S. 294 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
- Sponsor:
- Summary:
- A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in both the House and Senate.
- Amendments:
- 39 proposed amendments. 17 accepted. 22 rejected. View amendments
PASSED by voice vote on July 22, 2008.
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Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
S. 294 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
- Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007
- Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
- Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
- Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Frank Lautenberg
- Co-Sponsors
- Max Baucus
- Joseph Biden
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Benjamin Cardin
- Thomas Carper
- Robert Casey
- Hillary Clinton
- Thad Cochran
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Christopher Dodd
- Byron Dorgan
- Richard Durbin
- Kay Hutchison
- Daniel Inouye
- Edward Kennedy
- John Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl
- Carl Levin
- Joseph Lieberman
- Trent Lott
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menéndez
- Barbara Mikulski
- Ben Nelson
- Barack Obama
- Mark Pryor
- John Rockefeller
- Charles Schumer
- Gordon Smith
- Olympia Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Ted Stevens
- Jon Tester
- John Warner
- Jim Webb
- Ron Wyden
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Accounting
- Administrative procedure
- Airline passenger traffic
- Alaska
- Animals
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Biological warfare
- Bonds
- Border patrols
- Budgets
- Business
- Buy American
- Canada
- Capital investments
- Chemical warfare
- Collective bargaining
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consultants
- Corporate finance
- Corporation directors
- Cost accounting
- Criminal justice
- Customs administration
- Department of Transportation
- Disabled
- District of Columbia
- Dogs
- Early retirement
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency management
- Employee training
- Environmental protection
- Evacuation of civilians
- Executive departments
- Explosives
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to transportation
- Finance
- Freight
- Government corporations
- Government information
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Hazardous substances
- Highspeed ground transportation
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Inspectors general
- Interest
- Intermodal transportation
- Interstate compacts
- Job training
- Labor
- Law
- Leases
- Legislation
- Liability (Law)
- Loans
- Magnetic levitation vehicles
- Maintenance and repair
- Maryland
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- New York City
- Nuclear terrorism
- Pensions
- Performance measurement
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Police
- Politics and government
- Public contracts
- Public-private partnerships
- Railroad commuting traffic
- Railroad employees
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad equipment
- Railroad finance
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad retirement plans
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Rating of employees
- Research and development
- Right-of-way
- Rural affairs
- Salaries
- Science policy
- Security measures
- Severance pay
- State and local government
- Stock repurchasing
- Subsidies
- Taxation
- Telecommunication
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Trade
- Transportation and the disabled
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation planning
- Transportation research
- Tunnels
- Victims
- Whistle blowing
- Related Bills
- H.R. 534 (110th) : Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007
- H.R. 534 (110th) : Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007
- H.R. 6003 (110th) : Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 6003 (110th) : Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 6003 (110th) : Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
- S. 83 (110th) : Rail Security Act of 2007
- S. 184 (110th) : Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007
- Major Actions
Introduced 1/16/2007 Referred to Committee Amendments (39 proposed) Passed Senate 10/30/2007 Passed House 7/22/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber Motion Date Result select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3451 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/24/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3457 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3459 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3460 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3461 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Sununu Amdt. No. 3453 10/25/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 28 voted YES 66 voted NO 6 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate Sununu Amdt. No. 3456 as Modified 10/25/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 27 voted YES 64 voted NO 9 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate Amendment SA 3472 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3473 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3475 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3476 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3477 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3483 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3484 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3485 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3488 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3469 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3486 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3489 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 PASSED by voice vote select this vote Senate Coburn Amdt. No.3474 10/30/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 24 voted YES 67 voted NO 9 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.294 10/30/2007 This motion PASSED the Senate 79 voted YES 13 voted NO 8 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate DeMint Amdt. No.3467 10/30/2007 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 27 voted YES 65 voted NO 8 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate On Passage - Senate - S.294 as Amended 10/30/2007 This bill PASSED the Senate 70 voted YES 22 voted NO 8 voted present/not votingcurrently selected House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. 7/22/2008 PASSED by voice vote Action Date Description Introduced 1/16/2007 1/16/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 1/16/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S579-580) 1/16/2007 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 2/27/2007 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Hearings held. Put on a legislative calendar 4/25/2007 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. 5/22/2007 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-67. Put on a legislative calendar 5/22/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 158. 10/24/2007 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. 10/24/2007 Committee reported amendments agreed to by Unanimous Consent. 10/24/2007 Amendment SA 3451 proposed by Senator Lautenberg. select this vote Vote 10/24/2007 Amendment SA 3451 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/24/2007 Cloture motion on amendment SA 3452 presented in Senate. 10/24/2007 Amendment SA 3453 proposed by Senator Sununu. 