Title: Expressing support for shipping on the Great Lakes and the potential for international container ship commerce.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This resolution supports (1) reducing congestion at high-volume coastal ports and expanding options for importing and exporting goods, and (2) the potential for more international container ship traffic through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes ports.
The resolution also expresses support for Great Lakes and inland waterway ports and their current and future role in international trade commerce.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 818 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 818

 Expressing support for shipping on the Great Lakes and the potential 
               for international container ship commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2021

   Mr. Stauber (for himself and Mr. Bergman) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
 and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for shipping on the Great Lakes and the potential 
               for international container ship commerce.

Whereas the United States is currently experiencing the worst peacetime supply 
        chain issues and delays in history;
Whereas container cargo ships sit idle off the coast of California;
Whereas some container ships sit idle there for up to 30 days;
Whereas ports on the West Coast have failed to accept cargo container ships in a 
        timely and efficient manner;
Whereas businesses are waiting weeks and sometimes months to receive expected 
        shipments, resulting in higher consumer prices;
Whereas 85 percent of American adults are concerned that supply chain problems 
        may lead to shortages of basic items;
Whereas President Biden's 100-Day Reviews under Executive Order 14017, 
        ``Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, 
        and Fostering Broad-Based Growth'', makes no mention of current Great 
        Lakes shipping operations or future potential;
Whereas the Great Lakes consist of Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake 
        Ontario, and Lake Superior, and border the States of Michigan, 
        Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New 
        York;
Whereas the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway navigation system handles 
        160,000,000 tons of cargo annually;
Whereas Great Lakes Seaway shipping supports over 237,000 jobs;
Whereas Great Lakes Seaway shipping supports over $35,000,000,000 in annual 
        economic activity; and
Whereas while West Coast ports have experienced delays and a collapse of basic 
        supply chain operations, Great Lakes ports over the same period have 
        experienced no delays or backups: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports reducing congestion at high-volume coastal 
        ports and expanding options for importing and exporting goods;
            (2) supports the potential for more international container 
        ship traffic through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes 
        ports; and
            (3) expresses support for Great Lakes and inland waterway 
        ports and their current and future role in international trade 
        commerce.
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