[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3063. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Manchin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. 
Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the 
energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 310__. ETHANE STORAGE STUDY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Secretary of 
     Commerce, in consultation with other relevant Federal 
     departments and agencies and stakeholders, shall conduct a 
     study of the feasibility of establishing an ethane storage 
     and distribution hub in the Marcellus, Utica, and Rogersville 
     shale plays in the United States.
       (b) Contents.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) an examination of, with respect to the proposed ethane 
     storage and distribution hub--
       (A) potential locations;
       (B) economic feasibility;
       (C) economic benefits;
       (D) geological storage capacity capabilities;
       (E) above-ground storage capabilities;
       (F) infrastructure needs; and
       (G) other markets and trading hubs, particularly hubs 
     relating to ethane; and
       (2) the identification of potential additional benefits of 
     the proposed hub to energy security.
       (c) Publication of Results.--Not later than 2 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the 
     Secretary of Commerce shall--
       (1) submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and 
     Natural Resources and Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate a report describing the results of the study 
     under subsection (a); and
       (2) publish those results on the Internet websites of the 
     Departments of Energy and Commerce, respectively.
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