Keeping China Off the Rails Act

John R. Moolenaar

Republican · MI · Representative

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• Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)Original· 2026-04-21

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

2026-04-21

Source: Congress.gov

The legislation would restrict Chinese companies and investors from owning or controlling railroad infrastructure and operations in the United States, citing national security concerns. This would affect freight and passenger rail companies, preventing Chinese entities from acquiring stakes in or managing rail networks, while potentially requiring existing Chinese investments in U.S. railroads to be divested.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8417 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8417 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight cars operating on the United States general railroad system of transportation to meet certain manufacturing and content requirements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2026 Mr. Moolenaar (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all railroad freight cars operating on the United States general railroad system of transportation to meet certain manufacturing and content requirements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping China Off the Rails Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS PLACED INTO SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES. Section 20171 of title 49, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``A railroad freight car wholly manufactured on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of issuance of the regulations required under subsection (c)(1)'' and inserting ``A railroad freight car described in paragraph (3)''; (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``described in paragraph (1)'' in each place it occurs and insert ``described in paragraph (3)''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(3) Railroad freight car described.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a railroad freight car described in this paragraph is-- ``(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Keeping China Off the Rails Act, a railroad freight car produced during the 2-year period immediately prior to such date of enactment; ``(B) for the 1-year period beginning 1 year after such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced during the 5-year period immediately prior to such date of enactment; ``(C) for the 1-year period beginning 2 years after such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced during the 10-year period immediately prior to such date of enactment; ``(D) for the 1-year period beginning 3 years after such date of enactment, a railroad freight car produced during the 15-year period immediately prior to such date of enactment; and ``(E) on and after the date that is 4 years after such date of enactment, a railroad freight car.''; and (2) in subsection (c)(3)(B) by striking ``Association of American Railroad's Umler system'' and inserting ``Association of American Railroads' Umler system''. <all>

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