Norton Applauds Markup and Committee Passage of Two Bills with Bipartisan Support
The Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure marked up and passed Norton’s bill to make D.C. eligible for certain wastewater grants and her bipartisan bill with Rep. Mike Ezell (R-MS) to protect consumers from a specific type of fraud committed by residential moving companies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded today’s markup and passage of two of her bills by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I). One bill would make D.C. eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants under the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, and the second bill would equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with tools to protect consumers from fraud perpetrated by residential moving companies in the interstate transportation of household goods.
“I am pleased by today’s markup and passage of two of my bills with bipartisan support by the T&I Committee,” Norton said. “My bill to ensure D.C. is eligible for wastewater grants both as a state and as a municipality is consistent with the overall intent of the grant program and would enable D.C. to develop a comprehensive strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and recycling and implement a specific collection and treatment measures to remove these wastes from the wastewater stream.
"The second bill would clarify that FMCSA has the authority to assess civil penalties for violations of commercial regulations, and crucially, to withhold registration from applicants failing to provide verification details demonstrating they intend to operate legitimate businesses. Americans moving across state lines need to be able to have confidence in FMCSA-licensed companies transporting their physical belongings. I'm thankful for Rep. Ezell’s partnership in co-leading this bill with me and look forward to the bill’s progress in the Senate.”
“I'm pleased that the Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act, passed the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in a bipartisan manner,” Ezell said. “This solution would hold fraudulent actors in the transportation sector accountable while protecting individuals, trustworthy companies, and their employees. With this legislation advancing in Congress, we are one step closer to closing these loopholes that ultimately undermine consumer trust and harm our nation’s supply chain.”
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