119 HR 5783 IH: SAFE TRACKS Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-10-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5783IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 17, 2025Ms. Pou (for herself and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, to require continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act or the SAFE TRACKS Act.

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Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety

Section 20167 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1)in subsection (a)— (A)in paragraph (4) by striking and at the end; (B)by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (C)by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5)how the State will work with stakeholders, including railroads operating in and across the State, to reduce pedestrian fatalities, including suicides, along railroad right of way, in consultation with mental health and law enforcement agencies and entities; and; and (2)in subsection (b) by inserting and every 5 years thereafter, before the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.