<enum>I</enum><header>Rail crossing safety</header> <section id="ID8A0CFA1AAB514E5BA400330C3F40A6A1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Review of safety of highway-rail grade crossings</header> <subsection id="IDBA710DDC33D646DA9981738228B131C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a comprehensive review of the safety of all highway-rail grade crossings in the United States. The matters reviewed shall include security measures, safety conditions, past accidents, and possible safety improvements. In the conduct of the review, the Secretary shall determine whether it is advisable to close any of the highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID0F2EB2F55CA54222B04455502B655FE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority list</header><text>Based on the information collected pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall compile, maintain, and submit to Congress a list of the 5,000 highway-rail grade crossings that have the greatest need for safety improvements. The information considered shall include the population density near the highway-rail grade crossings and the number of accidents and incidents at crossings that are reported to the Federal Railway Administration.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID063670E55AAD4DDA992F8AE335E97A23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion in highway-rail grade crossing database</header><text>The Secretary shall include the information collected under subsection (a) and the priority list submitted under subsection (b) in the national database on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings required under section 20154(a) of title 49, United States Code, as added by section 103.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id1C2177AB1433424FBCA0BDBCD0B4E80C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idD014E0BF8C914DFEABFFEB701337D38D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Study on alternative safety enforcement methods</header> <subsection id="id9427E96C56EE47C6AEDD55C1246107A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study to determine the best methods for enforcing and encouraging compliance with laws related to highway-rail grade safety for railroads, motor vehicles, and pedestrians.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id4333A6FD4D49453FB80FC700D518D68E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id853AB28F1515442FA9B47D1B748A4974"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="IDFCAC3C909FAC4FC1B7379287DF27D1A0"><enum>103.</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="IDF157004FBB0A4FC285A6F2679FAB7899"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID56FB1202113C4CE48ED178358D9BF8CD" style="USC"> <section id="ID3AA6A5362485464EBE28619EB60612DA"><enum>20154.</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="ID93D16248086E477AB11E382DB126796E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database of highway-rail grade crossing safety information</header> <paragraph id="IDAB3ACEC76D624D1BBFCFAB7B334A5971"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for database</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain a national database of information on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings in the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A156E92BC054851AFEC94E8018F65C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accident and incident reports to be included</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the database under paragraph (1), with other information on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings, information from incident reports filed with the Federal Railroad Administration regarding accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings, including reports submitted under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) and the results of investigations under paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID405A10A2A94B43A18CADA74A635445A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations of fatal accidents</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an investigation regarding the cause of each fatal accident that occurs at a highway-rail grade crossing.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDA485AAB1BA1F448A9014223A04D6D4D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accident reports</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations—</text> <paragraph id="IDD87F7D76F0434BCB8CBB5EEF7DB72951"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requiring that, not later than 7 days after being involved in an accident at a highway-rail grade crossing, a railroad carrier submit to the Administrator an accident report on that accident as prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDA6EA8AE452F849F18A1B6FF4A0042520"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subjecting the railroad carrier to a civil penalty of $10,000 for each day that the railroad carrier fails to submit such report after the due date.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2DB6BD253F4D44F58CBE727303CE0B00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Crossing malfunction reports</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations—</text> <paragraph id="ID928F8740026D49AEB8387C2F58CA30B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requiring that a railroad carrier submit to the Administrator a Highway Rail-Grade Crossing Warning System Report regarding an activation failure of a highway-rail grade crossing warning system not later than 5 days after the railroad carrier is on notice of such failure; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3141C9B8F29E41E98FF9218011907B2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subjecting the railroad carrier to a civil penalty of $5,000 for each day that the railroad carrier fails to submit such report after the due date.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID051759520D9544A5A68D6276ABACEB15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Safety improvements</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations for improving the safety, maintenance, and surveillance of highway-rail grade crossings, including regulations providing for—</text> <paragraph id="ID72455636F96D45688D60FE629D9ED0B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the installation of surveillance cameras at crossings at which 1 or more fatal accidents have occurred; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID4EA1281F01FE42C3B3AF5EB4EF0144E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a system of annual inspection of every crossing by a State or Federal inspector to ensure that automated safety systems are in working order, that there is no vegetation or other obstruction blocking the view of crossing warning signs at critical locations in approaches to crossings, and that appropriate crossing warning signs and other safety measures are in place.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF8C1F6FB75C944ED8DB4AFBA150FB44E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperation with federal railroad administration</header> <paragraph id="idC21F99457C454205990B561F4DAB60B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of obstructive entities</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id541EB09440CD4B3A8827F676E79B94A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify any public or private entity that prevents the Administrator from making necessary safety improvements at a highway-rail grade crossing included on the priority list of dangerous crossings submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation under section 101(b) of the <short-title>Railroad Crossing and Hazardous Materials Transport Safety Act of 2007</short-title>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3EFC24471A5F4B0696162ABA6C5DC98B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary of Transportation—</text> <clause id="idA579474F2ADB49EDA05AF65D7CB596A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of the public and private entities identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause id="idD1B2DCB474C24CCA9841876E4A937E33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations for withholding from such public entities funds in the amounts specified under paragraph (3) that are otherwise to be disbursed from the Highway Trust Fund during the fiscal year in which such determination is made; and</text> </clause><clause id="id9691E53F38BA4E84BADDE836701C2632"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>submit to the committees of Congress named in paragraph (2)—</text> <subclause id="idDD7DEC4B3F87414D832ACC543CC6DFF2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list of the public and private entities identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="id01D856DBAF644E34BAE8E5A4793E04AE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a report on the recommendations made pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A5F5FE967A34BE896273BC03815023F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are—</text> <subparagraph id="ID7154179290B3424CAD2F4AE0DA834988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID58D2BF6CD49C49DC970FBC6F71B2E7A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3AA36C3AA6E45EA8FE5A80C8C4C6767"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3F1CCD2F34744AA7883860D19B0E54AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE407103C33614E62B3F8C73772A06D52"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9F160A831AF3461D9C7B802DB5BDB605"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts to be withheld</header><text>The amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) are the percentages of the funds apportioned to the State of the relevant public entity for fiscal year 2006 under paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="ID6743DDACBB354A00AA9EE9CC35C15F14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, 2 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA81BF284623E421E9E8A4C5B6A98713B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, 4 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID853B3A9E416E449C936022D5A6227209"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, 6 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8C8B0630B30C4BB9AD19A5A61FCCDB9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, 8 percent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF8F02B2559CB4F7098D6BC8FABD8D6E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>accident</term> means an impact between on-track railroad equipment and an automobile, bus, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, farm vehicle, or pedestrian.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="ID7FFA187FBD134D55915E55EDE7B98F69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID6EDCAC75BD664752A63ABCFD98D29780" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">20154. Highway-rail grade crossing safety.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="IDB0723F4865B5435BB3832CCE66CB92BF"><enum>104.</enum><header>Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id4467C8B5BA8144E0B5A2774969A70203"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2653FE693C8A4FAEAA76D2EAF3E33CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID66DD0E49E55446D48CF3F40B3173319D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ID3A9168DE60DC490397BA6C1D2E72F22B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety</header> <paragraph id="id377684EA2C344B78A5672B7B23887270"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is a Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety in the office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Special Advisor</quote>), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id991FDD7A509B49169CCA11936B783DA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Special Advisor shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id45A156AF16C148419CB39DB5C34E7019"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and evaluate policies related to improving nationally the safety of highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFF1D91FD0136493CB819E66CB717273F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advise the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, and Congress regarding the status of—</text> <clause id="idBF21658E2A1F4CB68E1CF7C5B3D6EF87"><enum>(i)</enum><text>efforts to improve the safety of highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </clause><clause id="id36A52B68DCA44AABB6098B50ACC79F62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pending investigations of accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings; and</text> </clause><clause id="id20EE4A63B9A24F3781CC2416D2FD688B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pending civil and criminal actions related to highway-rail grade crossing safety;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E56CC42244E46769C95B18BFD8333AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluate the efforts of railroad carriers to improve safety measures related to highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EF80D89866145E9B9AE511190413AD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>monitor actions taken by railroad carriers in response to failures of highway-rail grade crossing warning systems;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7588A3F7D4B4AF6B24381D0A1B260A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>monitor the progress of, and ensure the expeditious completion of, Federal Railroad Administration investigations of accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8A5260C805124CDB83707F867BA5C65E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure that fair and adequate penalties are imposed for safety violations related to highway-rail grade crossings by—</text> <clause id="id2396C5C33B0B4BAEB221B3C223D4939C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advising the Chief Counsel of the Federal Railroad Administration regarding penalty decisions;</text> </clause><clause id="id7C5FAFE1D7DB4AB58F895BC006D49C44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submitting an annual report to Congress on penalties assessed for such violations, including information on the minimum and maximum possible fines, the initial fine recommendations, and the fines actually imposed; and</text> </clause><clause id="id257D4A9D3C244EDFBF22599775EAA0E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consulting with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General to ensure that railroad carriers responsible for such violations are consistently fined fairly and in accordance with the law; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC5B381163444294B5C3238C979C5764"><enum>(G)</enum><text>establish priorities and prescribe regulations related to improving highway-rail grade crossing safety.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="IDA167EAFAC63C4E71A247C035BE965480"><enum>105.</enum><header>Employment of safety investigation personnel</header> <subsection id="ID1B56E8B678FA412BB8043153FB3323D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall employ 50 grade crossing inspectors to conduct annual safety reviews, including reviews in connection with the comprehensive review required under section 101.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID9964FC00D7CC4DE5BD84EABAA2957136"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="ID045B41D5E69E4DC8AEFF6FFC25D2929F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Increased civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="IDD912BD1710964CEDB8E26E86C2259016"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 103(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="IDEB1F3A78699345C6B19028E9DE0B44C0" style="USC"> <section id="ID267C4EFA506A4892A8BAF7570CEBBB27"><enum>20155.</enum><header>Civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations that subject a railroad carrier that knowingly violates, or knowingly causes a violation of, a requirement related to highway-rail grade crossing safety that is applicable to such carrier under this subchapter—</text> <paragraph id="ID50A981CF006245758E52D3E367D1D628"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $20,000,000 if the violation involves gross negligence and results in a fatal accident;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID75C09D596FEF4CA4BF96D6867E2885FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $10,000,000 if the violation involves gross negligence and does not result in a fatal accident; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6FFFD060FF8C4FEBB3C7A26B4906FA6A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $1,000,000 if the violation does not involve gross negligence.</text> </paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="ID7AA772010632464BAB834CE9CFDE5099"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 103(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID19EA852E7F1D4A488032209C557DD62C" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">20155. Civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="ID1915C81EC97849D09E026052A4E8EBEA"><enum>107.</enum><header>Definition of highway-rail grade crossing</header> <subsection id="ID2A03B7382D134D3CB6BA0833AD01DCBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>highway-rail grade crossing</term> means any street or highway crossing over a line of railroad at grade.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID1E773DE6DA3C4F63B07D3E16C237304B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition for chapter <enum-in-header>201</enum-in-header> of title <enum-in-header>49</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 20102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id5C7D7B481A1C4F39A7136EB428ED55FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id33B611230D474A208ECFA10A7822946D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1DFFAE37A7694EF8AB7613E5CA6DEC79"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID64B3CE0CD89145B0BCDE0694230A5B02" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="ID0E87DC4E78E645D58B3919A3A0BA3338"><enum>(3)</enum><text><term>highway-rail grade crossing</term> means any street or highway crossing over a line of railroad at grade.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCEF8529142E84B1888C5A6F26EEFA96E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded provision</header><text>Section 20153(a) of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDC5ACAD7E37ED4EF5BA810E6A1D505F15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID79446793644845979BB6BB1912F61D87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE04049BAB8854140AC59D660394B90F9"><enum>108.</enum><header>Safety enforcement grants</header> <subsection id="idED6E557185044AFCBA36A1D937B92AF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header> <paragraph id="id2FB38E8EEB3E490E8633BD92C56CA37C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may award grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to support the enforcement of traffic safety laws at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3C3E2F063E004FA0A86DB1532917CFF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Administrator may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $250,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDE0DAB7A83F64653A2479ECFF250BE74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="id52DFAE07C3D642BA9004767C24BF6164"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each law enforcement agency desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2008AC76DFE74E56B3E906B35F476147"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to law enforcement agencies within jurisdictions in which accidents have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id76494C50283549329A88813C9C07FC72"><enum>109.</enum><header>Infrastructure safety improvement grants</header> <subsection id="id4996DBEF1D204A14B3579B3DB8694070"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header> <paragraph id="idF494012B6E684A2DA8DBDA0CAFBC5DA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may award grants to States and local governments for safety improvements to rail infrastructure.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFD8B7AF38CB9448CA1A0DF3A42386697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Administrator may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $250,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id26BC28758CED495A91E8D8100C7A0F1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="id6034B303F9754AD398373C892F320CBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State or local government desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23FA44FFE069471BA12D2FF3961461BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to States and local governments within jurisdictions in which the age and poor condition of the rail infrastructure causes hazardous conditions.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD1216800256845059BBD2A38D2570728"><enum>110.</enum><header>Rail station platform gap improvement and compliance grants</header> <subsection id="id802A2D640C1B46DF8F99BBF1B7C1ADD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to award grants to States and local transportation authorities to assist in complying with the requirements under the American with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), including regulations issued pursuant to section 504 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12204).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id5CA2E823A4A448B99F3B2C90CA7974A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Secretary may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id480727A7249547EA93E1D41460742514"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>Grants under this section may be awarded to any public transportation authority whose rail selection platforms are not in compliance with the requirements under the American with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id756F44C612414B4CB380C2BFDE5D1382"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for grants under this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idDA45E2B9197A413AB4684C620E939154"><enum>111.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="ID90EC09910AB04C32ACF9E6C4F72A0053"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safety improvements</header> <paragraph id="id153794F692924810A425E603A60D1CAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012, for safety improvements, including the purchasing, installation, and maintenance by the Secretary of Transportation of safety equipment and devices, at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id21D0FFC9A7AE4F978A16C8FE288F56FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority list</header><text>Not less than $100,000,000 of the amount appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made available for such safety improvements at highway-rail grade crossings that are included on the priority list of dangerous crossings submitted to Congress under section 101(b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID08D5ABAFB5424E1B87F6656713F9B08B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety enforcement grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out section 108.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID78e8332d7fad405897ae8500659eced2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Infrastructure safety improvement grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out section 109.</text> </subsection></section>

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Railroad Crossing and Hazardous Materials Transport Safety Act of 2007

. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—Rail crossing safety

Sec. 101. Review of safety of highway-rail grade crossings.

Sec. 102. Study on alternative safety enforcement methods.

Sec. 103. Highway-rail grade crossing safety.

Sec. 104. Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety.

Sec. 105. Employment of safety investigation personnel.

Sec. 106. Increased civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety.

Sec. 107. Definition of highway-rail grade crossing.

Sec. 108. Safety enforcement grants.

Sec. 109. Infrastructure safety improvement grants.

Sec. 110. Rail station platform gap improvement and compliance grants.

Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II—Safe transport of hazardous materials

Sec. 201. Increased civil penalties for violations of rules regarding transportation of hazardous materials.

Sec. 202. Revocation of compliance orders.

Sec. 203. Safety inspections of railroad cars carrying hazardous materials.

Sec. 204. Requirement for railroad carriers to provide hazardous materials lists.

Sec. 205. Miscellaneous amendments to chapter 51 of title 49.

Sec. 206. Employment of hazardous materials inspectors.

Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations.

<enum>I</enum><header>Rail crossing safety</header> <section id="ID8A0CFA1AAB514E5BA400330C3F40A6A1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Review of safety of highway-rail grade crossings</header> <subsection id="IDBA710DDC33D646DA9981738228B131C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a comprehensive review of the safety of all highway-rail grade crossings in the United States. The matters reviewed shall include security measures, safety conditions, past accidents, and possible safety improvements. In the conduct of the review, the Secretary shall determine whether it is advisable to close any of the highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID0F2EB2F55CA54222B04455502B655FE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority list</header><text>Based on the information collected pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall compile, maintain, and submit to Congress a list of the 5,000 highway-rail grade crossings that have the greatest need for safety improvements. The information considered shall include the population density near the highway-rail grade crossings and the number of accidents and incidents at crossings that are reported to the Federal Railway Administration.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID063670E55AAD4DDA992F8AE335E97A23"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion in highway-rail grade crossing database</header><text>The Secretary shall include the information collected under subsection (a) and the priority list submitted under subsection (b) in the national database on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings required under section 20154(a) of title 49, United States Code, as added by section 103.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id1C2177AB1433424FBCA0BDBCD0B4E80C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idD014E0BF8C914DFEABFFEB701337D38D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Study on alternative safety enforcement methods</header> <subsection id="id9427E96C56EE47C6AEDD55C1246107A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study to determine the best methods for enforcing and encouraging compliance with laws related to highway-rail grade safety for railroads, motor vehicles, and pedestrians.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id4333A6FD4D49453FB80FC700D518D68E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id853AB28F1515442FA9B47D1B748A4974"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="IDFCAC3C909FAC4FC1B7379287DF27D1A0"><enum>103.</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="IDF157004FBB0A4FC285A6F2679FAB7899"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID56FB1202113C4CE48ED178358D9BF8CD" style="USC"> <section id="ID3AA6A5362485464EBE28619EB60612DA"><enum>20154.</enum><header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="ID93D16248086E477AB11E382DB126796E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database of highway-rail grade crossing safety information</header> <paragraph id="IDAB3ACEC76D624D1BBFCFAB7B334A5971"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for database</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain a national database of information on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings in the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A156E92BC054851AFEC94E8018F65C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accident and incident reports to be included</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the database under paragraph (1), with other information on the safety of highway-rail grade crossings, information from incident reports filed with the Federal Railroad Administration regarding accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings, including reports submitted under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) and the results of investigations under paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID405A10A2A94B43A18CADA74A635445A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations of fatal accidents</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an investigation regarding the cause of each fatal accident that occurs at a highway-rail grade crossing.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDA485AAB1BA1F448A9014223A04D6D4D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accident reports</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations—</text> <paragraph id="IDD87F7D76F0434BCB8CBB5EEF7DB72951"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requiring that, not later than 7 days after being involved in an accident at a highway-rail grade crossing, a railroad carrier submit to the Administrator an accident report on that accident as prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDA6EA8AE452F849F18A1B6FF4A0042520"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subjecting the railroad carrier to a civil penalty of $10,000 for each day that the railroad carrier fails to submit such report after the due date.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2DB6BD253F4D44F58CBE727303CE0B00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Crossing malfunction reports</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations—</text> <paragraph id="ID928F8740026D49AEB8387C2F58CA30B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requiring that a railroad carrier submit to the Administrator a Highway Rail-Grade Crossing Warning System Report regarding an activation failure of a highway-rail grade crossing warning system not later than 5 days after the railroad carrier is on notice of such failure; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3141C9B8F29E41E98FF9218011907B2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subjecting the railroad carrier to a civil penalty of $5,000 for each day that the railroad carrier fails to submit such report after the due date.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID051759520D9544A5A68D6276ABACEB15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Safety improvements</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations for improving the safety, maintenance, and surveillance of highway-rail grade crossings, including regulations providing for—</text> <paragraph id="ID72455636F96D45688D60FE629D9ED0B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the installation of surveillance cameras at crossings at which 1 or more fatal accidents have occurred; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID4EA1281F01FE42C3B3AF5EB4EF0144E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a system of annual inspection of every crossing by a State or Federal inspector to ensure that automated safety systems are in working order, that there is no vegetation or other obstruction blocking the view of crossing warning signs at critical locations in approaches to crossings, and that appropriate crossing warning signs and other safety measures are in place.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF8C1F6FB75C944ED8DB4AFBA150FB44E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperation with federal railroad administration</header> <paragraph id="idC21F99457C454205990B561F4DAB60B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of obstructive entities</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id541EB09440CD4B3A8827F676E79B94A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify any public or private entity that prevents the Administrator from making necessary safety improvements at a highway-rail grade crossing included on the priority list of dangerous crossings submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation under section 101(b) of the <short-title>Railroad Crossing and Hazardous Materials Transport Safety Act of 2007</short-title>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3EFC24471A5F4B0696162ABA6C5DC98B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary of Transportation—</text> <clause id="idA579474F2ADB49EDA05AF65D7CB596A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of the public and private entities identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause id="idD1B2DCB474C24CCA9841876E4A937E33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations for withholding from such public entities funds in the amounts specified under paragraph (3) that are otherwise to be disbursed from the Highway Trust Fund during the fiscal year in which such determination is made; and</text> </clause><clause id="id9691E53F38BA4E84BADDE836701C2632"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>submit to the committees of Congress named in paragraph (2)—</text> <subclause id="idDD7DEC4B3F87414D832ACC543CC6DFF2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list of the public and private entities identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="id01D856DBAF644E34BAE8E5A4793E04AE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a report on the recommendations made pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A5F5FE967A34BE896273BC03815023F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are—</text> <subparagraph id="ID7154179290B3424CAD2F4AE0DA834988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID58D2BF6CD49C49DC970FBC6F71B2E7A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3AA36C3AA6E45EA8FE5A80C8C4C6767"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3F1CCD2F34744AA7883860D19B0E54AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE407103C33614E62B3F8C73772A06D52"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9F160A831AF3461D9C7B802DB5BDB605"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts to be withheld</header><text>The amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) are the percentages of the funds apportioned to the State of the relevant public entity for fiscal year 2006 under paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="ID6743DDACBB354A00AA9EE9CC35C15F14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, 2 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA81BF284623E421E9E8A4C5B6A98713B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, 4 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID853B3A9E416E449C936022D5A6227209"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2009, 6 percent.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8C8B0630B30C4BB9AD19A5A61FCCDB9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, 8 percent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF8F02B2559CB4F7098D6BC8FABD8D6E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>accident</term> means an impact between on-track railroad equipment and an automobile, bus, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, farm vehicle, or pedestrian.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="ID7FFA187FBD134D55915E55EDE7B98F69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID6EDCAC75BD664752A63ABCFD98D29780" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">20154. Highway-rail grade crossing safety.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="IDB0723F4865B5435BB3832CCE66CB92BF"><enum>104.</enum><header>Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id4467C8B5BA8144E0B5A2774969A70203"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2653FE693C8A4FAEAA76D2EAF3E33CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID66DD0E49E55446D48CF3F40B3173319D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ID3A9168DE60DC490397BA6C1D2E72F22B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety</header> <paragraph id="id377684EA2C344B78A5672B7B23887270"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is a Special Advisor for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety in the office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Special Advisor</quote>), who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id991FDD7A509B49169CCA11936B783DA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Special Advisor shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id45A156AF16C148419CB39DB5C34E7019"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and evaluate policies related