US Congress House Bill 6066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses passenger safety issues aboard trains. Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Railroad Administration to research safety issues relating to speed signs, seat securement mechanisms, and methods for mitigating derailment injuries; requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to address various safety issues, including developing policies for the safe use of child safety seats and implementing enhanced crew training; directs the Department of Transportation to require each railroad carrier that provides regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to install inward- and outward-facing audio recording devices in or on all controlling locomotive cabs and cab car operating compartments on such passenger trains; prohibits entities providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation from beginning service on certain routes unless a positive train control system is fully implemented and operational on such routes; and requires railroad carriers to periodically review and update their speed limit action plans.

Passenger Train Safety Act

Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2020-03-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2020-03-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6066/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6066/BILLS-116hr6066ih.pdf