IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3628 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Re3 ports Elimination Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE5 MENTS. 

6 (a) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.— 

7 (1) AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES COMMITTEE RE8 PORTS.—Section 106(p)(7) of title 49, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

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

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 

12 subparagraph (H). 

13 (2) ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF FINANCIAL RE14 PORTS.—Subsection (k) of section 47107 of title 49, 

15 United States Code, is repealed. 

16 (3) PIPELINE SAFETY INFORMATION GRANTS

17 TO COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 60130 

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

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

20 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (c). 

22 (4) PILOT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE FINANC23 ING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT ANNUAL

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

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

26 note) is amended— 


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

2 (B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub3 section (e). 

4 (5) JUSTIFICATION FOR AIR DEFENSE IDENTI5 FICATION ZONE.—Section 602 of the Vision 100— 

6 Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public 

7 Law 108–176; 117 Stat. 2563), and the item relat8 ing to that section in the table of contents in section 

9 1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 

10 (6) STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT

11 ENGINES TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS ANNUAL RE12 PORT.—Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Avia13 tion Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Cen14 tury (49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking 

15 subsection (c). 

16 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 

17 (1) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHEN18 SIVE REPORT.—Section 118(c) of the Federal Water 

19 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend20 ed— 

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

22 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (11), 

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

24 (12), respectively. 


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1 (2) GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REPORT

2 TO CONGRESS.—The Indian Environmental General 

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

4 is amended by striking subsection (i). 

5 (3) RESEARCH PROGRAM RESPECTING OCEAN

6 DUMPING AND OTHER METHODS OF WASTE DIS7 POSAL REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 204 of 

8 the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

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

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

11 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub12 section (b). 

13 SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 

14 REPORTS. 

15 (a) MARINE SAFETY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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

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

19 subsection (b), which shall include an identification 

20 of— 

21 ‘‘(i) the number of civilian and mili22 tary Coast Guard personnel assigned to 

23 marine safety positions; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) marine safety positions that are 

25 understaffed for purposes of facilitating 


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1 the strategy and achieving the goals de2 scribed in subsection (a); and’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 57 of 

4 title 14, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

7 and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respec8 tively. 

9 (b) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ANNUAL

10 REPORT.— 

11 (1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 70103 of title 

12 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

13 the end the following: 

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

15 President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to sec16 tion 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of the department in 

17 which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 

18 Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 

19 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

21 and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes— 

22 ‘‘(1) with respect to the last full fiscal year pre23 ceding the report— 

24 ‘‘(A) a summary of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) security standards established 

2 pursuant to this section; and 

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

4 taken to ensure compliance by ports, ter5 minals, vessel operators, and shippers with 

6 respect to security standards established 

7 pursuant to this section; and 

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

9 ‘‘(i) security zones established for ves10 sels containing especially hazardous cargo; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) vessels containing especially haz13 ardous cargo provided a waterborne secu14 rity escort, subdivided by Federal, State, 

15 local, or private security provider; and 

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

17 personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that 

18 may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to 

19 vessels containing especially hazardous cargo for 

20 which a security zone is established.’’. 

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

22 (A) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO.— 

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

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

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CARGO DE2 FINED.—In this subsection and subsection (f), the 

3 term ‘especially hazardous cargo’ means anhydrous 

4 ammonia, ammonium nitrate, chlorine, liquefied nat5 ural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any other sub6 stance, material, or group or class of material, in a 

7 particular amount and form that the Secretary de8 termines by regulation poses a significant risk of 

9 creating a transportation security incident while 

10 being transported in maritime commerce.’’. 

11 (B) VESSEL AND INTERMODAL SECURITY

12 REPORTS.—Section 809 of the Coast Guard and 

13 Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (46 

14 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended— 

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

16 (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i)’’; 

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

18 (iii) by redesignating subsections (j) 

19 and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respec20 tively. 

21 (c) MODIFICATIONS.— 

22 (1) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS RE23 PORT.—Section 503(b)(8)(A) of title 23, United 

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


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

2 July 31’’. 

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

4 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2014,’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘De8 cember 1, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 

9 2014,’’. 

10 (3) PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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

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

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

14 July’’. 

15 (4) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL

16 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138(a) 

17 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘at least annually, but may be conducted’’. 

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

20 21 (49 U.S.C. 5324 note; 126 Stat. 706) is amend21 ed— 

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

23 ‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com24 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

25 the House of Representatives’’; and 


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

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

4 the House of Representatives’’. 

5 SEC. 4. PAPERLESS REPORTS. 

6 (a) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS ANNUAL RE7 PORT.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the 

9 following: ‘‘The Secretary shall make available to the pub10 lic on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, 

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

12 a report on the progress being made by the State in imple13 menting projects to improve railway-highway crossings.’’. 

14 (b) NATIONAL BRIDGE AND TUNNEL INVENTORY

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

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

17 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 

19 Public Works of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘make avail20 able to the public on the Web site of the Department of 

21 Transportation’’. 

22 (c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY

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

24 States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i) and in25 serting the following: 


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

2 the public on the Web site of the Department of Transpor3 tation an annual report that describes the administration 

4 of the program.’’. 

5 (d) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS BIENNIAL RE6 PORT.—Section 402(n) of title 23, United States Code, 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘TO CONGRESS’’ in the sub9 section heading; and 

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

11 striking ‘‘submit a report to the Committee on 

12 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

13 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’ and in15 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

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

17 (e) IN-VEHICLE ALCOHOL DETECTION DEVICE RE18 SEARCH REPORTS.—Section 403(h)(4) of title 23, United 

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

20 report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

21 Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Trans22 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa23 tives, and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

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


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

2 of Transportation an annual report’’. 

3 (f) NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN REPORTING.— 

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

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

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

7 public, and updated biennially, on the Web site of the De8 partment of Transportation.’’. 

9 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.—Section 

10 515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

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

12 enactment of the Transportation Research and Inno13 vative Technology Act of 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

14 2014, and biennially thereafter,’’; 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘submit to Congress’’ and in16 serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 

17 site of the Department of Transportation’’; and 

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

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

20 (h) NATIONAL FERRY DATABASE UPDATE RE21 PORT.—Section 1801(e)(3) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

22 129 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and shall make any 

23 such modified report available to the public on the Web 

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


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1 (i) HIGH-RISK RURAL ROADS BEST PRACTICES RE2 PORT.—Section 1112(b)(2)(A) of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 

3 148 note) is amended by striking ‘‘submit to the Com4 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

5 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

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

7 available to the public on the Web site of the Depart8 ment’’. 

9 (j) COMPLETION TIME ASSESSMENT REPORT.—Sec10 tion 1323(a)(2) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 553) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘submit to the Committee on Transportation 

12 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

13 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

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

15 the Web site of the Department’’. 

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

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

18 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

19 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

20 Environment and Public Works of the Senate’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web site 

2 of the Department’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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