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The House of Representatives has passed its version of the Treasury Appropriations Bill, which includes funding for the Customs Service’s new Automated Commercial Environment.

The Department of Transportation is inviting non-governmental organizations to attend a North American Free Trade Agreement meeting to be held in San Juan del Rio, Mexico, Oct. 23-27.

In the news this morning: Oil dips on SPR release speculation; Canadian National to expand RoadRailer intermodal service; Rollins Leasing expects lower 4Q earnings; and more.

U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said Thursday a decision by President Clinton on whether to tap into the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was “imminent,” Reuters reports.

Today's technology headlines: Metricom expands its high-speed wireless services; new e-commerce Tool levels Internet playing field for smaller carriers; Aether buys Motient's transport communications unit; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Rising fuel prices may hammer European truck sales; Summers says Gore's plan to tap SPR could be appropriate; Oklahoma not OK as fire spreads; and more news to come.

American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. took his case for trucking industry relief from soaring fuel prices to two of the nation’s leading media venues Thursday, The Washington Post and cable news channel CNBC.

Vice President Al Gore on Thursday morning called on President Clinton to tap the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, to push down high fuel prices before winter hits, news agencies are reporting.

Canada’s National Safety Code for trucking is being implemented inconsistently at the provincial level, according to a federal study.

The executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says American Trucking Associations is hurting his group’s efforts to get a national fuel surcharge law by remaining neutral on the plan.