# 116-hr-6223: D-BLOC Act

116-hr-6223, D-BLOC Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6223
- Congress: 116
- Title: D-BLOC Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Introduced: 2020-03-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Don't BLock Our Communities Act or the D-BLOC Act This bill addresses concerns related to blocked crossings. (A blocked crossing is a circumstance in which a train, railroad car, or locomotive engine is stopped or is standing in a manner that obstructs public travel at a crossing). Specifically, the bill requires each railroad carrier to collect data on blocked crossings and directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to incorporate such data into the national highway-rail crossing inventory; establishes a 10-minute limit on trains, locomotive, railroad cars, or other railroad equipment blocking crossings, with specified exceptions; authorizes DOT to issue civil penalties for each incident where a crossing is blocked by a standing train, locomotive, or rail equipment; requires DOT to issue regulations defining what is considered persistently or egregiously blocking a crossing, including taking into consideration the extent to which the blocked crossing poses a public safety hazard; does not apply to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) or commuter authorities; directs DOT to issue and publish a national strategy on how it plans to address blocked crossings; and requires each railroad carrier to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone service for rights-of-way over which it dispatches trains to directly receive calls reporting blocked crossings.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2020-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7308: RISE Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-5221: 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019
- 116-hr-5141: Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-6223 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6223)

## Related
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7308: RISE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7308)
- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-5221: 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5221)
- [116-hr-5141: Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5141)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6223 (as of 2025-11-18).