3.0.0 1347 2024-09-26T08:06:19Z 2024-09-26T08:06:19Z House H HR 2023-03-03 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. GARCIA of Texas:H.R. 1347.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 Article I of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:blocked railroad crossings[Page H1114]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2023-03-06T15:22:37Z Referred to 2023-03-03T14:03:00Z 2023-03-06 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2023-03-03 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2023-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000587 Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] Sylvia Garcia D TX R. 29 N P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2023-03-03 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 31 2023-03-03 True S001185 Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] Terri Sewell D AL A. 7 2023-03-03 True K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2023-03-03 True D000624 Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] Debbie Dingell D MI 6 2023-09-21 False C001134 Rep. Caraveo, Yadira [D-CO-8] Yadira Caraveo D CO 8 2023-09-21 False M001214 Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] Frank Mrvan D IN J. 1 2024-09-25 False Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-03-28T19:18:04Z 00 2023-03-03 Introduced in House 2023-05-02T16:03:26Z Don't BLock Our Communities Act or the D-BLOC Act

This bill prohibits railroad carriers from obstructing travel at public highway-rail crossings for more than 10 minutes, except under limited circumstances (e.g., safety issues).

The Department of Transportation (DOT) must investigate and send notices to carriers of repeated incidents; carriers are subject to civil penalties for violations that occur after having received notice.

Additionally, each Class I railroad carrier must publish on its home page an active link to the blocked highway-rail crossing portal that is maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration. The portal is used to (1) collect information from the public, including first responders, regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossing events; (2) solicit the apparent cause of the blocked crossing and provide examples of common causes of blocked crossings; (3) provide each complainant with the contact information for reporting a blocked crossing to the relevant railroad; and (4) encourage each complainant to report the blocked crossing to the relevant railroad.

]]> D-BLOC Act Display Title 45 D-BLOC Act 2024-07-24T15:23:31Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 D-BLOC Act 2024-05-24T13:41:58Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Don’t BLock Our Communities Act 2024-05-24T13:41:58Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit railroad carriers from blocking railway-highway crossings, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:25:07Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1347ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1347ih.xml 2023-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. 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.