Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act
Latest action · Jan 6, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act - Revises requirements with respect to the consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control (transaction) involving rail carriers to require public hearings in the affected communities if public hearings on a proposed transaction are held.
Requires the Surface Transportation Board, in a proceeding with respect to a transaction that involves at least one Class I railroad (under current law, merger or control of at least two Class I railroads), to consider the effect on the public interest, including the safety and environmental effect of the proposed merger on local communities, intercity rail passenger transportation, commuter rail passenger transportation, and the public interest.
Prohibits the Board from approving mergers if their adverse impacts on safety and on affected communities outweigh their transportation benefits. Authorizes the Board to impose conditions to mitigate the effect of mergers on local communities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 5, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Original | Jan 5, 2011 |
| R-IL | Joe Walsh | Original | Jan 5, 2011 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 5, 2011 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jan 6, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H42.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require Surface Transportation Board consideration of the impacts of certain railroad transactions on local communities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative remedies
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate finance and management
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Noise pollution
- Public participation and lobbying
- Railroads
- Surface Transportation Board
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced 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.
