Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2016
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 13, 2016)
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 just happenedJul 14, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 13, 2016
- Jul 14, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee - Jul 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Oversight and Accountability Committee - Jul 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A
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, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Jul 13, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House