H.R. 971 · House · Introduced Feb 4, 2025

RAIL Act

Sponsored by Emilia Strong Sykes (D, OH-13)

  1. INTRODUCED
  2. COMMITTEE
    Feb 4, 2025
  3. PASSED HOUSE
  4. SENATE
  5. LAW

In committee. Latest action on Feb 4, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. It has and 4 recorded actions, and 5 organizations cited it in Q2 2026 lobbying disclosures.

Recent actions

4 total
Feb 4, 2025 · Library of Congress

Introduced in House

Feb 4, 2025 · Library of Congress

Introduced in House

Feb 4, 2025 · House floor actions

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Feb 4, 2025 · House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Reported lobbying

5
organizations cited H.R. 971 in a lobbying disclosure
Q2 2026 · the most recent completed reporting period you can see
OrganizationFiled byTotal Q2 2026 lobbying
BNSF railwayIn-house$960,000
Int'l Ass'n Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transp. Workers, Transp. Div.In-house$470,905
American Fed Of Government Employees, AFL-CIOIn-house$390,000
CsxThe Smith-Free Group$380,000
HitachiIn-house$140,000

These totals are not spending on this bill. Lobbying is reported per filing, not per issue — each figure is everything the organization reported for the period, across every bill and agency it named. Read it as scale of presence.

Latest activity

July 2026
Lobbying reported · American Fed Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO · Jul 20
American Fed Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO reported 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) lobbying for American Fed Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO — $390,000
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