Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act
Latest action · Oct 18, 2024 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.
- IntroducedOct 18, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Oct 18, 2024 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Dec 11, 2024 |
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 Oct 18, 2024 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Oct 18, 2024 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Oct 18, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2024Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Oct 18, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Oct 18, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 157, October 18, 2024, page H5878.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4954 | Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act | Identical bill | Aug 1, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule setting minimum structural standards for railroad bridges, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2024Introduced 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.
