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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Positive Train Control Enforcement 
and Implementation Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING SAFE IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL ON 
              POISONOUS OR TOXIC-BY-INHALATION AND PASSENGER RAIL 
              LINES.

    Section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``18 months after the date of 
                enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008'' 
                and inserting ``60 days after the date of enactment of 
                the Positive Train Control Enforcement and 
                Implementation Act of 2015'';
                    (B) by striking ``develop'' and inserting 
                ``revise'';
                    (C) by striking ``December 31, 2015'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2018, or the deadline determined 
                appropriate by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 
                (2)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``parts'' and 
                inserting ``sections'';
            (2) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Authority to extend deadline.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary may extend the deadline 
                described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
                applicable to each carrier or entity required to submit 
                a plan under paragraph (1), for a period not to exceed 
                12 months if such a carrier or entity demonstrates to 
                the satisfaction of the Secretary that such carrier or 
                entity--
                            ``(i) will not be able to implement a 
                        positive train control system by the deadline 
                        described in paragraph (1) due to technical, 
                        programmatic, or operational challenges, such 
                        as availability of public funding, spectrum, 
                        technology, and interoperability standards;
                            ``(ii) has taken actions to address such 
                        challenges and mitigate risks to successful 
                        implementation of a positive train control 
                        system; and
                            ``(iii) has made good faith efforts to 
                        implement the plan described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B)(i) The Secretary may grant an additional one-
                time extension of the deadline described in paragraph 
                (1), applicable to each carrier or entity required to 
                submit a plan under paragraph (1), not to exceed 12 
                months, if such a carrier or entity, or a group 
                thereof, is not able to fully implement a positive 
                train control system on or before the date that is the 
                last day of the extension granted under subparagraph 
                (A), and such carrier or entity--
                            ``(I) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary that implementing a positive 
                        train control system was delayed due to 1 or 
                        more circumstances beyond the control of the 
                        carrier or entity, such as a delay in Federal 
                        approval of a plan, testing, or certification; 
                        or
                            ``(II) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary--
                                    ``(aa) that such carrier or entity 
                                will not be able to implement a 
                                positive train control system by the 
                                deadline described in paragraph (1) due 
                                to technical, programmatic, or 
                                operational challenges;
                                    ``(bb) due diligence in its efforts 
                                to fully implement a positive train 
                                control system; and
                                    ``(cc) that substantial progress 
                                has been made in deploying positive 
                                train control, to the extent feasible.
                    ``(ii) A demonstrating carrier or entity under 
                clause (i) must certify to the Secretary in writing 
                that such carrier or entity will be in full compliance 
                with the requirements of this section on or before the 
                date that is the last date of the extension granted 
                under clause (i).
            ``(3) Implementation.--
                    ``(A) The revised plan shall--
                            ``(i) describe how the railroad carrier or 
                        entity will provide for interoperability of the 
                        system with movements of trains of other 
                        railroad carriers or entities over its lines;
                            ``(ii) to the extent practical, provide for 
                        implementation of the system in a manner that 
                        addresses areas of greater risk before areas of 
                        lesser risk;
                            ``(iii) comply with this section and 
                        subpart I of part 236 of title 49, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations; and
                            ``(iv) include a detailed schedule and 
                        sequence for fully implementing a positive 
                        train control system in accordance with this 
                        section and such regulations.
                    ``(B) The railroad carrier shall implement a 
                positive train control system in accordance with such 
                plan.'';
            (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Progress Reports.--Not later than January 1, 2017, and 
annually thereafter until full implementation of positive train control 
systems has been completed, each railroad carrier or entity required to 
revise and transmit a plan under subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary a report on the progress of such carrier or entity toward 
implementing positive train control systems.
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Congressional notification.--Not later than April 1, 
        2018, the Secretary shall transmit 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 on the progress of the 
        railroad carriers in implementing positive train control 
        systems.
            ``(2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make 
        available to the public on the Department of Transportation's 
        Internet Web site each progress report submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) and subsection (c).''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Provisional operation.--In lieu of the requirements 
        of paragraph (1), the Secretary may authorize a railroad 
        carrier or other entity to commence operation in revenue 
        service of a positive train control system or component to the 
        extent necessary to enable the safe implementation of positive 
        train control systems in phases.''.
[A]: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015 This bill extends deadlines and modifies requirements for railroad carriers and providers of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control (PTC) systems.  (A PTC system is a communications and signaling system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. Railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with certain hazardous materials are required to implement a PTC system.)  Within 60 days of enactment of this bill, each Class I railroad carrier (the largest operators by revenue) and provider of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation must submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a plan for implementing PTC by December 31, 2018, instead of the December 31, 2015, deadline required under current law. DOT may extend the deadline if specified requirements are met.  The revised plan must include a detailed schedule and sequence for fully implementing PTC in a manner that complies with specified regulations, and railroads must implement PTC in accordance with the plan.  DOT may authorize a railroad carrier or other entity to begin the provisional operation of a PTC system without the required certification if it is necessary to enable the safe implementation of PTC in phases. 


