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Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2016

Introduced: July 13, 2016 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jul 13, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Jul 13, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish, within the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, a separate Hazardous Liquids Rail Spill Liability Account to support actions related to preventing and responding to discharges of oil or hazardous substances that result from rail shipments; (2) impose a fee on hazardous flammable liquids transported by rail; and (3) establish a tax credit for qualified tank-car conversion expenses.

In addition, the bill:

  • expands liability with respect to discharges of hazardous substances,
  • expands Department of Transportation (DOT) training with respect to accidents arising from rail transportation of flammable liquids or gases,
  • establishes a High Hazard Rail Shipments Preparedness grant program, and
  • establishes a Track Relocation and Railroad Inspection Safety grant program.

The Federal Railroad Administration must implement specified recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board.

DOT, the Department of Commerce, and the Energy Information Administration shall collect specified data related to high hazard rail transportation.

What's happening now July 14, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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