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Remote Cost Relief and Supply Chain Efficiency Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Inflation

Summary

This bill directs federal transportation agencies to speed up port upgrades, simplify shipping permits, and improve freight and cold-storage capacity in remote and high-cost states. Its stated goal is to lower consumer and small business costs, especially for essentials like fuel and food, without adding new permanent regulations.

Full text

A bill to direct the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Maritime Administration and other relevant federal agencies, to reduce inflationary cost pressures in remote and high-cost states by accelerating port modernization grants, streamlining federal shipping and cargo permitting, improving seasonal freight and cold-storage capacity, and prioritizing fuel, food, and small business supply movement through existing freight programs, with implementation focused on practical cost reductions for consumers and businesses without creating new permanent regulatory burdens.

Sponsor

Marina ReedRepublican Party

Cosponsors

Debate

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