S 1919
117th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Railroads
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
RURAL Act
Introduced: May 27, 2021
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Railway Upgrades for Rural American Lines Act or the RURAL Act
This bill modifies requirements for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program.
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Department of Transportation to set aside highway safety improvement funds for states for the replacement of functionally obsolete warning and protective devices at railway-highway crossings, and (2) revises the amount of incentive payments a state may provide a local government for permanent closure by such government of public at-grade railway-highway crossings.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1