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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 341 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide States the authority |
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| 6 | 6 | | to limit blocking grade rail crossings, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | AVIDSONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide States |
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| 14 | 14 | | the authority to limit blocking grade rail crossings, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Railroad Responsibility 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. STATE AUTHORITY TO LIMIT BLOCKING GRADE 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | RAIL CROSSINGS. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) G |
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| 24 | 24 | | ENERALJURISDICTION OFSURFACETRANS-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | PORTATIONBOARD.—Section 10501(c)(3) of title 49, 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 341 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | following: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | TATEAUTHORITYTOLIMITBLOCKING 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | G |
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| 34 | 34 | | RADERAILCROSSINGS.—Notwithstanding any other 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provision of law, this title does not preempt a State from 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the adoption or enactment of any law, regulation, order, 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | or other requirement related to limiting the duration that 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a railroad carrier may block a grade rail crossing.’’. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) P |
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| 40 | 40 | | REEMPTION.—Section 20106(a) of title 49, 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | following: 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 44 | 44 | | TATEAUTHORITYTOLIMITBLOCKINGGRADE 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | R |
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| 46 | 46 | | AILCROSSINGS.— 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | provision of law, this title does not preempt a State 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | from the adoption or enactment of any law, regula-16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tion, order, or other requirement related to limiting 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the duration that a railroad carrier may block a 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | grade rail crossing. 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 55 | 55 | | TATE DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | term ‘State’ means a State of the United States and 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the District of Columbia.’’. 22 |
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