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Motorcoach Safety, Accountability, 
and Technology Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. BRAKE PERFORMANCE INSPECTIONS.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations to ensure that an 
individual conducts, before each trip of a motorcoach carried out by a 
provider of motorcoach services, a brake performance inspection for 
that motorcoach to ensure that the brake performance satisfies all 
requirements under Federal law.

SEC. 3. BRAKE MONITORING SYSTEMS.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations that--
            (1) establish minimum performance standards for any 
        electronic system onboard a motorcoach that is used to monitor 
        the performance of an air brake system of that motorcoach; and
            (2) require that each motorcoach with an air brake system, 
        if manufactured after the date that is 2 years after the 
        effective date of the standards established under paragraph 
        (1), be equipped with such an electronic system.

SEC. 4. AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING AND COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations requiring that each 
motorcoach manufactured after the effective date of such regulations be 
equipped with--
            (1) an automatic emergency braking system; and
            (2) a collision warning system.

SEC. 5. LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEMS.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations requiring that each 
motorcoach manufactured after the effective date of such regulations, 
and with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, be 
equipped with a lane departure warning system.

SEC. 6. SPEED LIMITING DEVICES.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations requiring that each 
motorcoach manufactured after the effective date of such regulations be 
equipped with a device that limits the speed at which the motorcoach 
may travel to not more than 70 miles per hour.

SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL REGULATION REQUIREMENTS.

    In issuing regulations under sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall--
            (1) require that the technologies mandated for motorcoaches 
        under those sections be tamper resistant; and
            (2) establish a process for certifying compliance with the 
        regulations.

SEC. 8. RETROFITTING.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study 
on the feasibility of requiring that motorcoaches, if not manufactured 
with the technologies referenced in sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this 
Act, be retrofitted with such technologies.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 9. REGROOVED, RECAPPED, AND RETREADED TIRES.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations that establish 
standards for the use of regrooved, recapped, or retreaded tires on a 
motorcoach.

SEC. 10. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 31102(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (X) and inserting the following:
                    ``(X) except in the case of an imminent or obvious 
                safety hazard, ensures that an inspection of a vehicle 
                transporting passengers for a motor carrier of 
                passengers is conducted at a station, terminal, border 
                crossing, maintenance facility, destination, weigh 
                station, rest stop, turnpike service area, or a 
                location where adequate food, shelter, and sanitation 
                facilities are available for passengers and reasonable 
                accommodation is available for passengers with 
                disabilities; and''.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Motorcoach.--The term ``motorcoach'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 32702(6) of MAP-21, except that the 
        reference in such section to section 3038(a)(3) of the 
        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 
        note) shall be treated as referring to such section 3038(a)(3) 
        as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP-21.
            (2) Provider of motorcoach services.--The term ``provider 
        of motorcoach services'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 32702(10) of MAP-21, except that the term 
        ``motorcoach'', as used in such section, shall be treated as 
        having the meaning given such term under paragraph (1) of this 
        section.
[A]: Motorcoach Safety, Accountability, and Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to ensure that an individual conducts a brake performance inspection before each motorcoach trip to ensure that the brake performance satisfies all federal law requirements. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to: (1) establish minimum performance standards for onboard electronic air brake monitoring systems for motorcoaches, (2) require motorcoaches to be equipped with automatic emergency braking and collision warning systems, (3) require motorcoaches with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds to be equipped with a lane departure warning system, and (4) require motorcoaches to be equipped with a device to limit maximum speed to 70 miles per hour. Requires the Secretary to make such technologies tamper resistant. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of requiring motorcoaches be retrofitted with such technologies. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to establish standards for motorcoaches to use regrooved, recapped, or retreaded tires. Revises Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program requirements.  Requires the Secretary to approve plans under which states agree to assume responsibility for improving motor carrier safety and adopt and to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety, hazardous materials transportation safety, or compatible regulations, standards, and orders if the plan ensures that (except in the case of an imminent or obvious safety hazard) an inspection of a passenger motorcoach is conducted at a station, terminal, border crossing maintenance facility, and destination (as under current law), but also a weigh station, rest stop, turnpike service area, or other location where adequate food, shelter, and sanitation facilities are available for passengers as well as passengers with disabilities. 


