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H.R. 7068, H.R. 14417, and H.R. 14478

BILLS PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY AND ALSO
TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO PRE-
SCRIBE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE AND OTHER
STANDARDS AS HE FINDS NECESSARY FOR ALL AREAS OF RAIL-
ROAD SAFETY AND TO CONDUCT RAILROAD SAFETY RESEARCH
(and similar bills)
S. 1933

STANFORD

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY, HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS CONTROL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland
TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California

J. J. PICKLE, Texas

FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York

DAVID E, SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
BROCK ADAMS, Washington
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
RAY BLANTON, Tennessee

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
PETER N. KYROS, Maine
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas
ROBERT O. TIERNAN, Rhode Island
RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina

WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota
HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts
GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska
JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
JAMES HARVEY, Michigan
ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina
TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky

G. ROBERT WATKINS, Pennsylvania
DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
DAN KUYKENDALL, Tennessee
JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas
FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia
JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York

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Bernstein, Sheldon E., counsel, United Transportation Union.
Bloom, George I., vice president, National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners, and chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission____.

Brown, Joseph J., commissioner, Nebraska State Railway Com-
mission_.

Chesser, Al H., national legislative director, United Transporation
Union

Collier, Hon. Harold R., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Illinois_-_

Doub, William O., member, executive committee, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and chairman, Maryland Public Service Commission__

Forst, Merle, second vice president, National Conference of State Transportation Specialists (NCSTS) and director, Bureau of Transportation, Pennsylvania Commission___.

Goodfellow, Thomas M., president, Association of American Railroads_

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Organizations represented at hearings-Continued

Southern Railway System:

Moore, William H., executive vice president-operations.
Stallsmith, W. P., counsel.

Transportation Department:

Kessler, Robert L., Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration. Tidd, J. Thomas, Assistant General Counsel.

Volpe, Hon. John A., Secretary.

Whitman, Reginald N., Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration. United Transportation Union:

Bernstein, Sheldon E., counsel.

Chesser, Ál H., national legislative director.

RAILROAD SAFETY AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

CONTROL

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1970

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND AERONAUTICS,
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2124 Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Samuel N. Friedel (chairman) presiding.

Mr. FRIEDEL. The subcommittee will be in order.

Today we are commencing hearings on railroad safety. We have before us H.R. 7065 and H.R. 14417 which were introduced by Chairman Staggers. We have also H.R. 14478 which I introduced, S. 1933, and a number of other identical and similar bills. The bills before us and the agency comments on them will be included in the record right after my opening remarks.

There have been entirely too many railroad accidents in recent years. We know from other hearings on such matters as passenger service and freight rates that many of the railroads are sustaining losses. There is an increasing concern that the financial status of the railroads may be seriously affecting railroad safety.

As was brought out in the hearings last year on the Senate side, deadly gases, explosives and other potentially dangerous items are routinely transported by rail. I feel that the country and its citizens are entitled to all the protection and safety which we can prudently achieve by curtailing train accidents.

To assure this, we are going to review existing laws and all legislative proposals bearing on the overall subject of rail safety.

(The text of the bills referred to and departmental reports thereon follow :)

[H.R. 7068, H.R. 8168, H.R. 8941, H.R. 11480, H.R. 11516, H.R. 11573, H.R. 13572, and H.R. 15117, 91st Congress, First Session, introduced by Mr. Staggers on February 18, 196; Mr. Kee on March 4, 1969; Mr. Fulton of Tennessee on March 13, 1969; Mr. Evans of Colorado on May 20, 1969; Mr. Biaggi on May 21, 1969; Mr. Dulski on May 21, 1969; Mr. Ottinger on September 3, 1969; and Mr. King on December 8, 1969, respectively, are similar as follows:1

A BILL Providing for Federal railroad safety

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1969".

FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, as defined in section 22 of title 45 of the United States Code (hereafter in this Act referred to as "com

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