Congress passed the Railroad Safety Appliance Act in 1893 following decades of rail building across the United States. It provided uniformity to railroad safety standards.
The Surface Transportation Investment Act (STIA) provided $78 billion over five years for multimodal surface transportation, rail, freight, and safety programs.
The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, amended the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), limiting labor unions’ activities and influence.
