RURAL Act

Bill: 117-hr-947
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-08
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: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-08
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 and protective 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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 947 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2021 Mr. Pence (for himself and Ms. Brownley ) 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) in subparagraph (A) by striking and the installation of protective devices and inserting , the installation of protective devices, and the replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices ; and (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings and inserting construction or installation of protective devices (including replacement of functionally obsolete protective devices) at railway-highway crossings ; (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 .