1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 3 ‘‘Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act’’ or the 4 ‘‘FAST Act’’.
TITLE XI—RAIL
Subtitle D—Safety
Sec. 11405 Bridge inspection reports.
Section 417(d) of the Rail Safety Improvement Act 6 of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20103 note) is amended— 7 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 8 the following: 9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF BRIDGE CONDITION.—
12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or political 13 subdivision of a State may file a request with 14 the Secretary for a public version of a bridge 15 inspection report generated under subsection 16 (b)(5) for a bridge located in such State or po- 17 litical subdivision’s jurisdiction.
18 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC VERSION OF REPORT.—If the 19 Secretary determines that the request is reason- 20 able, the Secretary shall require a railroad to 21 submit a public version of the most recent 22 bridge inspection report, such as a summary 23 form, for a bridge subject to a request under 24 subparagraph (A). The public version of a 25 bridge inspection report shall include the date VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:26 Dec 01, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00990 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\CCHAEN~1\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\FASTACT.X December 1, 2015 (9:26 a.m.) F:\CCH\HR22CONF\FASTACT.XML f:\VHLC\120115\120115.002.xml (619112|11) 991 1 of last inspection, length of bridge, location of 2 bridge, type of bridge, type of structure, feature 3 crossed by bridge, and railroad contact informa- 4 tion, along with a general statement on the con- 5 dition of the bridge.
6 ‘‘(C) PROVISION OF REPORT.—The Sec- 7 retary shall provide to a State or political sub- 8 division of a State a public version of a bridge 9 inspection report submitted under subpara- 10 graph (B).
11 ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec- 12 retary, upon the reasonable request of State or 13 political subdivision of a State, shall provide 14 technical assistance to such State or political 15 subdivision of a State to facilitate the under- 16 standing of a bridge inspection report.’’.
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| Author | Brogan, Robert (FRA) |
| Last Modified By | Brogan, Robert (FRA) |
| File Modified | 2016-02-19 |
| File Created | 2016-02-19 |