[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2936 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2936

   To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from imposing certain 
   requirements relating to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in 
                   liquefied compressed gas service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 1997

  Mr. Bachus (for himself, Ms. Danner,  Mr. Pickering, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
   Coble, and Mrs. Emerson) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from imposing certain 
   requirements relating to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in 
                   liquefied compressed gas service.

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

SECTION 1. UNLOADING OF CARGO TANK VEHICLES IN LIQUEFIED COMPRESSED GAS 
              SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may not impose any 
requirement under chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, or any 
other provision of law that, in the case of the unloading of a cargo 
tank vehicle in liquefied compressed gas service, has the effect of--
            (1) requiring more than 1 attendant for the unloading; or
            (2) preventing the attendant from being positioned at the 
        customer storage tank during the unloading.
    (b) Regulations.--Any regulation issued by the Secretary before the 
date of the enactment of this Act that is inconsistent with subsection 
(a) shall no longer be effective.
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