3.0.0 713 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z Senate S 2019-03-07 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-07T20:12:49Z 2019-03-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2019-03-07 True Transportation and Public Works Accidents Appropriations Census and government statistics Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Railroads Roads and highways State and local government operations Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-21T20:07:56Z Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019

This bill addresses highway-rail grade crossing safety.

The bill reauthorizes the highway safety improvement program through FY2024, with $50 million set aside in FY2020-FY2024 for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program.

Eligibility requirements are revised for the award of capital grants to states under the rail line relocation and improvement program.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) must hire

  • 16 full-time grade crossing safety managers to work with state and local officials to identify safety improvements to highway-rail grade crossings; and
  • 8 trespass prevention managers to work with local governments, schools, businesses, and railroads to develop site-specific mitigation plans.

The Department of Transportation must gather and publish information and statistics relating to highway-rail grade crossing problems, including from studies conducted by the FRA, rail carriers, and independent entities.

]]> Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 Display Title Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s713is/xml/BILLS-116s713is.xml 2019-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.