[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 719 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 719

  To amend section 10501 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude 
       solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface 
                         Transportation Board.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2007

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Reed) 
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 amend section 10501 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude 
       solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface 
                         Transportation Board.

    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 ``Clean Railroads Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO EXCLUDE SOLID WASTE FACILITIES FROM THE 
              JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.

    Section 10501 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``facilities,'' in subsection (b)(2) and 
        inserting ``facilities (except solid waste management 
        facilities (as defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903))),''; and
            (2) by striking ``over mass transportation provided by a 
        local governmental authority.'' in subsection (c)(2) and 
        inserting ``over--
            ``(A) mass transportation provided by a local governmental 
        authority; or
            ``(B) the processing or sorting of solid waste.''.
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