About the bill
The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is a United States federal law, enacted by Congress to improve railroad safety. Among its provisions, the most notable was the mandate requiring positive train control (PTC) technology to be installed on most of the US railroad network by 2015. This was spurred by the 2008 Chatsworth train collision the month prior to passage of the act. In October 2015 Congress extended the deadline to 2018.
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Sponsor and status
110th Congress (2007–2009)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 16, 2008
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 16, 2008.
94 Cosponsors (85 Democrats, 9 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Cardin, mikulski, warner and webb vote to send metro funding bill to the president for signature”
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Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
on Oct 1, 2008
“Cardin praises rail safety and amtrak provisions passed by the senate”
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Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
on Oct 1, 2008
Incorporated legislation
This bill incorporates provisions from:
H.R. 4122: American Investment in Safe, Reliable High-Speed Rail Act
Introduced on Nov 8, 2007. 57% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 1300: Program for Real Energy Security Act
Introduced on Mar 1, 2007. 19% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 1516: Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act
Introduced on Mar 14, 2007. 19% incorporated. (compare text)
History
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May 1, 2007
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jun 14, 2007
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Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. |
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Oct 17, 2007
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 724 (110th). |
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Oct 17, 2007
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Aug 1, 2008
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Sep 24, 2008
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Bill Causing Indirect Action —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 1492 (110th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 2095 (110th). |
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Sep 25, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the House with an Amendment. |
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Oct 3, 2008
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress. |
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Oct 16, 2008
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 2095 (110th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2095. This is the one from the 110th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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