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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8012

HOWIE Act

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Introduced 2026-03-19Topic: transportation · public safety · infrastructure utilities

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Helping Oversee and Ward off Infrastructure Emergencies Act or the HOWIE Act This bill directs the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to revise current railroad accident reporting requirements to include additional causes of damage. Specifically, FRA must require a railroad to report a train accident that results in damage if the railroad has a reasonable suspicion that an action carried out by the railroad caused the damage. An accident includes any incident that causes a fire, including a brush fire, alongside a railroad track.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-20HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.refer
2026-03-19HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.refer
2026-03-19Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-03-19Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.
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