Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act

To strengthen national security and promote energy independence by reducing the Nation's reliance on foreign oil, improving vehicle technology and efficiency, increasing the distribution of alternative fuels, bolstering rail infrastructure, and expanding access to public transit.

3/1/2007--Introduced.
Program for Real Energy Security Act or the PROGRESS Act - Establishes the National Commission on Energy Security and Transition to New Fuels. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including to make recommendations to Congress and the President for:
(1) preserving the national energy security in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster; and
(2) reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil over a specified period. Establishes:
(1) the New Manhattan Center for High Efficiency Vehicles; and
(2) the Advisory Council on Federal Participation. Requires the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of grants to federal and private sector researchers (including the Center) to research and develop alternative fuels and technologies to improve the productivity of U.S. automotive firms in the manufacture of high efficiency vehicles. Establishes a grant program to provide assistance to retail and wholesale motor fuel dealers or other entities to install, replace, or convert motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure for use in the storage and dispensing of biobased fuels. Sets forth requirements calling for:
(1) the production and distribution of biobased fuels (ethanol) and deployment of new engine technologies for fuel-flexible, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and biodiesel vehicles;
(2) greater use of alternative fuels in dual fueled vehicles operating in the federal fleet; and
(3) the increase and expansion of employer-provided mass transit fringe benefits. Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act - Allows for the shared use of rail carrier trackage and rail rights-of-way by mass transportation authorities. Authorizes capital investment grants to improve intercity passenger rail service. Allows a tax credit to holders of qualified high-speed rail infrastructure bonds. Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2007 - Establishes a capital grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track of class II and class III railroads. Requires the issuance of regulations implementing reliability standards for the safe transportation of energy supplies by rail.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
• and 110 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Thomas Allen
  • Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Robert Berry
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Julia Carson
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Tom Lantos
  • Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
  • Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. R. Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
  • Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Mike Ross
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Albert Wynn
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 12 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Armed Services
  • House Armed Services
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Rules
  • House Administration
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1300

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 01, 2007

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• Mar 28, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
• Mar 05, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• Mar 05, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
• Mar 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
• Mar 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House House Administration
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Science and Technology
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Rules
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Mar 01, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Science and Technology, Ways and Means, House Administration, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Mar 01, 2007.

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