Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today announced she will introduce a bill that would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to jointly submit recommendations to Congress on how to reduce train noise and vibration near homes, as well as cost estimates for each recommendation.
Introduce a bill requiring the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency to recommend ways to reduce train noise and vibration near homes and provide cost estimates for each recommendation.
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Congress.gov identifies Eleanor Holmes Norton as Democratic Delegate for the District of Columbia, District At Large, serving in the 102nd-119th Congresses, and lists a Sponsored Legislation category for her member activity.
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GovInfo bill text shows Norton introduced H.R. 8338 on July 12, 2022. The bill required the Secretary of Transportation to report recommendations to reduce train noise and vibrations near homes and include cost-benefit estimates for each recommendation.
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GovInfo bill text shows Norton introduced H.R. 2569 on April 1, 2025, with Fitzpatrick and Tlaib. The bill required a congressional report with recommendations to reduce train noise and vibrations near homes and estimates of costs and benefits for each recommendation.
Assessments
Norton did materially act on the promise by introducing federal Train Noise and Vibrations Reduction Act bills, including H.R. 8338 in 2022, which required the Secretary of Transportation to report recommendations to reduce train noise and vibration near homes and include cost-benefit estimates. That matches the core promised action of introducing a bill on train noise/vibration recommendations and costs, but it does not fully satisfy the promise because the bill did not require EPA participation alongside DOT. The action occurred well after the 2012 campaign term, while Norton remained in the same federal delegate office, so timing is later_term.
The promise was specifically to introduce a federal bill requiring DOT and EPA to recommend train noise and vibration reduction measures and provide cost estimates. In the relevant federal office context after Norton's successful 2012 Delegate campaign, the supplied Congress.gov-based evidence and targeted searches found no Norton-sponsored bill matching those terms in the 113th Congress or later. Because no serious matching legislative attempt is documented, this should not receive an effort badge.