States Government for a civil penalty of not more than 
$1,000,000 for each such violation. 
(c) FINES FOR VIOLATING RAIL INSPECTIONS.—A 
rail carrier that violates the rail inspections requirement 
under section 5(a) shall be liable to the United States Gov-
ernment for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 
for each such violation. 
SEC. 7. SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish or expand safety programs relating to the 
transportation of energy products and other Class 3 flam-
mable liquids by rail, pipeline, highway, and waterway, 
which shall include initiatives— 
(1) to expedite rulemaking proceedings; 
(2) to conduct technical studies of energy prod-
ucts; 
(3) to increase rail, pipeline, and energy prod-
uct inspections; 
(4) to provide grants to States for additional 
railroad track and pipeline inspectors; 
(5) to improve notification procedures from 
State Emergency Response Commission contacts to 
first responders; 
(6) to develop and conduct first responder 
training programs, in collaboration with the Federal 
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Emergency Management Agency, the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and national first re-
sponder organizations; 
(7) to conduct technical research on infrastruc-
ture-related causes of train and pipeline accidents; 
(8) to identify ways to mitigate the causes and 
consequences of train accidents; 
(9) to provide grants to communities to update 
emergency response plans developed by local emer-
gency planning committees; and 
(10) to audit comprehensive oil spill response 
plans established under section 8(b). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the safety 
initiatives described in subsection (a)— 
(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 8. OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANS. 
(a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘max-
imum extent practicable’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 130.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE PLANS.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating and the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, shall publish a final 
rule revising the regulations set out in part 130 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to oil 
spill prevention and response plans)— 
(A) to modify the 1,000 barrels (42,000 
gallons) requirement for a comprehensive writ-
ten plan in subsection (b) of section 130.31 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to ac-
count for worst-case discharges resulting from 
accidents involving unit trains or blocks of tank 
cars; and 
(B) to include additional requirements in 
each written plan required under such section 
130.31 to respond to a discharge of oil that oc-
curs during transportation by a rail carrier that 
has a reasonable probability of impacting a 
water body or other area that is subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Coast Guard or of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency under the Federal 
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Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.) including such a discharge— 
(i) into or on the navigable waters of 
the United States; 
(ii) on the adjoining shorelines to the 
navigable waters; 
(iii) inland waters; or 
(iv) other impacted lands. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The additional require-
ments under paragraph (1)(B) shall be promulgated 
by the Secretary of Transportation in coordination 
with— 
(A) the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, in the case 
of potential impacts to a water body or other 
area subject to the jurisdiction of the Coast 
Guard; and 
(B) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in the case of poten-
tial impacts to a water body or other area sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the Environmental 
Protection Agency under the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
(c) NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN.—To ensure effi-
cient and timely prevention, preparedness, and response 
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by the lead agency and the rail carrier in the event of 
a discharge of oil, the President shall, for each comprehen-
sive written plan required under section 130.31(b) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations (or similar successor reg-
ulation)— 
(1) include such plan in the National Contin-
gency Plan required under section 311(d) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1321(d)); and 
(2) integrate such plan into the appropriate Re-
gional Response Plan required under section 
300.210(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or similar successor regulation). 
(d) AUDITS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) develop a program to audit response plans 
for rail carriers of oil to ensure that adequate provi-
sions are in place— 
(A) to respond to and remove a worst-case 
discharge to the maximum extent practicable; 
and 
(B) to mitigate or prevent a substantial 
threat of a worst-case discharge; and 
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