H.R. 5871: Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
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H.R. 5871: Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
118th Congress · introduced 2023-10-02 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2023-10-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
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Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1] · 51 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), William R. Keating (D-MA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mark Takano (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Becca Balint (D-VT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Official summary
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr5871.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr5871 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118