110 HR 1516 IH: Federal Railroad Safety Accountability
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-03-14
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Federal Railroad Safety Accountability
and Improvement Act
.
2.Amendment of
title 49, United States CodeExcept as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of title 49, United States Code.
3.The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Amendment of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Table of contents.
Title I—Authorization of Appropriations and Establishment of
Safety Risk Reduction Program
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations and establishment of
safety risk reduction program.
Sec. 102. Protection of railroad safety risk reduction program
information.
Title II—Highway-Rail Crossing Safety
Sec. 201. National crossing inventory.
Sec. 202. Fostering introduction of new technology to improve
safety at highway-rail grade crossings.
Sec. 203. Authority to buy promotional items to improve
railroad crossing safety and prevent railroad trespass.
Title III—Rulemaking, Inspection, and Enforcement
Authority
Sec. 301. Railroad security.
Sec. 302. Emergency waivers.
Sec. 303. Railroad radio monitoring authority and general
inspection authority.
Sec. 304. Authority to disqualify individuals from performing
safety-sensitive functions in the railroad industry based on their violation of
hazardous material transportation law.
Sec. 305. Technical amendments regarding enforcement by the
Attorney General.
Sec. 306. Unified treatment of families of railroad carriers
providing integrated railroad operations.
Sec. 307. Hours of service reform.
Sec. 308. Amendment to the movement-for-repair
provision.
Title IV—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 401. Technical amendments to eliminate unnecessary
provisions.
Sec. 402. Alternate names for chapters of subtitle V, part
A.
Sec. 403. Federal rail security officers’ access to criminal
history and other law enforcement records, systems, and
communications.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations and Establishment of Safety Risk Reduction Program</header>
<section id="H8E27E50EBA4B4257923540F0E098F344"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations and establishment of safety risk reduction program</header>
<subsection id="H3E0095BA9FB145009C5F0838DED67E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20117(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D11F085897D4D19B688A9AE59E422D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>chapter</quote> and substituting <quote>part and to
carry out responsibilities under chapter 51 as delegated or authorized by the
Secretary</quote> and by striking subparagraphs (A) through (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F8C43DE278B470093E2280165F9CEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking subsection (a)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04B443F8661142388614E6884DA6A125"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (a)(1), as amended by this Act, as subsection (a), and inserting the
following at the end:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7BCEAFBB93D64F5D86000077366880B2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H95BE5CE64FD34C659DD7A410E77CF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$180,722,000 for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0D7C79996254E4893FB251CCE900F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2009 through
2011.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE61BAE139DB44F9A751DE7FC99BF04F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20117, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting at the end a new
subsection (f) as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9F05F454E9E04316ABA27F8FEA2051F9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB36B0E0F3C584ACAA3FC25B34A25300"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Safety risk
reduction</header><text>Not more than $2,363,000 of the $180,722,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2011
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for a safety risk reduction
program to be implemented as part of the railroad safety program. The safety
risk reduction program shall require each railroad to systematically evaluate
safety risks, manage those risks, and implement measures to eliminate or
mitigate risks in its processes and procedures. The safety risk reduction
program, which requires different skills than the activities previously
undertaken in the railroad safety program, shall be undertaken in addition to
the current railroad safety
program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB66C4FF896064A2F98AA65233BC2D2D9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Protection of
railroad safety risk reduction program information</header>
<subsection id="H1C9FED5D6E7943D28213F6C9A4B55597"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter
201 as amended by this Act is further amended by adding the following two new
sections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BAC70B71FB84F52B2FC9D97AFE5FCFE" style="USC">
<section id="H589C4CB60525413D80A843E0F1797CBA"><enum>20118.</enum><header>Prohibition
on public disclosure of required railroad safety risk reduction
records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5 or any other provision of law, except as necessary for
enforcement of any provision of Federal law by the Secretary or by another
Federal agency, the Secretary shall not disclose publicly any part of any
record (including, but not limited to, a railroad carrier’s analysis of its
safety risks and its statement of the mitigation measures it has identified
with which to address those risks) that the Secretary has obtained pursuant to
a regulation or order under this chapter that requires the establishment,
implementation, or modification of a railroad safety risk reduction program if
the record is required to be—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC05E0BA505C412689E3C6C2AB2796CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supplied to the
Secretary pursuant to that safety risk reduction program; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H039E1417D50241529DBC1B09948911B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>made available for
inspection and copying by an officer, employee, or agent of the Secretary
pursuant to that safety risk reduction program.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDF52453218574AAEAEA93D050800008F"><enum>20119.</enum><header>Discovery and
admission into evidence of certain reports and surveys</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no part of any report, survey, schedule, list, or data compiled or collected
for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, planning, or implementing a
railroad safety risk reduction program pursuant to a regulation or order under
this chapter (including, but not limited to, a railroad carrier’s analysis of
its safety risks and its statement of the mitigation measures with which it
will address those risks) shall be subject to discovery or admitted into
evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding, or considered for another
purpose, in any action by a private party or parties for damages against the
carrier, or its officers, employees, or
contractors.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8DE7A3F22104428D934B5806D1A2BB00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 201 is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 20117 the following new
items:</text>
<quoted-block id="H866AA8B94C3542440089D8607DA255C7" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20118. Prohibition on public disclosure of
required railroad safety risk reduction records.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">20119. Discovery and admission into
evidence of certain reports and
surveys.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Highway-Rail
Crossing Safety</header>
<section id="H0690951ED92E462CB09B8D66DA6D402F"><enum>201.</enum><header>National
crossing inventory</header>
<subsection id="H674DD7B9855E4ECB90FF76E7EB09048D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter
201 as amended by this Act is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D0FB508B47E414C9B07BB7FB82D78EA" style="USC">
<section id="H0266489156E346509DB0B44539AEA145"><enum>20156.</enum><header>National
crossing inventory</header>
<subsection id="H3DE2C2CDE35E418CBE4FC6884F51AED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial reporting
of information about previously unreported crossings</header><text>Not later
than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety
Accountability and Improvement Act or 12 months after a new crossing becomes
operational, whichever occurs later, each railroad carrier shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA36531DE82084FB4B43C4ED216EFA3C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>report to the
Secretary of Transportation current information (including, but not limited to,
information about warning devices and signage), as specified by the Secretary,
concerning each previously unreported crossing through which it operates with
respect to the trackage over which it operates; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D4B6CDE159541DF00FC9965AD48CC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the
information has been reported to the Secretary by another railroad carrier that
