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House Bill 5553
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Crude by Rail Volatility Standard Act
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H. R. 5553 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5553


To prohibit transportation by rail of crude oil with a Ried vapor pressure of more than 9.5 pounds per square inch, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 8, 2020

Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To prohibit transportation by rail of crude oil with a Ried vapor pressure of more than 9.5 pounds per square inch, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Crude by Rail Volatility Standard Act”.

SEC. 2. National standard for maximum crude oil volatility.

(a) In general.—Crude oil may only be transported by rail if the oil has a Reid vapor pressure of not more than 9.5 pounds per square inch, the maximum volatility set by the New York Mercantile Exchange for crude oil futures contracts.

(b) Application.—Subsection (a) shall apply to the transportation of crude oil occurring on and after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) Crude oil volatility standard.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall issue a final rule based on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking titled “Hazardous Materials: Volatility of Unrefined Petroleum Products and Class 3 Materials” and published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 5499).