution or civil liability.
Section 445 prohibits any non-Federal interest from
assessing or collecting any fee on vessels or water craft
operating on navigable waters subject to the authority of the
United States, or under the freedom of navigation on those
waters. This section does not prohibit those instances in which
Federal law has permitted the imposition of fees and recognizes
those circumstances under which non-Federal interests may
charge reasonable port and harbor fees for services rendered.
Section 501 of the Conference Report states that this title
may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization for Fiscal Year
2003.''
Section 502 authorizes approximately $6 billion for Coast
Guard programs and operations during fiscal year 2003. Section
502(1) authorizes approximately $4.3 billion for Coast Guard
operating expenses for fiscal year 2003.
Section 502(2) authorizes $725 million in fiscal year 2003
for the Coast Guard's acquisition, construction, and
improvement (AC&I) account.
Section 503 authorizes 45,500 Coast Guard active duty
military personnel as of September 30, 2003.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002
(Public Law 107-107)
Public Law 107-107 provides for a targeted military pay
raise ranging from five percent to 10 percent effective January
1, 2002. The Act also amends title 14, United States Code, to
allow the Secretary of Transportation to issue one duplicate
Medal of Honor to recipients for display purposes, and a
provision which clarifies the Secretary's authority to replace
stolen decorations.
BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003
(Public Law 107-314)
Public Law 107-314 would increase military basic pay by at
least 4.1 percent.
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Other Legislation
THE MARITIME POLICY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2001
On March 21, 2001, during the First Session of the 107th
Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1098, the
Maritime Policy Improvement Act of 2001. H.R. 1098 contains
many important provisions, including amendments to expand the
American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor, establish a
new method for recording and discharging certain maritime
liens, and provide limited relief to certain vessel owners.
Most of the provisions of H.R. 1098 were later included in H.R.
3507 and S. 1214.
Section 3 of the bill amends section 1120(g) of the Coast
Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-324) to add the
vessel COASTAL VENTURE to a list of vessels, deemed to have
been constructed in the United States.
Section 4 adopts the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall
of Honor Expansion Act which authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation to make grants to the American Merchant Marine
Veterans Memorial Committee to construct an addition to the
American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor in San Pedro,
California.
Section 5 requires the discharge from a vessel of any
agricultural cargo residue material in the form of hold
washings to be governed exclusively under the provisions of
MARPOL Annex V (MARPOL V) as implemented by the Act to Prevent
Pollution from Ships (APPS).
Section 6 would extend the provisions of current law for
preferred mortgages to a valid lien against a vessel not
covered by a preferred mortgage.
Section 7 of the bill deems the research vessel DAVIDSON to
be less than 100 gross tons, as measured under chapter 145 of
title 46, United States Code, for purposes of applying the
optional regulatory measurement under section 14305 of title
46.
Section 8 waives certain coastwise trade laws for 20
individually listed vessels.
Section 9 adds the vessels SS RED OAK VICTORY and SS
AMERICAN VICTORY to a list of three vessels subject to section
3302(l) of title 46, United States Code.
Section 10 waives the coastwise trade laws of the United
States for three barges as long as these barges are only used
in firework displays.
Section 11 waives certain U.S. coastwise trade laws for the
vessel EAGLE under certain specific circumstances.
Section 12 allows ten sailboats participating in the New
World Challenge Race to transport non-paying guests, from and
around the ports of San Francisco and San Diego, California,
before and during stops of that race.
Section 13 of the bill allows the owner of the vessel
ASPHALT COMMANDER to place this U.S.-flag vessel under a
foreign registry.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation reported H.R. 1098, without amendment, to the
full Senate on July 27, 2001. The Senate failed to act on H.R.
1098 before the end of the 107th Congress.
COAST GUARD PERSONNEL AND MARITIME SAFETY ACT OF 2001
On March 21, 2001, during the First Session of the 107th
Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1099, the
Coast Guard Personnel and Maritime Safety Act of 2001. This
bill contains many provisions related to Coast Guard personnel
management, commercial and recreational vessel safety, and
environmental protection. Most of the provisions of H.R. 1099
were later included in H.R. 3507 and S. 1214.
Section 101 of the bill amends section 336(d) of title 14,
United States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to promote the
Coast Guard Band Director from the rank of Commander to the
rank of Captain.
Section 102 amends section 511 of title 14, United States
Code, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to grant
compensatory absence from duty for Coast Guard military
personnel serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard.
Section 103 amends sections 259, 260(a), and 271(a) of
title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to
advance officers ahead of their peers within a given promotion
zone, without disadvantaging other high performing officers.
Section 201 amends section 1203(b) of title 33, United
States Code, to require foreign-flag vessels to monitor inter-
ship radiotelephone frequencies when operating within U.S.
territorial waters between three and twelve miles offshore.
Section 202 maintains six reports which were eliminated
after the enactment of the Federal Reports Elimination and
Sunset Act of 1995.
Section 203 of the bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 to authorize the Coast Guard to borrow up to $100 million
for additional emergency oil spill cleanup removal from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund. Currently, a permanent annual
appropriation of $50 million is made available to carry out
emergency oil spill response needs.
Section 204 amends section 7302 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue an
interim merchant mariner's document valid for a period not to
exceed 120 days. This section also amends section 8701(a) of
title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain personnel
employed aboard passenger vessels not engaged in foreign
voyages from obtaining a merchant mariner's document. The
section also adds certain temporarily employed catering
personnel, florists, event planners, and similarly situated
personnel to the category of vessel crew who are exempt from
holding a merchant mariner document.
Section 205 establishes a maximum civil penalty of $5,000
for the negligent operation of a recreational vessel, or for
interfering with the safe operation of a recreational vessel.
The penalty for the negligent operation of any other vessel, or
for interfering with the safe operation of a commercial vessel,
will be $25,000. The maximum civil penalty had been $1,000 for
all violations.
Section 301 amends section 4508 of title 46, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Commercial
Fishing Vessel Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005.
Section 302 amends section 18 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Houston-Galveston Navigation
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005.
Section 303 amends section 19 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-241), to authorize
the Coast Guard to extend the Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005.
Section 304 amends section 2073 of title 33, United States
Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Navigation
Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005.
Section 305 of the bill amends section 13110 of title 46,
United States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the
National Boating Safety Advisory Council from 2000 to 2005.
Section 306 amends section 1231(a) of title 33, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to extend the Towing
Safety Advisory Committee from 2000 to 2005.
Section 401 authorizes the Coast Guard to receive and
operate up to seven excess PC-170 patrol ships from the U.S.
Navy.
Section 402 amends the Port and Waterways Safety Act to
require all vessels entering the 12 mile territorial sea of the
United States to provide notice to the Coast Guard 24 hours
before entering those waters.
Section 403 of the bill authorizes the Coast Guard to
operate and maintain a Caribbean Support Tender to provide
technical assistance and law enforcement training for foreign
coast guards, navies, and other maritime services.
Section 404 extends the expiration date, September 30,
2001, to section 2110(k) of title 46, United States Code, to
September 30, 2006. Section 2110(k) prohibits the Secretary of
Transportation from planning, implementing, or finalizing any
regulation that would promulgate any new maritime user fee
which was not implemented and collected prior to January 1,
1998, including a fee or charge for any domestic icebreaking
service or any other navigational assistance service.
Section 405 requires the Coast Guard to continue to offer
advice and technical assistance to organizations in the Great
Lakes region that are dedicated to lighthouse stewardship. This
section also calls on the Coast Guard to promptly release
information regarding the timing of designations of Coast Guard
lighthouses on the Great Lakes as surplus government property.
Section 406 requires the Coast Guard to report to Congress
within 90 days to describe the agency's implementation of
National Transportation Safety Board recommendations following
the MORNING DEW accident, a recreational sailboat accident that
resulted in the loss of four lives on December 29, 1997,
outside of Charlestown, South Carolina. The Coast Guard must
also report on efforts to fill communication gaps identified in
the MORNING DEW investigation, such as the need for
directional-finding equipment which could help the Coast Guard
prevent deaths in future search and rescue cases.
Section 407 authorizes the transfer of 4.13 acres of land,
known as the Naval Reserve Pier property, located in Portland,
Maine, to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development Corporation.
Section 408 of the bill requires the Coast Guard to study
existing waterway safety committees to test the feasibility of
expanding the concept to small and medium-sized ports.
Section 409 transfers two Coast Guard lighthouses. The
first provision transfers the Coast Guard Slip Point Light
Station in Clallam County, Washington, to Clallam County. The
other provision transfers the Point Pinos Light, located in
Monterey County, California, to City of Pacific Grove,
California.
Section 410 allows the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
enter into agreements with public and private, foreign and
domestic entities to establish partnerships for the performance
of work at the Coast Guard Yard. The section also requires the
Coast Guard to develop a five-year business plan for the most
efficient utilization of the Coast Guard Yard.
Finally, section 411 of the bill amends the Sportfishing
and Boating Safety Act of 1998 to increase the State
Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program by one million
dollars. The section also amends section 13102(a)(3) of title
46, United States Code, to change the definition of state
matching amounts for purposes of the State Boating Safety Grant
Program.
The Senate failed to take action on this bill before the
end of the 107th Congress.
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THE COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2001
On June 7, 2001, during the First Session of the 107th
Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1699, the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001. H.R. 1699 authorizes
funding for Coast Guard activities and programs that are
subject to appropriation during fiscal year 2002. An amended
version of this bill was included in H.R. 3507 and S. 1214.
H.R. 1699 authorizes $5.4 billion for Coast Guard programs
and operations at the level requested by the Administration for
fiscal year 2002, with an additional $300 million in Coast
Guard operating expenses. This is an increase of $845 million
over the amount appropriated for the Coast Guard in fiscal year
2001.
Section 2(1) of the bill authorizes approximately $3.7
billion for Coast Guard operating expenses for fiscal year
2002. This section also requires that $5.5 million be available
for the Coast Guard's program of voluntary safety examinations
of commercial fishing vessels.
Section 2(2) authorizes $659.3 million in fiscal year 2002
for the Coast Guard's acquisition, construction, and
improvement (AC&I) account. Of this amount, $338 million is
available only to implement the Coast Guard's Integrated
Deepwater system.
Section 3 of H.R. 1699 authorizes 44,000 Coast Guard active
duty military personnel.
Finally, section 4 of the bill requires that any new vessel
constructed for the Coast Guard with amounts made available
under H.R. 1699 shall be constructed in the United States,
constructed in compliance with the Buy American Act, and shall
not be constructed of steel or iron produced outside the U.S.
The section further provides that this section would not apply
when the Secretary of Transportation finds that the application
of this provision would be inconsistent with the public
interest and that the iron or steel produced outside the U.S.
is not produced in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably
available quantities and of a satisfactory quality.
The Senate failed to act on H.R. 1699 before the end of the
107th Congress.
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THE OMNIBUS MARITIME IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2001
On October 16, 2001, during the First Session of the 107th
Congress, the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure reported H.R. 2481, the Omnibus Maritime
Improvements Act of 2001, to the full House of Representatives.
This bill makes various changes to U.S. maritime laws and U.S.
Coast Guard authorities. Most of this legislation was later
included in H.R. 3507 and S. 1214.
Section 2 would extend the present Coast Guard housing
authorities from October 1, 2001, to October 1, 2006. The Coast
Guard is currently in the process of developing proposals for
several potential housing projects using these new authorities.
This section further authorizes the Coast Guard to implement a
demonstration project for the acquisition or construction of
military family housing and military unaccompanied housing at
the Coast Guard installation in Kodiak, Alaska.
Section 3 of H.R. 2481 requires that vessels engaged in
laying a submarine cable between two landings in the United
States, a cable making a shore landing in the United States,
and a cable laid on or beneath the navigable waters of the
United States, to be a U.S.-flag vessel if the cable is owned
or operated by or for the United States Government. These
vessels must either be U.S.-flag vessels involved in cable
services before July 1, 2001, or have a certificate of
documentation with a registry endorsement.
Section 4 requires that vessels engaged in towing
assistance or towing escort be a vessel of the United States.
Subsection (c) of section 4 establishes a civil penalty for a
person who violates this section.
Section 5 of the bill requires the Secretary of
Transportation, by July 1, 2002, to prescribe and implement the
minimum standards necessary for the safe operation of all Coast
Guard search and rescue facilities including communications
centers, groups, and stations that are engaged in search and
rescue activities.
Section 6 of H.R. 2481 authorizes the Coast Guard to allow
private VHF Communications companies to place equipment and VHF
towers on Coast Guard property. In exchange, the Coast Guard
may receive discounted VHF communications services from these
companies, including Digital Selective Calling services and
radio direction finding services.
Section 7 authorizes $987,400 for the activities of the
Lower Columbia River Maritime Fire and Safety Association.
Section 8 of the bill conforms certain permanent laws of
the United States relating to the Coast Guard and maritime
transportation by correcting references to the former Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 9 prohibits a vessel, which has been forfeited to
the United States government for a breach of the laws of the
United States, from obtaining a certificate of documentation
with a fisheries endorsement. This section does not grant the
Coast Guard new authority to seize or forfeit vessels.
Section 10 of H.R. 2481 requires the Commandant of the
Coast Guard to ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are
equipped with adequate safety equipment, including hypothermia
protective clothing where appropriate, while performing search
and rescue missions.
Section 11 makes technical amendments regarding the
promotion of Coast Guard Reserve Officers to implement the
changes to the Reserve promotion system included in the fiscal
year 2001 Department of Defense Authorization Act, Public Law
106-398. Section 11 prescribes a method for determining the
date that a promotion becomes effective and establishes the
date of rank in the event the Coast Guard promotes a Reserve
officer under a system other than the running mate system.
Section 12 of the bill authorizes the Coast Guard to
continue commanders and lieutenant commanders scheduled to
retire due to failure of selection for promotion. This
authority is similar to that available to the Department of
Defense.
Section 13 of H.R. 2481 authorizes the Coast Guard to pay
an individual's undergraduate or graduate educational tuition
when that individual enlists in the Coast Guard Reserve and
promises to accept a commission in the Coast Guard Reserve upon
completion of the degree.
Section 14 permits the Coast Guard to offer to captains,
who would otherwise be forced to retire after thirty years of
duty, the opportunity to continue on active duty. This proposal
would allow the Coast Guard to retain these highly experienced
individuals at very little additional cost.
Section 15 allows the Coast Guard to pay death gratuities
to personal representatives of Coast Guard Auxiliarists who die
in the line of duty, to the same extent that death gratuities
are paid on behalf of Federal employees.
Section 16 of H.R. 2481 revises the Coast Guard's severance
pay provisions to incorporate the Department of Defense
separation pay computations.
Section 17 authorizes the Coast Guard to lease lighthouse
properties for terms not to exceed thirty years.
Section 18 of this legislation amends the Maritime Drug Law
Enforcement Act (MDLEA) to increase the Coast Guard's drug
interdiction jurisdiction from 12 to 24 miles from U.S. shores.
This section also clarifies the circumstances under which the
government can seize a vessel which participates in illicit
drug smuggling.
Section 19 grants the Coast Guard statutory authority to
regulate wing-in-ground craft and makes them subject to
inspection as small passenger vessels.
Section 20 of the bill removes the requirement for filing
an original commercial instrument (for example, a ship
mortgage) within ten days of the electronic filing of the
instrument.
Section 21 eliminates the requirement for a thumbprint to
be placed on a merchant mariner's document. The thumbprint is
no longer needed on the document since it now includes a
photograph and must be issued every five years.
Section 22 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
issue temporary certificates of documentation, and to delegate
to private third parties the authority to issue the
certificates for recreational vessels.
Section 23 of H.R. 2481 authorizes the Coast Guard to
conduct marine casualty investigations involving foreign
vessels in areas outside U.S. territorial waters consistent
with the practices and procedures of international law.
Section 23 would amend section 6106 of title 46, United
States Code, to authorize the Coast Guard to conduct marine
casualty investigations involving foreign vessels, consistent
with generally recognized practices and procedures of
international law, and the provisions of the IMO Code for the
Investigation of Marine Casualties and Incidents.
Section 24 of the bill requires that the Secretary of
Transportation convey the property adjacent to Coast Guard
Station Saginaw River, located in Hampton Township, Michigan,
to BaySail, Inc., a nonprofit corporation.
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THE COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002
On December 20, 2001, during the First Session of the 107th
Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3507, the
Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. The primary
purpose of H.R. 3507 is to authorize expenditures for the U.S.
Coast Guard for fiscal year 2002. This legislation also
includes the provisions in House bills H.R. 1098, H.R. 1099,
H.R. 1699, and H.R. 2481. Most of the provisions in H.R. 3507
were later included in S. 1214.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
authorizes $5.9 billion for Coast Guard programs and operations
during fiscal year 2002.
Section 102(1) of the bill authorizes approximately $4.2
billion for Coast Guard operating expenses for fiscal year
2002, including $623 million for domestic maritime homeland
security requirements.
Section 102(2) of this bill authorizes $717.8 million in
fiscal year 2002 for the Coast Guard's acquisition,
construction, and improvement (AC&I) account, including $58.5
million for homeland security.
Section 103 authorizes 44,000 Coast Guard active duty
military personnel.
Section 203 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
make a grant to the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
Committee to construct an addition to the American Merchant
Marine Memorial Wall of Honor in San Pedro, California.
Section 205 extends the provisions of current law for
preferred mortgages to a valid lien against a vessel not
covered by a preferred mortgage.
Section 323 of the bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 to authorize the Coast Guard to advance up to $100 million
for additional emergency oil spill cleanup removal from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Subtitle C of the bill extends six Coast Guard advisory
committees from 2000 to 2005.
Section 342 amends the Port and Waterways Safety Act to
require certain vessels entering the 12 mile territorial sea of
the United States to provide notice to the Coast Guard 96 hours
before entering those waters.
Section 346 requires the Coast Guard to send a status
report to Congress on the modernization of the National
Distress and Response System.
Title III also includes provisions requested by the
Administration to improve Coast Guard personnel management and
maritime safety.
Section 402 extends present Coast Guard housing authorities
to October 1, 2006, and authorizes a Coast Guard Housing
demonstration project in Kodiak, Alaska.
Section 403 requires the Secretary of Transportation to
maintain an inventory of U.S.-flag vessels capable of laying,
maintaining, or repairing a submarine cable.
Section 404 of the legislation requires that vessels
engaged in towing assistance or towing escort to be a vessel of
the United States, and establishes a civil penalty for
violation of the provision.
Section 405 requires the Secretary to establish standards
for the safe operation of Coast Guard search and rescue
stations, and prohibits an individual on duty in a search and
rescue facility from working more than 12 hours in a 24 hour
period, except in an emergency.
Section 410 requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to
ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are equipped with
adequate safety equipment, including survival suits, while
performing search and rescue missions.
Section 428 waives certain coastwise trade laws for 3
individually listed vessels.
Section 432 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
provide up to $2 million to the City of Chicago, Illinois, to
plan and construct a new marine safety station on the Chicago
lakefront.
Section 433 corrects a mistake in the American Fisheries
Act relating to vessel tonnage.
Section 434 extends the time for a recreational vessel and
associated equipment recall from five to ten years.
Title IV also includes provisions requested by the
Administration to improve the effectiveness of the Coast
Guard's personnel management and law enforcement operations.
The Senate failed to act on this bill before the end of the
107th Congress.
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Hearings
During the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Maritime Transportation, Chaired by Congressman Frank A.
LoBiondo, with Congresswoman Corrine Brown serving as Ranking
Minority Member, held 13 hearings. Many of the Subcommittee
hearings related to legislation developed by the Subcommittee.
Other hearings, described below, covered a wide variety of
issues involving the U.S. Coast Guard, its missions, the state
of recreational boating safety in the United States, port and
maritime congestion, the implementation of the National
Invasive Species Act of 1996, and a legislative proposal on
maritime family disaster assistance.
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD FISCAL YEAR 2001 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING NEEDS
On March 8, 2001, the Subcommittee conducted an oversight
hearing on the Coast Guard's fiscal year 2001 shortfall of
approximately $91 million. This shortfall resulted in a 10
percent reduction in Coast Guard operations in early 2001.
Emergency supplemental funding was necessary to cover the Coast
Guard funding shortfalls. The Subcommittee received testimony
from the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral James M. Loy.
Before 2001, the Coast Guard deferred maintenance on
vessels and shore facilities, cannibalized aircraft, and
significantly increased the number of hours that personnel
worked to overcome budget shortfalls. However, the Coast Guard
had deferred maintenance on its aircraft, vessels and shore
facilities to the point that it could no longer sustain its
typical level of operations.
During fiscal year 2001, the Coast Guard diverted funds
from its law enforcement operations to pay for unbudgeted cost
increases related to new and expanded personnel entitlement
programs enacted under the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2001, unanticipated fuel cost increases, and
shortages of critical aviation spare parts. In February 2001,
the Commandant authorized his Operational Commanders to reduce
operations by 10 percent and projected a 30 percent nation-wide
reduction in operations starting in the spring of 2001 without
increased operational resources.
Admiral Loy testified that two issues put pressure on the
Coast Guard operations budget. The first involved new
entitlements provided for all members of the Armed Services
under the Fiscal Year 2001 National Defense Authorization Act.
The second was the rising energy costs of this period. The
Armed Services provisions expanded military entitlements in the
areas of health care coverage, housing, and pay. While Coast
Guard personnel greatly appreciated these benefits, the costs
were not included in the President's fiscal year 2001 budget
request. Admiral Loy ended his testimony by saying that the
Coast Guard had to adjust its operations tempo in certain
missions as well as its operational support and depot
maintenance plans.
In July of 2001, Congress approved the Conference Report
for supplemental fiscal year 2001 funding. This legislation
became Public Law 107-20 and included $92 million to address
additional Coast Guard operational costs as well as $6 million
for the Coast Guard's share of Department of Defense health
care contract price adjustments. The Coast Guard also received
an additional $18 million in fiscal year 2001 supplemental
funding in Public Law 107-38, the 2001 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist
Attacks on the United States.
RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY
On May 11, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
state of recreational boating safety in the United States.
There are approximately 78 million recreational boaters in the
United States. During the last decade, approximately 800
Americans have died each year from boating accidents. Most of
these deaths are the result of drowning. The number of
recreational boating fatalities fell to 742 in calendar year
2000, which were the lowest number of annual recreational
boating deaths that the Coast Guard had ever reported.
Under section 4310 of title 46, United States Code, the
Coast Guard may require manufacturers of boats and engines to
notify owners and to recall, repair, or replace products that
contain defects which create a substantial risk of personal
injury to the public or which fail to comply with an applicable
U.S. Coast Guard safety standard. Manufacturers are required to
notify all dealers and distributors of the recreational vessel
or associated equipment of the defect. The duty to notify is
limited to five years following the manufacture of the vessel.
In September, 2000, the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued a study about houseboat carbon
monoxide deaths on Lake Powell in Arizona. Nine deaths on Lake
Powell in the previous six years had been attributed to carbon
monoxide poisoning. The NIOSH study found especially high
concentrations of carbon monoxide near the stern on two models
of houseboats surveyed at Lake Powell. The study demonstrated
that the design of the stern swim platform on certain models of
houseboats created a cavity between the hull of the vessel and
the swim platform where the gasoline powered generator exhaust
portal is located.
On February 23, 2001, the Coast Guard began issuing
mandatory recall notices to houseboat manufacturers who may
have built vessels equipped with swim platforms and electrical
generator exhaust systems vented into a stern cavity. The
houseboat industry has been working with the Coast Guard, the
American Boat & Yacht Council, and the National Manufacturers
Association to explore new technologies and methods to further
reduce generator carbon monoxide hazards.
Representative Scott McInnis of Colorado testified about
the design flaws associated with certain rear-ventilating
houseboats, a flaw that killed two children of his
constituents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dixey of Parker, Colorado.
Representative McInnis reported that he planned to introduce
legislation in Congress to increase the Coast Guard's recall
authority from five to ten years after the date of manufacture.
The second panel of witnesses included Admiral Terry Cross,
Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Operations, and Commodore
Viggo C. Bertelsen, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Admiral Cross
discussed the Coast Guard's recreational boating safety
programs. He specifically addressed the Coast Guard's efforts
to encourage increased use of lifejackets. Admiral Cross ends
his testimony by calling for a coordinated and cooperative
effort to improve recreational boating safety among all levels
of government, the boating public, and private organizations.
Commodore Bertelsen discussed the role of the voluntary Coast
Guard Auxiliary in supporting the National Recreational Boating
Safety Program.
The third panel of witnesses represented recreational boat
owners, marine manufacturers, state boating law administrators,
and boating safety organizations. Michael Sciulla, Vice
President of the Boat Owners Association of the United States,
testified about the importance of increasing the number of
Federal and state law enforcement officials on our Nation's
waterways. He stated that adding additional boating safety laws
will not increase boating safety at a time when we are unable
to enforce the existing boating safety requirements. Mr.
Sciulla also supported increasing the Coast Guard's recall
authority beyond five years. Mary McConnell, representing the
National Marine Manufacturers Association, testified about her
organization's work toincrease recreational boating safety and
its opposition to increasing the time period of the five year mandatory
recall statute.
The fourth panel included family members of those killed in
recreational boating accidents, medical professionals, and a
Federal official from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH). Mr. And Mrs. Ken Dixey, parents of
two children who died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Lake
Powell, testified about the importance of the houseboat
industry protecting the public against this type of poisoning.
Dr. Lawrence Fine, Acting Director of NIOSH, testified about
his agency's investigation into the houseboat deaths and its
recommendations to the public and industry on ending this
public health threat.
Section 433 of S. 1214 extends the time for a recreational
vessel and associated equipment recall from five to ten years
after the date of manufacture.
PORT AND MARITIME CONGESTION
On May 23, 2001, the Subcommittee held a joint oversight
hearing with the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the
Environment on port and maritime congestion. The Subcommittees
received testimony from federal agencies, the transportation
industry, ports, and organized labor representatives about
congestion on U.S. waterways and ports.
The U.S. marine transportation system encompasses a network
of navigable waterways, ports, and the network of railroads,
roadways, and pipelines that connect the waterborne portions of
the system to the rest of the Nation.
