3.0.0 2047 2021-09-29T20:22:29Z 2021-09-29T20:22:29Z House H HR 2005-05-03 109 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-03T16:45:30Z Referred to 2005-05-03T16:31:10Z 2005-05-03 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. Committee 2005-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-05-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E848-849) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000072 Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] RICHARD BAKER R LA H. 6 N O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 2005-05-03 True A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2005-05-03 True B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2005-05-03 True R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large] DENNIS REHBERG R MT R. 0 2005-05-03 True P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2005-05-03 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-05-03 True H000762 Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] DARLENE HOOLEY D OR 5 2005-05-03 True B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2005-05-03 True P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2005-05-03 True M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2005-05-03 True P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2005-05-03 True H001037 Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth D SD 0 2005-05-03 True F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2005-05-11 False M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2005-05-16 False T000074 Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] GENE TAYLOR D MS 4 2005-05-24 False S001148 Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] MICHAEL SIMPSON R ID K. 2 2005-05-24 False O000166 Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] C. L. OTTER R ID 1 2005-05-24 False O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2005-06-07 False D000597 Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] JO ANN DAVIS R VA 1 2005-06-07 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2005-07-19 False J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 2005-07-22 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-07-25 False S001045 Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2005-11-08 False S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2006-01-31 False C000962 Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] BARBARA CUBIN R WY 0 2006-01-31 False R000574 Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] Rick Renzi R AZ 1 2006-03-09 False K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2006-03-14 False G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2006-03-15 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2006-05-03 False L000293 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] RON LEWIS R KY 2 2006-05-03 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2006-05-03 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 38 2006-05-03 False L000169 Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] JIM LEACH R IA 2 2006-05-16 False G000545 Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] MARK GREEN R WI 8 2006-05-18 False G000536 Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] GIL GUTKNECHT R MN 1 2006-06-15 False N000172 Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1] JIM NUSSLE R IA 1 2006-07-13 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2006-09-07 False W000268 Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] CURT WELDON R PA 7 2006-09-07 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2006-09-29 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Antitrust law Attorneys general Authorization Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Commercial arbitration Compensation (Law) Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Contracts Cost accounting Cost effectiveness Department of Transportation Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Farm produce Federal officials Fees Finance and Financial Sector Forest products Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Governors Injunctions Law Legal fees Licenses Members of Congress Railroad freight operations Railroad mergers Railroad passenger traffic Railroad rates Railroad safety Railroads Restrictive trade practices Right of petition Surface Transportation Board Transportation and Public Works 00 2005-05-03 Introduced in House 2005-05-31T20:30:17Z Railroad Competition Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends federal transportation law to specify the primary objectives of U.S. rail transportation policy.

Requires a rail carrier, upon shipper request, to establish a rate for transportation and provide requested service between any two points on the carrier's system where traffic originates, terminates, or may reasonably be interchanged.

Prohibits the Surface Transportation Board (STB) from issuing a certificate authorizing construction and operation of railroad lines, or exempting a person, class of persons, or a transaction or service from the certificate requirement, if such an activity involves a transfer of interest in a line of railroad from a Class I rail carrier to a Class II or III rail carrier, and the activity directly or indirectly would restrict: (1) the ability of the Class II or Class III rail carrier to interchange traffic with other carriers; or (2) competition of rail carriers in the region affected by the activity in a manner that would violate federal antitrust laws. Prescribes a procedure for shipper petition and STB review of any activity alleged to have resulted in a restriction of competition for at least ten years.

Changes from discretionary to mandatory the STB's authority to require: (1) a rail carrier's terminal facilities to be used by another rail carrier subject to certain conditions; and (2) rail carriers to enter into reciprocal switching agreements. Prohibits the STB, in either instance, from requiring evidence of anticompetitive conduct by a rail carrier from which such access is sought.

Requires the STB to designate any state or substantial part of a state as an area of inadequate rail competition after finding that: (1) it encompasses rail shipping origins and destinations served exclusively by one Class I railroad; and (2) persons that ship by rail or receive rail shipments in it pay rates exceeding a certain mark, or have experienced competitive disadvantage in the marketplace or other economic adversity because of high cost or poor rail service quality. Specifies actions the STB may take to resolve such anti-competitive conditions.

Requires submission to arbitration of rail rate disputes.

Requires the STB to adopt new methods for determining the reasonableness of rail rates.

Establishes within the Department of Transportation (DOT) the Office of Rail Customer Advocacy.

Requires the STB, in a proceeding involving the merger or control of at least two Class I railroads, to consider among other things the safety and environmental effect of the proposed transaction on local communities and rail passenger transportation.

]]> Railroad Competition Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Railroad Competition Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 Display Title Railroad Competition Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation Board, to enhance rail transportation competition, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2047ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2047ih.xml 2005-05-03 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.