RAILROADS

Amendments

District of Columbia: amend provisions relative to the Washington metrorail system (H.R. 1463), 34496 [26OC]

———amend provisions relative to the Washington metrorail system (S. 612), 34020, 34069 [25OC]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), 9865 [9MY]

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (S. 2393), 25254, 25266 [20SE]

Analyses

Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act (H.R. 5853), 30456 [18OC]

Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act (S. 3214), 30370 [17OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2364, Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act, 445 [24JA]

———H.R. 2364, appropriations for National Railroad Passenger Corp., 2609 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

Amtrak's Shrinking Subsidy, 13722 [12JN]

For Love of Their Children, 29623 [16OC]

Holes in C&NW Buy-Out Blanket Sending Shivers Through Analysts, 13386 [7JN]

New ICC Chairman Says He Has No Secrets, No Hidden Agenda, 13740 [12JN]

Railroad Designed, 2365 [22FE]

Time for a Gut Check, 13740 [12JN]

Who Pays To Save the D&H?, 4798 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions

Amtrak: appreciation of service (see S.J. Res. 355)

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5075)

———funding (see S. Con. Res. 115)

———prevent discontinuance of commuter service between Valparaiso, IN, and Chicago, IL (see H.R. 5660)

———regulating dumping of waste (see S. 2130)

Business: preservation of competitive rail freight service routes in the Northeast U.S. (see H.R. 4139)

Central Pacific Railway Co.: conveyance of certain public lands (see H.R. 4414)

Competitive Northeastern Rail Freight Service Act: enact (see S. 2210)

Drug abuse: treatment of individuals operating common carriers under the influence of alcohol or drugs (see S. 3177)

Employment: coverage of employees' injury claims under individual State worker compensation programs (see S. 3214)

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (see S. 2318)

Insurance: coverage of employees' injury claims under individual State worker compensation programs (see H.R. 5853)

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining for railroad police (see H.R. 5026)

———railroad police jurisdiction relative to interstate commerce (see H.R. 4789)

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2723, 2745; H.R. 4984)

Pensions: extend the transfer of certain income tax revenues to the railroad retirement account (see S. 2959)

Refuse and refuse disposal: repeal exemption of intercity passenger service from certain waste disposal requirements (see S. 2005)

Rural areas: abandonment of railroad cars and the shortage of grain cars (see S. 3054; H.R. 5637)

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (see S. 2393)

Safety: improve Federal regulation by State agency enforcement (see H.R. 4074)

———prohibit manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of certain motor vehicles and railcars that don't have seatbelts (see H.R. 4771)

Taxation: treatment of revenue attributable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 5625)

———treatment of Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 4964)

Technology: research and development of magnetic levitation transportation (see H.R. 5535)

Transportation: amend provisions of law relative to freight cars (see S. 3208; H.R. 5900)

———coordinate Federal efforts in development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (see S. 2286)

———drug and alcohol testing for commercial operators (see H.R. 4848)

———establish national policy (see S. Res. 263)

Explanations

Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act conference report (H.R. 2364), 9246-9247 [2MY]

Letters

Amtrak appropriations: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 10097 [10MY]

Amtrak reauthorization: David A. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, 13739 [12JN]

———James E. Bartley, National Industrial Transportation League, 13738 [12JN]

———James E. Duffy, Committee Against Revising Staggers, 13735 [12JN]

———President Bush, 13303, 13316 [7JN], 13734, 13765 [12JN]

———Ralph V. Whitworth, United Shareholders Association, 13738 [12JN]

———Representative Dingell, 13389 [7JN], 13738 [12JN]

———Richard D. Foley, American Employees Stock Ownership Association, 13739 [12JN]

———Richard I. Kilroy and Geoffrey N. Zeh, Railway Worker Advisory, 13739 [12JN]

———Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, 13739 [12JN]

———Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 13317 [7JN]

———several Bush administration officials, 13734 [12JN]

———Transportation Reform Alliance, 13737 [12JN]

———Wayne Gable, Citizens for a Sound Economy, 13737 [12JN]

Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act: Representative Anderson, 15456 [25JN]

———Representative Brooks, 15456 [25JN]

Dept. of Agriculture's Office of Transportation: National Association of Wheat Growers, National Cotton Council, and National Grain and Feed Association, 19613 [26JY]

Hazardous materials transportation: Bruce Swonger, Chemical Waste Transportation Institute, 34927 [26OC]

———Clifford J. Harvison, National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc., 34928 [26OC]

———David A. Sweeney, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 34927 [26OC]

———Dewey R. Stokes, Fraternal Order of Police, 34926 [26OC]

———Frederick H. Nesbitt, International Association of Fire Fighters, 34926 [26OC]

———James E. Bartley, National Industrial Transportation League, 34928 [26OC]

