‘‘(b) TITLE
OF CHAPTER.—This chapter may be 
cited as the ‘Signal Inspection Act’.’’. 
(d) AMENDMENT.—Section 20701 is amended by— 
(1) revising the section heading to read: 
‘‘§ 20701. Requirements for use; title of chapter’’; 
(2) designating the text of the section as sub-
section (a) and adding the subsection heading ‘‘RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR USE.—’’; and 
(3) adding at the end of the section the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TITLE OF CHAPTER.—This chapter may be cited 
as the ‘Locomotive Inspection Act’.’’. 
(e) AMENDMENT.—Section 20901 is amended by— 
(1) revising the section heading to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 20901. Reports; title of chapter’’; 
and 
(2) adding at the end of the section the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TITLE OF CHAPTER.—This chapter may be cited 
as the ‘Accident Reports Act’.’’. 
(f) AMENDMENT.—Section 21101 as amended by this 
Act is further amended by— 
(1) revising the section heading to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘§ 21101. Definitions; title of chapter’’; 
(2) designating the text of the section as sub-
section (a) and adding the subsection heading 
‘‘DEFINITIONS.—’’ ; and 
(3) adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) TITLE
OF CHAPTER.—This chapter may be 
cited as the ‘Hours of Service Act’.’’. 
(g) AMENDMENT.—Section 21301 as amended by 
this Act is further amended by— 
(1) revising the section heading to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 21301. Chapter 201 general violations; title of chap-
ter’’; 
and 
(2) adding at the end of the section the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TITLE
OF CHAPTER.—This chapter may be 
cited as ‘Penalties for Railroad Safety Violations’.’’. 
(h) TABLES OF SECTIONS AMENDMENTS.—(1) The 
table of sections for chapter 201 as amended by this Act 
is further amended by striking the existing item for sec-
tion 20101 and substituting: 
‘‘20101. Purpose and title of chapter.’’. 
(2) The tables of sections for chapters 203-213, re-
spectively, are amended by respectively— 
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(A) striking the existing item for section 20301 
and substituting: 
‘‘20301. Definition; nonapplication; and titles of provisions in chapter.’’; 
(B) striking the existing item for section 20501 
and substituting: 
‘‘20501. Definition; title of chapter.’’; 
(C) striking the existing item for section 20701 
and substituting: 
‘‘20701. Requirements for use; title of chapter.’’; 
(D) striking the existing item for section 20901 
and substituting: 
‘‘20901. Reports; title of chapter.’’; 
(E) striking the existing item for section 21101 
and substituting: 
‘‘21101. Definitions; title of chapter.’’; and 
(F) striking the existing item for section 21301 
and substituting: 
‘‘21301. Chapter 201 general violations; title of chapter.’’. 
SEC. 403. FEDERAL RAIL SECURITY OFFICERS’ ACCESS TO 
CRIMINAL HISTORY AND OTHER LAW EN-
FORCEMENT RECORDS, SYSTEMS, AND COM-
MUNICATIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 281 is revised by adding 
new section 28104 to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 28104 Federal rail security officers’ access to 
criminal history and other law enforce-
ment and other law enforcement records, 
systems, and communications 
‘‘(a) ACCESS TO RECORDS OR DATABASE SYSTEMS 
BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION.—(1) The Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration is authorized to have access to 
a system of documented criminal justice information 
maintained by the Department of Justice or by a State 
for the purpose of carrying out the civil and administrative 
responsibilities of the Administrator to protect the safety, 
including security, of railroad operations and for other 
purposes authorized by law, including the National Crime 
Prevention and Privacy Compact (42 U.S.C. 14611- 
14616). The Administrator shall be subject to the same 
conditions or procedures established by the Department 
of Justice or State for access to such an information sys-
tem by other governmental agencies with access to the sys-
tem. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator may not use the access au-
thorized under paragraph (1) to conduct criminal inves-
tigations. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL 
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator shall, 
by order, designate each employee of the Administration 
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whose primary responsibility is rail security who shall 
carry out the authority described in subsection (a). The 
Administrator shall strictly limit access to a system of doc-
umented criminal justice information to persons with secu-
rity responsibilities and with appropriate security clear-
ances. Such a designated employee may, insofar as author-
ized or permitted by the National Crime Prevention and 
Privacy Compact or other law or agreement governing an 
affected State with respect to such a State— 
‘‘(1) have access to and receive criminal history, 
driver, vehicle, and other law enforcement informa-
tion contained in the law enforcement databases of 
the Department of Justice, or of any jurisdiction in 
a State in the same manner as a police officer em-
ployed by a State or local authority of that State 
who is certified or commissioned under the laws of 
that State; 
‘‘(2) use any radio, data link, or warning sys-
tem of the Federal Government and of any jurisdic-
tion in a State that provides information about 
wanted persons, be-on-the-lookout notices, or war-
rant status or other officer safety information to 
which a police officer employed by a State or local 
authority in that State who is certified or commis-
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sioned under the laws of that State has access and 
in the same manner as such police officer; or 
‘‘(3) receive Federal, State, or local government 
communications with a police officer employed by a 
State or local authority in that State in the same 
manner as a police officer employed by a State or 
local authority in that State who is commissioned 
under the laws of that State. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, ‘sys-
tem of documented criminal justice information’ means 
any law enforcement database, systems, or communica-
tions containing information concerning identification, 
criminal history, arrests, convictions, arrest warrants, or 
wanted or missing persons, including the National Crime 
Information Center (NCIC) and its incorporated criminal 
history databases and the National Law Enforcement 
Telecommunications System (NLETS).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 281 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘28104. Federal rail security officers’ access to criminal history and other law 
enforcement records, systems, and communications.’’. 
Æ 
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