[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2596 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2596

           To provide for the protection of train employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
           To provide for the protection of train employees.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 21103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Additional Limitation.--A railroad carrier and its officers 
and agents may not require a train employee who has been on duty or 
available for duty for any portion of each of 7 consecutive days to go 
on duty or be available for duty until at least 72 consecutive hours 
have passed after the employee is released from duty or from being 
available for duty.''.
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