Clean Railroads Act of 2008

Pub. L. 110–432

Also known as: Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

95 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 110-180 and Public Law 110-460.

• 23 U.S.C. § 130 — Railway-highway crossings
• 45 U.S.C. § 822 — Direct loans and loan guarantees
• 49 U.S.C. § 103 — Federal Railroad Administration
• 49 U.S.C. § 1139 — Assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents
• 49 U.S.C. § 10501 — General jurisdiction
• 49 U.S.C. § 10908 — Regulation of solid waste rail transfer facilities
• 49 U.S.C. § 10909 — Solid waste rail transfer facility land-use exemption
• 49 U.S.C. § 10910 — Effect on other statutes and authorities
• 49 U.S.C. § 14504a — Unified Carrier Registration System plan and agreement
• 49 U.S.C. § 20102 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 20103 — General authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 20104 — Emergency authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 20107 — Inspection and investigation
• 49 U.S.C. § 20109 — Employee protections
• 49 U.S.C. § 20111 — Enforcement by the Secretary of Transportation
• 49 U.S.C. § 20112 — Enforcement by the Attorney General
• 49 U.S.C. § 20116 — Rulemaking process
• 49 U.S.C. § 20117 — Authorization of appropriations
• 49 U.S.C. § 20118 — Prohibition on public disclosure of railroad safety analysis records
• 49 U.S.C. § 20119 — Study on use of certain reports and surveys
• 49 U.S.C. § 20120 — Enforcement report
• 49 U.S.C. § 20134 — Grade crossings and railroad rights of way
• 49 U.S.C. § 20151 — Railroad trespassing, vandalism, and highway-rail grade crossing warning sign violation prevention strategy
• 49 U.S.C. § 20152 — Notification of grade crossing problems
• 49 U.S.C. § 20156 — Railroad safety risk reduction program
• 49 U.S.C. § 20157 — Implementation of positive train control systems
• 49 U.S.C. § 20158 — Railroad safety technology grants
• 49 U.S.C. § 20159 — Roadway user sight distance at highway-rail grade crossings
• 49 U.S.C. § 20160 — National crossing inventory
• 49 U.S.C. § 20161 — Fostering introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings
• 49 U.S.C. § 20162 — Minimum training standards and plans
• 49 U.S.C. § 20163 — Certification of train conductors
• 49 U.S.C. § 20164 — Development and use of rail safety technology
• 49 U.S.C. § 20165 — Limitations on non-Federal alcohol and drug testing
• 49 U.S.C. § 20166 — Emergency escape breathing apparatus
• 49 U.S.C. § 20167 — Railroad safety infrastructure improvement grants
• 49 U.S.C. § 21101 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 21102 — Nonapplication, exemption, and alternate hours of service regime
• 49 U.S.C. § 21103 — Limitations on duty hours of train employees
• 49 U.S.C. § 21104 — Limitations on duty hours of signal employees
• 49 U.S.C. § 21106 — Limitations on employee sleeping quarters
• 49 U.S.C. § 21108 — Pilot projects
• 49 U.S.C. § 21109 — Regulatory authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 21301 — Chapter 201 general violations
• 49 U.S.C. § 21302 — Chapter 201 accident and incident violations and chapter 203–209 violations
• 49 U.S.C. § 21303 — Chapter 211 violations
• 49 U.S.C. § 21311 — Records and reports
• 49 U.S.C. § 22106 — Limitations on financial assistance
• 49 U.S.C. § 22301 — Capital grants for class II and class III railroads
• 49 U.S.C. § 22501 — Financial assistance to States for certain projects
• 49 U.S.C. § 22502 — Distribution
• 49 U.S.C. § 22503 — Standards for awarding grants
• 49 U.S.C. § 22504 — Use of funds
• 49 U.S.C. § 22505 — Authorization of appropriations
• 49 U.S.C. § 22701 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 22702 — Authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 22703 — Purposes
• 49 U.S.C. § 22704 — Transparency; coordination; review
• 49 U.S.C. § 22705 — Content
• 49 U.S.C. § 22706 — Review
• 49 U.S.C. § 24101 — Findings, mission, and goals
• 49 U.S.C. § 24102 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 24105 — Congestion grants
• 49 U.S.C. § 24302 — Board of directors
• 49 U.S.C. § 24310 — Management accountability
• 49 U.S.C. § 24316 — Plans to address needs of families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents
• 49 U.S.C. § 24401 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 24402 — Capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service
• 49 U.S.C. § 24403 — Project management oversight
• 49 U.S.C. § 24404 — Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project
• 49 U.S.C. § 24405 — Grant conditions
• 49 U.S.C. § 24406 — Authorization of appropriations
• 49 U.S.C. § 24702 — Transportation requested by States, authorities, and other persons
• 49 U.S.C. § 24706 — Discontinuance
• 49 U.S.C. § 24710 — Long-distance routes
• 49 U.S.C. § 24711 — Alternate passenger rail service pilot program
• 49 U.S.C. § 24903 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–134, title IV, §405(a), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2586
• 49 U.S.C. § 24904 — General authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 24905 — Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission; Safety Committee
• 49 U.S.C. § 24910 — Rail cooperative research program
• 49 U.S.C. § 26101 — High-speed rail corridor planning
• 49 U.S.C. § 26104 — Authorization of appropriations
• 49 U.S.C. § 26106 — High-speed rail corridor development
• 49 U.S.C. § 28501 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 28502 — Surface Transportation Board mediation of trackage use requests
• 49 U.S.C. § 28503 — Surface Transportation Board mediation of rights-of-way use requests
• 49 U.S.C. § 28504 — Applicability of other laws
• 49 U.S.C. § 28505 — Rules and regulations
• 49 U.S.C. §§ 22501 to 22505 — Repealed.
• 49 U.S.C. § 22901 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 22902 — Capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service
• 49 U.S.C. § 22903 — Project management oversight
• 49 U.S.C. § 22904 — Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project
• 49 U.S.C. § 22905 — Grant conditions
• 49 U.S.C. § 22906 — Authorization of appropriations