,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjai,ms4 
,speier 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 and  
,mr4 ,sherman7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on the ,judiciary1 and      
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for mandamus     
actions under chapter #fja of title #di 
of the ,united ,states ,code4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,phmsa ,accountability ,act4  #b4  
,actions by private persons ,section    
#fjaba of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7e7 ,mandamus ,a person 
may bring a civil action in an          
appropriate district court of the       

,united ,states to compel the ,secretary
 to perform a nondiscretionary duty     
under this chapter that the ,secretary  
has failed to perform4  4