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We Were on Our Way, 29744 [17NO]

Amendments

Amtrak: appropriations (S. 462), 18012, 18022 [2AU], 29777 [17NO], 31338-31340, 31612 [21NO]

Local rail service assistance program: appropriations (S. 255), 10317, 10373 [31MY]

Articles and editorials

Breathing Life, and a Future, Into Amtrak, 1700 [6FE], 4922 [17MR]

Is Conrail on the Takeover Track? With Stock Curb Set to End, Rail Firm Prepares for the Future, 9261 [16MY]

RTA Officials Call on Congress to Head Off C&NW Strike, 4167 [15MR]

Spratt Sorry He Blocked MX, Hopes Damage Will Be Corrected, 17350 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Alcoholic beverages: testing of employees (see S. 561; H.R. 1208)

Aliens: tax treatment of railroad retirement benefits for certain (see H.R. 387)

Amtrak: appropriations (see S. 462, S. Res. 24; H.R. 2364)

———disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see S. 1833; H.R. 3380, 3772)

———repair fire-damaged train station in Kingston, RI (see S. 749)

Bankruptcy: amend code relative to railroad reorganization (see H.R. 3324)

Collective bargaining: limit modification of agreements (see H.R. 1350)

Courts: testimony and production of document by certain employees in Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union (see S. Res. 208)

Drug abuse: testing of employees (see S. 561; H.R. 1208)

Employees: prohibit from leaving a train accident (see H.R. 1114)

———protection in certain transactions (see H.R. 2062)

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (see S. 1050)

Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act: enact (see S. 581; H.R. 3229)

Hazardous substances: grants for improving emergency response planning and training activities (see H.R. 2549)

———analyses of transportation incidents (see H.R. 584)

———safety of transportation (see S. 728; H.R. 3588)

ICC: authority relative to acquisition of control of certain carriers (see H.R. 2343, 2513)

———operating and acquisition procedures of railroad lines (see H.R. 2164)

———review of proposed sale, purchase, or other acquisition (see S. 1005)

Josephine County, OR: convey certain railroad grant lands to Rogue Community College (see S. 1738; H.R. 3448)

Labor unions: mandatory reinstatement of certain senior employees upon the conclusion of a strike (see H.R. 2618)

Local rail service assistance program: appropriations (see S. 255; H.R. 422)

Magnetically levitated and propelled systems: development (see H. Con. Res. 232)

Mag-Lev Guarantee Pilot Program Act: enact (see S. 1898)

New York: remove certain New York railroads from coverage of Railway Labor Act (see H.R. 2215)

Pensions: budget treatment of railroad retirement benefits (see H. Con. Res. 220)

———extension of the transfer of revenues within the retirement account (see S. 1677)

———tax treatment of benefits (see H.R. 394)

Radioactive materials: restrict the transportation through high-density metropolitan areas (see H.R. 2387)

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (see S. 729)

Railroad Reorganization Public Interest Protection Act: enact (see S. 1631)

Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 522)

Railroad Retirement Service: solvency of fund (see S. 1653)

Railroad Service Retirement Act: enact (see S. 1073)

Railway Mail Service Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355)

Rural areas: preserve service (see H.R. 2315)

Safety: install event recorders in locomotives (see H.R. 3190)

———rail safety user fees (see H.R. 2339)

Taxation: certain retirement benefits (see H.R. 300)

———interstate commerce transportation employees (see S. 815)

Descriptions

Mag-Lev Guarantee Pilot Program Act (S. 1898), 29744 [17NO]

Letters

Amtrak service on the Fort Wayne line: Conrail, 21481 [25SE]

———Representative Long, 21481 [25SE]

Conveyance of certain railroad grant lands to Rogue Community College in Josephine County, OR, 23840 [6OC]

———Dept. of the Interior, 23840 [6OC]

———Donald P. Lawton, 24168-24171 [11OC]

Resolving Amtrak employee workplace injury claims: American Short Line Railroad Association, 20293 [13SE]

———Association of American Railroads, 20293 [13SE]

———Dept. of Transportation, 20292 [13SE]

