[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1689 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1689

To provide regulatory fairness for crude oil producers, and to prohibit 
fee increases under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act without 
                       the approval of Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 1996

  Mr. Gramm (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide regulatory fairness for crude oil producers, and to prohibit 
fee increases under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act without 
                       the approval of Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crude Oil Transportation Fairness 
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY FAIRNESS FOR CRUDE OIL PRODUCERS.

    Section 5108(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(5)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who 
offers crude oil or condensates for transport in commerce shall not be 
required to file a registration statement or pay a fee otherwise 
required under this section if that person transfers title to the crude 
oil or condensates to a transporter at the time that the crude oil or 
condensates are initially transported in commerce from a storage 
location by the transporter.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to any person who transports 
crude oil in commerce in a quantity that is subject to the requirements 
of this section.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF FEE INCREASES WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS.

    Section 5108(g)(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
in the second sentence, by striking ``at least $250 but not more than 
$5,000'' and inserting ``not more than $250''.
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