AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- David Cole, Maine
Vice Chair -- Vacant
Secretary -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

Legislation/Regulation

I.) Tea-21-Full text Restoration Act, and the related congressional Reports.
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century was enacted June 9, 1998 as Public Law 105-178. TEA-21 authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 6-year period 1998-2003. The TEA 21 Restoration Act, enacted July 22, 1998, provided technical corrections to the original law. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21

II.) U.S. DOT Federal Higway Adminstration -Legislation & Regulation
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/legislat.html

III.) U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation -Current Hearing Statements
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/hearings0202.htm

Bills/Reports 107th Congress
PORT SECURITY- House Passes Maritime/Port Security Measure- H.R. 3983 Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002

The House of Representatives adopted by voice vote H.R. 3983, the Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002. H.R. 3983 is intended to establish a comprehensive national antiterrorism system, supported by port vulnerability assessments conducted by the Coast Guard. The results of the vulnerability assessments will be used to implement a national maritime transportation antiterrorism planning system, consisting of a national plan, area plans, as well as vessel, facility, and port terminal plans, to deter a catastrophic emergency to the maximum extent possible. Attached to H.R. 3983 as passed by the House is the language of H.R. 3507, the Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, which passed the House last December. H.R. 3983 must now be reconciled with the Senate-passed maritime/port security bill, S. 1214, which was cleared by the Senate on December 20, 2001. In a related security area, last evening, President George W. Bush proposed the creation of a new Department of Homeland Security, which would include among its agencies, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Customs Service. PORT SECURITY H.R. 3983
Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002

H.R. 2481
Omnibus Maritime Improvements Act of 2001

H.R. 1699
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001

H.R. 1099
Coast Guard Personnel and Maritime Safety Act of 2001

H.R. 1098
Maritime Policy Improvement Act of 2001

H.R. 2950
Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century

H.R. 1140
Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001

H.R. 1020
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2001

H.R. 554
Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001