NATIONAL RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION

Introductions to Members of Congress (no bill number); Issues related to preserving balanced economic regulation of the railroad industry (no bill number); Regulations affecting rail contractors including Part 243 Minimum Training Standards and Part 219 Drug & Alcohol Testing in implementation of Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-432); Issues affecting rail construction and investment in implementation of the surface transportation bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act P.L. 117-58); Support increased contracting out to rail contractors and supply industry (no bill number); Issues affecting freight rail, rail construction and investment in surface transportation reauthorization bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act P.L. 117-58); oppose restrictive rail labor provisions in potential STB reauthorization bill (no bill number), education about freight rail safety (S.576), support for short line railroad disaster relief bill (H.R.3782), and raise concerns about CARB waiver request to U.S. EPA (no bill number).

Opposed increased truck size or weight limits (H.R. 3372 and H.R. 2948); Conversations regarding federal permitting processes (no bill number).

Support for funding for transportation discretionary grant programs including USDOT RAISE and INFRA, FRA CRISI and FTA Capital Investment Grants (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act/P.L. 117-58) and FY2024 T-HUD Appropriations bills (P.L. 118-42) and FY2025 T-HUD Appropriations bills (no bill number).