———James J. Kennedy, Jr., Railway Labor Executives Association, 34927 [26OC]

———Jeffrey Schiff, National Association of Towns and Townships, 34927 [26OC]

———Richard G. Weiss, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 34928 [26OC]

———Richard M. Patterson, Dow Chemical, U.S.A., 34929 [26OC]

———Robert A. Roland, Chemical Manufacturers Association, 34927 [26OC]

———Robert W. Barrie, General Electric Co., 34928 [26OC]

———T.D. Finnigan, Union Carbide Corp., 34927 [26OC]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 34928 [26OC]

———W.D. Hilton, International Association of Fire Chiefs, 34926 [26OC]

———William H. Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, 34926 [26OC]

ICC review of railroad acquisition: Graham Claytor, Jr., 13723 [12JN]

Los Angeles, CA, Metro Blue Line Light Rail system: Senators Cranston and Wilson, 16396 [28JN]

Railroad fuel tax proposal: Senator Adams, 28933 [12OC]

Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act: Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, 30454 [18OC]

Lists

Committee Against Revising Staggers member organizations, 13735 [12JN]

Memorials of legislature

Massachusetts, 14719 [19JN]

Washington, 4508 [19MR], 4661 [20MR]

Messages

Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act Veto: President Bush, 12227 [24MY], 13378 [7JN]

Federal Railroad Safety Act Report: President Bush, 2559 [26FE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Bush, 35803 [26OC]

Petitions

District of Columbia City Council, 1552 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5075), 15453-15457 [25JN]

———prevent discontinuance of commuter service between Valparaiso, IN, and Chicago, IL (H.R. 5660), 25040 [19SE]

———prohibit disposing wastes from trains (H.R. 3772), 476 [24JA], 1493 [7FE], 3080 [1MR]

Business: preservation of competitive rail freight service routes in the Northeast U.S. (H.R. 4139), 3055 [28FE], 3432 [5MR]

California: conveyance of certain public lands to the Central Pacific Railway Co. (H.R. 4414), 5798 [28MR]

Delaware & Hudson Railroad: sale to Canadian Pacific, 2104 [20FE]

Dept. of Transportation: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 35948 [26OC]

District of Columbia: amend provisions relative to the Washington metrorail system (H.R. 1463), 34496-34499 [26OC]

Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FL: La Littorina (train) exhibition, 947 [31JY]

Hazardous substances: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 35948 [26OC]

———GAO report on rail transportation, 9118 [2MY]

High-Speed Rail Transportation Policy and Development Act: enact (H.R. 4515), 6851 [4AP]

Infrastructure: national policy for rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 362), 23049 [3AU]

Insurance: coverage of employees' injury claims under individual State worker compensation programs (H.R. 5853), 30454 [18OC]

Josephine County, OR: convey certain railroad grant lands (S. 1738), 26297, 26298 [27SE]

Law enforcement officers: railroad police jurisdiction relative to interstate commerce (H.R. 4789), 10114 [10MY]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), conference report, 9855 [9MY], 9867 [10MY]-9868 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), veto, 12227 [24MY], 13306, 13308-13321 [7JN], 13453 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4984), 13303 [7JN]

Negri, John M.: tribute, 25040 [19SE]

Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (H.R. 522), 4479 [15MR]

Railroads: improve Federal safety regulation by State agency enforcement (H.R. 4074), 2488 [22FE]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing for commercial operators (H.R. 4848), 10608 [16MY], 10829 [16MY]

———handicapped accessibility, 11426-11433 [22MY]

———infrastructure programs, 35207 [26OC]

———national policy, 3839, 3840, 3843, 3851 [8MR], 4048, 4051 [8MR], 4237 [12MR], 4322 [13MR], 4352-4354 [14MR], 4745 [21MR], 27627 [4OC]

Weapons: railroad transportation of MX missiles, 3842 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoholic beverages: testing of transportation-related employees, 1871 [8FE]

Amtrak: appreciation of service (S.J. Res. 355), 20102 [27JY], 27019 [2OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5075), 15513 [25JN]

———funding (S. Con. Res. 115), 6542 [3AP]

———regulating dumping of waste (S. 2130), 2045 [20FE]

Bower, Glen J.: nomination as Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board, 7035 [5AP]

Chicago, IL: commuter service, 36381 [27OC]

Competitive Northeastern Rail Freight Service Act: enact (S. 2210), 3010 [28FE], 3564 [6MR], 4797 [21MR], 6696 [4AP]

Delaware & Hudson Railroad: continued operation, 2365 [22FE]

District of Columbia: amend provisions relative to the Washington metrorail system (S. 612), 34069-34073 [25OC]

Drug abuse: testing of transportation-related employees, 1871 [8FE]

