National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-839
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-29
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the network components of the National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires </p> <ul> <li>the interim NMFN to include public ports of the United States that have a total annual cargo value of at least $1 billion, and </li> <li>the final NMFN to include all specified interim network components when the Department of Transportation designates or redesignates the network. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 839 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2019 Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to include a revenue metric in the port network components to better achieve the policy goals of the National Multimodal Freight Network.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act . 2. National Multimodal Freight Network Section 70103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(C) by inserting , and the public ports of the United States that have a total annual value of cargo of at least $1,000,000,000, as identified by the United States Customs and Border Protection and reported by the Bureau of the Census after is available ; and (2) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following: (5) Required network components In designating or redesignating the National Multimodal Freight Network, the Under Secretary shall ensure that the National Multimodal Freight Network includes the components listed under subsection (b)(2). .