Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act” or the “RURAL Act”.
Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify certain requirements of the railway-highway crossings program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Railway-highway crossings program
Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (e)(1)—
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
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”;
in subsection (f)(3) by striking “90 percent” and inserting “100 percent”; and
in subsection (i)(3)(B) by striking “$7,500” and inserting “$100,000”.