[Congressional Record Index (2012)]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21st CENTURY ACT (MAP-21)
Amendments
Enact (S. 1813), S504, S505, S536, S538, S539, S540, S541, S543
[9FE], S570, S571, S572, S573, S574, S575, S576, S577, S581,
S582 [13FE], S639, S640, S641, S642, S645, S646, S647, S650,
S651, S652, S653, S654, S655, S656, S657 [14FE], S686, S687,
S705, S706, S707, S708, S787, S788, S789, S790, S791, S792,
S794, S795, S796, S797 [15FE], S860, S861, S862, S863, S864,
S865, S866, S867, S870, S871, S872, S873, S874 [16FE], S913,
S914, S919, S924, S925, S926, S927, S928, S1018, S1019 [17FE],
S1051, S1052, S1053 [27FE], S1079, S1090, S1095, S1096, S1097
[28FE], S1151, S1152 [29FE], S1179, S1210, S1364, S1365, S1367
[1MR], S1385, S1386, S1387, S1389, S1392, S1395, S1396, S1397,
S1398, S1399 [5MR], S1426, S1427, S1429, S1430 [6MR], S1463,
S1464, S1466, S1467, S1468, S1470 [7MR], S1505, S1512, S1515,
S1517, S1531, S1533, S1534, S1535, S1544, S1548, S1556 [8MR],
S1573 [12MR], S1593, S1597, S1601, S1602, S1603, S1605, S1618
[13MR], S1647 [14MR], S1814 [19MR]
Analyses
National Rail System Preservation, Expansion, and Development
Act, S1655-S1657 [14MR]
Articles and editorials
Conservatives Should Break Transportation Bill Gridlock, S4707
[28JN]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]
Enact (H.R. 4348): consideration of conference report (see H.
Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 1813), S686 [15FE], S886 [17FE], S1372 [2MR], S1410
[6MR]
------motion to proceed, S382 [7FE], S420 [9FE]
Conference reports
Provisions (H.R. 4348), H4432-H4601 [28JN]
Letters
Provide the EPA additional time to issue achievable standards
for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process
heaters, and incinerators: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA, S1510, S1514
[8MR]
------W. Randall Rawson, American Boiler Manufacturers
Association, S1510 [8MR]
Provisions: Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition,
S404 [9FE]
------Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4752 [29JN]
------Transportation Construction Coalition, S416 [9FE]
Rights of conscience protection relative to Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act requirements for coverage of specific
items and services: Allison Herwitt, Human Rights Campaign
(organization), S1133 [29FE]
------Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society Cancer
Action Network, Inc., S1133 [29FE]
------Helen M. Alvare and Kim Daniel, S1117 [29FE]
------Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America's Health (organization),
S1133 [29FE]
------Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union,
S1133 [29FE]
------Patrick J. Kennedy, S1124 [29FE]
------several organizations, S1133, S1134 [29FE]
------several pediatric and adolescent health organizations,
S1134 [29FE]
Lists
Staff who worked on H.R. 4348, provisions, E1223 [11JY]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 4348): conference report, S4751, S4752 [29JN]
Enact (S. 1813), S382 [7FE], S686 [15FE], S1172, S1179 [1MR],
S1518 [8MR], S1605 [13MR], S1650 [14MR]
Remarks in House
Committee of Conference: tribute to members and staff, H4624,
H4625 [29JN], E1223 [11JY]
Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content in
transportation construction projects, H3795 [19JN]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal
Direct Stafford Loans, H4619, H4620, H4626 [29JN]
Dept. of Transportation: carry out a program to improve roadway
safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of
older drivers and pedestrians, H4624 [29JN]
------Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, H4623
[29JN]
------Safe Routes to School Program funding, E1238 [12JY]
Enact (H.R. 14), H1448 [21MR], H1519, H1520 [22MR], H1586,
H1594, H1595, H1603-H1608 [27MR], H1645, H1650, H1668, H1669
[28MR], H1746, H1747, H1750, H1756-H1761 [29MR], H1927, H1928,
H1930, H1935 [18AP], H1994 [19AP], E418 [22MR], E513, E514
[30MR], E539 [16AP]
Enact (H.R. 4348): conference report, H4608, H4616-H4630, H4636,
H4637 [29JN], H5634 [2AU], E1176 [28JN], E1205 [9JY], E1238
[12JY]
------consideration of conference report (H. Res. 717), H4609-
H4614 [29JN]
FEMA: restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance
Fund, H4619-H4623 [29JN]
Maritime Administration: Maritime Security Program and Cargo
Preference Program funding, H4623 [29JN]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: pension funding relief reforms,
H4627, H4628, H4629 [29JN]
Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and
provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials
generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels,
H4623 [29JN]
Roads and highways: remove privatized highways from
consideration in apportioning highway funding among States,
H4623 [29JN]
Territories: Territorial Highway Program funding, H4625, H4626
[29JN]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: clarify exemptions from certain Federal regulations
regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers during
planting and harvest seasons, S1603, S1604 [13MR]
------expand exemption from certain Federal regulations for
farmers to transport their products across State lines in farm
vehicles, S1440 [7MR], S1603 [13MR]
Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate
certain exemptions relative to railroads, S1129 [29FE], S1437
[7MR]
Budget: deficit, S1659 [14MR]
------reduce discretionary spending limits to offset Highway
Trust Fund spending, S1517, S1518, S1530, S1531 [8MR], S1604,
S1605 [13MR]
Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S823 [16FE],
S3873 [7JN]
------approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S605 [14FE],
S1495, S1502-S1505, S1515-S1517, S1519, S1523, S1525, S1530
[8MR], S1596, S1609 [13MR], S1651 [14MR]
Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content in
transportation construction projects, S1440 [7MR], S1602,
S1608 [13MR]
Corps of Engineers: prevent the spread of Asian carp into the
Great Lakes and their tributaries, S4742, S4752 [29JN]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal
Direct Stafford Loans, S4735, S4743, S4757 [29JN]
Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative
to insurance coverage of certain women's preventive health
services, S559 [13FE]
Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes program and the Secure Rural Schools and
Community-Self Determination Act, S1525-S1528 [8MR], S1609
[13MR], S1651 [14MR]
------reinstate Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing Program, S1505-S1507, S1523, S1526 [8MR]
Dept. of Transportation: allow funds to be used to repair or
reconstruct a bridge on non-National Highway Systems Federal-
aid highways, S1188 [1MR]
------allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain
percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement
projects, S405 [9FE]
------establish national safety standards for transit agencies
operating heavy rail on fixed guideway, S665 [15FE]
------grant States use of Congested Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement Program funds toward transit system programs,
S1131 [29FE]
------off-system bridge program funding, S1451 [7MR], S1535
[8MR], S1602 [13MR]
------Projects of National and Regional Significance Program
funding, S1131 [29FE]
Economy: importance of job creation, S421 [9FE], S2203 [29MR]
Enact (H.R. 4348), S3744 [6JN], S3813, S3815, S3827 [7JN], S3957
[12JN], S4114-S4118 [13JN], S4165, S4195 [14JN], S4659 [27JN]
------conference report, S4699, S4707, S4708, S4710-S4714, S4716
[28JN], S4735, S4741-S4744, S4747-S4764 [29JN], S4810-S4812
[10JY], S5178 [19JY]
Enact (S. 1813), S364-S366 [7FE], S423-S486 [9FE], S545, S550,
S559, S561 [13FE], S585, S587, S593-S595, S599, S605, S607,
S609 [14FE], S661-S665, S671, S672, S685-S690, S692-S697
[15FE], S818-S822, S826, S832, S836-S838, S842 [16FE], S880,
S885, S886, S892 [17FE], S1072, S1073, S1077-S1083, S1085
[28FE], S1104-S1110, S1112-S1139, S1141, S1142, S1155, S1156
[29FE], S1159-S1173, S1179, S1188, S1189 [1MR], S1371-S1373
[2MR], S1376 [5MR], S1405, S1407-S1410 [6MR], S1434, S1435,
S1437, S1440-S1443, S1448-S1452 [7MR], S1495-S1497, S1502-
S1536 [8MR], S1561-S1564, S1572, S1573 [12MR], S1583, S1589-
S1606, S1608, S1609 [13MR], S1639, S1641, S1644, S1645, S1647-
S1662, S1667 [14MR], S1729 [15MR], S1877 [21MR], S1955, S1986-
S1988 [22MR], S2009, S2013 [26MR], S2049, S2050, S2056-S2059,
S2062, S2076 [27MR], S2135, S2149, S2157 [28MR], S2202-S2204,
S2206, S2208, S2209 [29MR], S2314 [16AP], S2384-S2386 [17AP],
S2458, S2476, S2487 [18AP], S2590 [23AP], S3067 [10MY]
------motion to proceed, S400-S406, S414-S417, S420-S423 [9FE]
------unanimous-consent agreement, S838 [16FE], S1455 [7MR],
S1573 [12MR], S1814 [19MR]
------unanimous-consent request, S1409, S1410 [6MR]
EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for
industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process
heaters, and incinerators, S1508-S1511, S1513, S1514, S1523,
S1528 [8MR], S1573 [12MR]
FEMA: restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance
Fund, S4699 [28JN], S4735, S4743, S4755, S4757 [29JN]
Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems,
fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal
wetland of Gulf Coast States, and provide Land and Water
Conservation Fund funding, S1507, S1524, S1529 [8MR], S1661
[14MR], S2076 [27MR], S2208 [29MR], S2476 [18AP]
Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the
State's contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway
program apportionment, S1592 [13MR]
Mining and mineral resources: Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
funding, S4755 [29JN]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of motorcoaches, S1188 [1MR],
S5178 [19JY]
Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline
consistent with current law, prohibit export of crude oil
transported by the pipeline, and require use of U.S. iron,
steel, and manufactured goods in construction, S1525, S1529
[8MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of
conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific
items and services, S1077-S1082 [28FE], S1104-S1110, S1112,
S1113, S1115, S1132-S1139, S1141 [29FE], S1159-S1173 [1MR]
Pensions: reform funding rules, S1659 [14MR]
Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal,
S1142 [29FE]
Power resources: provide for offshore and oil shale energy
development and energy-related tax incentives, S1523 [8MR],
S1596 [13MR], S1650, S1651 [14MR]
Railroads: allow Federal funds made available for purchase of
rolling stock to be used to purchase any equipment used for
high-speed rail, S1652 [14MR]
------change railcar procurement rules for transit systems to
allow up to 5 years for delivery of railcars after delivery of
1st railcar, S559 [13FE]
Roads and highways: assess need for environmental reviews and
approval requirements for certain emergency highway
construction projects, S1647-S1650 [14MR]
------increase Federal cost share for emergency relief permanent
repairs in extreme disasters, S1648 [14MR]
------prohibit imposition of new tolls on the Federal-aid
system, S1592 [13MR], S1648, S1649 [14MR]
------provide States with additional flexibility to implement
tolls on interstate highways, S1648, S1649 [14MR]
------remove privatized highways from consideration in
apportioning highway funding among States, S1593-S1596 [13MR]
Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S1435 [7MR]
Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping
Federal programs, S1512, S1513, S1518, S1528 [8MR]
Staff: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 1813,
provisions, S1644 [14MR]
Taxation: adjust gasoline tax rates with inflation, S1448-S1450
[7MR]
------encourage alternative energy investments and job creation,
S1561-S1564 [12MR], S1591, S1600 [13MR]
------extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code, S1523 [8MR], S1596, S1597 [13MR], S1650, S1651 [14MR]
------extend production tax credit for wind power, S832 [16FE]
------extend tax credits for clean energy programs, S1572
[12MR], S1599 [13MR]
------restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax
havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S1532, S1533
[8MR]
------terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the
corporate income tax rate, S1599 [13MR], S1651 [14MR]
Transportation: allow States to permit non-highway uses in rest
areas along any highway, S1534 [8MR], S1605 [13MR]
------allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation
priorities, S1534 [8MR], S1592, S1604 [13MR]
------empower States with authority for most taxing and spending
for highway and mass transit programs, S1594, S1595 [13MR]
------maintain competitive market by ensuring equal treatment of
contract rail operators, S1536 [8MR]
------modify gas tax apportionment formula to ensure that the
percentage of funds received by a State is the same as the
percentage of total gas taxes paid by the State, S1535 [8MR],
S1601 [13MR]
Reports filed
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4348, Provisions:
Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112-558),
H4603 [28JN]
Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4348) (H. Rept. 112-
557), H4603 [28JN]
------Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S.
1813), S350 [6FE]
Testimonies
Rights of Conscience Protection Relative to Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act Requirements for Coverage of Specific
Items and Services: Sandra Fluke, Georgetown University Law
Students for Reproductive Justice, S1135 [29FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 4348, provisions, H4609
[29JN]
S. 1813, provisions, S423-S484 [9FE]