Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act”.
National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include a revenue metric in the port network components to better achieve the policy goals of the National Multimodal Freight Network.
Sec. 2 National Multimodal Freight Network
Section 70103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (b)(2)(C) by inserting “, and the public ports of the United States that have a total annual value of cargo of at least $1,000,000,000, as identified by the United States Customs and Border Protection and reported by the Bureau of the Census” after “is available”; and
in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Required network components—In designating or redesignating the National Multimodal Freight Network, the Under Secretary shall ensure that the National Multimodal Freight Network includes the components listed under subsection (b)(2).”