[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3236. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
Merkley) 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 3105. ENERGY TRAIN DATA COLLECTION.

       The Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, 
     in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation--
       (1) shall collect information regarding--
       (A) the volume of energy products transported by rail, 
     including--
       (i) petroleum crude oil;
       (ii) ethanol;
       (iii) liquefied natural gas; and
       (iv) other energy products selected by the Administrator; 
     and
       (B) the origins and destinations of the energy products 
     transported by rail described in subparagraph (A), 
     including--
       (i) energy products transported by rail within Petroleum 
     Administration Defense Districts;
       (ii) energy products transported by rail between Petroleum 
     Administration Defense Districts;
       (iii) energy products imported to the United States by rail 
     from international origins; and
       (iv) energy products exported from the United States by 
     rail to international destinations;
       (2) may collect additional information to carry out the 
     purposes of this section from other sources, including--
       (A) surveys conducted by the Administrator;
       (B) information collected by the Department of 
     Transportation;
       (C) foreign governments; and
       (D) third-party data; and
       (3) shall make the information collected under paragraphs 
     (1) and (2) available to the public on an Internet website 
     that is updated monthly and does not aggregate the volume of 
     energy products transported by rail with the volume of energy 
     products transported by other modes of transportation.
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