US Congress House Bill 4397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rail Safety Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop and preposition caches of emergency response equipment, which may include firefighting equipment and fire suppression agents, to facilitate the rapid deployment of resources needed to reduce damage to life, property, and the environment in the event of an accident involving rail tank cars transporting hazardous material, crude oil, or flammable liquids. Such caches shall be strategically prepositioned along rail routes over which a high volume of high-hazard trains operate in a manner that lowers the response time of firefighters to fight fires involving flammable liquids and to prevent such fires from spreading. FEMA may collect fees from railroad carriers to develop and preposition the caches.

Rail Safety Act

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2016-01-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2016-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4397/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4397/BILLS-114hr4397ih.pdf