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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 971 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To enhance safety requirements for trains transporting hazardous materials, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | YKES(for herself, Mr. RULLI, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BROWN, Ms. KAPTUR, |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | ANDSMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To enhance safety requirements for trains transporting |
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| 16 | 16 | | hazardous materials, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) S |
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| 21 | 21 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ‘‘Reducing Accidents In Locomotives Act’’ or the ‘‘RAIL 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) T |
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| 25 | 25 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | this Act is as follows: 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 2. Defined term. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 3. Recommendations for safety. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 4. Inspections. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 5. Defect detectors. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 6. Increasing maximum civil penalties for violations of rail safety regula- |
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| 36 | 36 | | tions. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 7. Safer tank cars. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 8. Hazardous materials training for first responders. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 9. Freight train crew size safety standards. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | retary of Transportation. 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 3. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFETY. 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) R |
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| 46 | 46 | | ULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after the 5 |
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| 47 | 47 | | date on which the National Transportation Safety Board 6 |
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| 48 | 48 | | issues the report on the East Palestine, Ohio crash, the 7 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 8 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Federal Railroad Administration, shall issue regulations, 9 |
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| 51 | 51 | | or modify existing regulations, based on such report estab-10 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lishing safety requirements, in accordance with subsection 11 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b), with which a rail carrier operating a train trans-12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | porting hazardous materials that is not subject to the re-13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | quirements for a high-hazard flammable train under sec-14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tion 174.310 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 15 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall comply with respect to the operation of each such 16 |
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| 58 | 58 | | train and the maintenance of specification tank cars. 17 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) R |
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| 60 | 60 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The regulations issued pursu-18 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ant to subsection (a) shall require rail carriers— 19 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) to provide advance notification and informa-20 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion regarding the transportation of hazardous mate-21 |
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| 64 | 64 | | rials described in subsection (a) to each State emer-22 |
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| 68 | 68 | | gency response commissioner, the tribal emergency 1 |
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| 69 | 69 | | response commission, or any other State or tribal 2 |
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| 70 | 70 | | agency responsible for receiving the information no-3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tification for emergency response planning informa-4 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tion; 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) to include, in the notification provided pur-6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | suant to paragraph (1), a written gas discharge plan 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | with respect to the applicable hazardous materials 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | being transported; and 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (3) to reduce or eliminate blocked crossings re-10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | sulting from delays in train movements. 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (c) A |
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| 80 | 80 | | DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.—In developing the 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | regulations required under subsection (a), the Secretary 13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | shall include requirements regarding— 14 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (1) train length and weight; 15 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) train consist; 16 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (3) route analysis and selection; 17 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (4) speed restrictions; 18 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (5) track standards; 19 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (6) track, bridge, and rail car maintenance; 20 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (7) signaling and train control; and 21 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (8) response plans. 22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SEC. 4. INSPECTIONS. 23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (a) T |
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| 93 | 93 | | IMEAVAILABLE FORINSPECTION.— 24 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘§ 20172. Time available for inspection 4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 102 | 102 | | NGENERAL.—No railroad may limit the time 5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | required for an employee to complete a railcar, locomotive, 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | or brake inspection to ensure that each railcar, locomotive, 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | and brake system complies with safety laws and regula-8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | tions. 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 108 | 108 | | EQUIREMENT.—Employees shall perform their 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | inspection duties promptly and shall not delay other than 11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | for reasons related to safety.’’. 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (2) C |
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| 112 | 112 | | LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis for 13 |
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| 113 | 113 | | subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United 14 |
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| 114 | 114 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 15 |
