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HR 650 105th Congress House

Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1997

Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve safety at public railway-highway crossings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 9, 1997 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Economics and Public FinanceFederal aid highway programHighway engineeringInfrastructure
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Railroad engineeringRailroad safetyTraffic accidents and safety
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Feb 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 6, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E182)
Feb 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 20, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1997 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Transportation, for FY 1998, to set aside five percent of the funds authorized for the surface transportation program to be apportioned among the States for railway-highway crossings based on a formula which takes into account the number of accidents and fatalities at public railway-highway crossings over a three-year period, the number of such crossings, and the number of such crossings with passive warning devices in each State relative to all States. Provides for exclusive availability of specified apportioned funds for railway-highway crossings and for hazard elimination programs in FY 1998.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · May 30, 1997
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Apr 29, 1997
CRANE, PHILIP
· Apr 9, 1997
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 9, 1997
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Apr 9, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 650: Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-650/
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"H.R. 650: Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-650/.
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