Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century
Latest action · Feb 28, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century - Directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to impose a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee of 0.125% on all commercial cargo (except a U.S. export) that: (1) is unloaded from or loaded on a commercial vessel at a U.S. port, or (2) enters a U.S. point of entry.
Prescribes a special rule prohibiting the imposition of such fee on: (1) cargo (except crude oil with respect to Alaska) loaded on a vessel in a mainland U.S. port and transported for use or consumption in Alaska, Hawaii, or any U.S. possession; (2) cargo loaded on a vessel in Alaska, Hawaii, or any U.S. possession and transported for use or consumption in the U.S. mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. possession; (3) the unloading of such cargo in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. possession, or U.S. mainland, respectively; or (4) cargo loaded on a vessel in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. possession and unloaded in the state or U.S. possession in which loaded, or passengers transported on U.S.-flag vessels operating solely within Alaskan or Hawaiian waters and adjacent international waters.
Prohibits imposition of such fee on: (1) on the United States or any U.S. agency, or (2) a nonprofit organization or cooperative for cargo intended for use in humanitarian or development assistance overseas.
Requires use of up to $10 million of fees collected during any fiscal year for administrative expenses of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Transportation (DOT).
Makes certain fee allocations for: (1) harbor maintenance programs; (2) low-use ports; and (3) super donor ports to carry out projects or activities under a competitive grant for maritime improvement projects for movement of goods, as well as for other specified maritime improvement projects for movement of international maritime cargo.
Defines "super donor port" as a port for which average expenditures in the 5 previous fiscal years: (1) from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, for fiscal years beginning before enactment of this Act, are less than 10% percent of the total average amount of harbor maintenance taxes collected through landings at the port in such fiscal years; or (2) from the amounts collected for the Maritime Goods Movement User Fee, for fiscal years starting after enactment of this Act, are less than 10% of the total average amount of such fees collected through landings at the port.
Establishes a Competitive Grant Program for Goods Movement.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the harbor maintenance tax.
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent application of requirements that locally prevailing wages (Davis-Bacon Act) be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working on harbor maintenance improvement projects.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2014 to Jun 10, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 27, 2014 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Feb 27, 2014 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 27, 2014 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 27, 2014 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 27, 2014 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 25, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 10, 2014 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 27, 2014 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2014 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Feb 27, 2014Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E268)
- Feb 27, 2014Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E268 | Jim McDermott D-WA | Feb 27, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2065.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1509 | Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century | Related bill | Sep 17, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government trust funds
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Sales and excise taxes
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.