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Short Titles - House of Representatives

Short Titles as Passed House

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

To provide for the use of funds in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the purposes for which the funds were collected and to ensure that funds credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used to support navigation, and for other purposes.


Actions Overview (4)

Date Actions Overview
10/28/2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 296 - 109 (Roll no. 585).(text: CR H8479-8480)
07/02/2019Committee on the Budget discharged.
07/02/2019Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-136, Part I.
05/01/2019Introduced in House

All Actions (18)

Date Chamber All Actions
10/29/2019SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
10/28/2019-7:08pmHouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10/28/2019-7:08pmHouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 296 - 109 (Roll no. 585). (text: CR H8479-8480)
10/28/2019-6:40pmHouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8519-8520)
10/28/2019-3:45pmHouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
10/28/2019-3:09pmHouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2440.
10/28/2019-3:09pmHouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8479-8484)
10/28/2019-3:08pmHouseMr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
07/02/2019HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 100.
07/02/2019HouseCommittee on the Budget discharged.
07/02/2019HouseReported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-136, Part I.
05/08/2019HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
05/08/2019HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
05/08/2019HouseSubcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
05/02/2019HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
05/01/2019HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
05/01/2019HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
05/01/2019HouseIntroduced in House

Cosponsors (21)


Committees (3)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Transportation and Infrastructure05/01/2019 Referred to
05/08/2019 Markup by
07/02/2019 Reported by H. Rept. 116-136
House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment05/02/2019 Referred to
05/08/2019 Discharged from
House Budget05/01/2019 Referred to
07/02/2019 Discharged from
Senate Budget10/29/2019 Referred to

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Latest Summary (3)

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Passed House (10/28/2019)

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

This bill provides a discretionary spending limit adjustment for full utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to ensure that funds are used to support navigation and maintain federally authorized harbors.

The bill makes certain amounts in the trust fund available, without appropriation, to pay

  • 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of specified portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes); and
  • up to 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all U.S. harbors and inland harbors.

The discretionary spending adjustment in a given fiscal year may not exceed the amount within the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund on the last day of the fiscal year that is two years prior to such fiscal year.