to improving nationally the safety of highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFF1D91FD0136493CB819E66CB717273F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advise the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, and Congress regarding the status of—</text> <clause id="idBF21658E2A1F4CB68E1CF7C5B3D6EF87"><enum>(i)</enum><text>efforts to improve the safety of highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </clause><clause id="id36A52B68DCA44AABB6098B50ACC79F62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pending investigations of accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings; and</text> </clause><clause id="id20EE4A63B9A24F3781CC2416D2FD688B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pending civil and criminal actions related to highway-rail grade crossing safety;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E56CC42244E46769C95B18BFD8333AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluate the efforts of railroad carriers to improve safety measures related to highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EF80D89866145E9B9AE511190413AD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>monitor actions taken by railroad carriers in response to failures of highway-rail grade crossing warning systems;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7588A3F7D4B4AF6B24381D0A1B260A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>monitor the progress of, and ensure the expeditious completion of, Federal Railroad Administration investigations of accidents and other safety-related incidents that have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8A5260C805124CDB83707F867BA5C65E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure that fair and adequate penalties are imposed for safety violations related to highway-rail grade crossings by—</text> <clause id="id2396C5C33B0B4BAEB221B3C223D4939C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advising the Chief Counsel of the Federal Railroad Administration regarding penalty decisions;</text> </clause><clause id="id7C5FAFE1D7DB4AB58F895BC006D49C44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submitting an annual report to Congress on penalties assessed for such violations, including information on the minimum and maximum possible fines, the initial fine recommendations, and the fines actually imposed; and</text> </clause><clause id="id257D4A9D3C244EDFBF22599775EAA0E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consulting with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General to ensure that railroad carriers responsible for such violations are consistently fined fairly and in accordance with the law; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC5B381163444294B5C3238C979C5764"><enum>(G)</enum><text>establish priorities and prescribe regulations related to improving highway-rail grade crossing safety.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="IDA167EAFAC63C4E71A247C035BE965480"><enum>105.</enum><header>Employment of safety investigation personnel</header> <subsection id="ID1B56E8B678FA412BB8043153FB3323D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall employ 50 grade crossing inspectors to conduct annual safety reviews, including reviews in connection with the comprehensive review required under section 101.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID9964FC00D7CC4DE5BD84EABAA2957136"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="ID045B41D5E69E4DC8AEFF6FFC25D2929F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Increased civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety</header> <subsection id="IDD912BD1710964CEDB8E26E86C2259016"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 103(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="IDEB1F3A78699345C6B19028E9DE0B44C0" style="USC"> <section id="ID267C4EFA506A4892A8BAF7570CEBBB27"><enum>20155.</enum><header>Civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations that subject a railroad carrier that knowingly violates, or knowingly causes a violation of, a requirement related to highway-rail grade crossing safety that is applicable to such carrier under this subchapter—</text> <paragraph id="ID50A981CF006245758E52D3E367D1D628"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $20,000,000 if the violation involves gross negligence and results in a fatal accident;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID75C09D596FEF4CA4BF96D6867E2885FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $10,000,000 if the violation involves gross negligence and does not result in a fatal accident; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6FFFD060FF8C4FEBB3C7A26B4906FA6A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $1,000,000 if the violation does not involve gross negligence.</text> </paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="ID7AA772010632464BAB834CE9CFDE5099"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 103(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID19EA852E7F1D4A488032209C557DD62C" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">20155. Civil penalties for violations of requirements related to highway-rail grade crossing safety.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="ID1915C81EC97849D09E026052A4E8EBEA"><enum>107.</enum><header>Definition of highway-rail grade crossing</header> <subsection id="ID2A03B7382D134D3CB6BA0833AD01DCBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>highway-rail grade crossing</term> means any street or highway crossing over a line of railroad at grade.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID1E773DE6DA3C4F63B07D3E16C237304B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition for chapter <enum-in-header>201</enum-in-header> of title <enum-in-header>49</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 20102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id5C7D7B481A1C4F39A7136EB428ED55FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id33B611230D474A208ECFA10A7822946D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1DFFAE37A7694EF8AB7613E5CA6DEC79"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID64B3CE0CD89145B0BCDE0694230A5B02" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="ID0E87DC4E78E645D58B3919A3A0BA3338"><enum>(3)</enum><text><term>highway-rail grade crossing</term> means any street or highway crossing over a line of railroad at grade.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCEF8529142E84B1888C5A6F26EEFA96E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded provision</header><text>Section 20153(a) of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDC5ACAD7E37ED4EF5BA810E6A1D505F15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID79446793644845979BB6BB1912F61D87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE04049BAB8854140AC59D660394B90F9"><enum>108.</enum><header>Safety enforcement grants</header> <subsection id="idED6E557185044AFCBA36A1D937B92AF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header> <paragraph id="id2FB38E8EEB3E490E8633BD92C56CA37C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may award grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to support the enforcement of traffic safety laws at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3C3E2F063E004FA0A86DB1532917CFF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Administrator may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $250,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDE0DAB7A83F64653A2479ECFF250BE74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="id52DFAE07C3D642BA9004767C24BF6164"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each law enforcement agency desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2008AC76DFE74E56B3E906B35F476147"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to law enforcement agencies within jurisdictions in which accidents have occurred at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id76494C50283549329A88813C9C07FC72"><enum>109.</enum><header>Infrastructure safety improvement grants</header> <subsection id="id4996DBEF1D204A14B3579B3DB8694070"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header> <paragraph id="idF494012B6E684A2DA8DBDA0CAFBC5DA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may award grants to States and local governments for safety improvements to rail infrastructure.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFD8B7AF38CB9448CA1A0DF3A42386697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Administrator may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $250,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id26BC28758CED495A91E8D8100C7A0F1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="id6034B303F9754AD398373C892F320CBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State or local government desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Administrator at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23FA44FFE069471BA12D2FF3961461BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to States and local governments within jurisdictions in which the age and poor condition of the rail infrastructure causes hazardous conditions.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD1216800256845059BBD2A38D2570728"><enum>110.</enum><header>Rail station platform gap improvement and compliance grants</header> <subsection id="id802A2D640C1B46DF8F99BBF1B7C1ADD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to award grants to States and local transportation authorities to assist in complying with the requirements under the American with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), including regulations issued pursuant to section 504 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12204).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id5CA2E823A4A448B99F3B2C90CA7974A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The Secretary may not award a grant under this section in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id480727A7249547EA93E1D41460742514"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>Grants under this section may be awarded to any public transportation authority whose rail selection platforms are not in compliance with the requirements under the American with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id756F44C612414B4CB380C2BFDE5D1382"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for grants under this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idDA45E2B9197A413AB4684C620E939154"><enum>111.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="ID90EC09910AB04C32ACF9E6C4F72A0053"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safety improvements</header> <paragraph id="id153794F692924810A425E603A60D1CAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012, for safety improvements, including the purchasing, installation, and maintenance by the Secretary of Transportation of safety equipment and devices, at highway-rail grade crossings.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id21D0FFC9A7AE4F978A16C8FE288F56FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority list</header><text>Not less than $100,000,000 of the amount appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made available for such safety improvements at highway-rail grade crossings that are included on the priority list of dangerous crossings submitted to Congress under section 101(b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID08D5ABAFB5424E1B87F6656713F9B08B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety enforcement grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out section 108.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID78e8332d7fad405897ae8500659eced2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Infrastructure safety improvement grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out section 109.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Safe transport of hazardous materials</header> <section id="IDD16A37C13A974C62BA8F5FA77A227D1A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Increased civil penalties for violations of rules regarding transportation of hazardous materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5123(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDD8B02F67B91E4783AB2EEFA7F29746EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID1515CEA6B0F64CB08FCE4D5E7E85A8CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) A person</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDE136BE44D87747ADA48FFC0A7190456B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as subparagraph (B); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID1994D6FF3DE54270BF6AFFE5B3E4D6D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph (3), the following:</text> <quoted-block id="IDCF7426CB64BD4C558CB1911115E331B8" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="ID3D5AAFD3389A43FFA76C129FB90CDA36" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A railroad carrier that knowingly violates a regulation prescribed or order issued under this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty—</text> <subparagraph id="IDF40E823B9BA94F9398BEC9C99742B199"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of not less than $50,000 and not more than $10,000,000 if the violation involved gross negligence and resulted in a fatal accident;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID798EA51835F44A72B81A25ED11AE4AD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of not less than $5,000 and not more than $2,500,000 if the violation involved gross negligence and did not result in a fatal accident; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA68966CC4538454BB17D95344F8E0DB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000 if the violation did not involve gross negligence.