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S. 2071 118th Congress Senate

Reliable Rail Service Act

Official title: A bill to amend section 11101 of title 49, United States Code, to ensure that rail carriers provide transportation or service in a manner that fulfills the shipper's reasonable service requirements.

Introduced: June 21, 2023 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Jun 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 21, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reliable Rail Service Act

This bill revises freight rail transportation policy to require rail carriers to provide transportation or service in a manner that meets the shipper's need for timely, efficient, and reliable rail service and fulfills the shipper's reasonable service requirements. (Current policy requires rail carriers to provide the transportation or service on reasonable request.)

It also establishes specific criteria for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to consider when determining whether a rail carrier has violated its obligations under the policy. The STB must expedite any proceedings to consider a rail carrier's alleged violation of the policy.

The bill also specifies that information a rail carrier must provide on the carrier's rates and other service terms includes information on reasonable transit or cycle times consistent with the requestor's needs and requirements for the efficient and reliable receipt, transportation, and delivery of property.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 21

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • POTOMAC PARTNERS DC
    for SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC.
    for SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC. · Texas · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • POTOMAC PARTNERS DC
    for SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC.
    for SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC. · Texas · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • POTOMAC PARTNERS DC
    for SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC.
    for SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC. · Texas · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jun 21, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2071: Reliable Rail Service Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2071/
MLA
"S. 2071: Reliable Rail Service Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2071/.
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S. 2071, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2071/.
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