operates through the crossing on the same trackage.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB72BC4EBDF244CBB9C08CC86E9238D5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updating of
crossing information</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0DDDEBA7ED8445C50039C9E23C7182"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On a periodic basis
beginning not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Federal
Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act and on or before September
30 of every third year thereafter, or as otherwise specified by the Secretary,
each railroad carrier shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9BD56F086B843EEBEA4D77DED95CCF4" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>report to the Secretary current
information (including, but not limited to, information about warning devices
and signage), as specified by the Secretary, concerning each crossing through
which it operates with respect to the trackage over which it operates;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FB30D38ED2E4938A3C9AC03E37C6188" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that the information has been
reported to the Secretary by another railroad carrier that operates through the
crossing on the same trackage.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F8A1EB586DA4AF49B68ED954C23D5EE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A railroad carrier that sells a
crossing, or any part of a crossing, on or after the date of enactment of the
Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act, shall, not later
than the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Act or 3
months after the sale, whichever occurs later, or as otherwise specified by the
Secretary, report to the Secretary current information, as specified by the
Secretary, concerning the change in ownership of the crossing or the part of
the crossing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFFDB03A283A4EC1B5233696BBBF7B6F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking
authority</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations necessary
to implement this section. This rulemaking shall consider the expected benefits
to the inventory of, and costs of, alternative information-collection
requirements (including the distribution of benefits and costs) and shall
consider the collection of information for categories of crossings that pose
lower risks that is less extensive or less frequent, or both, than that
provided for in subsection (b). The Secretary may enforce each provision of the
Department of Transportation’s statement of the national highway-rail crossing
inventory policy, procedures, and instructions for States and railroads that is
in effect on the date of enactment of this section, until such provision is
superseded by a regulation issued under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2E1DA85209A42378C00D76CE2566BFD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HE033B343DBF34A2FACF16EBF51A67BDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>crossing</quote>
means a location within a state, other than a location where one or more
railroad tracks cross one or more railroad tracks either at grade or
grade-separated, where—</text>
<subparagraph id="H39F40AD7F4C842C684AA59DECB4198F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a public highway,
road, or street, or a private roadway, including associated sidewalks and
pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks either at grade or
grade-separated; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89304652C330488D829FE8A41FBE2990"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a pathway
dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic, including pedestrians,
bicyclists, and others, that is not associated with a public highway, road, or
street, or a private roadway, crosses one or more railroad tracks either at
grade or grade-separated; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA48D047C10045408640B0A5AA4FE5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>State</quote>
means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto
Rico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H912115576E6A4852A1CAF993F9D8F8BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 201 as
amended by this Act is further amended by adding after the item relating to
section 20155 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3EBB92A340BF4B3DA0B4BFACD3F276D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20156. National crossing
inventory.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H90711E1FEDD4461A9CD0DEFCDF5EB300"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following new
subsection at the end:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAB0C82A3F51146C69F161E947CAF1983" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H84127DE383434A41B7505FAA8B44C75"><enum>(l)</enum><header>National crossing
inventory</header>
<paragraph id="HEADC29F997F046FC8C64D725014D05F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
reporting of information about previously unreported public
crossings</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
the Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act or within 12
months of a new crossing becoming operational, whichever occurs later, each
State shall report to the Secretary current information (including, but not
limited to, information about warning devices and signage), as specified by the
Secretary, concerning each previously unreported public crossing located within
its borders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC36F9DFD7E084E439F5FD41BEE94B149"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updating of
public crossing information; report 3 years after enactment, then two-tier
system for further updates</header><text>Each State shall report to the
Secretary current information (including, but not limited to, information about
warning devices and signage), as specified by the Secretary, concerning each
crossing located within its borders involving a public street, road, or
highway. Each report shall be made on a periodic basis beginning not later than
3 years after the date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety
Accountability and Improvement Act and on or before September 30 of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42CF80E31CA74C2FADD55010976B513"><enum>(A)</enum><text>every third year
thereafter, or as specified by the Secretary, for a crossing involving a public
street, road, or highway, other than a local or county street, road, or
highway; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB43E560A82D49A78D2604A84EE37C45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every fifth year
thereafter, or as specified by the Secretary, for a crossing involving a public
local or county street, road, or highway or involving a publicly owned pathway
dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic, including pedestrians,
bicyclists, and others, that is not associated with a public highway, road, or
street, or a private roadway.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA29B98B6A2B340CE9CDE855025B6B367"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking
authority</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations necessary
to implement this subsection. This rulemaking shall consider the expected
benefits to the inventory of, and costs of, alternative information-collection
requirements (including the distribution of benefits and costs) and shall
consider the collection of information for categories of crossings that pose
lower risks that is less extensive or less frequent, or both, than that
provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The Secretary may enforce
each provision of the Department of Transportation’s statement of the national
highway-rail crossing inventory policy, procedures, and instructions for States
and railroads that is in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection,
until such provision is superseded by a regulation issued under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF313B9C4FF05455899FE865A823797F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DA94CF8DCB8424B88C5408618DE06DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text><quote>public
crossing</quote> means a location within a state, other than a location where
one or more railroad tracks cross one or more railroad tracks either at grade
or grade-separated, where—</text>
<clause id="H326B1AF3D8F443EBBBF8BF0DEFD24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
public highway, road, or street, including associated sidewalks and pathways,
crosses one or more railroad tracks either at grade or grade-separated;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FAE0043036A4E6992523C2605369686"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
publicly owned pathway dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic,
including pedestrians, bicyclists, and others, that is not associated with a
public highway, road, or street, or a private roadway, crosses one or more
railroad tracks either at grade or grade-separated; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13B4FC8F0CEF42CF91FB71D336835524"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>State</quote>
means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto
Rico.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C9966DB45764EC5B618D7BF28ABA9D8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5C82EEC24D714BAFB900080200C6DD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 21301(a)(1) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB57A4E54CDE644FFA904A638EEAD75D0" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of
