To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

Allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of the limitations established under hours-of-service requirements to the extent necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5638 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5638

 To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a 
           blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Petri (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Duffy) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a 
           blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRADE CROSSING EXCEPTION.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 211 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 21110. Grade crossing exception.
    ``Employees may be allowed to remain or go on duty for a period in 
excess of the limitations established under this chapter to the extent 
necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade 
crossing.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for such chapter 211 
is amended by inserting at the end the following new item:

``21110. Grade crossing exception.''.
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