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Keeping America and New Jersey Moving

 

• Amtrak: Senator Lautenberg and former Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) authored the Amtrak revitalization law to keep Amtrak going strong into the future. The Senate passed Lautenberg’s legislation 70-22 on October 30, 2007 (110th Congress, Record Vote No. 400) and then again on October 1, 2008 as part of a larger bill, H.R. 2095. H.R. 2095, and Lautenberg’s Amtrak revitalization bill, became law on October 16, 2008 (Public Law No 110-432).

 

• Transportation Funding for New Jersey: As a Senate conferee on the SAFE-TEA bill, Senator Lautenberg helped increase federal transit spending in New Jersey by 50 percent and highway spending by 30 percent (Public Law 109-59).

 

• Preventing Air Traffic Control Privatization: In 2003, the Senate voted in favor of Senator Lautenberg’s amendment to prevent the Bush Administration’s reckless plan to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system (108th Congress, Senate Amendment No. 893, agreed to on June 12, 2003, by a vote of 56-41, Record Vote No. 222). When Republican leaders stripped his amendment from the final bill, he filibustered the bill until the Bush administration pledged not to pursue privatization (filibuster upheld on November 17, 2003, by a vote of 45-43, Record Vote No. 453).

 

 

• Airport Runway Safety: Following incidents at Teterboro and other airports nationwide, the Senate approved Senator Lautenberg’s amendment to require the FAA to bring airport runways up to safety standards. Currently, over half of the nation’s runways do not meet standards (109th Congress, Senate Amendment No. 2188, adopted on October 20, 2005, Public Law No. 109-115).

 

• Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel: Senator Lautenberg has led the effort to obtain Federal resources for construction of a third rail tunnel under the Hudson River, for use by PATH trains. As a conferee on the SAFE-TEA bill, he secured $80 million, and he has helped to secure an additional $31.4 million for the project in Transportation Appropriations bills since 2003 (Public Law No.109-59; Public Law Nos. 108-199; 108-447; 109-115; Public Law No. 110-161).

 

• Rail Safety: The Senate Commerce Committee in 2007 unanimously approved Senator Lautenberg’s rail safety legislation (S. 1889) to reauthorize the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), require railroads to improve railroad safety (hours of service, grade crossing safety, new safety technology), and authorize appropriations for FRA programs, research and development, and grants for 6 years (Senate Report 110-270). The full Senate passed this bill on August 1, 2008 and then again on October 1, 2008 as part of H.R. 2095. H.R. 2095, and Lautenberg’s full rail safety bill, became law on October 16, 2008 (Public Law No 110-432).