Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act
Latest action · Mar 22, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act or the PALS Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing any regulation or order that (1) prohibits the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, or (2) restricts the transportation of LNG by rail in DOT-113 tank cars.
The bill does not limit the authority of DOT to issue short-term emergency orders related to the transportation of LNG by rail.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2021 to Jul 27, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | May 20, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 27, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 52, March 19, 2021, page H1613.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1012 | A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Mar 25, 2021 |
| HR 9087 | TAP American Energy Act | Related bill | Oct 28, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
