Freight FOCUS Act of 2010
Latest action · Sep 30, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Freight is the Future Of Commerce in the United States Act of 2010 or Freight FOCUS Act of 2010 - Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) an Office of Freight Planning and Development, which shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Freight Planning and Development.
Directs the Assistant Secretary to submit to Congress and publish on DOT's website a national freight plan for supporting freight movement for the next 20 years.
Directs the Secretary to establish a Freight Advisory Committee.
Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) establish a freight corridors of national significance program, and (2) designate such corridors.
Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to designate one entity to serve as a freight corridor coalition. Requires the freight corridor coalition to submit annually to the Assistant Secretary a freight corridor plan that includes, among other things, a prioritized list of projects that will improve the freight movement performance of the freight corridors of national significance. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make grants to states for such projects.
Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Assistant Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of at least $500 million; and (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of less than $500 million.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Goods Movement Trust Fund.
Increases by 12 cents the tax on the sale of diesel fuel used for the transportation of goods by highway. Transfers amounts equivalent to the increase in tax to the Fund.
Requires the Secretary to pay an amount based on a certain formula to purchasers of diesel fuel that is not used for the transportation of goods by highway in which such tax was paid. Allows an income tax credit in lieu of payment to certain tax exempt entities.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2010 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2010 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2010 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2010 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2010 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2010 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2010 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2010 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Sep 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Sep 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sep 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Sep 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Sep 29, 2010Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2010Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
- Sep 29, 2010Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
- Sep 29, 2010Referred to House Ways and Means
- Sep 29, 2010Referred to House Rules
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for merit-based investment in the freight transportation system of the United States to ensure economic growth, increase vitality and competitiveness in national and global markets, address goods mobility and accessibility issues, reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts of freight transportation, better public health conditions, enhance energy security, and improve the condition and connectivity of the freight transportation system, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Freight is the Future Of Commerce in the United States Act of 2010
- Freight FOCUS Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Aviation and airports
- Department of Transportation
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Infrastructure development
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Motor carriers
- Motor fuels
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Noise pollution
- Public contracts and procurement
- Railroads
- Roads and highways
- Sales and excise taxes
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2010Introduced in House
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