10/24/2007 Amendment SA 3454 proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Carper to Amendment SA 3452. 10/24/2007 Amendment SA 3452 proposed by Senator Sununu. 10/25/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/25/2007 Cloture motion on amendment SA 3452 withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. 10/25/2007 Proposed amendment SA 3452 withdrawn in Senate. 10/25/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/25/2007 SA 3454 fell when SA 3452 was withdrawn. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3455 proposed by Senator Allard. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3456 proposed by Senator Sununu. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3457 proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Murray. select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3457 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3459 proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Murray. select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3459 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3460 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator DeMint. select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3460 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3461 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator DeMint. select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Amendment SA 3461 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/25/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/25/2007 Considered by Senate. select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Sununu Amdt. No. 3453 select this vote Vote 10/25/2007 Sununu Amdt. No. 3456 as Modified 10/26/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/26/2007 Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. 10/26/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/26/2007 Amendment SA 3464 proposed by Senator Bond. 10/26/2007 Amendment SA 3467 proposed by Senator Bond for Senator DeMint. 10/26/2007 Amendment SA 3468 proposed by Senator Bond for Senator DeMint. 10/26/2007 Amendment SA 3469 proposed by Senator Bond for Senator DeMint. 10/26/2007 Amendment SA 3470 proposed by Senator Bond for Senator DeMint. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Proposed amendment SA 3455 withdrawn in Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Proposed amendment SA 3464 withdrawn in Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3472 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Tester. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3472 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3473 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Sanders. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3473 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3475 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Coburn. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3475 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3476 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Allard. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3476 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3477 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Crapo. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3477 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3483 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator DeMint. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3483 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3484 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator DeMint. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3484 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3485 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Bond. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3485 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3488 proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Hutchison. select this vote Vote 10/29/2007 Amendment SA 3488 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/30/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/30/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/30/2007 Proposed amendment SA 3468 withdrawn in Senate. 10/30/2007 Considered by Senate. select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3469 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 Considered by Senate. 10/30/2007 Proposed amendment SA 3470 withdrawn in Senate. 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3474 proposed by Senator Coburn. 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3486 proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Vitter. select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3486 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3489 proposed by Senator Lautenberg for Senator Schumer. select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 Amendment SA 3489 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 Coburn Amdt. No.3474 select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.294 select this vote Vote 10/30/2007 DeMint Amdt. No.3467 select this vote Senate Vote on Passage 10/30/2007 On Passage - Senate - S.294 as Amended 10/31/2007 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 10/31/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 10/31/2007 Received in the House. 11/01/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. 7/22/2008 Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 7/22/2008 Considered under suspension of the rules. 7/22/2008 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 294. currently selected House Vote on Passage 7/22/2008 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. 7/22/2008 Mr. Oberstar asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference. 7/22/2008 On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection. 7/22/2008 Mr. Heller moved that the House instruct conferees. 7/22/2008 DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Heller (NV) motion to instruct conferees on S. 294. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the provisions contained in section 221 of the House amendment. 7/22/2008 The previous question was ordered without objection. 7/22/2008 On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote. 7/22/2008 The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for consideration of the Senate bill and the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Oberstar, Brown, Corrine, Cummings, Capuano, Bishop (NY), Napolitano, Lipinski, Braley (IA), Arcuri, Mica, Petri, LaTourette, Brown (SC), Shuster, Diaz-Balart, M., and Westmoreland. 7/22/2008 The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Science and Technology for consideration of secs. 105 and 305 of the Senate bill, and modifications committed to conference: Gordon, Wu, and Gingrey. 7/23/2008 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status S. Amdt. 97 Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ] January 16, 2007 Offered on January 15, 2007. Amendment information not available.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3451 Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ] October 24, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 23, 2007. Of a perfecting nature.
S. Amdt. 3452 Sununu, John [R-NH] October 24, 2007 Withdrawn on October 24, 2007. To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3453 Sununu, John [R-NH] October 24, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on October 24, 2007. To prohibit Federal subsidies in excess of specified amounts on any Amtrak train route.
