[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3290 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3290

 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 13, 2019

  Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Sherman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
and Energy and Commerce, 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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