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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 re-
ferred 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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crude by Rail Vola-
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tility Standard Act’’.
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL STANDARD FOR MAXIMUM CRUDE OIL
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VOLATILITY.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Crude oil may only be transported
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by rail if the oil has a Reid vapor pressure of not more
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than 9.5 pounds per square inch, the maximum volatility
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set by the New York Mercantile Exchange for crude oil
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futures contracts.
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(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply to the
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transportation of crude oil occurring on and after the date
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that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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(c) CRUDE OIL VOLATILITY STANDARD.—Not later
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than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
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the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
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rials Safety Administration shall issue a final rule based
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on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking titled
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‘‘Hazardous Materials: Volatility of Unrefined Petroleum
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Products and Class 3 Materials’’ and published in the
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Federal Register on January 18, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg.
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5499).
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