the first sentence and substituting <quote>or with section 20156 of this
title.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H473D9037D0864BD2B4944DBA08FB45E5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by inserting
<quote>or violating section 20156 of this title</quote> between <quote>chapter
201</quote> and <quote>is liable</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE873342A9CE74553BDA5CF478B334BE5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 21301(a)(2) is amended by
inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>The Secretary shall
subject a person to a civil penalty for a violation of section 20156 of this
title.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDFD2BFF3619F4F90B4C4BC0988189740"><enum>202.</enum><header>Fostering
introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade
crossings</header>
<subsection id="H9BDC2455EFCC4ADD00239C5C6392AE36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter
201 as amended by this Act is further amended by adding at the end a new
section 20157 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H396201B5C8944459B71BD22BCC4C03F" style="USC">
<section id="HB122DEDA43984DDDAE32093FA203328C"><enum>20157.</enum><header>Fostering
introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade
crossings</header>
<subsection id="H03283C9E0461489EB8E065C02FB6AA12"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H63FA5BD72BCD4368BF5F9C22B5EA104B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Collisions between
highway users and trains at highway-rail grade crossings continue to cause an
unacceptable loss of life and serious personal injury and also threaten the
safety of rail transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0B0BAEE27B54EECB6BCAFA033E87E00" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>While elimination of at-grade
crossings through consolidation of crossings and grade separations offers the
greatest long-term promise for optimizing the safety and efficiency of the two
modes of transportation, over 140,000 public grade crossings remain on the
general rail system—approximately one for each route mile on the general rail
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDBCA84A36FF473DBB769B8EA863B806" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Conventional highway traffic control
devices such as flashing lights and gates are effective in warning motorists of
a train’s approach to an equipped crossing but require considerable expense to
install and to maintain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C7DE1E68C9843C0B12F35ED63B056C5" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Since enactment of the Highway Safety
Act of 1973, over $4,200,000,000 of Federal funding has been invested in safety
improvements at highway-rail grade crossings, yet a majority of public
highway-rail grade crossings are not yet equipped with active warning
systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H091A70926EF047A787E7AC6FD7920035" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The emergence of new technologies
supporting Intelligent Transportation Systems presents opportunities for more
effective and affordable warnings and safer passage of highway users and trains
at remaining highway-rail grade crossings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72F71F9F67F848FBBABD47C78C2059C1" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Implementation of new crossing safety
technology will require extensive cooperation between highway authorities and
railroad carriers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8346303E5F24B6AA4C2F02B48FB366E" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Uncertainty concerning potential
liability in tort threatens to arrest development and implementation of
lifesaving systems, discouraging suppliers, State and local authorities, and
railroad carriers from moving forward with systems that have strong potential
to save lives and prevent personal injuries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40624BC60E6B4E5FA573005981EED1C2" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Federal Railroad Administration
regulations establishing performance standards for processor-based signal and
train control systems provide a suitable framework for qualification of new or
novel technology at highway-rail grade crossings, and the Federal Highway
Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices provides an
appropriate means of determining highway user interface with such new
technology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE7323D8A2144619A13FE622025D32BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It
is the policy of the United States to encourage the development of new
technology that can prevent loss of life and injuries at highway-rail grade
crossings. The Secretary of Transportation is designated to carry out this
policy in consultation with States and necessary public and private
entities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AEFE244B2EE4DFFB537621B00BDC6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preemptive effect
of federal action</header><text>If the Secretary approves new technology to
provide warning to highway users at a highway-rail grade crossing and such
technology is installed at a highway-rail grade crossing in accordance with the
conditions of the approval, this determination preempts any State law
concerning the adequacy of the technology in providing warning at the crossing.
Under no circumstances may a person (including a State, other public authority,
railroad carrier, system designer, or supplier of the technology) be held
liable for damages for any harm to persons or property because of an accident
or incident at the crossing based upon selection of such technology. Nor shall
a railroad carrier be found liable in damages because of an accident or
incident at a crossing protected by such technology based upon the carrier’s
failure to properly inspect and maintain such technology, if the carrier has
inspected and maintained the technology in accordance with the terms of the
Secretary’s approval. Nor shall any party be found liable for damages for
failure to apply such technology at a different grade crossing
location.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE58DF7BE7BFC4CF9A78297A4122DB100"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 201 as
amended by this Act is further amended by adding the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6CAC8FEE34774DDE86D113A4CF4D164D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20157. Fostering introduction of new
technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade
crossings.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H93F91872D4874AE98DADCCD1FA65D0FF"><enum>203.</enum><header>Authority to
buy promotional items to improve railroad crossing safety and prevent railroad
trespass</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20134(a) is
amended by adding at the end of the subsection the following sentence:
<quote>The Secretary may purchase promotional items of nominal value and
distribute them to the public without charge as part of an educational or
awareness program to accomplish the purposes of this section and of any other
sections of this title related to improving the safety of highway-rail
crossings and to preventing trespass on railroad rights of way, and the
Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of this
authority.</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Rulemaking,
Inspection, and Enforcement Authority</header>
<section id="H7E29E2C7EDB24D99A3BE6000E15C974"><enum>301.</enum><header>Railroad
security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20103(a) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4D8B584BD80B43B2A1A3146B6457E3C5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0AE0D7FF15F54FC98DBDA9ED4D95D091"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations and
orders</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, as necessary, shall
prescribe regulations and issue orders for every area of railroad safety
supplementing laws and regulations in effect on October 16, 1970. Any
regulation prescribed or order issued by the Secretary of Transportation
involving railroad safety shall not be subject to challenge, under section
20114(c) of this chapter or under any other provision of law by which such a
regulation or order may be subject to judicial review, on the ground that it
impacts
security.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFA4E81B3A7E041208C02E852DF1F104B"><enum>302.</enum><header>Emergency
waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20103 as
amended by this Act is further amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H86FF90398B8740CCA6127FDF9446747D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising
subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2DECBA46BD8B48ACB5D780D48DC408FE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H260341D46D1446A883BF068B4552A149"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (g) of this section, the Secretary shall conduct a
hearing as provided by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5 when prescribing a regulation or
issuing an order under this chapter, including a regulation or order
establishing, amending, or waiving compliance with a railroad safety regulation
