WASHINGTON — A subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure has scheduled a hearing on rail safety for Tuesday, July 23.
The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold the session, “Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,” at 2 p.m. ET in Room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Live video will be available here.
A list of those scheduled to testify or other details of the agenda have not yet been released. When available, they will be at the same page linked above.
Rail safety legislation introduced in both the House and Senate has languished in committee since being introduced shortly after the Feb. 3, 2023, East Palestine derailment. The House version, H.R. 1633, the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives, or RAIL, Act, was introduced last March 17, and referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials three days later. That was the last action until January, when a motion changed credit as first sponsor of the bill from Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) to Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Ohio); no action has been taken since.
