[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2653 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2653

    To provide for priority consideration for grade crossing safety 
         improvements where there have been serious collisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for priority consideration for grade crossing safety 
         improvements where there have been serious collisions.

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

SECTION 1. PRIORITY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

    Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Priority Grade Crossing Safety Improvements.--The Secretary 
shall give priority consideration under this section to provide 
emergency grade crossing safety improvements on an expedited basis in 
the event of a railroad grade crossing collision with multiple serious 
bodily injuries or multiple fatalities. Assistance provided pursuant to 
this subsection shall not exceed $250,000 per grade crossing.''.
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