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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3628 

To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate or 

modify others, and for other purposes. 

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 

A BILL 

To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and 

consolidate or modify others, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Re5 ports Elimination Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE7 MENTS. 

8 (a) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.— 


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1 (1) AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES COMMITTEE RE2 PORTS.—Section 106(p)(7) of title 49, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

4 (A) by striking subparagraph (H); and 

5 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 

6 subparagraph (H). 

7 (2) ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF FINANCIAL RE8 PORTS.—Subsection (k) of section 47107 of title 49, 

9 United States Code, is repealed. 

10 (3) PIPELINE SAFETY INFORMATION GRANTS

11 TO COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 60130 

12 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (A) by striking subsection (c); and 

14 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub15 section (c). 

16 (4) PILOT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE FINANC17 ING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT ANNUAL

18 REPORT.—Section 182 of the Vision 100—Century 

19 of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44502 

20 note) is amended— 

21 (A) by striking subsection (e); and 

22 (B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub23 section (e). 

24 (5) JUSTIFICATION FOR AIR DEFENSE IDENTI25 FICATION ZONE.—Section 602 of the Vision 100— 


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1 Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public 

2 Law 108–176; 117 Stat. 2563), and the item relat3 ing to that section in the table of contents in section 

4 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 

5 (6) STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT

6 ENGINES TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS ANNUAL RE7 PORT.—Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Avia8 tion Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Cen9 tury (49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking 

10 subsection (c). 

11 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 

12 (1) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHEN13 SIVE REPORT.—Section 118(c) of the Federal Water 

14 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend15 ed— 

16 (A) by striking paragraph (10); and 

17 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11), 

18 (12), and (13) as paragraphs (10), (11), and 

19 (12), respectively. 

20 (2) GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REPORT

21 TO CONGRESS.—The Indian Environmental General 

22 Assistance Program Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4368b) 

23 is amended by striking subsection (i). 

24 (3) RESEARCH PROGRAM RESPECTING OCEAN

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1 POSAL REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 204 of 

2 the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

3 Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1444) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking subsection (b); and 

5 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (b). 

7 SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 

8 REPORTS. 

9 (a) MARINE SAFETY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

10 (1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 2116(d)(2)(B) of 

11 title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘under subsection (b); and’’ and inserting ‘‘under 

13 subsection (b), which shall include an identification 

14 of— 

15 ‘‘(i) the number of civilian and mili16 tary Coast Guard personnel assigned to 

17 marine safety positions; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) marine safety positions that are 

19 understaffed for purposes of facilitating 

20 the strategy and achieving the goals de21 scribed in subsection (a); and’’. 

22 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 57 of 

23 title 14, United States Code, is amended— 

24 (A) by striking subsection (e); and 


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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), 

2 and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respec3 tively. 

4 (b) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ANNUAL

5 REPORT.— 

6 (1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 70103 of title 

7 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—On the date on which the 

10 President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to sec11 tion 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of the department in 

12 which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 

13 Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 

14 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes— 

17 ‘‘(1) with respect to the last full fiscal year pre18 ceding the report— 

19 ‘‘(A) a summary of— 

20 ‘‘(i) security standards established 

21 pursuant to this section; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the level of compliance and steps 

23 taken to ensure compliance by ports, ter24 minals, vessel operators, and shippers with 


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1 respect to security standards established 

2 pursuant to this section; and 

3 ‘‘(B) a statement of the number of— 

4 ‘‘(i) security zones established for ves5 sels containing especially hazardous cargo; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) vessels containing especially haz8 ardous cargo provided a waterborne secu9 rity escort, subdivided by Federal, State, 

10 local, or private security provider; and 

11 ‘‘(2) an assessment of any additional vessels, 

12 personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that 

13 may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to 

14 vessels containing especially hazardous cargo for 

15 which a security zone is established.’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (A) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO.— 

18 Section 70103(e) of title 46, United States 

19 Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO DE22 FINED.—In this subsection and subsection (f), the 

23 term ‘especially hazardous cargo’ means anhydrous 

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1 stance, material, or group or class of material, in a 

2 particular amount and form that the Secretary de3 termines by regulation poses a significant risk of 

4 creating a transportation security incident while 

5 being transported in maritime commerce.’’. 

