S.Amdt. 4582

SA 4582. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 834 and insert the following:

SEC. 834. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL CARGO FROM THE HARBOR MAINTENANCE TAX.

(a) In General.--Section 4462 is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subjection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

“(i) Exemption for Certain Short Sea Shipping Cargo.--

“(1) In general.--No tax shall be imposed under section 4461(a) with respect to commercial cargo contained in intermodal cargo containers and loaded by crane on a vessel, or commercial cargo loaded on a vessel by means of wheeled technology--

“(A) that is loaded at a port in the United States mainland and unloaded at another port in the United States mainland after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System, or

“(B) that is loaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System and unloaded at a port in the United States mainland.

“(2) United states mainland.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘United States mainland' has the meaning given such term in subsection (b).

“(3) Great lakes saint lawrence seaway system.--For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System' means the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota and Sept. Iles, Quebec, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.”.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.