The marine transportation system links the United States to
overseas markets and is vital to our national security
interests. The U.S. is the world's largest trading nation,
accounting for over one billion metric tons of commerce, or
nearly 20 percent of the world's ocean borne trade. Excluding
Mexico and Canada, over 95 percent of U.S. foreign trade
tonnage is shipped by sea, and 14 percent of U.S. inter-city
freight is transported by water. Compared to other modes of
transportation, shipment by waterways is generally less
expensive, safer, and less polluting.
Forecasts show that U.S. foreign ocean borne trade is
expected to double by the year 2020 and inland traffic
movements are expected to increase by 30%. In addition to this
increase in the water transportation of cargo, commuter
ferries, recreational boating and other recreational uses of
the waterways are expected to increase, placing even greater
demands on the marine transportation system. If the Nation is
going to respond to these needs, then the capacity of the U.S.
marine transportation system must greatly increase over the
next twenty years.
The first panel of witnesses included the U.S. Maritime
Administration, the Coast Guard, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Bruce Carlton, Acting Deputy Maritime Administrator,
and Jeffrey High, Director of the Coast Guard's Waterways
Management Division, testified about the state of the current
U.S. marine transportation system and their agencies' efforts
to reduce port and marine transportation congestion. They also
discussed the Marine Transportation System National Advisory
Council's efforts to identify system improvements that are
intermodal in nature.
The second panel of witnesses represented U.S. port
authorities, the National Waterways Conference, and commodity
groups. Tay Yoshitani, representing the American Association of
Port Authorities, testified that the country's economic future
depends on the quality of our port infrastructure and our
ability to deliver goods on time and cost-effectively. Mr.
Yoshitani spoke of the need for significant Federal and local
investments to maintain the United States' position as the
world's leading trading Nation. Tim Burrack, representing the
National Corn Growers Association, discussed the congestion at
the locks on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, and how
these inefficiencies hurt America's exports and cost American
jobs.
The third panel of witnesses represented international
ocean vessel operators, U.S. terminal operators, and several
labor organizations. Christopher Koch, representing the World
Shipping Council, stated that ocean carriers have invested
billions of dollars in additional ships, equipment, and
technology to improve the flow of international trade. Mr. Koch
felt that the problem of congestion, resulting from increased
trade, could be addressed by improving the landside
transportation infrastructure in U.S. ports. Finally, George
Cashman, representing the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, testified about the impact of port congestion on
port truck drivers and some of the causes of port congestion.
COAST GUARD'S DRUG INTERDICTION STRATEGY
On October 17, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
review the Coast Guard's drug interdiction strategy and to
discuss the future needs of the Coast Guard's drug interdiction
program.
According to the Office of the National Drug Control
Policy, almost 14 million Americans use illegal drugs
regularly. The United States consumes over 300 metric tons of
cocaine annually, at a cost of approximately $63 billion.
Between 1990 and 1997, there were more than 100,000 drug-
induced deaths in the United States. Drug-related illnesses,
deaths, and crimes cost the nation approximately $110 billion
annually.
The goal of the Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Program is to
eliminate maritime routes as a significant trafficking mode for
the supply of drugs to the United States through seizures,
disruption, and displacement. Coast Guard cutters, boats, and
aircraft conduct routine law enforcement patrols and special
operations throughout the maritime arena, including waters
adjacent to principal source and transit countries and U. S.
coastal waters. Disrupting traffickers forces them to develop
new, more costly methods and routes and opens them up to
additional risks of detection. The pressure of these operations
reduces the flow of illicit drugs into the United States via
maritime routes.
The Coast Guard's drug program emphasizes interdicting
vessels and aircraft that smuggle cocaine and marijuana into
the United States and tracking, monitoring, and apprehending
aircraft suspected of carrying drugs from source and transit
countries over the high seas. The Coast Guard maintains an
intelligence capability to assist this program and provides
support to international counter-drug initiatives.
Asa Hutchinson, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), discussed DEA's primary function as an
investigative law enforcement agency which works to confront
and dismantle the word's most sophisticated drug distribution
organizations. Mr. Hutchinson also explained DEA's work with
the Coast Guard to increase Federal drug interdiction efforts.
Admiral Terry Cross, Assistant Coast Guard Commandant for
Operations, testified that the huge increase in Coast Guard's
security operations after September 11, 2001, had reduced the
agency's drug interdiction mission. Admiral Cross also reported
that the Coast Guard could not meet its drug seizure rate
targets without additional resources.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES ACT OF 1996
On May 15, 2002, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing with
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on the
status of implementation of the National Invasive Species Act
of 1996.
Invasions of nonindigenous aquatic species into North
American Waters have been ongoing for the last four hundred
years. As international trade continues to expand, as shipping
times become shorter, and as vessels become faster, more
aquatic nuisance species are transported and are able to
survive their oceanic journey and thrive in new waters. Aquatic
nuisance species can displace native species and can cause
serious damage to marine ecosystems and infrastructure.
According to a 1999 study, aquatic invasive species may result
in damages of over $7.3 billion each year.
In response to these concerns, Congress enacted the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of
1990 (the 1990 Act). The 1990 Act established a program for
preventing, researching, monitoring and controlling
infestations of nonindigenous aquatic species. The 1990 Act
directed the Coast Guard to promulgate regulations applicable
to the Great Lakes to require vessels equipped with ballast
water tanks entering the Great Lakes to undergo ballast water
exchange to help reduce the probability of new introductions of
nonindigenous species. Ballast water is a leading pathway for
nonindigenous aquatic species into U.S. waters.
The 1990 Act primarily addressed aquatic nuisance species
introductions in the Great Lakes. In 1996, the National
Invasive Species Act (NISA) amended the Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act to address the potential
introduction of aquatic nuisance species through ballast water
in other U.S. waters. To achieve this goal, NISA required the
Secretary of Transportation to issue voluntary guidelines to
prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous species in
U.S. waters by vessels equipped with ballast water tanks. The
guidelines require all vessels entering U.S. waters, after
operating outside of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, to
undertake high seas ballast water exchange or alternative
measures that are environmentally sound and at least as
effective as ballast water exchange in preventing and
controlling infestations of aquatic nuisance species. Under
NISA, the Coast Guard must turn the voluntary guidelines into
enforceable regulations if the Coast Guard determines that the
rate of compliance with the voluntary guidelines is not
adequate, or if the reporting and record keeping is not
sufficient for the Coast Guard to determine the rate of
compliance.
Captain Michael Brown, Chief of the Coast Guard Office of
Operating & Environmental Standards, testified about the Coast
Guard's ballast water regulatory program as well as its
involvement in the research and development of potential
ballast water treatment technologies. The Captain also reported
that the Coast Guard was in the process of developing a program
that will provide incentives for ship owners and operators to
actively participate in projects designed to test treatment
technologies. Finally, Captain Brown explained the Coast
Guard's work with the International Maritime Organization on
the development of international standards for the mitigation
of aquatic nuisance species.
The second panel of witnesses represented ship owners and
operators, port authorities, and environmental organizations
interested in the problems associated with aquatic nuisance
species. Mr. Jack Robinson, representing the Chamber of
Shipping of America which is an organization of oceangoing
vessels engaged in the domestic and international trades,
stated that his members strongly support creation of a
standardized aquatic nuisance species test protocol and
experimental shipboard testing program. The Chamber also
supports the creation of an initial performance standard based
on the best available technology by which evolving technologies
can be measured. Ms. Allegra Cangelosi, Senior Policy Analyst
of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, stated that NISA is an
important statute which needs to be reauthorized. She also
stated that Congress should establish an interim standard for
alternative aquatic nuisance species treatment technologies.
H.R. 2228, MARITIME DISASTER FAMILY ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2001
On June 12, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
2228, the Maritime Disaster Family Assistant Act of 2001,
introduced on June 19, 2001, by Representative Mark Green.
Federal law authorizes the Coast Guard to render aid to
distressed persons, vessels, and aircraft on and under the high
seas and on and under the waters over which the United States
has jurisdiction. While the Coast Guard has been required to
develop, establish, maintain, and operate search and rescue
facilities, Federal law does not require the Coast Guard to
render aid to distressed persons and property. The Coast Guard
takes into consideration numerous factors when exercising
discretion in a search and rescue case including the protection
of search and rescue personnel.
The conclusion of a Coast Guard search and rescue case
occurs when the case is closed or when the active search is
suspended. A case is closed when the search object is located,
and assistance to the object is completed. An active search is
suspended when further search efforts appear futile. If new
information is received, the search may be reopened. The
decision to suspend a search is a judgment call based on many
different factors pertaining to the case. Searches are
continued until all reasonable hope of rescuing survivors has
passed. The authority to suspend an active search rests with
the particular local Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator.
The goal of the Maritime Disaster Family Assistance Act of
2001 is to expand the Coast Guard's search and rescue mission
to search and recovery as well as to establish a program of
assistance to families of passengers and crewmembers involved
in certain maritime accidents.
H.R. 2228 would expand the Coast Guard's search and rescue
mission by requiring the agency to search for a passenger
vessel or fishing vessel until it is located or until the
Secretary of Transportation determines that the search is no
longer appropriate. The Coast Guard must also facilitate the
recovery and identification of fatally injured passengers
involved in a maritime disaster. Currently, the Coast Guard is
not responsible for salvaging vessels or recovering the bodies
of those lost in marine accidents.
Representative Green explained that he introduced this
legislation after the fishing vessel LINDA E and its two crew
members disappeared off the Port of Milwaukee. The family
members of the two lost crew members contacted Representative
Green's office when they were unable to obtain information from
the Coast Guard on the missing vessel. While the Coast Guard
was unable to locate the LINDA E, the Navy found the vessel
after a limited search eighteen months after the vessel
disappeared.
Rear Admiral Harvey Johnson, Director of Coast Guard
Operations Capability, testified that the Coast Guard would not
support H.R. 2228 because it would place unnecessary
requirements on the Coast Guard's search and rescue system.
These unnecessary requirements would consume limited Coast
Guard resources as well as possibly endanger the lives of Coast
Guard search and rescue personnel.
The third panel of witnesses included two family members of
one of the lost crewmen. Ms. Saunier and Ms. Rutta explained
their efforts in trying to locate the LINDA E and their strong
support of H.R. 2228.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Upon commencement of the 107th Congress, the jurisdiction
of the Subcommittee was changed to include the statutory
provisions governing the federal government's emergency
management responsibilities and excludes the statutory
provisions governing transportation of hazardous materials and
pipeline safety. The jurisdictional changes were reflected in
the Subcommittee's new title of Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Republican Steven C. LaTourette of Ohio chaired the
Subcommittee and Jerry Costello of Illinois served as the
ranking Democrat Member. The Subcommittee held a number of
hearings to conduct oversight and prepare legislation. A brief
list of the topics covered by the Subcommittee during the 107th
Congress include: reauthorization of the Appalachian Regional
Commission, reauthorization of the National Dam Safety Program,
authorization of transportation improvements and creation of a
plaza for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
authorizing the General Services Administration's Capital
Investment and Leasing Program, numerous bills for building
designations, hearings, resolutions, and legislation resulting
from the September 11th attacks.
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Enacted Legislation
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JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-2)
This law designates the United States courthouse located at
1 Boston Way in Boston, Massachusetts as the ``John Joseph
Moakley United States Courthouse.'' Congressman Moakley was
born, raised, and lived most of his adult life in South Boston.
He began his long and distinguished career in public service at
the age of 15, when he enlisted in the United States Navy and
served in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon returning
from service in World War II, Congressman Moakley attended the
University of Miami, and later received his law degree from
Suffolk University Law School in Boston. At the age of 25,
Congressman Moakley was elected to the Massachusetts State
Legislature, serving in both the State House of Representatives
and State Senate for 18 years before being elected to the
Boston City Council. In 1972, Congressman Moakley was elected
to the United States House of Representatives. After his first
term in the House, Congressman Moakley was appointed to the
Rules Committee. He later became Chairman of the Rules
Committee in 1989. Congressman Moakley was known for having an
affable personality and an ability to give everyone a fair
hearing before the Rules Committee, even during difficult
political debates. In addition to his work on the Rules
Committee and being an ardent supporter for South Boston's
transportation infrastructure, Congressman Moakley was
dedicated to ending human rights violations around the world.
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JAMES C. CORMAN FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-23)
This law designates the Federal building in Van Nuys,
California as the ``James C. Corman Federal Building.'' Former
Representative Corman was born in Galena, Kansas and was a
graduate of Belmont High School. He earned his undergraduate
degree from UCLA, his J.D. from USC and his LL.D. from the
University of San Fernando Valley School of Law. He was
admitted to the California Bar in 1949. Former Representative
Corman first served his country in the United States Marine
Corps during World War II and later as a Colonel in the Marine
Corps Reserves. In 1957, he was elected to the Los Angeles City
Council. He served on the council until being elected to the
87th Congress in 1960, and was re-elected to the House of
Representatives for 10 succeeding terms. He served on the
Judiciary Committee where he was instrumental in fighting for
passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and on the Ways and Means
Committee where he was a leading advocate for the poor and
disadvantaged, working on tax and welfare reform. Congressman
Corman was also proud to serve on President Johnson's National
Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate the
causes of multi-city rioting in 1967.
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EDWARD N. CAHN FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-31)
This law designates the federal building and United States
courthouse located in Allentown, Pennsylvania as the ``Edward
N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse.'' Judge
Cahn was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Judge Cahn
was part of the Allentown High championship basketball team in
1951. He went on to attend Lehigh University and graduated
magna cum laude in 1955. Judge Cahn was the first Lehigh
University basketball player to score 1000 points during his
collegiate career. After graduating from Yale Law School, Judge
Cahn returned to the Lehigh Valley. He was in the United States
Marine Corps Reserves until 1964 and active in private law
practice until 1974. In 1974, President Ford appointed Edward
Cahn to Pennsylvania's Eastern District Federal Court. For the
next 23 years Judge Cahn fairly and expeditiously administered
the law from the federal bench in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He
is the only judge in the 3rd Circuit to work out of the
Allentown courthouse. In 1993, Judge Cahn was appointed the
court's Chief Judge until his retirement in December 1998.
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THURGOOD MARSHALL UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-33)
This law designates the United States courthouse located at
40 Centre Street in New York City, New York as the ``Thurgood
Marshall United States Courthouse.'' Thurgood Marshall was born
in Baltimore, Maryland, July 2, 1908. His father, William C.
Marshall, was a club steward and his mother Norma A. Marshall,
was a primary school teacher. In 1930, he graduated cum laude
from Lincoln University in Chester, Pennsylvania. Three years
later, he graduated at the top of his class from the Howard
University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school,
Justice Marshall embarked on a legal career with the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In
1940, he became the head of the newly formed NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund, a post that he held for twenty
years. It was during this tenure as Chief Counsel that Justice
Marshall organized efforts to end segregation in voting,
housing, public accommodations, and education. These efforts
led to a series of cases grouped under the title of Brown v.
Board of Education, in which Marshall argued and the Supreme
Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Four years after he received
appointment to the court of appeals, President Lyndon B.
Johnson chose Justice Marshall to be the nation's solicitor
general. Two years later, on June 13, 1967, President Johnson
chose Marshall to be a Justice of the Supreme Court where he
served with distinction until his retirement in 1991. He died
in 1993.
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LEE H. HAMILTON FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-49)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana as
the ``Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' This law had the strong bipartisan support of the
entire Indiana delegation. Lee Hamilton represented the ninth
Congressional district in Indiana for 34 years. Congressman
Hamilton was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and moved to
Evansville, Indiana in 1944 where he attended public schools.
He is a graduate of DePauw University and went on to study at
Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany before graduating from
Indiana School of Law in 1956. Congressman Hamilton was
admitted to the state bar in 1957. He entered private law
practice in Chicago, but returned shortly thereafter to
Columbus, Indiana where he continued in private law practice
until running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. He
was first elected to serve in the eighty-ninth Congress and was
re-elected to sixteen succeeding Congresses. While in the
House, Congressman Hamilton was a leader with a penchant for
working with both sides of the aisle. He served as Chairman of
the House Intelligence Committee from 1985 until 1987, as
Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee in 1989 and 1990 and
as Chairman of the International Relations Committee from 1993
until 1995. In 1992, he was appointed to serve as co-Chair of
the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. The
Committee's recommendations were used as a starting point for
the reorganization of Congress 1995. Congressman Hamilton
retired from Congress in 1996.
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JAMES A. McCLURE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-80)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho as
the ``James A. McClure Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' James A. McClure was born in Payette, Idaho on
December 27, 1924. He attended public schools in Payette and
went on to serve in the United States Navy from 1942 until
1946. Following his tour with the Navy he earned his J.D.
degree from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1950 and
was admitted to the Idaho bar that same year. He commenced
private practice in Payette before serving as prosecuting
attorney of Payette County until 1956. During that time he
served as city attorney from 1953 until 1966, and in the Idaho
State Senate from 1961 until 1966, as well as being a member of
the Payette County Central Committee for fifteen years. Senator
McClure was elected to the United States House of
Representatives to serve in the 90th Congress. He served for
three succeeding terms until being elected to the United States
Senate in 1972. Senator McClure served succeeding terms in the
Senate until his retirement in 1991. While in the Senate,
Senator McClure was Chairman of the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources from 1981 until 1987 and Chairman of the
Senate Republican Conference from 1981 until 1985.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE PLAN FOR ACTION
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ACT OF 2001
(Public Law 107-106)
The law establishes the National Museum of African American
History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission,
which will develop a plan to establish and maintain the
National Museum of African American History and Culture in
Washington, DC. The Commission will submit a report to Congress
and the President, which will include a legislative plan of
action. The report will include: a private fundraising plan for
the museum's establishment and continued maintenance; identify
the availability and cost of collections; assess the impact of
the National museum on regional African American museums;
identify possible locations for the museum on or around the
National Mall and in Washington, DC; assess the feasibility and
cost of renovating the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries
building for use by the museum; assess whether the African
American Museum should be located within the Smithsonian, and
make recommendations on the governance and organizational
structure of the African American Museum. The Commission will
also convene a national conference to help assist with making
recommendations. The Commission is comprised of 23 members,
seven voting members appointed by the President of the United
States, six voting members and two nonvoting members appointed
by each the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Majority Leader of the Senate.
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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2001
(Public Law 107-149)
The Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of
2001 builds upon past successes of the Appalachian Regional
Commission by making several amendments to existing law,
extends the authorization for an additional five years, and
reauthorizes additional related programs. Specifically, P.L.
107-149 expands the Commission by adding four new adjacent
counties, requires the Commission to direct at least half of
its grant funding to activities and projects in distressed
counties, establishes a program to provide enhanced access to
telecommunications and technology to the region, and lowers the
cost sharing amount for distressed counties. P.L. 107-149 also
coordinates economic development programs in the Appalachian
region through the creation of the Interagency Coordinating
Council on Appalachia and reauthorizes the Appalachian
Development Highway System and local access road program.
EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT
(Public Law 107-154)
This law temporarily extended the period of availability of
unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Under Section
410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), unemployment
assistance is provided to persons who become unemployed as a
result of major disasters. In New York City, the September 11th
attacks damaged or destroyed nearly 25 million square feet of
office space, which makes up approximately 20 percent of all
the office space in downtown New York. The destruction caused
the direct loss of an estimated 110,000 jobs and further put at
risk 270,000 jobs in the New York City area. In Northern
Virginia, the attacks have caused the loss of an estimated
18,700 jobs. Disaster Unemployment Assistance is provided to
individuals not eligible for unemployment assistance provided
by the state in which they reside. The extension provided under
this act extended the period of eligibility from 26 to 39
weeks.
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RON DE LUGO FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-175)
This law designates the federal building located in
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas of the United States Virgin
Islands as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building.'' Ron de Lugo
was born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1930. He attended Saints
Peter and Paul School in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and Colegio
San Jose, Puerto Rico. Delegate de Lugo ably served in the
United States Army as a Program Director and Announcer for the
Armed Forces Radio Service from 1948 until 1950. Following his
military service, Delegate de Lugo continued working radio at
WSTA St. Thomas and WIVI St. Croix. In 1956, he served as
senator for the Virgin Islands, a position he held for eight
years; during which time he served as minority leader and
member of the Democratic National Committee. In 1968, Delegate
de Lugo was named the Virgin Islands' representative to
Congress. While serving as representative to the United States
Congress, Ron de Lugo successfully educated his colleagues
about the people of the Virgin Islands. In 1973, Delegate de
Lugo was elected to serve in the 93rd Congress. He served in
the next two succeeding Congresses before running for governor.
He later returned to Congress in January 1981 when he was
officially elected Delegate to the Ninety-seventh Congress from
the Virgin Islands, a position he held until the conclusion of
his career in 1995, when he did not seek re-election. Delegate
de Lugo served on the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation and as vice chairman on the Aviation
Subcommittee.
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DONALD J. PEASE FEDERAL BUILDING
(Public Law 107-176)
This law designates the Federal building located at 143
West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease
Federal Building.'' Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1931, former
Representative Donald Pease attended the public schools of
Toledo before earning his B.S. in 1953 and M.A. in 1955 from
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Former Representative Pease
was a Fulbright scholar at Kings College, University of Durham
in England. Upon his return to the United States in 1955, he
served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. He then
entered the workforce working as a newspaperman, coeditor and
publisher for the Oberlin News-Tribune from 1957 to 1968, and
as editor from 1969 until 1976. During this same time, in
addition to reporting on the news, former Representative Pease
was making the news first as a member of the Oberlin City
Council, then as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives
and Ohio Senate. In 1976 former Representative Pease was
elected to the 95th Congress and to each of the succeeding
seven Congresses before retiring at the end of the 102nd
Congress.
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WILLIAM L. BEATTY FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-177)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse in Alton, Illinois as the ``William L. Beatty
Federal Building and United States Courthouse.'' William L.
Beatty was born in Mendota, Illinois in 1925. He grew up in
East St. Louis and graduated from Central Catholic High School.
He served in the United States Army's 394th Field Artillery
Battalion in Europe during World War II. After returning from
the war he attended Washington University for undergraduate
studies and graduated from St. Louis University Law School in
1950. Upon graduating from law school he passed the Illinois
and Missouri bar and entered private law practice for 18 years,
including serving as municipal attorney for Granite City,
Illinois and as an assistant state's attorney. Judge Beatty was
elected Illinois State Circuit Judge in Madison County in 1968.
He served on the State Circuit Court until 1979, when President
Carter appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Illinois. While sitting on the bench,
Judge Beatty was always known for crafting fair and creative
sentences. He was eligible to retire from the Federal bench in
1992, but instead continued to maintain a busy workload as a
Senior Judge. Judge Beatty had a distinguished 50-year career
in law.
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MIKE MANSFIELD FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-178)
This law designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana,
as the ``Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' Michael Joseph Mansfield was born in 1903 in New
York City. He moved to Montana in 1906 to live with relatives
after the unexpected death of his mother. Having a strong
desire to serve his country, at the age of 14, Senator
Mansfield represented that he was older so that he could enlist
in the U.S. Navy and serve as a seaman in the Atlantic during
World War I. After the war, he continued to serve his country
as a Private for one year in the U.S. Army. Finally, as a
completion of his tour of the service branches, Senator
Mansfield served from 1920-1922 as a Private First Class in the
United States Marine Corps in the Philippines, Japan and China.
After his five years of military service, the then-19 year-old
returned to Montana to work as a miner, before attending both
the Montana School of Mines and then Montana State University
from which he received a Masters Degree in 1933. After
graduation, Senator Mansfield stayed at Montana State
University to serve as a professor of history and political
science before being elected to represent the State of Montana
in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1942. Senator Mansfield
was re-elected four times to the House of Representatives,
before being elected to the United States Senate in 1952, where
he served with distinction for 24 years. In his first term in
office, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson selected
Mansfield to serve as his Majority Whip. After Johnson's
election to the Vice Presidency, and after serving just one and
a half terms in the Senate, Senator Mansfield was chosen by his
colleagues to serve as Majority Leader in 1961. He held that
position for 16 years, a record that still stands. It was as
Majority Leader in the Senate that Mike Mansfield cemented his
place in history by securing passage of such legislation as the
Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and legislation
authorizing the Medicare program. After a distinguished career
in the armed services and in both the House and Senate, Senator
Mansfield served as Ambassador to Japan under Presidents Carter
and Reagan, a post which he held for 11 years until 1988,
again, a record length of time. Mike Mansfield died on October
5, 2001 at the age of 98 years.
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PAUL SIMON CHICAGO JOB CORPS CENTER
(Public Law 107-182)
This law designates the Federal building located at 3348
South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois as the ``Paul Simon
Chicago Job Corps Center.'' Senator Paul Simon was born in
Eugene, Oregon on November 29, 1928 and attended public
schools. He went on to attend the University of Oregon Dana
College in Blair, Nebraska. At the age of 19 Senator Simon
became the nation's youngest editor-publisher by saving the
Troy Tribune in Troy, Illinois. He expanded his newspaper
business to a chain of 14 weeklies in central and southern
Illinois. Senator Simon used the newspaper to expose a
syndicate gambling operation in Madison County, and in 1951 at
the age of 22, he was called to testify before the United
States Crime Investigating Committee. In 1966 he sold his
newspaper business to devote full time to writing and public
service. From 1951 until 1953, Senator Simon served in the
United States Army. He was assigned to the Counter Intelligence
Corps as a special agent along the Iron Curtain in Europe. Upon
his return from Europe, at the age of 25, Senator Simon was
elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. He was re-
elected three times before being elected to the State Senate in
1962 for a four-year term. Voters returned him to the State
Senate in 1966. Half way through his second State Senate term
he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served until 1973. He
was the first Lieutenant Governor to be elected to that post
with the Governor of another party. Senator Simon was elected
to the United States House of Representatives in 1974 and
served for ten years before being elected to the United States
Senate in 1984. While in Congress, Senator Simon was a leading
advocate for education, disability policy and foreign affairs.
He was the chief sponsor of the Missing Children Act, which
established the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. Senator Simon also played a vital role with enacting
job training education programs including the National Literacy
Act, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, the Job Training
Partnership Act and the direct college loan program. He was
also the chief sponsor of the Balanced Budget amendment of 1986
and initiated legislation to designate the first five federally
chartered high-speed rail corridors. Senator Simon holds 39
honorary degrees and has written 15 books.
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THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PLAZA AUTHORIZATION
ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-224)
Each year the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts hosts performances ranging from improvisational comedy to
Broadway musicals, as well as being the permanent home of the
Washington Opera and Washington Symphony Orchestra. On average,
the Kennedy Center is host to over two million patrons
attending performances on one of five stages or theatres. This
law amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the
Secretary of Transportation to construct a plaza adjacent to
the Kennedy Center; authorizes necessary and related
transportation improvements; grants authority for the transfer
and receipt of certain property rights; clarifies ownership of
resulting property; authorizes the construction of new
buildings; and authorizes appropriations to complete the
project. Completion of this project will improve the
pedestrian, vehicular, and bicycle access to the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in addition to providing
necessary administrative, education, performance, and rehearsal
space for Kennedy Center activities.
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WAYNE LYMAN MORSE UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
(Public Law 107-257)
This law designates the United States Courthouse to be
constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as
the ``Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse.'' Born in
1900 in Dane County, Wisconsin, Senator Morse graduated from
the University of Wisconsin in 1924, from the law department at
the University of Minnesota in 1928, and from Columbia
University Law School in 1932. Senator Morse was a professor of
law and later dean at the University of Oregon Law School until
his election to the United States Senate in 1944. Early in his
career, Senator Morse witnessed America's rapid urban and
industrial development, specifically its effects on the rural
lives of the farmers in his home state of Wisconsin. Influenced
by such progressive change, Senator Morse worked to maintain a
balanced connection between political democracy and the
citizens of that democracy, upholding the belief that this
country's true wealth, its people, would flourish in such an
environment. Throughout his career Senator Morse held the
conviction of ``principle over politics,'' made evident by his
serving as a Republican, an Independent and as a Democrat prior
to his defeat in the election of 1968. Senator Morse died while
campaigning for a return to the Senate in 1974.
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THE DAM SAFETY AND SECURITY ACT OF 2002
(Public Law 107-310)
This law reauthorizes the National Dam Safety Program for
four years and increases the total authorized funding level to
$8.6 million for each of the Fiscal Years 2003 through 2006.
Passed and signed into law in 1996 as Section 215 of Public Law
104-303 (the Water Resources Development Act of 1996), the
National Dam Safety Program was originally authorized for six
years. The National Dam Safety Program has as its mission to
``* * * reduce the risks to life and property from dam failure
in the United States through the establishment and maintenance
of an effective national dam safety program to bring together
the expertise and resources of the federal and non-federal
communities in achieving national dam safety hazard
reduction.'' Since its creation, the National Dam Safety
Program has helped to mitigate the risk of dam failure by
providing technical and financial assistance to State dam
safety officials. There are more than 80,000 dams in the United
States, of these, approximately 10,000 dams are considered to
have ``high-hazard'' potential, meaning their failure could
result in loss of life or severe property damage. Private
individuals, corporations, and State and local governments own
more than 95 percent of the dams in America, making State dam
safety officials the first line of defense in preventing dam
failures and mitigating the effects through the development of
Emergency Action Plans. A primary function of the National Dam
Safety Program is to increase the level of knowledge and
preparedness to prevent and mitigate the effects of dam
failures.
Other Legislation
In addition to numerous bills enacted, the Subcommittee
held hearings and reported several bills that passed the House
but did not pass the Senate. Additionally, the Subcommittee
reported a number of concurrent resolutions authorizing the use
of the Capitol Grounds. Also, the Subcommittee supported
similar measures that were considered on the House floor absent
Committee consideration. The Subcommittee also supported bills
that were discharged from Committee consideration and approved
by the House.
Concurrent Resolutions
NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
House Concurrent Resolution 74 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the 20th Annual National Peace Officers'
Memorial Service, held on May 15, 2001. The resolution
authorized the Architect of the Capitol, the Capitol Police
Board, and the National Fraternal Order of Police and its
Auxiliary, the sponsors of the event, to negotiate the
necessary arrangements for carrying out the event in complete
compliancewith the rules and regulations governing the use of
the Capitol Grounds. The event was open to the public and free of
charge; and the sponsors assumed responsibility for all expenses and
liabilities related to the event. In addition, sales, advertisements,
displays and solicitations were explicitly prohibited on the Capitol
Grounds for this event. The service was in honor of the federal, state
and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2000.
KENNEDY CENTER CAPITOL GROUNDS PERFORMANCES
House Concurrent Resolution 76 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for performances by the Millennium Stage of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Performances
took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from June 5th through
August 31st, 2001. The performances were open to the public,
free of charge, and the sponsors of the event, the Kennedy
Center and the National Park Service, assumed responsibility
for all liabilities associated with the event. The resolution
expressly prohibited sales, displays, advertisements, and any
solicitation in connection with the event. This unique event
allowed the Kennedy Center to provide leadership in performing
arts education policy and programs, and to conduct community
outreach as provided for in its mission statement. Permitting
these performances on the East Front of the Capitol Grounds,
Congress assisted the Kennedy Center in fulfilling this
mission.
GREATER WASHINGTON SOAP BOX DERBY
House Concurrent Resolution 79 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby
qualifying races held on June 23, 2001. The resolution also
authorized the Architect of the Capitol, the Capitol Police
Board, and the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby Association,
the sponsor of the event, to negotiate the necessary
arrangements for carrying out the event in complete compliance
with the rules and regulations governing the use of the Capitol
Grounds. The event was open to the public and free of charge;
and the sponsor assumed responsibility for all expenses and
liabilities related to the event. In addition, sales,
advertisements, and solicitations, were explicitly prohibited
on the Capitol Grounds for this event. The races took place on
Constitution Avenue between Delaware Avenue and Third Street,
NW. The participants were residents of the Washington
Metropolitan Area and range in ages from 9 to 16. This event is
currently one of the largest races in the country, and the
winners of the races, Stephanie Reuss from Waldorf, MD; Danna
Thomas from Annapolis, MD; and Johnny Weissgerber of Aspen
Hill, MD, went on to represent the Washington Metropolitan Area
at the National finals, held in Akron, Ohio.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Senate Concurrent Resolution 41 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the National Book Festival hosted by the
Library of Congress in cooperation with the White House and the
First Lady. The National Book Festival was a two-day event
beginning on September 7th and concluding on September 8th.
Friday's events included interaction with the First Lady from
the Library of Congress with school children throughout the
country via the world-wide-web, teleconferencing, satellites
and television sets. Saturday's events included a variety of
activities taking place around the Thomas Jefferson Building,
both inside and out, and on the lawn of the East Front of the
United States Capitol. The event was organized not to interfere
with the needs of the Congress. It was free of charge, open to
the public, and was conducted in observance of all applicable
rules and regulations governing the use of the Capitol grounds.
2002 WINTER OLYMPICS TORCH RELAY
Senate Concurrent Resolution 82 authorized the 2002 Winter
Olympics Torch Relay to come on the Capitol Grounds as part of
the ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The torch relay
crossed the grounds on December 21, 2001. The resolution
authorized the Architect of the Capitol, the Capitol Police
Board, and the sponsor of the event to negotiate the necessary
arrangements for carrying out the event in complete compliance
with the rules and regulations governing the use of the Capitol
Grounds. The sponsor of the event assumed all expenses and
liabilities in connection with the event; and all sales,
advertisements, and solicitations were prohibited. The 2002
Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah
beginning February 8 and concluding on February 24, 2002.
Competitions were held in seven sports with 78 medal events at
the games. Over 3,500 athletes and officials from 80 countries
participated. In addition, 18,000 volunteers will help stage
the games. The event was held without incident and was in
compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN
House Concurrent Resolution 87 authorized the 2001 District
of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be
conducted through the grounds of the Capitol on June 2, 2001.
The resolution also authorized the Architect of the Capitol,
the Capitol Police Board, and the DC., Special Olympics, the
sponsor of the event, to negotiate the necessary arrangements
for carrying out the event in complete compliance with the
rules and regulations governing the use of the Capitol Grounds.
The sponsor of the event assumed all expenses and liabilities
in connection with the event; and all sales, advertisements,
and solicitations are prohibited. The Capitol Police hosted the
opening ceremonies for the run starting on Capitol Hill. The
event was free of charge and open to the public. Over 2,000 law
enforcement representatives from local and federal law
enforcement agencies in the Washington, DC, area carried the
Special Olympics Torch in honor of over 2,500 Special Olympians
who participated in this annual event to show their support of
the Special Olympics.
EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE DEATH AND INJURIES
SUFFERED BY FIRST RESPONDERS WHILE RESPONDING TO THE ATTACKS ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
House Concurrent Resolution 233 H. Con. Res. 233 recognized
the sacrifice and dedication of all of the emergency responders
who risked their lives assisting in reliefefforts following the
terrorist attacks of September 11. Many of these initial responders
became victims of the attacks and did not survive the collapse of the
World Trade Center. Three hundred forty-three firefighters, 23 police
officers, and 74 members of the Port Authority were killed in the line
of duty. The Resolution passed the House of Representatives by a vote
of 405-0.
EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE RELIEF EFFORTS
UNDERTAKEN BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES TO THE ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
House Concurrent Resolution 259 expresses the sense of
Congress regarding the relief efforts undertaken by charitable
organizations and the people of the United States in the
aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the United States
that occurred on September 11, 2001. Over a billion dollars was
collected to support the relief efforts. Donations poured in
ranging in size from as large as several million dollars by
corporations and as small as a single dollar from school
children across America. In addition to money that was donated,
relief supplies were donated by the truckload to assist with
recovery efforts. Canned food items donated by the case from
large supermarkets and prepared meals from some of New York's
finest restaurants were left at local firehouses. Over 200
charities and organizations contributed to the relief effort.
This resolution commends and praises this generosity.
NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
House Concurrent Resolution 347 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the 21st Annual National Peace Officers'
Memorial Service, held on May 15, 2002. The resolution
authorized the Architect of the Capitol, the Capitol Police
Board, and the National Fraternal Order of Police and its
Auxiliary, the sponsors of the event, to negotiate the
necessary arrangements for carrying out the event in complete
compliance with the rules and regulations governing the use of
the Capitol Grounds. The event was open to the public and free
of charge; and the sponsors assumed responsibility for all
expenses and liabilities related to the event. In addition,
sales, advertisements, displays and solicitations were
explicitly prohibited on the Capitol Grounds for this event.
The service was in honor of the 234 federal, state and local
law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2001.
The memorial service was part of the annual ``Police Week,''
which is sponsored by the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial Fund. This week of special events occurs during the
calendar week in which National Peace Officers Memorial Day
falls.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
House Concurrent Resolution 348 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the Library of Congress' National Book
Festival. The festival featured a variety of events designed to
promote literacy and increase readership by America's youth.
The festival was promoted in cooperation with First Lady Laura
Bush and was held on October 12, 2002. The event featured
readings by a variety of noted authors and celebrities,
including members of the House and Senate. The event also
featured live performances by well-known artists and authors
chronicling American storytelling through music such as folk,
rock, jazz, and blues. The event took place on the West Front
of the Capitol Grounds. The events associated with the National
Book Festival were free of charge and open to the public, and
all costs associated with the event were borne by the Library
of Congress.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN
House Concurrent Resolution 348 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the 17th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run
to benefit the District of Columbia Special Olympics. The event
was held on June 7, 2002. The resolution also authorized the
Architect of the Capitol, the Capitol Police Board, and the
D.C. Special Olympics, the sponsor of the event, to negotiate
the necessary arrangements for carrying out the event in
complete compliance with the rules and regulations governing
the use of the Capitol Grounds. The sponsor of the event
assumed all expenses and liabilities in connection with the
event; and all sales, advertisements, and solicitations were
prohibited. The event began with a short opening ceremony on
the West Terrace of the Capitol Building hosted by the U.S.
Capitol Police. Afterwards, over 2,000 law enforcement
officials representing 60 local and federal law enforcement
agencies in the Washington, DC, area participated in this
year's run.
GREATER WASHINGTON SOAP BOX DERBY
House Concurrent Resolution 356 authorized the use of the
Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby
qualifying race held on June 22, 2002. The race will take place
on Constitution Avenue between Delaware Avenue Northwest and
Third Street Northwest. Boys and girls participating in the
Derby come from the Greater Washington area including the
District, Maryland and Virginia. Participants compete in three
divisions based on their experience building the cars. The
stated goals of the Soap Box Derby are to teach youth the basic
skills of workmanship, the spirit of competition and the
perseverance to continue a project once it has begun. The
winners of the Derby, Katelyn Smith of Silver Spring, MD; Chris
Hagan of Ijamsville, MD; and Tara Tomasello of Waldorf, MD went
on to compete in the All-American Soap Box Derby competition to
be held in Akron, Ohio on July 27, 2002. Soap Box Derbies have
taken place for over 65 years, and the Washington races are
among the largest in the country.
Resolutions
RECOGNIZING DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS IN
RESPONSE TO FLOODING CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM ALLISON
House Resolution 166 recognized the outstanding and
invaluable disaster relief assistance provided by individuals,
organizations, businesses, and other entities to the people of
Houston, Texas, and surrounding areas during the devastating
flooding causedby tropical storm Allison in June 2001. This
resolution recognized the dedication and tireless efforts of all of the
individuals and organizations that assisted in relief efforts in
Houston, Texas, during and in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison.
According to the American Red Cross, more than 35,000 homes in the city
and surrounding county were damaged or destroyed. Many hospitals and
laboratories were flooded, resulting in a blood supply emergency in the
greater Houston area. Current estimates place the cost of total damage
to the area in excess of $2 billion. Countless individuals and
organizations came to the assistance of Houston area residents in
response to the devastation. At its peak, the Harris County 911
emergency system logged 400 to 500 calls each hour. In response, the
Houston Fire Department executed 1,200 missions to rescue flood victims
stranded in their homes and vehicles by high water. The Texas National
Guard assisted in the response using 5-ton trucks to rescue people from
their homes. National Guard and fire department efforts were
supplemented by the U.S. Coast Guard's dispatch of rescue helicopters.
Two hundred people were reported rescued on June 9 and 10. At the
height of the storm, 15,000 people were housed in 40 emergency
shelters.
Bills Passed by the House Only
(Summaries of Bills)
NATHANIEL R. JONES AND FRANK J. BATTISTI FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED
STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 852 designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse under construction in Youngstown, Ohio as the
``Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and
United States Courthouse.'' Judge Nathaniel R. Jones was born
in Youngstown, Ohio in 1926. After serving in the United States
Air Force during World War II he earned his undergraduate
degree and law degree from Youngstown State University. Judge
Jones had a distinguished legal career before being appointed
to the Federal bench. He was in private practice for two years;
he served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Ohio from 1961 until 1967; as general counsel for
the NAACP on Civil Disorder; and as general counsel of the
NAACP for ten years. In 1979, Judge Jones was appointed to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. While
sitting on the Federal bench Judge Jones has been active in
legal education at Case Western Reserve University School of
Law, City University of New York School of Law, University of
Cincinnati College of Law, Harvard Law School, North Carolina
Central Law School, Indiana University School of Law, Northern
Kentucky State University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, and
Nova University Law Center in Florida. Judge Jones took senior
status in 1995 and maintains a busy docket. This bill also
recognizes Judge Frank J. Battisti. Judge Battisti was born in
Youngstown, Ohio and graduated from Ohio University. He earned
his law degree at Harvard University. In 1950, he was admitted
to the Ohio Bar and served as Ohio Assistant Attorney General.
In the early 1950's Judge Battisti was a legal advisor for the
Army Corps of Engineers. He also entered private practice and
started teaching at Youngstown University Law School until he
was elected a Common Pleas Judge in 1958. In 1961, President
Kennedy appointed Judge Battisti to the Federal bench. At the
time he was the youngest Federal appointed judge. He served as
Chief Judge from 1969 until 1990, and took senior status that
April. Of the many trials he presided over, Judge Battisti is
remembered for presiding over the 1974 trial of eight members
of the Ohio National Guard accused of violating the civil
rights of four Kent State students who were shot during student
demonstrations in 1970. Judge Battisti passed away on October
19, 1994. This bill passed the House on November 7, 2001.
ELDON B. MAHON UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 1801 designates the United States courthouse located
at 501 West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the ``Eldon B.
Mahon United States Courthouse''. Judge Mahon was born in 1918
and attended public schools in Loraine, Texas. He earned his
bachelor degree from McMurry University and his law degree from
the University of Texas at Austin. During World War II Judge
Mahon served in the United States Air Force, enlisting as a
private and being discharged at the rank of Captain after
serving active duty in the South Pacific with the 5th Bomber
Command. Before being appointed United States District Judge
for the Northern District of Texas in 1972 by President Richard
Nixon, Judge Mahon clerked for the Supreme Court of Texas,
served as Mitchell County Attorney, Texas District Attorney,
District Judge for the 32nd Judicial District of Texas, Vice
President of an electrical service corporation, maintained an
active private law practice and from 1968 until 1972, served as
United States District Attorney for the Northern District of
Texas. Judge Mahon was responsible for overseeing and
monitoring desegregation of the Fort Worth Independent School
District. Judge Mahon took senior status in 1989. This bill
passed the House on May 21, 2001.
JAMES R. BROWNING UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 2804 designates the United States Courthouse located
at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, as the
``James R. Browning United States Courthouse.'' Judge Browning
was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1918. He attended the
public schools of Belt, Montana before enrolling at Montana
State University where he earned both his Bachelor's Degree and
his Law Degree. Judge Browning graduated at the top of his law
school class in 1941 while also serving as the Editor-in-Chief
of the Law Review. After law school Judge Browning worked for
two years with the Department of Justice Anti-Trust division
before enlisting in the Army in 1943. Judge Browning served
with Military Intelligence in the Army, rising from Private to
First Lieutenant, earning a Bronze Star in the process. After
the war Judge Browning again worked as an attorney with the
Department of Justice, serving in various positions for six
years before leaving government for private practice. After
five years in private practice, Judge Browning returned to
government service as Clerk of the United States Supreme Court;
a position he held until named to the Federal bench in 1961 by
President Kennedy. Judge Browning served for nearly 40 years on
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He participated in
over1,000 published appellate decisions and was the author of many per
curiam opinions. For 12 years Judge Browning also served as the Chief
Judge of the Ninth Circuit. During his tenure he oversaw the
implementation of numerous reforms that increased the efficiency of the
Circuit's operation and which eliminated a large backlog of pending
cases. Many of these reforms were later adopted by other Circuit
Courts. This bill passed the House on March 19, 2002.
JAMES L. WATSON UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUILDING
H.R. 2841 designates the building located at 1 Federal
Plaza in New York as the ``James L. Watson United States Court
of International Trade Building.'' Judge Watson was born in
Harlem, New York. He was the son of parents that had both been
born in Jamaica, and his father served as a municipal court
judge for 18 years. Judge Watson served with the Buffalo
Soldiers in World War II. He was wounded in Italy and returned
to the United States decorated with a Purple Heart and the
Combat Infantry Badge. He graduated from New York University in
1947 and Brooklyn Law School in 1951. Judge Watson was elected
to the New York State Senate in 1954. While serving in the
State Senate, in 1962 President John Kennedy chose him to
accompany Vice President Johnson to the Jamaican Independence
celebration. In 1963, Judge Watson was elected to the New York
City Civil Court. He served on the City Civil Court until
President Johnson appointed him to what was known as the United
States Customs Court and that is now known as the United States
Court of International Trade in 1966. Because of his previous
experience in the City Civil Court, in his first year on the
Federal bench, Judge Watson was assigned to hear cases in
California, Oregon, Washington, Atlanta, Tampa, Houston, El
Paso, San Antonio and Dallas on civil and criminal matters. He
was the first African American to sit on the Federal bench in
the South. Judge Watson worked to help modernize his court
under the Customs Court Act of 1970. As chairman of the Court's
Rules and Practices Committee, he reworked the rules and
facilitated the modernization of the court with the
introduction of computers. He took senior status in 1991 and
passed away in 2001. This bill passed the House on November 13,
2001.
HARVEY W. WILEY FEDERAL BUILDING
H.R. 2911 designates the Federal building located at 1500
Paint Branch Parkway in College Park, Maryland, as the ``Harvey
W. Wiley Federal Building.'' Harvey Washington Wiley was born
in a log farmhouse in Indiana in 1844. He served as a corporal
in the Civil War, and then attended Hanover College where he
earned a bachelor degree in 1867. He went on to study medicine
at Indiana Medical College, where he received his medical
degree in 1871. He continued his education at Harvard College,
where he earned a bachelor degree in chemistry. Dr. Wiley
joined the faculty of Purdue University in 1874 where he
developed and taught the first laboratory course in Chemistry.
Taking a sabbatical in Europe, Dr. Wiley was elected to the
prestigious German Chemical Society for his work studying sugar
chemistry. Upon his return to the United States, Dr. Wiley
continued his research in the field of sugar chemistry,
focusing on the adulteration of the domestic sugar industry. In
1882, Dr. Wiley was named Chief Chemist at the U.S. Department
of Agriculture. In this position he was known as the Father of
the Pure Food and Drugs Act when it became law in 1906 and he
served as the first Commissioner of what would later become the
Food and Drug Administration from 1907 through 1912. In 1912,
Dr. Wiley took over the laboratories of Good Housekeeping
Magazine where he established the Good Housekeeping Seal of
Approval and continued to work tirelessly on behalf of the
consuming public. This bill passed the House on May 7, 2002.
ALFONSE M. D'AMATO UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 4006 designates the United States courthouse located
at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the
``Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse''. Al D'Amato was
born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 1, 1937. A graduate of
Chaminade High School on Long Island, Senator D'Amato worked
his way through Syracuse University, earning a bachelor's
degree in business administration in 1959 and a law degree in
1962. In 1962 Senator D'Amato was admitted to the practice of
law in the State of New York. Senator D'Amato dedicated his
adult life to public service. He served as Administrator of
Nassau County, New York, from 1965 until 1968; tax assessor for
Hempstead, New York in 1969; Town Supervisor of Hempstead, New
York from 1971 until 1977; and as chairman of the Nassau County
Board of Supervisors from 1977 until his election to the United
States Senate in 1980. During his 18-year tenure in the U.S.
Senate, Al D'Amato supported middle class tax cuts, small
business loans, increased trade, and free and open markets for
U.S. products abroad. As chairman of the Banking and Housing
Committee, Senator D'Amato was a leading advocate of
legislation that would channel private sector funds into inner
cities and other economically distressed areas. The Senator
also supported sound transportation policy and the creation of
new infrastructure. This bill passed the House on May 7, 2002.
RICHARD S. ARNOLD UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 4028 designates the United States courthouse located
at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the
``Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse.'' Judge Richard
Arnold has served with distinction for 20 years on the 8th
Circuit Court of Appeals and has received numerous awards and
recognitions for his service. Judge Richard Arnold was born on
March 26, 1936, in Texarkana, Arkansas. He graduated from the
Phillips Exeter Academy in 1953 before attending Yale
University where he majored in Latin and Greek. Judge Arnold
graduated from Yale University in 1957 with his B.A. and went
on to attend Harvard Law School. He received his LL.B.
fromHarvard magna cum laude in 1960. Judge Arnold's distinguished legal
career began in 1960 when he served as a law clerk for Supreme Court
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. He went into private practice in 1961
in Washington while teaching part-time at the University of Virginia
Law School. In 1964 he returned to Texarkana and was a partner at the
law firm Arnold and Arnold. For a year he served as legislative
secretary to Governor Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, and from 1974 until
1978 he served as legislative assistant to the newly elected U.S.
Senator Dale Bumpers. In October 1978, President Carter appointed
Richard Arnold to the district bench for the Eastern and Western
Districts of Arkansas. In 1980, Judge Arnold was elevated to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He served as Chief Justice for
the Eighth Circuit from 1992 until 1998. In April 2001, Judge Arnold
took senior status. This bill passed the House on May 7, 2002.
SANTIAGO E. CAMPOS UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 5083 designates the United States Courthouse at South
Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago R.
Campos United States Courthouse.'' A native of New Mexico,
Judge Campos served in the United States Navy from 1944 to
1946. Upon his honorable discharge from the Navy, Judge Campos
earned his undergraduate degree from the Central College in
Fayette, Missouri and his law degree from the University of New
Mexico in 1953, where he graduated first in his class. From
1954 to 1957, Judge Campos served as an Assistant State
Attorney General and then as First Assistant State Attorney
General. After a period of time in private practice, Judge
Campos was elected to serve as a District Judge for the First
Judicial District of the State of New Mexico until his
appointment to the Federal bench. Judge Campos served on the
Federal bench with distinction for over 22 years, from his
appointment in 1978 by President Carter until December of 2001,
just one month before his death in January of this year. Judge
Campos was both the first Hispanic to serve as a Federal Judge
in New Mexico and the first to serve as Chief Judge of the
District Court in New Mexico. This bill has the support of the
New Mexico State Legislature, which passed a joint memorial
requesting the naming of this Courthouse, as well as the
unanimous support of the judges making up the Tenth Circuit
Court of Appeals and the District Court of New Mexico. This
bill passed the House on October 7, 2002.
TONY HALL FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 5335 designates the Federal Building and United States
Courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as
the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.'' For over 40 years, Tony Hall has dedicated his
life to helping others and serving this nation. When Tony
graduated from Denison University in 1965 as a Little All
American running back, he began his public service by joining
the Peace Corps, where he spent 1966 and 1967 teaching English
in Thailand. Upon his return to his native Dayton,
Representative Hall was drawn to a career in public service,
and at the age of 26, put himself up as a candidate for the
Ohio House of Representatives. An election he won despite
facing an experienced opponent. Representative Hall ably served
in the Ohio House from 1968 to 1972 before being elected to and
serving in the Ohio Senate from 1972 to 1978. In 1978,
Representative Hall was elected for his first of 12 terms in
this body. During his tenure here, Representative Hall was a
tireless and outspoken advocate for combating world hunger,
protecting human rights, and promoting humanitarian causes--
including basic education, adult literacy, immunization and
other child survival programs, and sustainable agriculture in
developing countries. He served as Chairman of the House Select
Committee on Hunger from 1989 until it was abolished in 1993.
In protest of this decision, he engaged in a hunger strike that
lasted 22 days, only ending it after the creation of the
Congressional Hunger Center, which he chaired from its
inception until he left the Congress. Representative Hall also
served with distinction on the Rules Committee, in addition to
numerous other committee and caucus assignments. In 2002,
Representative Hall resigned his seat to accept a Presidential
appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Nations'
food and agriculture agencies. This bill passed the House on
October 7, 2002.
