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06.27.2008
Senate Passes Maritime Pollution Prevention Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate approved H.R. 802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act (MARPOL Annex VI) by unanimous consent late yesterday. Reported by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with an amendment sponsored by Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), H.R. 802 would require the Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prescribe regulations to implement vessel air emission standard...
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06.27.2008
Stevens Praises DOT’s “When Kids Fly Alone” Booklet
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06.27.2008
Oceans Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Fishing Safety
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces an Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing on Fishing Safety: The Policy Implications of Cooperatives and Vessel Improvements...
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06.26.2008
Commerce Committee Reschedules Hearing to Explore Privacy Implications of Online Advertising
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces that the Full Committee hearing on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising, originally scheduled for June 18, has been rescheduled for July 9, 2008, a...
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06.25.2008
CPSC Conferees Agree to 21 Provisions
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.), Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), and Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) announce that at today’s Conference Committee Meeting for H.R. 4040, th...
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06.25.2008
Commerce Committee POSTPONES Hearing on Summer Air Travel Outlook
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces that the Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee hearing on The Outlook for Summer Air Travel: Addressing Congestion and Delay, scheduled ...
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06.24.2008
Commerce Committee Announces Witnesses for Summer Air Travel Hearing
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for an Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee hearing on The Outlook for Summer Air Travel: Addressing Congestion and Delay...
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In previous decades, the Committee was much smaller than its current membership of 23 Senators. For example, in the 81st Congress (1949-50) it had only 13 Members. In the 86th Congress (1959-60) it had 18 Members.
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