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| 115 | 115 | | following: 16 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘20172. Time available for inspection.’’. |
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| 117 | 117 | | (b) PRE-DEPARTURERAILCARINSPECTIONS.—Not 17 |
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| 118 | 118 | | later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 18 |
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| 119 | 119 | | this Act, the Secretary shall amend the pre-departure in-19 |
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| 120 | 120 | | spection requirements for Class I railroads under part 215 20 |
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| 121 | 121 | | of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as written on 21 |
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| 122 | 122 | | such date of enactment)— 22 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (1) to ensure that after initial consultation with 23 |
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| 124 | 124 | | the Federal Railroad Administration, and after each 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | subsequent annual consultation, each railroad identi-25 |
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| 129 | 129 | | fies inspection locations and, at such locations, has 1 |
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| 130 | 130 | | inspectors designated under part 215 available for 2 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the purpose of inspecting freight cars; 3 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (2) to ensure that all freight cars are inspected 4 |
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| 133 | 133 | | by an inspector designated under part 215 at a des-5 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ignated inspection location in the direction of travel 6 |
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| 135 | 135 | | as soon as practicable; and 7 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (3) to require each railroad that operates rail-8 |
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| 137 | 137 | | road freight cars to which such part 215 applies to 9 |
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| 138 | 138 | | designate persons qualified to inspect railroad 10 |
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| 139 | 139 | | freight rail cars, subject to any existing collective 11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | bargaining agreement, for compliance and deter-12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | minations required under such part. 13 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (c) Q |
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| 143 | 143 | | UALIFIEDLOCOMOTIVEINSPECTIONS.—Not 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Act, the Secretary shall review and amend, as necessary, 16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | regulations under chapters 229 and 243 of title 49, Code 17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | of Federal Regulations— 18 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (1) to ensure appropriate training qualifications 19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | and proficiency of employees, including qualified me-20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | chanical inspectors, performing locomotive inspec-21 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tions; and 22 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (2) for locomotives in service on a Class I rail-23 |
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| 153 | 153 | | road, to require an additional daily inspection to be 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | performed by a qualified mechanical inspector be-25 |
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| 158 | 158 | | tween the current intervals under section 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | 229.23(b)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-2 |
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| 160 | 160 | | tions. 3 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (d) A |
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| 162 | 162 | | UDITS.— 4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (1) I |
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| 164 | 164 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 5 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6 |
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| 166 | 166 | | shall initiate audits of Federal railcar, locomotive, 7 |
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| 167 | 167 | | and train brake system inspection compliance with 8 |
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| 168 | 168 | | chapter II of subtitle B of title 49, Code of Federal 9 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Regulations, which— 10 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (A) consider whether the railroad has in 11 |
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| 171 | 171 | | place procedures necessary for railcar, loco-12 |
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| 172 | 172 | | motive, and train brake system inspection com-13 |
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| 173 | 173 | | pliance under such chapter; 14 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (B) assess the type, content, and adequacy 15 |
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| 175 | 175 | | of training and performance metrics the rail-16 |
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| 176 | 176 | | road provides employees who perform railcar, 17 |
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| 177 | 177 | | locomotive, and train brake system inspections, 18 |
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| 178 | 178 | | including the qualifications specified for such 19 |
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| 179 | 179 | | employees; 20 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (C) determine whether the railroad has 21 |
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| 181 | 181 | | practices that would interfere with an employ-22 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ee’s responsibility to perform an inspection 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | safely; 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (D) determine whether railcars, loco-1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | motives, and train brake systems are inspected 2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | on the railroad’s network in accordance with 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | such chapter; 4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (E) involve proper communication of iden-5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | tified defects to railroad personnel and make 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | appropriate use of remedial action reports to 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | verify that repairs are made; 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (F) determine whether managers coerce 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | employees to sign off on any documents 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | verifying an inspection or repair of a railcar, lo-11 |
