[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2289 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2289

    To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for 
projects to construct fences or other barriers to prevent public access 
 to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential 
                                 areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for 
projects to construct fences or other barriers to prevent public access 
 to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential 
                                 areas.

    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 ``Railway Safety Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRACKS AND OTHER HAZARDS OF FIXED GUIDEWAY 
              SYSTEMS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

    (a) Grants.--The Secretary of Transportation may make grants to the 
operator of a rail fixed guideway mass transportation system that is 
subject to regulation by the Federal Transit Administration or the 
Federal Railroad Administration for projects to construct fences or 
other barriers to prevent public access to tracks and other facilities 
of the system that may present a hazard in a residential area.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out with amounts made available under this section shall not 
exceed 50 percent.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2003 to carry out this section.
    (d) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by this section 
shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds 
were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
except that subsection (b) shall apply with respect to the Federal 
share and such funds shall remain available until expended.
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