Amend CSSB 28 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 55.006, Transportation Code (page 1, lines 37-48), strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:

(a)  The committee consists of nine [seven] members appointed [by the commission. The members shall be appointed] as follows:

(1)  one member from the Port of Houston Authority appointed by the commission;

(2)  three members who represent maritime ports on the upper Texas coast appointed by the commission; [and]

(3)  three members who represent maritime ports on the lower Texas coast appointed by the commission;

(5)  one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 56.003(b)(2), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 24-25), strike "under a Water Resources Reform and Development Act" and substitute "by the United States Congress".