Safe Communities Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2204
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-01
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Oil and gas

Railroads

Surface Transportation Board
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safe Communities Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill declares that the Surface Transportation Board shall not have the authority to regulate liquefied petroleum gas rail transload facilities.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2204 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2015 Mr. McGovern introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To clarify the authority of States and political subdivisions thereof to regulate liquefied petroleum gas rail transload facilities that are owned or operated by or on behalf of a rail carrier.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Communities Act of 2015 . 2. Jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board Section 10501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph: (A) the term liquefied petroleum gas rail transload facility means the portion of a facility owned or operated by or on behalf of a rail carrier where liquefied petroleum gas, as a commodity to be transported for a charge, is collected, stored, separated, processed, treated, managed, disposed of, or transferred, but such term does not include activities taking place at such portion that are comprised solely of the railroad transportation of liquefied petroleum gas after the liquefied petroleum gas is loaded for shipment on or in a rail car, including railroad transportation for the purpose of interchanging railroad cars containing liquefied petroleum gas; ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking or at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) a liquefied petroleum gas rail transload facility. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall be effective as of July 1, 2013.