———National Association of Railroad Passengers, 20294 [13SE]

———National Industrial Transportation League, 20293 [13SE]

———Railway Progress Institute, 20294 [13SE]

———Regional Railroads of America, 20293 [13SE]

State taxation of railroads: Gil Carmichael, 31342 [21NO]

———John H. Riley, 31342 [21NO]

Testing railroad employees for drug use: Representative Brooks, 17033 [31JY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 23739 [6OC], 26369 [27OC], 28705 [14NO]

Idaho, 3244 [2MR], 3623 [7MR]

Illinois, 14017 [10JY], 27808 [7NO], 30182 [19NO]

Maine, 8916 [11MY], 9525 [17MY], 17334 [1AU], 19922 [7SE]

Messages

Railroad Retirement Board Annual Report: President Bush, 22565 [29SE]

Motions

Amtrak: appropriations (S. 462), 31345 [21NO]

Petitions

Honolulu, HI, City Council, 19921 [7SE]

Remarks in House

Alcoholic beverages: testing of employees (H.R. 1208), 3189, 3196 [1MR], 17029-17034 [31JY]

Amtrak: appropriations (H.R. 2364), 21474-21481 [25SE]

———discharge of untreated sewage, 30058 [17NO]

———disposal of untreated waste on tracks (H.R. 3380), 22464 [28SE]

———funding, 18535 [3AU]

Bankruptcy: amend code relative to railroad reorganization (H.R. 3324), 21367 [21SE]

Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal: anniversary, 22185 [27SE]

Drug abuse: testing of employees (H.R. 1208), 3189, 3196 [1MR], 17029-17034 [31JY]

Employees: prohibit from leaving a train accident (H.R. 1114), 2785 [23FE]

———protection in certain transactions (H.R. 2062), 7049 [18AP]

Federal Employers' Liability Act: compensation for injured railroad workers, 26715 [31OC]

Hazardous substances: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 333 [20JA]

———transportation safety, 19514 [6SE], 19675 [6SE]

ICC: authority relative to acquisition of control of certain carriers (H.R. 2343), 9124 [15MY]

———jurisdiction over certain acquisitions of rail carriers (H.R. 2513), 10463 [31MY], 10738 [1JN]

———operating and acquisition procedures of railroad lines (H.R. 2164), 7712 [1MY]

Josephine County, OR: convey certain railroad grant lands to Rogue Community College (H.R. 3448), 24168 [11OC]

Local rail service assistance program: reauthorize (H.R. 422), 148 [3JA], 29982-29986 [17NO]

Mass transit: funding, 5655 [5AP]

Nation's infrastructure: deterioration, 20222 [12SE]

Pensions: budget treatment of railroad retirement benefits (H. Con. Res. 220), 26893 [1NO], 29979-29981 [17NO], 30082 [17NO]

———timely delivery of benefits, 296 [19JA]

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co.: court decision on labor dispute, 6798 [17AP]

Railway Mail Service Day: designate (H.J. Res. 355), 14243 [11JY]

Rural areas: preserve service (H.R. 2315), 8859 [10MY]

Safety: install event recorders in locomotives (H.R. 3190), 19486 [4AU]

Strike: conform labor laws relative to unlawful secondary activity (H.R. 1424), 4453 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoholic beverages: testing of employees (S. 561), 3940 [9MR], 28155 [9NO]

Amtrak: appropriations (S. 462), 2970 [28FE], 18020 [2AU], 30203 [19NO], 31338-31345 [21NO]

———appropriations (S. 462), request for conference, 31345 [21NO]

———commuter service to Northern Virginia, 31339 [21NO]

———funding for purchase and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment, 31340 [21NO]

———future transportation plans, 7831 [2MY], 9797 [18MY]

———improvement of trackwork between Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO, 20010 [12SE]

———multiple State taxation liability for employees, 31339 [21NO]

———reduce incidence of discharge of wastes from equipment, 20259 [13SE]

———regulation over dumping of wastes from trains (S. 1833), 27040 [2NO]

———repair fire-damaged train station in Kingston, RI (S. 749), 6023 [11AP]

———resolving employee workplace injury claims, 20292-20296 [13SE]

