S 3273
115th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Product development and innovation
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Technology assessment
Transportation programs funding
Port Operations, Research, and Technology Act
Introduced: July 25, 2018
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 20, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
Aug 20, 2018
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-324.
Aug 1, 2018
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 25, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 25, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Port Operations, Research, and Technology Act
Ports Improvement Act
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to make grants to states or other entities with a transportation function to assist them in funding projects to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports.
Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise Act
The bill also requires the Coast Guard to establish a Blue Technology Center of Expertise.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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