H.R. 8996 · 118th Congress

Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024

Introduced on Jul 11, 2024 by Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22). 33 cosponsors, 27 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 12, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 11, 2024
Cosponsors
33
27 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To enhance safety requirements for trains transporting hazardous materials, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Troy E. NehlsR-TX-22Sponsor

Democrats · 27

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 11, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Jul 11, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jul 11, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jul 11, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jul 12, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL UNION/IAM (fka TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATI9 reports
    $570.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS UNION/IAM$8.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS8 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  3. Ambipar Response Training Center4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  4. UNION PACIFIC CORP.4 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  5. American Association for Justice3 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  6. GATX CORPORATION3 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  7. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY3 reports
    $5.2M reported (all issues)
  8. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO3 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL2 reports
    $12.4M reported (all issues)
  10. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS2 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  11. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY$439.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, IBT2 reports
  13. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY2 reports
  14. CSX CORPORATION2 reports
    $710.8K reported (all issues)
  15. Fiber Optic Sensing Association2 reports
  16. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS2 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  17. Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transp. Workers, Transp. Div.2 reports
    $800.7K reported (all issues)
  18. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION2 reports
    $930K reported (all issues)
  19. National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  20. National Taxpayers Union2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  21. PET FOOD INSTITUTE2 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  22. Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers Association2 reports
  23. Southern California Regional Rail Authority2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  24. TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  25. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO2 reports
  26. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS1 report

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.