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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3446 
To provide for a competitive program making grants to seaport governing 
bodies for the acquisition of fuel efficient and low-emission equipment 
and systems at port facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2009 
Ms. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a competitive program making grants to sea-
port governing bodies for the acquisition of fuel efficient 
and low-emission equipment and systems at port facili-
ties. 
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 ‘‘Clean Low-Emission 
Authorization Nationwide (CLEAN) Ports Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to the United States Census Bu-
reau, United States ports handled $3.95 trillion in 
international trade for an all-encompassing range of 
goods and services in fiscal year 2007, with nearly 
1.4 billion tons, valued at $1.4 trillion, in water-
borne imports and exports alone. 
(2) According to the United States Census Bu-
reau, United States ports generated more than 
$23.2 billion in United States Customs duty reve-
nues in fiscal year 2007, representing 70 percent of 
all Customs duties collected. 
(3) According to the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the transportation sector accounted for 
about 27 percent of the total United States green-
house gas emissions in 2003, up from 24.8 percent 
in 1990. 
(4) According to the California Air Resources 
Board’s Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure Assess-
ment, which includes our Nation’s largest port com-
plex, marine emissions account for 30 percent of all 
diesel particulate matter in California. 
(5) According to a 2009 report published in 
Environmental Science and Technology, at least 
2,000 to 5,000 premature deaths per year in the 
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continental United States are caused by particulate 
pollution from oceangoing vessels. 
(6) According to the Department of Energy, 
transportation energy use is expected to increase 48 
percent between 2003 and 2025, despite modest im-
provements in the efficiency of vehicle engines. 
(7) According to a recent study conducted by 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion, it is estimated that 0.9 teragrams, or about 2.2 
million pounds, of particle pollution are emitted each 
year from shipping vessels on a global basis. 
(8) Using on-dock clean technologies such as 
smoke stack filtration, cold ironing, and low-emis-
sion port vehicles can remove up to 95 percent of ni-
trogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and particulate matter 
from the engines and boilers of vessels while at 
berth. 
(9) Using low-emission rail yard locomotives 
can cut air emissions by up to 80 percent and re-
duce diesel fuel use by 16 percent compared to con-
ventional diesel-powered locomotives used in switch-
ing service. 
(10) In the past years, the Nation’s busiest 
port complex, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long 
Beach, have achieved major pollution reductions 
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through the implementation of clean port tech-
nologies. Examples include the percent of vessel calls 
that switched to a cleaner fuel for auxiliary engines 
at berth, 100 percent in 2007 as compared to 14 
percent in 2005, and over 30 percent reduction in 
particulate matter emissions in just two years. Both 
ports are on target of cutting diesel-related particu-
late matter (PM) pollution by more than 47 percent, 
sulfur oxides (SOx) by more than 52 percent, and 
smog forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 
more than 45 percent within the next five years. 
(11) It is in the national interest of the United 
States to encourage and facilitate the acquisition 
and use of fuel efficient and low emission tech-
nologies and vehicles to reduce fuel use and pollution 
at and near ports, and enact environmentally friend-
ly shipping regulations such as lowering vessel 
speeds coming into and out of ports, which mitigate 
the environmental damage to the air quality in and 
around America’s port communities. 
SEC. 3. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND VEHICLES AT SEAPORTS. 
(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall develop and administer competitive 
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(A) reduce carbon dioxide emissions; 
(B) increase fuel efficiency in local port 
fleets; and 
(C) lead to the increased production of fuel 
efficient or clean vehicles from the American 
manufacturing industry. 
(4) MONITORING
EQUIPMENT.—The purchase 
or retrofitting of preexisting air monitoring equip-
ment that measures the level of air pollution such as 
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon mon-
oxide in and around ports. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of activities for which a grant is made under this section 
shall not exceed 90 percent. 
(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANTS.—The Secretary of 
Transportation shall develop an application process for 
grants under this section within 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2011, and annually thereafter during the term of 
the competitive grant program, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit to Congress a report on applications 
submitted, activities approved for funding, and the results 
of the competitive grant program, including the effects of 
the program on mitigating environmental damage. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary for carrying out this section. 
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