H.R. 5783

Summary

H.R. 5783, the State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act, was introduced in the House on Oct 17, 2025 by Rep. Nellie Pou (D) with 14 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Dec 18, 2025: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Record

Text

H.R. 5783 has 14 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5783 IH: SAFE TRACKS Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-17
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5783  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   October 17, 2025   Ms. Pou  (for herself and  Mr. Bost ) 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 continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act   or the  SAFE TRACKS Act .
2.
Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety
Section 20167 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (4) by striking  and  at the end;
(B)
by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
(5)
how the State will work with stakeholders, including railroads operating in and across the State, to reduce pedestrian fatalities, including suicides, along railroad right of way, in consultation with mental health and law enforcement agencies and entities; and
 ; and
(2)
in subsection (b) by inserting  and every 5 years thereafter,  before  the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration .

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To amend title 49, United States Code, to require continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Nellie Pou (D) sponsors H.R. 5783, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Nellie Pou

Rep. · D–NJ-9 · Sponsor

Introduced Oct 17, 2025

Mike Bost

Rep. · R–IL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025 · Original

Bradley Schneider

Rep. · D–IL-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 28, 2025

Shomari Figures

Rep. · D–AL-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025

Robert Menendez

Rep. · D–NJ-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 10, 2025

Christopher Deluzio

Rep. · D–PA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 12, 2025

Josh Harder

Rep. · D–CA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 12, 2025

Sylvia Garcia

Rep. · D–TX-29 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

Henry Johnson

Rep. · D–GA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025

Steve Cohen

Rep. · D–TN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5783 went before 2 committees: Transportation and Infrastructure and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Markup By · Dec 18, 2025 · 156 Bills

Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee

Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee

Referred to · Dec 1, 2025 · 47 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5783 has taken 6 actions since Oct 17, 2025, the latest on Dec 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5783 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5783 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act — Display Title
• State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 49, United States Code, to require continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 5783, the latest on Feb 19, 2026.

• H.R. 5783, SAFE TRACKS Act — 2026-02-19As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on December 18, 2025

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 12 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5783 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Environment/Superfund, Railroads, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security, Transportation, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5783 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5783’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5783 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Pedestrians and bicycling to Transportation safety and security.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5783, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 172 (Friday, October 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. POU:H.R. 5783.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H4542]

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