[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure railroad safety.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2015

Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rush, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
  Illinois, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Gutieerrez) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure railroad safety.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reassuring Adequate Investment in 
Lifesaving Systems Act'' or the ``RAILS Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GRANTS.

    (a) Section 20158(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding ``advanced communication methods for conveying hazard 
information between all parties in the transportation chain, spectrum 
acquisition, multifrequency broadband connectivity equipment, 
implementation and interoperability testing,'' after ``track integrity 
circuit technologies,''.
    (b) Section 20158(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$200,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``2009 through 2013'' and inserting ``2015 
        through 2020''.
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