A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1012 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 25, 2021 Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com- merce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS BY RAIL. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 4 may not issue any regulation or long-term order that— 5 (1) prohibits the transportation of methane, re- 6 frigerated liquid (commonly known as ‘‘liquefied nat- 7 ural gas’’ or ‘‘LNG’’) by rail; or 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:57 Apr 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1012.IS S1012 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1012 IS (2) restricts or contracts the scope of allowance 1 provided by the final rule of the Pipeline and Haz- 2 ardous Materials Safety Administration, titled ‘‘Haz- 3 ardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail’’, 4 which was published in the Federal Register on July 5 24, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 44994). 6 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 7 tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Sec- 8 retary of Transportation to issue short-term emergency 9 orders related to the transportation of liquefied natural 10 gas by rail. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:57 Apr 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1012.IS S1012 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS