National Rail Infrastructure Program Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
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.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Rail Infrastructure Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a National Rail Infrastructure Program to provide grants for projects addressing railroad infrastructure and systems deficiencies.
Makes eligible for such grants projects to: (1) maintain and increase track and intermodal yard capacity; (2) acquire rights-of-way for future expansion; (3) separate railroad and road crossings and make other railroad and road interface improvements; (4) separate rail-to-rail crossings; (5) integrate railroad systems; and (6) construct, repair, and rehabilitate track and related supporting structures. Prohibits the use of grant funds for operating expenses, acquisition of rolling stock, payment of debt, or construction or repair of maintenance facilities, passenger facilities at stations, or other ancillary railroad business structures.
Requires at least 20 percent of project costs to be provided by State, local, and other non-Federal public sources.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax of: (1) five percent on the sale of any specified railroad equipment by the manufacturer, producer, or importer; (2) five percent of the amount paid for taxable rail transportation of any person by commuter rail, and of ten percent in any other case; and (3) one percent of the amount paid inside or outside the United States for the taxable rail transportation of property.
Establishes in the Treasury a National Rail Infrastructure Program Trust Fund, consisting of amounts equivalent to: (1) specified excise taxes received with respect to fuel used in a train, and the excise tax under this Act on railroad locomotives and rolling stock; (2) ten percent of all customs duties received after September 30, 2003; and (3) ten percent of all royalties attributable to the removal of oil or gas from Federal lands. Makes amounts in the Trust Fund available only for grants under this Act.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2003 to Oct 7, 2003; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Apr 3, 2003 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Frank W. Ballance Jr. | Jun 5, 2003 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Oct 7, 2003 |
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 Apr 3, 2003 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2003 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
- Apr 3, 2003Introduced in House
- Apr 3, 2003Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5159 | William O. Lipinski D-IL | Jun 10, 2003 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2912 | William O. Lipinski D-IL | Apr 8, 2003 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42512 | Passenger Train Access to Freight Railroad Track Archived | Report | May 2, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish and provide for funding for a National Rail Infrastructure Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Rail Infrastructure Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Commerce
- Commuter tax
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Environmental Protection
- Excise tax
- Federal aid to transportation
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intermodal transportation
- Labor and Employment
- Maintenance and repair
- Minimum wages
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Oil and gas royalties
- Railroad commuting traffic
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad equipment
- Railroad finance
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroads
- Right-of-way
- Sales tax
- Small business
- Tariff
- Taxation
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic congestion
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2003Introduced in House
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