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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9998 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule setting 

minimum structural standards for railroad bridges, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2024 

Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mr. DELUZIO, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, 

Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Ms. BUSH, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. BUDZINSKI, and Mr. 

COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final 

rule setting minimum structural standards for railroad 

bridges, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rail Bridge Safety and 

5 Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RAILROAD BRIDGE SAFETY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 20145 of title 49, United 

3 States Code is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 20145. Railroad bridge safety 

5 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) CLASS I RAILROAD; CLASS II RAILROAD; 

7 CLASS III RAILROAD; RAILROAD; RAILROAD CAR8 RIER.—The terms ‘Class I railroad’, ‘Class II rail9 road’, ‘Class III railroad’, ‘railroad’, and ‘railroad 

10 carrier’— 

11 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 

12 (B), have the meanings given such terms in sec13 tion 20102; and 

14 ‘‘(B) do not include— 

15 ‘‘(i) the National Railroad Passenger 

16 Corporation (commonly referred to as ‘Am17 trak’); or 

18 ‘‘(ii) rail carriers that have the prin19 cipal purpose of providing commuter rail 

20 passenger transportation (as defined in 

21 section 24102). 

22 ‘‘(2) COMPONENT PART.—The term ‘component 

23 part’, with respect to a railroad bridge, includes the 

24 substructure, superstructure, deck, bearings, rail25 ings, joints, and the rails on the track of such 

26 bridge. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 

2 means the Department of Transportation. 

3 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE REQUESTING PARTY.—The term 

4 ‘eligible requesting party’ means a party authorized 

5 to request a bridge inspection report in accordance 

6 with section 417(d)(2)(A) of the Rail Safety Im7 provement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20103 note). 

8 ‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

9 the Secretary of Transportation. 

10 ‘‘(b) STRENGTHENING STANDARDS FOR RAILROAD

11 BRIDGES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 2 years 

13 after the date of the enactment of the Rail Bridge 

14 Safety and Transparency Act, the Secretary, using 

15 other standards within the Department as models, 

16 shall issue a final rule establishing minimum struc17 tural and safety standards for railroad bridges and 

18 their component parts, including— 

19 ‘‘(A) minimum requirements for a railroad 

20 bridge and its component parts to be classified 

21 in poor, fair, or good condition; and 

22 ‘‘(B) the amount of corrosion, cracking, 

23 spalling, and rusting permissible for each such 

24 condition. 

25 ‘‘(2) BRIDGE INSPECTION REPORTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMA2 TION.—Not later than 2 years after the initial 

3 publication of the standards described in para4 graph (1), all railroads carriers shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) include information in their 

6 bridge inspection reports indicating wheth7 er each bridge for which such railroad car8 rier is responsible— 

9 ‘‘(I) meets minimum structural 

10 and safety standards; 

11 ‘‘(II) is in poor, fair, or good con12 dition; and 

13 ‘‘(III) has component parts in 

14 poor, fair, or good condition; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) for each bridge in poor condition, 

16 include— 

17 ‘‘(I) an estimate of how long the 

18 bridge can remain in service; 

19 ‘‘(II) a timeline for planned re20 pairs, rehabilitation, or replacement of 

21 the bridge; and 

22 ‘‘(III) an estimate of the cost to 

23 perform such actions. 

24 ‘‘(B) BRIDGE INSPECTION REPORT DATA25 BASE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 

2 years after the date of the enactment of 

3 the Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency 

4 Act, the Secretary shall develop, populate, 

5 and manage a database of all bridge in6 spection reports received from railroad car7 riers, which shall be continuously updated 

8 with the most recent bridge conditions as 

9 indicated in bridge inspection reports pro10 vided to the Department. 

11 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The 

12 Secretary shall make available to the pub13 lic a version of the database described in 

14 clause (i) that includes for each bridge in15 spection report only the following informa16 tion: 

17 ‘‘(I) The date of last inspection 

18 of the bridge. 

19 ‘‘(II) The location of the bridge. 

20 ‘‘(III) The owner of the bridge. 

21 ‘‘(IV) A determination of whether 

22 the bridge is in poor, fair, or good 

23 condition. 

24 ‘‘(V) Any other comments on the 

25 condition of the bridge disclosed by 


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1 the owner, as indicated in the bridge 

2 inspection report. 

3 ‘‘(C) SUBMISSION DEADLINES.— 

4 ‘‘(i) INITIAL REPORTS.—During the 

5 period beginning on the date of the enact6 ment of the Rail Bridge Safety and Trans7 parency Act and ending on the date on 

8 which the database required under sub9 paragraph (B) is first established— 

10 ‘‘(I) not later than 30 days after 

11 the receipt of a bridge inspection re12 port request from an eligible request13 ing party, the Secretary shall request 

14 a bridge inspection report from the 

15 railroad carrier concerned, and— 

16 ‘‘(aa) if the request is for 5 

17 or fewer railroad bridges, the 

18 railroad carrier concerned shall, 

19 not later than 30 days after the 

20 receipt of such request from the 

21 Secretary, submit the bridge in22 spection report to the Depart23 ment; or 

24 ‘‘(bb) if the request is be25 tween 6 and 50 railroad bridges, 


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1 the railroad carrier concerned 

2 shall, not later than 90 days 

3 after the receipt of such request 

4 from the Secretary, submit the 

5 bridge inspection report to the 

6 Department; and 

7 ‘‘(II) not later than 14 days after 

8 the receipt of a bridge inspection re9 port submitted in accordance with 

10 item (aa) or (bb) of subclause (I), the 

11 Secretary shall submit such bridge in12 spection report to the eligible request13 ing party. 

14 ‘‘(ii) FUTURE REPORTS.—After the 

15 date on which the database required under 

16 subparagraph (B) is first established, the 

17 Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(I) not later than 30 days after 

19 the receipt of a bridge inspection re20 port request from an eligible request21 ing party— 

22 ‘‘(aa) if the requested bridge 

23 inspection report is available in 

24 the database, submit such report 


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1 to the eligible requesting party; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(bb) if the requested infor4 mation is not available in the 

5 database, request a bridge in6 spection report from the railroad 

7 carrier concerned; and— 

8 ‘‘(AA) if the request is 

9 for 5 or fewer railroad 

10 bridges, the railroad carrier 

11 concerned shall, not later 

12 than 30 days after the re13 ceipt of such request from 

14 the Secretary, submit the 

15 bridge inspection report to 

16 the Department; or 

17 ‘‘(BB) if the request is 

18 between 6 and 50 railroad 

19 bridges, the railroad carrier 

20 concerned shall, not later 

21 than 90 days after the re22 ceipt of such request from 

23 the Secretary, submit the 

24 bridge inspection report to 

25 the Department; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) not later than 14 days after 

2 the receipt of a bridge inspection re3 port submitted by a railroad carrier in 

4 accordance with subitem (AA) or 

5 (BB) of item (bb), submit such bridge 

6 inspection report to the eligible re7 questing party. 

8 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF OVERSIGHT OF COASTAL

9 RAILROAD BRIDGES.—The Secretary, in coordination 

10 with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall issue a 

11 final rule establishing minimum structural and safety 

12 standards for movable railroad bridges and railroad draw13 bridges spanning the navigable waters of the United 

14 States, including— 

15 ‘‘(1) the minimum structural and safety re16 quirements for each such bridge and its component 

17 parts, including movable parts; 

18 ‘‘(2) the requirements that each such bridge 

19 and its component parts shall meet in order to be 

20 considered to be in poor, fair, or good condition; 

21 ‘‘(3) the requirement that each such bridge be 

22 inspected at the same frequency as railroad bridges 

23 that are not located above navigable waters; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) requirements for safety inspections that 

2 are required if a railroad carrier shifts from in-per3 son to remote operation of such a bridge. 

4 ‘‘(d) FLAGGING OWNERSHIP OF RAILROAD

5 BRIDGES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

6 enactment of the Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency 

7 Act, each railroad carrier that owns 1 or more railroad 

8 bridges shall post a placard or sign in area that is visible 

9 to oncoming traffic on (or adjacent to) both ends of each 

10 such bridge that identifies— 

11 ‘‘(1) the railroad carrier that owns the bridge; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(2) a phone number through which a member 

14 of the public can report visible hazards or concerns 

15 with respect to such bridge. 

16 ‘‘(e) RAIL BRIDGE SAFETY CONCERN REPORTING

17 SYSTEM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 2 years 

19 after the date of the enactment of the Rail Bridge 

20 Safety and Transparency Act, the Secretary shall es21 tablish a system, to be known as the Rail Bridge 

22 Safety Concern Reporting System (referred to in 

23 this subsection as the ‘System’), to report safety 

24 concerns regarding the condition of railroad bridges. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the Sys2 tem, the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) streamline and simplify the data 

4 management process within the Department; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) reduce duplicative efforts and maxi7 mize available resources, including by inte8 grating the Alleged Violation Reporting Form 

9 of the Federal Railroad Administration into the 

10 System. 

11 ‘‘(3) SYSTEM FUNCTIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) REPORTING SAFETY CONCERNS.— 

13 The Secretary shall use the System to permit 

14 any State, political subdivision of a State, or 

15 Tribe to report to the Secretary safety concerns 

16 regarding the condition of a railroad bridge 

17 based on certain factors, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) physical appearance; 

19 ‘‘(ii) extreme shaking or excess move20 ment during the passage of a train or an 

21 extreme weather event; 

22 ‘‘(iii) components of the railroad 

23 bridge falling onto surrounding areas; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) any other concern that the Sec25 retary determines to be significant to the 


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1 structural or operational safety of the 

2 bridge; 

3 ‘‘(B) INVESTIGATIONS.—If the Secretary 

4 determines a report submitted pursuant to sub5 paragraph (A) includes a reasonable safety con6 cern regarding the structural or operational 

7 safety of a bridge, the Secretary shall inves8 tigate such safety concern to determine the risk 

9 posed by the railroad bridge to— 

10 ‘‘(i) the operation of the railroad con11 cerned; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the safety of railroad workers; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the safety the general public; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(iv) the safety of individuals who tra16 verse on, under, or near the railroad 

17 bridge, including pedestrians, cyclists, and 

18 individuals traveling by motor vehicle or 

19 boat. 

20 ‘‘(C) REPAIR OR SUSPENSION OF USE.—If 

21 the Secretary determines that a safety concern 

22 investigated pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

23 poses a significant threat to the structural or 

24 operational safety of the bridge or the safety of 

25 any of the parties described in clauses (i) 


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1 through (iv) of subparagraph (B), the Secretary 

2 shall direct the Administrator of the Federal 

3 Railroad Administration to coordinate with the 

4 railroad concerned to establish a plan that ad5 dresses the safety concern, which may include— 

6 ‘‘(i) requiring the immediate repair of 

7 the railroad bridge; 

8 ‘‘(ii) imposing weight or speed restric9 tions on the bridge; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) any action required by the Sec11 retary pursuant to section 20104(a) if the 

12 Secretary determines that such safety con13 cern— 

14 ‘‘(I) involves an unsafe condition 

15 or practice or a combination of unsafe 

16 conditions and practices; or 

17 ‘‘(II) causes an emergency situa18 tion involving an imminent hazard of 

19 death, personal injury, or significant 

20 harm to the environment. 

21 ‘‘(D) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 

22 ‘‘(i) FAILURE TO FINALIZE PLAN.—If 

23 a plan required under subparagraph (C) is 

24 not finalized within 90 days after a deter25 mination by the Secretary pursuant to 


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1 such subparagraph and the relevant rail2 road bridge remains in operation, the Sec3 retary shall impose a civil penalty to the 

4 railroad concerned in an amount equal to 

5 $1,000 per week until such plan is final6 ized. 

7 ‘‘(ii) COMPLETION OF REPAIRS.—If a 

8 safety concern determined by the Secretary 

9 pursuant to subparagraph (C)(iii)(II) to 

10 pose an imminent hazard of death, per11 sonal injury, or significant harm to the en12 vironment is not repaired within 1 year 

13 after such determination and the relevant 

14 railroad bridge remains in operation, the 

15 Secretary shall impose a civil penalty to 

16 the railroad concerned in an amount equal 

17 to $20,000 per week until such bridge is 

18 repaired. 

19 ‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE OF REPORTED SAFETY CON20 CERNS.—The Secretary shall publish, on a publicly 

21 available website of the Department of Transpor22 tation, a notice of each safety concern involving a 

23 railroad bridge that the Secretary determines, pursu24 ant to paragraph (3)(C)(iii)(II) to pose an imminent 


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1 hazard of death, personal injury, or significant harm 

2 to the environment, which shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) the location of the bridge; 

4 ‘‘(B) the owner of the bridge; 

5 ‘‘(C) whether the bridge is in active use; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(D) whether the railroad that owns the 

8 bridge has submitted a plan to address such 

9 safety concern. 

10 ‘‘(5) FUNDS FOR BRIDGE SAFETY PER11 SONNEL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS.—In addition to the amounts referred to 

14 in subparagraph (B), there are authorized to be 

15 appropriated to the Department such additional 

16 sums as may be necessary to hire additional 

17 bridge safety personnel to carry out this sub18 section. 

19 ‘‘(B) USE OF CIVIL PENALTIES.—All 

20 amounts collected from the civil penalties im21 posed pursuant to paragraph (3)(D) and sec22 tion 1327(c) shall be reserved for hiring addi23 tional bridge safety personnel to carry out this 

24 section. 


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1 ‘‘(f) RANDOMIZED OBSERVATION OF RAILROAD

2 BRIDGES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NUMBER OF ANNUAL OBSERVA5 TIONS.—The Secretary shall annually conduct 

6 at least 1 randomized bridge observation for 

7 every 500 railroad bridges owned by a railroad 

8 carrier. 

9 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF STANDARDS.—For 

10 each observation conducted pursuant to this 

11 subsection, the Secretary shall inspect the con12 dition of each bridge and its component parts 

13 in accordance with the standards established 

14 pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 

15 ‘‘(C) SMALL RAILROAD OBSERVATION

16 POOL.—If a railroad carrier owns fewer than 

17 500 railroad bridges, such railroad carrier shall 

18 be included in a pool of railroad carriers. Not 

19 fewer than 5 railroad carriers in such pool shall 

20 be selected annually for a randomized observa21 tion of at least 1 railroad bridge owned by each 

22 selected railroad carrier. 

23 ‘‘(D) ADVANCE NOTICE.—In carrying out 

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1 rier more than 3 days of advance notice of the 

2 timing of an observation. 

3 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

5 compare the result of each bridge observation to 

6 the reported conditions of the applicable bridge 

7 in the bridge inspection report provided by the 

8 railroad carrier. 

9 ‘‘(B) DISCREPANCIES.—In the event of a 

10 discrepancy between the result of a bridge ob11 servation and the conditions of such railroad 

12 bridge documented in the most recent bridge in13 spection report, the Secretary shall work with 

14 the railroad carrier concerned to address defi15 ciencies in the inspection system of such rail16 road carrier, including by— 

17 ‘‘(i) improving the training of inspec18 tors; 

19 ‘‘(ii) increasing the frequency of in20 spections; 

21 ‘‘(iii) addressing inspector staffing 

22 shortages; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) revising inspection criteria. 

24 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS.—For rail25 road carriers that the Secretary has found to 


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1 have a pattern of discrepancies under subpara2 graph (D), the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) increase the number of random4 ized observations from the baseline set in 

5 paragraph (1); 

6 ‘‘(ii) establish a priority list of rail7 road bridges to be subject to additional ob8 servations, based on factors such as the 

9 condition of the bridge, the bridge length, 

10 the location of the bridge, the safety risk 

11 to the community should the bridge fail, 

12 the type of freight carried over the bridge, 

13 and the frequency of service over the 

14 bridge; 

15 ‘‘(iii) carry out such additional obser16 vations with not more than 3 days of ad17 vance notice provided to the railroad car18 rier; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) ensure that such additional ob20 servations examine the condition of the 

21 bridge and are additive to, not a replace22 ment of, the normal track inspections, in23 cluding visual track inspections, required 

24 by the Department. 

25 ‘‘(D) PATTERN OF DISCREPANCIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) DEFINED TERM.—In this sub2 paragraph, the term ‘pattern of discrep3 ancies’, with respect to a railroad carrier— 

4 ‘‘(I) means the Secretary has 

5 identified 5 or more instances in 

6 which conditions reported on the 

7 bridge inspection report of such rail8 road carrier differed from the results 

9 of an observation conducted by the 

10 Secretary pursuant to this subsection; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) does not include sudden 

13 changes in the condition of a railroad 

14 bridge due to a significant event, such 

15 as an earthquake or other natural dis16 aster. 

17 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—If the Secretary iden18 tifies, through randomized observations of 

19 railroad bridges of a railroad carrier, a 

20 pattern of discrepancies between the rail21 road carrier’s bridge inspection report and 

22 multiple observations— 

23 ‘‘(I) such railroad carrier— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) shall be considered to 

2 be in violation of this chapter; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(bb) shall be subject to the 

5 civil penalties set forth in section 

6 21301; and 

7 ‘‘(II) not later than 90 days after 

8 such identification, the Secretary shall 

9 submit a written report to Congress 

10 that describes such discrepancies.’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 

12 for chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amend13 ed by striking the item relating to section 20145 and in14 serting the following: 

‘‘20145. Railroad bridge safety.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RAIL SAFETY 

16 IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008. 

17 Section 417(d)(2) of the Rail Safety Improvement 

18 Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20103 note) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(i) JURISDICTIONAL REQUESTS.—A 

23 Member of Congress, a State, or political 

24 subdivision of a State may file a request 

25 with the Secretary for a public version of 


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1 the bridge inspection report or reports gen2 erated under subsection (b)(5) for bridges 

3 located in the congressional district or 

4 State of such Member of Congress or in 

5 the jurisdiction of such State or political 

6 subdivision. 

7 ‘‘(ii) REQUESTS FROM COMMIT8 TEES.—The Chair or Ranking Member of 

9 the Committee on Transportation and In10 frastructure of the House of Representa11 tives or the Chair or Ranking Member of 

12 Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

13 Transportation of the Senate may file a re14 quest with the Secretary for a public 

15 version of the bridge inspection report or 

16 reports generated under subsection (b)(5) 

17 for any bridge in the United States.’’. 

18 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), 

19 and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respec20 tively; 

21 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A State or political 

24 subdivision of a State may request not more 

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1 paragraph (A)(i) during any 6-month period.’’; 

2 and 

3 (4) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by 

4 striking ‘‘If the Secretary determines that the re5 quest is reasonable, the Secretary’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘The Secretary’’. 

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