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During the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of the BUILD America 250 Act, U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced an amendment (Amendment 294) that includes language from her Secure Tracks Act protecting visual track inspection frequencies by codifying the twice per week visual track inspection requirement while also requiring railroads to use Track Geometry Measurement Systems (TGMS) as a supplement, not a replacement to human visual inspections. Representative
BMWED has worked closely over the last month to advocate in Congress for increased funding for the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) so that it can better serve BMWED members and other rail workers. This advocacy effort includes working with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to prepare a letters separately urging House and Senate appropriators to support the RRB’s budget request for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 funding.
The Teamsters Rail Conference, comprised of BLET and BMWED, is supporting the No Tax on Overtime For All Workers Act (S. 4310). This legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week by Sens. Jim Justice (R-WV) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The bipartisan bill would provide Rail Conference members and all rail workers with the same overtime tax relief that most other workers received through the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed in July 2025.
Brothers and Sisters, remember both No Tax on OT and Automated Track Inspection are issues that remain on the forefront of our efforts in Washington, D.C. We must protect our work, keep our communities safe, and fight for every dollar owed to us for our skilled labor and expertise.
The Senate and House bills would ensure safe rail operations through visual track inspection.
Contact your Congressional representative and urge them to pass House Bill 5475, the “No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act”
A bill introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives would, if passed in both chambers and signed by President Trump, expand the “No Tax on Overtime” legislation to include BMWED members.
"On behalf of more than 3 million American workers, we are writing to encourage you to swiftly correct a technical error in the tax code which is costing our individual members thousands of dollars each year..."
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