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Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005

Introduced: January 4, 2005 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Mar 2, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to rewrite provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains, railroad equipment and structures, and the mass transportation system to: (1) correspond with current prohibitions against acts of violence against the mass transportation system; (2) apply such provisions to acts committed knowingly (currently, willfully); and (3) add as an aggravated offense the commission of such prohibited act under circumstances in which the railroad on-track equipment or mass transportation vehicle was carrying high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or specified hazardous material.

What's happening now March 2, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 52: Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-52/
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"H.R. 52: Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-52/.
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H.R. 52, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-52/.
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