[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 354 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 354

   To impose a civil penalty against a railroad carrier when a shift 
 change of train employees causes a blockage of vehicular traffic at a 
                            grade crossing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To impose a civil penalty against a railroad carrier when a shift 
 change of train employees causes a blockage of vehicular traffic at a 
                            grade crossing.

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

SECTION 1. GRADE CROSSING BLOCKAGE PENALTY.

    Section 20134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Grade Crossing Blockage Penalty.--The Secretary shall assess 
a civil penalty against a railroad carrier in the amount of $10,000 for 
each complete hour in which a shift change of such carrier's train 
employees causes a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade 
crossing.''.
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