Introduced in House
State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act or the SAFE TRACKS Act.
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING SAFETYTrack this section →
Section 20167 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4) by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) how the State will work with stakeholders, including railroads operating in and across the State, to reduce pedestrian fatalities, including suicides, along railroad right of way, in consultation with mental health and law enforcement agencies and entities; and; and (2) in subsection (b) by inserting and every 5 years thereafter, before the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.