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| 198 | 198 | | comotive, or train brake system; 12 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (G) determine whether the railroad’s in-13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | spection procedures reflect the current oper-14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ating practices of the railroad carrier; and 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (H) ensure that railroad inspection proce-16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | dures only provide for the use of persons per-17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | mitted to perform each relevant inspection 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | under such chapter. 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (2) A |
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| 207 | 207 | | UDIT SCHEDULING .—The Secretary 20 |
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| 208 | 208 | | shall— 21 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (A) schedule the audits required under 22 |
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| 210 | 210 | | paragraph (1) to ensure that— 23 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (i) every Class I railroad is audited 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | not less frequently than once every 5 years; 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | and 3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (ii) a limited number, as determined 4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | by the Secretary, of Class II and Class III 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | railroads are audited annually, provided 6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | that— 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (I) no audit of a tourist, scenic, 8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | historic, or excursion operation may 9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | be required under this subsection; and 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (II) no other Class II or III rail-11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | road may be audited more frequently 12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | than once every 5 years; and 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (B) conduct the audits described in sub-14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | paragraph (A)(ii) in accordance with— 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (i) the Small Business Regulatory En-16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | forcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | 601 note); and 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (ii) appendix C of part 209 of title 49, 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | Code of Federal Regulations. 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (3) U |
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| 235 | 235 | | PDATES TO INSPECTION PROGRAM AND 21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | PROCEDURES.—If, during an audit required under 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | this subsection, the auditor identifies a deficiency in 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | a railroad’s procedures or practices necessary to en-24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | sure compliance with chapter II of subtitle B of title 25 |
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| 243 | 243 | | 49, Code of Federal Regulations, the railroad shall 1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | eliminate such deficiency, after first being provided 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the opportunity to address whether such a deficiency 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | exists. 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) C |
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| 248 | 248 | | ONSULTATION AND COOPERATION .— 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (A) C |
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| 250 | 250 | | ONSULTATION.—In conducting any 6 |
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| 251 | 251 | | audit required under this subsection, the Sec-7 |
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| 252 | 252 | | retary shall consult with the railroad being au-8 |
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| 253 | 253 | | dited and its employees, including any nonprofit 9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | employee labor organization representing the 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | employees of the railroad that conduct railcar, 11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | locomotive, or train brake system inspections. 12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (B) C |
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| 258 | 258 | | OOPERATION.—The railroad being 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | audited and its employees, including any non-14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | profit employee labor organization representing 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | mechanical employees, shall fully cooperate with 16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | any audit conducted pursuant to this sub-17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | section— 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (i) by providing any relevant docu-19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ments requested; and 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (ii) by making available any employees 21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | for interview without undue delay or ob-22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | struction. 23 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (C) F |
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| 270 | 270 | | AILURE TO COOPERATE .—If the Sec-24 |
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| 271 | 271 | | retary determines that a railroad or any of its 25 |
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| 275 | 275 | | employees, including any nonprofit employee 1 |
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| 276 | 276 | | labor organization representing mechanical em-2 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ployees of the railroad is not fully cooperating 3 |
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| 278 | 278 | | with an audit conducted pursuant to this sub-4 |
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| 279 | 279 | | section, the Secretary shall electronically notify 5 |
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| 280 | 280 | | the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 6 |
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| 281 | 281 | | Transportation of the Senate and the Com-7 |
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| 282 | 282 | | mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 8 |
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| 283 | 283 | | the House of Representatives of such non-9 |
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| 284 | 284 | | cooperation. 10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (e) R |
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| 286 | 286 | | EVIEW OFREGULATIONS.—Not later than 5 11 |
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| 287 | 287 | | years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and peri-12 |
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| 288 | 288 | | odically thereafter, the Secretary shall determine whether 13 |
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| 289 | 289 | | any update to chapters I and II of subtitle B of title 49, 14 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Code of Federal Regulations, is necessary to ensure the 15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | adequacy of railcar, locomotive, and train brake system 16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | inspections. 17 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (f) A |
