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MOVEMENT Act of 2009

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
May 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
May 12, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 12, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 12, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Opportunities Via Efficient and More Effective National Transportation Act of 2009 or the MOVEMENT Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a National Goods Movement Improvement Program to provide funding for projects to improve the movement of goods in interstate commerce, to provide security for such goods in transit, and to mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods. Terminates such program after FY2018.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to finance the projects authorized by this Act; and (2) impose the harbor maintenance excise tax on commercial cargo entering the customs territory of the United States other than by port use following foreign port use.

What's happening now May 13, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 12, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2355: MOVEMENT Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2355/
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"H.R. 2355: MOVEMENT Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2355/.
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H.R. 2355, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2355/.
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