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tion of better ergonomic seating for commercial driv-
ers. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—Upon receipt of the report in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish the report 
on a publicly accessible website of the Department. 
(d) APPLICABILITY
OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Advisory Committee shall be subject to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 5502. REPEAL OF SECTION 6314 OF TITLE 49, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6314 of title 49, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 
63 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 6314. 
(2) SECTION 6307.—Section 6307(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘or section 6314(b)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘or section 6314(b)’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘or section 6314(b)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘or 
section 6314(b)’’. 
SEC. 5503. TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE OUTREACH PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 
49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 5508. Transportation workforce outreach program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
administer a transportation workforce outreach program 
that carries out a series of public service announcement 
campaigns during fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of each campaign car-
ried out under the program shall be to achieve the following 
objectives: 
‘‘(1) Increase awareness of career opportunities 
in the transportation sector, including aviation pilots, 
safety inspectors, mechanics and technicians, mari-
time transportation workers, air traffic controllers, 
flight attendants, truck drivers, engineers, transit 
workers, railroad workers, and other transportation 
professionals. 
‘‘(2) Increase diversity, including race, gender, 
ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, of professionals 
in the transportation sector. 
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‘‘(c) ADVERTISING.—The Secretary may use, or au-
thorize the use of, funds available to carry out the program 
for the development, production, and use of broadcast, dig-
ital, and print media advertising and outreach in carrying 
out campaigns under this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 for each fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 55 of subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 5507, as added by this Act, the following: 
‘‘5508. Transportation workforce outreach program.’’. 
SEC. 5504. CERTIFICATION ON ENSURING NO HUMAN 
RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the International Energy Agen-
cy— 
(A) electric cars require significant amounts 
of copper, lithium, nickel, manganese, rare earth 
elements, platinum group elements, and cobalt; 
and 
(B) the top producer of cobalt is the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo. 
(2) UNICEF and Amnesty International esti-
mate that 40,000 boys and girls work in mines across 
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the Democratic Republic of the Congo for up to 12 
hours a day and earn no more than 2 dollars a day. 
(3) The boys and girls working in mines in the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo do not attend 
school, they are beaten by security guards, and they 
are exposed to high levels of cobalt, but are not issued 
protective equipment. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
certify that no funds for programs related to reducing green 
house gas emissions under this title and the amendments 
made by this title are used for minerals sourced or processed 
with child labor, as such term is defined in Article 3 of 
the International Labor Organization Convention con-
cerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimi-
nation of the worst forms of child labor (December 2, 2000), 
or in violation of human rights. 
TITLE VI—MULTIMODAL 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 6001. NATIONAL MULTIMODAL FREIGHT POLICY. 
Section 70101(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘in rural and 
urban areas’’ after ‘‘freight transportation’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following: 
‘‘(C) travel within population centers; and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘including— 
‘‘(A) greenhouse gas emissions; 
‘‘(B) local air pollution; 
‘‘(C) minimizing, capturing, or treating 
stormwater runoff or other adverse impacts to 
water quality; and 
‘‘(D) wildlife habitat loss;’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (11); and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) to decrease any adverse impact of freight 
transportation on communities located near freight 
facilities or freight corridors; and’’. 
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SEC. 6002. NATIONAL FREIGHT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
Section 70102(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘shall— 
‘‘(1) update the plan and publish the updated 
plan on the public website of the Department of 
Transportation; and 
‘‘(2) include in the update described in para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(A) each item described in subsection (b); 
and 
‘‘(B) best practices to reduce the adverse en-
vironmental impacts of freight-related— 
‘‘(i) greenhouse gas emissions; 
‘‘(ii) local air pollution; 
‘‘(iii) stormwater runoff or other ad-
verse impacts to water quality; and 
‘‘(iv) wildlife habitat loss.’’. 
SEC. 6003. NATIONAL MULTIMODAL FREIGHT NETWORK. 
Section 70103 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘of the 
United States that have’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘of the United States that— 
‘‘(i) have a total annual value of cargo 
of at least $1,000,000,000, as identified by 
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United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion and reported by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus; or 
‘‘(ii) have’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 
INVEST in America 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 detailing 
a plan to designate a final National Multimodal 
Freight Network, including a detailed summary 
of the resources within the Office of the Secretary 
that will be dedicated to carrying out such plan. 
‘‘(B) 
DESIGNATION
OF
NATIONAL 
MULTIMODAL
FREIGHT
NETWORK.—Not later 
than 60 days after the submission of the report 
described in subparagraph (A),’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘and metropolitan 
planning organizations’’ after ‘‘States’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (4) and (5)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the header by inserting ‘‘AND 
METROPOLITAN
PLANNING
ORGANIZATION’’ 
after ‘‘STATE’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 
as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) CRITICAL URBAN FREIGHT FACILITIES 
AND CORRIDORS.— 
‘‘(i) AREA
WITH
A
POPULATION
OF 
OVER 500,000.—In an urbanized area with a 
population of 500,000 or more individuals, 
the representative metropolitan planning 
organization, in consultation with the 
State, may designate a freight facility or 
corridor within the borders of the State as 
a critical urban freight facility or corridor. 
‘‘(ii) AREA
WITH
A
POPULATION
OF 
LESS THAN 500,000.—In an urbanized area 
with a population of less than 500,000 indi-
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viduals, the State, in consultation with the 
representative metropolitan planning orga-
nization, may designate a freight facility or 
corridor within the borders of the State as 
a critical urban freight corridor. 
‘‘(iii) DESIGNATION.—A designation 
may be made under subparagraph (i) or 
(ii) if the facility or corridor is in an ur-
banized area, regardless of population, and 
such facility or corridor— 
‘‘(I) provides access to the pri-
mary highway freight system, the 
Interstate system, or an intermodal 
freight facility; 
‘‘(II) is located within a corridor 
of a route on the primary highway 
freight system and provides an alter-
native option important to goods move-
ment; 
‘‘(III) serves a major freight gen-
erator, logistics center, or manufac-
turing and warehouse industrial land; 
‘‘(IV) connects to an international 
port of entry; 
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‘‘(V) provides access to a signifi-
cant air, rail, water, or other freight 
facility in the State; or 
‘‘(VI) is important to the move-
ment of freight within the region, as 
determined by the metropolitan plan-
ning organization or the State. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—A State may propose 
additional 
designations 
to 
the 
National 
Multimodal Freight Network in the State in an 
amount that is— 
‘‘(i) for a highway project, not more 
than 20 percent of the total mileage des-
ignated by the Under Secretary in the 
State; and 
‘‘(ii) for a non-highway project, using 
a limitation determined by the Under Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) REQUIRED
NETWORK
COMPONENTS.—In 
designating or redesignating the National Multimodal 
Freight Network, the Under Secretary shall ensure 
that the National Multimodal Freight Network in-
cludes the components described in subsection (b)(2).’’. 
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SEC. 6004. STATE FREIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
Section 70201(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and local governments’’ and inserting 
‘‘local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, 
and the departments with responsibility for environmental 
protection and air quality of the State’’. 
SEC. 6005. STATE FREIGHT PLANS. 
Section 70202(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(A) by inserting ‘‘and 
urban’’ after ‘‘rural’’; 
(2) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (12); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) strategies and goals to decrease freight-re-
lated— 
‘‘(A) greenhouse gas emissions; 
‘‘(B) local air pollution; 
‘‘(C) stormwater runoff or other adverse im-
pacts to water quality; and 
‘‘(D) wildlife habitat loss; 
‘‘(11) strategies and goals to decrease any ad-
verse impact of freight transportation on communities 
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located near freight facilities or freight corridors; 
and’’. 
SEC. 6006. STUDY OF FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION FEE. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, shall estab-
lish a joint task force to study the establishment and admin-
istration of a fee on multimodal freight surface transpor-
tation services. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An estimation of the revenue that a fee of up 
to 1 percent on freight transportation services would 
raise. 
(2) An identification of the entities that would 
be subject to such a fee paid by the owners or sup-
pliers of cargo. 
(3) An analysis of the administrative capacity of 
Federal agencies and freight industry participants to 
collect such a fee and ensure compliance with fee re-
quirements. 
(4) Policy options to prevent avoidance of such 
a fee, including diversion of freight services to foreign 
countries. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
the study required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 6007. NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND IN-
NOVATIVE FINANCE BUREAU. 
Section 116 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) to provide assistance and communicate best 
practices and financing and funding opportunities to 
eligible entities for the programs referred to in sub-
section (d)(1), including by— 
‘‘(A) conducting proactive outreach to com-
munities located outside of metropolitan or 
micropolitan statistical areas (as such areas are 
defined by the Office of Management and Budg-
et) using data from the most recent decennial 
Census; and 
‘‘(B) coordinating with the Office of Rural 
Development of the Department of Agriculture, 
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the Office of Community Revitalization of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and any 
other agencies that provide technical assistance 
for rural communities, as determined by the Ex-
ecutive Director;’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
(k); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and an-
nually thereafter, the Executive Director shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate a report detailing— 
‘‘(1) the use of funds authorized under section 
605(f) of title 23; and 
‘‘(2) the progress of the Bureau in carrying out 
the purposes described in subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 6008. LOCAL HIRE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall immediately reinstate the local labor hiring 
pilot program containing the contracting initiative estab-
lished by the Secretary and published in the Federal Reg-
ister on March 6, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 12257), under the 
same terms, conditions, and requirements as so published. 
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(b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall continue the local 
labor hiring pilot program reinstated under this section 
through September 30, 2025. 
SEC. 6009. FTE CAP. 
The Secretary of Transportation may not employ more 
than 15 full-time equivalent positions in any fiscal year 
in the Immediate Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 6010. IDENTIFICATION OF COVID–19 TESTING NEEDS 
OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall— 
(1) adopt, for use by the Department of Trans-
portation in carrying out response efforts relating to, 
and operations during, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19) pandemic, the categorization of ‘‘essen-
tial critical infrastructure workers’’ identified in the 
Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure 
Workforce published by the Department of Homeland 
Security on March 28, 2020 (or a subsequent version 
of such guidance); and 
(2) coordinate with the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention and the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to support efforts of State and local governments to 
provide for— 
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(A) priority testing of essential critical in-
frastructure workers (as such term is used in 
paragraph (1)) with respect to COVID–19; and 
(B) priority access to personal protective 
equipment, sanitizers, nonmedical-grade facial 
coverings, and other health-related or protective 
supplies necessary to safely perform essential 
critical infrastructure work. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section requires the 
provision of priority testing or priority access to personal 
protective equipment for essential critical infrastructure 
workers (as such term is used in subsection (a)(1)) to be 
prioritized over the provision of that testing or access to 
personal protective equipment for other individuals who are 
identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
or any other relevant Federal, State, or local agency as hav-
ing a higher priority for that testing or access to personal 
protective equipment, including— 
(1) patients; 
(2) healthcare workers; and 
(3) first responders. 
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TITLE 
VII—TRANSPORTATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
FINANCE 
AND INNOVATION ACT 
SEC. 7001. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE 
AND INNOVATION ACT. 
(a) CREDITWORTHINESS.—Section 602(a)(2) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(iv)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a rating’’ and inserting 
‘‘an investment grade rating’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$150,000,000’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the senior debt’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘senior debt’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘credit instrument is for an 
amount less than $75,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘total amount of other senior debt and the Fed-
eral 
credit 
instrument 
is 
less 
than 
$150,000,000’’. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 603(b) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (8) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(8) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (9) and section 117(j)(2), the proceeds of 
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a secured loan under the TIFIA program shall be con-
sidered to be part of the non-Federal share of project 
costs required under this title or chapter 53 of title 
49, if the loan is repayable from non-Federal funds.’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION OF FUNDS FROM TIFIA FEDERAL 
SHARE REQUIREMENT.—Section 603(b)(9) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) TERRITORIES.—Funds provided for a 
territory under section 165(c) shall not be con-
sidered Federal assistance for purposes of sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(d) STREAMLINED APPLICATION PROCESS.—Section 
603(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR EXPEDITED DECI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall implement an expe-
dited decision timeline for public agency bor-
rowers seeking secured loans that meet— 
‘‘(i) the terms under paragraph (2); 
and 
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‘‘(ii) the additional criteria described 
in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
CRITERIA.—The addi-
tional criteria referred to in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) are the following: 
‘‘(i) The secured loan is made on terms 
and conditions that substantially conform 
to the conventional terms and conditions es-
tablished by the National Surface Transpor-
tation Innovative Finance Bureau. 
‘‘(ii) The secured loan is rated in the 
A category or higher. 
‘‘(iii) The TIFIA program share of eli-
gible project costs is 33 percent or less. 
‘‘(iv) The applicant demonstrates a 
reasonable expectation that the contracting 
process for the project can commence by not 
later than 90 days after the date on which 
a Federal credit instrument is obligated for 
the project under the TIFIA program. 
‘‘(v) The project has received a categor-
ical exclusion, a finding of no significant 
impact, or a record of decision under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
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‘‘(C) WRITTEN
NOTICE.—The Secretary 
shall provide to an applicant seeking a secured 
loan under the expedited decision process under 
this paragraph a written notice informing the 
applicant whether the Secretary has approved or 
disapproved the application by not later than 
180 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the applicant a letter indicating that 
the National Surface Transportation Innovative 
Finance Bureau has commenced the credit-
worthiness review of the project.’’. 
(e) ASSISTANCE
TO
SMALL
PROJECTS.—Section 
605(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’. 
(f) 
APPLICATION
PROCESS
REPORT.—Section 
609(b)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in clause (v) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) whether the project is located in 
a 
metropolitan 
statistical 
area, 
micropolitan statistical area, or neither (as 
such areas are defined by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget).’’. 
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(g) STATUS REPORTS.—Section 609 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) STATUS REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publish 
on the website for the TIFIA program— 
‘‘(A) on a monthly basis, a current status 
report on all submitted letters of interest and ap-
plications received for assistance under the 
TIFIA program; and 
‘‘(B) on a quarterly basis, a current status 
report on all approved applications for assist-
ance under the TIFIA program. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—Each monthly and quarterly 
status report under paragraph (1) shall include, at a 
minimum, with respect to each project included in the 
status report— 
‘‘(A) the name of the party submitting the 
letter of interest or application; 
‘‘(B) the name of the project; 
‘‘(C) the date on which the letter of interest 
or application was received; 
‘‘(D) the estimated project eligible costs; 
‘‘(E) the type of credit assistance sought; 
and 
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‘‘(F) the anticipated fiscal year and quarter 
for closing of the credit assistance.’’. 
DIVISION C—HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 8001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Act of 2020’’. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 8101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraphs (1) 
through (5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(2) $68,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(3) $69,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(4) $71,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
‘‘(5) $72,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2021 through 
2025’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$21,988,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$24,025,000’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025’’; 
(4) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE
WITH
LOCAL
EMERGENCY
RE-
SPONDER TRAINING GRANTS.—From the Hazardous Mate-
rials Emergency Preparedness Fund established under sec-
tion 5116(h), the Secretary may expend $1,800,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to carry out the grant 
program under section 5107(j).’’. 
TITLE 
II—HAZARDOUS 
MATE-
RIALS SAFETY AND IMPROVE-
MENT 
SEC. 8201. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED 
TO LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 828 of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note), and the 
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item relating to such section in the table of contents in sec-
tion 1(b) of such Act, are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 333 of the 
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Pursuant 
to section 828 of the FAA Modernization and Re-
form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note), the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (b); 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (h) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) ICAO 
TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTIONS.—The 
term ‘ICAO Technical Instructions’ means the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization Technical In-
structions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods 
by Air.’’. 
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SEC. 8202. TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS 
BY RAIL TANK CAR. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration, in coordination with the Ad-
ministrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safe-
ty Administration, shall initiate an evaluation of the safe-
ty, security, and environmental risks of transporting lique-
fied natural gas by rail. 
(b) TESTING.—In conducting the evaluation under 
subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration shall— 
(1) perform physical testing of rail tank cars, in-
cluding, at a minimum, the DOT–113 specification, 
to evaluate the performance of such rail tank cars in 
the event of an accident or derailment, including 
evaluation of the extent to which design and construc-
tion features such as steel thickness and valve protec-
tions prevent or mitigate the release of liquefied nat-
ural gas; 
(2) analyze multiple release scenarios, including 
derailments, front-end collisions, rear-end collisions, 
side-impact collisions, grade-crossing collisions, punc-
tures, and impact of an incendiary device, at a min-
imum of 3 speeds of travel with a sufficient range of 
speeds to evaluate the safety, security, and environ-
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mental risks posed under real-world operating condi-
tions; and 
(3) examine the effects of exposure to climate 
conditions across rail networks, including tempera-
ture, humidity, and any other factors that the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Railroad Administration 
determines could influence performance of rail tank 
cars and components of such rail tank cars. 
(c) OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In conducting 
the evaluation under subsection (a), the Administrator of 
the Federal Railroad Administration shall evaluate the im-
pact of a discharge of liquefied natural gas from a rail tank 
car on public safety and the environment, and consider— 
(1) the benefits of route restrictions, speed re-
strictions, enhanced brake requirements, personnel re-
quirements, rail tank car technological requirements, 
and other operating controls; 
(2) the advisability of consist restrictions, in-
cluding limitations on the arrangement and quantity 
of rail tank cars carrying liquefied natural gas in 
any given consist; 
(3) the identification of potential impact areas, 
and the number of homes and structures potentially 
endangered by a discharge in rural, suburban, and 
urban environments; 
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(4) the impact of discharge on the environment, 
including air quality impacts; 
(5) the benefits of advanced notification to the 
Department of Transportation, State Emergency Re-
sponse Commissions, and Tribal Emergency Response 
Commissions of routes for moving liquefied natural 
gas by rail tank car; 
(6) how first responders respond to an incident, 
including the extent to which specialized equipment 
or training would be required and the cost to commu-
nities for acquiring any necessary equipment or 
training; 
(7) whether thermal radiation could occur from 
a discharge; 
(8) an evaluation of the rail tank car authorized 
by the Secretary of Transportation for liquefied nat-
ural gas or similar cryogenic liquids, and a deter-
mination of whether specific safety enhancements or 
new standards are necessary to ensure the safety of 
rail transport of liquefied natural gas; and 
(9) the risks posed by the transportation of lique-
fied natural gas by International Organization for 
Standardization containers authorized by the Federal 
Railroad Administration. 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate, and make available to the public— 
(1) a report based on the evaluation and testing 
conducted under subsections (a) and (b), which shall 
include the results of the evaluation and testing and 
recommendations for mitigating or eliminating the 
safety, security, environmental, and other risks of an 
accident or incident involving the transportation of 
liquefied natural gas by rail; and 
(2) a complete list of all research related to the 
transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail con-
ducted by the Federal Railroad Administration, the 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Adminis-
tration, or any other entity of the Federal Govern-
ment since 2010 that includes, for each research 
item— 
(A) the title of any reports or studies pro-
duced with respect to the research; 
(B) the agency, entity, or organization per-
forming the research; 
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(C) the names of all authors and co-authors 
of any report or study produced with respect to 
the research; and 
(D) the date any related report was pub-
lished or is expected to publish. 
(e) DATA COLLECTION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration and the Administrator of 
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administra-
tion shall collect any relevant data or records necessary to 
complete the evaluation required by subsection (a). 
(f) GAO REPORT.—After the evaluation required by 
subsection (a) has been completed, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct an independent evalua-
tion to verify that the Federal Railroad Administration and 
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administra-
tion complied with the requirements of this Act, and trans-
mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the findings of such independent evaluation. 
(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REVIEW
PERIOD
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘review period’’ means the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
ending on the earlier of— 
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tation qualifications or expertise. Of the individ-
uals appointed— 
‘‘(i) 1 shall be a Mayor or Governor of 
a location served by a regularly scheduled 
Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor; 
‘‘(ii) 1 shall be a Mayor or Governor 
of a location served by a regularly scheduled 
Amtrak service that is not on the Northeast 
Corridor; 
‘‘(iii) 1 shall be a labor representative 
of Amtrak employees; and 
‘‘(iv) 2 shall be individuals with a his-
tory of regular Amtrak ridership and an 
understanding of the concerns of rail pas-
sengers.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘users of 
Amtrak, including the elderly and individuals 
with disabilities, and’’ after ‘‘and balanced rep-
resentation of’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘A member of the Board appointed 
under clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(C) shall 
serve for a term of 5 years or until such member 
leaves the elected office such member occupied at 
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