Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007

Published January 2007

Introduced in January 2007 by a bipartisan group of senators, this working draft proposes a bill that would improve rail and surface transportation security. It calls for $1.2 billion over a three year period, directed towards railroads, pipelines, buses, and trucks.

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Bill (proposed)

Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007

Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 (280K PDF)

Global Economy in Crisis

Analysis: The Rebirth of U.S. Industrial Policy

Will Russia Weather the Storm?

Report: WTO Dispute Settlement

Timeline: How the Crisis Unfolded

More at CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

New Book from CFR and the Saban Center at Brookings

Proposes Middle East Strategy for the Obama Administration

In Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution propose a new, nonpartisan Middle East strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address both the short-term and long-term challenges to U.S. interests.