SecBot SecBot

A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 23 through September 29, 2024, as "Rail Safety Week" and supporting the goals and ideals of Rail Safety Week to reduce highway-rail grade crossing and trespasser-related incidents, fatalities, injuries, and derailments, improve the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail, and prevent rail worker fatalities.

S.Res. 864 Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) In committee
Bill text PDF
  1. Introduced Sep 25
  2. Committee Sep 25
  3. Agreed to in Senate Next
Where it stands
In committee, Sep 25, 2024Next: Senate vote
763d ago Sep 25, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S6451-6452)
Final votes
No roll callsNo recorded vote on this bill yet
Lobbying
1company, 1 filing
Subscribe to see spend
Member trades
2trades in the last 90 days
Subscribe to see who
Who backs the bill and who pushes back Subscribe

Companies lobbying on this bill

1 company
Companies by sector
Industrials 1
Search all 1 companies, their asks and price moves Subscribe

Summary

This resolution expresses support for the designation of Rail Safety Week. The resolution also expresses support for (1) the efforts by the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the February 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; (2) the communities impacted by the derailment in Ohio; and (3) the actions of first responders who combat releases of hazardous materials across the United States, including the firefighters who responded to the derailment in Ohio.

Library of Congress summary, Sep 25, 2024

Summary versions
  • Introduced in SenateSep 25, 2024

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.