July 19 (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Railroad

Administration, chair of the National Transportation Safety

Board and senior official at a U.S. pipeline safety agency will

testify at a July 23 U.S. House subcommittee hearing on rail

safety.

Last year, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed

sweeping rail safety reform legislation in the aftermath of the

February 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern ( NSC ) train in

East Palestine, Ohio that forced residents to temporarily

abandon their homes after the train caught fire and released

over 1 million gallons of hazardous materials and pollutants but

there has been little movement since. Last week, bipartisan

legislation was introduced in the House that is nearly identical

to the bill passed by the Senate committee.