,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide for the             
identification of certain dangerous     
railroad locations1 and for the safety  
of passenger operations at such         
locations4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,passenger ,train   
,derailment ,prevention ,act4  #b4      
,dangerous railroad locations  7a7      
,amendment ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter  
#bja of title #di1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new section3  #bjafh4     
,dangerous railroad locations4  7a7     
,identification ,not later than #ij days
 after the date of enactment of the     
,passenger ,train ,derailment           
,prevention ,act1 each railroad carrier 
on whose tracks an entity providing     

regularly scheduled intercity rail      
passenger transportation or commuter    
rail passenger transportation1 as       
defined in section #bdajb1 conducts such
 transportation shall submit to the     
,secretary of ,transportation a list    
identifying each curve1 bridge1 tunnel1 
or other location on such tracks where  
the maximum authorized operating speed  
for such a passenger train is at least  
#bj miles per hour less than the maximum
 approach speed4 ,the ,secretary shall  
provide such information to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 along with a list of   
any additional track locations the      
,secretary identifies as dangerous4  7b7
 ,safety regulations ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 the ,passenger ,train ,derailment      
,prevention ,act1 the ,secretary shall  
exercise the authority granted under    

section #bjajd to require that1 not     
later than #ij days after the exercise  
of such authority--  7#a7 each entity   
providing regularly scheduled intercity 
rail passenger transportation or        
commuter rail passenger transportation1 
as defined in section #bdajb1 using a   
train equipped with an automatic train  
control system modify such system to    
automatically slow down the train if it 
fails to comply with applicable maximum 
authorized speed limits at the locations
 identified under subsection 7a72  7#b7 
each entity providing regularly         
scheduled intercity rail passenger      
transportation or commuter rail         
passenger transportation1 as defined in 
section #bdajb1 using a train not       
equipped with an automatic train control
 system provide that the train movement 
through the locations identified under  
subsection 7a7 be made--  7,a7 with a   
second qualified crewmember in the cab  
of the controlling locomotive2 or  7,b7 
with constant communication between the 

locomotive engineer and an additional   
qualified and designated crewmember in  
the body of the train2 and  7#c7 each   
railroad carrier on whose tracks        
regularly scheduled intercity rail      
passenger transportation or commuter    
rail passenger transportation is        
conducted install additional wayside    
signage along the carrier's tracks where
 such transportation is conducted       
alerting engineers and conductors of the
 maximum authorized passenger train     
speed1 particularly at the locations    
identified under subsection 7a74  7c7   
,alternative safety measures ,the       
,secretary may exempt from the          
requirements of this section any segment
 of track for which operations are      
governed by a positive train control    
system certified under section #bjaeg or
 any other safety technology or practice
 that would achieve an equivalent or    
greater level of safety in reducing     
derailment risk4  4  7b7 ,table of      
sections amendment ,the table of        

sections for subchapter ,,ii of chapter 
#bja of title #di1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new item3  ,sec4 #bjafh4  
,dangerous railroad locations4  4