# 115-hr-4629: Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017

115-hr-4629, Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4629
- Congress: 115
- Title: Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Introduced: 2017-12-12
- Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Save Our Communities from Risky Trains Act of 2017  This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to require enhanced security measures for shipments of security sensitive material. DOT shall designate a material, or a group or class of material, as security sensitive if it determines that transporting such material in commerce poses a significant risk to national security due to its potential use in an act of terrorism. Each railroad carrier transporting security sensitive material shall: compile material route and storage pattern information, and submit to DOT a written rail transportation route and storage pattern security risk analysis and an alternative route and storage pattern analysis. Railroad carriers shall use the route and storage pattern that, based on the analyses, best reduces the risk, including consequences, of a terrorist attack on, or derailment of, a shipment of security sensitive material transported through or near an area of concern (i.e., urban areas). Each railroad carrier shall review once every five years any changes affecting the security movements of such material.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7359: Voter Information and Access Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7346: Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7345: National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act
- 115-hr-7330: Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7308: Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-4629 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4629)

## Related
- [115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7368)
- [115-hr-7359: Voter Information and Access Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7359)
- [115-hr-7346: Low-Wage Federal Contractor Employee Back Pay Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7346)
- [115-hr-7345: National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7345)
- [115-hr-7330: Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7330)
- [115-hr-7308: Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7308)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4629 (as of 2025-11-18).