H.R. 8417 119th Congress House

Keeping China Off the Rails Act

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight cars operating on the United States general railroad system of transportation to meet ce… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight cars operating on the United States general railroad system of transportation to meet certain manufacturing and content requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 21, 2026 Introduced by: John R. Moolenaar Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works

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Apr 21, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 12

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

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for GATX CORPORATION · Illinois · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GATX CORPORATION
for GATX CORPORATION · Illinois · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
for UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12 filings
SENATE
12 filings
Federal Railroad Administration
7 filings
Surface Transportation Board (STB)
7 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
7 filings
White House Office
5 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
4 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Gottheimer, Josh

New Jersey · Apr 21, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8417: Keeping China Off the Rails Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8417/

MLA

"H.R. 8417: Keeping China Off the Rails Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8417/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 8417, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8417/.

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[H.R. 8417: Keeping China Off the Rails Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8417/)