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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 839
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include a revenue metric in
the port network components to better achieve the policy goals of the
National Multimodal Freight Network.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 29, 2019
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include a revenue
metric in the port network components to better achieve
the policy goals of the National Multimodal Freight Net-
work.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Multimodal
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Freight Network Improvement Act’’.
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL MULTIMODAL FREIGHT NETWORK.
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Section 70103 of title 49, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C) by inserting ‘‘, and
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the public ports of the United States that have a
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total
annual
value
of
cargo
of
at
least
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$1,000,000,000, as identified by the United States
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Customs and Border Protection and reported by the
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Bureau of the Census’’ after ‘‘is available’’; and
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(2) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(5) REQUIRED
NETWORK
COMPONENTS.—In
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designating
or
redesignating
the
National
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Multimodal Freight Network, the Under Secretary
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shall ensure that the National Multimodal Freight
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Network includes the components listed under sub-
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section (b)(2).’’.
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