Railroad and Transit Sabotage Prevention Act of 1995

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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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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 February 1996

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  Introduced in House · EN · 1 February 1996

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 February 1996

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