(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Eliminates certain mandatory reports to specified congressional committees from the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) on: (1) Airport Improvement Project grants, (2) Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities, (3) the pilot program for innovative financing of air traffic control equipment (under the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act), and (4) the application of new aircraft and aircraft engine standards or technologies to reduce aircraft noise levels (under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century).
Eliminates certain mandatory Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports with respect to the Air Traffic Services Committee and the establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (under the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act).
Eliminates mandatory reports to specified congressional committees from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding Great Lakes Management, the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992), and the research program respecting ocean dumping and other methods of waste disposal (under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972).
(Sec. 3) Requires the annual marine safety report to Congress of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to identify: (1) the number of civilian and military Coast Guard personnel assigned to marine safety positions; and (2) marine safety positions that are understaffed for purposes of facilitating the marine safety strategy and achieving its goals.
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to submit an annual Maritime Transportation Security report to specified congressional committees that includes: (1) a summary of security standards established and the level of compliance with them, and steps taken to ensure compliance, by ports, terminals, vessel operators, and shippers; and (2) the number of security zones established for vessels containing especially hazardous cargo, and the number of such vessels provided a waterborne security escort.
Requires such report also to assess any additional vessels, personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to such vessels.
Postpones till certain dates in 2014 the DOT Secretary's first biennial reports to specified congressional committees on infrastructure investment needs and the financial performance of projects receiving, or which have already received, infrastructure finance assistance.
Changes from March to July, starting July 2014, the deadline for the biennial DOT public mass transportation system reports to Congress.
Repeals the requirement that the Comptroller General (GAO) evaluation and audit of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) be conducted at least annually.
Requires the DOT Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to include the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in their quarterly briefings to Congress on any memorandum of agreement between them for coordination of their roles and responsibilities in providing assistance for public transportation.
(Sec. 4) Revises the requirement for biennial reports to specified congressional committees on state progress in implementing projects to improve railway-highway crossings to make them (paperless) reports to the public on the DOT website.
Requires the same shift to paperless reports to the public on the DOT website with respect to mandatory annual or biennial reports concerning: (1) the national bridge and tunnel inventory; (2) the surface transportation project delivery program; (3) highway safety programs; (4) in-vehicle alcohol detection device research; (5) the National Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program Plan; (6) research, technology, and education advisory committee recommendations; (7) high-risk rural roads best practices; and (8) a specified comparison of the completion times of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements for federal-aid highway projects among specified time periods.
Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to require publication also on the DOT website of national ferry database updates.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3628 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3628
To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate
or modify others, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 2, 2013
Mr. Shuster (for himself and Mr. Rahall) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate
or modify others, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Reports Elimination
Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Department of Transportation.--
(1) Air traffic services committee reports.--Section
106(p)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (H); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as
subparagraph (H).
(2) Annual summaries of financial reports.--Subsection (k)
of section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.
(3) Pipeline safety information grants to communities
annual report.--Section 60130 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (c); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(c).
(4) Pilot program for innovative financing of air traffic
control equipment annual report.--Section 182 of the Vision
100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44502
note) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (e); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(e).
(5) Justification for air defense identification zone.--
Section 602 of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation
Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108-176; 117 Stat. 2563), and
the item relating to that section in the table of contents in
section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.
(6) Standards for aircraft and aircraft engines to reduce
noise levels annual report.--Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (49
U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) Environmental Protection Agency.--
(1) Great lakes management comprehensive report.--Section
118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1268(c)) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (10); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and
(13) as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12), respectively.
(2) General assistance program report to congress.--The
Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 4368b) is amended by striking subsection (i).
(3) Research program respecting ocean dumping and other
methods of waste disposal report by administrator.--Section 204
of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
(33 U.S.C. 1444) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (b); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b).
SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS.
(a) Marine Safety Report to Congress.--
(1) Consolidation.--Section 2116(d)(2)(B) of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``under subsection
(b); and'' and inserting ``under subsection (b), which shall
include an identification of--
``(i) the number of civilian and military
Coast Guard personnel assigned to marine safety
positions; and
``(ii) marine safety positions that are
understaffed for purposes of facilitating the
strategy and achieving the goals described in
subsection (a); and''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 57 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (e); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h)
as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
(b) Maritime Transportation Security Annual Report.--
(1) Consolidation.--Section 70103 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Annual Report.--On the date on which the President submits to
Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that
includes--
``(1) with respect to the last full fiscal year preceding
the report--
``(A) a summary of--
``(i) security standards established
pursuant to this section; and
``(ii) the level of compliance and steps
taken to ensure compliance by ports, terminals,
vessel operators, and shippers with respect to
security standards established pursuant to this
section; and
``(B) a statement of the number of--
``(i) security zones established for
vessels containing especially hazardous cargo;
and
``(ii) vessels containing especially
hazardous cargo provided a waterborne security
escort, subdivided by Federal, State, local, or
private security provider; and
``(2) an assessment of any additional vessels, personnel,
infrastructure, or other resources that may be necessary to
provide waterborne escorts to vessels containing especially
hazardous cargo for which a security zone is established.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Especially hazardous cargo.--Section 70103(e)
of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Especially hazardous cargo defined.--In this
subsection and subsection (f), the term `especially hazardous
cargo' means anhydrous ammonia, ammonium nitrate, chlorine,
liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any other
substance, material, or group or class of material, in a
particular amount and form that the Secretary determines by
regulation poses a significant risk of creating a
transportation security incident while being transported in
maritime commerce.''.
