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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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Re-
ports Elimination Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.— 
(1) AIR
TRAFFIC
SERVICES
COMMITTEE
RE-
PORTS.—Section 106(p)(7) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (H); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 
subparagraph (H). 
(2) ANNUAL
SUMMARIES
OF
FINANCIAL
RE-
PORTS.—Subsection (k) of section 47107 of title 49, 
United States Code, is repealed. 
(3) PIPELINE
SAFETY
INFORMATION
GRANTS 
TO COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 60130 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(4) PILOT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE FINANC-
ING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT ANNUAL 
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REPORT.—Section 182 of the Vision 100—Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44502 
note) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(5) JUSTIFICATION FOR AIR DEFENSE IDENTI-
FICATION ZONE.—Section 602 of the Vision 100— 
Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public 
Law 108–176; 117 Stat. 2563), and the item relat-
ing to that section in the table of contents in section 
1(b) of that Act, are repealed. 
(6) STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT 
ENGINES TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS ANNUAL RE-
PORT.—Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Avia-
tion Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Cen-
tury (49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking 
subsection (c). 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 
(1) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHEN-
SIVE REPORT.—Section 118(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking paragraph (10); and 
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (11), 
(12), and (13) as paragraphs (10), (11), and 
(12), respectively. 
(2) GENERAL
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—The Indian Environmental General 
Assistance Program Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4368b) 
is amended by striking subsection (i). 
(3) RESEARCH PROGRAM RESPECTING OCEAN 
DUMPING
AND
OTHER
METHODS
OF
WASTE
DIS-
POSAL REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 204 of 
the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 
Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1444) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 
REPORTS. 
(a) MARINE SAFETY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 2116(d)(2)(B) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘under subsection (b); and’’ and inserting ‘‘under 
subsection (b), which shall include an identification 
of— 
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‘‘(i) the number of civilian and mili-
tary Coast Guard personnel assigned to 
marine safety positions; and 
‘‘(ii) marine safety positions that are 
understaffed for purposes of facilitating 
the strategy and achieving the goals de-
scribed in subsection (a); and’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 57 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), 
and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively. 
(b) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ANNUAL 
REPORT.— 
(1) CONSOLIDATION.—Section 70103 of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—On the date on which the 
President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes— 
‘‘(1) with respect to the last full fiscal year pre-
ceding the report— 
‘‘(A) a summary of— 
‘‘(i) security standards established 
pursuant to this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the level of compliance and steps 
taken to ensure compliance by ports, ter-
minals, vessel operators, and shippers with 
respect to security standards established 
pursuant to this section; and 
‘‘(B) a statement of the number of— 
‘‘(i) security zones established for ves-
sels containing especially hazardous cargo; 
and 
‘‘(ii) vessels containing especially haz-
ardous cargo provided a waterborne secu-
rity escort, subdivided by Federal, State, 
local, or private security provider; and 
‘‘(2) an assessment of any additional vessels, 
personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that 
may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to 
vessels containing especially hazardous cargo for 
which a security zone is established.’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) ESPECIALLY
HAZARDOUS
CARGO.— 
Section 70103(e) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ESPECIALLY
HAZARDOUS
CARGO
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection and subsection (f), the 
term ‘especially hazardous cargo’ means anhydrous 
ammonia, ammonium nitrate, chlorine, liquefied nat-
ural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any other sub-
stance, material, or group or class of material, in a 
particular amount and form that the Secretary de-
termines by regulation poses a significant risk of 
creating a transportation security incident while 
being transported in maritime commerce.’’. 
(B) VESSEL AND INTERMODAL SECURITY 
REPORTS.—Section 809 of the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (46 
U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘and 
(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i)’’; 
(ii) by striking subsection (i); and 
(iii) by redesignating subsections (j) 
and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respec-
tively. 
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(c) MODIFICATIONS.— 
(1) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS RE-
PORT.—Section 503(b)(8)(A) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 2013, 
and July 31’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2014, and 
July 31’’. 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 609 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘June 1, 
2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2014,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘De-
cember 1, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 
2014,’’. 
(3) PUBLIC
MASS
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS 
REPORT.—Section 308(e)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1998, 
and in March’’ and inserting ‘‘July 2014, and in 
July’’. 
(4) EVALUATION
AND
AUDIT
OF
NATIONAL 
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138(a) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘at least annually, but may be conducted’’. 
(5) BRIEFINGS.—Section 20017(b)(6) of MAP– 
21 (49 U.S.C. 5324 note; 126 Stat. 706) is amend-
ed— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting after 
‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after 
‘‘the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives’’. 
SEC. 4. PAPERLESS REPORTS. 
(a) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS ANNUAL RE-
PORT.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the 
following: ‘‘The Secretary shall make available to the pub-
lic on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, 
not later than April 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, 
a report on the progress being made by the State in imple-
menting projects to improve railway-highway crossings.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL BRIDGE
AND TUNNEL INVENTORY 
REPORT.—Section 144(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘submit to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘make avail-
able to the public on the Web site of the Department of 
Transportation’’. 
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(c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY 
PROGRAM REPORT.—Section 327 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(i) REPORT.—The Secretary shall make available to 
the public on the Web site of the Department of Transpor-
tation an annual report that describes the administration 
of the program.’’. 
(d) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS BIENNIAL RE-
PORT.—Section 402(n) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘TO CONGRESS’’ in the sub-
section heading; and 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘submit a report to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 
site of the Department of Transportation a report’’. 
(e) IN-VEHICLE ALCOHOL DETECTION DEVICE RE-
SEARCH REPORTS.—Section 403(h)(4) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘submit an annual 
report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Trans-
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portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘make 
available to the public on the Web site of the Department 
of Transportation an annual report’’. 
(f) NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN REPORTING.— 
Section 512(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘submitted’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘made available to the 
public, and updated biennially, on the Web site of the De-
partment of Transportation.’’. 
(g) 
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
REPORT.—Section 
515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of each year after the date of 
enactment of the Transportation Research and Inno-
vative Technology Act of 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
2014, and biennially thereafter,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘submit to Congress’’ and in-
serting ‘‘make available to the public on the Web 
site of the Department of Transportation’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘calendar 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 calendar years’’. 
(h) NATIONAL
FERRY
DATABASE
UPDATE
RE-
PORT.—Section 1801(e)(3) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
129 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and shall make any 
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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 require-
ments and consolidate or modify others, and for 
other purposes. 
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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