---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 271.405"
title: "49"
number: "271.405"
heading: "Internal assessment reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/271.405"
---

# §271.405. Internal assessment reports.

- (a) Within 60 days of completing its internal assessment, a railroad shall submit a copy of an internal assessment report to the FRA Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer at FRA-RRP@dot.gov.
- (b) This report shall be signed by the railroad's chief official responsible for safety and who bears primary managerial authority for implementing the railroad's safety policy. The report shall include:
  - (1) A description of the railroad's internal assessment;
  - (2) The findings of the internal assessment;
  - (3) A specific description of the recommended improvements contained in the railroad's internal assessment improvement plan, including any proposed amendments the railroad intends to make to the railroad's RRP plan pursuant to [§ 271.303](/cfr/49/271.303.md); and
  - (4) The status of the recommended improvements contained in the railroad's internal assessment improvement plan and any outstanding recommended improvements from previous internal assessment improvement plans.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 9314, Feb. 18, 2020, as amended at 90 FR 28200, July 1, 2025]

### 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.

### Amendments

[85 FR 9314, Feb. 18, 2020, as amended at 90 FR 28200, July 1, 2025]