H.R. 8417

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8417 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8417

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight 
cars operating on the United States general railroad system of 
transportation to meet certain manufacturing and content requirements, 
and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 21, 2026

Mr. Moolenaar (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight 
cars operating on the United States general railroad system of 
transportation to meet certain manufacturing and content requirements, 
and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping China Off the Rails Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS PLACED 
INTO SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Section 20171 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``A railroad 
freight car wholly manufactured on or after the date 
that is 1 year after the date of issuance of the 
regulations required under subsection (c)(1)'' and 
inserting ``A railroad freight car described in 
paragraph (3)'';
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``described in 
paragraph (1)'' in each place it occurs and insert 
``described in paragraph (3)''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
``(3) Railroad freight car described.--For purposes of 
paragraph (1), a railroad freight car described in this 
paragraph is--
``(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the date 
of enactment of the Keeping China Off the Rails Act, a 
railroad freight car produced during the 2-year period 
immediately prior to such date of enactment;
``(B) for the 1-year period beginning 1 year after 
such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced 
during the 5-year period immediately prior to such date 
of enactment;
``(C) for the 1-year period beginning 2 years after 
such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced 
during the 10-year period immediately prior to such 
date of enactment;
``(D) for the 1-year period beginning 3 years after 
such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced 
during the 15-year period immediately prior to such 
date of enactment; and
``(E) on and after the date that is 4 years after 
such date of enactment, a railroad freight car.''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3)(B) by striking ``Association of 
American Railroad's Umler system'' and inserting ``Association 
of American Railroads' Umler system''.
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