S.2365: A bill to prohibit the long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks unless the Surface Transportation Board has approved the rail carrier's rail car storage plan.

About This Bill

Bill Summary

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.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
May 20, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 20, 2014

Introduced in the Senate by Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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