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RURAL Act

Introduced: May 27, 2021 See on congress.gov
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May 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 27, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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