———routing trains on the Chicago and North Western Railroad through northern Illinois and central Iowa, 31340 [21NO]

Courts: testimony and production of document by certain Senate employees in Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union (S. Res. 208), 28711, 28729 [14NO]

Drug abuse: testing of employees (S. 561), 3940 [9MR], 28155 [9NO]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (S. 1050), 9860 [18MY]

Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act: enact (S. 581), 4345 [15MR]

Hazardous substances: amend provisions relative to transportation (S. 728), 5823-5825 [7AP]

ICC: review of proposed sale, purchase, or other acquisition (S. 1005), 9260-9262 [16MY]

Josephine County, OR: convey certain railroad grant lands (S. 1738), 23840 [6OC]

Kingston, RI: funds to repair the Amtrak station, 20010 [12SE]

Local rail service assistance program: appropriations (S. 255), 1006 [25JA], 10317 [31MY], 10745 [2JN]

———appropriations (H.R. 422), 30206, 30207 [19NO]

Mag-Lev Guarantee Pilot Program Act: enact (S. 1898), 29742 [17NO]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: funding (S. Res. 24), 1095 [25JA]

Northern Pacific Railroad: acquisition of right-of-way, 22139 [27SE]

Pensions: extension of the transfer of revenues within the retirement account (S. 1677), 22152 [27SE]

Postal Service: anniversary of railway mail post offices, 7701 [1MY]

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (S. 729), 5826 [7AP]

Railroad Reorganization Public Interest Protection Act: enact (S. 1631), 20560 [14SE]

Railroad Retirement Service: solvency of fund (S. 1653), 21148 [20SE]

Railroad Service Retirement Act: enact (S. 1073), 9898 [18MY], 10716 [1JN]

Reform, 2626 [23FE]

Sec. of Transportation: guarantee certain loans, 20288 [13SE]

Taxation: interstate commerce transportation employees (S. 815), 6730, 6731 [17AP]

Travel and Tourism Administration: transfer of funding from Amtrak, 7939 [3MY]

Reports filed

Amtrak Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R.2364) (H. Rept. 101-207), 17333 [1AU]

Federal Railroad and Safety Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1208) (H. Rept. 101-198), 16817 [28JY]

Local Rail Service Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 255) (S. Rept. 101-23), 9085 [12MY]

Sale, Purchase, or Other Acquisition of Railroads: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1005) (S. Rept. 101-224), 31451 [21NO]

Statements

Local Rail Service Assistance Program: Senator Pressler, 10745 [2JN]

Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures: Senator Rockefeller, 2627 [23FE]

Tables

Amtrak performance, 1701 [6FE]

Testimonies

Local Rail Service Assistance Program Funding: Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern official, 10319 [31MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 220, budget treatment of railroad retirement benefits, 29979 [17NO]

H.R. 422, Local Rail Service Reauthorizing Act, 29982-29984 [17NO]

H.R. 1208, drug and alcohol testing for railroad employees, 17029-17031 [31JY]

H.R. 2364, Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act, 21474 [25SE]

S. 255, authorizing appropriations for the Local Rail Service Assistance Program, 10322 [31MY]

S. 462, Amtrak appropriations relative to commuter service in northern Virginia, 2970 [28FE], 31344 [21NO]

S. 561, drug and alcohol testing for commercial transportation operators, 28151-28154 [9NO]

S. 581, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act, 4347 [15MR]

S. 729, Radioactive Materials Transportation Act, 5826 [7AP]

S. 815, taxation of interstate commerce transportation employees, 6730 [17AP]

S. 1073, Railroad Service Retirement Act, 9899 [18MY]

S. 1631, Railroad Reorganization Public Interest Protection Act, 20562 [14SE]

S. 1738, convey certain railroad grant lands in Josephine County, OR, 23840 [6OC]

S. 1898, Mag-Lev Guarantee Pilot Program Act, 29743 [17NO]

S. Res. 24, National Railroad Passenger Corp. funding, 1094 [25JA]

S. Res. 208, authorizing testimony and document production by certain Senate employees in Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union, 28711, 28729 [14NO]