Rolling Stock Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-2970
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-04
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations

Motor vehicles

Public contracts and procurement

Public transit
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Rolling Stock Protection Act</strong></p> <p>This bill eliminates the exemption from the prohibition on procurement of rail rolling stock for use in public transportation with respect to executed contracts between public transportation agencies and certain rolling stock manufacturers. Such prohibited manufacturers include ones that, among other things, are owned or controlled by a company based in a nonmarket economy country that is flagged for monitoring by the United States Trade Representative.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2970 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2021 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Gimenez , Mr. Mast , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Perry , and Mr. Rouzer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to remove the lifetime exemption from the prohibition on procurement of rolling stock from certain vehicle manufacturers for parties to executed contracts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rolling Stock Protection Act . 2. Removal of lifetime exemption from prohibition on procurement of rolling stock for parties to executed contracts Section 5323(u)(5) of title 49, United State Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking Except as provided in subparagraph (C) and for a contract or subcontract that is not described in subparagraph (A) and inserting Except as provided in subparagraph (B) ; (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking Subparagraph (B) and inserting Subparagraph (A) ; (3) by striking subparagraph (A); and (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.