JOE SKEEN FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
H.R. 5427 designates the Federal building in Roswell, New
Mexico, as the ``Joe Skeen Federal Building.'' Congressman
Skeen was born in Roswell, New Mexico. He served in the United
States Navy for a one-year enlistment and later in the United
States Air Force Reserves from 1949 until 1952. Congressman
Skeen graduated from Texas A&M University with his Bachelor's
in Science degree in Agriculture Engineering. After graduation
he worked as a soil and water engineer for the Zuni and Ramah
Navajo Indians. Congressman Skeen was first elected to public
office in 1960 when he served in the New Mexico State Senate
until 1970. For the last six years of his time in the State
Senate he served as Minority Leader. In 1980, Congressman Skeen
was elected to serve New Mexico's 2nd district in the United
States House of Representatives. He was first elected as a
write-in candidate and served for 11 succeeding Congresses.
While serving in the House, Joe was known for his commitment to
property rights, balancing the federal budget and increased tax
relief. He may have been most influential as Chairman of the
Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture enhancing the
agriculture viability in New Mexico and as Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Interior dealing with natural resources and
public land use. This bill passed the House on October 7, 2002.
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Hearings
During the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee held a number
of hearings and other meetings on topics within its
jurisdiction, oversight hearings on issues of concern to the
Subcommittee, and on legislation developed by the Subcommittee
and proposals made by Members of Congress not on the Committee.
On April 24, 2001, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing
with the Government Reform and Operations Subcommittee on
National Security, Veteran's Affairs and International
Relations. The hearing was titled, ``Combating Terrorism:
Options to Improve the Federal Response'' and its purpose was
to examine legislative proposals to improve the United States'
preparedness for and response to terrorist attacks. The hearing
focused on three pieces of legislation, H.R. 525: The
Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001; H.R. 1158:
The National Homeland Security Strategy Act; and H.R. 1292: The
Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001. The Subcommittees
received testimony from U.S. Representatives Wayne Gilchrest
(R-MD), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), and Ike Skelton (R-MO) and a
number of noted experts in counter-terrorism who testified
about the federal government's uncoordinated and wasteful
organization to combat domestic terrorism. The Members of
Congress that testified agreed that Congressional action is
needed to focus the efforts of the more than 40 federal
agencies and departments that operate separate terrorism
preparedness programs. Witnesses representing national security
and terrorism preparedness panels concurred, citing different
problems that plague preparedness efforts, including a lack of
overall strategy, a lack of a high ranking coordinating
authority or office, a means of evaluating program
effectiveness, and an overlapping of services that leads to
inefficiency and waste. Witnesses also agreed none of the three
bills examined at the hearing was a complete solution to the
problem, but that each makes a significant contribution to a
final solution. Many of the ideas and proposals that were
discussed at this hearing were reflected in the legislation
that created the Department of Homeland Security.
On May 9, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
525, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Act to update Title
VI of the Act and to provide coordination for federal efforts
with regard to preparedness against terrorist attacks in the
United States. The hearing also addressed a proposal offered by
the Administration. H.R. 525 represents the view that (1) there
is no national strategy for preparedness against terrorist
attacks; (2) despite the multitude of existing federal
preparedness programs, there is no defined end-state to
determine at what point communities are prepared for a
terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction; (3)
federal efforts are not coordinated resulting in fragmented and
overlapping programs; (4) emergency responders insist there
must be a single entity in charge of coordinating federal
efforts; and (5) this entity must have authority over all
federal agencies. The bill, introduced by Representative Wayne
Gilchrest, amends the Stafford Act to reflect emerging threats
from terrorism. The Subcommittee received testimony from
Representatives Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and Earl Blumenauer (D-
OR); Joe M. Allbaugh, Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency; Mary-Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney
General for the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of
Justice; Charles Cragin, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Civil Support at the Department of Defense; Raymond
Decker, General Accounting Office; Ann Simank, Chairman, Public
Safety and Crime Prevention Committee of the National League of
Cities; Edward Plaugher, Fire Chief, Arlington County,
Virginia, representing the International Association of Fire
Chiefs; and Gary McConnell, Director of the Georgia Emergency
Management Agency. The Subcommittee favorably reported the
bill, however, no further action at the request of the
Administration.
On May 10, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on a
proposal to create a National Health Museum and to discuss the
future use of federal office building 8 (FOB8). This hearing
followed up on issues raised at a similar hearing held during
the 106th Congress. At the hearing held on May 10, 2001, the
Subcommittee received testimony from Representative Connie
Morella (R-MD); Paul Chistolini, Acting Commissioner, Public
Buildings Service, General Services Administration; Dr. William
Haseltine, Chairman of the National Health Museum; J. Mark
Dunham, Acting President of the National Health Museum; Robert
Peck; and Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol. The
Subcommittee thoroughly examined the history of the concept of
a National Health Museum, the prospects for using FOB8 for this
purpose, and the legislative challenges faced by the effort.
The concept received support from many members of the House and
Senate, but the effort was hampered by the need for the FOB8
space for use by other Federal agencies.
On June 13, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
General Services Administration's FY 2002 Capital Investment
Program. The hearing covered the alteration/modernization and
construction portions of the Capital Investment Program. The
Subcommittee received testimony from the Public Buildings
Service of the General Services Administration (GSA) and the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts. In its FY
2002 Program, GSA requested new authority totaling $370,073,000
to modernize and repair 24 Federal buildings and to design for
the future modernization of 11 other Federal buildings. This is
part of the appropriations request of $829 million for the
national repair and alteration program. The total program
consists of $370 million for below prospectus projects, $89
million for previously authorized projects, $459 million for
prospectus level projects, of which $370 million required
Committee authorization for FY 2002, and $55 million for
continuing programs. GSA also requested $86,439,000 in new
authority to acquire sites, design or to construct 13 Federal
buildings, United States courthouses, and border stations
nationwide. This included $9.8 million for the construction of
3 new border stations, $69 million for 9 courthouse
construction projects nationally and $8 million to design a new
facility for the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census. The
FY 2002 budget request for new construction was $301,883,000.
The Administration requested $69 million in new authority for 9
courthouse construction projects and is requesting a total of
$217 million in the budget for courthouse construction
projects, many of which were previously authorized. Six of the
projects are for site and design and six are ready to commence
construction. This is in addition to $283 million that was
advance appropriated in Public Law 106-554. The Subcommittee
was discharged from further consideration and the Full
Committee approved resolutions reflecting these requests on
June 28, 2001.
On June 20, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing to receive
testimony on the progress of the Appalachian Regional
Commission's programs in preparation for its reauthorization in
2002. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC or the
Commission) was created by the Appalachian Regional Development
Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-4) to address economic issues of the
Appalachian region as a part of former President Lyndon B.
Johnson's Great Society program. Historically, the Appalachian
region has faced high levels of poverty and economic distress
resulting from geographic isolation and inadequate
infrastructure. The ARC's mission is to be an advocate for and
partner with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities
for self-sustaining economicdevelopment and improved quality of
life. ARC's programs affect 406 counties located in thirteen states.
The region contains nearly 200,000 square miles and 22 million people.
Proponents of the ARC outlined the Commission's successes and asked
Congress for a long-term reauthorization so that ARC can continue its
mission of bringing economic stability to the primarily rural area of
Appalachia. Over the past 36 years, ARC has significantly improved
economic conditions in the Appalachian region. ARC's accomplishments
include: helping to reduce the region's poverty rate by half, cutting
the infant mortality rate by two-thirds, doubling the percentage of
adults 25 and older with a high school diploma, 2,331 miles of new
highway construction, providing water and sewer services to more than
800,000 households, and the creation of hundreds of thousands of new
jobs. The Subcommittee received testimony from the State Co-Chairman of
the ARC, Kentucky Governor Paul Patton and Federal Co-Chairman Jesse
White; former West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood; Michael Whitt,
Executive Director of the Mingo County (WV) Redevelopment Authority;
and Daniel Neff, Executive Director of the Ohio Mideastern Governmental
Association, National Association of Development Organizations. The
Subcommittee received invaluable information that served to guide the
reauthorization process and which resulted in the passage of the
Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of 2001 (Public
Law 107-149).
On August 1, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony on H.R. 2407, the Federal Photovoltaic
Utilization Act. The hearing discussed renewable energy
programs, the use of photovoltaic (PV) technology in Federal
buildings, and an energy commercialization program for the
procurement and installation of PV solar electric systems in
new and existing Federal buildings. The Subcommittee received
testimony from David Garman, Assistant Secretary of energy
efficiency and renewable energy programs at the Department of
Energy (DOE), Joe Moravec, Commissioner of the Public Buildings
Service (PBS) and Mark Ewing, the director of the Energy Center
of Expertise of the General Services Administration (GSA),
Glenn Hamer, Executive Director of the Solar Energy Industries
Association, Stephen Hogan, Executive VP and General Manager,
Spire Corporation and Eric Emblem, Executive Director of the
National Energy Management Institute. Each of the witnesses
testified as to ongoing programs and the impact of enacting
H.R. 2407 on existing programs. Association representatives
provided testimony on the industry and the significant impact
that the bill would mean for the PV industry as a whole. In
addition, the Subcommittee received testimony from a PV
manufacturer; from a user of PV solar energy and from a
representative from the National Energy Management Institute
who addressed the effect that enacting H.R. 2407 would have on
the industry's workforce. While there was some disagreement
about the funding measures included in the legislation, each of
the witnesses expressed their general support for seeking to
further implement alternative sources of energy, particularly
in large office buildings. Many of the ideas put forward at the
hearing and in H.R. 2407 were incorporated into the text of
H.R. 4, the Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001, which
passed the House and Senate but was not enacted into law.
On September 6, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony on H.R. 307, the Federal Protective Service
Reform Act. The Subcommittee received testimony from the
primary sponsor of the legislation, the Commissioner of the
Public Buildings Service of the General Services
Administration, the Fraternal Order of Police and from the
American Federation of Government Employees. Each of the
witnesses noted the increased need for improved protection at
federal buildings and that the legislation would accomplish
these goals. This legislation would provide direct line
authority for a newly created Commissioner of the Federal
Protective Service; make its officers Law Enforcement Officers
under Title V, U.S.C.; enhance their pay and retirement
benefits; increase the number of permanent officers; as well as
several other administrative changes. Many of the ideas and
proposals of H.R. 307 were adopted and included as a part of
H.R. 4770, the Ronald C. Sheffield Federal Property Protection
Act of 2002, which was favorably reported by the Committee on
May 23, 2002, but was never considered by the full House.
On April 11, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's
(FEMA) creation of a new Office of National Preparedness (ONP).
The hearing provided background information on the need for the
newly created office, the legal basis for its creation, its
management structure, its function and operation in the context
of other homeland security efforts, and a brief discussion of
proposed programs. The Subcommittee received testimony from
Bruce Baughman of the ONP, Randall Yim, Managing Director for
National Preparedness issues at the General Accounting Office,
and Deborah Daniels, Assistant Attorney General for the Office
of Justice Programs, at the Department of Justice. The ONP was
created on May 8, 2001 in an effort to increase coordination
among federal agencies in responding to a terrorist attack. The
ONP was also created to focus on equipping first responders,
improving coordination among federal agencies in delivery of
preparedness programs, and increasing accountability of the
agencies involved. In addition to creating the new office, the
Administration proposed consolidating the Office of Domestic
Preparedness from the Department of Justice with ONP, thereby
further increasing the level of cooperation between the two
largest programs dealing with terrorism preparedness, a move
that was supported by each of the witnesses. Public Law 107-
296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, combined the Office of
National Preparedness with the Office of Domestic Preparedness
within the Border and Transportation Security Directorate at
the Department of Homeland Security.
On April 18, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony on H.R. 3947, the Federal Property Asset
Management Reform Act of 2002. H.R. 3947 was introduced on
March 12, 2002 by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and ordered
reported by the Committee on Government Reform on March 14,
2002, though no report was ever filed. In addition to reforming
the way in which landholding agencies manage their real
property, this bill would also reform the manner in which real
property information is kept and used by the federal
government. The Subcommittee received testimony from Stephen
Perry, the Administrator of the General Services Administration
as well as from Bernard Ungar, Director of the Physical
Infrastructure Division at the General Accounting Office. The
general authority for government-wide real property management
is contained in the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (Property Act), and vested in the General
Services' Administration as the government's central real
property management agency. Through its various titles, the
Property Act establishes the general framework for property
management including procurement, use, and disposal of real and
personal property. Several agencies also have limited statutory
authority to manage real and personal property. Each of the
witnesses discussed how the authorities contained in the
billwould improve agencies' ability to manage their real property
assets to maximize their use and benefit to the government. The bill
would give to the landholding agencies authority to out-lease existing
buildings, enter into partnerships with private entities for the
refurbishment of outdated and old buildings, and allow agencies to
dispose of existing buildings and retain the proceeds for future real
property functions. At the same time, the bill would require agencies
to appoint a senior real property officer to manage all of these
functions, maintain a detailed database of their real property
inventory, complete and maintain a strategic operations plan including
use of real property, and require that the agencies comply with several
related laws governing the disposal of real property. While supportive
of the bill in general, members of the Subcommittee expressed concern
over the bill's failure to address similar problems in the Public
Buildings Act of 1959. While the Subcommittee took no formal action on
this particular piece of legislation, the Subcommittee continues to
work to improve GSA's property management reform efforts.
On June 5, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
General Services Administration's FY 2003 Capital Investment
Program. The hearing covered the alteration/modernization and
construction portions of the Capital Investment Program. The
Subcommittee received testimony from Joseph Moravec,
Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the General
Services Administration and from Judge Jane R. Roth of the U.S.
Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit representing the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts (AOC). GSA requested new
authority totaling $986 million for design, modernization,
repair, and alteration of 22 Federal buildings. This included
$367 million for Basic Repairs and Alterations projects, $87
million for Limited Scope Projects on 9 Federal Buildings, $433
million for the modernization of 13 Federal Buildings, and an
additional $99 million for other smaller programs, including
future design, energy efficiency, CFC removal, security, and
the glass fragmentation program. GSA requested $556.5 million
in new authority for the construction of new facilities. This
includes $257.9 million for five Executive Agency construction
projects, $27.3 million for construction of five border
stations, $8.25 million for non-prospectus construction
projects, and $260 million for 10 Federal Judiciary projects.
The Committee approved resolutions authorizing the FY 2003
Capital Investment and Leasing Program on July 22, 2002.
On June 13, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Access Study and
Plaza Authorization. The hearing discussed the results of the
access study and any necessary authorization to create a plaza
with new buildings east of the existing John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts (Kennedy Center). The Subcommittee
received testimony from Michael Kaiser, President of the
Kennedy Center, Mary Peters, Administrator of the Federal
Highways Administration of DOT, and Dan Tangherlini, Director
of the District of Columbia's Department of Transportation. The
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
authorized $500,000 from the Highway Trust Fund directed the
Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to
undertake a comprehensive study of ways to improve access to
the Kennedy Center. In September of 2000, DOT, in conjunction
with the Kennedy Center, National Park Service, and DCDPW
issued their report, commonly referred to as the access study,
which identifies five phases to improving access to the Kennedy
Center. The proposed improvements in the access study include:
construction of a pedestrian plaza over the Potomac Freeway;
reestablishing the local street grid and modifying E Street;
increasing traffic safety to the north and south of the Center;
enhancing transit and pedestrian access; improving signage; and
improving parking. Additionally, the Subcommittee discussed the
proposed construction of two new buildings on the Plaza, which
will house additional education, administration, rehearsal, and
performance space needed by the Kennedy Center. In addition to
expressing their support for the project, each of the witnesses
stressed the importance of working cooperatively with the many
partners that will be involved with the project. Many of the
recommendations in the access study were incorporated into H.R.
5012, the Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act, which became
Public Law 107-224 on September 18, 2002.
On September 12, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing
entitled, ``The Delta Regional Authority and Southeast Crescent
Authority: Progress and Prospects For Regional Development
Authorities.'' The purpose of this hearing was to receive
testimony on the Delta Regional Authority, which was authorized
on December 27, 2000 and is comprised of 240 parishes and
counties in eight states in and around the Mississippi River
Delta; and the Southeast Crescent Authority (SECA), which is a
proposed regional authority that would encompass approximately
40.26 million people in 428 counties across 7 states. The
Subcommittee received testimony from two members of North
Carolina's Congressional delegation Robin Hayes and Mike
McIntyre, who are both sponsors of the SECA legislation; Pete
Johnson, the Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional
Authority (DRA); Albert Delia, Associate Vice Chancellor of
Economic and Community Development at East Carolina University
(NC) and primary author of a report on the proposed SECA; and
John L. Bruner II, who is President of the National Association
of Development Organizations. Additionally, Representative
Bennie Thompson (MS-02) participated in the hearing by
unanimous consent. Reps. Hayes and McIntyre both testified as
to the need for a regional authority that would encompass the
Southeastern United States. The proposed authority would cover
all or part of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. SECA would serve as a
clearinghouse for programs and grants to promote and encourage
economic development in rural areas throughout the Southeast.
Mr. Delia supported these arguments with a report that he
presented to the Subcommittee. This report highlighted the need
for a regional development authority due to high levels of
poverty, unemployment and general economic distress. Mr.
Johnson was invited to participate in order to update the
Subcommittee on the Delta Regional Authority's progress in
getting up and running. The DRA was designed to remedy severe
and chronic economic distress by stimulating economic
development, but many members of the Subcommittee expressed
concern that the DRA has yet to become fully functional. Mr.
Johnson assured the Subcommittee that despite some early
setbacks, the DRA is well on its way to full functionality.
Subcommittee Chairman LaTourette and Ranking Member Costello
expressed their intent to continue oversight of the DRA in the
coming Congress.
General Accounting Office Requests
In addition to requests for testimony at hearings held by
the Subcommittee, the Subcommittee requested the General
Accounting Office to conduct a number of studies and publish
reports on issues within its jurisdiction. All but one of these
requests was completed during the 107th Congress. GAO was
requested to identify any obstacles that existed to effective
and efficient real property management, in particular, GAO was
asked to look at the information the government holds about its
real property inventory. GAO found that the government owns
hundreds of thousands of real property assets worth hundreds of
billions of dollars. Much of this inventory is under the
control of the General Services Administration and that the GSA
maintains a database on these assets commonly referred to as
the worldwide inventory. GAO was asked to assess the
reliability and usefulness of the worldwide inventory and to
determine what actions, if any, may be needed to make it a more
useful tool. GAO found that GSA's worldwide inventory of
federal real property contained data that were unreliable and
of limited usefulness. GAO concluded that given this fact,
Congress and OMB do not have access to quality data on what
real property assets the government owns; their value; whether
the assets are being used efficiently; and what overall costs
are involved in preserving, protecting, and investing in them.
GAO recommended in its report and in testimony before the
Subcommittee that GSA exercise strong leadership and work with
Congress, OMB, Treasury, and other agencies to develop a cost-
effective strategy for improving the reliability and usefulness
of the worldwide inventory. As part of this strategy, GSA
should work with its partners to improve its processes,
establish results oriented goals to measure performance, and
help other agencies to do the same. GAO also recommended that
Congress should consider requiring GSA by law to maintain an
accurate worldwide inventory and requiring real property-
holding agencies to submit reliable data. The Subcommittee has
been working with GSA to develop legislation that will address
many of these concerns, and will continue to do so in the 108th
Congress.
Over the past three Congresses the Subcommittee has
continued close oversight of the Administrative Office of the
Courts' use of space in courthouses throughout the country.
During the 107th Congress the Subcommittee requested the GAO to
review the extent to which senior judges, those judges who have
taken senior status, and visiting judges are sharing federal
courtrooms throughout the country. This report builds upon
reports issued in 1997 and in 2000 that were limited because of
the lack of accurate and current data on courtroom sharing. To
conduct their report, GAO examined existing policies on
courtroom sharing for all district courts, compiled information
on district judges' courtroom sharing experiences where sharing
was occurring, and reviewed courtroom needs assessment studies
done by the judiciary for 33 proposed projects in the
judiciary's 5 year construction plan to identify where sharing
was planned. GAO issued their report in April of 2002 in which
it found that while some active and senior judges were sharing
courtrooms at facilities in some locations, these judges were
sharing courtrooms primarily because there were not enough
courtrooms to accommodate them. The report also found that in
those districts where some sharing was occurring, the
experience did not result in delays to cases or an excessive
administrative burden. GAO concluded that courtroom sharing may
offer the potential of reduced costs in the courthouse
construction program if visiting, temporary, and senior judges,
those with reduced or minimal caseloads, are encourage or
required to share space. The report noted however, that given
the federal judiciary's current policy in regards to courtroom
sharing, in addition to other factors, that the judiciary will
not voluntarily engage in any courtroom sharing, even among
senior judges, in the foreseeable future.
In continuing its oversight of the federal government's
preparedness against and response to a terrorist attack, the
Subcommittee requested GAO to review the government's efforts
at unifying preparedness and response programs and to identify
any roadblocks to success. In response to previous requests,
GAO has noted that while combating terrorism has crossed
organizational boundaries, the federal government did not
sufficiently coordinate the activities of the more than 40
federal entities involved, resulting in duplication and gaps in
coverage. At the Subcommittee's request, GAO attempted to
determine the extent to which homeland security efforts are
unified. To accomplish this, GAO reviewed documents and
interviewed officials from 12 key federal agencies,
associations representing selected state and local government
officials, research organizations recognized for their work on
terrorism or homeland security or both, and selected
associations representing corporations that own key
infrastructure. They also examined related crosscutting issues
to identify key elements, such as central leadership and a
clearly defined strategy, that are critical to unifying efforts
and that could be instructive in developing homeland security
approaches. GAO found that the homeland security efforts of
public and private entities do not yet represent a unified
approach, although key supporting elements for such an approach
are emerging. They did find that progress has been made in
developing a framework to support a more unified effort. A key
element--central leadership--was established by Executive Order
13228, which created the Office of Homeland Security and the
Homeland Security Council. Their report did note that several
other key elements to improving a unified effort were still
lacking, however, many of these concerns were addressed by the
passage of H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Finally, the Subcommittee requested GAO to review and
report on legal issues and management challenges relating to
ongoing efforts to reform real property management in the
federal government. This request is tied to and based on the
introduction of H.R. 3947, which was referred to the Government
Reform and Operations Committee in addition to the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This request has
not yet been completed, though the Subcommittee expects GAO to
complete its report during the 108th Congress.
Site Visits
The Chairman of the Subcommittee made two trips to New York
City. The first occasion was to visit General Services
Administration U.S. courthouse projects and the current U.S.
Mission to the United Nations facility, which have been
authorized and will require additional authorization by the
Subcommittee. The Chairman's second trip to New York City was
with a delegation of Members and staff to visit the site of the
World Trade Center Towers terrorist attack at ground zero.
Subcommittee staff traveled with the Smithsonian
Institution to the visit the facilities of the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute. The Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute traces its 90-year history in Panama from the
construction of the Panama Canal, and the scientific interest
in surveying the flora and fauna of the area for the purpose of
controlling insect-borne diseases such as yellow fever and
malaria. The site visit provided a more comprehensive
understanding of the Smithsonian's scientific tropical research
and building and facilities' needs in the region.
Additionally, Subcommittee staff visited sites in and
around the Washington Metropolitan area to better understand
issues within the Subcommittee's jurisdiction. Staff visited
the Southeast Federal Center, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, the 911
Call Center of the Baltimore Police Department, the Emergency
Operations Center of the American Red Cross, and the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Other Oversight Activities
During the 107th Congress the Subcommittee remained
extremely interested in the oversight of Federal building
security policies, which include the struggle between keeping
Federal buildings open and accessible to the public while
maintaining sufficient security for occupants and visitors, and
general interest in the National Capital Region. In addition,
the Subcommittee continues close oversight of the construction
of the Capitol Visitor's Center.
Additionally, the Subcommittee continued its ongoing
oversight of activities within the National Capital Region of
the General Services Administration, including the construction
of new headquarters for the Patent and Trademark Office and
Department of Transportation, development of the Southeast
Federal Center, and the progression of the Capitol Visitors'
Center project.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
In the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit was chaired by Thomas Petri of Wisconsin. Robert A.
Borski, of Pennsylvania served as the Subcommittee Ranking
Democratic Member. The Subcommittee developed and reported
legislation to enhance the security and safety of pipelines,
H.R. 3609. H.R. 3609 was presented to the President on December
9, 2002. H.R. 3609 includes expansion of ``whistle blower''
protections for pipeline workers, establishment of a permit
streamlining program, money for research and development, and
improves authority to fix a pipeline that has a potentially
unsafe condition. Also, the Subcommittee developed and reported
legislation providing for highway infrastructure investment at
the guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st century, H.R. 3694. Additionally, the
Subcommittee developed and reported legislation allowing
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. The Transit Operating Flexibility Act,
H.R. 5157, was signed by the President on October 1, 2002
(Public Law 107-232). The Subcommittee also developed and
reported legislation that will allow for-hire limousines and
sedans to cross state lines without any requirement to obtain
multiple state licenses, as long as the interstate service they
provide has been pre-arranged by the customer. In addition, the
Subcommittee has held 18 hearings concerning the
reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
century.
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Enacted Legislation
(For a more complete description of the enacted bills, see
section on ``Bills enacted into Law.'')
TRANSIT OPERATING FLEXIBILITY ACT
Public Law No 107-232 allows the transit systems in 52
communities 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.
The 2000 Census made significant changes in urbanized area
designations. These designations drive transit formula
apportionments for communities of 50,000 and more in
population. Under Federal transit law, areas of more than
200,000 cannot use federal formula grant funds to pay for
transit operating expenses. This legislation allows the 52
communities that ``crossed 200,000'' in population according to
the new Census data to retain the flexibility to use funds for
operating expenses to the extent that they used these funds for
operations in fiscal year 2002. The law does not change the
amount of transit formula funding that these communities, or
any other community, will receive under TEA 21 in fiscal year
2003.
H.R. 5157 passed the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure by voice vote on July 24, 2002. The bill was
ordered reported by the Full committee on July 24, 2002. On
September 13, 2002 H.R. 5157 passed the Senate without
amendment by Unanimous Consent. On October 1, 2002 the
President signed H.R. 5157.
