Keeping China Off the Rails Act

The Keeping China Off the Rails Act would amend federal law to require that all railroad freight cars operating on the U.S. general railroad system meet specific manufacturing and content standards, effectively phasing in requirements based on the age of the freight car relative to the bill’s enactment. For the first four years after enactment, the bill allows older freight cars—produced within progressively longer lookback periods (2, 5, 10, and 15 years prior to enactment)—to remain in service, after which all freight cars must comply with the new standards. The bill also makes a technical correction to reference the Association of American Railroads’ Umler system. It affects railroad…

AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.