prescribed or order issued under this chapter. An opportunity for an oral
presentation shall be provided.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D0868E2F4894F92A26C77BFA361BB56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
a new subsection (g) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H08DF828368074AA6B8832EB6BE1E2C3F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H158945444CDA4729B0E07779772ECDBD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Emergency
waivers</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6719BD5F67854B399600BE0076F45681"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
prescribe procedures concerning the handling of requests for waivers of
regulations prescribed or orders issued under this chapter in emergency
situations and may prescribe temporary emergency waiver procedures without
first providing an opportunity for public comment. The Secretary may grant a
waiver request if the waiver is directly related to the emergency event or
necessary to aid in any recovery efforts and is in the public interest and
consistent with railroad safety. The relief shall not extend for a period of
more than nine months, including the period of the relief granted under any
renewal of the waiver pursuant to the emergency waiver procedures. For matters
that may impact the missions of the Department of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of Transportation shall consult and coordinate with the Secretary of
Homeland Security as soon as practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF42EB500DC4549409B1D00001357FE1E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, under the emergency waiver
procedures established under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary
determines the public interest would be better served by addressing a request
for waiver prior to providing an opportunity for a hearing under section 553 of
title 5 and an oral presentation, the Secretary may act on the waiver request
and, if the request is granted, the Secretary shall subsequently provide notice
and an opportunity for a hearing and oral presentation pursuant to procedures
prescribed under paragraph (1) of this subsection. Should the Secretary receive
comment or a request for oral presentation on a waiver request after granting
the waiver, the Secretary may take any necessary action with regard to that
waiver (including rescission or modification) based on the newly acquired
information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE86FA4E8E9944D5FA232969610009545" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the
terms <quote>emergency situation</quote> and <quote>emergency event</quote>
refer to a natural or manmade disaster, such as a hurricane, flood, earthquake,
mudslide, forest fire, snowstorm, terrorist act, biological outbreak, release
of a dangerous radiological, chemical, explosive, or biological material, or a
war-related activity, that poses a risk of death, serious illness, severe
injury, or substantial property damage. The disaster may be local, regional, or
national in
scope.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8D3ECCAE065B4D3CB5F6BC4547D4F9CC"><enum>303.</enum><header>Railroad radio
monitoring authority and general inspection authority</header>
<subsection id="H4E4E80F1A7C54315A4D73590664BABF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20107 is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H31125D4093AA416A9C760067C77DD700" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0E7CC3E6BF7C4990BC565245005520D0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Railroad radio
communications</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H75119094FE3D424A891F49E2A7590499"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To carry out the
Secretary’s responsibilities under this part and under chapter 51, the
Secretary may authorize officers, employees, or agents of the Secretary to
conduct the following activities in circumstances determined by the Secretary
in the Secretary’s discretion to be reasonable:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB625F1350074F4F9B886E90EEEEE88D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Intercepting a radio communication
that is broadcast or transmitted over a frequency authorized for the use of one
or more railroad carriers by the Federal Communications Commission, with or
without making their presence known to the sender or other receivers of the
communication and with or without obtaining the consent of the sender or other
receivers of the communication.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0248340E2734729A57653CF5172C88C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Communicating the existence, contents,
substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the communication, subject to the
restrictions in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3635FC3596554DCC823800E47BCB5B4" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Receiving or assisting in receiving
the communication (or any information therein contained).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FEA5939ED8C413C9294975DB2A5D1F2" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Disclosing the contents, substance,
purport, effect, or meaning of the communication (or any part thereof of such
communication) or using the communication (or any information contained
therein), subject to the restrictions in paragraph (3), after having received
the communication or acquired knowledge of the contents, substance, purport,
effect, or meaning of the communication (or any part thereof).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H933787A3A40148D0BC2BFE70CDE4175E" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Recording the communication by any
means, including writing and tape recording.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DA50303CBC642CBBB63E7D5F6924CBF" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary and officers,
employees, and agents of the Department of Transportation authorized by the
Secretary may engage in the activities authorized by paragraph (1) for the
purpose of accident prevention, including, but not limited to, accident
investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4929E1A03B24B19AD00EF8710A4AE59" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H531B10C154D24400BE76975BF1D7F059"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Information obtained
through activities authorized by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be admitted
into evidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding except—</text>
<clause id="HF7BB5D70E72943CEBCD756CB408462B9" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a prosecution for a felony under
Federal or State criminal law; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDDE9745BCB9B49BC8C5BBAE6750123A5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to impeach evidence offered by a
party other than the Federal Government regarding the existence, electronic
characteristics, content, substance, purport, effect, meaning, or timing of, or
identity of parties to, a communication intercepted pursuant to paragraphs (1)
and (2) in proceedings pursuant to section 5122, 5123, 20702(b), 20111, 20112,
20113, or 20114 of this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65F76F15CC994FF4B7BE56EBB2E9BB6F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If information obtained through
activities set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) is admitted into evidence for
impeachment purposes in accordance with paragraph (3)(A), the court,
administrative law judge, or other officer before whom the proceeding is
conducted may make such protective orders regarding the confidentiality or use
of the information as may be appropriate in the circumstances to protect
privacy and administer justice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9966CAFF282745BB8D4500A16234C9E2" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Information obtained through
activities set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be subject to
publication or disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3606BEB1FBBA464091CA367C4733F000" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>No evidence shall be excluded in an
administrative or judicial proceeding solely because the government would not
have learned of the existence of or obtained such evidence but for the
interception of information that is not admissible in such proceeding under
paragraph (3)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99F86898638442FA9E87D81EBDD97EBC" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority of the United States to
intercept a communication, and collect, retain, analyze, use, and disseminate
the information obtained thereby, under a provision of law other than this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H896BECC314DE4645B2C21D4E7280A5D4" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 705 of the Communications Act
of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/605">47 U.S.C. 605</external-xref>) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/119">chapter 119</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, shall
not apply to conduct authorized by and pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA7F193BB4B644198A5AFD373114BC00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
2511(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after paragraph
