[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2379 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2379

 To prohibit the transportation of certain volatile crude oil by rail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2015

  Mrs. Lowey (for herself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the transportation of certain volatile crude oil by rail.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL BY RAIL.

    (a) Amendment.--Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 20168. Transportation of crude oil.
    ``(a) Initial Rule.--Effective on the date of enactment of this 
section, no crude oil with a Reid vapor pressure level greater than 8.5 
psi may be transported by rail in interstate commerce.
    ``(b) Maximum Volatility Standard.--The Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
establish an appropriate national standard for the maximum volatility 
of crude oil to be permitted to be shipped by rail.
    ``(c) Subsequent Rule.--After a standard is established under 
subsection (b), no crude oil with a volatility level greater than that 
standard may be transported by rail in interstate commerce, and the 
rule under subsection (a) shall expire.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections of such subchapter 
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 20167 the 
following:

``20168. Transportation of crude oil.''.
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