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| 294 | 294 | | NNUALREPORT.—The Secretary shall publish 18 |
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| 295 | 295 | | an annual report on the public website of the Federal Rail-19 |
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| 296 | 296 | | road Administration that— 20 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (1) summarizes the findings of the audits con-21 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ducted pursuant to subsection (c) during the most 22 |
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| 299 | 299 | | recently concluded fiscal year; 23 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (2) summarizes any updates made to chapter I 1 |
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| 304 | 304 | | or II of subtitle B of title 49, Code of Federal Regu-2 |
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| 305 | 305 | | lations, pursuant to this section; and 3 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (3) excludes any confidential business informa-4 |
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| 307 | 307 | | tion or sensitive security information. 5 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (g) R |
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| 309 | 309 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-6 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tion may be construed— 7 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) to provide the Secretary with any authority 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | to interpret, revise, alter, or apply a collectively bar-9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | gained agreement, nor any authority over collective 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | bargaining, collectively bargained agreements, or any 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | aspect of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et 12 |
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| 316 | 316 | | seq.); 13 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (2) to alter the terms or interpretations of ex-14 |
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| 318 | 318 | | isting collective bargaining agreements; or 15 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (3) to abridge any procedural rights or rem-16 |
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| 320 | 320 | | edies provided under a collectively bargained agree-17 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ment. 18 |
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| 322 | 322 | | SEC. 5. DEFECT DETECTORS. 19 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (a) R |
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| 324 | 324 | | ULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after the 20 |
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| 325 | 325 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 21 |
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| 326 | 326 | | regulations establishing requirements for the installation, 22 |
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| 327 | 327 | | repair, testing, maintenance, and operation of wayside de-23 |
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| 328 | 328 | | fect detectors for each rail carrier operating a train consist 24 |
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| 329 | 329 | | carrying hazardous materials. 25 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations issued pursu-1 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ant to subsection (a) shall include requirements regard-2 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ing— 3 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (1) the frequency of the placement of wayside 4 |
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| 337 | 337 | | defect detectors, including a requirement that all 5 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Class I railroads install a hotbox detector along 6 |
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| 339 | 339 | | every 10-mile segment of rail track over which trains 7 |
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| 340 | 340 | | carrying hazardous materials operate; 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (2) performance standards for such detectors; 9 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (3) the maintenance and repair requirements 10 |
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| 343 | 343 | | for such detectors; 11 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (4) reporting data and maintenance records of 12 |
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| 345 | 345 | | such detectors; 13 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (5) appropriate steps the rail carrier must take 14 |
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| 347 | 347 | | when receiving an alert of a defect or failure from 15 |
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| 348 | 348 | | or regarding a wayside defect detector; and 16 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (6) the use of hotbox detectors to prevent 17 |
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| 350 | 350 | | derailments from wheel bearing failures, including— 18 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (A) the temperatures, to be specified by 19 |
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| 352 | 352 | | the Secretary, at which an alert from a hotbox 20 |
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| 353 | 353 | | detector is triggered to warn of a potential 21 |
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| 354 | 354 | | wheel bearing failure; and 22 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (B) any actions that shall be taken by a 23 |
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| 356 | 356 | | rail carrier upon receiving an alert from a hot-24 |
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| 360 | 360 | | box detector of a potential wheel bearing fail-1 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ure. 2 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (c) D |
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| 363 | 363 | | EFECT ANDFAILUREIDENTIFICATION.—The 3 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Secretary shall specify the categories of defects and fail-4 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ures that wayside defect detectors covered by regulations 5 |
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| 366 | 366 | | issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall address, includ-6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ing— 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (1) axles; 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (2) wheel bearings; 9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (3) brakes; 10 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (4) signals; 11 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (5) wheel impacts; and 12 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (6) other defects or failures specified by the 13 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Secretary. 14 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (d) S |
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| 376 | 376 | | AFETYPLACARDS.— 15 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (1) I |
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| 378 | 378 | | N GENERAL.—In issuing regulations under 16 |
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| 379 | 379 | | subsection (a), the Secretary shall require that plac-17 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ards covered under section 172.519 of title 49, Code 18 |
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| 381 | 381 | | of Federal Regulations, be able to withstand heat in 19 |
