HR 4578 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Underground Gas Storage Safety Act

Introduced Feb 12, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Brad Sherman D-CA

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Latest action · Feb 19, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Underground Gas Storage Safety Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe minimum safety standards, meeting specified requirements, for underground gas storage facilities.

A state authority may, however, adopt additional or more stringent safety standards for intrastate underground gas storage facilities.

Until final standards are prescribed, all underground natural gas storage facilities shall comply with certain minimum requirements, including those in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and aquifer reservoirs and those in solution-mined salt caverns.

DOT shall make grants for research and development activities relating to: (1) improved underground gas storage safety, or (2) an odorant additive for gas that is both detectable and nontoxic.

A user fee shall be imposed on each operator of an underground gas storage facility to which specified safety requirements apply.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2016 to Feb 23, 2016; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CASam FarrOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CAJanice HahnFeb 23, 2016
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeFeb 23, 2016

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Feb 12, 2016
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
Referred Feb 16, 2016
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 12, 2016
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Feb 19, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 19, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
  2. Feb 16, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  3. Feb 12, 2016Introduced in House
  4. Feb 12, 2016Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 26, February 12, 2016, page H818.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-121LEGISLATIVE HEARING TO EXAMINE PIPELINE SAFETY REAUTHORIZATION178 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeMar 1, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for minimum safety standards for underground gas storage facilities, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Underground Gas Storage Safety Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2016Introduced in House

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