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Transportation And Treasury

  • 24. H.R. 3783, Surface Transportation Extension Act to extend funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs for an additional four months through June 30, 2004, pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and provide $25.2 billion in contract authority for federal-aid highway programs. Yes.  Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 2/11/04.
  • 85. H.R. 3786, to authorize the secretary of Treasury to produce currency, postage stamps and other security documents for foreign governments, provided that the foreign government reimburses the U.S. for the costs of production. Yes.  Passed 422-2, under suspension of rules. 3/25/04.
  • 86. H.R. 2993, to extend the Commemorative Coin Program, which issues a commemorative quarter for each state, for an additional year through 2009 and add the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories to the program. Yes.  Passed 411-14, under suspension of rules. 3/25/04.
  • 106. H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users, reauthorization of the federal-aid highway program. Amendment to subtract the amount that states receive in high priority program earmarks from their formula totals for the surface transportation program. No.  Failed 60-367. 4/1/04.
  • 107. H.R. 3550.  Amendment to allow states to receive toll credits – government credits that match toll revenues – for any local, state, or private funds contributed to a toll project that exceed the minimum non-federal 20 percent threshold required for federal matching funds. No. Failed 50-376. 4/1/04.
  • 108. H.R. 3550. Amendment to provide for a 400-pound weight limit exclusion for any heavy-duty motor vehicle equipped with an idling reduction technology verified by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. No.  Failed 198-228. 4/1/04.
  • 109. H.R. 3550. Amendment to exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from new hours-of-service regulations which increased required rest periods for truckers by two hours. No.  Passed 365-62. 4/1/04.
  • 110. H.R. 3550. Amendment to increase the allowable weight of vehicles permitted to travel on Interstate highways 93 and 80 in New Hampshire from 80,000 to 99,000 pounds, while also instructing the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to study the impact of the changes. No.  Failed 90-334. 4/2/04.
  • 111. H.R. 3550. Amendment to replace a provision in the bill to implement new tolls on existing highway lanes and continue charging tolls indefinitely, with language that would permit tolls only on new voluntary-use lanes until the new lanes are paid for. No.  Passed 231-193. 4/2/04.
  • 112. H.R. 3550. Amendment to include high priority projects and projects of “regional and national significance” within the minimum guarantee of funds provided to each state, making the bill consistent with current law, and provide that money saved by the calculation change would be returned to core highway programs, including Interstate maintenance, the National Highway System, surface transportation and bridges. Yes.  Failed 170-254. 4/2/04.
  • 113. H.R. 3550. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with instructions to increase funding for the bill to the Senate-passed level of $318 billion. No.  Failed 198-225. 4/2/04.
  • 114. H.R. 3550. On passage of the bill to authorize $284 billion for federal-aid highway, mass transit, safety and research programs from FY 2004 to 2009 and provide a funding freeze in FY 2006 and after unless legislation is enacted that would ensure that states get back at least 95 percent of the dollars the states provide to the Highway Trust Fund by FY 2009. Yes.  Passed 357-65. 4/2/04.
  • 134. H.R. 4129, to extend funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund for an additional two months through June 30, 2004, pending enactment of legislation to reauthorize the federal-aid highway program. Yes.  Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 4/28/04.
  • 148. H.R. 2443, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on a provision in the House-passed bill requiring foreign-flag vessels to have their vessel security plans approved by the Coast Guard before entering the United States. Yes.  Passed 395-19. 5/6/04.
  • 227. H.R. 3550, federal-aid highway and transit programs reauthorization. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the “Safe Routes to School” provisions in the House-passed bill, which would provide $1 billion over six years for a grant program that encourages walking and biking by students. Yes.  Passed 377-30. 6/3/04.
  • 288. H.R. 4635, to extend funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs for an additional month through July 31, 2004, and provide $27 billion in contract authority for federal-aid highway programs. Yes.  Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 6/23/04.
  • 404. H.R. 2443, to adopt the conference report on the bill to authorize appropriations for Coast Guard and maritime transportation programs and activities. Yes.  Passed 425-1. 7/21/04.