(B) Vessel and intermodal security reports.--
Section 809 of the Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2004 (46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is
amended--
(i) in subsection (a) by striking ``and
(j)'' and inserting ``and (i)'';
(ii) by striking subsection (i); and
(iii) by redesignating subsections (j) and
(k) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively.
(c) Modifications.--
(1) Infrastructure investment needs report.--Section
503(b)(8)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``July 31, 2013, and July 31'' and inserting ``July
31, 2014, and July 31''.
(2) Reports to congress.--Section 609 of title 23, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ``June 1, 2012,''
and inserting ``June 1, 2014,''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``December 1,
2012,'' and inserting ``December 1, 2014,''.
(3) Public mass transportation systems report.--Section
308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``March 1998, and in March'' and inserting ``July
2014, and in July''.
(4) Evaluation and audit of national transportation safety
board.--Section 1138(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``at least annually, but may be
conducted''.
(5) Briefings.--Section 20017(b)(6) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C.
5324 note; 126 Stat. 706) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting after ``the
Senate'' the following: ``and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after ``the
Senate'' the following: ``and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives''.
SEC. 4. PAPERLESS REPORTS.
(a) Railway-Highway Crossings Annual Report.--Section 130(g) of
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the third sentence
and inserting the following: ``The Secretary shall make available to
the public on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, not
later than April 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, a report on the
progress being made by the State in implementing projects to improve
railway-highway crossings.''.
(b) National Bridge and Tunnel Inventory Report.--Section
144(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking
``submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate'' and inserting ``make available to the public on
the Web site of the Department of Transportation''.
(c) Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program Report.--
Section 327 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking
subsection (i) and inserting the following:
``(i) Report.--The Secretary shall make available to the public on
the Web site of the Department of Transportation an annual report that
describes the administration of the program.''.
(d) Highway Safety Programs Biennial Report.--Section 402(n) of
title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``to Congress'' in the subsection heading;
and
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
``submit a report to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate'' and inserting ``make available to the public on the
Web site of the Department of Transportation a report''.
(e) In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection Device Research Reports.--Section
403(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking
``submit an annual report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives'' and
inserting ``make available to the public on the Web site of the
Department of Transportation an annual report''.
(f) National ITS Program Plan Reporting.--Section 512(b) of title
23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``submitted'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``made
available to the public, and updated biennially, on the Web site of the
Department of Transportation.''.
(g) Advisory Committee Report.--Section 515(h)(4) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``of each year after the date of enactment
of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of
2012,'' and inserting ``, 2014, and biennially thereafter,'';
(2) by striking ``submit to Congress'' and inserting ``make
available to the public on the Web site of the Department of
Transportation''; and
(3) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``calendar year'' and
inserting ``2 calendar years''.
(h) National Ferry Database Update Report.--Section 1801(e)(3) of
SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 129 note) is amended by inserting ``and shall
make any such modified report available to the public on the Web site
of the Department'' before the period at the end.
(i) High-Risk Rural Roads Best Practices Report.--Section
1112(b)(2)(A) of MAP-21 (23 U.S.C. 148 note) is amended by striking
``submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives'' and inserting ``make available to the public on the
Web site of the Department''.
(j) Completion Time Assessment Report.--Section 1323(a)(2) of MAP-
21 (126 Stat. 553) is amended by striking ``submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate'' and
inserting ``make available to the public on the Web site of the
Department''.
(k) Additional Report.--Section 1323(b) of MAP-21 (126 Stat. 554)
is amended by striking ``submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate'' and inserting ``make
available to the public on the Web site of the Department''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-299.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-299.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H39-41)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3628.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H43-44)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 0 (Roll no. 4).(text: CR H39-40)
Roll Call #4 (House)On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 0 (Roll no. 4). (text: CR H39-40)
Roll Call #4 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.