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| 382 | 382 | | excess of 180 degrees. 20 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (2) U |
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| 384 | 384 | | PDATE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS .— 21 |
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| 385 | 385 | | The Secretary may, upon recommendation from the 22 |
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| 386 | 386 | | National Transportation Safety Board, issue such 23 |
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| 387 | 387 | | regulations as are necessary to increase the heat 24 |
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| 388 | 388 | | threshold described in paragraph (1). 25 |
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| 392 | 392 | | SEC. 6. INCREASING MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIO-1 |
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| 393 | 393 | | LATIONS OF RAIL SAFETY REGULATIONS. 2 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (a) C |
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| 395 | 395 | | IVILPENALTIESRELATED TOTRANSPORTING 3 |
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| 396 | 396 | | H |
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| 397 | 397 | | AZARDOUSMATERIALS.—Section 5123(a) of title 49, 4 |
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| 398 | 398 | | United States Code, is amended— 5 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 6 |
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| 400 | 400 | | subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and insert-7 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ing ‘‘the greater of 0.5 percent of the person’s an-8 |
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| 402 | 402 | | nual income or annual operating income or 9 |
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| 403 | 403 | | $750,000’’; and 10 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$175,000’’ 11 |
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| 405 | 405 | | and inserting ‘‘the greater of 1 percent of the per-12 |
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| 406 | 406 | | son’s annual income or annual operating income or 13 |
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| 407 | 407 | | $1,750,000’’. 14 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (b) G |
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| 409 | 409 | | ENERALVIOLATIONS OFCHAPTER201.—Sec-15 |
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| 410 | 410 | | tion 21301(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 16 |
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| 411 | 411 | | amended— 17 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (1) by striking ‘‘$25,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘the 18 |
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| 413 | 413 | | greater of 0.5 percent of the person’s annual income 19 |
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| 414 | 414 | | or annual operating income or $250,000’’; and 20 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (2) by striking ‘‘$100,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘the 21 |
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| 416 | 416 | | greater of 1 percent of the person’s annual income 22 |
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| 417 | 417 | | or annual operating income or $1,000,000’’. 23 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (c) A |
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| 419 | 419 | | CCIDENT ANDINCIDENTVIOLATIONS OFCHAP-24 |
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| 420 | 420 | | TER201; VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTERS203 THROUGH 25 |
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| 421 | 421 | | 209.—Section 21302(a) is amended— 26 |
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| 425 | 425 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘203–209’’ 1 |
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| 426 | 426 | | each place it appears and inserting ‘‘203 through 2 |
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| 427 | 427 | | 209’’; and 3 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 4 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (A) by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting 5 |
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| 430 | 430 | | ‘‘the greater of 0.5 percent of the person’s an-6 |
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| 431 | 431 | | nual income or annual operating income or 7 |
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| 432 | 432 | | $250,000’’; and 8 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (B) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘the greater of 1 percent of the person’s annual 10 |
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| 435 | 435 | | income or annual operating income or 11 |
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| 436 | 436 | | $1,000,000’’. 12 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (d) V |
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| 438 | 438 | | IOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 211.—Section 13 |
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| 439 | 439 | | 21303(a)(2) is amended— 14 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (1) by striking ‘‘$25,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘the 15 |
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| 441 | 441 | | greater of 0.5 percent of the person’s annual income 16 |
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| 442 | 442 | | or annual operating income or $250,000’’; and 17 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (2) by striking ‘‘$100,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘the 18 |
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| 444 | 444 | | greater of 1 percent of the person’s annual income 19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | or annual operating income or $1,000,000’’. 20 |
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| 446 | 446 | | SEC. 7. SAFER TANK CARS. 21 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (a) P |
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| 448 | 448 | | HASE-OUTSCHEDULE.—Beginning on May 1, 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | 2030, a rail carrier may not use DOT–111 specification 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | railroad tank cars that do not comply with DOT–117, 24 |
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| 451 | 451 | | DOT–117P, or DOT–117R specification requirements, as 25 |
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| 455 | 455 | | in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to transport 1 |
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| 456 | 456 | | Class 3 flammable liquids regardless of the composition 2 |
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| 457 | 457 | | of the train consist. 3 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (b) C |
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| 459 | 459 | | ONFORMINGREGULATORYAMENDMENTS.— 4 |
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| 460 | 460 | | (1) I |
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| 461 | 461 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary— 5 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (A) shall immediately remove or revise the 6 |
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| 463 | 463 | | date-specific deadlines in any applicable regula-7 |
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| 464 | 464 | | tions or orders to the extent necessary to con-8 |
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| 465 | 465 | | form with the requirement under subsection (a); 9 |
