RECENTLY INTRODUCED

1. American Investment in Safe, Reliable High-Speed Rail Act -- H.R. 4122
2. High-Speed Rail Authority Development and Formation Act -- H.R. 4123
3. Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2007 -- S. 1889
4. To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure competition in the rail industry, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes. -- H.R. 2125
5. Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act -- H.R. 2701
6. Improving America's Security Act of 2007 -- S. 4
7. Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act -- H.R. 1516
8. Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act -- S. 918
9. Rail Worker Emergency Training Act -- H.R. 535
10. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage investment and expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity. -- S. 1125
11. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage investment and expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity. -- H.R. 2116
12. Railroad Retirement Fairness Act -- H.R. 626
13. Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007 -- H.R. 534
14. Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 -- S. 184
15. Rail Security Act of 2007 -- S. 83
16. Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2007 -- H.R. 99
17. Public Transportation and Rail Security Assistance Act of 2007 -- H.R. 1493
18. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit -- H.R. 1584
19. Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act -- H.R. 148
20. Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007 -- S. 953
21. Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007 -- S. 772/H.R. 1650
22. PROGRESS ACT -- H.R. 1300

 

RECENTLY PASSED

1. Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Comission Act of 2007 -- H.R. 1
2. Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 -- S. 294
   Amtrak Reauthorization
3. Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 -- H.R. 2095
   Passed 10/17
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.

Railroad Retirement Disability Earnings Act

Introduced in the 109th Congress as H.R. 5483.
Signed by the President and became Public Law 108-478 on January 12, 2007.

This bill amended the Railroad Retirement Act to increase the allowable outside earnings limit for persons receiving railroad retirement disability benefits from $400 per month to $700 per month, with future indexing for inflation.