Sec. 8. Rail safety
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology shall transmit to Congress a report containing— the results of a study to examine the state of rail safety technologies and an analysis of whether the passenger, commuter, and transit rail transportation industries are keeping up with innovations in technologies to make rail cars safer for passengers and transport of commerce; a determination of how much additional time and public and private resources will be required for railroad carriers to meet the positive train control system implementation requirements under section 20157 of title 49, United States Code; and an identification of technologies that in whole or in part achieve the safety goals of the positive train control implementation requirements under section 20157 that could be implemented sooner than positive train control systems, along with an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages, including costs, of incorporating those alternative technologies to supplement or substitute for positive train control systems.