Safe Tracks Act
Sponsored By: Representative Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would extend Subpart H safety and oversight rules to centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems and centralized traffic control boards. It directs the Secretary of Transportation to amend 49 C.F.R. §236.911 within 30 days so those rules apply to both current and future deployments.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New safety rules for train dispatch
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to amend 49 C.F.R. §236.911 within 30 days of enactment. The amendment would make the safety and oversight rules in Subpart H of Part 236 apply to existing and any future centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems and centralized traffic control boards. Rail carriers that use those centralized dispatch systems would be covered by those safety rules. The bill would not provide new funding or add new penalties; it would only require the regulatory change.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]
OH • R
Sponsored 4/21/2026
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Roll Call Votes
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