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H.R. 844

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To require a plan approved by the Surface Transportation Board for the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks.
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Committee
Latest Action · February 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
February 10, 2015
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Requires a rail carrier to have a storage plan, meeting specified requirements and approved by the Surface Transportation Board, for any of its rail cars that it stores for three or more years, and continues to store, on tracks (except rail yard or storage yard tracks) that pass through a commercial- or residential-zoned area that were designed or previously used for through transportation of trains.

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