Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 6, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S3794-3795)
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 6, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to rewrite provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains, railroad equipment and structures, and the mass transportation system to: (1) correspond with current prohibitions against acts of violence against the mass transportation system; (2) apply such provisions to acts committed knowingly (currently, willfully); and (3) add as an aggravated offense the commission of such prohibited act under circumstances in which the railroad on-track equipment or mass transportation vehicle was carrying high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or specified hazardous material.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Apr 6, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S3794-3795)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S3794 | Jeff Sessions R-AL (text) | Apr 6, 2004 |
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 2
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. 108-782 | DOJ OVERSIGHT: TERRORISM AND OTHER TOPICS216 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jun 8, 2004 |
| S. Hrg. 108-927 | KEEPING AMERICA'S MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SAFE: ARE THE LAWS ADEQUATE?102 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 8, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4143 | Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 | Identical bill | May 20, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to combat terrorism against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arson
- Biological warfare
- Bombings
- Bridges
- Bus drivers
- Capital punishment
- Chemical warfare
- Conspiracy
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Destruction of property
- EBB Terrorism
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental Protection
- Explosives
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Labor and Employment
- Life imprisonment
- Mandatory sentences
- Marine safety
- Marine transportation
- Mass rapid transit
- Motor buses
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Passenger ships
- Radioactive wastes
- Railroad employees
- Railroad equipment
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Railroads
- School buses
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Subways
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Terrorism
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic signs and signals
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation safety
- Transportation workers
- Tunnels
- Weapons
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2004Introduced in Senate
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.