To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at high-way-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.

Amends Federal transportation law to delay the effective date for implementing regulations requiring that a locomotive horn be sounded by each train that approaches and enters upon each public highway-rail grade crossing. Amends the definition of supplementary safety measure which does not require the sounding of a locomotive horn for the prevention of highway-rail casualties. Excludes from such definition adequate median barriers that prevent movement around crossing gates. Repeals the exclusion from (thus including in) the meaning of supplementary safety measure any flashing lights with gates that do not completely block travel over the line of railroad.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5059 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5059

   To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of 
regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

Mr. Lipinski, (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Blagojevich, 
 Mr. Costello, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Hyde, Mr. LaHood, 
  Mr. Phelps, Mr. Porter, Mr. Rush, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Weller, and Mr. 
   Roemer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of 
regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings, 
                        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. DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 20153(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``365th day'' and inserting ``expiration of 10 years''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTARY SAFETY MEASURES.

    Section 20153(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``as where adequate median barriers prevent 
        movement around''; and
            (2) by striking ``flashing lights with gates that do not 
        completely block travel over the line of railroad,''.
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