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| 466 | 466 | | and 10 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (B) may not enforce any date-specific 11 |
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| 468 | 468 | | deadlines or requirements that are inconsistent 12 |
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| 469 | 469 | | with the requirement under subsection (a). 13 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (2) R |
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| 471 | 471 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Except as re-14 |
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| 472 | 472 | | quired under paragraph (1), nothing in this section 15 |
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| 473 | 473 | | may be construed to require the Secretary to issue 16 |
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| 474 | 474 | | regulations to implement this section. 17 |
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| 475 | 475 | | SEC. 8. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRAINING FOR FIRST RE-18 |
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| 476 | 476 | | SPONDERS. 19 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (a) A |
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| 478 | 478 | | NNUALREGISTRATIONFEE.—Section 5108(g) 20 |
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| 479 | 479 | | of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at 21 |
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| 480 | 480 | | the end the following: 22 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 482 | 482 | | DDITIONAL FEE FOR CLASS I RAIL CAR -23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | RIERS.—In addition to the fees collected pursuant to 24 |
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| 484 | 484 | | paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall establish 25 |
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| 488 | 488 | | and annually impose and collect from each Class I 1 |
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| 489 | 489 | | rail carrier a fee in an amount equal to 2 |
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| 490 | 490 | | $1,000,000.’’. 3 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (b) A |
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| 492 | 492 | | SSISTANCE FORLOCALEMERGENCYRESPONSE 4 |
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| 493 | 493 | | T |
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| 494 | 494 | | RAINING.—Section 5116(j)(1)(A) of title 49, United 5 |
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| 495 | 495 | | States Code, is amended— 6 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (1) by striking ‘‘liquids’’ and inserting ‘‘mate-7 |
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| 497 | 497 | | rials’’; and 8 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (2) in paragraph (3), by amending subpara-9 |
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| 499 | 499 | | graph (A) to read as follows: 10 |
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| 500 | 500 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 501 | 501 | | N GENERAL.—To carry out the 11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | grant program established pursuant to para-12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | graph (1), the Secretary may expend, during 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | each fiscal year— 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ‘‘(i) the amounts collected pursuant to 15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | section 5108(g)(4); and 16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | ‘‘(ii) any amounts recovered during 17 |
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| 508 | 508 | | such fiscal year from grants awarded 18 |
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| 509 | 509 | | under this section during a prior fiscal 19 |
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| 510 | 510 | | year.’’. 20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (c) S |
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| 512 | 512 | | UPPLEMENTAL TRAININGGRANTS.—Section 21 |
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| 513 | 513 | | 5128(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code is amended by 22 |
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| 514 | 514 | | striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’. 23 |
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| 518 | 518 | | SEC. 9. FREIGHT TRAIN CREW SIZE SAFETY STANDARDS. 1 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (a) F |
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| 520 | 520 | | REIGHTTRAINCREWSIZE.—Subchapter II of 2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | by inserting after section 20153 the following: 4 |
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| 523 | 523 | | ‘‘§ 20154. Freight train crew size safety standards 5 |
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| 524 | 524 | | ‘‘(a) M |
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| 525 | 525 | | INIMUMCREWSIZE.—Except as provided in 6 |
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| 526 | 526 | | subsection (b), no Class I railroad carrier may operate a 7 |
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| 527 | 527 | | freight train without a 2-person crew consisting of at least 8 |
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| 528 | 528 | | 1 appropriately qualified and certified conductor and 1 ap-9 |
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| 529 | 529 | | propriately qualified and certified locomotive engineer. 10 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 531 | 531 | | XCEPTIONS.— 11 |
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| 533 | 533 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-12 |
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| 534 | 534 | | graph (2), the requirement under subsection (a) 13 |
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| 535 | 535 | | shall not apply with respect to— 14 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ‘‘(A) train operations on track that is not 15 |
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| 537 | 537 | | main line track; 16 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ‘‘(B) locomotives performing assistance to 17 |
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| 539 | 539 | | a train that has incurred mechanical failure or 18 |
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| 540 | 540 | | lacks the power to traverse difficult terrain, in-19 |
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| 541 | 541 | | cluding traveling to or from the location where 20 |
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| 542 | 542 | | assistance is provided; 21 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ‘‘(C) locomotives that— 22 |
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| 544 | 544 | | ‘‘(i) are not attached to any equip-23 |
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| 545 | 545 | | ment or are attached only to a caboose; 24 |
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| 546 | 546 | | and 25 |
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| 550 | 550 | | ‘‘(ii) travel not farther than 50 miles 1 |
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| 551 | 551 | | from the point of origin of such locomotive; 2 |
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| 552 | 552 | | and 3 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘(D) train operations staffed with fewer 4 |
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| 554 | 554 | | than a 2-person crew at least 1 year before the 5 |
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| 555 | 555 | | date of the enactment of the Safe Freight Act 6 |
