[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4925 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4925


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2018

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to 
  implement certain recommendations for management and collection of 
                         railroad safety data.

    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 ``FRA Safety Data Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTION OF RAILROAD 
              SAFETY DATA.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration shall develop a plan, and a timeline to carry out such 
plan, to implement the recommendations from the Inspector General 
Report No. ST2017045 of the Department of Transportation, issued on May 
3, 2017, to the greatest extent possible, to improve the Federal 
Railroad Administration's management and collection of railroad safety 
data.
    (b) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit the plan 
        and timeline developed under subsection (a) to the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate.
            (2) Report.--The Administrator shall report annually to the 
        committees on the implementation of such plan until 
        implementation is complete.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 10, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.