S.1298: Port Performance Act

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  • Introduced May 12, 2015
  • Latest Major Action Nov. 5, 2015

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Port Performance Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to: (1) establish a port performance statistics program to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of the nation's top 25 ports by tonnage, by 20-foot equivalent unit, and by dry bulk; and (2) submit annual reports that include statistics on capacity and throughput at such ports. The BTS shall collect monthly port performance measures...

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Nov. 5, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.
Nov. 5, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-164. Additional views filed.
June 25, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 12, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 12, 2015

Introduced in the Senate by John Thune (R-S.D.)

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