[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3116 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3116

 To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a 
           blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2017

    Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself and Mr. Woodall) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a 
           blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

    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 ``Moving Obstructed Trains In-between 
Openings Now (MOTION) Act''.

SEC. 2. GRADE CROSSING EXCEPTION.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 211 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 21110. Grade crossing exception
    ``Employees may be allowed to remain or go on duty for a period in 
excess of the limitations established under this chapter to the extent 
necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade 
crossing.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for such chapter 211 
is amended by inserting at the end the following new item:

``21110. Grade crossing exception.''.
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