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Appendix E - Marine Highways Legislation with Committee Referrals
Pages 75-80

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From page 75...
... No cosponsors National Defense Authorization Act for FY '10 Establishes short sea transportation grants. Projects must be designed to help relieve congestion, improve transportation safety, facilitate domestic and international trade, or encourage public-private partnerships; may include development, modification, and construction of marine and intermodal cargo facilities, vessels, port infrastructure and cargo handling equipment, and transfer facilities at ports.
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From page 76...
... encourage state departments of transportation to develop strategies, where appropriate, to incorporate short sea transportation, ferries, and other marine transportation solutions for regional and interstate transport of freight and passengers in their transportation planning; and (3) encourage groups of states and multistate transportation entities to determine how short sea transportation can address congestion, bottlenecks, and other interstate transportation challenges.
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From page 77...
... un lo ad ed at a por t in the United States located in the Gr eat Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System that was loaded at a port in Ca nada located in su ch syste m. Senate Financ e HR 2355 5/1 2/ 20 09 Richardson (CA 37)
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From page 78...
... a por t in the Un ited States mainland and un lo aded at a not he r port in the United States mainland after tran sport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Gr eat La ke s Saint La wr ence Se aw ay Sy st em , or (2 ) a port in Canada located in the Gr eat La ke s Saint Lawr en ce Seaw ay Sy stem and unl oade d at a port in th e United States ma inland.
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From page 79...
... House Tr an sportati on an d In fr astr uctur e Subco mm ittee Hi gh wa ys , Tr an sit, and Pi peline s House Education and the Wo rkfo rce House Energy and Comm er ce House Judiciary House Resources House Science HR 2564 6/2 3/ 03 Capuano (M A 8) 6 co spons ors None Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the Harbor Ma in tenance Tax to certain ports used to im port commercial car go wo rth mo re than $1 00 m illion.
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From page 80...
... HR 6 1/3/ 85 Ho wa rd (NJ 3) 18 co sp on sors Wa ter Resources Development Act of 1986 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise ta x on th e val ue of commercial cargo loaded ont o or un lo ad ed fr om commercial vessels at U.S.
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