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable credits) 
is amended by inserting after section 36A the following new section:

``SEC. 36B. CREDIT FOR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--There shall be allowed as a credit against the 
tax imposed by this subtitle--
            ``(1) for any taxable year beginning in 2010, an amount 
        equal to 60 percent of the excess of--
                    ``(A) the aggregate wages paid during 2010, over
                    ``(B) the aggregate wages paid during 2009, and
            ``(2) for any taxable year beginning in 2011, an amount 
        equal to 40 percent of the excess of--
                    ``(A) the aggregate wages paid during 2011, over
                    ``(B) the aggregate inflation-adjusted wages paid 
                during 2010.
    ``(b) Higher Credit for Increased Employment in States With High 
Unemployment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of credit allowable by 
        subsection (a) (without regard to this subsection) shall be 
        increased by--
                    ``(A) 30 percent of the increased high unemployment 
                State wages for any taxable year beginning in 2010, and
                    ``(B) 20 percent of such wages for any taxable year 
                beginning in 2011.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Increased high unemployment state wages.--The 
                term `increased high unemployment State wages' means, 
                with respect to each high unemployment State, the 
                excess which would be determined under subsection (a) 
                for the taxable year (after the application of 
                subsections (e) and (f)) if only wages paid to 
                qualified employees with respect to such State were 
                taken into account.
                    ``(B) Qualified employee.--The term `qualified 
                employee' means, with respect to any State, any 
                employee of an employer if--
                            ``(i) substantially all of the services 
                        performed during the taxable year by such 
                        employee for such employer are performed within 
                        such State in a trade or business of the 
                        employer, and
                            ``(ii) the principal place of abode of such 
                        employee while performing such services is 
                        within such State.
                Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
                section 1396(d) shall apply for purposes of this 
                subparagraph.
                    ``(C) High unemployment state.--The term `high 
                unemployment State' means any State having an 
                unemployment rate (using the most recent available 
                data) as of the beginning of the taxable year for which 
                the credit is being determined of at least 8.5 percent.
            ``(3) Maximum wages taken into account.--The aggregate 
        increased high unemployment State wages which may be taken into 
        account with respect to all high unemployment States for any 
        taxable year shall not exceed the excess determined under 
        subsection (a) for such year.
    ``(c) Maximum Credit.--The amount of the credit allowable under 
this section for any employer with respect to any calendar year shall 
not exceed $500,000.
    ``(d) Special Rules for Employers Which Are Exempt From Income Tax 
or Which Have Insufficient Income Tax Liability.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an employer to which this 
        subsection applies for any payroll period, the payroll taxes 
        otherwise required to be paid to the Secretary with respect to 
        such payroll period shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 
        such period's proportionate share of the employer's estimated 
        credit under subsection (a) for the taxable year which includes 
        such period.
            ``(2) Employers who which subsection applies.--This 
        subsection shall apply to--
                    ``(A) any employer which is exempt from tax under 
                section 501(a), and
                    ``(B) any employer which estimates that the tax 
                imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year will not 
                exceed the credit allowable under subsection (a) for 
                such year.
            ``(3) Payroll taxes.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `payroll taxes' means--
                    ``(A) amounts required to be deducted and withheld 
                for the payroll period under section 3401 (relating to 
                wage withholding),
                    ``(B) amounts required to be deducted for the 
                payroll period under section 3102 (relating to FICA 
                employee taxes), and
                    ``(C) amounts of the taxes imposed for the payroll 
                period under section 3111 (relating to FICA employer 
                taxes).
            ``(4) Amounts treated as paid to secretary.--The amount of 
        the reduction under paragraph (1) shall be treated as paid to 
        the Secretary on the day such amount would be required to be so 
        paid without regard to this subsection.
            ``(5) Reconciliation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If there is a reduction under 
                this subsection for 1 or more payroll periods ending 
                during a taxable year, then the tax imposed by this 
                chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the 
                aggregate amount of such reductions.
                    ``(B) Reconciliation.--Any increase in tax under 
                subparagraph (A) shall not be treated as tax imposed by 
                this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of 
                any credit (other than the credit under subsection (a)) 
                allowable under this part.
    ``(e) Minimum Preceding Year Wages.--For purposes of subsection 
(a)--
            ``(1) the amount taken into account under paragraph (1)(B) 
        thereof shall not be less than 50 percent of the amount 
        described in paragraph (1)(A) thereof, and
            ``(2) the amount taken into account under paragraph (2)(B) 
