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The bill was marked up and passed out of the committee on September 16. This bill aims to improve the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by making it more efficient and accessible, increasing the STB’s investigative authority so it can launch its own investigations before a complaint is filed, improving rate review timelines making it easier for Board members to communicate, refining alternative dispute resolution practices, and accelerating several long-standing STP proceedings and cases. This bill does not include the very controversial anti-trust provisions included in earlier versions. However, the railroads and their allies in the Senate recognized some service disruptions this year but raised concerns about the details of this bill.
At this point in the waning days of the 113th Congress and Senator Rockefeller’s tenure as a U.S. Senator, it is highly doubtful this bill will advance but it will provide a roadmap for Senator Thune for future legislation. There is no companion legislation in the House. A summary of the Rockefeller/Thune Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014 follows:
View a section-by-section analysis and the draft legislation.
For more information about this legislation, please contact Billy Johnson.