(i), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H179EE1E271864799949730411F62EC5E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5EDB379D232E48989C4E74AE1C386819"><enum>(j)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this chapter or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/605">section 605</external-xref> of title 47, the Secretary
of Transportation and officers, employees, or agents of the Department of
Transportation authorized by the Secretary of Transportation, in furtherance of
the Federal railroad safety laws at subtitle V, part A, of title 49 and at
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 49, for the purpose of accident prevention, including, but
not limited to, accident investigation, may intercept radio communications
broadcast or transmitted over a frequency authorized for the use of one or more
railroad carriers by the Federal Communications Commission and may disclose or
use the information thereby obtained, for the purposes and to the extent
permitted by section 20107(c) of title
49.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3A85D1EC471D4AEC9E2C9F1B70DAB601"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20107(b) is amended by striking <quote>at reasonable times</quote> and
inserting in its place the following: <quote>in circumstances determined by the
Secretary in the Secretary’s discretion to be reasonable</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB44D38D336584D1700DBC6D1C3DB6217"><enum>304.</enum><header>Authority to
disqualify individuals from performing safety-sensitive functions in the
railroad industry based on their violation of hazardous material transportation
law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20111(c) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H976FE1AE625C4DDFB4D53D4632DB24BC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40AE7B3AB89C4DCABBD07B704B4BAC88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Orders
prohibiting individuals from performing safety-sensitive
functions</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA79B1B47E5B047A68750ECB9FAA955EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If an individual’s
violation of this part, chapter 51 of this title, or a regulation prescribed,
or an order issued, by the Secretary under this part or chapter 51 of this
title is shown to make that individual unfit for the performance of
safety-sensitive functions, the Secretary, after providing notice and an
opportunity for a hearing, may issue an order prohibiting the individual from
performing safety-sensitive functions in the railroad industry for a specified
period of time or until specified conditions are met.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D5AB372CA894A68A16E00B9D4028390" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection does not affect the
Secretary’s authority under section 20104 of this title to act on an emergency
basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H358E64E723454D0B8D67E60429FD62BB"><enum>305.</enum><header>Technical
amendments regarding enforcement by the Attorney General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20112(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H71CB2D5AA2244B9989B2CBCA7D53D5FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>this part, except for section 20109 of this title,
or</quote> before <quote>a railroad safety regulation</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7638D06B0CEE45E48DF0075C363500D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>, 21302, or 21303</quote> after <quote>section
21301</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8076B01093E54BA398080938F100E900"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting after <quote>subpena</quote> the following: <quote>request for
admissions, request for production of documents or other tangible things, or
request for testimony by deposition</quote> and by striking
<quote>chapter</quote> and substituting <quote>part</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3064051B7C1142FFAEF726FF5320FB76"><enum>306.</enum><header>Unified
treatment of families of railroad carriers providing integrated railroad
operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20102(2)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5996D13E66724C16B05118C88900AF90" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H55920A5A5E1E492EA711FEF364EBDB9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>railroad
carrier</quote> means a person providing railroad transportation, except that
upon petition by a group of commonly controlled railroad carriers that the
Secretary determines is operating within the United States as a single,
integrated rail system, the Secretary may, by order, treat the group of
railroad carriers as a single railroad carrier for purposes of one or more
provisions of part A, subtitle V, of this title and implementing regulations
and orders, subject to any appropriate conditions that the Secretary may
impose.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H15E3E390356B4FB68570C4016504D0D9"><enum>307.</enum><header>Hours of
service reform</header>
<subsection id="H3A75CDB222FA41A7BD5859A200FD66F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Chapter
211 is repealed and reserved upon the effective date of the regulations
prescribed under section 20158, as added by subsection (c) of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27320134C4BA4838BCC9C9E2C9EC06BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the effective date of the regulations
prescribed under section 20158, as added by subsection (c) of this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="H296A13F994BF4B6AB9929FAEEA3BE5F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the first sentence
of section 20103(a) as amended by this Act is further amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C68FC17CD5A459F954921324B335DB3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2F6E84B16CAF414800A139CE372589F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Transportation, as necessary, shall prescribe regulations and issue orders for
every area of railroad safety—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA70C3E242EF14563BEC6FCB1CBBFEAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>superseding the
Federal hours of service laws formerly codified at chapter 211 of this title
and regulations and orders pursuant to those laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA50508BE464C4BA199E172866D9D98B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supplementing
other regulations and other laws in effect on October 16,
1970.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D94F8B3BE2E4F869B7046CD832BF415"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the second
sentence of section 20103(a) as amended by this Act is designated as paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D6FAAC82CCE4B14A5E75984C9984737"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter
201 as amended by this Act is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38948E814BA7423FBC71CA8626420133" style="USC">
<section id="H5AFF871D686B4C1BA8948F35E458E388"><enum>20158.</enum><header>Fatigue,
including hours of service</header>
<subsection id="HF66E1F7B96E74E8DA1181E9B1391C459"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandate To
convert statute to regulations; nonreviewability; repeal of chapter
211</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5F1D814E5B9E48E7B54F81E35835BC48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The
Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations embodying the
substantive provisions of the Federal hours of service laws codified at
sections 21101–21106 and 21108 of this title and in so doing may make changes
necessary to transform those provisions into regulatory form.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE7E04C5EE0443638D88B2F63717D911" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, these regulations shall not be subject to judicial review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB6219567C284EA6BADF5BE100B01610" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Upon the effective date of the
regulations prescribed under this subsection (a) (the status quo regulations),
chapter 211 of this title is repealed and reserved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0AE992AE6D084EF0A52313D2BF55FABD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To
prescribe amendments to the status quo regulations</header><text>After the
Secretary has prescribed the regulations mandated by subsection (a) and after
the regulations mandated by subsection (a) have become effective, the Secretary
may amend the regulations as the Secretary deems necessary in accordance with
the Secretary’s general authority under section 20103 of this title, to prevent
and mitigate fatigue among individuals performing safety-critical duties in
train and engine service, signal or train control service, or dispatching
service, whether or not directly employed by a railroad carrier, providing
however that, before prescribing any initial amendments to the regulations
mandated by subsection (a) for a particular category of employees, the
Secretary shall follow the procedures set forth in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H636C1D4C9D684BEC988C7C06825F7D57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedures for
prescribing initial regulatory amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAB8579D665FC42699FD4B05B57629C14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Prior to proposing any