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TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY WAIVER FROM CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY
REQUIREMENTS AND METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND UNDER OTHER LAWS FOR CERTAIN AREAS IN NEW
YORK WHERE THE PLANNING OFFICES AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY
ACTS OF TERRORISM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Public Law No 107-230 provides the State of New York a
temporary waiver from certain Clean Air Act (CAA)
transportation conformity requirements and related metropolitan
planning requirements of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA 21) until September 30, 2005, so that New
York can implement adjustments necessary after the September
11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The
legislation allows the State to receive full transportation
funding. In addition, the bill requires that New York file an
Interim Progress Report no later than January 1, 2004,
detailing the manner in which the State will achieve compliance
with the transportation conformity requirements no later than
the expiration of the temporary waiver.
H.R. 3880 was passed by the House on September 10, 2002. On
September 12, 2002 H.R. 3880 passed the Senate by Unanimous
Consent. On October 1, 2002 the President signed H.R. 3880.
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TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF PIPELINES
This important bill reauthorized the Office of Pipeline
Safety at the Department of Transportation. The legislation
improves the states' ``one-call notification systems'' to avoid
damage to pipelines by a third party. The bill expands
``whistle blower'' protections for pipeline workers. The bill
improves the authority under which the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation (DOT) can order an operator to fix
a pipeline that has a potentially unsafe condition. At the
request of the DOT, the Attorney General may bring a civil suit
to enforce certain safety regulations. The bill allows the
Secretary of Transportation to award technical assistance
grants to groups for engineering and scientific analysis of
pipeline safety issues and to promote the participation in
official DOT processes. The bill authorizes $100 million for
research and development. The bill establishes an integrity
management program in all ``high consequence'' areas
(population centers) requiring the inspection of all facilities
within 10 years to establish a base line. These facilities will
be re-inspected within seven years, unless the Secretary waives
the requirement. The bill establishes a permit streamlining
program and establishes an interagency committee comprised of
the federal resource agencies that issue permits. The bill
provides for grants to emergency responders.
H.R. 3609 was passed as amended by a Roll Call Vote in the
House on July 23, 2002. H.R. 3609 passed the Senate with an
amendment by Unanimous Consent on November 13, 2002. On
November 15, 2002 the House agreed to the Senate amendment
without objection. On December 9, 2002 H.R. 3609 was presented
to the President. It became Public Law 107-355.
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REAL INTERSTATE DRIVER EQUITY ACT OF 2001
Public Law 107-298 amends federal transportation law to
prohibit a State, political subdivision, or interstate agency
from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or regulations
requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor
vehicle providing pre-arranged ground transportation service
crosses state borders. The motor carrier providing such
interstate service must meet all applicable registration and
vehicle licensing requirements in its home state, but is not
required to obtain multiple state licenses. This Act does not
allow a carrier to operate in another jurisdiction with
spontaneous new clients; all interstate passenger travel must
be pre-arranged. The law also protects the rights of
transportation terminal operators to provide preferential
access and of States to require pre-licensing drug testing and
criminal background checks as a condition of providing such
interstate service.
Hearings
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a total of 29
hearings during the 107th Congress.
On March 21, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``The
Outlook for the Nation's Highway and Transit Systems.'' This
hearing focused on the current status and future trends for
highways and transit in the United States. Of particular
interest was the relation of these trends to the health of our
nation's economy and the personal mobility and satisfaction of
our constituents with the transportation systems we help to
provide.
On May 9, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Driver
Distractions: Electronic Devices in the Automobile.'' The
subject of this hearing was oversight on the use of electronic
devices in automobiles and how the use of current and emerging
technologies may cause distractions that contribute to
accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's
(NHTSA) discussed how the industries that provide these
technologies are addressing the problem and we heard from
university researchers and groups with special interest in this
topic.
On May 23, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Solutions to Highway Congestion.'' This hearing continued the
Subcommittee's investigation of the growing congestion crisis
that reduces the ability of our highway system to move people
and goods efficiently. The ultimate goal of this hearing was to
find out what actions need to be taken by Congress, whether
legislatively or through administration oversight, to increase
mobility and reduce congestion.
On July 12, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Oversight of the Household Goods Moving Industry.'' Testimony
was given on the oversight of the household goods moving
industry by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Although the
climate of deregulation has proved successful for the motor
carrier industry in general, there remain continuing concerns
about the area of consumer protection in the household goods
moving industry. Household goods movements are increasingly
being undertaken by general freight movers, who are not subject
to FMCSA household goods regulations due to their ``haul-only''
service. These situations cause the public to question whether
there is adequate oversight of the carriers engaged in the
movement of household goods.
On July 18, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``NAFTA: Arbitration Panel Decision and Safety Issues With
Regard to Opening the U.S.-Mexican Border to Motor Carriers.
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit met to receive
testimony on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Arbitral Panel decision and the anticipated opening of the
U.S.-Mexican border to motor carrier service by Mexican
domiciled carriers.
On July 24, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Highway Work Zone Safety.'' The purpose of the hearing was to
investigate the recent increase in fatalities and injuries in
highway work zones and to provide oversight on government and
industry efforts to protect motorists and construction workers
in these zones. The hearing highlighted the proactive efforts
of various stakeholders to work together and act to reverse
this serious safety problem. We were interested in a variety of
efforts--employee training, driver education, traffic law
enforcement, application of new technology, better construction
planning, and other ideas--to sharply reduce motor vehicle
accidents in work zones.
On July 31, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Red
Light Cameras.'' The subject of this hearing was to examine the
use of automated enforcement devices at intersections. Red
light cameras have been the topic of much scrutiny on several
fronts: safety, revenue and legal (including privacy) issues.
This oversight hearing covered all of these topics while taking
a comprehensive look at the application of red light cameras.
On September 26, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Improving the Delivery of Transit Services By Easing
Regulatory Burdens.'' The purpose of the hearing was to
identify legal and regulatory requirements to which the transit
industry is subject that can have the effect of delaying the
delivery of transit services to communities. This hearing
explored potential solutions to widely perceived problem areas
in transit grant processing and program delivery.
On November 1, 2001 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``TEA-21 Success Stories.'' to receive testimony from
transportation professionals on the successful development of
surface transportation projects funded under the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). In November 2001, we
began the final third of the 6-year term of TEA 21. This
hearing was held to review the effects this groundbreaking
legislation has had for our communities. Every Member of the
Subcommittee will be best prepared for the hard work ahead by
learning what TEA 21 means for our constituents and
understanding the key features that make it such a success.
On February 7, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Building on Success: Administration Perspectives on Current
Issues Affecting Reauthorization of TEA 21.'' This hearing
provided an opportunity for the Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit to review the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT)
priorities for reauthorization of TEA 21 in light of current
events. This was the Subcommittee's kick-off hearing for the
second session of the 107th Congress and also the first in a
series on TEA 21.
On February 13, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``The Reauthorization of The Office of Pipeline Safety.'' The
Subcommittee received testimony on the reauthorization of the
Research and Special Programs Administration's Office of
Pipeline Safety within the Department of Transportation. Major
issues under consideration for reauthorization include
addressing security concerns following recent terrorist
attacks, operator qualification, integrity management,
reduction of third party damage to pipelines, population
encroachment on pipeline right of ways and environmental
streamlining for repair of pipelines.
On February 28, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Perspectives of Governors and Local Elected Officials on
Reauthorization of TEA 21.'' This hearing provided Governors
and other elected officials the opportunity to: express public
support for the Highway Funding Restoration Act (H.R. 3694);
reiterate the importance of the guiding principles of TEA 21;
and lay down an early marker for issues they feel should be
considered as the Committee begins the process of developing
TEA 21 reauthorizing legislation. The hearing provided an
opportunity for Governors and local elected officials to bring
to Congress' attention highway, safety, and transit needs and
challenges that States, counties, and municipalities seek,
prior to reauthorization of TEA 21. This is the second hearing
in a series on TEA 21.
On March 20, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Ensuring the Integrity of the Highway Trust Fund.'' This
hearing provided Members an opportunity to review the
transportation and tax policies and the associated budgetary
procedures used to determine the health of the highway trust
fund. It is crucial that there is a stable growth of revenue
into the highway trust fund coupled with sound fiscal
procedures to assure a predictable flow of highway and transit
funding to the States. This hearing examined both the short-
term and long-term strength of the highway trust fund. This is
the third hearing in a series on TEA 21.
On April 17, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``How
Transit Serves and Benefits U.S. Communities.'' The
subcommittee received testimony from transportation
professionals on how TEA 21 guaranteed funding for transit has
increased transit capacity and ridership, and on the economic
and social benefits of transit service. The landmark TEA 21
funding firewalls have ensured that transit funding increases
each year, and transit providers know with certainty what
amount of federal formula funding they will receive. The amount
of transit funding authorized over the life of TEA 21 is more
than double that provided during the ISTEA authorization cycle.
These key elements of stability, predictability, and program
growth have led to an unprecedented increase in transit
capacity, new service, and ridership. This is the fourth
hearing in a series on TEA 21.
On April 25, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Transportation of Spent Rods to the Proposed Yucca Mountain
Storage Facility.'' The subject of this hearing is to examine
the issues associated with the transportation of spent nuclear
fuel to the proposed Yucca Mountain storage facility in Nevada.
On May 1, 2002 the subcommittee held a hearing on ``Major
Project Management: Solutions for Major Success.'' This hearing
explored salient problems of cost control, on-schedule
completion, and oversight among large transportation
infrastructure projects under the supervision of the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA). For purposes of this hearing
large projects include, but are not limited to, those addressed
in 23 U.S.C. Sec. 106 (h), which are projects with cost
estimates exceeding $1 billion. This hearing also examined
potential lessons to be learned from the Federal Transit
Administration's oversight of major projects. The Subcommittee
additionally examined solutions and innovative methods of
controlling or mitigating these problems through appropriate
legislation. While projects addressed by 23 U.S.C. Sec. 106 (h)
were the direct focus of this hearing, projects under the $1
billion threshold were also of concern. Witnesses with
experience and expertise in large project management testified
with these goals in mind. This is the fifth hearing in a series
on TEA 21.
On May 21, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Relieving Highway Congestion Through Capacity Enhancements
and Increased Efficiency.'' The Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit met to receive testimony on the importance of relieving
highway congestion through capacity enhancements and increased
efficiency. This is the sixth hearing in a series on
reauthorization of TEA 21.
On June 18, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Intermodalism: Moving America's People and Goods.'' The
Subcommittee heard testimony on intermodalism as it relates to
the seamless transportation of goods and people. The hearing
also focused on options to promote intermodal freight and
passenger transportation. This is the seventh hearing in a
series on TEA 21.
On June 20, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Federal Transit Capital Grants Program.'' The hearing
discussed the Federal Transit Administration's capital
investment grants programs and clean fuels grants program
authorized under sections 5309 and 5308 of title 49, United
States Code. The topics the hearing specifically addressed were
new starts project funding, Bus Rapid Transit, Rail
modernization programs, bus systems, and clean fuel options for
transit buses. This is the eighth hearing in a series on TEA
21.
On June 27, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Various Approaches to Improving Highway Safety.'' This
hearing explored ideas to improve highway safety-related
programs authorized within the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (TEA 21) as the Committee approaches the
reauthorization of the Act in the 108th Congress. Title I of
TEA 21 authorized certain safety programs designed to improve
highway safety. The Subcommittee expects to hear several
appraisals of how well Subtitle D programs have worked in
improving highway safety. Title II of TEA 21 contains
authorizations for highway safety programs to conduct safety
research and development, to protect and improve occupant
safety, to deploy counter measures to reduce alcohol-impaired
drivers, to improve the collection of state highway safety
data, to continue the national driver registry, to study the
effectiveness of laws establishing maximum blood alcohol
concentrations, and to conduct various studies. The
Subcommittee heard what effect these authorizations have had on
highway safety through the testimony of witnesses from the
federal agencies of jurisdiction, private non-profit
organizations, and associations concerned with highway use and
safety. This is the ninth hearing in a series on TEA 21.
On July 9, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Trucking Safety.'' The focus was on truck safety in general
and witnesses were assembled to cover a broad array of issues.
This is the fifth hearing in a series on TEA 21.
On July 16, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Long-
term Outlook on Highway Trust Fund: Are Fuel Taxes a Viable
Measure?'' This hearing provided Members an opportunity to
review the future viability of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)
with regard to the current sources of Highway user tax receipts
credited to the Highway Trust Fund. Additionally, the hearing
examined current and future impacts that alternative fuels have
on the HTF as well as how to generate revenue in the future if
less petroleum based fuels are being used on the nation's road
system. This is the eleventh hearing in a series on
reauthorization of TEA 21.
On July 25, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Transportation Solutions in a Community Context: The Need for
Better Transportation Systems for Everyone.'' The primary focus
of the hearing is to discuss how transportation systems affect
the quality of life of all segments of the community. The
witnesses represent a gamut of interests, ranging from the very
broad to the very specific. The transportation needs of older
Americans, people with disabilities, school children, leisure
travelers, bicyclists, recreational trail users, and
motorcyclists will be explored. There are a number of TEA 21
authorized programs that support these needs, often with
considerable overlapping between programs and interest groups.
While this hearing addressed many non-highway and enhancement
programs, it is important to remember that public roads carry
over 90 percent of all passenger trips, whether these trips are
commuter, school transportation, travel and leisure, or
everyday errands. Without adequate and safe roads, quality of
life is dramatically reduced on every level. This is the
twelfth hearing in a series on TEA 21.
On September 5, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Driver's License Security Issues.'' Since the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, concern over state driver's
license issuance procedures has grown. By some accounts, some
of the September 11th terrorists obtained state driver's
licenses, and aided by them, lived unnoticed while preparing
their attack. These reports have raised concern over the
procedures used by states to grant driver's licenses. The
Subcommittee heard testimony addressing the extent to which the
procedures employed by states in issuing driver's licenses are
secure, and sufficient to avoid criminal acquisition of a
license. Testimony will also address how some states
reorganized their issuance procedures to improve fraud
detection in the wake of September 11th. The Subcommittee also
heard testimony on the consequences of poor driver's license
security, including identity theft, safety, credit fraud,
credential fraud and immigration.
On September 10, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Intelligent Transportation Systems.'' The hearing focused on
how intelligent transportation solutions have increased
mobility, safety, and security within surface
transportationmodes. TEA 21, as amended, specifies the current federal
role in the research and deployment of ITS. As directed by TEA 21, the
Department of Transportation (DOT) has used federal funds to conduct
about 25 operational tests of advanced technologies, help finance the
deployment of more than 275 larger-scale ITS projects, and provide
technical and training assistance to numerous state and local
governments investing in ITS. This hearing is the thirteenth in a
series on TEA 21.
On September 19, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Stakeholder Proposals for the Reauthorization of Surface
Transportation Programs.'' The Subcommittee plans to expand on
the successes of TEA 21 and relies on the transportation
stakeholder groups to share their new ideas and proposals for
improvements to the surface transportation programs. By giving
these groups a public forum for their reauthorization proposals
and focusing on the highest-priority initiatives of each group,
the Subcommittee will gather important information for its
efforts to begin drafting legislation to reauthorize the
federal highway, safety and transit programs. Each witness will
focus on the highest priority initiatives in his organization's
proposal. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from
organizations representing business, state and local
governments, the construction and trades industries, public
transportation providers, and other transportation
stakeholders. This hearing is the fourteenth in a series on the
reauthorization of TEA 21.
On September 26, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Status of the Nation's Highway and Transit System's: Capital
and Maintenance Needs.'' The subcommittee heard testimony from
representatives from the Federal Highway Administration, the
Federal Transit Administration, and the General Accounting
Office on the status of the nation's highway and transit
system. The representatives from the Department of
Transportation will testify about findings contained in their
upcoming report, The Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges,
and Transit: Conditions and Performance. The General Accounting
Office testifies on the report they completed last May on the
Interstate Highway System. The Status of the Nation's Highways,
Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance--also known as
the Conditions and Performance report--has historically offered
a comprehensive, factual background to support the development
and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at
all levels of government. The General Accounting Office's
report, completed last May, focused solely on the Interstate
System. This hearing is the fifteenth in a series on the
reauthorization of TEA 21.
On October 8, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
bill H.R. 5455, ``Expediting Project Delivery to Improve
Transportation and the Environment Act.'' The general framework
of H.R. 5455 provides clarification for agency roles and
responsibilities in approving transportation projects within
the existing NEPA process. The first panel is comprised of
witnesses who represent those involved in the design,
construction, operation and maintenance of transportation
infrastructure. They spoke to the mechanics of the project
planning and permitting process, and the delays associated with
it. The second panel is comprised of witnesses from the
environmental community and transit labor. They spoke on their
concerns with any potential changes in current law. This
hearing is the sixteenth in a series on the reauthorization of
TEA 21.
On October 9, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on
``Federal Lands Highway Program.'' This hearing explored ideas
to improve the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP), 23 U.S.C.
Sec. 204. The FLHP has within its jurisdiction the Indian
Reservation Roads Program (IRR), as well as roads located on
public lands, park roads and parkways and refuge roads. The
FLHP will be reauthorized as a feature of the TEA 21
reauthorization in the 108th Congress. This hearing is the
seventeenth in a series on the reauthorization of TEA 21.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RAILROADS
RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS' IMPROVEMENT ACT
(H.R. 1140/H.R. 10--S. Amdt. 2170)
Became Public Law 107-90
This legislation amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
to increase benefits to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. It
improves benefits for railroad employees, retirees and their
beneficiaries and revises financing of the pension part (tier
II) of the railroad retirement system.
The law was a result of Senate Amendment 2170, which
incorporated H.R. 1140, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors'
Improvement Act, as substitute text in H.R. 10, formerly the
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act. H.R.
10, now the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act.
It became Public Law 107-90 on December 21, 2001.
The new law serves to modernize the financing of the
railroad retirement system, provide payroll tax relief, and
provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. The
enhanced benefits include restoration of an age 62 retirement
option with 30 years of service, full succession by surviving
spouses to Tier II pension benefits of retirees, and reduction
of minimum vesting period from 10 years to 5 years.
Hearings
The Subcommittee held a hearing on March 29, 2001, to
examine current issues and problems relating to track safety,
as part of the Subcommittee's oversight and reauthorization of
the Federal Railroad Administration's safety programs. FRA is
the component of the Department of Transportation in charge of
administering and enforcing all federal railroad safety laws
and regulations.
On April 25, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
infrastructure policies affecting the nation's railroads. The
Subcommittee received testimony both on the implementation of
the direct and guaranteed rail and rail-intermodal
infrastructure loan program enacted in the 1998 Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) and on H.R. 1020,
legislation that address the infrastructure needs of smaller
railroads.
On May 22, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing, as part
of a series of hearings being held by the Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee during ``Congestion Week,'' to examine
various impediments to bringing improved rail infrastructure
on-line.
On June 21, 2001, the Subcommittee received testimony on
magnetic levitation transportation issues. Magnetic levitation
(maglev) is an advanced technology in which magnetic forces
lift, propel, and guide a vehicle over a guideway. Utilizing
state-of-the-art electric power and control systems, this
configuration eliminates contact between vehicle and guideway.
On July 16, 2001, the Subcommittee on Railroads held a
field hearing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to investigate the
conduct of Norfolk Southern (``NS'') with respect to car repair
shops in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. NS had announced that it
would close these shops on October 1, 2001, while a proceeding
at the Surface Transportation Board (``STB'') to address that
proposed closing was still pending.
On July 25, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
examine Amtrak's current financial situation and developments
since the enactment of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act
of 1997 (Public Law 105-134), as well as future prospects for
Amtrak and for high-speed rail passenger service. The law
required Amtrak to be free of federal operating subsidy by
December 2, 2002 [P.L. 105-134, Sec. 204(a)(2)].
On October 2, 2001, the Subcommittee received testimony on
H.R. 2950, the Railroad Infrastructure Development and
Expansion Act for the 21st Century (``RIDE-21'') that both
Chairman Don Young and Chairman Jack Quinn introduced on
September 25, 2001. H.R. 2950 addresses the need for a high-
speed passenger rail system in the United States by making
available more that $71 billion for the development and
construction of high-speed rail infrastructure.
On February 14, 2002, the Subcommittee heard testimony on
the Amtrak Reform Council's (ARC) plan for restructuring
Amtrak, submitted to Congress pursuant to the Amtrak Reform and
Accountability Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-34). ARC was created
to monitor and make recommendations regarding Amtrak. ARC's
plan included three components: a new business model for
Amtrak, the option to introduce competition, and a proposal to
achieve adequate and secure sources of funding.
In a hearing on March 6, 2002, the Subcommittee took a
retrospective look at Amtrak and the Amtrak Reform and
Accountability Act of 1997. The Subcommittee heard testimony
from the Administration, Amtrak, labor representatives, and
various state transportation officials.
On March 14, 2002, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing
with the Subcommittee on Aviation to receive testimony on the
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reauthorization
proposal. The NTSB is charged with determining the probable
cause of transportation accidents and promoting transportation
safety. The Board's authorization expires on September 30,
2002.
On April 11, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing to take
a look at the possible options for restructuring intercity
passenger rail in America. The Subcommittee heard testimony
from the Administration and industry officials on the future of
Amtrak and intercity rail passenger service in the United
States.
On April 25, 2002, the Subcommittee received testimony, at
a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Highways & Transit, on
the issues associated with the transportation of spent nuclear
fuel to the proposed Yucca Mountain storage facility in Nevada.
Approximately 45,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel is
currently stored at 131 sites in 39 states. Each year,
operating nuclear power plants generates approximately 2,000
metric tons of spent nuclear fuel. Given the advancements of
transportation and security programs there is a need to review
the regulatory plans within the next two years.
On June 6, 2002, the Subcommittee examined the current
issues and problems relating to track safety, in particular the
recent derailments that have occurred. Also the hearing
included oversight of the Federal Railroad Administration's
safety programs.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENT
During the 107th Congress, the Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment, chaired by Congressman John J.
Duncan, Jr. with Congressman Peter A. DeFazio serving as
Ranking Democratic Member, had referred to it or took action on
4 bills that became public laws, 2 bills that were approved by
the House but did not become public law, and 2 bills and 1
concurrent resolution that were approved by the Committee but
did not move through the full House. The Committee also
approved 50 Committee Resolutions authorizing studies by the
Corps of Engineers of potential water resources projects. The
Subcommittee held 25 hearings during the 107th Congress.
Enacted Legislation
SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY RELIEF AND BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION ACT
H.R. 2869, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act, amends the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA
or Superfund) to exempt certain persons and small businesses
from liability under Superfund for the transportation and
disposal of certain wastes and to promote the redevelopment of
brownfields. Title I of this Act contains the text of H.R.
1831. This title protects small businesses from Superfund
liability by eliminating the liability of persons who sent only
a very small amount of waste to a Superfund site, or who sent
only ordinary trash to the site. Title II of this Act contains
the text of S. 350. This title encourages brownfields
redevelopment by exempting certain persons from liability for
contamination existing at a site that they purchase after the
date of enactment of this legislation, and by limiting federal
enforcement at sites being addressed under State voluntary
cleanup programs. Title II of this Act also provides funding
for brownfields assessments and cleanups and for State
voluntary cleanup programs.
On May 15, 2001, Rep. Gillmor and others introduced H.R.
1831, the Small Business Liability Protection Act. The bill was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure marked up
the bill on May 16, 2001, and reported it on May 21, 2001 (H.
Rept. 107-70, part 2). The House considered H.R. 1831 under
suspension of the rules, and passed it by a vote of 419 to 0 on
May 22, 2001.
On February 15, 2001, Senator Chafee and others introduced
S. 350, the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental
Restoration Act of 2001. The bill passed the Senate on April
25, 2001, by a vote of 99-0, and was referred in the House to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R. 2869, incorporating the text of H.R. 1831 and S. 350,
was introduced on September 10, 2001, and was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The House
considered the bill under suspension of the rules on December
20, 2001, and passed it by voice vote. The Senate cleared the
bill for the President on December 20, 2001, by unanimous
consent. The bill became Public Law 107-118.
NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
ACT OF 2002
H.R. 169, the Notification and Federal Employee
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, requires
Federal agencies to be accountable for violations of
antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws.
Rep. Sensenbrenner introduced H.R. 169 on January 3, 2001.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Government Reform,
and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce,
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary. The House
considered H.R. 169 under suspension of the rules on October 2,
2001. The bill passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous
consent on April 23, 2002. The House considered the Senate
Amendment under suspension of the rules and agreed to the
Senate Amendment by a vote of 412 to 0 on April 30, 2002. The
bill became Public Law 107-174.
GREAT LAKES AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN ACT OF 2002
H.R. 1070, the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002,
amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the
water quality of these lakes by providing assistance for local
restoration efforts.
Title I of H.R. 1070 authorizes $250 million over five
years for EPA to carry out restoration projects at Great Lakes
Areas of Concern, with cost-sharing local sponsors. This title
also authorizes $15 million for research and $5 million for
public information relating to cleanup of the Great Lakes, also
over five years. Title II of H.R. 1070 authorizes $55 million
over five years to assist the implementation of a restoration
plan for Lake Champlain. Title III of the bill includes
miscellaneous items, including the restoration of requirements
for EPA to submit to Congress various Clean Water Act reports.
Rep. Ehlers and others introduced H.R. 1070 on March 15,
2001. The bill was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on
Science. The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee held
a hearing on H.R. 1070 on July 11, 2001. The Subcommittee met
on June 25, 2002, and favorably reported H.R. 1070 to the
Committee by voice vote, with an amendment. On June 26, 2002,
the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ordered the
bill reported to the House, by voice vote. The Committee filed
its report on July 18, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-587, part 1). The
House considered H.R. 1070 under suspension of the rules and
passed it by voice vote on September 4, 2002. On September 26,
2002, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ordered
the bill reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute, adding titles II and III to the bill. On October
17, 2002, the Senate passed H.R. 1070 by unanimous consent, as
amended by Senate Amendment4892, sponsored by Senator Smith
(N.H.) and Senator Jeffords. The House considered the Senate Amendment
under suspension of the rules and passed it by voice vote on November
12, 2002, clearing the bill for the President. The bill became Public
Law 107-303.
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO CONVEY A PARCEL OF LAND
TO CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA.
This Act directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the
Commissioners of Chatham County, Georgia, a specified parcel of
land, and provides that the parcel, or another parcel of equal
appraised value that the land may be exchanged for, be managed
for recreational purposes.
