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Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act

Introduced: March 16, 2005 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Mar 16, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2851)
Mar 16, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2850-2851)
Mar 16, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.

Amends Federal highway law to make ferry maintenance (currently, only terminal) facilities eligible for Federal funding.

Amends Federal transportation law to include ferries within the Federal clean fuels program.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a Ferry Joint Program Office to coordinate Federal programs affecting ferry boat and facility construction, maintenance, and operation, and to promote ferry service as a component of the Nation's transportation system; (2) maintain a national ferry database containing ferry routes, vessels, passengers and vehicles carried, funding sources, and related information; and (3) make grants to an institution of higher education to establish a National Ferry Transportation Institute for research, development, and training programs, relating to U.S. ferry transportation systems.

What's happening now March 16, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2851)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 16, 2005
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 16, 2005
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 16, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 638: Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-638/
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"S. 638: Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-638/.
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