RAILROADS

Articles and editorials

Amtrak on an Upgrade, E1147 [14JN]

Passenger Railroad Improves Service on Long-Haul Trains To Lure Travelers, H3831 [13JN]

Taking Lumps—As Utilities Seek More Coal, Railroads Struggle To Deliver, S2304 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 3612), S6786 [29JN]

Business and industry: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (see S. 2921), S4891 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the continued payment of railroad retirement annuities (see H.R. 5074), H1451 [4AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see S. 2461), S2467 [28MR]

India: condemn commuter rail terrorist attacks in Mumbai and express condolences to victims and their families (see S. Res. 527), S7415 [12JY] (see H. Res. 911, 913), H5128 [12JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see S. 2412), S2122 [14MR] (see S. 3456), S5490 [6JN] (see H.R. 5017), H1195 [28MR]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (see H.R. 5330), H2338 [9MY]

Refuse disposal: clarify that State and local permitting requirements relative to the processing, sorting, or transporting of solid waste apply to rail carriers (see H.R. 4930), H867 [9MR]

———exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (see H.R. 4821), H450 [28FE]

Reno, NV: validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Co., of lands that were originally conveyed by the U.S. to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads (see S. 2204), S211 [26JA]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical correction (see S. 2383), S1834 [7MR]

———technical corrections (see H.R. 5689), H4679 [27JN]

States: authorize taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see S. 2512), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 5205), H1851 [26AP]

Surface Transportation Board: establish certain rules for approval of waste management company applications to become rail carriers (see H.R. 4870), H565 [2MR]

Tariff: railway car body shells for electric multiple unit commuter coaches of stainless steel (see S. 2988), S4967 [23MY]

———railway car body shells of stainless steel designed for gallery type railway cars (see S. 2987), S4967 [23MY]

———railway car body shells of stainless steel designed for use in gallery type cab control railway cars (see S. 2986), S4967 [23MY]

Transportation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5076), H1451 [4AP]

———improve maritime, rail, and public transportation security (see S. 2791), S4469 [11MY]

———increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 5714), H4914 [29JN]

Letters

Dept. of Transportation New Start program funding for Chicago, IL, commuter rail service: Philip A. Pagano, Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp., H3824 [13JN]

Remarks in House

Altoona, PA: prohibit funding for Juanita Ultra Low Emission Locomotive Demonstration, H3206, H3207 [24MY]

Amos, Nancy: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, chapter of Women in Transportation Woman of the Year award recipient, E722 [4MY]

Amtrak: anniversary, E689 [2MY], E747 [5MY], E844 [16MY]

———funding, H3828-H3833 [13JN], E1147 [14JN], E1217 [20JN], E1219 [21JN]

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad: tribute, E709 [3MY]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration school bus railroad crossing safety funding, H3833 [13JN]

———New Start program funding for Chicago, IL, commuter rail service, H3824 [13JN]

———prohibit funding to apply Federal Transit Administration revised cost-effectiveness index rating system to Minnesota Northstar Corridor Rail project, H3935 [14JN]

———rail line relocation projects funding, H3915-H3917 [14JN]

India: condemn commuter rail terrorist attacks in Mumbai and express condolences to victims and their families, H5056 [12JY], E1383 [12JY]

———express condolences to families and friends of individuals killed in terrorist bombing in Mumbai, H5014 [11JY], E1375 [11JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H1203 [29MR], H1905-H1908 [27AP], H2884, H2885 [18MY], H4047 [15JN]

National security: homeland security funding, H1596, H1600 [6AP]

New York, NY: mass transit projects funding, E1164 [15JN]

Rail Line Relocation Capital Grant program: funding, H1873 [27AP]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (H.R. 5330), E767 [10MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 5689), H4779-H4783 [28JN]

Safety: increase rail transportation security, H2114 [4MY], H3298-H3300 [25MY]

Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (H.R. 5714), H5098, H5104, H5105 [12JY], E1329 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Amtrak: anniversary, S4044 [4MY]

———funding, S2169-S2172, S2179, S2180 [15MR]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 3612), S6794 [29JN]

Business and industry: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (S. 919), S1956 [9MR]

Cargo transportation: improve rail capacity, S2303 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: rail and transit security grant programs funding, S7377-S7384, S7395-S7399 [12JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (S. 2461), S2469 [28MR]

India: condemn commuter rail terrorist attacks in Mumbai and express condolences to victims and their families, S7363 [12JY]

———condemn commuter rail terrorist attacks in Mumbai and express condolences to victims and their families (S. Res. 527), S7441 [12JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (S. 2412), S2126 [14MR]

———implement recommendations (S. 3456), S5505 [6JN]

National security: homeland security programs funding, S2228, S2229, S2247, S2248, S2256, S2290 [16MR]

Rail Line Relocation Capital Grant program: funding, S3558, S3564-S3566 [26AP]

Transportation: improve maritime, rail, and public transportation security (S. 2791), S4473-S4476, S4503 [11MY], S4526 [12MY]

———improve transportation security (S. 1052), S2176 [15MR]

Reports filed

Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1631) (H. Rept. 109-314), H159 [7FE]

Transportation Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5076) (H. Rept. 109-512), H4327 [20JN]

Transportation Security Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1052) (S. Rept. 109-216), S1504 [27FE]

Texts of

H.R. 5689, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users technical corrections, H4779-H4783 [28JN]

S. 3612, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, S6795 [29JN]

S. Res. 527, condemn commuter rail terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, and express condolences to victims and their families, S7426, S7441 [12JY]