[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8598 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8598

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations 
to define the term ``classroom'' for the purposes of parts 240 and 242 
   of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2022

Mr. Balderson (for himself, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Gibbs) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations 
to define the term ``classroom'' for the purposes of parts 240 and 242 
   of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 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 ``Rail Employee Training Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to define the term ``classroom'' for the 
purposes of parts 240 and 242 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
to mean a physical or virtual space where training is provided by a 
qualified instructor.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed as 
intending to amend any certification requirements, including the length 
of classroom training, materials provided or covered in classroom 
training, or additional training requirements outside classroom 
training, including simulator, computer-based, correspondence, on-the-
job training, or other formal training.
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