Railroad Responsibility Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-9248
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2024-08-02
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Railroad Responsibility Act of 2024</strong></p><p>This bill provides states with the authority to adopt or enact any law, regulation, order, or other requirement limiting the duration that a railroad carrier may block a highway-rail grade crossing. Specifically, this bill states that federal transportation laws do not preempt a state from adopting or enacting these limits.&nbsp;</p><p>As background, state and federal courts have generally found that state laws regarding obstructed crossings are preempted by one or more federal laws, thereby&nbsp;rendering the state laws&nbsp;unenforceable.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9248 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2024 Mr. Davidson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide States the authority to limit blocking highway-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Railroad Responsibility Act of 2024 . 2. State authority to limit blocking highway-Rail grade crossings (a) General jurisdiction of Surface Transportation Board Section 10501(c)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) State authority To limit blocking highway-Rail grade crossings Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this title does not preempt a State from the adoption or enactment of any law, regulation, order, or other requirement related to limiting the duration that a railroad carrier may block a highway-rail grade crossing. . (b) Preemption Section 20106(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) State authority To limit blocking highway-Rail grade crossings (A) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this title does not preempt a State from the adoption or enactment of any law, regulation, order, or other requirement related to limiting the duration that a railroad carrier may block a highway-rail grade crossing. (B) State defined In this paragraph, the term State means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia. .