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| 556 | 556 | | of 2024, except if the Secretary determines that 7 |
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| 557 | 557 | | such operations do not achieve an equivalent 8 |
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| 558 | 558 | | level of safety as would result from compliance 9 |
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| 559 | 559 | | with the requirement under subsection (a). 10 |
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| 560 | 560 | | ‘‘(2) T |
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| 561 | 561 | | RAINS INELIGIBLE FOR EXCEPTION .— 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | The exceptions under paragraph (2) shall not apply 12 |
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| 563 | 563 | | with respect to— 13 |
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| 564 | 564 | | ‘‘(A) a high-hazard train; or 14 |
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| 565 | 565 | | ‘‘(B) a train with a total length of at least 15 |
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| 566 | 566 | | 7,500 feet. 16 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ‘‘(c) W |
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| 568 | 568 | | AIVER.—A railroad carrier may seek a waiver 17 |
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| 569 | 569 | | of the requirements under subsection (a) in accordance 18 |
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| 570 | 570 | | with section 20103(d). 19 |
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| 571 | 571 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 572 | 572 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20 |
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| 573 | 573 | | ‘‘(1) H |
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| 574 | 574 | | IGH-HAZARD TRAIN.—The term ‘high- 21 |
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| 575 | 575 | | hazard train’ means a single train transporting, 22 |
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| 576 | 576 | | throughout the train consist— 23 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘‘(A) not fewer than 20 tank cars loaded 24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | with a flammable liquid (Class 3) (as such term 25 |
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| 582 | 582 | | is defined in section 173.120 of title 49, Code 1 |
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| 583 | 583 | | of Federal Regulations, or successor regula-2 |
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| 584 | 584 | | tions); 3 |
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| 585 | 585 | | ‘‘(B) not fewer than 1 tank car or inter-4 |
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| 586 | 586 | | modal portable tank load with a material poi-5 |
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| 587 | 587 | | sonous by inhalation or a material toxic by in-6 |
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| 588 | 588 | | halation (as such term is defined in section 7 |
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| 589 | 589 | | 171.8 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 8 |
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| 590 | 590 | | or successor regulations); 9 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ‘‘(C) not fewer than 1 car loaded with a 10 |
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| 592 | 592 | | type B package or a fissile material package (as 11 |
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| 593 | 593 | | such terms are defined in section 173.403 of 12 |
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| 594 | 594 | | title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or suc-13 |
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| 595 | 595 | | cessor regulations); 14 |
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| 596 | 596 | | ‘‘(D) not fewer than 10 cars loaded with 15 |
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| 597 | 597 | | Class 1 explosives categorized under section 16 |
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| 598 | 598 | | 173.50 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations 17 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (or successor regulations) as being in division 18 |
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| 600 | 600 | | 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3; 19 |
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| 601 | 601 | | ‘‘(E) not fewer than 5 tank cars loaded 20 |
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| 602 | 602 | | with a flammable gas (as such term is defined 21 |
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| 603 | 603 | | in section 173.115(a) of title 49, Code of Fed-22 |
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| 604 | 604 | | eral Regulations, or successor regulations); or 23 |
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| 608 | 608 | | ‘‘(F) not fewer than 20 cars loaded with 1 |
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| 609 | 609 | | any combination of flammable liquids, flam-2 |
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| 610 | 610 | | mable gases, or explosives. 3 |
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| 611 | 611 | | ‘‘(2) M |
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| 612 | 612 | | AIN LINE TRACK.—The term ‘main line 4 |
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| 613 | 613 | | track’ means— 5 |
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| 614 | 614 | | ‘‘(A) a segment or route of railroad 6 |
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| 615 | 615 | | tracks— 7 |
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| 616 | 616 | | ‘‘(i) over which 5,000,000 or more 8 |
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| 617 | 617 | | gross tons of railroad traffic is transported 9 |
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| 618 | 618 | | annually; and 10 |
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| 619 | 619 | | ‘‘(ii) that has a maximum authorized 11 |
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| 620 | 620 | | speed for freight trains in excess of 25 12 |
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| 621 | 621 | | miles per hours; and 13 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ‘‘(B) intercity rail passenger transportation 14 |
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| 623 | 623 | | or commuter rail passenger transportation 15 |
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| 624 | 624 | | routes or segments over which high-hazard 16 |
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| 625 | 625 | | trains operate.’’. 17 |
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| 627 | 627 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-18 |
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| 628 | 628 | | chapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, 19 |
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| 629 | 629 | | is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 20 |
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| 630 | 630 | | 20153 the following: 21 |
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| 631 | 631 | | ‘‘20154. Freight train crew size safety standards.’’. |
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| 632 | 632 | | (c) PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY OF SEC-22 |
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| 633 | 633 | | RETARY.—Nothing in section 20154 of title 49, United 23 |
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| 634 | 634 | | States Code, as added by this section, shall be construed 24 |
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