House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2026
Official title: To enhance safety requirements for trains transporting hazardous materials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7662.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 36, February 24, 2026, Page H2297):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7662, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7662
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 2071 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 7553 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
Related bills
- S. 3903 (119th) Railway Safety Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.