6 (B) VESSEL AND INTERMODAL SECURITY

7 REPORTS.—Section 809 of the Coast Guard and 

8 Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (46 

9 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended— 

10 (i) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘and 

11 (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i)’’; 

12 (ii) by striking subsection (i); and 

13 (iii) by redesignating subsections (j) 

14 and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respec15 tively. 

16 (c) MODIFICATIONS.— 

17 (1) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS RE18 PORT.—Section 503(b)(8)(A) of title 23, United 

19 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 2013, 

20 and July 31’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2014, and 

21 July 31’’. 

22 (2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 609 of 

23 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

24 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘June 1, 

25 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2014,’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘De2 cember 1, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 

3 2014,’’. 

4 (3) PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5 REPORT.—Section 308(e)(1) of title 49, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1998, 

7 and in March’’ and inserting ‘‘July 2014, and in 

8 July’’. 

9 (4) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL

10 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138(a) 

11 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by strik12 ing ‘‘at least annually, but may be conducted’’. 

13 (5) BRIEFINGS.—Section 20017(b)(6) of MAP– 

14 21 (49 U.S.C. 5324 note; 126 Stat. 706) is amend15 ed— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting after 

17 ‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com18 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

19 the House of Representatives’’; and 

20 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after 

21 ‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com22 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

23 the House of Representatives’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PAPERLESS REPORTS. 

2 (a) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS ANNUAL RE3 PORT.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the 

5 following: ‘‘The Secretary shall make available to the pub6 lic on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, 

7 not later than April 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, 

8 a report on the progress being made by the State in imple9 menting projects to improve railway-highway crossings.’’. 

10 (b) NATIONAL BRIDGE AND TUNNEL INVENTORY

11 REPORT.—Section 144(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States 

12 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘submit to the Committee 

13 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

14 Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 

15 Public Works of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘make avail16 able to the public on the Web site of the Department of 

17 Transportation’’. 

18 (c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY

19 PROGRAM REPORT.—Section 327 of title 23, United 

20 States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i) and in21 serting the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) REPORT.—The Secretary shall make available to 

23 the public on the Web site of the Department of Transpor24 tation an annual report that describes the administration 

25 of the program.’’. 


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1 (d) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS BIENNIAL RE2 PORT.—Section 402(n) of title 23, United States Code, 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘TO CONGRESS’’ in the sub5 section heading; and 

6 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 

7 striking ‘‘submit a report to the Committee on 

8 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

10 Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’ and in11 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

12 site of the Department of Transportation a report’’. 

13 (e) IN-VEHICLE ALCOHOL DETECTION DEVICE RE14 SEARCH REPORTS.—Section 403(h)(4) of title 23, United 

15 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘submit an annual 

16 report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

17 Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Trans18 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa19 tives, and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

20 of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘make 

21 available to the public on the Web site of the Department 

22 of Transportation an annual report’’. 

23 (f) NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN REPORTING.— 

24 Section 512(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

25 by striking ‘‘submitted’’ and all that follows through the 


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1 period at the end and inserting ‘‘made available to the 

2 public, and updated biennially, on the Web site of the De3 partment of Transportation.’’. 

4 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.—Section 

5 515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘of each year after the date of 

7 enactment of the Transportation Research and Inno8 vative Technology Act of 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

9 2014, and biennially thereafter,’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘submit to Congress’’ and in11 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

12 site of the Department of Transportation’’; and 

13 (3) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘calendar 

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 calendar years’’. 

15 (h) NATIONAL FERRY DATABASE UPDATE RE16 PORT.—Section 1801(e)(3) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

17 129 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and shall make any 

18 such modified report available to the public on the Web 

19 site of the Department’’ before the period at the end. 

20 (i) HIGH-RISK RURAL ROADS BEST PRACTICES RE21 PORT.—Section 1112(b)(2)(A) of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 

22 148 note) is amended by striking ‘‘submit to the Com23 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

24 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

25 of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘make 


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1 available to the public on the Web site of the Depart2 ment’’. 

3 (j) COMPLETION TIME ASSESSMENT REPORT.—Sec4 tion 1323(a)(2) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 553) is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘submit to the Committee on Transportation 

6 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

7 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

8 Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘make available to the public on 

9 the Web site of the Department’’. 

10 (k) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Section 1323(b) of 

11 MAP–21 (126 Stat. 554) is amended by striking ‘‘submit 

12 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

14 Environment and Public Works of the Senate’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘make available to the public on the Web site of the 

16 Department’’. 

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