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HR 928 · in committee · significant

Railway Safety Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish new safety rules for trains carrying hazardous materials.
  • Rail carriers, shippers, and state emergency responders must comply with new notification, inspection, and operational requirements.
  • The bill increases fines for violations, phases out certain tank cars by 2027, and creates a fee on rail carriers to fund safety improvements.

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  1. 01

    How would the new notification and inspection requirements affect shipping costs and delivery timelines for businesses that transport hazardous materials by rail?

  2. 02

    What specific evidence supports the 2027 deadline for phasing out certain tank cars, and how will rail carriers manage the transition?

  3. 03

    How should the safety improvement fees be structured to fairly distribute costs between large national carriers and smaller regional rail operators?

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Sponsor · D-PA-17

Christopher R. Deluzio

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Introduced 2025-02-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-04 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

  2. 2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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