US Congress Senate Bill 443 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to prohibit the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks unless the Surface Transportation Board has approved the rail carrier's rail car storage plan. 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.

A bill to prohibit the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks unless the Surface Transportation Board has approved the rail carrier's rail car storage plan.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB844 (Related) 2015-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/443/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s443/BILLS-114s443is.pdf