———treatment of individuals operating common carriers under the influence of alcohol or drugs (S. 3177), 28226 [10OC]

Drugs: testing of train crews, 5203 [22MR]

Employment: coverage of employees' injury claims under individual State worker compensation programs (S. 3214), 30368 [17OC]

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (S. 2318), 5159 [22MR]

Josephine County, OR: convey certain railroad grant lands (S. 1738), 11083 [17MY]

Los Angeles, CA: opening of area light rail system, 16396 [28JN]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), 2608 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), conference report, 10095-10098 [10MY], 10205, 10207 [11MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), unanimous-consent agreement, 13402 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), veto, 13377, 13379-13383, 13385-13395, 13397 [7JN], 13721-13723, 13731-13748 [12JN], 14270 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2745), 14245, 14246 [14JN]

Northeast corridor: improvement program, 36400 [27OC]

Pensions: extend the transfer of certain income tax revenues to the railroad retirement account (S. 2959), 21848, 21849 [2AU]

Railroad Retirement Act: repeal, 4229 [9MR]

Refuse and refuse disposal: repeal exemption of intercity passenger service from certain waste disposal requirements (S. 2005), 164 [23JA]

Rural areas: abandonment of railroad cars and the shortage of grain cars (S. 3054), 24596 [14SE]

Safe Food Transportation Act: enact (S. 2393), 6232 [2AP], 25259-25267 [20SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation in Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union (S. Res. 341), 31889 [22OC]

Taxation: fuel proposal, 28932 [12OC]

Transportation: amend provisions of law relative to freight cars (S. 3208), 29610, 29611 [16OC]

———coordinate Federal efforts in development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (S. 2286), 4173, 4174 [9MR]

———establish national policy (S. Res. 263), 4001 [8MR]

———national policy, 3939 [8MR], 4094, 4197 [9MR], 5426 [27MR]

Vermont: service with New Hampshire, 36380 [27OC]

Reports

Reconciliation of the Concurrent Budget Resolution (H.R. 5835), Rail Safety and Travel and Tourism Provisions, 36705 [2NO]

Reports filed

Amtrak Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 2364) (H. Rept. 101-471), 9269 [2MY]

Amtrak Service Appreciation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S.J. Res. 355) (S. Rept. 101-451), 23570 [10SE]

Convey Certain Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands in Josephine County, OR, to the Rogue Community College District: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 1738) (H. Rept. 101-741), 25522 [24SE]

Conveyance of Certain Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands in Josephine County, OR, to the Rogue Community College District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1738) (S. Rept. 101-282), 9606 [8MY]

High-Speed Rail Transportation Policy and Development Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4515) (H. Rept. 101-799), 27394 [3OC]

Magnetic Levitation Transportation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2286) (S. Rept. 101-321), 13482 [8JN]

Safe Food Transportation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2393) (S. Rept. 101-332), 13873 [13JN]

Reports from conference committees

Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act (H.R. 2364), 9244 [2MY]

Statements

ICC Review Could Stunt Investment in Railroads: Jerome Ellig, 13737 [12JN]

ICC Review of Railroad Acquisition: Edward J. Philbin, 13723 [12JN]

Tables

Financial and performance comparison data: National Railroad Passenger Corp., 9858 [9MY]

Railroads' rates of return on investment, 1988, 13737 [12JN]

Telegrams

Amtrak reauthorization: National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, 13740 [12JN]

———Richard I. Kilroy, AFL-CIO, 13739 [12JN]

Texts of

H.R. 5075, Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act, 15453 [25JN]

H.R. 5853, Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act, 30455 [18OC]

S. 1738, convey certain public lands from railroad grant lands to Josephine County, OR, 11083 [17MY]

S. 1738, convey certain railroad grant lands in Josephine County, OR, 26297 [27SE]

S. 2005, repeal exemption of intercity passenger service from certain waste disposal requirements, 165 [23JA]

S. 2130, regulating dumping of waste by Amtrak, 2045 [20FE]

S. 2210, Competitive Northeastern Rail Freight Service Act, 3011 [28FE]

S. 2286, Magnetic Levitation Transportation Act, 4174 [9MR]

S. 2318, Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act, 5160 [22MR]

S. 2393, Safe Food Transportation Act, 25259-25263 [20SE]

S. 2745, Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act, 14245 [14JN]

S. 2959, extend the transfer of certain income tax revenues to the railroad retirement account, 21849 [2AU]

S. 3177, treatment of individuals operating common carriers under the influence of alcohol or drugs, 28227 [10OC]

S. 3214, Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act, 30369 [17OC]

S. Con. Res. 115, Amtrak funding, 6542 [3AP]

S. Res. 263, national transportation policy, 4001 [8MR]

S. Res. 341, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union, 31881, 31889 [22OC]