3.0.0 2922 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z Senate S 2019-11-20 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-20T23:29:11Z 2019-11-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S6721) IntroReferral 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Transportation and Public Works Civil actions and liability National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Railroads Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-16T13:38:42Z Rail Passenger Fairness Act

This bill authorizes the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to bring a civil action in a U. S. District Court to enforce its preference rights over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing.

]]> Rail Passenger Fairness Act Display Title Rail Passenger Fairness Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Rail Passenger Fairness Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit Amtrak to bring civil actions in Federal district court to enforce the right set forth in section 24308(c) of title 49, United States Code, which gives intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2922is/xml/BILLS-116s2922is.xml 2019-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S6721) 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.