Committee Approves Slate of Transportation & Infrastructure Measures - The Maritime Executive

Posted September 12, 2011 - The Maritime Executive

Washington, DC – The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved several legislative measures at a Committee markup today, including bills to reauthorize the United States Coast Guard, prohibit the United States from participating in a European Union emissions trading scheme that unfairly taxes U.S. airlines, and reauthorize pipeline safety programs in a manner that enhances safety efforts while providing the regulatory certainty that will encourage job creation.

The Committee approved the following measures:
• H.R. 2845, the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011
• H.R. 2594, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011
• H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011
• H.R. 2839, the Piracy Suppression Act of 2011
• H.R. 2844, the National Women’s History Museum and Federal Facilities Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2011
• General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions
H.R. 2845, the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011, reauthorizes and strengthens pipeline safety programs and ensures the regulatory certainty in pipeline transportation necessary to allow businesses to create jobs. The bill was introduced by Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and co-sponsored by Chairman Mica.

The bill, as well as a manager’s amendment offered by Chairman Shuster, passed unanimously today. The approved amendment represents an agreement on the Pipeline Safety bill between Committee Republicans and Democrats.
The bill authorizes federal pipeline safety programs through fiscal year 2015. It renews the federal commitment to improving safety while ensuring a reasonable regulatory process that does not ignore the need for regulatory certainty to provide job growth. Without such regulatory certainty, American businesses cannot create jobs.

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