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Committee approves working group to study subsidies for waterborne cargo transport
Summary
Senate committees voted to pass SCR 150, asking the Department of Transportation to convene a working group to recommend federal, state, and county programs to subsidize waterborne cargo transport; the committee adopted technical amendments.
The committee passed SCR 150, which requests the Department of Transportation convene a working group to develop and recommend programs at federal, state and county levels to subsidize the transport of waterborne cargo.
During decision making the chair said the recommended amendments are technical and non‑substantive. Committee members corrected an earlier agenda numbering confusion and confirmed the measure would be advanced with the proposed edits. The committee adopted the motion to pass the measure with amendments.
The decision imposes no immediate subsidy program; rather, it directs DOT to convene stakeholders and report back with recommendations.