S. Amdt. 3454 Carper, Thomas [D-DE] October 24, 2007 Offered on October 23, 2007. Of a perfecting nature.
S. Amdt. 3455 Allard, Wayne [R-CO] October 25, 2007 Withdrawn on October 28, 2007. To strike the provisions repealing Amtrak's self-sufficiency requirements.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3456 Sununu, John [R-NH] October 25, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on October 24, 2007. To remove the limitation on the number of Amtrak routes available for competitive bid.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3457 Murray, Patty [D-WA] October 25, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 24, 2007. To require the development of a strategic plan to facilitate expanded cross-border passenger rail service on the Amtrak Cascades route during the 2010 Olympic Games.
S. Amdt. 3458 Murray, Patty [D-WA] October 25, 2007 Offered on October 24, 2007. Amendment information not available.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3459 Murray, Patty [D-WA] October 25, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 24, 2007. To require a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation on service delays on the Coast Starlight and Amtrak Cascades routes.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3460 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 24, 2007. To ensure that capital investment grants authorized under section 24402 of title 49, United States Code, may be used for passenger rail infrastructure.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3461 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 24, 2007. To direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study that compares passenger rail systems in certain developed countries.
S. Amdt. 3462 Durbin, Richard [D-IL] October 25, 2007 Offered on October 24, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3463 Cardin, Benjamin [D-MD] October 25, 2007 Offered on October 24, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3464 Bond, Christopher [R-MO] October 25, 2007 Withdrawn on October 28, 2007. To amend section 24101 of title 49, United States Code, to clarify Amtrak's mission.
S. Amdt. 3465 Tester, Jon [D-MT] October 25, 2007 Offered on October 24, 2007. Amendment information not available.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3467 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on October 29, 2007. To require Amtrak to disclose the Federal subsidy of every ticket sold for transportation on Amtrak.
S. Amdt. 3468 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Withdrawn on October 29, 2007. To increase competition in the American rail system by allowing any qualified rail operator or transportation company to compete for passenger rail service.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3469 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 29, 2007. To clarify the level of detail to be included in the modern financial accounting and reporting system required under section 203.
S. Amdt. 3470 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 25, 2007 Withdrawn on October 29, 2007. To require the Performance Improvement Plan to address reaching financial solvency by eliminating routes and services that do not make a profit.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3472 Tester, Jon [D-MT] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To require Amtrak to conduct a 1-time evaluation of passenger rail service between Chicago and Seattle through Southern Montana.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3473 Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To clarify that the Secretary of Transportation should favor projects that involve the purchase of environmentally sensitive, fuel-efficient, and cost-effective passenger rail equipment in selecting projects to receive capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3474 Coburn, Thomas [R-OK] October 29, 2007 Failed by roll call vote on October 29, 2007. To require Amtrak to regularly report to Congress on the profits or losses relating to the provision of food and beverage service and to limit such service on Amtrak rail lines that incur losses.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3475 Coburn, Thomas [R-OK] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To require Amtrak to publish a comprehensive annual financial report that allocates revenues and costs among each of its routes.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3476 Allard, Wayne [R-CO] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To require Amtrak to develop a plan to operate within budgetary limits, including a longterm plan.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3477 Crapo, Michael [R-ID] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To give additional consideration to States with limited Amtrak service when considering new intercity passenger rail routes.
S. Amdt. 3478 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3479 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3480 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3481 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
S. Amdt. 3482 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3483 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To encourage private sector funding of passenger trains.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3484 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To include private rail passenger operations on the Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3485 Bond, Christopher [R-MO] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To provide a mission statement for Amtrak, and for other purposes.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3486 Vitter, David [R-LA] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 29, 2007. To require the rail cooperative research program to include research designed to review rail crossing safety improvements, including improvements using new safety technology.
S. Amdt. 3487 Vitter, David [R-LA] October 29, 2007 Offered on October 28, 2007. Amendment information not available.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3488 Hutchison, Kay [R-TX] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 28, 2007. To express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to maintain Amtrak as a national passenger rail system.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3489 Schumer, Charles [D-NY] October 29, 2007 Passed by voice vote on October 29, 2007. To authorize a passenger rail study.
S. Amdt. 3490 Ensign, John [R-NV] October 30, 2007 Offered on October 29, 2007. Amendment information not available.
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