I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 572 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain port authorities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2011 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. STARK, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WU, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. WEINER, Mr. BERMAN, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
MORAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. 
HIRONO, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. 
THOMPSON
of 
California, 
Mrs. 
LOWEY, 
Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
PAYNE, and Mr. INSLEE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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 
2011’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY TO PORT FACILITIES. 
Section 14501(c) of title 49, United States Code, 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 adoption or en-
forcement of such requirements does not con-
flict with any other applicable 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 
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coastwise, intercoastal, inland waterways, and 
Great Lakes shipping and overseas shipping, in-
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 (1) shall limit the rights 
reserved to any State or a political subdivision 
thereof under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.).’’. 
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