Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
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.
- IntroducedNov 5, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee to advise DOT on matters related to Arctic maritime transportation, including Arctic seaway development.
The committee must
- develop a set of policy recommendations that would enhance the leadership role played by the United States in improving the safety and reliability of Arctic maritime transportation in accordance with customary international maritime law,
- consider establishing a congressionally chartered seaway development corporation modeled on the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and
- provide advice and recommendations to DOT on Arctic marine transportation.
The bill requires any Special Representative for the Arctic Region appointed by the Department of State to coordinate any activities recommended by the committee's implementation plan and to facilitate multilateral dialogues with member and observer nations of the Arctic Council.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2019 to Dec 11, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Nov 5, 2019 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Nov 5, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Dec 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Nov 5, 2019Markup Dec 11, 2019Reported Nov 16, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-295.
- Nov 16, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
- Dec 11, 2019Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Nov 5, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 24, 2020S. 2786, Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 11, 2019
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a Federal advisory committee to provide policy recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on positioning the United States to take advantage of emerging opportunities for Arctic maritime transportation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Advisory bodies
- Arctic and polar regions
- Arctic Ocean
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federally chartered organizations
- International organizations and cooperation
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2020Reported to Senate
- Nov 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
