Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act or the RURAL Act
This bill modifies requirements for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program.
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Department of Transportation to set aside highway safety improvement funds for states for the replacement of functionally obsolete warning and protective devices at railway-highway crossings, (2) increases the federal share payable on account of any project financed with highway safety improvement funds from 90% to 100%, and (3) revises the amount of incentive payment a state may provide a local government for permanent closure by such government of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 947 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 947
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify certain requirements
of the railway-highway crossings program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 2021
Mr. Pence (for himself and Ms. Brownley) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify certain requirements
of the railway-highway crossings program, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Railway Upgrades for Rural American
Lines Act'' or the ``RURAL Act''.
SEC. 2. RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS PROGRAM.
Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and the
installation of protective devices'' and inserting ``,
the installation of protective devices, and the
replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices'';
and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``the
installation of protective devices at railway-highway
crossings'' and inserting ``construction or
installation of protective devices (including
replacement of functionally obsolete protective
devices) at railway-highway crossings'';
(2) in subsection (f)(3) by striking ``90 percent'' and
inserting ``100 percent''; and
(3) in subsection (i)(3)(B) by striking ``$7,500'' and
inserting ``$100,000''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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