49 U.S.C. § 20146
Institute for Railroad Safety
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 20146, Institute for Railroad Safety, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490376
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The Secretary of Transportation, in conjunction with a university or college having expertise in transportation safety, shall establish, within one year after November 2, 1994, an Institute for Railroad Safety. The Institute shall research, develop, fund, and test measures for reducing the number of fatalities and injuries relevant to railroad operations. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000 to fund activities carried out under this section by the Institute, which shall report at least once each year on its use of such funds in carrying out such activities and the results thereof to the Secretary of Transportation and the Congress.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An Act to authorize appropriations for high-speed ground transportation, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally