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H.R. 4143 (108th)

Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004

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Introduced

2 April 2004

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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18 August 2025

Summary

Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to rewrite provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains, railroad equipment and structures, and the mass transportation system to: (1) correspond with current prohibitions against acts of violence against the mass transportation system; (2) apply such provisions to acts committed knowingly (currently, willfully); and (3) add as an aggravated offense the commission of such prohibited act under circumstances in which the railroad on-track equipment or mass transportation vehicle was carrying high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or specified hazardous material.

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