[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2580 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2580

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2002

 Mr. Wellstone introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

    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''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to railroad 
grade crossing accidents that occur on or after that date.
                                 <all>