Railroads Bills in the 111th Congress

1,293 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 150. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 119th

131 bills in the 111th Congress. Showing 91–120, newest first. Every Congress

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HRES 28	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 as well as other statutes, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation.	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.	December 3, 2009
S 4034	SMART Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	December 16, 2010
S 3985	Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010	Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627)	December 8, 2010
S 3983	A bill to authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds received for intercity passenger rail service pursuant to title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for other transportation projects.	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	November 29, 2010
S 3982	A bill to amend the limitation on liability for certain passenger rail accidents or incidents under section 28103 of title 49, United States Code, and for other purposes.	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8246)	November 29, 2010
S 3976	Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	November 19, 2010
S 3866	AIR Act of 2010	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	September 29, 2010
S 3793	Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572.	September 20, 2010
S 3749	Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	August 5, 2010
S 3644	Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 482.	July 23, 2010
S 3629	Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation Act of 2010	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	July 22, 2010
S 3601	Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2010	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	July 15, 2010
S 3456	Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.	June 4, 2010
S 3454	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011	Senate Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-701, pt. 1.	December 14, 2010
S 3159	Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act of 2010	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.	May 19, 2010
S 3097	A bill to correct an error in the enrollment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010.	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	March 10, 2010
S 2889	Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2009	By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-380.	December 21, 2010
S 2845	False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2009	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	December 7, 2009
S 2081	Locomotive Fleet Investment Act of 2009	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	October 29, 2009
S 1808	Control Spending Now Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	October 20, 2009
S 1764	Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	October 8, 2009
S 1733	Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 267.	February 2, 2010
S 1685	Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	September 17, 2009
S 1647	Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9082-9083)	August 7, 2009
S 1638	Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	August 6, 2009
S 1132	Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2010	Became Public Law No: 111-272.	October 12, 2010
S 791	Surface Transportation Safety Act of 2009	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.	April 2, 2009
S 705	Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2009	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 227.	December 15, 2009
S 575	Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.	March 11, 2009
S 461	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	February 24, 2009

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.