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  • H.R. 853 is a bill intended to improve the response to hazardous train incidents in the United States. It empowers the Federal Railroad Administration to declare a hazardous train event in case of a train derailment or crash involving hazardous materials. Upon such a declaration, a fund is...

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    H.R. 853 is a bill that helps make trains carrying dangerous things safer by making sure emergencies get help quickly and that companies pay some money to keep things safe and fix what's needed when accidents happen.