[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1929-S1930]
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SA 800. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs.
Murray, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting
forth the
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congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025; as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CRUDE-BY-RAIL SAFETY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the safe movement of crude oil by rail, which may
include--
(1) strengthening design standards for rail tank cars;
(2) rapidly phasing out the legacy rail tank car fleet for
crude-by-rail operations;
(3) improving railroad operations to reduce derailments;
(4) limiting the volatility of crude oil shipped by rail;
(5) disclosing crude-by-rail train movements to States and
first responders; or
(6) increasing resources that provide for the training and
equipping of first responders to respond to worst-case
accidents,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2025.
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