Marine And Inland Water Transportation
US Congress 117th Congress
Susan L. Williams National Coral Reef Management Fellowship Act of 2021 [HB-160]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, and for other purposes.
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Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2021 [HB-39]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
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A resolution commemorating "Cruise Travel Professional Month" in October 2016. [SR-486]
[Tourism ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
A resolution commemorating "Cruise Travel Professional Month" in October 2016. Commemorates the inaugural Cruise Travel Professional Month in October 2016. Acknowledges the creativity and professionalism of the men and women of the cruise travel professional community.
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A resolution recognizing that for nearly 40 years, the United States and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia. [SR-370]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Trade ]
[National Security ]
A resolution recognizing that for nearly 40 years, the United States and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia. Welcomes the leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the United States for the February 2016 U.S.-ASEAN summit meeting at Rancho Mirage, California. Supports the elevation of the United States-ASEAN relationship to a strategic partnership and recommits the United States to ASEAN centrality. Urges ASEAN to continue its efforts to
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A resolution celebrating the 10th anniversary of the unification of the air and marine assets of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [SR-359]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Immigration ]
[Trade ]
[Aerospace ]
A resolution celebrating the 10th anniversary of the unification of the air and marine assets of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Air and Marine Operations of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Commends Air and Marine Operations agents and mission support staff who are dedicated to serving and protecting the U.S. people and U.S. borders in air and maritime environments.
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A resolution commemorating the 140th anniversary of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. [SR-332]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A resolution commemorating the 140th anniversary of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. Commemorates the 140th anniversary of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association.
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A resolution honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El Faro. [SR-291]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
A resolution honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El Faro. Recognizes and honors the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El Faro who were lost after it departed on September 29, 2015.
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A resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan relationship to safeguarding global security, prosperity, and human rights. [SR-153]
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[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
A resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan relationship to safeguarding global security, prosperity, and human rights. Reaffirms the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance for maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, including through U.S. extended deterrence, the revision of the Guidelines for United States-Japan Defense Cooperation, and Japan's policy of Proactive Contribution to Peace based on the principles of international cooperation. Supports: (1) efforts to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan
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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. [SCR-11]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Defense ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[National Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Science ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Small Business ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Water ]
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2016 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2017-FY2025. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2016-FY2025 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits,
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Crude-By-Rail Safety Act [S.859]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Crude-By-Rail Safety Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to: establish, by regulation, an interim national standard for the maximum volatility (measured by the vapor pressure) of crude oil transported by rail within the United States; study the best methods for reliably measuring that volatility as well as the level of volatility consistent with the safest practicable shipment of crude oil by rail; issue a final rule establishing the maximum volatility of crude oil transported by rail; and issue also a final rule, based
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Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act [S.834]
[Sports ]
[Recreation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund through FY2023. The bill revises the formula used to distribute funds from the trust fund. Amounts are set aside through FY2023 for Coast Guard recreational boating safety personnel and activities and the National Recreational Boating Survey. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend trust fund transfer restriction exceptions until October
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SISA Act Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2015 [S.825]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Defense ]
SISA Act Sanction Iran, Safeguard America Act of 2015 Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, and the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 to eliminate authority to waive sanctions relating to: transportation of crude oil from Iran; financial institutions that engage in certain transactions; the financial sector of Iran; persons that support
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Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 [S.764]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. (Bioengineered food is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism or GMO food.) (Sec. 1) Bioengineered food is food that that has been genetically modified in a way that could not be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature. The standard applies to any claim in a disclosure a food bears indicating that the food is bioengineered and to any food subject
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Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 [S.589]
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[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 This bill requires federal agencies to take immediate actions to prevent the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam site. The actions must place a special focus on Asian carp species and other aquatic nuisance species of concern to the Great Lakes referred to in the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps must implement measures to improve
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Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 [S.525]
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[Food ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Food for Peace Reform Act of 2015 Establishes the Food for Peace program in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (Repeals authority for the current program under title II of the Food for Peace Act, including certain U.S. commodity purchase, U.S. cargo, and monetization requirements.) Authorizes USAID to provide emergency and nonemergency foreign assistance, including through the provision of U.S. commodities or local or regional procurement. Authorizes nonemergency assistance to combat malnutrition
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Sequestration Relief Act of 2015 [S.515]
[Budget and Spending ]
Sequestration Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise the discretionary spending limits for FY2016 and FY2017 and eliminate spending reductions required by sequestration. Current law requires a sequestration, or automatic across-the-board spending cuts, to enforce deficit reduction requirements.
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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.373]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Science ]
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Coast Guard to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards and requirements for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters. Those standards and requirements must: (1) be based on the best available technology economically achievable, and (2) supersede any permitting requirement or prohibition on discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel under any other provision of law. States may enforce the uniform
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A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels. [S.371]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels. This bill makes permanent a temporary exemption from permit requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). The exemption applies to a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink
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South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016 [S.3509]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[National Security ]
South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2016
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LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act [S.33]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE), for proposals that must also obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the United States Maritime Administration to site, construct, expand, or operate liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities, to issue a decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 45 days after the later of: (1) the conclusion of the review to site, construct, expand, or operate the LNG facilities required by the National Environmental
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