RAILROADS related term(s) Amtrak; Cargo Transportation; Common Carriers

Addresses

American Transportation: Nat Welch, E1889 [22MY]

Amendments

National Railway Labor Conference: labor-management settlement (H.J. Res. 222), H2366 [17AP]

Articles and editorials

Amtrak Provides ``Crappy'' Service, H5781 [24JY]

Choo Choo Pooh-Poohs on O.C., H5781 [24JY]

Rail Industry's New Spokesman Seeks To Be an Engine of Change—A Key Figure in Strike, Walsh is Viewed with Admiration and Wariness, E1573 [2MY]

Short Line of the Year, E760 [5MR]

Sound Transportation Means Lifeblood to Nation, S12931 [12SE]

Bills and resolutions

Amtrak: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 98, S3712 [20MR])

———collective bargaining arbitration procedures relative to the employment of railroad police (see H.R. 487, H385 [11JA])

Appropriations: authorizing for local rail freight assistance (see H.R. 947, H992 [6FE])

———authorizing for relocation and demonstration program (see S. 990, S5406 [7MY])

———authorizing for safety (see S. 1430, S9116 [28JN])

Central Pacific Railway Co.: validate conveyances of certain lands in California that form part of the right-of-way granted (see H.R. 711, H781 [29JA])

Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (see S. 1221, S7169 [5JN]; H.R. 1223, H1341 [4MR]; H.R. 2196, H2767 [2MY])

Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 676, S3386 [14MR]; S. 678, S3386 [14MR]

———develop a national high speed rail system (see S. 1065, S5753 [14MY])

Drug abuse: testing for certain transportation employees (see H.R. 3361, H6675 [17SE])

Employees: prohibit certain railroad employees from leaving their post in the event of a train accident (see H.R. 3154, H6193 [31JY])

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 2834, H5299 [9JY])

———authorizing activities (see H.R. 2607, H4283 [11JN])

Food stamps: eligibility of certain disabled railroad annuitants (see S. 1700, S12663 [10SE])

High Speed Surface Transportation Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3947, H11885 [26NO])

High-Speed Surface Transportation Development Corp.: establish (see S. 1493, S10442 [18JY])

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1060, S5753 [14MY])

Mass transit: research and development of a magnetic levitation transportation system between Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC (see H.R. 2914, H5513 [16JY])

———tax-exempt treatment for high-speed intercity rail bonds (see S. 1492, S10442 [18JY])

National Railway Labor Conference: labor-management settlement (see H.J. Res. 222, H2374 [17AP])

Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H889 [5FE])

Railroad Retirement Board: taxation of tier II benefits (see H.R. 4083, H12062 [3JA])

Safety (see S. 1571, S11056 [26JY])

———equip trains with rear-end telemetry systems (see H.R. 3916, H11288 [25NO])

———hazardous materials accidents (see H.R. 3124, H6192 [31JY])

———prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of motor vehicles and rail cars that don't have seat belts (see H.R. 896, H990 [6FE])

———report actions taken to remedy failures to comply with safety provisions (see H.R. 3367, H6690 [19SE])

Taxation: repeal taxation of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1574, H2014 [21MR])

———retirement benefits (see H.R. 1256, H1415 [5MR]; H.R. 1646, H2084 [22MR])

———treatment of rail transportation property (see S. 1564, S10951 [25JY])

———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 162, H58 [3JA]; H.R. 2593, H4186 [7JN])

———volume cap on private activity bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities (see H.R. 3348, H6674 [17SE])

Transportation: develop high-speed rail program (see H.R. 1087, H1136 [21FE])

———Federal guarantees of State and local government pension funds relative to construction of magnetic levitation train facilities (see S. 1474, S10043 [15JY])

———improve highway and rail traffic safety (see H.R. 2619, H4283 [11JN])

———improve rural and short line services (see S. 641, S3190 [13MR]; H.R. 1425, H1758 [13MR])