initial regulatory amendment to the regulations mandated by subsection (a), the
Secretary shall request—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B69C2022C18454E9530E2305FAB00B1" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that the Railroad Safety Advisory
Committee accept the task of developing consensus recommendations to the
Secretary on the problem of fatigue experienced by individuals performing any
one or more of the following types of service: train and engine service, signal
or train control service, or dispatching service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA937C9F0CEF24C3CB7CA2E5CD03F3D1B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the Committee communicate in
writing to the Secretary its decision whether or not to accept the task.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H23443CB684E3421A00B0E9B4E9BEBB1C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the Committee timely accepts the
task with respect to a particular type of service, it shall assist the
Secretary in conducting the review described in subsections (c)(3) and (c)(6)
with respect to the particular type of service. If the Committee does not
timely accept the task with respect to a particular type of service, the
Secretary may proceed with proposing to prescribe any amendments with respect
to the particular type of service without the assistance of the
Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED35901A00EE4982826F78C159FDEEB" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall review the
problem of fatigue experienced by individuals performing train and engine
service, signal or train control service, and dispatching service or any
combination of such types of service and shall consider how the likelihood of
accidents and injuries caused by that fatigue can be reduced. The review shall
take into account current and evolving scientific knowledge and literature
relating to fatigue, and shall include an evaluation of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H49E03FA8582F4890A09CCEF6205EB704"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The varying circumstances of railroad
carrier operations and the appropriate fatigue countermeasures to address those
varying circumstances, based on current and evolving scientific and medical
research on circadian rhythms and human sleep and rest requirements.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AECA9FA2E28430290FEA7DAA0BEA395"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The benefits and costs of a revised
regulatory program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFE57085AE75446AAD41B5DBFE7FE35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Ongoing and planned voluntary
initiatives by railroad carriers and rail labor organizations to address
fatigue management, including the extent to which voluntary activities
undertaken by railroad carriers and labor organizations representing their
employees are minimizing fatigue and ameliorating its effects and the extent to
which such activities are likely to be sustained absent regulatory
action.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A0BDD6FEAEB484ABCE6405E6EBEF52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The extent to which railroad carriers
are using valid fatigue risk assessment tools and other methodologies to assist
them in making informed decisions on any or all of the subjects described in
subparagraphs (A)–(C) of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D93BDA505114AC394D9FE8FCF577E46"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any other matters that the Secretary
deems relevant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2F13947D7A745309499E56BD900D5AC" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the Railroad Safety Advisory
Committee timely accepts a task specified in this section and presents the
Secretary with a written consensus recommendation within 24 months after
accepting the task, the Secretary shall consider the recommendation. The
Secretary shall propose an initial amendment to the regulation consistent with
the extent to which the Secretary agrees with Committee’s
recommendation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C67804FE7164BE2A09FA3B5D8936C0" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the Committee fails to provide a
consensus recommendation with respect to a task specified in this section
within 24 months after accepting the task, the Secretary may proceed without
the assistance of the Committee and may propose and prescribe any amendment to
the regulation that the Secretary deems necessary in accordance with the
Secretary’s authority under section 20103 of this title or may decide not to
propose or to prescribe any amendment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD82B6FF51064D439F4F98C4F6894D6E" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2EE14CA446B747B1A7DEBF916252056C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In adopting any
amendments under this section for any individuals performing safety-critical
duties in a particular service, the Secretary shall prescribe maximum hours of
service and such additional requirements as the Secretary deems necessary to
provide a reasonable level of fatigue prevention or fatigue mitigation, or
both.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5DA0358750543CEBAED00B57800D975" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Recognizing the diversity of working
conditions within the railroad industry and the need for flexibility in
applying strategies for fatigue prevention and mitigation, the Secretary may
provide by regulation for submission and consideration, with respect to any
group of individuals providing service covered by the regulation, of a written
fatigue management plan proposed by one or more railroad carriers or other
applicable employers. If the Secretary so provides, and if the Secretary
determines that the plan would provide a level of safety equal to or better
than the level of safety that would be provided by the regulation, the
Secretary may authorize and enforce compliance with the plan in lieu of
compliance with the regulation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72E3EC490B0E428F8E5BFE000616A3B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reviewability
exclusively under the congressional review act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any final rule amendment by the Secretary to the regulations mandated by
subsection (a) of this section or to the regulations authorized by subsection
(b) of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H01090B1A9A064D2789E1DDD82DD64A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be
subject to judicial review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E77F542E9C5446BA0EDC4DAB78CF9E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be subject
to review under the Congressional Review Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/801">5 U.S.C. 801</external-xref>) as the sole and
exclusive means of
review.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E1F20E906A74E29A4F7F8CD36C7550"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Table of sections
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 201, as amended by
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H894CAF5E787D4323B59E00288CCAF6BB" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20158. Fatigue, including hours of
service.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H566A56F848D647C49F6FD05E3C8EB12E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Effective
upon the repeal of chapter 211, chapter 201, as amended by this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H272115EE2BB44976B689BBE2A1CFC46F" style="USC">
<section id="HAA3F3904B8EA4DFBBA3DB1A35EA5DE65"><enum>20159.</enum><header>Maximum duty
hours and subjects of collective bargaining</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The number of hours that an employee may be
required or allowed to be on duty (a number formerly established by the Federal
hours of service laws, formerly codified at chapter 211 of this title, and
presently established under section 20158 of this title) is the maximum number
of hours consistent with safety. Shorter hours of service and time on duty of
an employee are proper subjects for collective bargaining between a railroad
carrier and its
employees.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H441C5CE2721743DB9048956F16883355"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>Effective upon the repeal of chapter 211, the
table of sections for chapter 201 as amended by this Act is further amended by
adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DC754F3C629411386020908B2139273" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20159. Maximum duty hours and subjects of
collective
bargaining.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H8978DC695BEF4CA8BBBA9070BCBF2C80"><enum>308.</enum><header>Amendment to
the movement-for-repair provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20303 is amended by adding the
following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6A7A822B5981477B9FAF824C46E709AE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF5FCC3234A9C46B2897920F224A7A964"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions and
clarification</header><text>In subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F74F81AB8BE4F188D40B39EB0021BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>place at
