Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act” or the “PALS Act”.
Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from prohibiting the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Liquefied natural gas by rail
In general— The Secretary of Transportation may not issue any regulation or long-term order that—
prohibits the transportation of “methane, refrigerated liquid,”, commonly known as liquefied natural gas (LNG), by rail; or
restricts or contracts the scope of allowance provided by the final rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, titled “Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail” and published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 44994).
Rule of construction— Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Transportation from issuing short-term emergency orders related to the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail.