US Congress House Bill 844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - 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]

To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks. Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zoned area that were designed or previously used for through transportation of trains.

To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks.

Rep. John Kline [R-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2015-02-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-02-10	House	Introduced in House

SB443 (Related) 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/844/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr844/BILLS-114hr844ih.pdf