[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3148 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3148

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on 
      duty hours for yardmaster employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2017

   Mr. Nolan (for himself and Ms. Wilson of Florida) 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 provide for limitations on 
      duty hours for yardmaster employees, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Railroad Yardmaster Protection Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF YARDMASTER EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Limitations on Duty Hours of Yardmaster Employees.--Section 
21103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the heading of such section, by inserting ``and 
        yardmaster employees'' after ``train employees'';
            (2) by inserting ``or yardmaster employee'' after ``train 
        employee'' each place it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by inserting ``or yardmaster'' after 
        ``During a train''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 21101 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``a yardmaster 
        employee,'' after ``dispatching service employee,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(6) `yardmaster employee' means an individual 
                responsible for supervising and coordinating the 
                control of trains and engines operating within a rail 
                yard.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 211 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 21103 and inserting the following:

``21103. Limitations on duty hours of train employees and yardmaster 
                            employees.''.
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