I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5846 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide 
grants to motor carriers and motor private carriers to transport goods 
during a national emergency or a period of time in which there is 
a certain percentage of port congestion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2021 
Mr. MANN (for himself, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
AUSTIN
SCOTT
of Georgia, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. 
CAWTHORN, Mr. VALADAO, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 
program to provide grants to motor carriers and motor 
private carriers to transport goods during a national 
emergency or a period of time in which there is a certain 
percentage of port congestion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truckers Responding 
At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil 
Act’’ or the ‘‘TRANSPORT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a program to provide grants to motor 
carriers and motor private carriers (as such terms are de-
fined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code) 
to transport goods from a port to a final destination point 
or to a point that is easily accessible by another form of 
transport during a covered period. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program estab-
lished under subsection (a) are to— 
(1) anticipate any market disruption caused by 
a national emergency; 
(2) strengthen the local and regional supply 
chain; and 
(3) model nimbleness and responsiveness in 
emergency situations. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any recipient of a 
grant under this section who complies with regulations set 
forth in chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, may operate a commercial motor vehicle in any 
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State to transport goods from a port to a destination point 
during a covered period, regardless of whether such recipi-
ent complies with regulations for the operation of a com-
mercial motor vehicle in such State. 
(d) DEFINITION OF COVERED PERIOD.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period— 
(1) beginning on the date on which the Presi-
dent declares a national emergency under section 
201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1621) and ending on the date on which such na-
tional emergency is terminated; or 
(2) beginning on the date on which the Sec-
retary makes a determination that a port is con-
gested by at least 50 percent and ending on the date 
on which the Secretary determines that congestion 
at such port is less than 49 percent for at least 60 
consecutive days. 
(e) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any unobligated funds made available under the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) 
or the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) may be used 
to carry out this Act. 
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