RURAL Act

Bill: 117-s-1919
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-05-27
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: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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, and (2) revises the amount of incentive payments a state may provide a local government for permanent closure by such government of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1919 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27, 2021 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Warnock ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 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 titles 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 the replacement of functionally obsolete protective devices) at railway-highway crossings ; and (2) in subsection (i)(3)(B), by striking $7,500 and inserting $100,000 .