Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act” or the “SAFE TRACKS Act”.
State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety
Section 20167 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (4) by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
“(5) how the State will work with stakeholders, including railroads operating in and across the State, to reduce pedestrian fatalities, including suicides, along railroad right of way, in consultation with mental health and law enforcement agencies and entities; and”
in subsection (b) by inserting “and every 5 years thereafter,” before “the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration”.