        thereof shall not be less than 50 percent of the amount 
        described in paragraph (2)(A) thereof.
    ``(f) Total Wages Must Increase.--The amount of credit allowed 
under this section for any taxable year shall not exceed the amount 
which would be so allowed for such year (without regard to subsection 
(e)) if--
            ``(1) the aggregate amounts taken into account as wages 
        were determined without any dollar limitation, and
            ``(2) 103 percent of the amount of wages otherwise required 
        to be taken into account under subsection (a)(1)(B) or 
        subsection (a)(2)(B), as the case may be, were taken into 
        account.
    ``(g) Wages; Inflation-Adjusted Wages.--For purposes of this 
section--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        term `wages' has the meaning given to such term by section 
        3306(b).
            ``(2) Railway and agricultural labor.--Rules similar to the 
        rules of section 51(h) shall apply for purposes of this 
        section.
            ``(3) Inflation-adjusted wages.--The term `inflation-
        adjusted wages' means the aggregate wages paid during 2010 
        increased by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such aggregate wages, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for 2010, determined by 
                substituting `calendar year 2008' for `calendar year 
                1992' in subparagraph (B) thereof.
        Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be 
        rounded in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe.
    ``(h) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Adjustments for certain acquisitions, etc.--
                    ``(A) Acquisitions.--If, after December 31, 2008, 
                an employer acquires the major portion of a trade or 
                business of another person (hereinafter in this 
                subparagraph referred to as the `predecessor') or the 
                major portion of a separate unit of a trade or business 
                of a predecessor, then, for purposes of applying this 
                section for any calendar year ending after such 
                acquisition, the amount of wages deemed paid by the 
                employer during periods before such acquisition shall 
                be increased by so much of such wages paid by the 
                predecessor with respect to the acquired trade or 
                business as is attributable to the portion of such 
                trade or business acquired by the employer.
                    ``(B) Dispositions.--If, after December 31, 2008--
                            ``(i) an employer disposes of the major 
                        portion of any trade or business of the 
                        employer or the major portion of a separate 
                        unit of a trade or business of the employer in 
                        a transaction to which subparagraph (A) 
                        applies, and
                            ``(ii) the employer furnishes the acquiring 
                        person such information as is necessary for the 
                        application of subparagraph (A),
                then, for purposes of applying this section for any 
                calendar year ending after such disposition, the amount 
                of wages deemed paid by the employer during periods 
                before such disposition shall be decreased by so much 
                of such wages as is attributable to such trade or 
                business or separate unit.
            ``(2) Change in status from self-employed to employee.--
        If--
                    ``(A) during 2009 or 2010 an individual has net 
                earnings from self-employment (as defined in section 
                1402(a)) which are attributable a trade or business, 
                and
                    ``(B) for any portion of the succeeding calendar 
                year such individual is an employee of such trade or 
                business,
        then, for purposes of determining the credit allowable for a 
        taxable year beginning in such succeeding calendar year, the 
        employer's aggregate wages for 2009 or 2010, as the case may 
        be, shall be increased by an amount equal to so much of the net 
        earnings referred to in subparagraph (A) as does not exceed the 
        median household income in the United States for 2009 or 2010, 
        as the case may be.
            ``(3) Certain other rules to apply.--Rules similar to the 
        following rules shall apply for purposes of this section:
                    ``(A) Section 51(f) (relating to remuneration must 
                be for trade or business employment).
                    ``(B) Section 51(1)(1) (relating to related 
                individuals ineligible).
                    ``(C) Section 51(k) (relating to treatment of 
                successor employers; treatment of employees performing 
                services for other persons).
                    ``(D) Section 52 (relating to special rules).
            ``(4) Short taxable years.--If the employer has more than 1 
        taxable year beginning in 2010 or 2011, the credit under this 
        section shall be determined for the employer's last taxable 
        year beginning in 2010 or 2011, as the case may be.
    ``(i) Tax-Exempt Employers Treated as Taxpayers.--Solely for 
purposes of this section and section 6402, employers exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) shall be treated as taxpayers.''.
    (b) Denial of Double Benefit.--Subsection (a) of section 280C of 
such Code is amended by inserting ``36B(a),'' before ``45A(a)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by inserting ``36B,'' after ``36A,''.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 36A the following new item:

``Sec. 36B. Credit for increasing employment.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009.
[A]:
Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code allow employers a refundable tax credit for increasing aggregate employee wages paid in 2010 over those paid in 2009, and for increasing aggregate employee wages paid in 2011 over those paid in 2010. Increases the rate of such credit for increasing wage payments in high unemployment states (states with an unemployment rage of at least 8.5%). Limits the annual amount of such credit to $500,000.