S.Amdt. 1750

SA 1750. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1730 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 1813,
to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

Beginning on page 791, strike lines 14 through 25 and
insert the following:
``(1) In general.--After completing the report under
subsection (d), the Secretary may, upon application, extend,
in 1 year increments ending on or before December 31, 2018,
the implementation deadline for an entity providing rail
freight transportation or regularly scheduled intercity or
commuter rail passenger transportation if the Secretary
determines that--
``(A) full implementation is infeasible due to
circumstances beyond the control of the entity;
``(B) the entity has demonstrated good faith in
implementing its positive train control implementation plan;
``(C) the entity has taken the actions to mitigate risks to
successful implementation that were identified by the
Secretary in the Secretary's 2012 report to Congress; and
``(D) the entity has presented a revised positive train
control implementation plan describing how it will fully
implement a positive train control system as soon as
feasible, and not later than December 31, 2018.''.

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