Tank Car Safety Act of 2014

Tank Car Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to revise federal regulations regarding DOT-111 tank cars used to move flammable liquids to: (1) improve tank car design standards for new cars to include an outer steel jacket around it and thermal protection, full-height head shields, and high-flow capacity pressure relief valves; and (2) require additional safety upgrades to tank cars built after October 2011 by including installation of such valves and design modifications to prevent bottom outlets from opening in case of accident.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan to phase out older-model DOT-111 tank cars that are not retrofitted to meet the new federal requirements.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4738 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4738

 To ensure the safety of DOT-111 tank cars by improving standards for 
new tank cars and upgrading existing tank cars, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2014

  Mr. Payne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure the safety of DOT-111 tank cars by improving standards for 
new tank cars and upgrading existing tank cars, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tank Car Safety Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DOT-111 TANK CAR IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise regulations 
regarding DOT-111 tank cars to--
            (1) improve such tank car design standards for new cars to 
        include an outer steel jacket around the tank car and thermal 
        protection, full-height head shields and high-flow capacity 
        pressure relief valves; and
            (2) require additional safety upgrades to tank cars built 
        after October 2011 by including installation of high-flow-
        capacity relief valves and design modifications to prevent 
        bottom outlets from opening in the case of an accident.
    (b) Phase Out Plan.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a 
plan to the appropriate committees of Congress to phase out, on an 
aggressive basis, older-model DOT-111 tank cars used to move flammable 
liquids that are not retrofitted to meet new Federal requirements 
established under this section.
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