HBA-TBM H.C.R. 210 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.C.R. 210 By: Haggerty Pensions & Investments 3/30/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000 was passed by the United States House of Representatives, but has never come up for a vote in the full senate. An identical bill addressing railroad retirement reform is now before the 107th Congress to modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system for its 748,000 beneficiaries nationwide, including more than 38,000 in Texas. The act provides tax relief to freight railroads, Amtrak, and commuter lines, and provides benefit improvements for surviving spouses of rail workers, whose income decreases when the rail retiree dies. House Concurrent Resolution 210 urges the Congress of the United States to enact the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this resolution does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Concurrent Resolution 210 urges the Congress of the United States to enact the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001.