———provide air passengers access to information on ground services (see H.R. 2486, H3709 [29MY])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see S. 1828, S14588 [8OC]; H.R. 3511, H7551 [7OC])

Settlement of Railroad Dispute: Presidential Emergency Board No. 219, H2369 [17AP]

Letters

Authorizing appropriations for railroad safety: Samuel Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, S9135 [28JN]

Labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees: National Railway Labor Conference, S4659 [17AP]

Railroad modernization: Brian W. Clymer, S7750 [13JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, H8188 [22OC]

Illinois, S6922 [3JN], H3036 [14MY]

Pennsylvania, H12063 [3JA]

Texas, H5818 [24JY]

Messages

Federal Railroad Safety Act: President Bush, S1698 [6FE]

Railroad Retirement Board: President Bush, H6444 [11SE]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: anniversary (S.J. Res. 98), H2490, H2491 [24AP]

———human waste disposal, H5781 [24JY]

Appropriations: authorizing for local rail freight assistance (H.R. 947), E449 [7FE]

Central Pacific Railway Co.: validate conveyances of certain lands in California that form part of the right-of-way granted (H.R. 711), E332 [29JA]

Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (H.R. 1223), E749 [4MR]

Cumberland River: bridge construction, H5633-H5635 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: study of alternative forms of transportation, H8356-H8359 [23OC]

Drug abuse: testing for certain transportation employees (H.R. 3361), E3076 [18SE]

Economy: impact of environmental protection legislation, H11383-H11386 [26NO]

Employment: impact of environmental protection legislation of the workforce, H11371, H11372 [26NO]

———prohibit certain railroad employees from leaving their post in the event of a train accident (H.R. 3154), E2808 [1AU]

———temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the unresolved disputes referred to in Executive Order No. 12714 (H.J. Res. 221), H6374-H6377 [2AU]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), H6695-H6699 [23SE], E3208 [1OC]

Government: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), E4015 [22NO]

Homewood, IL: American Railway Bridge and Building Association anniversary, E3036 [12SE]

Industrial arbitration: labor strike, H2247 [16AP], H2267 [17AP]

———Presidential Emergency Board rejection of rail labor proposals, H5672 [23JY]

Magnetic Levitation Research, Development, and Construction Act: enact (H.R. 2878), H5427 [11JY]

National Railway Labor Conference: labor-management settlement (H.J. Res. 222), H2363, H2366-H2370 [17AP]

———labor-management settlement (H.J. Res. 222), unanimous-consent agreement, H2357 [17AP]

New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway: Short Line of the Year Award recipient, E759 [5MR]

Omaha, NE: tribute to Union Pacific Railroad, E2101 [7JN]

Safety: equip trains with rear-end telemetry systems (H.R. 3916), E4044 [25NO]

———hazardous materials accidents (H.R. 3124), E2824 [1AU]

Taxation: repeal taxation of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (H.R. 1574), H1919 [21MR]

———volume cap on private activity bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities (H.R. 3348), E3064 [18SE]

Transportation: develop high-speed rail program (H.R. 1087), H1127 [21FE], E585 [22FE]

———improve highway and rail traffic safety (H.R. 2619), E2152 [11JN]

———improve rural and short line services (H.R. 1425), E931 [14MR]

———magnetic levitation technology development, H8241 [23OC]

———provide air passengers access to information on ground services (H.R. 2486), H3698 [29MY]

———rail strike, E1510 [30AP]

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (H.R. 3511), E3296 [7OC]

Weapons: arms shipment security, H4141 [7JN]

Remarks in Senate

Amtrak: anniversary (S.J. Res. 98), S3807 [20MR], S4915 [23AP]

———anniversary (S.J. Res. 98), unanimous-consent agreement, S4915 [23AP]

———furlough of employees, S13118 [17SE]

Appropriations: authorizing for relocation and demonstration program (S. 990), S5410 [7MY]

———authorizing for safety (S. 1430), S9131 [28JN]

