To amend the limitation on liability for certain passenger rail accidents or incidents under section 28103 of title 49, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Summary

Increases from $200 million to $275 million the aggregate allowable amount that can be awarded (liability cap) for a single passenger rail accident or incident that was proximately caused by gross negligence or willful misconduct of a defendant (except a defendant that is governmental entity such as Amtrak). (Current law limits to $200 million the aggregate allowable award to all rail passengers, against all defendants, for all claims, including claims for punitive damages, arising from a single accident or incident.)

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 18 January 2011

   Introduced

   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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 January 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 January 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 January 2011

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

   Source: Committee

5. 28 February 2011

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 18 January 2011 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 January 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 January 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 January 2011

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-21] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
• Adam Schiff · D · Cosponsor
• Grace Napolitano · D · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · hspw00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.