[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1942 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1942

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National 
  Transportation Safety Board to investigate all fatal railroad grade 
                          crossing accidents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2001

  Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National 
  Transportation Safety Board to investigate all fatal railroad grade 
                          crossing accidents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fatal Grade Crossing Accident 
Investigations Act''.

SEC. 2. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS.

    That section 1131(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended:
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``including a railroad 
        grade crossing accident''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, including a 
        railroad grade crossing accident,'' after ``railroad 
        accident''.
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