which the repairs can be made</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA25BC55B31BF4EBFA1E638A2F6C0BB87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a location with a
fixed facility for conducting the repairs that are necessary to bring the
defective or insecure vehicle into compliance with this chapter; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8990B75DD7C94FB0BDF78129ED5FD37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a location where a
mobile repair truck capable of making the repairs that are necessary to bring
the defective or insecure vehicle into compliance with this chapter makes the
same kind of repair at the location regularly (as specified in regulations
prescribed by the Secretary).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60BB3A775CC34C5CB204C073723CE47F"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>nearest</quote>
means the closest in the forward direction of travel for the defective or
insecure vehicle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4495576B651461584188441B7E36902"><enum>(3)</enum><text>movement of a
defective or insecure vehicle from a location is <quote>necessary to make
repairs</quote> of the vehicle even though a mobile repair truck capable of
making the repairs has gone to the location on an irregular basis (as specified
in regulations prescribed by the Secretary).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96F4915E906E42968DD33B0082E602AB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
conditions for movement To make repairs</header><text>The Secretary of
Transportation may impose conditions for the movement of a defective or
insecure vehicle to make repairs in addition to those conditions set forth in
subsection (a) by prescribing regulations or issuing orders as
necessary.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous
Provisions</header>
<section id="H3E18AE5F456F4BCD9C25EA7B56B3004E"><enum>401.</enum><header>Technical
amendments to eliminate unnecessary provisions</header>
<subsection id="H58B2084C7F6D4795B5A73FF39A3CA62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Chapter
201 as amended by this Act is further amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HA8E1D440071D494D9781CC428124F389"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking the
second sentence of section 20103(f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7971A8F6AF0C43EFB80583AB00F72497"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking and
reserving sections 20115, 20131, 20133, 20136–20139, 20141–20146, 20148, and
20150;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3846C654291043A888C0F06E800AE00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>striking and
reserving subsection (b) of section 20134 as amended by this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DF53844D5924A4CAA00A241747510A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>striking the
second sentence of section 20151(a) and striking section 20151(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53D33347044C4699BEEFAE6F4ED6AEDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendments</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 201 as
amended by this Act is further amended by striking and reserving the items
relating to the following sections: 20115, 20131, 20133, 20136–20139,
20141–20146, 20148, and 20150.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB17F42B0FD7467683B482717F6349F5"><enum>402.</enum><header>Alternate names
for chapters of subtitle V, part A</header>
<subsection id="H20E942CBDF6C45F98F87CC6D2CAB657"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20101 as amended by this Act is further amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDB32026D69649AB9F938B782F9034AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H812E669475C74F10A808E700A04512F5" style="USC">
<section id="HF7C6B46EF376446B84BEBCBC27B4DFE3"><enum>20101.</enum><header>Purpose and
title of
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE18A0411E11411788DA4564D164D476"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designating the text of the section as
subsection (a) and adding a subsection heading <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Purpose.—</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D095104DFFC4A2680D7034D8E61E4EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2E219D281CC04FE3AF127257FB6EB1C1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB25E872748AE4BBCA83968A7496F905C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title of
chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as the <quote>Federal Railroad
Safety
Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84299D201A074E7F97A23E286FE87079"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20301 is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H409E1DEB62364FDF823F42DCA1F1ED9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D4EB64698A041859CC7AF568CC9602E" style="USC">
<section id="H64BF98CEF5D742E9B939A2A2854FBFA9"><enum>20301.</enum><header>Definition;
nonapplication; and titles of provisions in
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E92E32D6B75491CA8701E00F9623DA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H50E2DC9E1EEA4684A24D17E382B46400" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2DBF4D96E0FD494682A16DC534D01E39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Titles of
provisions in chapter</header><text>Collectively, sections 20301–20304 and
20306 of this chapter may be cited as the <quote>Safety Appliance Act</quote>.
Section 20305 may be cited as the <quote>Mail Car Inspection
Act.</quote></text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA354BDB8D359410CA3E5C2168DF58C9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20501 is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H731A401F1CA847DB91CA4FC2AD22A464"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AD174971D594C448389009C396D0046" style="USC">
<section id="HA01B0C33276C4FA7823D4146BFA3ED3D"><enum>20501.</enum><header>Definition;
title of
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H016576B0309843B4ABF9412B42CADAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designating the text of the section as
subsection (a) and adding the subsection heading <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Definition.—</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4825C78868E545F18F446E45425DBD1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H996145405B684F009BC44C84BCB93B64" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H34FF7FC19F654EFD902D65C11746AA84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title of
Chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as the <quote>Signal Inspection
Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3990E2073C7A4694BADAB592B34988E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20701 is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BB2397051724ABDA9B540856558383F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CB700D9996249C788554E80E731374C" style="USC">
<section id="H7B3EC4819C8A4E5BAB9CFBD1702CEF40"><enum>20701.</enum><header>Requirements
for use; title of
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04B996E191EA4E809B21E7EEB6C46CA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>designating the
text of the section as subsection (a) and adding the subsection heading
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Requirements for
use</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1CF72C600CE44C787E903C36CB52B87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D546A39533E474DACC8693F4FD5EFAE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD430E762EA97481FBF51760065A70066"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Title of
Chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as the <quote>Locomotive
Inspection
Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA919217CC4BE4D4A8C00807263002759"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
20901 is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H365B814BA713490FB6D1860943178C08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D78A1225ACF4AF19995D5F22CCAEC85" style="USC">
<section id="HA11C3401DFEF440F97AE0113D9D800E2"><enum>20901.</enum><header>Reports;
title of chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEC98C425D0E944E4857D50A96ACEC77E" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text>and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F7800A3F74647CEA9A602FE49DBF4D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FB8E52EBF824F4181DA99F68D956592" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF06DA82320F1406AA1139C6E79E59049"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Title of
chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as the <quote>Accident Reports
Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF67EC01A702E4661BB4DA821894BAC49"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
21101 as amended by this Act is further amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E5C6A88D56D4E16A844994400B6EC15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4F8051D6C714376BE76832B1E7E0067" style="USC">
<section id="H0F8590E989CF485AB7B0E7A04625CDF2"><enum>21101.</enum><header>Definitions;
title of
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38E6F06224A94853963D5C8691B0916E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>designating the
text of the section as subsection (a) and adding the subsection heading
