3.0.0 1402 2023-01-15T08:48:06Z 2023-01-15T08:48:06Z Senate S S 2003-07-14 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-09T19:27:23Z Referred to 2003-12-08T19:57:34Z sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-10-31T00:02:47Z Markup by 2003-07-17T16:18:02Z Referred to 2003-07-14T22:36:56Z S. Rept. 108-182 2003-12-09 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. Committee 2003-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2003-12-08 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-12-08 09:30:47 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-11-25 Senate Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16045-16051; text of meaasure as reported to Senate: CR S16045-16048; text as passed Senate: CR S16048-16051) Floor 2003-11-25 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S16045-16051; text of meaasure as reported to Senate: CR S16045-16048; text as passed Senate: CR S16048-16051) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358. Calendars 2003-10-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with amendments. With written report No. 108-182. Committee 2003-10-30 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with amendments. With written report No. 108-182. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2003-07-17 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2003-07-14 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9335-9338) IntroReferral 2003-07-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9334-9335) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2003-07-14 True 2003-08-22T04:00:00Z S. 1402, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14726 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003</p> 2003-08-22T04:00:00Z S. 1402, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14726 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 Transportation and Public Works Accident prevention Administrative procedure Authorization Bridges Collection of accounts Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Transportation Depositions Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Evidence (Law) Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to transportation Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health Hours of labor Indexing (Economic policy) Injunctions Labor and Employment Law Legislation Occupational health and safety Police Radio Railroad employees Railroad engineering Railroad equipment Railroad finance Railroad safety Railroads Rescue work Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Sleep disorders State laws Surveys Technological innovations Technology transfer Traffic accidents and safety Traffic signs and signals Transportation planning Transportation and Public Works 00 2003-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-27T22:26:37Z Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for rail safety for FY 2004 through 2008.

Requires railroad carriers and States to report to the Secretary of Transportation current information, with periodic updates, on previously unreported crossings (national crossing inventory).

Directs the Secretary to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a plan for a joint initiative with States and municipalities to systematically reduce the number of public and private highway-rail grade crossings by one percent per year in each of the succeeding ten years.

Increases from $7,500 to $15,000 the maximum incentive payment a State may make to a local government upon its permanent closure of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.

Directs the Secretary to develop and make available to State and local governments model State legislation providing for civil or criminal penalties, or both, for violations of highway-rail grade crossing signals.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 to support Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to execute a memorandum of agreement governing the roles and responsibilities of their respective Departments in addressing railroad transportation security matters.

Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations and issue orders for every area of railroad safety, including security, supplementing laws, and regulations in effect on October 16, 1970.

Changes from monthly to quarterly the mandatory reports to the Secretary a railroad carrier must file on accidents and incidents.

Authorizes the Secretary to authorize his or her officers, employees, or agents for accident prevention and investigation purposes to intercept radio communications without the consent of sender or receiver. Limits the use of such an intercept in administrative or judicial proceedings to impeachment of certain related evidence presented by a non-Federal party.

Directs the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee of the Federal Railroad Administration to convene a working group to consider and report to Congress on what legislative or other changes the Secretary deems necessary to address fatigue management for railroad employees.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe a final rule addressing safety standards for positive train control (PTC) systems or other safety technologies that provide similar safety benefits; (2) report to specified congressional committees on the progress of on-going and completed projects to implement PTC or such other technologies; and (3) conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a safety survey of the structural integrity of railroad bridges and railroads' programs of inspection and maintenance of railroad bridges.

Revises the authority of railroad police employed by a particular railroad carrier to allow them to enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which any rail carrier owns property (currently, only jurisdictions in which the employing carrier owns property).

Earmarks funds for the Federal Railroad Administration to perform a demonstration program to provide centralized training for its employees.

]]> 35 2003-11-25 Passed Senate amended 2004-04-07T13:06:30Z Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Amends Federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for rail safety for FY 2004 through 2008.

Title II: Rulemaking, Inspection, Enforcement, and Planning Authority - (Sec. 201) Requires railroad carriers and States to report to the Secretary of Transportation current information, with periodic updates, on previously unreported crossings (national crossing inventory).

(Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a plan for a joint initiative with States and municipalities to systematically reduce the number of public and private highway-rail grade crossings by one percent per year in each of the succeeding ten years.

Increases from $7,500 to $15,000 the maximum incentive payment a State may make to a local government upon its permanent closure of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.

(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to develop and make available to State and local governments model State legislation providing for civil or criminal penalties, or both, for violations of highway-rail grade crossing signals.

(Sec. 204) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 to support Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

(Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security to execute a memorandum of agreement governing the roles and responsibilities of their respective Departments in addressing railroad transportation security matters, including the processes the departments will follow to promote communications, efficiency, and nonduplication of effort.

Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations and issue orders for every area of railroad safety, including security, supplementing laws, and regulations in effect on October 16, 1970.

(Sec. 206) Changes from monthly to quarterly the mandatory reports to the Secretary a railroad carrier must file on accidents and incidents.

(Sec. 207) Authorizes the Secretary to authorize his or her officers, employees, or agents for accident prevention and investigation purposes to intercept radio communications without the consent of sender or receiver. Limits the use of such an intercept in administrative or judicial proceedings to impeachment of certain related evidence presented by a non-Federal party.

(Sec. 208) Directs the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee of the Federal Railroad Administration to convene a working group to consider and report to Congress on what legislative or other changes the Secretary deems necessary to address fatigue management for railroad employees.

(Sec. 209) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe a final rule addressing safety standards for positive train control (PTC) systems or other safety technologies that provide similar safety benefits; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on the progress of on-going and completed projects to implement PTC or such other technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

(Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary to conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a safety survey of the structural integrity of railroad bridges and railroads' programs of inspection and maintenance of railroad bridges.

(Sec. 212) Revises the authority of railroad police employed by a particular railroad carrier to allow them to enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which any rail carrier owns property (currently, only jurisdictions in which the employing carrier owns property).

(Sec. 213) Earmarks FY 2004 funds for the Federal Railroad Administration to perform a demonstration program to provide centralized training for its employees.

(Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the impact of blocked highway-railroad grade crossings on the ability of emergency responders to perform public safety and security duties.

(Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations setting forth procedures for a railroad to notify immediately first responders in communities that lie in the path of a runaway train.

Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 301) Makes technical and conforming amendments to Federal transportation law to authorize the Attorney General at the Secretary's request to bring an action in Federal district court to enjoin a violation of rail safety law. Excludes from such authority actions for injunctions with respect to employee protections against discrimination for whistleblower activities or for reasonably refusing to work in the face of an imminent danger of death or serious injury (which rights may be enforced under the Railway Labor Act).

Provides for enforcement of requests for production of documents or other tangible things and requests for testimony by deposition under the rail safety laws.

(Sec. 302) Requires annual inflation adjustments to maximum civil penalties for violations, including accident and incident violations. Permits the Government to deduct the amount of a civil penalty imposed or compromised from amounts it owes the person liable for the penalty.

(Sec. 303) Repeals requirements for certain certain reports to Congress already submitted, as well as authority for establishment of and authorization of appropriations for an Institute for Railroad Safety.

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