Rail Security Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rail Security Act of 2007 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct a vulnerability assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation, and develop specific prioritized recommendations for improving rail security.
Directs the Assistant Secretary to conduct a study on requiring security screening for passengers, baggage, and cargo on passenger trains.
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to Amtrak for fire and life-safety improvements and infrastructure upgrades to tunnels on the Northeast Corridor.
Directs Amtrak to submit to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) a plan to address the needs of families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents.
Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to award grants to Amtrak for certain system-wide Amtrak, freight, hazardous materials transportation, and passenger rail security upgrades.
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to set forth certain standards for welded rail and tank car safety improvements.
Sets forth certain whistleblower protections for rail employees or other persons providing information about perceived security threats.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jun 18, 2007; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 18, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S91-92)
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 | Debate and remarks S91 | John McCain R-AZ | Jan 4, 2007 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 184 | Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2007 |
| S 294 | Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2008 |
| HR 534 | Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 29, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide increased rail transportation security.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rail Security Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Airline passenger traffic
- Ambulances
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Auditing
- Aviation agreements
- Biological warfare
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Canada
- Capital investments
- Chemical warfare
- Chemicals
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional hearings
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- Directories
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- District of Columbia
- Dogs
- Drainage
- East Asia
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic surveillance
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Europe
- European Union
- Evidence (Law)
- Explosives
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal employees
- Fire fighters
- Fire prevention
- Freight
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Grievance procedures
- Identification devices
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Japan
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Lighting
- Maryland
- Mexico
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- New York City
- Nuclear terrorism
- Photography
- Planning
- Police
- Punitive damages
- Radiation safety
- Railroad commuting traffic
- Railroad employees
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad equipment
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Railroads
- Recruiting of employees
- Rescue work
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Risk
- Sabotage
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Standards
- Steel
- Technological innovations
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation planning
- Transportation research
- Treaties
- Tunnels
- Water Resources Development
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced 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.
