The Esch-Cummins Act, also known as the Transportation Act of 1920, returned railroads to private operation after they were nationalized during World War I.
The Department of Transportation Act of 1966 established the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is one of ten U.S. Department of Transportation agencies.
The Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025 would provide a nonrefundable 10 percent tax credit for the replacement or modification of existing railcars over a three-year period.
In July 2019, New York and New Jersey created the Gateway Development Commission, a public and government-sponsored authority, by enacting legislation by each state and codified as the Gateway Development Commission Act (GDC Act).
