Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003

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Introduced

21 May 2003

Last action

22 May 2003 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.

Summary

Surface Transportation Board Reform Act of 2003 - Declares as primary objectives for U.S. rail transportation policy: (1) ensuring effective competition among rail carriers at origin and destination; (2) maintaining reasonable rates in the absence of such competition; (3) maintaining consistent and efficient rail transportation service to shippers, including the timely provision of railcars requested by them; and (4) ensuring that smaller carload and intermodal shippers are not precluded from assessing rail systems due to volume requirements. Requires a rail carrier, upon a shipper's request, to establish a rail transportation rate. Requires the Surface Transportation Board, if a shipper challenges the reasonableness of such a rate, to then determine its reasonableness without regard to specified factors. Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) acceptance of requests for grain service by rail carriers; and (2) the Board's mandate to require terminal facilities owned by a rail carrier providing rail transportation to be used by another rail carrier. Requires the Board in a proceeding involving the approval of the merger or control of at least two Class I railroads to consider, among other things, at least the: (1) safety and environmental effects of the proposed transaction; and (2) the effect of such transaction on rail passenger transportation. Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) the Board ensuring that commuter authorities are able to provide commuter rail passenger transportation that meets the commuter rail passenger transportation needs of the United States; and (2) water carriers making their tariffs containing the rates established for their transportation or service available electronically to any person.

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Timeline

21 May 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
21 May 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 May 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 May 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to ← Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2003

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2192
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2192
us · 108-hr-2192 · source updated 18 August 2025