S.Amdt. 3236

SA 3236. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Casey, and Mr.
Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part IV of subtitle B of title III, add the
following:

SEC. 3105. ENERGY TRAIN DATA COLLECTION.

The Administrator of the Energy Information Administration,
in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation--
(1) shall collect information regarding--
(A) the volume of energy products transported by rail,
including--
(i) petroleum crude oil;
(ii) ethanol;
(iii) liquefied natural gas; and
(iv) other energy products selected by the Administrator;
and
(B) the origins and destinations of the energy products
transported by rail described in subparagraph (A),
including--
(i) energy products transported by rail within Petroleum
Administration Defense Districts;
(ii) energy products transported by rail between Petroleum
Administration Defense Districts;
(iii) energy products imported to the United States by rail
from international origins; and
(iv) energy products exported from the United States by
rail to international destinations;
(2) may collect additional information to carry out the
purposes of this section from other sources, including--
(A) surveys conducted by the Administrator;
(B) information collected by the Department of
Transportation;
(C) foreign governments; and
(D) third-party data; and
(3) shall make the information collected under paragraphs
(1) and (2) available to the public on an Internet website
that is updated monthly and does not aggregate the volume of
energy products transported by rail with the volume of energy
products transported by other modes of transportation.
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