Reliable Home Heating Act

Bill: 113-s-2086
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Reliable Home Heating Act - Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to recognize any 30-day emergency period declared by a state governor due to a shortage of residential heating fuel (and up to two additional 30-day periods) as one during which FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall not apply to any motor carrier or driver operating a commercial motor vehicle providing residential heating fuel in a geographic area designated as under a state of emergency.
 
Defines the term &quot;residential heating fuel&quot; to include heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, using data compiled from the Administration's Weekly Petroleum Status Reports, to notify the governor of each state in a Petroleum Administration for Defense District if that district's inventory of residential heating fuel has been below the most recent five-year average for more than three consecutive weeks.
Declares that a covered emergency exemption from FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall remain in effect until May 31, 2014, unless the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) determines that the emergency for which the exemption was provided ends before that date.
 
Defines &quot;covered emergency exemption&quot; as one issued or extended between February 5, 2014, and the date of enactment of this Act to effect regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations directly assisting the delivery of propane and home heating fuels.
 
States that nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit the FMCSA from issuing or extending a covered emergency exemption beyond May 31, 2014, under other federal law.

action_date: 2014-05-20
text: 
Reliable Home Heating Act - Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to recognize any 30-day emergency period declared by a state governor due to a shortage of residential heating fuel (and up to two additional 30-day periods) as one during which FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall not apply to any motor carrier or driver operating a commercial motor vehicle providing residential heating fuel in a geographic area designated as under a state of emergency.
 
Defines the term &quot;residential heating fuel&quot; to include heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, using data compiled from the Administration's Weekly Petroleum Status Reports, to notify the governor of each state in a Petroleum Administration for Defense District if that district's inventory of residential heating fuel has been below the most recent five-year average for more than three consecutive weeks. 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the impacts on safety from the extension of exemptions issued by the state governors.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 20, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Reliable Home Heating Act - Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to recognize any 30-day emergency period declared by a state governor due to a shortage of residential heating fuel (and up to two additional 30-day periods) as one during which FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall not apply to any motor carrier or driver operating a commercial motor vehicle providing residential heating fuel in a geographic area designated as under a state of emergency.
 
Defines the term &quot;residential heating fuel&quot; to include heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, using data compiled from the Administration's Weekly Petroleum Status Reports, to notify the governor of each state in a Petroleum Administration for Defense District if that district's inventory of residential heating fuel has been below the most recent five-year average for more than three consecutive weeks. 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the impacts on safety from the extension of exemptions issued by the state governors.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 20, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Reliable Home Heating Act - Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to recognize any 30-day emergency period declared by a state governor due to a shortage of residential heating fuel (and up to two additional 30-day periods) as one during which FMCSA federal motor carrier safety regulations shall not apply to any motor carrier or driver operating a commercial motor vehicle providing residential heating fuel in a geographic area designated as under a state of emergency.
 
Defines the term &quot;residential heating fuel&quot; to include heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, using data compiled from the Administration's Weekly Petroleum Status Reports, to notify the governor of each state in a Petroleum Administration for Defense District if that district's inventory of residential heating fuel has been below the most recent five-year average for more than three consecutive weeks. 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study the impacts on safety from the extension of exemptions issued by the state governors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Became Public Law No: 113-125.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Became Public Law No: 113-125.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-06-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5602)
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5602)
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2086.
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5602-5604)
action_date: 2014-06-23
text: Mr. Petri moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3243; text as passed Senate: CR S3243)
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3243; text as passed Senate: CR S3243)
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-162.
action_date: 2014-05-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-162.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 113-125