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Union Calendar No. 217 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3628 

[Report No. 113–299] 

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 

DECEMBER 19, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and 

consolidate or modify others, and for other purposes. 


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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.— 

9 (1) AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES COMMITTEE RE10 PORTS.—Section 106(p)(7) of title 49, United States 

11 Code, is amended— 

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

13 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 

14 subparagraph (H). 

15 (2) ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF FINANCIAL RE16 PORTS.—Subsection (k) of section 47107 of title 49, 

17 United States Code, is repealed. 

18 (3) PIPELINE SAFETY INFORMATION GRANTS

19 TO COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 60130 

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

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

22 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub23 section (c). 

24 (4) PILOT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE FINANC25 ING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT ANNUAL


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

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

3 note) is amended— 

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

5 (B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub6 section (e). 

7 (5) JUSTIFICATION FOR AIR DEFENSE IDENTI8 FICATION ZONE.—Section 602 of the Vision 100— 

9 Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public 

10 Law 108–176; 117 Stat. 2563), and the item relat11 ing to that section in the table of contents in section 

12 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 

13 (6) STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT

14 ENGINES TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS ANNUAL RE15 PORT.—Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Avia16 tion Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Cen17 tury (49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking 

18 subsection (c). 

19 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 

20 (1) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHEN21 SIVE REPORT.—Section 118(c) of the Federal Water 

22 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend23 ed— 

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


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11), 

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

3 (12), respectively. 

4 (2) GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REPORT

5 TO CONGRESS.—The Indian Environmental General 

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

7 is amended by striking subsection (i). 

8 (3) RESEARCH PROGRAM RESPECTING OCEAN

9 DUMPING AND OTHER METHODS OF WASTE DIS10 POSAL REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 204 of 

11 the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

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

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

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

16 SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 

17 REPORTS. 

18 (a) MARINE SAFETY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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

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

22 subsection (b), which shall include an identification 

23 of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the number of civilian and mili2 tary Coast Guard personnel assigned to 

3 marine safety positions; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) marine safety positions that are 

5 understaffed for purposes of facilitating 

6 the strategy and achieving the goals de7 scribed in subsection (a); and’’. 

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 57 of 

9 title 14, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

12 and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respec13 tively. 

14 (b) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ANNUAL

15 REPORT.— 

16 (1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 70103 of title 

17 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

18 the end the following: 

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

20 President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to sec21 tion 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of the department in 

22 which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 

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1 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

2 and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes— 

3 ‘‘(1) with respect to the last full fiscal year pre4 ceding the report— 

5 ‘‘(A) a summary of— 

6 ‘‘(i) security standards established 

7 pursuant to this section; and 

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

9 taken to ensure compliance by ports, ter10 minals, vessel operators, and shippers with 

11 respect to security standards established 

12 pursuant to this section; and 

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

14 ‘‘(i) security zones established for ves15 sels containing especially hazardous cargo; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(ii) vessels containing especially haz18 ardous cargo provided a waterborne secu19 rity escort, subdivided by Federal, State, 

20 local, or private security provider; and 

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

22 personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that 

23 may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to 

24 vessels containing especially hazardous cargo for 

25 which a security zone is established.’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (A) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO.— 

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

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

5 inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO DE7 FINED.—In this subsection and subsection (f), the 

8 term ‘especially hazardous cargo’ means anhydrous 

9 ammonia, ammonium nitrate, chlorine, liquefied nat10 ural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any other sub11 stance, material, or group or class of material, in a 

12 particular amount and form that the Secretary de13 termines by regulation poses a significant risk of 

14 creating a transportation security incident while 

15 being transported in maritime commerce.’’. 

16 (B) VESSEL AND INTERMODAL SECURITY

17 REPORTS.—Section 809 of the Coast Guard and 

18 Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (46 

19 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended— 

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

21 (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i)’’; 

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

23 (iii) by redesignating subsections (j) 

24 and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respec25 tively. 


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1 (c) MODIFICATIONS.— 

2 (1) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS RE3 PORT.—Section 503(b)(8)(A) of title 23, United 

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

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

6 July 31’’. 

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

8 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

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

10 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2014,’’; and 

11 (B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘De12 cember 1, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 

13 2014,’’. 

14 (3) PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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

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

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

18 July’’. 

19 (4) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL

20 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138(a) 

21 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘at least annually, but may be conducted’’. 

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

24 21 (49 U.S.C. 5324 note; 126 Stat. 706) is amend25 ed— 


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

2 ‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com3 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

4 the House of Representatives’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com7 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

8 the House of Representatives’’. 

9 SEC. 4. PAPERLESS REPORTS. 

10 (a) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS ANNUAL RE11 PORT.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 

12 amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the 

13 following: ‘‘The Secretary shall make available to the pub14 lic on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, 

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

16 a report on the progress being made by the State in imple17 menting projects to improve railway-highway crossings.’’. 

18 (b) NATIONAL BRIDGE AND TUNNEL INVENTORY

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

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

21 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 

23 Public Works of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘make avail24 able to the public on the Web site of the Department of 

25 Transportation’’. 


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1 (c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY

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

3 States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i) and in4 serting the following: 

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

6 the public on the Web site of the Department of Transpor7 tation an annual report that describes the administration 

8 of the program.’’. 

9 (d) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS BIENNIAL RE10 PORT.—Section 402(n) of title 23, United States Code, 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘TO CONGRESS’’ in the sub13 section heading; and 

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

15 striking ‘‘submit a report to the Committee on 

16 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

17 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

18 Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’ and in19 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

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

21 (e) IN-VEHICLE ALCOHOL DETECTION DEVICE RE22 SEARCH REPORTS.—Section 403(h)(4) of title 23, United 

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

24 report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

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1 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa2 tives, and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

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

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

5 of Transportation an annual report’’. 

6 (f) NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN REPORTING.— 

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

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

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

10 public, and updated biennially, on the Web site of the De11 partment of Transportation.’’. 

12 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.—Section 

13 515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

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

15 enactment of the Transportation Research and Inno16 vative Technology Act of 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

17 2014, and biennially thereafter,’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘submit to Congress’’ and in19 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

20 site of the Department of Transportation’’; and 

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

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

23 (h) NATIONAL FERRY DATABASE UPDATE RE24 PORT.—Section 1801(e)(3) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

25 129 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and shall make any 


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1 such modified report available to the public on the Web 

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

3 (i) HIGH-RISK RURAL ROADS BEST PRACTICES RE4 PORT.—Section 1112(b)(2)(A) of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 

5 148 note) is amended by striking ‘‘submit to the Com6 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

7 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

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

9 available to the public on the Web site of the Depart10 ment’’. 

11 (j) COMPLETION TIME ASSESSMENT REPORT.—Sec12 tion 1323(a)(2) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 553) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘submit to the Committee on Transportation 

14 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

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

17 the Web site of the Department’’. 

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

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

20 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

22 Environment and Public Works of the Senate’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘make available to the public on the Web site of the 

24 Department’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 217 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3628 

[Report No. 113–299] 

A BILL 

To eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requireother purposes. ments and consolidate or modify others, and for 

DECEMBER 19, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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