,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #di1       
,united ,states ,code1 to require all   
railroad freight cars operating on the  
,united ,states general railroad system 
of transportation to meet certain       
manufacturing and content requirements1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,keeping ,china ,off the ,rails ,act of 
#bjbf4  #b4 ,amendments to requirements 
for railroad freight cars placed into   
service in the ,united ,states and      
transporting ,department of ,defense    
cargo ,section #bjaga of title #di1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by            
redesignating paragraphs 7#e7 through   
7#ab71 as paragraphs 7#f7 through 7#ac71

 respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting   
after paragraph 7#d7 the following3     
7#e7 ,department of ,defense cargo ,the 
term ,department of ,defense cargo means
 the movement of goods by a rail carrier
 arranged for1 by1 or on behalf of any  
of the ,armed ,forces1 as defined in    
section #aja of title #aj4  2  7#b7 in  
subsection 7b77#a7 by striking ,a       
railroad and inserting ,except as       
required in subsection 7d71 a railroad2 
7#c7 in subsection 7c77#c77;,b7 by      
striking ,association of ,american      
,railroad's ,umler system and inserting 
,association of ,american ,railroads'   
,umler system2 and  7#d7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7d7             
,requirements for railroad freight cars 
transporting ,department of ,defense    
cargo ,for railroad freight cars        
transporting ,department of ,defense    
cargo1 only the requirements of         
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of          
subsection 7b77#a7 shall apply and such 
requirements shall apply as follows3    

7#a7 ,for the #a-year period beginning  
on the date of enactment of the         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbg1 a railroad     
freight car produced during the #b-year 
period immediately prior to such date of
 enactment4  7#b7 ,for the #a-year      
period beginning #a year after such date
 of enactment1 a railroad freight car   
produced during the #e-year period      
immediately prior to such date of       
enactment4  7#c7 ,for the #a-year period
 beginning #b years after such date of  
enactment1 a railroad freight car       
produced during the #aj-year period     
immediately prior to such date of       
enactment4  7#d7 ,for the #a-year period
 beginning #c years after such date of  
enactment1 a railroad freight car       
produced during the #ae-year period     
immediately prior to such date of       
enactment4  7#e7 ,on and after the date 
that is #d years after such date of     
enactment1 a railroad freight car4  7e7 
,exception ,notwithstanding subsection  

7d7 the requirements of subparagraphs   
7,a7 and 7,b7 of subsection 7b77#a7     
shall not apply if-- 7#a7 the railcar is
 used for transporting ,department of   
,defense cargo for clandestine purposes 
and reasonably believed to be unknown to
 a country of concern2 or  7#b7 the     
railroad freight car owner has not been 
notified in advance of ,department of   
,defense cargo being shipped in the     
railroad freight car4  4