---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 271.401"
title: "49"
number: "271.401"
heading: "Annual internal assessments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/271.401"
---

# §271.401. Annual internal assessments.

- (a) Beginning with the first calendar year after the calendar year in which FRA approves a railroad's RRP plan pursuant to [§ 271.301(d)](/cfr/49/271.301.md?p=d), the railroad shall annually (i.e., once every calendar year) conduct an internal assessment of its RRP.
- (b) The internal assessment shall determine the extent to which the railroad has:
  - (1) Achieved the implementation milestones described in its RRP plan pursuant to [§ 271.225(b)](/cfr/49/271.225.md?p=b);
  - (2) Complied with the implemented elements of the approved RRP plan;
  - (3) Achieved the goals described in its RRP plan pursuant to [§ 271.203(c)](/cfr/49/271.203.md?p=c);
  - (4) Implemented previous internal assessment improvement plans pursuant to [§ 271.403](/cfr/49/271.403.md); and
  - (5) Implemented previous external audit improvement plans pursuant to [§ 271.503](/cfr/49/271.503.md).
- (c) A railroad shall ensure that the results of its internal assessments are internally reported to railroad senior management.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20106-20107, 20118-20119, 20156, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 9314, Feb. 18, 2020, unless otherwise noted.