Rep. Kingston introduced H.R. 2595 on July 23, 2001. The
House considered the bill under suspension of the rules and
passed it by voice vote on December 11, 2001. The Senate
cleared the bill for the President on November 18, 2002. The
bill became Public Law 107-320.
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Other Legislation
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS SECURITY ACT OF 2002
H.R. 5169, the Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of
2002, would authorize the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to make grants for vulnerability assessments
and security enhancements at publicly owned treatment works, to
provide technical assistance on security measures to small
publicly owned treatment works, and to provide for the
improvement of vulnerability self-assessment methodologies and
tools.
Rep. Young, Rep. Oberstar, Rep. Duncan, and Rep. DeFazio
introduced this legislation on July 22, 2002. The bill was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a
hearing on water resources infrastructure security on October
10, 2001. On July 24, 2002, the Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee ordered H.R. 5169 reported to the
House by voice vote. The Committee filed its report on
September 5, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-645). The House considered H.R.
5169 under suspension of the rules and passed it by voice vote
on October 7, 2002. No further action was taken on this bill.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2002
H.R. 5428, the, would authorize the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, to carry out projects
and studies for improvements to rivers and harbors, flood
damage reduction, and environmental restoration, and for other
purposes.
Representatives Young, Oberstar, Duncan, and DeFazio
introduced this legislation on September 23, 2002. In addition
to other projects and policy initiatives, H.R. 5428
incorporated the subject matter of H.R. 535, introduced by Rep.
Deal on February 8, 2001; H.R. 2372, introduced by Rep. Boswell
on June 28, 2001; H.R. 3749, introduced by Rep. LoBiondo and
others on February 13, 2002; H.R. 4619, introduced by Rep.
Nethercutt on April 30, 2002; and H.R. 5137, introduced by Rep.
Jones on July 16, 2002. H.R. 5428 was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment held hearings on proposals for a
Water Resources Development Act of 2002 on April 10 and 17,
2002. On September 24, 2002, the Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment marked up the Water Resources
Development Act of 2002 and reported it favorably to the Full
Committee by voice vote. On September 25, 2002, the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked up H.R. 5428
and ordered it reported, as amended, to the House by voice
vote. The Committee filed its report on October 2, 2002 (H.
Rept. 107-717). No further action was taken on this bill.
SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY ACT OF 2001
H.R. 4, the Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001,
is a bill to address energy conservation, research, and
development and the security and diversity of energy supply.
Rep. Tauzin and others introduced H.R. 4 on July 27, 2001.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
and in addition to the Committees on Science, Ways and Means,
Resources, Education and Workforce, Transportation and
Infrastructure, the Budget, and Financial Services. This
legislation includes several items that fall within the
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, including matters relating to electricity
generation and distribution affecting the Tennessee Valley
Authority, matters relating to hydropower facilities on federal
lands, and various environmental matters relating to energy
infrastructure. H.R. 4 passed the House on August 2, 2001, by a
vote of 240 to 189. The Senate passed the bill with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute on April 25, 2002, by a
vote of 88 to 11. The Senate appointed conferees on May 1,
2002. The House appointed conferees on June 12, 2002. The
Conference Committee met on June 27, July 25, and September 12,
2002. No further action was taken on this bill.
WATER QUALITY FINANCING ACT OF 2002
H.R. 3930, the Water Quality Financing Act of 2002, would
reauthorize and amend the Clean Water Act State Revolving Loan
Fund program to increase investments in wastewater
infrastructure and assist communities in managing their
infrastructure assets.
Rep. Duncan and Rep. DeFazio introduced H.R. 3930 on March
12, 2002. The bill was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure. On March 13, 2002, the
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing
on H.R. 3930. On March 20, 2002, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure marked up the bill, and
ordered it reported to the House by voice vote, with an
amendment. No further action was taken on this bill.
H. Con. Res. 255
H. Con. Res. 255 would express the sense of the Congress
regarding the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Clean
Water Act. Rep. Boehlert and others introduced H. Con. Res. 255
on October 30, 2001. The concurrent resolution was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. On February
27, 2002, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
ordered H. Con. Res. 255 to be reported to the House by voice
vote. No further action was taken on the concurrent resolution.
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Hearings
The Subcommittee held a hearing on February 28, 2001, to
allow governors, secretaries of State environmental agencies,
and administrators of State water quality pollution control
programs the opportunity to describe their views on significant
issues relating to programs carried out under the Clean Water
Act, and the policies and priorities that should be established
to improve the quality of our Nation's waters.
On March 9, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
brownfields redevelopment. Witnesses representing local
communities focused on ``hands on'' experience in brownfields
development projects. Brownfields are properties where real or
perceived environmental contamination hampers redevelopment
efforts.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on March 28, 2001, to
receive testimony from the National League of Cities, the
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, the Association
of Metropolitan Water Agencies, the Congressional Budget
Office, the National Association of Water Companies, the
National Utility Contractors Association, and Clean Water
Action. The hearing focused on estimates of wastewater and
drinking water infrastructure capital investment needs for the
next 20 years.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on May 2, 2001, to receive
testimony on agency budget requests and program priorities for
FY 2002 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
On May 16, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
management options for concentrated animal feeding operations.
Witnesses testified on the proposed Clean Water Act regulations
under consideration by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
On May 23, 2001 a joint hearing was held with the Coast
Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on port and
maritime congestion. Witnesses from federal agencies, and
transportation industry, port, academia, and organized labor
representatives presented testimony on congestion on U.S.
waterways and ports.
On June 28, 2001, the Subcommittee received testimony from
the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council
regarding their report on Assessing the Scientific Basis of the
Total Maximum Daily Load Approach to Water Quality Management.
On July 11, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
1070, the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2001. Testimony was
received from Rep. Kirk, the Lake Michigan Federation, the
Sierra Club Great Lakes Program and the Council of Great Lakes
Industries.
On July 19, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
strategies to address contaminated sediments. Testimony was
received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, technical experts in sediment
remediation, including members of the National Research Council
committee that issued a report on contaminated sediments, and
representatives of local communities.
On September 20, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
H.R. 1474, the American Wetlands Restoration Act, relating to
the restoration and enhancement of wetlands through wetlands
mitigation banking. Testimony was heard from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
and local communities.
On October 3, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony on the administration and enforcement of the
wetlands permitting program under the Clean Water Act and its
impact on individual citizens. Testimony was heard from
individuals, wetlands permitting consultants and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on October 10, 2001, to
receive testimony on the security of our Nation's water
resources infrastructure. Testimony was received from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, a representative of local government,
representatives of water and wastewater utilities, a
representative of the chemical industry, an emergency planning
official, and a security expert.
On November 8, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
examine the issue of federal regulations that require public
disclosure of information about chemicals at industrial and
other facilities and efforts to keep communities and
infrastructure secure. The hearing examined the balance between
a community's ``right-to-know'' (including the value of public
disclosure in reducing risks and protecting lives) and the need
to keep sensitive information out of the hands of potential
terrorists. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a
community right-to-know advocate, a representative of first
responders, and an expert on counter-terrorism testified.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on November 15, 2001, to
receive testimony from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
on its plans for managing the Total Maximum Daily Load program
in light of the Congressional request to review the program and
the report by the National Academy of Sciences' National
Research Council.
On December 12, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
addressing sewage treatment in the San Diego-Tijuana border
region and implementation of Title VII of Public Law 106-457.
Testimony was heard from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S.
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, a
representative of a local water district, a representative of
local business interests and an environmental group.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on February 14, 2002, to
receive testimony on agency budget requests and program
priorities for FY 2003 from various agencies under the
Subcommittee's jurisdiction: the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
On February 27, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Budget and Priorities for FY
2003 to provide the Subcommittee with an opportunity to review
both the FY 2003 budget request, as well as Administration
priorities for consideration in the Subcommittee's legislative
and oversight agenda for the second session of the 107th
Congress.
On March 7, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony from port operators, flood control managers,
inland waterways users, coastal communities, and other
interested parties regarding the impact on our Nation of a
reduced budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works
Program.
On March 13, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing to
receive testimony from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, representatives of state and local government and other
interested parties on H.R. 3930, the Water Quality Financing
Act of 2002, addressing our Nation's wastewater infrastructure
needs.
On April 10 and 17, 2002, the Subcommittee held hearings on
proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2002 to
provide for the conservation and development of water and
related resources and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and
harbors of the United States. Testimony was heard from Members
of Congress and representatives of organizations that have an
interest in civil works projects and programs of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
On May 1, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
3673, the Recreational Waters Protection Act, relating to the
discharge of sewage from marine vessels. Testimony was heard
from Rep. Saxton, representatives of the boating community,
states, the environmental community, and technical and
scientific experts.
On May 15, 2002, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing with
the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on the
status of implementation of the National Invasive Species Act
of 1996. Witnesses from the Coast Guard, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the Chamber of Shipping of America,
the American Association of Port Authorities, the Northeast-
Midwest Institute, the Lake Carriers' Association, and the
Ocean Conservancy testified.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on June 13, 2002, to
receive testimony regarding opportunities for water quality
improvement through water quality trading. Testimony was heard
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, the State of Connecticut's
Department of Environmental Protection, the Montgomery, Alabama
Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board, the North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation, a representative of the Wildlife Habitat
Council and a representative of the Center for Progressive
Regulation.
On October 10, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
West Nile Virus: the Clean Water Act and Mosquito Control.
Testimony was heard from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
American Mosquito Control Association, the National Association
of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies and the National
Watershed Coalition.
SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION
Federal Aviation Administration. The plan includes
evaluations of FAA operations, FAA's facilities and equipment
programs, the Airport Improvement Program, and the Airport and
Airways Trust Fund. A number of hearings were held on these
programs, including: the Standard Terminal Automation
Replacement (STARS); FAA Capacity Benchmarks; airport runway
construction challenges; runway incursions; FAA rulemaking
process; air traffic congestion in the New York City region;
capacity issues at O'Hare International Airport; and FAA's
organizational structure, focusing on the Chief Operating
Officer and Air Traffic Services.
Oversight of safety activity of the FAA and the National
Transportation Safety Board. The plan includes evaluations of
FAA and NTSB safety oversight of civil aviation. The
Subcommittee held a number of hearings dealing with safety
issues, including: the reauthorization of the NTSB and FAA's
Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS).
Oversight of activities of the Secretary of Transportation.
Several hearings dealt with the aviation functions of the
Secretary of Transportation, including: airline customer
services commitments and the financial condition of the airline
industry.
Additional Oversight
Transportation Security Administration. Public Law No. 107-
71 created the Transportation Security Administration within
the Department of Transportation to oversee transportation-
related security for all modes of transportation. The
Subcommittee held several hearings focusing on the creation of
this new agency and its aviation security-related activities,
including: the deployment of security technology; restrictions
on general aviation operations in class B airspace; checked
baggage screening systems; passenger profiling; and arming
flight crews against terrorist attacks.
The Subcommittee also held other hearings overseeing
activities of the aviation community, including: the
competitiveness of the U.S. aircraft manufacturing industry.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
The plan included Subcommittee oversight of the Coast
Guard's personnel and equipment readiness, the Deepwater
Capability Replacement Project, the National Distress System
Modernization Project, and the agency's drug interdiction
program. The oversight plan also called for the Subcommittee to
investigate the need for further action to control aquatic
nuisance species.
On March 8, 2001, the Subcommittee held an oversight
hearing on the Coast Guard's fiscal year 2001 budget shortfall
of approximately $91 million. This shortfall resulted in a 10
percent reduction in Coast Guard operations during early 2001.
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral James M. Loy, reported
that two issues put pressure on the Coast Guard's operational
budget. These were the new personnel entitlements provided for
all members of the Armed Services and the rising energy costs
of this period. Later in fiscal year 2001, Congress provided an
additional $116 million in Coast Guard operating funds.
The Subcommittee held a hearing on the President's fiscal
year 2002 budget request for the Coast Guard on May 3, 2001,
and a hearing on the President's fiscal year 2003 budget
request for fiscal year 2003 on March 7, 2002. During these
budget hearings, the Subcommittee took testimony on and asked
questions about the Coast Guard's Deepwater Capability
Replacement Project, the National Distress System Modernization
Project, and its drug interdiction mission. In fact,
representatives from the General Accounting Office presented
testimony at one of the hearings about an ongoing investigation
the agency is working on for the Subcommittee which closely
examines the Deepwater Replacement Project. On October 17,
2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing to review the Coast
Guard's drug interdiction strategy. During the hearing,
Subcommittee members expressed their concerns about the
alarming reduction in Coast Guard drug interdiction activities
that had occurred since September 11th.
On May 15, 2002, the Subcommittee held a joint hearing with
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on the
status of implementation of the National Invasive Species Act
of 1996. This law addresses the potential introduction of
aquatic nuisance species through ballast water in U.S. waters.
Additional Oversight
Recreational Boating Safety: On May 11, 2001, the
Subcommittee held a hearing on the state of recreational
boating safety in the United States.
Port and Maritime Congestion: On May 23, 2001, the
Subcommittee held a joint oversight hearing with the
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on port and
maritime congestion. Forecasts show that U.S. foreign ocean
borne trade is expected to double by the year 2020 and inland
traffic movements are expected to increase by 30 percent.
H.R. 2228, The Maritime Disaster Family Assistance Act of
2001: On June 12, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R.
2228, the Maritime Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001,
introduced on June 19, 2001, by Representative Mark Green. H.R.
2228 would expand the Coast Guard's search and rescue mission
by requiring the agency to search for a passenger vessel or
fishing vessel until it is located or until the Secretary of
Transportation determines that the search is no longer
appropriate.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
During the 107th Congress the Subcommittee remained
extremely interested in the oversight of Federal building
security policies, which include the struggle between keeping
Federal buildings open and accessible to the public while
maintaining sufficient security for occupants and visitors, and
general interest in the National Capital Region. In addition,
the Subcommittee continues close oversight of the construction
of the Capitol Visitors Center.
Additionally, the Subcommittee continued its ongoing
oversight of activities within the National Capital Region of
the General Services Administration, including the construction
of new headquarters for the Patent and Trademark Office and
Department of Transportation, development of the Southeast
Federal Center, and the progression of the Capital Visitors'
Center project.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
OVERSIGHT OF TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (TEA-21)
IMPLEMENTATION
The plan included a review of the Department of
Transportation's implementation of highway, transit, motor
carrier, and highway safety programs authorized in TEA 21.
During the second session of the 107th Congress the
Subcommittee held 17 hearings in regard to the reauthorization
of TEA-21. The hearings covered topics including: Adminstration
perspectives; perspectives of Governors and local elected
officials; Highway Trust Fund; transit; major project
management; highway congestion; intermodalism; highway safety;
trucking safety; intelligent transportation systems;
stakeholder proposals; capital and maintenance needs;
infrastructure; and federal lands highway program.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
The plan included a review of the new Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, including the implementation of the
motor carrier safety grant program and the effectiveness of
commercial drivers license (CDL) enforcement. On July 9, 2002
the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Trucking Safety.'' The
hearing was held to give Members a better understanding of
several key issues to be considered for the reauthorization of
TEA-21.
MEGA PROJECTS
The plan included a review of large-scale highway and
bridge projects around the country. On May 1, 2002 the
Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Major Project Management:
Solutions for Major Success.'' This hearing explored salient
problems of cost control, on-schedule completion, and oversight
among large transportation infrastructure projects under the
supervision of the Federal Highway Administration. Also
examined was the Federal Transit Administration's oversight of
major projects. This hearing provides the 108th Congress with
ideas for project success in the upcoming reauthorization bill.
CONGESTION
The plan included a review of the increasing congestion
problem on our nation's highways, conducting oversight to
determine the extent of the problem, the causes of congestion,
and possible solutions. Hearings were held on March 21, 2001;
May 23, 2001; September 26, 2001; May 21, 2002, June 20, 2002;
and July 25, 2002. They covered an array of topics including
personal mobility, and necessary actions to increase mobility
and reduce congestion, and capital and maintenance needs of
highways and transit programs to increase efficiency.
DRIVER DISTRACTION/TECHNOLOGY
The plan included a review of the proliferation of new in-
vehicle technologies including cellular telephones and on-board
navigational systems and to explore their influence on driver
behavior and driver distraction. On May 9, 2001 the
Subcommittee held a hearing on ``Driver Distractions:
Electronic Devices in the Automobile.'' The subject of this
hearing was oversight on the use of electronic devices in
automobiles and how the use of current and emerging
technologies may cause distractions that contribute to
accidents.
STATE OF HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
The plan included a review of the reauthorization of the
Federal-Aid Highway Program in 2003 and requested that the
General Accounting Office (GAO) conduct an audit of the
Interstate system to determine its physical and operational
functionality. In May 2002, GAO completed their report: The
Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit:
Conditions and Performance. Subsequently, the Subcommittee held
a hearing on September 26, 2002 entitled ``Status of the
Nation's Highway and Transit System's: Capital and Maintenance
Needs.'' The Subcommittee is still waiting on the official
report from the Department of Transportation (DOT). While the
DOT presented the executive summary at the hearing, they did
not submit an official report.
PIPELINE/HAZMAT
The plan included a review of the reauthorization of the
hazardous materials transportation program administered by the
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety and the pipeline safety
program administered by the Office of Pipeline Safety. On
February 13, 2002 the Subcommittee held a hearing on ``The
Reauthorization of The Office of Pipeline Safety.'' On May 16,
2002 the Subcommittee had a mark-up of H.R. 3609, a bill ``To
Enhance the Security and Safety of Pipelines.'' H.R. 3609 was
passed as amended by a Roll Call Vote in the House on July 23,
2002. H.R. 3609 passed the Senate with an amendment by
Unanimous Consent on November 13, 2002. On November 15, 2002
the House agreed to the Senate amendment without objection. On
December 17, 2002 H.R. 3609 was signed by the President and
became Public Law 107-355.
DOT FISCAL YEAR 2002 AND 2003 BUDGETS
The plan included a review of the fiscal year 2002 and
fiscal year 2003 budget proposals for the Federal Highway
Adminstration, the Federal Transit Administration, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, and the Research and Special
Programs Administration in light of TEA 21's budgetary
treatment of the highway and transit programs.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RAILROADS
RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
The oversight plan contemplated examination of rail
infrastructure programs, including the implementation of
programs enacted or revised in TEA-21, especially the Railroad
Infrastructure Finance (RRIF) direct and guaranteed loan
program. The following Subcommittee hearings addressed present
and possible future rail infrastructure policies: April 25,
2001 (rail infrastructure policies), May 22, 2001 (impediments
to improvement of rail infrastructure), June 21, 2001 (magnetic
levitation issues), October 2, 2001 (the Railroad
Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st
Century).The plan also included examination of the Swift Rail
Development Act. The reauthorization of that program was included in
the RIDE-21 legislation discussed at the hearing of October 2, 2001.
DOT FISCAL YEAR 2002 AND 2003 BUDGETS
The plan included examination of present and proposed
funding levels for various federal railroad-related programs.
The funding levels were examined and discussed in individual
hearings focused on specific programs, e.g., Federal Railroad
Administration safety programs and Amtrak, as enumerated here.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
The plan contemplated hearings on the reauthorization of
STB regulation of economic aspects of rail freight
transportation. Although no hearing was held on this specific
topic, the Subcommittee did closely monitor STB activites and
held a field hearing on July 16, 2001, to examine an STB
proceeding involving proposed closure of a major rail facility
in Pennsylvania.
REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION RAIL SAFETY PROGRAMS
The plan contemplated oversight of FRA's regulation of
various aspects of railroad safety. The Subcommittee held two
hearings on a major aspect of rail safety--track safety--on
March 29, 2001, and June 6, 2002.
The Subcommittee's joint hearing on March 14, 2002 with the
Subcommittee on Aviation, on the reauthorization of the
National Transportation Safety Board, also involved the field
of rail safety, where NTSB recommends policy and regulatory
changes as part of its analysis of railroad accidents.
The joint hearing of April 25, 2002, with the Subcommittee
on Highways and Transit regarding proposed transport of spent
nuclear fuel to the Yucca Mountain storage site also involved
substantial issues of rail transport safety.
REAUTHORIZATION OF AMTRAK
The plan contemplated oversight of Amtrak's implementation
of the 1997 Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act, which
drastically reduced the statutory mandates and impediments
affecting Amtrak. Although the rail infrastructure policies
examined in hearings discussed above also affect rail passenger
service and Amtrak, the Subcommittee also held hearings focused
specifically on Amtrak and rail passenger service. The June 25,
2001, hearing analyzed Amtrak's current financial situation and
developments since the enactment of the 1997 reform law. The
hearing of February 14, 2002, addressed the restructuring plan
submitted to Congress by the Amtrak Reform Council, pursuant to
its finding that Amtrak would not achieve the operational self-
sufficiency required under the 1997 reform law by the deadline
of December 2, 2002. The hearing of March 6, 2002, involved a
retrospective historical examination of Amtrak and the 1997
reform law. The Subcommittee's hearing of April 11, 2002,
looked at the possible options for restructuring rail passenger
service in the United States, including Amtrak as one provider
of such service.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--Clean Water Act
and Water Infrastructure Programs. The oversight plan included
a review of wastewater treatment and water pollution control
funding issues, including levels and sources of funding and
management of grant and loan programs; market-based, watershed-
based, and performance-based approaches to regulation with
emphasis on economic incentives and innovative alternatives;
recent regulatory issues involving total maximum daily loads,
concentrated animal feeding operations, and permitting
backlogs; and continued efforts to improve the management of
combined and sanitary sewer overflows, stormwater, and nonpoint
source pollution. The plan also included a review of water
infrastructure provisions and programs contained in the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996. The Subcommittee held a
hearing on February 28, 2001, regarding significant issues
relating to programs carried out under the Clean Water Act, and
the policies and priorities that should be established to
improve the quality of our nation's waters. The Subcommittee
also held a hearing on March 28, 2001, on wastewater and
drinking water infrastructure capital investment needs for the
next 20 years. On March 13, 2002, the Subcommittee received
testimony from EPA, state and local governments, and other
interested parties on a legislative proposal to address
wastewater infrastructure needs, H.R. 3930, the Water Quality
Financing Act of 2002. H.R. 3930 was ordered reported by the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 20,
2002. On May 16, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
Management Options for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) and proposed Clean Water Act regulations under
consideration by EPA for CAFOs. The Subcommittee received
testimony on June 28, 2001, from the National Academy of
Sciences' National Research Council regarding their report on
Assessing the Scientific Basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) Approach to Water Quality Management (NRC Report). The
Subcommittee also held a followup hearing on November 15, 2001,
to receive testimony from EPA on the Agency's plans for
managing the TMDL program in light of the NRC Report. On July
11, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on water quality and
contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes and on H.R. 1070, the
``Great Lakes Legacy Act,'' which amends the Clean Water Act to
authorize Federal participation in the remediation of sediment
contamination in the Great Lakes. H.R. 1070 was enacted in
amended form as P.L. 107-303, the ``Great Lakes and Lake
Champlain Act of 2002.'' Following the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment examined potential terrorism security risks at
facilities regulated by EPA in a hearing on October 10, 2001,
on the security of our Nation's water resources infrastructure.
The hearing led to the development of H.R. 5169, ``The
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2002,'' which was
passed by the House of Representatives on October 7, 2002.
Additionally, on November 8, 2001, the Subcommittee held a
hearing on Federal regulations that require public disclosure
of information about chemicals at utilities and industrial and
other facilities and the relationship of that disclosure to
efforts to keep communities and infrastructure secure. On May
1, 2002, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 3673, the
``RecreationalWaters Protection Act,'' which would change the
regulation of discharges of sewage from marine vessels under section
312 of the Clean Water Act. The Subcommittee held a hearing on June 13,
2002, regarding opportunities for water quality improvement through
water quality trading. On October 10, 2002, the Subcommittee held a
hearing on the West Nile Virus: the Clean Water Act and Mosquito
Control, examining the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act
and their potential impact on mosquito control efforts. In addition to
formal hearings, the Subcommittee Chairman requested the General
Accounting Office (GAO) to assess states' approaches to identifying
impaired waters, how states ensure the quality of data used to identify
impaired waters, and the reliability of the information in EPA's
database of impaired waters. This request led to the GAO's publication
of the report, ``Inconsistent State Approaches Complicate Nation's
Efforts to Identify Its Most Polluted Waters,'' in January 2002. The
Subcommittee also requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to
assess the size and timing of future investment costs of maintaining,
upgrading, and replacing the nation's drinking water and wastewater
systems, and the potential impact of those costs on households and
other ratepayers. In response to this request, CBO published the
report, ``Future Investment in Drinking Water and Wastewater
Infrastructure,'' in November 2002.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)--Water Resources
Program. The plan included a review of efforts to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of the organization and the
management and mission of the water resources program,
including the selection, planning, and implementation of
projects; financing of harbor and inland waterways
infrastructure; and efforts to improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, and fairness of the agency's regulatory program,
especially regarding wetlands (including the jurisdictional
scope and procedural and substantive requirements of the
general and individual permitting programs) and dredging
activities. On May 23, 2001, the Subcommittee held a joint
hearing with the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Subcommittee on port and maritime congestion. The hearing
considered, among other things, port and waterways
infrastructure and waterways management issues and Corps of
Engineers navigation improvement projects. The Subcommittee
examined potential terrorism security risks associated with the
Corps' infrastructure, as part of a hearing the Subcommittee
held on October 10, 2001, on the security of our Nation's water
resources infrastructure. On March 7, 2002, the Subcommittee
held a hearing regarding the impact on our Nation of a reduced
budget for the Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program. On April
10, and 17, 2002, the Subcommittee held hearings on proposals
for a Water Resources Development Act of 2002 to provide for
the conservation and development of water and related resources
and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States. These hearings led to the development of H.R. 5428, the
``Water Resources Development Act of 2002,'' reported by the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 2,
2002. On September 20, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
H.R. 1474, the American Wetlands Restoration Act, relating to
the restoration and enhancement of wetlands through wetlands
mitigation banking. On October 3, 2001, the Subcommittee held a
hearing to receive testimony on the administration and
enforcement of the wetlands permitting program under the Clean
Water Act and its impact on individual citizens. In addition to
formal hearings, the Subcommittee requested GAO to assess
wetland mitigation approaches, and the extent to which ``in-
lieu-fee'' mitigation approaches are used and their
effectiveness. In response to this request, GAO published the
report, ``Wetlands Protection: Assessments Needed to Determine
Effectiveness of In-Lieu-Fee Mitigation,'' in May 2001.
