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‘‘(A) that has received written agreement 
from the relevant local authorities; and 
‘‘(B) for which railroad carrier and project 
funding from all parties has been budgeted. 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining civil 
penalties under this section, the Secretary shall con-
sider increased penalties in a case in which a pattern 
of the blocked crossing incidents continue to cause 
delays to State or local emergency services. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION TO AMTRAK AND COMMUTER RAIL-
ROADS.—This section shall not apply to Amtrak or com-
muter authorities, including Amtrak and commuter au-
thorities’ operations run or dispatched by a Class I rail-
road. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BLOCKED CROSSING DATABASE.—The term 
‘blocked crossing database’ means the national blocked 
crossing database established under section 20174. 
‘‘(2) BLOCKED CROSSING INCIDENT.—The term 
‘blocked crossing incident’ means a circumstance in 
which a train, locomotive, rail car, or other rail 
equipment is stopped in a manner that obstructs 
travel at a public highway-rail grade crossing. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING.— 
The term ‘public highway-rail grade crossing’ means 
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a location within a State in which a public highway, 
road, or street, including associated sidewalks and 
pathways, crosses 1 or more railroad tracks at 
grade.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘20173. Time limit for blocking public highway-rail grade crossing.’’. 
SEC. 9554. NATIONAL BLOCKED CROSSING DATABASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 201 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by this division, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 20174. National blocked crossing database 
‘‘(a) DATABASE.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of the TRAIN Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish a national blocked crossings database 
for the public to report blocked crossing incidents. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the TRAIN Act, the Secretary 
shall require each railroad carrier to publish the active link 
to report blocked crossing incidents on the website of the 
national blocked crossings database described in subsection 
(a) on the home page of the publicly-available website of 
the railroad carrier. 
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‘‘(c) BLOCKED CROSSING INCIDENT; PUBLIC HIGH-
WAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING.—In this section, the terms 
‘blocked crossing incident’ and ‘public highway-rail grade 
crossing’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
20173.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘20174. National blocked crossing database.’’. 
SEC. 9555. RAILROAD POINT OF CONTACT FOR BLOCKED 
CROSSING MATTERS. 
Section 20152 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 
as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting the following after 
subparagraph (C): 
‘‘(D) blocked crossing incident, as defined in 
section 20173; or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) or 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C), (D), 
or (E) of paragraph (1)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (5) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon ; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) upon receiving a report of a blocked cross-
ing pursuant to paragraph (1)(D), the railroad car-
rier shall, within 14 days of receipt of the report— 
‘‘(A) verify that the public highway-rail 
grade crossing, as defined in section 20173, was 
blocked for a period of at least 10 minutes; and 
‘‘(B) upon positive verification of the re-
port, enter the report into the national blocked 
crossings database established in section 20174; 
and 
‘‘(7) promptly inform the Secretary of any up-
date to the number maintained under paragraph 
(1).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS.—The 
Secretary shall make any telephone number established 
under subsection (a) publicly available on the website of the 
Department of Transportation.’’. 
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SEC. 9556. NATIONAL HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING INVENTORY 
REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall expend such sums as are necessary to conduct 
a comprehensive review of the national highway-rail cross-
ing inventory of the Department of Transportation estab-
lished under section 20160 of title 49, United States Code. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the review required 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) verify the accuracy of the geographical loca-
tion data contained in the inventory described in sub-
section (a) using mapping technologies and other 
methods; and 
(2) notify the relevant railroad and State agen-
cies of the erroneous data in the inventory and re-
quire such entities to correct the erroneous data with-
in 30 days of notification. 
(c) STATE REPORTS.—The Secretary shall require 
State agencies to ensure that any geographic data contained 
in the inventory described in subsection (a) remains con-
sistent with any geographic data identified in biennial 
State reports required under section 130 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the com-
pletion of the review required under subsection (a), the Sec-
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retary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report summarizing the corrections made to 
the inventory described in subsection (a) and the Secretary’s 
plans to ensure continued accuracy of such inventory. 
SEC. 
9557. 
RAILROAD 
TRESPASSING 
ENFORCEMENT 
GRANTS. 
Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) 
RAILROAD
TRESPASSING
ENFORCEMENT 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under this section, the Secretary may make 
grants to public law enforcement agencies engaged in, 
or seeking to engage in, suicide prevention efforts 
along railroad right-of-way to pay wages of law en-
forcement personnel to patrol railroad right-of-way 
located in communities at risk for rail trespassing in-
cidents and fatalities. 
‘‘(2) 
PRIORITIZATION.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under this subsection, the Administrator shall give 
priority to applications from entities that have juris-
diction within the boundaries of the 10 States with 
the highest incidence of rail trespass related casualties 
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as reported in the previous fiscal year, as reported by 
the National Rail Accident Incident Reporting Sys-
tem. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not 
award more than 3 annual grants under this sub-
section to the same entity.’’. 
SEC. 9558. RAILROAD TRESPASSING SUICIDE PREVENTION 
GRANTS. 
Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) RAILROAD TRESPASSING SUICIDE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Secretary may make 
grants to eligible entities to implement a public out-
reach campaign to reduce the number of railroad sui-
cides. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘eligible entity’ means a nonprofit mental health 
organization engaged in, or seeking to engage in, sui-
cide prevention efforts along railroad right-of-way in 
partnership with a railroad carrier, as defined in sec-
tion 20102.’’. 
SEC. 9559. INCLUDING RAILROAD SUICIDES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
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revise any regulations, guidance, or other relevant agency 
documents to include the number of suicides on a railroad 
crossing or railroad right-of-way in the total number of rail 
fatalities the Secretary reports each year. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary may require Federal, State, 
and local agencies, railroads, or other entities to submit 
such data as necessary. 
(c) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
RULEMAKING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall not apply to the modification required 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 9560. REPORT ON SAFETY MEASURES REQUIRED FOR 
QUIET ZONES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration shall— 
(1) submit to Congress a report on any supple-
mentary safety measures and alternative safety meas-
ures not contained in part 222 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that can be used to qualify for 
a Quiet Zone or Partial Quiet Zone; and 
(2) include in the report submitted under para-
graph (1)— 
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(A) a summary of the supplementary safety 
measures and alternative safety measures for 
which a public authority has requested approval 
from the Administrator to implement; and 
(B) an explanation for why such requests 
were not granted. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 9601. RAIL NETWORK CLIMATE CHANGE VULNER-
ABILITY ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
Academies to conduct an assessment of the potential im-
pacts of climate change on the national rail network. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—At a minimum, the assessment 
conducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
(1) cover the entire freight, commuter, and inter-
city passenger rail network of the United States; 
(2) evaluate risk to the network over 5-, 30-, and 
50-year outlooks; 
(3) examine and describe potential effects of cli-
mate change and extreme weather events on passenger 
and freight rail infrastructure, trackage, and facili-
ties, including facilities owned by rail shippers; 
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(4) identify and categorize the assets described in 
paragraph (3) by vulnerability level and geographic 
area; and 
(5) recommend strategies or measures to mitigate 
any adverse impacts of climate change, including— 
(A) emergency preparedness measures; 
(B) resiliency best practices for infrastruc-
ture planning; and 
(C) coordination with State and local au-
thorities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report con-
taining the findings of the assessment conducted pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(d) FURTHER COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 
make the report publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Transportation and communicate the results 
of the assessment with stakeholders. 
(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—If the Secretary finds 
in the report required under subsection (c) that regulatory 
measures are warranted and such measures are otherwise 
under the existing authority of the Secretary, the Secretary 
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may issue such regulations as are necessary to implement 
such measures. 
(f) FUNDING.—From the amounts made available for 
fiscal year 2022 under section 20117(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Secretary shall expend not less than 
$1,500,000 to carry out the study required under subpara-
graph (a). 
SEC. 9602. ADVANCE ACQUISITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 242 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting the following after sec-
tion 24202: 
‘‘SEC. 24203. ADVANCE ACQUISITION. 
‘‘(a) RAIL CORRIDOR PRESERVATION.—The Secretary 
of Transportation may assist a recipient of Federal finan-
cial assistance provided by the Secretary for an intercity 
passenger rail project in acquiring a right-of-way and adja-
cent real property interests before or during the completion 
of the environmental reviews for a project that may use such 
property interests if the acquisition is otherwise permitted 
under Federal law. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—Before authorizing advance ac-
quisition under this section, the Secretary shall verify 
that— 
‘‘(1) the recipient has authority to acquire the 
real property interest; and 
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