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="ID81FDE8874184432BA57B2D0D8C72553C"><enum>202.</enum><header>Revocation of compliance orders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID3FB99350CBD446FEB3CE0A767C21CE64" style="USC"> <section id="ID53FD47307BC046CF9A05DD5317F58F31"><enum>5128.</enum><header>Revocation of compliance orders for certain railroad carriers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall revoke any compliance order issued under this chapter if a railroad carrier commits a gross violation of such order that results in a derailment or other accident involving railroad cars transporting hazardous materials.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="IDC3A27E24B43C46D0AB4497B792C7A27B"><enum>203.</enum><header>Safety inspections of railroad cars carrying hazardous materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 202, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID5E185FEE48574CF3A1E627EB2D96983A" style="USC"> <section id="ID0805C4676F8B4D0AA54A42393682F0C1"><enum>5129.</enum><header>Age limits for tank cars carrying hazardous materials</header> <subsection id="IDB0DB8E0244E24C68A4D0EBA7C0B94B06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Newer tank cars</header><text>A railroad car manufactured after the date of the enactment of this section may not be used to carry hazardous materials unless such car has passed a Federal safety inspection during the preceding 15 years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDA5E5C5FBDC9E40B4ACAD1F18EB48CEA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Older tank cars</header><text>A railroad car manufactured before the date of the enactment of this section may not be used to carry hazardous materials unless such car—</text> <paragraph id="ID9543F9C530114434AB439AD2C0BCD047"><enum>(1)</enum><text>passes a Federal safety inspection not later than 1 year after such date; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID648C7054BE0C45F384E5CC742A7554E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has passed a Federal safety inspection during the preceding 15 years.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID33DE65793CD24355A03BD2B9359D47FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Date of manufacture</header><text>For purposes of this section, the date of manufacture of a railroad car is the date on which such car is first placed into service.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="ID47618E8B4CB945FE803A9BB1876160A8"><enum>204.</enum><header>Requirement for railroad carriers to provide hazardous materials lists</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by sections 202 and 203, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID1044B389713947CD96BAFB76BC9111B6" style="USC"> <section id="ID9297AFDA83404243B865E92C03D13CEC"><enum>5130.</enum><header>Requirement for railroad carriers to provide hazardous materials lists</header> <subsection id="ID4C1123C257A44A789231B23311DC431B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To request list</header><text>A State homeland security coordinator may submit up to 12 requests per year to any rail carrier for a comprehensive list of all hazardous materials scheduled to be transported through such State by such rail carrier during any 6-month period.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID43248AC76D8047EB8F635520511E31AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement To provide list</header><text>Not later than 30 days after receiving a request from a State homeland security coordinator under subsection (a), a railroad carrier shall submit the requested list to such coordinator.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDEC85568206EB45F48D9F7274718EA822"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope of information</header><text>A railroad carrier submitting a list under this section shall not be required to include on such list information relating to the specific times, locations, or amounts of shipments of hazardous materials.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="IDB5DE1546F8A24FA0809C2EC8214DF3F1"><enum>205.</enum><header>Miscellaneous amendments to chapter <enum-in-header>51</enum-in-header> of title <enum-in-header>49</enum-in-header></header> <subsection id="ID3F3FABEBD5964DCFB860F98A374A82F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of railroad carrier</header><text>Section 5102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id28B9D8B8224A47E09CCB6C20A81B7EEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13), as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idDDA9BEE0ED69437BA6E0318196105DD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ID6FD0EDD7A0FF40D087D25E9C68F85549" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="IDF355E4F2B59841DC9E686F436573C7AF"><enum>(11)</enum><text><quote>railroad carrier</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 20102 of this title.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE67793E93A604CA9ACDE30495E50A72A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 49 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5128 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ideab36d2f-f18b-46eb-bf43-bd5a3b3197f0" style="USC"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section">5128. Revocation of compliance orders for certain railroad carriers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="ID0805C4676F8B4D0AA54A42393682F0C1" level="section">5129. Age limits for railroad cars carrying hazardous materials.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="ID9297AFDA83404243B865E92C03D13CEC" level="section">5130. Requirement for railroad carriers to provide hazardous materials lists.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="ID0805C4676F8B4D0AA54A42393682F0C1" level="section">5131. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="IDE73ED89066B34C4AB3FBF03F8401415E"><enum>206.</enum><header>Employment of hazardous materials inspectors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall increase the number of hazardous materials inspectors employed by the Federal Railroad Administration by 100 percent compared to the number of such inspectors employed on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section><section id="ID558314E73B164A7D8011BE58524FAC0F"><enum>207.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title.</text> </section>