# 119-hr-853: Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act

119-hr-853, Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-853
- Congress: 119
- Title: Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a Hazardous Train Event Emergency Reimbursement Fund** to reimburse state and local emergency responders for costs from train incidents carrying hazardous materials. It also levies fees on hazardous-material shippers and carriers and requires railroads to share advance load warnings and real-time location data with local responders. - Local emergency response groups such as fire departments and law enforcement can receive an immediate award of at least $250,000 after a Federal Railroad Administration declaration and may receive up to $3.0 million per hazardous train event to cover equipment replacement, overtime, operational costs, and retroactive expenses. - Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials by rail face a new annual fee schedule that will collect not less than $10.0 million each year to be deposited into the reimbursement fund. - Railroads transporting hazardous materials must provide counties and local emergency response groups advance notice of a train's load and timing and real-time location information when a train enters or exits a community's service area. *Establishes a fee-funded Treasury account expected to collect at least $10.0 million annually to finance reimbursements for hazardous train events.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fast cash for local train responders: benefit, high. If enacted, the rail administrator, with FEMA and EPA, would have 3 days to declare a hazardous train event. After a declaration, eligible police, fire, and other local responders would get at least $250,000 right away. Within 5 days, more aid could be awarded, up to $3 million per event. Money cou…
- Real-time hazardous train alerts to locals: benefit, medium. The Secretary of Transportation, after consulting TSA, would set rules for railroads that carry hazardous materials. Railroads would have to give county and local responders advance warning of the train’s load and timing. They would also share real-time location when the train enters and leaves the…
- New fees on hazardous rail shippers: cost, medium. This bill would require annual fees on businesses that ship or carry hazardous materials by rail. The fee schedule would raise at least $10 million each year. The money would be deposited into the Hazardous Train Event Emergency Reimbursement Fund.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-853 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/853)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-853 (as of 2025-12-21).