Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century
Latest action · May 8, 2002 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Makes corridor development activities (including the acquisition of locomotives, rolling stock, track, and signal equipment) eligible for Federal assistance.
Amends specified Federal law to change from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to provide direct loans and loan guarantees for rail rehabilitation and improvement projects to State and local governments, interstate compacts, government sponsored authorities and corporations, railroads, and joint ventures that include at least one railroad.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 25, 2001 to Oct 31, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Jack Quinn | Original | Sep 25, 2001 |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Oct 12, 2001 | |
| R-IN | Brian D. Kerns | Oct 12, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Oct 12, 2001 | |
| R-LA | John Cooksey | Oct 30, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Feb 26, 2002 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 31, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2001 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Sep 26, 2001Hearings Oct 2, 2001Markup May 8, 2002Reported May 8, 2002 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 25, 2001 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2002Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 8, 2002Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 2, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 26, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
- Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1956 | James L. Oberstar D-MN | Oct 24, 2002 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1729 | Don Young R-AK | Sep 25, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-671 | TEA-21 REAUTHORIZATION: FREIGHT ISSUES149 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Environment and Public Works Committee | Sep 9, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-668 | REAUTHORIZATION OF TEA-211,404 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Jan 24, 2002–Sep 30, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-543 | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003662 pages | Budget Committee | Jan 23, 2002–Mar 6, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1058 | RAILROAD ADVANCEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE LAW OF THE 21st CENTURY-RAIL-2172 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Nov 1, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Alaska
- Authorization
- Department of Transportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic government information
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Highspeed trains
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal transportation
- Internet
- Interstate compacts
- Law
- Locomotives
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad finance
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad maintenance and repair
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad rolling stock
- Railroad safety
- Right-of-way
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Surety and fidelity
- Tax-exempt securities
- Taxation
- Traffic signs and signals
- Transportation and Public Works
- User charges
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
