Congress designates Rail Safety Week to reduce grade-crossing deaths
H.Res. 798 — Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 15 through September 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of reducing highway-rail grade crossing-related incidents, fatalities, and injuries. · Filed by Frederica Wilson (D-FL) · Introduced Oct 8, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution designates September 15–21, 2025, as 'Rail Safety Week' in the United States and expresses congressional support for efforts to reduce deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings. The resolution encourages public participation in safety education and awareness campaigns, citing 2024 data showing 2,260 crossing incidents, 260 deaths, and 762 injuries.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward commemorative resolution designating a week for public safety education. It contains no legislative mechanism, appropriation, or regulatory change—only an expression of support for rail safety awareness and education.
Who it affects
The resolution promotes public safety awareness and education around a genuine hazard (highway-rail grade crossings) that killed 260 people in 2024. It carries no regulatory burden, no cost to citizens, and no hidden subsidy—it is purely a call for awareness and voluntary participation in safety education.
Named in the bill
Operation Lifesaver, Department of Transportation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ms. Wilson of Florida
Where it stands
- Oct 8, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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