Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005

wrecks, derails, sets fire to, or disables railroad on-track equipment, a passenger vessel, or a mass transportation vehicle;

with intent to endanger the safety of any passenger or employee of a railroad carrier, passenger vessel, or mass transportation provider, or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, and without previously obtaining the permission of the railroad carrier, mass transportation provider, or owner of the passenger vessel—

sets fire to, undermines, makes unworkable, unusable, or hazardous to work on or use, or places any biological agent or toxin, destructive substance, or destructive device in, upon, or near any—

removes an appurtenance from, damages, or otherwise impairs the operation of a railroad signal system or mass transportation signal or dispatching system, including a train control system, centralized dispatching system, or highway-railroad grade crossing warning signal, without authorization from the rail carrier or mass transportation provider;

with intent to endanger the safety of any passenger or employee of a railroad carrier, owner of a passenger vessel, or mass transportation provider or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, interferes with, disables, or incapacitates any dispatcher, driver, captain, locomotive engineer, railroad conductor, or other person while the person is employed in dispatching, operating, or maintaining railroad on-track equipment, a passenger vessel, or a mass transportation vehicle;

engages in conduct, including the use of a dangerous weapon, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person who is on the property of a railroad carrier, owner of a passenger vessel, or mass transportation provider that is used for railroad or mass transportation purposes;

conveys false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt that was made, is being made, or is to be made, to engage in a violation of this subsection; or

attempts, threatens, or conspires to engage in any violation of any of paragraphs (1) through (7), shall be fined

Any of the conduct required for the offense is, or, in the case of an attempt, threat, or conspiracy to engage in conduct, the conduct required for the completed offense would be, engaged in, on, against, or affecting a mass transportation provider, owner of a passenger vessel, or railroad carrier engaged in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.

Any person who travels or communicates across a State line in order to commit the offense, or transports materials across a State line in aid of the commission of the offense.

complies with chapter 51 of title 49 and regulations, exemptions, approvals, and orders issued under that chapter; or

constitutes a violation, other than a criminal violation, of chapter 51 of title 49 or a regulation or order issued under that chapter.

the term biological agent has the meaning given the term in section 178(1);

the term dangerous weapon means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, including a pocket knife with a blade of less than 21/2 inches in length and a box cutter;

the term destructive device has the meaning given the term in section 921(a)(4);

the term destructive substance means an explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or material, or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature, except that the term radioactive device does not include any radioactive device or material used solely for medical, industrial, research, or other peaceful purposes;

the term hazardous material has the meaning given the term in section 5102(2) of title 49;

the term high-level radioactive waste has the meaning given the term in section 2(12) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(12));

the term mass transportation has the meaning given the term in section 5302(a)(7) of title 49, except that the term includes school bus, charter, and sightseeing transportation;

the term on-track equipment means a carriage or other contrivance that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways;

the term passenger vessel has the meaning given the term in section 2101(22) of title 46, United States Code, and includes a small passenger vessel (as defined under section 2101(35) of that title);

the term railroad on-track equipment means a train, locomotive, tender, motor unit, freight or passenger car, or other on-track equipment used, operated, or employed by a railroad carrier;

the term railroad has the meaning given the term in section 20102(1) of title 49;

the term railroad carrier has the meaning given the term in section 20102(2) of title 49;

the term serious bodily injury has the meaning given the term in section 1365(h)(3);

the term spent nuclear fuel has the meaning given the term in section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23));

the term State has the meaning given the term in section 2266(8);

the term toxin has the meaning given the term in section 178(2); and

the term vehicle means any carriage or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land, on water, or through the air.