3.0.0 2192 2023-01-15T15:33:23Z 2023-01-15T15:33:23Z House H HR 2003-05-21 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2003-05-22T18:24:50Z Referred to 2003-05-21T14:00:45Z Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2003 108 1389 S 2003-08-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253. Related bill CRS 2003-05-22 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. Committee 2003-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2003-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 N A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2004-01-20 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Authorization Commerce Compensation (Law) Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Contracts Damages Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Environmental Protection Environmental law enforcement Evidence (Law) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grain Independent regulatory commissions Infrastructure Intermodal transportation Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Licenses Local laws Marine transportation Performance measurement Railroad abandonments Railroad commuting traffic Railroad engineering Railroad equipment Railroad finance Railroad freight operations Railroad management Railroad mergers Railroad passenger traffic Railroad rates Railroad safety Railroad terminals Railroads Restrictive trade practices Science, Technology, Communications Shipping rates State laws Surface Transportation Board Transportation and Public Works 00 2003-05-21 Introduced in House 2004-03-22T21:09:21Z Requires a rail carrier, upon a shipper's request, to establish a rail transportation rate. Requires the Surface Transportation Board, if a shipper challenges the reasonableness of such a rate, to then determine its reasonableness without regard to specified factors.

Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) acceptance of requests for grain service by rail carriers; and (2) the Board's mandate to require terminal facilities owned by a rail carrier providing rail transportation to be used by another rail carrier.

Requires the Board in a proceeding involving the approval of the merger or control of at least two Class I railroads to consider, among other things, at least the: (1) safety and environmental effects of the proposed transaction; and (2) the effect of such transaction on rail passenger transportation.

Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) the Board ensuring that commuter authorities are able to provide commuter rail passenger transportation that meets the commuter rail passenger transportation needs of the United States; and (2) water carriers making their tariffs containing the rates established for their transportation or service available electronically to any person.]]>

Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003 Display Title Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation Board, to enhance railroad competition, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-05-21T04:00:00Z 2003-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.