S.Amdt. 2555
What it does: Inserts new text wherever appropriate
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1072
Inserts new text wherever appropriate
InsertsInserted: (a) Notification Procedures.--
Inserted: (1) Regulations.--The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations setting forth procedures for a railroad to immediately notify first responders in communities that lie in the path of a runaway train.
Inserted: (2) Time for issuance of regulations.--The Secretary shall issue the final regulations under this section not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (3) Definitions.-- In this section, the term 'runaway train' means a locomotive, train, rail car, or other item of railroad equipment that, at a particular moment in time, is rolling on tracks outside the operations limits of a railroad and is not under the control of the railroad.
Inserted: (b) Response Procedures.--Not later than 60 days after the Secretary prescribes the regulations under subsection (a), each railroad shall submit to the Department of Transportation for the Secretary's approval the procedures proposed by the railroad for providing the notice described in such subsection.
Inserted: (c) Reporting of Incidents Required.--The Secretary shall require railroads to report to the Department of Transportation each incident of a runaway train.
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SA 2555. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place insert:
“(a) Notification Procedures.--
(1) Regulations.--The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations setting forth procedures for a railroad to immediately notify first responders in communities that lie in the path of a runaway train.
(2) Time for issuance of regulations.--The Secretary shall issue the final regulations under this section not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Definitions.-- In this section, the term ‘runaway train' means a locomotive, train, rail car, or other item of railroad equipment that, at a particular moment in time, is rolling on tracks outside the operations limits of a railroad and is not under the control of the railroad.
(b) Response Procedures.--Not later than 60 days after the Secretary prescribes the regulations under subsection (a), each railroad shall submit to the Department of Transportation for the Secretary's approval the procedures proposed by the railroad for providing the notice described in such subsection.
(c) Reporting of Incidents Required.--The Secretary shall require railroads to report to the Department of Transportation each incident of a runaway train.”
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Senate amendment submitted
February 11, 2004