Keeping China Off the Rails Act

[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