MOVEMENT Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 24, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 23, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Making Opportunities Via Efficient and More Effective National Transportation Act of 2008 or the MOVEMENT Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a national container fee to be collected on each cargo container imported into, or exported from, a covered U.S. seaport.
Establishes the National Goods Movement Improvement Account in which such fees shall be deposited.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a National Goods Movement Improvement Grant Program to provide grant funding for eligible projects, including goods movement improvement, homeland security, and environmental projects located at or near a covered U.S. seaport.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Sep 24, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 24, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Sep 23, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 23, 2008Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
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- Sep 23, 2008Introduced in House
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