[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5443 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5443

 To provide for mandamus actions under chapter 601 of title 49 of the 
                          United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2016

Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Sherman, 
 and Mr. Rangel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 
 the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for mandamus actions under chapter 601 of title 49 of the 
                          United States Code.

    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 ``PHMSA Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS BY PRIVATE PERSONS.

    Section 60121 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Mandamus.--A person may bring a civil action in an 
appropriate district court of the United States to compel the Secretary 
to perform a nondiscretionary duty under this chapter that the 
Secretary has failed to perform.''.
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