Corps/EPA/National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)--Ocean and Coastal Programs and Policies. The plan
included a review of dredged material management and disposal
under the Ocean Dumping Act, Water Resources Development Acts,
and Clean Water Act, and various ocean and coastal water
quality and shoreline protection issues under the Clean Water
Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Coastal Zone Act
Reauthorization Amendments, and Water Resources Development
Acts. Dredged material management issues were discussed in the
Subcommittee's April 10, and 17, 2002, hearings on proposals
for a Water Resources Development Act of 2002. In addition, on
July 19, 2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Strategies to
Address Contaminated Sediments, including dredged material.
EPA--Superfund/CERCLA and Brownfields Programs. The plan
included a review of efforts to improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, and fairness of the contaminated site cleanup
process and the process to assess natural resource damages
(NRD); a review of the liability and financing mechanisms under
the current Superfund program; a review of the cleanup and
associated NRD provisions under the current Superfund program;
and a review of the relationships among the States, EPA, and
other Federal entities, in implementing the Superfund program.
The plan also included a review of similar efforts regarding
Federal, State, and local activities to revitalize
``brownfields,'' abandoned or under-utilized sites outside of
the Superfund program. On March 9, 2001, the Subcommittee held
a hearing on Brownfields Redevelopment: Lessons from the Field,
and heard from witnesses from local communities on their
experiences in brownfields development projects. This hearing
led to the development of the ``Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act,'' P.L. 107-118. In
addition, the Subcommittee reviewed the performance of the
Superfund program during hearings on agency budget requests and
priorities on May 2, 2001, and February 14, 2002.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The plan included a
review of TVA programs, including its energy program and
operations in a less regulated marketplace, and the impact of
TVA debt on its ratepayers and the nation. The Subcommittee
examined potential terrorism security risks associated with
TVA's infrastructure, as part of a hearing the Subcommittee
held on October 10, 2001, on the security of our Nation's water
resources infrastructure. The Subcommittee also examined TVA
program issues as part of a hearing the Subcommittee held on
February 14, 2002, on agencies' proposed program priorities and
budgets for FY 2003.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). The
plan included a review of the efficiency and effectiveness of
SLSDC's current operations and structure and its relation to
the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, its Canadian counterpart. No
formal oversight was conducted on this issue.
EPA and Coast Guard--Oil Pollution Act (OPA). The plan
included a review of the oil spill liability, planning, and
response provisions under OPA and the Clean Water Act. No
formal oversight was conducted on this issue.
Coast Guard/EPA/Corps--National Invasive Species Act. The
plan included a review, in coordination with the Coast Guard
and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, of efforts by various
agencies to implement the ``Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990,'' as amended by the
``National Invasive Species Act of 1996,'' and the
effectiveness of those efforts. On May 15, 2002, the
Subcommittee held a joint hearing with the Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on this subject.
Corps and EPA--Regional Water and Ecosystem Restoration
Issues. The plan included a review of regional and local
controversies involving water quality, water supply,
environmental protection and flood control. On December 12,
2001, the Subcommittee held a hearing on sewage treatment in
the San Diego-Tijuana border region and implementation of Title
VIII of Public Law 106-457, which is aimed at addressing
partially and untreated sewage flows in that region.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Small
Watershed Program. The plan included a review of the Small
Watershed Program, authorized under P.L. 83-566, and conducted
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NRCS, including its
relation to other conservation and environmental restoration
efforts. The Subcommittee examined NCRS program issues as part
of a hearing the Subcommittee held on February 14, 2002, on
agencies' proposed program priorities and budgets for FY 2003.
Government Performance and Results Act and Agency
Innovation. The plan included a review of agency efforts to
implement the Government Performance and Results Act, as well
as a review of efforts of agencies, such as EPA and the Corps,
to improve environmental results by encouraging regulatory
innovation through market-based approaches and other approaches
undertaken by State and local governments. Agency performance
and results were reviewed at the Subcommittee's hearings on May
2, 2001, February 14, 2002, and February 27, 2002, on agency
budget requests and program priorities for FY 2002 and FY 2003.
The June 13, 2002, hearing on achieving water quality
improvement through water quality trading on a watershed basis
addressed innovative approaches to achieving environmental
results.
PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS ACT OF 1959
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Date referred Date approved Location Project
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May 16, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
acquire by purchase
the current
leasehold rights of
the existing lease
at the Old Post
Office.
May 16, 2001................. Columbia, SC................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional
construction for
the United States
courthouse located
in Columbia, South
Carolina.
July 18, 2001................ Laguna Niguel, CA........... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration,
including to the
extent practical,
alteration work
should incorporate
the use of
photovoltaic
technology on the
roof of the Chet
Holifield Federal
Building located at
24000 Avila Road in
Laguana Niguel,
California.
July 18, 2001................ San Diego, CA............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Edward J.
Schwartz Federal
Building and United
States Courthouse
located at 880
Front Street in San
Diego, California.
July 18, 2001................ Lakewood, CO................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
Building 67 located
at the Denver
Federal Center in
Lakewood, Colorado.
July 18, 2001................ Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the building
located at 320
First Street,
Northwest, in
Washington, DC.
July 28, 2001................ Jacksonville, FL............ Resolution
authorizing
approprations for
the alteration of
the Charles E.
Bennett Federal
Building located at
400 Bay Street in
Jacksonville,
Florida.
July 18, 2001................ Tallahassee, FL............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the United States
courthouse located
at 110 East Park
Street in
Tallahassee,
Florida.
July 18, 2001................ Chicago, IL................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
building located at
536 South Clark
Street in Chicago,
Illinois.
July 18, 2001................ Chicago, IL................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Harold
Washington Social
Security Center
located at 600 West
Madison in Chicago,
Illinois
July 18, 2001................ Chicago, IL................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the John C.
Kluczynski Federal
Building located at
230 South Dearborn
Street in Chicago,
Illinois.
July 18, 2001................ Des Moines, IA.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
building located at
210 Walnut Street
in Des Moines,
Iowa.
July 18, 2001................ St. Louis, MO............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal Center
Building 104/105
located at 4300
Goodfellow in St.
Louis, Missouri.
July 18, 2001................ Newark, NJ.................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Peter W. Rodino
Federal Building
located at 970
Broad Street in
Newark, New Jersey.
July 18, 2001................ Las Vegas, NV............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Foley Federal
Building and United
States Courthouse
located at 300 Las
Vegas Boulevard
South in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
July 18, 2001................ Cleveland, OH............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Anthony J.
Celebreeze Federal
Building located at
1240 East Ninth
Street in
Cleveland, Ohio.
July 18, 2001................ Cleveland, OH............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Howard M.
Metzenbaum United
States Courthouse
located at 201
Superior Avenue in
Cleveland, Ohio.
July 18, 2001................ Muskogee, OK................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
building/United
States courthouse
located at 101
North 5th Street in
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
July 18, 2001................ Portland, OR................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Pioneer
Courthouse located
at 529 Southwest
Morrison in
Portland, Oregon.
July 18, 2001................ Providence, RI.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
building and United
States courthouse
located at Exchange
Place in
Providence, Rhode
Island.
July 18, 2001................ Milwaukee, WI............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
building and United
States courthouse
located at 517 East
Wisconsin Avenue in
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
July 18, 2001................ Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal Trade
Commission Building
located at
Constitution Avenue
and 7th Streets,
Northwest, in
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
July 18, 2001................ Various..................... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the design of
alteration projects
during fiscal year
2002.
July 18, 2001................ Albany, NY, Burlington, VT.. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the modernization
or replacement of
existing HVAC
systems in two
Federal buildings,
including the James
T. Foley United
States Courthouse
at 445 Broadway in
Albany, New York
and the Bulington
Post Office and
Federal Building at
11 Elmwood Avenue
in Bulington,
Vermont.
July 18, 2001................ Reston, VA, Washington, DC.. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the removal or
replacement of
existing PCB
Transformers in two
Federal buildings,
including the J.W.
Powell Building at
12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive in
Reston, Virginia
and the New
Executive Office
Building at 725
17th Street,
Northwest, in
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
July 18, 2001................ Mobile, AL.................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
325,452 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 50 inside
parking spaces,
located in Mobile,
Alabama.
July 18, 2001................ Little Rock, AR............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
425,518 gross
square foot annex
and Post Office-
United States
courthouse
renovation,
including 55 inside
parking spaces,
located in Little
Rock, Arkansas.
July 18, 2001................ Jackman, ME................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
35,709 gross square
foot United States
Border Station,
including eight
inside parking
spaces, located in
Jackman, Maine.
July 18, 2001................ Suitland, MD................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 208,271 gross
square foot
facility and
structured parking
garage with 500
parking spaces,
located in
Suitland, Maryland.
July 18, 2001................ Suitland, MD................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the design and
construction of two
new facilities
totaling 1,500,000
gross square feet,
and 3,100
structured parking
spaces, for the
Department of
Commerce, Bureau of
Census located in
Suitland, Maryland.
July 18, 2001................ Springfield, MA............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 158,755 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 41 inside
parking spaces,
located in
Springfield,
Massachusetts.
July 18, 2001................ Detroit, MI................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 23,500 gross
square foot
inspection facility
and 230 outside
parking spaces,
located in Detroit,
Michigan.
July 18, 2001................ Raymond, MT................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
235,671 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station, including
six inside parking
spaces, located in
Raymond, Montana.
July 18, 2001................ Las Cruces, NM.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
204,642 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 81 inside
parking spaces,
located in Las
Cruces, New Mexico.
July 18, 2001................ Buffalo, NY................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
141,940 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 40 inside
parking spaces,
located in Buffalo,
New York.
July 18, 2001................ Eugene/Springfield, OR...... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for
construction of a
268,046 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 80 inside
parking spaces,
located in Eugene
or Springfield,
Oregon.
July 18, 2001................ El Paso, TX................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
221,613 square foot
United States
courthouse,
including 60 inside
parking spaces,
located in El Paso,
Texas.
July 18, 2001................ Norfolk, VA................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
399,394 gross
square foot United
States courthouse
annex complex,
including 47 inside
parking spaces,
located in Norfolk,
Virginia.
July 18, 2001................ Rockford, IL................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
147,249 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 33 inside
parking spaces,
located in
Rockford, Illinois.
July 18, 2001................ San Diego, CA............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
583,746 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 46 inside
parking spaces,
located in San
Diego, California.
July 18, 2001................ Cape Girardeau, MO.......... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 154,410 square
foot United States
courthouse,
including 24 inside
parking spaces,
located in Cape
Girardeau,
Missouri.
July 18, 2001................ San Jose, CA................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
420,635 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 112
inside parking
spaces, located in
San Jose,
California.
July 18, 2001................ Erie, PA.................... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 134,794 gross
square foot United
States courthouse
complex, including
18 inside parking
spaces, located in
Erie, Pennsylvania.
July 18, 2001................ Nashville, TN............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the additional site
and design for the
construction of a
385,449 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 170
inside parking
spaces, located in
Nashville,
Tennessee.
July 18, 2001................ Miami, FL................... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 508,323 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 110
inside parking
spaces, located in
Miami, Florida.
July 18, 2001................ Brooklyn, NY................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the United States
courthouse
currently under
construction,
located in
Brooklyn, New York.
Nov. 7, 2001................. San Francisco, CA........... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
148,305 rentable
square feet of
space including 23
inside parking
spaces for the
Department of Labor
and Department of
Defense currently
located in leased
space at 71
Stevenson Street in
San Francisco,
California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. San Francisco, CA........... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
46,712 rentable
square feet of
space including 14
inside parking
spaces for the
Executive Office of
Immigration Review
and the Immigration
and Naturalization
Service currently
located in leased
space at 550 Kearny
Street, San
Francisco,
California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. San Francisco, CA........... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
69,677 rentable
square feet of
space including 8
inside parking
spaces for the
National Labor
Relations Board,
Equal Employment
Opportunity
Commission, Federal
Trade Commission,
Department of
Energy--Federal
Energy Regulatory
Commission, and
Federal Labor
Relations currently
located in leased
space at 901 Market
Street, San
Francisco,
California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
218,720 rentable
square feet of
space including 50
inside parking
spaces for the
National Park
Service, Federal
Maritime
Commission,
Department of Labor
and other tenants
currently located
in leased space at
800 North Capitol
Street, Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
272,408 rentable
square feet of
space including 10
inside parking
spaces for the
National Labor
Relations Board
currently located
in leased space at
Franklin Court,
1099 14th Street,
Northwest, in
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Miami, FL................... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
226,000 rentable
square feet of
space including 133
parking spaces for
the Immigration and
Naturalization
Service currently
located in leased
space at 7880
Biscayne Boulevard,
77 SE 5th Street
and 18441 NW 2nd
Avenue, Miami,
Florida.
Nov. 7, 2001................. New York, NY................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
67,316 rentable
square feet of
space of the United
States Attorneys
currently located
at 100 Church
Street New York,
New York.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Philadelphia, PA............ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
114,000 rentable
square feet of
space including 25
parking spaces of
the United States
Army Corps of
Engineers currently
located in leased
space at 100 Penn
Square East,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Phoenix, AZ................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
105,675 rentable
square feet of
space including 400
surface parking
spaces for the
Department of
Veterans Affairs
currently located
in leased space at
3225 North Central
Avenue, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Nov. 7, 2001................. San Francisco, CA........... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
45,175 rentable
square feet of
space including 4
inside parking
spaces for the
United States
Bankruptcy Court
currently located
in leased space at
235 Pine Street,
San Francisco,
California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
392,648 rentable
square feet of
space including 15
inside parking
spaces for the
Department of State
currently located
in leased space at
400 C Street,
Southwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
58,665 rentable
square feet of
space and 15 inside
parking spaces for
the Executive
Office of the
President, Office
of National Drug
Control Policy
currently located
in leased space at
750 17th Street,
Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Tampa, FL................... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
112,700 rentable
square feet of
space and 139
parking spaces for
the Federal Bureau
of Investigation
currently located
in the R.L.
Timberlake, Jr.
Federal Building,
at 500 Zack Street,
the Spencer
Building at 603-11
East Cass Street
and in leased space
at Riverside Plaza,
Tampa Florida.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Chicago, IL................. Resolution
authorizing to
lease up to
approximately
113,000 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Veterans Affairs
currently located
in the John C.
Klucynski Federal
Building, at 536
South Clark Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Metairie, LA................ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
203,624 rentable
square feet of
space and 100
outside parking
spaces for the
Mineral Management
Service currently
located in leased
space at 1201
Elmwood Boulevard,
Metairie,
Louisiana.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Northern VA................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
257,400 rentable
square feet of
space and 1,100
parking spaces for
the Executive
Office of the
President currently
located in the NW
Federal Credit
Union, Vienna,
Virginia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Pittsburgh, PA.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the United States
Post Office located
at Seventh Avenue
and Grant Street,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal Trade
Commission Building
located at
Constitution Avenue
and 7th Streets,
Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Austin, TX.................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 190,737 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 55 inside
parking spaces,
located in Austin,
Texas.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Jackson, MS................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 345,963 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 68 inside
parking spaces,
located in Jackson,
Mississippi.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Fort Pierce, FL............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 111,075 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 15 inside
parking spaces,
located in Fort
Pierce, Florida.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Phoenix, AZ................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
127,577 rentable
square feet of
space and 146
secured parking
spaces for the
Immigration and
Naturalization
Service currently
located in leased
space at 3002-3006
West Clarendon,
2035 North Central
Avenue and 400
North Fifth Street
in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Alemeda/Contra Costa County, Resolution
CA. authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
52,119 rentable
square feet of
space and 11
outside parking
spaces for the Drug
Enforcement
Administration
currently located
at 390 Main Street
in San Francisco,
California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Fresno, CA.................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
122,000 rentable
square feet of
office space and
690 structured
secure parking
spaces for the
Internal Revenue
Service currently
located at 2867
South East Street,
Fresno, California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Prince George's County, MD.. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
130,000 rentable
square feet of
office space and
seven parking
spaces for the
National
Aeronautical
Charting Office of
the Department of
Transportation
currently located
at the Hebert C.
Hoover Building in
Washington,
District of
Columbia and two
leased locations in
Prince George's
County, Maryland.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Alexandria, VA.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
565,128 rentable
square feet of
office space and 40
outside parking
spaces for the
Department of
Defense currently
located at the AMC
Building, 5001
Eisenhower Avenue
in Alexandria,
Virginia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Seattle, WA................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
120,265 rentable
square feet of
office space and 22
inside parking
spaces for the
Department of
Health and Human
Services currently
located at 2201
Sixth Avenue in
Seattle,
Washington.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Jacksonville, FL............ Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
167,000 rentable
square feet of
office space and
122 outside parking
spaces for the
Corps of Engineers
currently located
at the Charles E.
Bennett Federal
Building, 400 West
Bay Street in
leased space at
Bell South Tower
Building, 301 West
Bay Street in
Jacksonville,
Florida.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Fresno, CA.................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
178,000 rentable
square feet of
office space and
800 structured
parking spaces for
the Internal
Revenue Service
located at East
Butler Avenue in
Fresno, California.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Chicago, IL................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
393,674 rentable
square feet of
office space and
520 parking spaces
for the Federal
Bureau of
Investigation
currently located
in several Federal
and leased
locations in
Chicago, Illinois.
Nov. 7, 2001................. El Paso, TX................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
design and
construction of a
115,139 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station, including
375 outside parking
spaces, located in
El Paso, Texas.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Champlain, NY............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 72,612 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station, including
510 outside parking
spaces, located in
Champlain, New
York.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Montgomery, AL.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Frank M.
Johnson, Jr.
Federal Building
and United States
Courthouse located
at 15 Lee Street in
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Washington, DC.............. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
97,000 rentable
square feet of
office space for
the Environmental
Protection Agency
currently located
at 501 Third
Street, Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Arlington, VA............... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
322,379 rentable
square feet of
office space and 17
inside parking
spaces for the
Environmental
Protection Agency
currently located
in leased space at
Crystal Gateway One
and Crystal Mall
Two-Three-Four in
the Crystal City
area of Arlington,
Virginia.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Orlando, FL................. Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
275,050 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 35 inside
parking spaces and
200 surface parking
spaces, located in
Orlando, Florida.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Salt Lake City, UT.......... Resolution
authorizing
appropriations for
the construction of
a 229,300 gross
square foot United
States courthouse
annex, including 78
inside parking
spaces, located in
Salt Lake City,
Utah.
June 26, 2002................ Washington, DC/Chicago, IL.. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the replacement of
existing elevators
in the J. Edgar
Hoover Building in
Washington,
District of
Columbia at a cost
of $9,304,000;
Interior Department
Building in
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a cost
of $7,000,000; and
the United States
Post Office Loop
Station in Chicago,
Illinois at a cost
of $5,229,000, for
a combined cost of
$21,533,000.
June 26, 2002................ Los Angeles, CA............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
300 North Los
Angeles Street
Federal Building
located in Los
Angeles,
California, at an
additional design
cost of $3,069,000
(design and review
cost of $6,015,000
was previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$6,615,000 and an
estimated
construction cost
of $83,482,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$99,181,000.
June 26, 2002................ San Francisco, CA........... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the United States
Appraisers Building
located at 630
Sansome Street in
San Francisco,
California, at an
additional design
cost of $2,318,000
(design Cost of
$1,547,000 was
previously
authorized),
additional
management and
inspection cost of
$1,295,000
(management and
inspection cost of
$1,335,000 was
previously
authorized), and an
additional
estimated
construction cost
of $16,670,000
(estimated
construction cost
of $28,443,000 was
previously
authorized), for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $51,608,000.
June 26, 2002................ Tecate, CA.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the United States
Border Station
located in Tecate,
California, design
cost of $161,000
(site acquisition
and design cost of
$3,051,000 was
previously
appropriated),
management and
inspection cost of
$612,000,
(management and
inspection cost of
$830,000 was
previously
appropriated), and
an estimated
construction cost
of $4,936,000,
(construction cost
of $9,302,000 was
previously
appropriated), for
a combined
estimated project
total of
$18,892,000.
June 26, 2002................ New Haven, CT............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Robert N.
Giaimo Federal
Building located in
New Haven,
Connecticut, at an
additional design
cost of $296,000
(design cost of
$987,000 was
previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$1,982,000, and an
estimated total
project cost of
$19,494,000.
June 26, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
Federal Office
Building 10A
located at 800
Independence
Avenue, Southwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
design and review
cost of $404,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$293,000, and an
estimated design/
build cost of
$4,757,000, for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $5,454,000.
June 26, 2002................ Chicago, IL................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the United States
Custom House
located at 610
South Canal Street
in Chicago,
Illinois, at a
design and review
cost of $664,000,
managment and
inspection cost of
$653,000, and an
estimated design
build construction
cost of $7,683,000
for a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$9,000,000.
June 26, 2002................ Davenport, IA............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Federal
Building and United
States Courthouse
located at 131 East
4th Street, in
Davenport, Iowa, at
an additional
design cost of
$428,000, (design
and review cost of
$790,000 was
previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$1,282,000, and an
estimated total
project cost of
$13,376,000.
June 26, 2002................ Baltimore, MD............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Metro West
Building located at
Mulberry and Green
Streets, in
Baltimore,
Maryland, at a
design and review
cost of $210,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$772,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $5,180,000, for
a combined
estimated project
cost of $6,162,000.
June 26, 2002................ Woodlawn, MD................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Social Security
Administration
National
Headquarters--Opera
tions Building
located at 6401
Security Boulevard,
in Woodlawn,
Maryland at an
additional design
cost of $4,625,000,
(design cost of
$3,721,000 was
previously
authorized by the
Committee and
$3,857,000 was
provided by the
Social Security
Administration for
a total design cost
of $7,578,000)
management and
inspection cost of
$11,343,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $136,693,000 for
a combined
estimated project
cost of
$160,239,000.
June 26, 2002................ Boston, MA.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the John F. Kennedy
Federal Building
located in Boston,
Massachusetts, at a
design and review
cost of $242,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$170,000, and an
estimated design
and build
construction cost
of $2,859,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$3,271,000.
June 26, 2002................ Kansas City, MO............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Bannister
Federal Complex,
Building 1, located
at 1500 East
Bannister Road,
Kansas City,
Missouri, at a
design and review
cost of $767,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$1,138,000, and an
estimated design
and build
construction cost
of $14,225,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$16,130,000.
June 26, 2002................ Kansas City, MO............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Bannister
Federal Complex,
Building 2, located
at the Bannister
Complex in Kansas
City, Missouri, at
a design and review
cost of $243,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$264,000, and an
estimated design
and build
construction cost
of $2,641,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$3,148,000.
June 26, 2002................ Manchester, NH.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Norris Cotton
Federal Building
located at 275
Chestnut Street,
Manchester, New
Hampshire, at an
additional design
cost of $914,000,
(design and review
cost of $914,000
was previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$1,265,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $15,393,000 for
a combined
estimated project
cost of
$18,531,000.
June 26, 2002................ Portsmouth, NH.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Thomas McIntyre
Federal Building
located at 80
Daniel Street,
Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, at an
additional design
cost of $160,000,
(design and review
cost of $829,000
was previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$765,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $10,224,000 for
a combined
estimated project
cost of
$11,978,000.
June 26, 2002................ New York, NY................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alterations of
the Jacob K. Javits
Federal Building
located at 26
Federal Plaza, New
York, New York, at
a design and review
cost of $678,000,
management and
inspection cost of
$200,000, and an
estimated design
and build
construction cost
of $6,690,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$7,568,000.
June 26, 2002................ Clevland, OH................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Howard M.
Metzenbaum United
States Courthouse
located at 201
Superior Avenue,
Clevland, Ohio, at
an addiitonal
design cost of
$1,111,000, (design
and review cost of
$2,301,000 was
previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$993,000,
(management and
inspection cost of
$2,283,000 was
previously
authorized), an
additional
estimated
construction cost
of $135,108,000
(construction cost
of $24,817,000 was
previously
authorized), for a
combined estimated
project cost of
$44,613,000.
June 26, 2002................ Pittsburgh, PA.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the William S.
Moorhead Federal
Building located at
1000 Liberty
Avenue, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, at a
management and
inspection cost of
$5,760,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $63,033,000, for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$72,257,000 (design
and review cost of
$3,464,000 was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Dallas, TX.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Earle Cabell
Federal Building
and United States
Courthouse located
at 1100 Commerce
Street and the
Sante Fe Federal
Building located at
1114 Commerce
Street in Dallas,
Texas, at a
management and
inspection cost of
$14,495,000, for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $17,754,000
(design cost of
$1,360,000 was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Fort Worth, TX.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Fritz G. Lanham
Federal Building
located in Fort
Worth, Texas, at a
management and
inspection cost of
$14,484,000, for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $16,082,000
(design cost of
$833,000 was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Seattle, WA................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the alteration of
the Henry M.
Jackson Federal
Building located at
915 Second Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, at an
additional design
cost of $55,000,
(design and review
cost of $1,728,000
was previously
authorized),
management and
inspection cost of
$2,027,000, at an
estimated
construction cost
of $24,750,000, for
a combined
estimated project
cost of
$28,560,000.
June 26, 2002................ Jackman, ME................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 35,709 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station, including
eight parking
spaces, located in
Jackman, Maine, at
a management and
inspection cost of
$8,441,000 for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $10,062,000
(design cost of
$868,000 was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Suitland, MD................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
the first of two
buildings, the
first being a
1,248,640 gross
square foot
building and
parking structure
with 1,592 parking
spaces, located at
the Suitland
Federal Center in
Suitland, Maryland,
at a management and
inspection cost of
$9,219,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $167,700,000 for
a combined
estimated total
project cost of
$184,932,000,
(design cost of
$16,200,000,
including
$8,013,000 for the
first of two
buildings, was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Suitland, MD................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 208,271 gross
square foot
facility and
structured parking
garage with 500
parking spaces,
located in
Suitland, Maryland,
at an additional
design cost of
$750,000 (design
cost of $3,128,00
was previously
authorized),
additional
management and
inspection cost of
$612,000
(management and
inspection cost of
$2,951,000 was
previously
authorized), and
additional
estimated
construction cost
of $8,099,000
(estimated
construction cost
of $45,658,000 was
previously
authorized), for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $61,198,000.
