H.R. 9181

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9181 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9181

To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to 
establish a pilot program relating to integrating the use of multiple 
power sources into the rail system, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 8, 2026

Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mrs. Foushee, and Mr. Soto) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to 
establish a pilot program relating to integrating the use of multiple 
power sources into the rail system, 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 ``Rail Motive Power Source Integration 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTEGRATING USE OF MULTIPLE MOTIVE POWER 
SOURCES INTO RAIL SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration shall establish a pilot program to improve the ease of 
rotating between multiple motive power sources during operation within 
the passenger and freight rail systems.
(b) Requirements.--In carrying out the pilot program established 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall--
(1) research--
(A) the integration of the use of multiple 
different or new rail technologies or motive power 
sources such as battery, electrification, hydrogen, and 
diesel into the rail system; and
(B) any challenges relating to implementing such 
technologies, including cost or additional land 
requirements;
(2) develop rail car designs that facilitate rotation 
between multiple power sources, which may include different 
rail electrification systems; and
(3) perform demonstration projects to test the feasibility 
of integrating such designs into the rail system.
(c) Study.--The Administrator shall conduct a study to identify 
each location at which a train must be changed during operation within 
the passenger and freight rail systems because such train uses a power 
source that is inoperable in the rail system past such location.
(d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator shall provide to Congress a report 
describing the results of the pilot program established under 
subsection (a) and the study conducted under subsection (c).
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