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Definitions.—</header-in-text></quote> ; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34933757AAA24DD4BFF6DD5B277BBC99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B99F9F941B9431AB68FEFFA0407EE6B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3CE5A07C1EEC4D0D84BF8701BCE31924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title of
chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as the <quote>Hours of Service
Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD888FD822D6451C986C52E6D9E3488"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
21301 as amended by this Act is further amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HADD7429F15DD4E08B52416219FE6BAFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revising the
section heading to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67AF5E0D377A4882A71C19AEF1E1EA5B" style="USC">
<section id="H6F9C1EC24BEF4456BA03E29C9C3C118B"><enum>21301.</enum><header>Chapter 201
general violations; title of
chapter</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13E15F26A38445FB8732F3491D19FEB5" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text>and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C2CF3CEA4A14C78BE27A9D75403025"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
of the section the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6A3C2F1BEAA40F5AFB7CA5D4CC676B7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF00C25B6E26D4D3E8CDDD9C38A950AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Title of
chapter</header><text>This chapter may be cited as <quote>Penalties for
Railroad Safety
Violations</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H682AF562DFA347AD99E9229BB8445443"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Tables of
sections amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H22B37F31BC60474DABF08176FDF45500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of sections
for chapter 201 as amended by this Act is further amended by striking the
existing item for section 20101 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F8D482463C048F887C2BC9042C187C1" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20101. Purpose and title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6C637B61487473F99DDC56F833E08F0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The tables of sections for chapters
203-213, respectively, are amended by respectively—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF64AB9C0D0ED4B9EA2049D37A62C1505"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
20301 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7D183927EE34C538E6880925184A974" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20301. Definition; nonapplication; and
titles of provisions in
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB387FB77070B4C7BA8A50064D074103B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
20501 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H743A544E84B742DBBBE36BDAF85E098B" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20501. Definition; title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D78ED2F803D4A6BA92441A00076F6D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
20701 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6019BDF2057405FA400241C421F3F15" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20701. Requirements for use; title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF5E5A8588D2F4EDA9936EFA7878EE518"><enum>(D)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
20901 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5353471C3C7C427D876FF9F89277FEA" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20901. Reports; title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H522E68378F1D45D9BCE02FAF48CF8411"><enum>(E)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
21101 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC54209497EC04FD986E89628E67900F3" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">21101. Definitions; title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6A6378BC00924DCCBD00DEC58B007735"><enum>(F)</enum><text>striking the existing item for section
21301 and substituting:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA8FE905DD504737B96F9DFF691528D9" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">21301. Chapter 201 general violations;
title of
chapter.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2ABD45B5AF1042BC90ABEFFCA9955BED"><enum>403.</enum><header>Federal rail
security officers’ access to criminal history and other law enforcement
records, systems, and communications</header>
<subsection id="H0A69BE6D59B24D13BF46E40073957F19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Chapter
281 is revised by adding new section 28104 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32114D5F3E18467AA0B01D006959BE37" style="USC">
<section id="HDB9F85C09C094D138E3400AE7C87A403"><enum>28104</enum><header>Federal rail
security officers’ access to criminal history and other law enforcement and
other law enforcement records, systems, and communications</header>
<subsection id="H6D87A61D5CF24BA8B7E36400C362057"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Access to records
or database systems by the administrator of the Federal Railroad
Administration</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H254085B2797D481CB9A9976B40E51FDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Administrator of the
Federal Railroad Administration is authorized to have access to a system of
documented criminal justice information maintained by the Department of Justice
or by a State for the purpose of carrying out the civil and administrative
responsibilities of the Administrator to protect the safety, including
security, of railroad operations and for other purposes authorized by law,
including the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (42 U.S.C.
14611-14616). The Administrator shall be subject to the same conditions or
procedures established by the Department of Justice or State for access to such
an information system by other governmental agencies with access to the
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17900308E55A4E269149049200474DAD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator may not use the
access authorized under paragraph (1) to conduct criminal
investigations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC827DF38593445E9E3401F3B3C0976F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designated
employees of the Federal Railroad Administration</header><text>The
Administrator shall, by order, designate each employee of the Administration
whose primary responsibility is rail security who shall carry out the authority
described in subsection (a). The Administrator shall strictly limit access to a
system of documented criminal justice information to persons with security
responsibilities and with appropriate security clearances. Such a designated
employee may, insofar as authorized or permitted by the National Crime
Prevention and Privacy Compact or other law or agreement governing an affected
State with respect to such a State—</text>
<paragraph id="HE06B0C565AC0486284639306CF50EA74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have access to and
receive criminal history, driver, vehicle, and other law enforcement
information contained in the law enforcement databases of the Department of
Justice, or of any jurisdiction in a State in the same manner as a police
officer employed by a State or local authority of that State who is certified
or commissioned under the laws of that State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B2727F27667482F8600C6C349D70865"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use any radio,
data link, or warning system of the Federal Government and of any jurisdiction
in a State that provides information about wanted persons, be-on-the-lookout
notices, or warrant status or other officer safety information to which a
police officer employed by a State or local authority in that State who is
certified or commissioned under the laws of that State has access and in the
same manner as such police officer; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8D1D7C740084E88895467E45B99E74D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>receive Federal,
State, or local government communications with a police officer employed by a
State or local authority in that State in the same manner as a police officer
employed by a State or local authority in that State who is commissioned under
the laws of that State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06CA1DE624D34E0D9EA182224FA38B3D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, <quote>system of documented criminal justice
information</quote> means any law enforcement database, systems, or
communications containing information concerning identification, criminal
history, arrests, convictions, arrest warrants, or wanted or missing persons,
including the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and its incorporated
criminal history databases and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System
(NLETS).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H50EA95B6665241FCAA280374E13EDCB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 281 is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA5176871FBB749EDBA421E06FF479205" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">28104. Federal rail security officers’
access to criminal history and other law enforcement records, systems, and
communications.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section>