,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,davidson introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide ,states the authority to limit  
blocking grade rail crossings1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,railroad      
,responsibility ,act of #bjbe 4  #b4    
,state authority to limit blocking grade
 rail crossings  7a7 ,general           
jurisdiction of ,surface ,transportation
 ,board ,section #ajeja7;c77#c7 of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
7,c7 ,state authority ,to limit blocking
 grade rail crossings ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of law1 this title  
does not preempt a ,state from the      
adoption or enactment of any law1       
regulation1 order1 or other requirement 

related to limiting the duration that a 
railroad carrier may block a grade rail 
crossing4  4  7b7 ,preemption ,section  
#bjajf7;a7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7#c7 ,state authority   
,to limit blocking grade rail crossings 
7,a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 this title does 
not preempt a ,state from the adoption  
or enactment of any law1 regulation1    
order1 or other requirement related to  
limiting the duration that a railroad   
carrier may block a grade rail crossing4
  7,b7 ,state defined ,in this          
paragraph1 the term ,state means a      
,state of the ,united ,states and the   
,district of ,columbia4  4