I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5967 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain port authorities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2010 
Mr. NADLER of New York (for himself, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. CHU, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. ACK-
ERMAN, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. STARK, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. HARE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. HOLT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
KILROY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 
WEINER, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
BERMAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. BACA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ELLISON, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HALL of New York, 
Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LIPINSKI, 
Mr. ISRAEL, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain 
port authorities, 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 ‘‘Clean Ports Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY TO PORT FACILITIES. 
Section 14501(c) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘cargo,’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ‘‘, or the authority of a State, polit-
ical subdivision of a State, or political authority 
of 2 or more States to adopt requirements for 
motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles 
providing services at port facilities that are rea-
sonably related to the reduction of environ-
mental pollution, traffic congestion, the im-
provement of highway safety, or the efficient 
utilization of port facilities, if such require-
ments are in accordance with any other applica-
ble Federal law or regulation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) CLARIFICATION FOR PARAGRAPH (2).— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF PORT FACILITIES.— 
For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the term 
‘port facilities’ means all port facilities for 
coastwise, intercoastal, inland waterways, and 
Great Lakes shipping and overseas shipping, in-
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cluding, wharves, piers, sheds, warehouses, ter-
minals, yards, docks, control towers, container 
equipment, maintenance buildings, container 
freight stations and port equipment, including 
harbor craft, cranes, and straddle carriers. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF CLEAN AIR ACT.— 
Nothing in paragraph (2)(A) shall limit the au-
thority reserved to any State or a political sub-
division thereof under the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7401 et. seq).’’. 
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