3.0.0 6224 2022-08-10T23:36:00Z 2022-08-10T23:36:00Z House HR 2020-03-12 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 6224.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.[Page H1670]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2020-03-13T15:22:18Z Referred to 2020-03-12T13:03:50Z 2020-03-13 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2020-03-12 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2020-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 N Transportation and Public Works Accidents Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Economic development Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Noise pollution Railroads Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in House 2020-04-29T14:15:31Z Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020

This bill establishes a grade separation investment program to award competitive grants to certain entities for projects that

  • separate railway-highway grade crossings,
  • improve safety by reducing the number of deaths and injuries at rail-highway crossings,
  • increase the efficiency and reliability of the movement of people and freight over rail-highway crossings,
  • increase the capacity of the freight and passenger rail system,
  • reduce the amount of noise from trains, and
  • improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from less idling at rail-highway crossings.

Among other requirements, the bill (1) requires grant awards for large projects (projects with total costs of greater than $100 million) to be at least $50 million, and for any other projects not less than $2.5 million; and (2) directs the Department of Transportation to consider a number of factors in awarding grants, including accident history at the rail-highway crossing over the last 10 years, the annual average daily traffic at the crossing, the likelihood of a collision based on the geometry of the crossing, and the number of critical facilities near the crossing.

]]> Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020 Display Title Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a dedicated, competitive highway-rail grade separation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6224ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6224ih.xml 2020-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.