Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act of 2026
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-31 — Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers and Conductors; English Language Proficiency and Other Requirements: cross-connection with railroad-crew-english-language-proficiency: Both address staffing and qualification limits on foreign (Mexican) crew operations on U.S. rail lines, with the FRA rule imposing a 10 route-mile southern-border cap alongside broader worker-protection framing. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-04-23 — Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act of 2026: HR8468 (Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act of 2026) introduced and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; text and mechanism details not yet public. (novelty: 2)