June 26, 2002................ Raymond, MT................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 28,998 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station, including
42 parking spaces,
located in Raymond,
Montana, at a
management and
inspection cost of
$578,000 and an
estimated
construction cost
of $7,715,000 for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $8,447,000
(design cost of
$694,000 was
previously
authorized).
June 26, 2002................ Massena, NY................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the site
acquisition and
design of a 31,767
gross square foot
United States
Border Station
including 80
parking spaces,
located in Massena,
New York, at a site
acquisition cost of
$100,000 and design
and review cost of
$1,546,000, for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $1,646,000.
June 26, 2002................ Portal, ND.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the site
acquisition and
design of a 62,216
gross square foot
United States
Border Station,
including 85
parking spaces,
located in Portal,
North Dakota, at a
site acquisition
cost of $800,000
and design and
review cost of
$1,401,000 for a
combined cost of
$2,201,000.
June 26, 2002................ Oroville, WA................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 71,624 gross
square foot United
States Border
Station in
Oroville,
Washington, at an
additional site
acquisition cost of
$880,000 (site
acquisition cost of
$620,000 was
previously
authorized),
additional
management and
inspection cost of
$750,000
(management and
inspection cost of
$750,000 was
previously
authorized), and
additional
estimated
construction cost
of $4,230,000
(estimated
construction cost
of $10,456,000 was
previously
authorized), for a
combined estimated
total project cost
of $19,230,000.
July 24, 2002................ Little Rock, AR............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 155,317 gross
square foot annex,
including 55 inside
parking spaces,
located in Little
Rock, Arkansas, at
a management and
inspection cost of
$6,312,000, Post
Office--United
States Courthouse
renovation cost of
$28,449,000, and
construction cost
of $42,393,000, for
a combined cost of
$77,154,000.
July 24, 2002................ San Diego, CA............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
583,746 gross
square foot United
States courthouse
annex including 46
inside parking
spaces, located in
San Diego,
California, at an
additional site and
design cost of
$9,564,000.
July 24, 2002................ Eugene, OR.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the construction of
a 270,718 gross
square foot United
States Courthouse,
including 80 inside
parking spaces,
located in Eugene,
Oregon, at a
management and
inspection cost of
$4,319,000, and
estimated
construction cost
of $77,734,000.
July 24, 2002................ Salt Lake City, UT.......... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional site and
design for the
construction of a
323,606 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 44 inside
parking spaces
located in Salt
Lake City, Utah, at
additional site and
design cost of
$8,673,000 (site
was previously
authorized by
resolution for
$6,901,000 on
September 27, 1996
and design was
previously
authorized by
resolution for
$4,918,000 on July
23, 1997) for a
combined site and
design cost of
$20,492,000.
July 24, 2002................ Fort Pierce, FL............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
111,075 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 15 inside
parking spaces,
located in Fort
Pierce, Florida, at
an additional
design cost of
$448,000 for a
combined site and
design cost of
$5,013,000. This
resolution amends
Committee
resolution dated
November 7, 2001,
which authorized
site and design at
a cost of
$4,565,000.
July 24, 2002................ Cedar Rapids, IA............ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional design
for the
construction of a
254,328 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 40 inside
parking spaces,
located in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, at an
additional design
cost of $1,478,000,
for a combined site
and design cost of
$14,952,000. This
resolution amends
Committee
resolution dated
July 26, 2000,
which authorized
site and design at
a cost of
$13,474,000.
July 24, 2002................ Cape Girardeau, MO.......... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional design,
management and
inspection, and
estimated
construction cost
for the
construction of a
154,410 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 24 inside
parking spaces,
located in Cape
Girardeau,
Missouri, at an
additional cost of
$7,576,000. This
resolution amends
Committee
resolution dated
July 18, 2001 which
authorized
additional design,
management and
inspection and an
estimated
construction at a
combined cost of
$41,735,000, which
amended Committee
resolution dated
July 23, 1998 which
authorized
appropriations in
the amount of
$496,000, for
additional design,
which amended
Committee
resolution dated
May 13, 1993, which
authorized
$3,900,000 for site
and $1,700,000 for
design.
July 24, 2002................ Orlando, FL................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
the estimated
construction cost
for the
construction of a
257,050 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 40 inside
parking spaces,
located in Orlando,
Florida, at an
additional design
cost of $200,000,
and a management
and inspection cost
of $5,084,000 and
estimated
construction cost
of $77,739,000 for
a combined cost of
$83,023,000. This
resolution amends
Committee
resolution dated
May 17, 1994 which
authorized site
acquisition at a
cost of $7,724,000,
which was amended
by Committee
resolution dated
July 23, 1997,
authorizing
additional site
acquisition cost of
$748,000, which was
amended by
Committee
resolution dated
October 29, 1997
which authorized
design cost of
$2,972,000, and
which amended
Committee
resolution dated
November 7, 2001
which authorized
additional design
cost of $4,000,000.
July 24, 2002................ Richmond, VA................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
additional design,
management and
inspection, and
estimated
construction cost
for the
construction of a
315,027 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 64 inside
parking spaces,
located in
Richmond, Virginia,
at an additional
design cost of
$1,514,000, a
management and
inspection cost of
$4,807,000, and an
estimated
construction cost
of $75,509,000.
This resolution
amends Committee
resolution dated
July 26, 2000 which
authorized site and
design at a cost of
$19,476,000.
July 24, 2002................ San Antonio, TX............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
design cost for the
construction of a
325,223 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 37 inside
parking spaces,
located in San
Antonio, Texas, at
a design cost of
$6,926,000, for
which an 11(b)
resolution was
signed on June 4,
2002.
July 24, 2002................ Anniston, AL................ Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 65,482 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 20 inside
parking spaces,
locate in Anniston
Alabama, at a site
cost of $1,257,000,
and a design cost
of $1,833,000, for
a combined cost of
$3,090,000, for
which an 11(b)
resolution was
signed on June 4,
2002.
July 24, 2002................ Harrisburg, PA.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design
cost for the
construction of a
227,136 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 35 inside
parking spaces,
located in
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, at a
site cost of
$14,215,000, and
design cost of
$4,462,000 for a
combined cost of
$18,677,000, for
which an 11(b)
resolution was
signed on June 4,
2002.
July 24, 2002................ Greenville, SC.............. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design
cost for the
construction of a
237,409 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 74 inside
parking spaces, in
Greenville, South
Carolina, at a site
cost of $3,451,000,
and design cost of
$4,856,000 for a
combined cost of
$8,307,000, for
which an 11(b)
resolution was
signed on June 4,
2002.
July 24, 2002................ Buffalo, NY................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 266,020 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
including 54 inside
parking spaces, in
Buffalo, New York,
at an additional
site cost of
$7,374,000, and
design cost of
$2,515,000 for a
combined additional
cost of $9,889,000.
This resolution
amends Committee
resolution dated
July 18, 2001,
which authorized
additional design
at a cost of
$716,000, which
amended Committee
resolution dated
July 26, 2000,
which authorized
site and design
cost of $3,599,000.
July 24, 2002................ Toledo, OH.................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design
cost for the
construction of a
206,828 gross
square foot United
States courthouse,
Including 20 inside
parking spaces, in
Toledo, Ohio, at a
site cost of
$1,201,000, and
design cost of
$4,792,000 for a
combined cost of
$5,993,000.
July 24, 2002................ Green Bay, WI............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
site and design for
the construction of
a 63,366 gross
square foot United
States Courthouse,
including 20 inside
parking spaces,
located in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, at
a site cost of
$1,800,000 and
design cost of
$1,881,000 for a
combined cost of
$3,681,000.
July 24, 2002................ Charlotte, NC............... Resolution to
authorize
appropriations for
design cost for the
construction of a
347,097 gross
square foot, United
States courthouse,
including 50 inside
parking spaces, in
Charlotte, North
Carolina, at a site
cost of $382,000
and design cost of
$7,019,000 for a
combined additional
cost of $7,401,000.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
118,284 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Housing and Urban
Development
currently located
in leased space at
1250 Maryland
Avenue, Southwest,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$5,322,780 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
251,093 rentable
gross square feet
of space for the
Department of
Justice currently
located in leased
space at 1425 New
York Avenue, in
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$11,299,185 for a
lease term of up to
ten years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
100,541 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Justice currently
located in leased
space at 1331
Pennsylvania
Avenue, Northwest,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed cost of
$4,524,345 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
61,650 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Treasury currently
located in leased
space at
Metropolitan
Square, 655 15th
Street, Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$2,774,250 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
161,288 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Veterans Affairs
currently located
in leased space at
1800 G Street,
Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$7,257,960 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
182,752 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Commerce, Bureau of
Economic Analysis
(BEA), Department
of Interior,
Department of
Labor, and the
Department of
Defense currently
located in leased
space at 1441 L
Street, Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$8,223,840 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
529,954 rentable
square feet of
space for the
United States Coast
Guard, United
States Department
of Transportation,
currently located
in leased space at
2100 2nd Street,
Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$12,188,942 for a
lease term of five
years.
July 24, 2002................ Denver, CO.................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
134,660 rentable
square feet of
space and 12
parking spaces for
the Department of
Housing and Urban
Development
currently located
in leased space at
633 17th Street,
Denver, Colorado,
at a proposed total
annual cost of
$4,174,460 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Suburban MD................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
120,886 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Consumer Product
Safety Commission
currently located
in leased space at
4340 East Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland,
at a proposed total
annual cost of
$3,747,466 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Suburban MD................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
124,246 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service,
currently located
in leased space at
Salurbia Office
Park, 6710 Oxon
Hill Road, Oxon
Hill, Maryland, at
a proposed total
annual cost of
$2,981,904 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Boston, MA.................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
113,711 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
currently located
in leased space at
One Center Plaza in
Boston,
Massachusetts, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$5,230,706 for a
lease term of five
years.
July 24, 2002................ Providence, RI.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
148,777 rentable
square feet of
space for the
continued occupancy
of the United
States Court,
Social Security
Agency, Internal
Revenue Service,
Veterans Affairs
and other tenants
currently located
at 380 Westminster
Mall in Providence,
Rhode Island, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$3,868,202 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Northern VA................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
132,113 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Defense and the
Department of
Interior currently
housed in the Webb
Building, located
at 4040 North
Fairfax Drive,
Arlington,
Virginia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$4,491,842 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
68,636 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of State
currently located
at 1111 19th
Street, Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$3,088,620 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Suburban MD................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
118,448 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Health and Human
Services and Health
Resources and
Service
Administration
currently located
at 4350 East West
Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$3,671,888 for a
lease term of five
years with early
termination rights
after two years.
July 24, 2002................ Northern VA................. Appropriations are
authorized to lease
up to approximately
278,700 rentable
square feet of
space for the
General Services
Administration
Federal Supply
Service
headquarters,
currently located
at the Crystal City
Mall 2-3-4
buildings, 1941
Jefferson Davis
Highway, and
Crystal Park 1,
2011 Crystal Drive,
both in Arlington,
Virginia, at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$9,475,800 for a
lease term of ten
years.
July 24, 2002................ Houston, TX................. Resolution to
authorize
appropriations to
lease up to
approximately
158,485 rentable
square feet of
space for the
Department of
Justice, Federal
Bureau of
Investigation
currently located
at Park on Bayou I,
Houston, Texas at a
proposed total
annual cost of
$3,486,670 for a
lease term of up to
five years.
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Public Buildings 11b Resolutions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date referred Date approved Location Project
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 16, 2001................. Canton, OH.................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to repair and
modernize the Frank
T. Bow Federal
Building or to
construct or
acquire a facility
to house Federal
employees in
Canton, Ohio.
May 16, 2001................. Colorado Springs, CO........ Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
Federal employees
in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
May 16, 2001................. Atlanta, GA................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility adjacent
to the Elbert P.
Tuttle Court for
Appeals Building to
house additional
court staff
functions, and
Federal agencies in
Atlanta, Georgia.
May 16, 2001................. Toledo, OH.................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
Federal employees
in Toledo, Ohio.
July 18, 2001................ Ft. Pierce, FL.............. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Ft. Pierce,
Florida.
July 18, 2001................ Jackson, MS................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Jackson,
Mississippi.
July 18, 2001................ Austin, TX.................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Austin, Texas.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Green Bay, WI............... Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Green Bay,
Wisconsin.
Nov. 7, 2001................. Charlotte, NC............... Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct a
United States
courthouse in
Charlotte, North
Carolina.
Feb. 27, 2002................ Columbia, MO................ Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
Federal employees
in Columbia,
Missouri.
Feb. 27, 2002................ Washington, DC.............. Resolution to
investigate the
continued stability
of the Federal
Trade Commission
Building, 600
Pennsylvania
Avenue, Northwest,
Washington,
District of
Columbia, to meet
housing
requirements of the
Federal Trade
Commission.
Feb. 27, 2002................ El Paso, TX................. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a border
station to house
Federal inspection
agencies located at
the port in El
Paso, Texas.
May 22, 2002................. Anniston, AL................ Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Anniston, Alabama.
May 22, 2002................. Greenville, SC.............. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Greenville, South
Carolina.
May 22, 2002................. Harrisburg, PA.............. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
May 22, 2002................. San Antonio, TX............. Resolution to
investigate the
feasibility and
need to construct
or acquire a
facility to house
the United States
District Court in
San Antonio, Texas.
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO CONDUCT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
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Docket Number Project
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2659................................. San Fracisquito Creek Watershed,
California
2660................................. Port Hueneme, California
2661................................. Little Wabash River Watershed,
Indiana
2662................................. Coyote Creek Watershed,
California
2663................................. Hancock County Seawall,
Mississippi
2664................................. Keith Creek, Illinois
2665................................. Goffle Brook & Tributaries, New
Jersey
2666................................. Neshannock Creek, Pennsylvania
2667................................. Fourmile Run, Virginia
2668................................. Holmes Run Watershed, Virginia
2669................................. Lavaca/Navidad River Basin, Texas
2670................................. Pearl River, Louisiana and
Mississippi
2671................................. Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania
2672................................. California Coastal Sediment
Master Plan, California
2673................................. Willamette River Basin, Oregon
2674................................. Dismal Swamp and Dismal Swamp
Canal, Chesapeake, Virginia
2675................................. Lake Montauk Harbor, New York
2676................................. Flagler County, Florida
2677................................. Streets Run Watershed,
Pennsylvania
2678................................. Lake Emily Dam, Pennsylvania
2679................................. Grand River at Lansing, Michigan
2680................................. East River Seawall, New York
2681................................. Little Sarasota Bay, Florida
2682................................. City Park/University Lakes,
Louisiana
2683................................. Susquehanna and Delaware River
Basins, Pennsylvania
2684................................. Big Suamico River, Wisconsin
2685................................. Oconto Harbor, Wisconsin
2686................................. Milliken-Sacro-Tulocay Basin,
California
2687................................. Lower Willamette River, Oregon
2688................................. Mississippi River Projects,
Illinois and Missouri
2689................................. Lower Monogahela, Pennsylvania
2690................................. Walton County, Florida
2691................................. Lower Susquehanna River Basin,
Pennsylvania
2692................................. Stones Rover Watershed, Tennessee
2693................................. Grays River, Washington
2694................................. Lackawanna River at Dickson City,
Pennsylvania
2695................................. Reedy River, South Carolina
2696................................. Muskingum River Lakes, Ohio
2697................................. South San Francisco Bay
Shoreline, California
2698................................. Brush Creek & Tributaries, Kansas
and Missouri
2699................................. Alabama and Coosa Rivers, Alabama
2700................................. Coffman Cove, Alaska
2701................................. Seward, Alaska
2702................................. Martin Pena Canal, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
2703................................. Arthur Kill Channel and Morses
Creek to Perth Amboy, New Jersey
2704................................. Elliott Bay Seawall, Seattle,
Washington
2705................................. Middle & Lower St. Croix River,
Minnesota and Wisconsin
2706................................. Tonawanda Creek Watershed, New
York
2707................................. Mill Creek, Pennsylvania
2708................................. Silver & Brock Creeks,
Pennsylvania
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Publications
107-1 Compilation of Selected Aviation Laws.
107-2 Compilation of Railroad Laws Relating to Railroad
Regulation, Railroad Retirement, Unemployment and Labor,
Volumes I and II.
107-3 Improving Water Quality: States' Perspectives on the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, February 28,
2001.
107-4 Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2001 Supplemental Funding
Needs. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation, March 8, 2001.
107-5 The Federal Aviation Administration's Efforts to
Modernize the Air Traffic Control System. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aviation, March 14, 2001.
107-6 Brownfields: Lessons from the Field. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, March 15,
2001.
107-7 Outlook for the Nation's Highways and Transit
Systems. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit, March 21, 2001.
107-8 Water Infrastructure Needs. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, March 28,
2001.
107-9 Railroad Track Safety. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Railroads, March 29, 2001.
107-10 Congestion in the U.S. Transportation System. April
4, 2001.
107-11 Combating Terrorism: Options to Improve Federal
Response. Joint hearing with the Committee on Government Reform
and the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings
and Emergency Management, April 24, 2001.
107-12 Rail Infrastructure. Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Railroads, April 25, 2001.
107-13 The Federal Aviation Administration's Capacity
Benchmarks. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, April
25, 2001.
107-14 H.R. 1407, the Airline Delay Reduction Act. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Aviation, April 26, 2001.
107-15 Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2002.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, May 2, 2001.
107-16 Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2002 Budget. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
May 3, 2001.
107-17 Driver Distractions: Electronic Devices in the
Automobile. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit, May 9, 2001.
107-18 H.R. 525, The Preparedness Against Domestic
Terrorism Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, May 9,
2001.
107-19 The National Health Museum and the Future Use of
Federal Office Building 8. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency
Management, May 10, 2001.
107-20 Recreational Boating Safety. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, May
15, 2001.
107-21 Confined Animal Feeding Operations. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, May 16,
2001.
107-22 Congestion. Hearings before the Subcommittees on
Railroads, Highways and Transit, Water Resources and
Environment, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and
Aviation, May 22, 23, 24, 2001.
107-23 General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2002
Capital Investment Program. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency
Management, June 13, 2001.
107-24 STARS Deployment Update and Review of Operational
Evolution Plan. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation,
June 13, 2001.
107-25 Reauthorization of the Appalachian Regional
Commission. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, June
20, 2001.
107-26 Airline Customer Service Commitments: Status Report.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, June 20, 2001.
107-27 Magnetic Levitation Transportation Issues. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Railroads, June 21, 2001.
107-28 Runway Incursions Focusing on the Technology to
Prevent Collisions. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Aviation, June 26, 2001.
107-29 The National Academy of Sciences' National Research
Council Report on Assessing the Scientific Basis of the Total
Maximum Daily Load Approach to Water Quality Management.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, June 28, 2001.
107-30 H.R. 1070, The Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2001.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, July 11, 2001.
107-31 The General Accounting Office's Report on the
Federal Aviation Administration's Rulemaking. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Aviation, July 11, 2001.
107-32 Oversight of the Household Goods Moving Industry.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, July
12, 2001.
107-33 Air Traffic Congestion at LaGuardia Airport (New
York, NY). Field hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation,
July 16, 2001.
107-34 Proposed Closure of the Norfolk Southern Car Shops
(Holidaysburg, PA). Field hearing before the Subcommittee on
Railroads, July 16, 2001.
107-35 NAFTA: Arbitration Decision and Opening of the U.S.-
Mexican Border to Mexican Motor Carriers. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, July 18, 2001.
107-36 Strategies to Address Contaminated Sediments.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, July 19, 2001.
107-37 Highway Work Zone Safety. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, July 24, 2001.
107-38 Amtrak and High Speed Rail. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Railroads, July 25, 2001.
107-39 Competitiveness of the U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing
Industry. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, July 26,
2001.
107-40 Redlight Cameras. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Highways and Transit, July 31, 2001.
107-41 H.R. 2407, Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Act.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public
Buildings and Emergency Management, August 1, 2001.
107-42 H.R. 2107, to Preempt State Law Requiring Approval
of Certain Airport Projects. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Aviation, August 1, 2001.
107-43 H.R. 307, the Federal Protective Service Reform Act.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public
Buildings and Emergency Management, September 6, 2001.
107-44 Update on the Status of the STARS Program. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Aviation, September 13, 2001.
107-45 H.R. 2891, to Preserve the Continued Viability of
the United States Air Transportation System. September 19,
2001.
107-46 H.R. 1474, American Wetland Restoration Act. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment,
September 20, 2001.
107-47 Aviation Security. Hearings before the Subcommittee
on Aviation, September 21 and 25, 2002.
107-48 Improving the Delivery of Transit by Easing
Regulatory Burdens. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways
and Transit, September 26, 2001.
107-49 H.R. 2950, the Rail Infrastructure Development and
Expansion Act of the 21st Century (RIDE-21). Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Railroads, October 2, 2001.
107-50 The Wetlands Permitting Process: Is it Working
Fairly? Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, October 3, 2001.
107-51 Terrorism: Are America's Water Resources and
Environment at Risk? Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment, October 10, 2001.
107-52 Deployment and Use of Security Technology. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Aviation, October 11, 2001.
107-53 Restrictions on General Aviation Flying in Class B
Airspace. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, October
17, 2001.
107-54 TEA 21 Success Stories. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, November 1, 2001.
107-55 Right to Know after September 11th. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, November
8, 2001.
107-56 Future of the TMDL Program: How to Make TMDLs
Effective Tools for Improving Water Quality. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, November 15,
2001.
107-57 Port Security. Hearings before the Subcommittee on
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, December 6, 2001,
February 13, March 13 and 14, 2002.
107-58 Checked Baggage Screening Systems. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Aviation, December 7, 2001.
107-59 Sewage Treatment in San Diego-Tijuana Border Region.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, December 12, 2001.
107-60 Aviation and Transportation Security Act 60 Day
Deadline for Screening and Checked Baggage. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aviation, January 23, 2002.
107-61 Building on Success: Administration Perspectives on
Current Issues Affecting Reauthorization of TEA 21, February 7,
2002, and Governors and Local Elected Officials on
Reauthorization of TEA-21, February 28, 2002. Hearings before
the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
107-62 The Reauthorization of the Office of Pipeline
Safety. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and
Transit, February 13, 2002.
107-63 The Amtrak Reform Council's Restructuring Plan.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Railroads, February 14,
2002.
107-64 Aviation Security with a Focus on Passenger
Profiling. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation,
February 27, 2002.
107-65 Successes and Failures of Amtrak and the Amtrak
Reform and Accountability Act of 1997. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Railroads, March 6, 2002.
107-66 H.R. 3479, to Expand Aviation Capacity in the
Chicago Area. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation,
March 6, 2002.
107-67 Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2003 Budget. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
March 7, 2001.
107-68 Water Quality Financing Act of 2002. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, March 13,
2002.
107-69 Reauthorization of the National Transportation
Safety Board. Hearing before the Subcommittees on Aviation and
Railroads, March 14, 2002.
107-70 Ensuring the Integrity of the Highway Trust Fund.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, March
20, 2002.
107-71 Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of
2002. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, April 10 and 17, 2002.
107-72 Federal Emergency Management Agency's Office of
National Preparedness. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency
Management, April 11, 2002.
107-73 Intercity Passenger Rail in America: What Should it
Look Like? Hearing before the Subcommittee on Railroads, April
11, 2002.
107-74 Adequacy of the Federal Aviation Administration's
Oversight of Passenger Aircraft Maintenance. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aviation, April 11, 2002.
107-75 How Transit Serves and Benefits U.S. Communities.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, April
17, 2002.
107-76 H.R. 3947, the Federal Property Asset Management
Reform Act of 2002. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, April
18, 2002.
107-77 Transportation of Spent Rods to the Proposed Yucca
Mountain Storage Facility. Hearing before the Subcommittees on
Highways and Transit and Railroads, April 25, 2002.
107-78 H.R. 3673, the Recreational Waters Protection Act.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, May 1, 2002.
107-79 Major Project Management. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, May 1, 2002.
107-80 Arming Flight Crews Against Terrorist Attacks.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, May 2, 2002.
107-81 Implementation of the National Invasive Species Act
of 1996. Hearing before the Subcommittees on Water Resources
and Environment and Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
May 15, 2002.
107-82 Relieving Highway Congestion through Capacity
Enhancements and Increased Efficiency. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, May 21, 2002.
107-83 The General Services Administration's Fiscal Year
2003 Capital Investment and Leasing Program. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and
Emergency Management, June 5, 2002.
107-84 Recent Derailments. Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Railroads, June 6, 2002.
107-85 H.R. 2228, the Maritime Disaster Family Assistance
Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation, June 12, 2002.
107-86 Intermodalism, June 18, 2002, and Federal Transit
Capital Grants, June 20, 2002. Hearings before the Subcommittee
on Highways and Transit.
107-87 Arming Pilots. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Aviation, June 19, 2002.
107-88 Improving Highway Safety, June 27, 2002, and
Trucking Safety, July 9, 2002. Hearings before the Subcommittee
on Highways and Transit.
107-89 Ways to Improve the Federal Aviation
Administration's Organizational Structure. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Aviation, July 16, 2002.
107-90 Long Term Outlook on the Highway Trust Fund: Are
Fuel Taxes a Viable Measure. Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Highways and Transit, July 16, 2002.
107-91 Aviation Security. Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Aviation, July 23, 2002.
107-92 Transportation Solutions on a Community Context: The
Need for Better Transportation Systems for Everyone. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, July 25, 2002.
107-93 Driver's License Security Issues. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, September 5, 2002.
107-94 Intelligent Transportation Systems. Hearing before
the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, September 10, 2002.
107-95 The Delta Regional Authority and Southeast Crescent
Authority: Process and Prospects for Regional Development
Authorities. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management,
September 12, 2002.
107-96 Airport Security (Orlando, FL). Field hearing before
the Subcommittee on Aviation, September 17, 2002.
107-97 Stakeholder Proposals for the Reauthorization of the
Surface Transportation Programs. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, September 19, 2002.
107-98 Financial Conditions of the Airline Industry.
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, September 24,
2002.
107-99 Capital and Maintenance Needs. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, September 26, 2002.
107-100 H.R. 5455, Expediting Project Delivery. Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, October 8,
2002.
107-101 Federal Lands Highway Program. Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, October 9, 2002.
107-102 West Nile Virus. Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, October 10, 2002.
107-103 Water Quality Trading. Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment, June 13, 2002.
107-104 Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities