RURAL Act

Bill: 116-hr-7223
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-15
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads

Roads and highways

State and local finance

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act or the RURAL Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies requirements for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program.</p> <p>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 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7223 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2020 Mr. Pence (for himself and Ms. Brownley of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify certain requirements of the railway-highway crossings program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act or the RURAL Act . 2. Railway-highway crossings program Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(1)(A) by striking and the installation of protective devices and inserting , the installation of protective devices, and the replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices ; (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 .