Bill raises pay for federal railroad safety inspectors
S. 5450 — A bill to adjust the rail safety inspections General Schedule classification, and for other purposes. · Filed by Gary Peters (D-MI) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill moves railroad safety inspectors up two pay grades. Inspectors at GS-12 move to GS-13. Inspectors at GS-13 move to GS-14. The change happens right away. Two agencies have 180 days to update their pay rules. These agencies are the Office of Personnel Management and Department of Transportation.
Who it affects
Federal railroad safety inspectors get higher pay. Taxpayers pay for the salary increases. People who ride trains may benefit from inspectors who stay longer.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say where the money comes from for the raises.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Sep 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 22, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Office of Personnel Management — The federal agency that sets rules for federal worker pay and jobs.
- Department of Transportation — The federal agency that oversees railroads, highways, planes, and ships.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (868 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,166 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 2026-09-26.
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