Association of Transportation Practitioners: tribute, S12368 [2AU]

Brownsville, TX: railroad relocation project, S7762, S7763 [13JN]

Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (S. 1221), S7169 [5JN]

Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 676), S3419, S3427 [14MR], S6133, S6137, S6138 [20MY], S13172 [17SE]

———alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 677), S3419, S3427 [14MR]

———alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 678), S3419, S3427 [14MR]

———develop a national high speed rail system (S. 1065), S5778 [14MY]

———development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (S. 811), S15034-S15038 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: rail garrison MX program funding, S12054-S12058 [2AU]

Drug abuse: testing in transportation industry, S1329 [30JA]

Food stamps: eligibility of certain disabled railroad annuitants (S. 1700), S12673 [10SE]

Grand Canyon National Park: tribute to Grand Canyon Railroad, S12993 [13SE]

High-Speed Surface Transportation Development Corp.: establish (S. 1493), S10442-S10444 [18JY]

Labor unions: dispute between labor and management, S11110 [26JY]

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 1060), S5768 [14MY]

National objectives: maintaining and improving infrastructure, S3834 [21MR]

National Railway Labor Conference: labor-management settlement, S4518 [17AP]

———labor-management settlement (H.J. Res. 222), S4657-S4660 [17AP], S4788 [18AP], S10993 [26JY]

Presidential Emergency Board: review of strike settlement recommendations, S11266 [30JY]

Rail garrison MX program: funding, S13816 [26SE]

Safety (S. 1571), S11064 [26JY]

Taxation: treatment of rail transportation property (S. 1564), S10963 [25JY]

Transportation: Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail study, S13121 [17SE]

———Chicago-St. Louis rail corridor trackwork loan, S13121 [17SE]

———drug and alcohol testing for operators of common carriers, S13877 [27SE]

———drug testing of those in safety positions in public transportation, S14773, S14774 [16OC]

———improve rural and short line services (S. 641), S3266 [13MR]

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (S. 1828), S14599 [8OC]

———supplemental and extended benefits, S13562 [24SE]

Reports filed

Authorization of a High Speed Rail Transportation Development and Commercialization Program: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1087) (H. Rept. 102-297), H9614 [8NO]

Authorization of Activities Under Federal Railroad Safety Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2607) (H. Rept. 102-205), H6601 [16SE]

Improvement in Railroad Safety: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1571) (S. Rept. 102-219), S16942 [18NO]

Testing for Alcohol and Controlled Substances for Operators of Aircraft, Trains, and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 676) (H. Rept. 102-54), S5351 [6MY]

Summaries

Authorizing Appropriations for Railroad Safety (S. 1430), S9134 [28JN]

Tax Treatment of Rail Transportation Property (S. 1564), S10963 [25JY]

Tables

Dept. of Transportation rail modernization program budget proposal, S7750 [13JN]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 222, labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees, H2365 [17AP]

H.R. 2607, Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act, H6695-H6697 [23SE]

H.R. 2878, Magnetic Levitation Research, Development, and Construction Act, H5427 [11JY]

S. 676, alcohol and drug testing for common carrier operators, S6134-S6136, S6139-S6143 [20MY]

S. 676, alcohol and drug testing for persons involved in the operation of common carriers, S3419 [14MR]

S. 677, alcohol and drug testing for persons involved in the operation of trains, S3423 [14MR]

S. 811, High-Speed Rail Transportation Act, S15034-S15036 [22OC]

S. 990, authorizing appropriations for a railroad relocation and demonstration program, S5410 [7MY]

S. 1430, authorizing appropriations for railroad safety, S9133 [28JN]

S. 1700, eligibility of certain disabled railroad annuitants for food stamps, S12673 [10SE]

S. 1828, unemployment benefits to certain railroad employees, S14599 [8OC]

S.J. Res. 98, anniversary of Amtrak, S4916 [23AP], H2491 [24AP]