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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 1, 1996
Railroad and Transit Sabotage Prevention Act of 1995 - Prohibits and sets penalties for: (1) interference with railroad signal systems; (2) hazardous materials transportation sabotage (provides for the death penalty in certain cases); and (3) carrying or possessing a firearm or any explosive aboard a passenger train or in a rail passenger terminal facility without previously obtaining the permission of the owner of such train or facility, with exceptions. Revises a Federal criminal code provision regarding wrecking trains to: (1) expand such provision to cover sabotage of any mass transit operation; and (2) subject perpetrators to the death penalty.
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Rep. Molinari, Susan [R-NY-13] · R–NY
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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