[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1979 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1979

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the minimum size 
          of crews of freight trains, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2019

  Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
  King, Ms. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
   Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the minimum size 
          of crews of freight trains, 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 ``Safe Freight Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. FREIGHT TRAIN CREW SIZE.

    (a) Amendment.--Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 20169. Freight train crew size
    ``Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Safe Freight Act of 2019, no freight train or light 
engine used in connection with the movement of freight may be operated 
without a crew consisting of at least 2 individuals of whom--
            ``(1) at least 1 crew member is certified under regulations 
        promulgated by the Federal Railroad Administration as a 
        locomotive operator pursuant to section 20135; and
            ``(2) at least 1 other crew member is certified under 
        regulations promulgated by the Federal Railroad Administration 
        as a conductor pursuant to section 20163.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 201 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``20169. Freight train crew size.''.
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