Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act

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11 cosponsors · 7 D, 4 R

10 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 16, 2005

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act

Latest action (Mar 16, 2005): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2851)

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 16, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.