  • 411. H.R. 4056, to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a process for certifying missile defense systems to protect airports and airplanes from shoulder-fired weapons and encourage the president to pursue international diplomatic efforts to address the threat of such weapons to commercial aviation. Yes.  Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 7/22/04.
  • 452. H.R. 5025,  FY 2005 Transportation-Treasury appropriations. Amendment to strike a section of the bill to prohibit the Treasury Department from using funds to implement  regulations that permit financial institutions to accept the Mexican “matricula consular” identification card as a form of identification. No.  Passed 222-177. 9/14/04.
  • 453. H.R. 5025. Amendment to add a section to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enter into contracts with companies located in Bermuda, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Antigua or Panama. No.  Failed 189-211. 9/14/04.
  • 454. H.R. 5025. Amendment to increase funding for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network within the Treasury Department by $25.5 million to improve the agency’s ability to combat terrorist financing and prevent money laundering, and offset the cost by reductions in General Services Administration accounts for building operations and rentals. Yes.  Passed 360-37. 9/14/04.
  • 455. H.R. 5025. Amendment to reduce discretionary spending in the bill by 1 percent across-the- board. No.  Failed 69-333. 9/15/04.
  • 456. H.R. 5025 .  Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to implement or establish health savings or reimbursement accounts under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Yes.  Failed 181-223. 9/15/05.
  • 457. H.R. 5025. Amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to implement the revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 2003, to streamline regulations relating to the public-private competition for federal jobs and services. No.  Passed 210-187. 9/21/04.
  • 458. H.R. 5025. Amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to overturn a July 31, 2003, district court ruling which determined that IBM Corporation’s conversion of its pension plan to a cash-balance plan violated the pension’s age-discrimination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No.  Passed 237-162. 9/21/04.
  • 459. H.R. 5025. Amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to enter into or renew any contract for a high-deductible health plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program that does not require enrollees to remain enrolled for at least three consecutive years from the date of initial enrollment. Yes.  Failed 175-224. 9/21/04.
  • 460. H.R. 5025. Amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to implement, administer or enforce amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations relating to restrictions on travel to Cuba that allow individuals to visit immediate relatives there once every three years for a maximum of two consecutive weeks. No.  Passed 225-174. 9/21/04.
  • 461. H.R. 5025. Amendment to add a section to the bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer or enforce the economic embargo on Cuba. No.  Failed 188-225. 9/22/04.
  • 462. H.R. 5025. Amendment to prohibit the Transportation Department from using funds in the bill to implement or enforce a proposed regulation to provide foreign-operated or foreign-built trucks operating in the United States with a 24-month exemption to comply with federal safety standards before the final rule’s effective date. Yes.  Passed 339-70. 9/22/04.
  • 463. H.R. 5025. On demand for a separate vote, amendment to prohibit funds being used to pay the salaries of Treasury Department employees who take any actions that would take money from or suspend investment into various federal trust funds, including the Social Security Trust Funds, the Military Retirement Trust Fund and the Unemployment Trust Fund, in order to circumvent the federal debt limit. Yes.  Passed 404-8. 9/22/04. [Note: amendment was agreed to in the Committee of the Whole by voice vote on September 21.]
  • 464. H.R. 5025. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Appropriations Committee with instructions to restore funding for several programs and agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Transit Administration and the Surface Transportation Board. No. Failed 201-210. 9/22/04.
  • 465. H.R. 5025. On passage of the bill to provide FY 2005 appropriations for the departments of Transportation and Treasury. Yes.  Passed 397-12. 9/22/04.
  • 480. H.R. 5183, surface transportation programs extension. Motion to recommit the bill to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with instructions to increase each number in the bill by 12.85 percent. No.  Failed 199-218. 9/30/04.
  • 481. H.R. 5183. On passage of the bill to extend funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs for an additional eight months through May 31, 2005. Yes.  Passed 409-8. 9/30/04.
  • 541. H.R. 5382, to authorize the Federal Aviation Administration to regulate the commercial human space flight industry. Yes.  Passed 269-120, under suspension of rules. 11/20/04.