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To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress. 9/9/2008--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to terminate, by September 6, 2008, the one-year cross-border pilot project started on September 6, 2007, as part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border motor carrier provisions, to demonstrate the ability of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate safely in the United States beyond the commercial zones along the U.S.-Mexico border. Prohibits the Secretary, unless expressly authorized by Congress, from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial [...]

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  • 09/10/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • 09/09/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7913-7918)
  • 09/09/2008 - Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-833.
  • 09/09/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.
  • 09/09/2008 - Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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