49 U.S.C. § 20153
Audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 20153, Audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490383
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As used in this section—
In issuing such regulations, the Secretary may except from the requirement to sound the locomotive horn any categories of rail operations or categories of highway-rail grade crossings (by train speed or other factors specified by regulation)—
The Secretary may, by regulation, provide that the following crossings over railroad lines shall be subject, in whole or in part, to the regulations required under this section:
In issuing regulations under this section, the Secretary—
shall take into account the interest of communities that—
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
- Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
- To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally