Policies for Committee Consideration Chair's Mark

Policies for Committee Consideration

The Transportation Committee will meet to consider expiring policy resolutions, new policies or amendment language, and other lobbying interests during the Committee Business Meeting on Monday, August 6, 2007 during the NCSL 2007 Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (www.ncsl.org/annualmeeting).

The Committee Business Meeting will take place August 6th from 3:00p to 4:00p in room 258B of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Oregon Senator Bruce Starr, Chair of the Transportation Committee, will preside. Policy drafts referred by Massachusetts Senator Richard Moore, the Chair of the Standing Committees’ Steering Committee, for Transportation Committee consideration at the Annual Meeting are listed in the order in which Senator Starr anticipates taking them up.

Motor Carrier Regulation (Renewal; Committee Discussion Draft, April 9, 2007)

Hazardous Materials Transportation (Renewal; Chair’s Mark, July 25, 2007)

Waterways and Ports (Renewal; Chair’s Mark, July 25, 2007)

New item Importance of Rail to the Agriculture and Energy Sectors

Maintain Highway Trust Fund Solvency Action Calendar Resolution

NCSL Urges Congress to Fix and Fund the REAL ID Action Calendar Resolution (New, following review by Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Task Force)

New item Cable Median Barriers Research Action Calendar Resolution

For more information about the Transportation Committee, including the Committee’s agenda for Annual Meeting, or any questions about NCSL's policy process, contact Jeremy Meadows or Christopher Coleman in NCSL's Washington office (202-624-5400).

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