Sec. 203. High hazard rail shipments training grants
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Section 5116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4)as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; in paragraph (1)— by striking tribes to train and inserting the following: “tribes— to train ; and by striking material. and all that follows and inserting the following: “material; and to train public sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving trains transporting at least 20 tank cars of flammable liquids or gases. ; by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: To the extent that a grant under paragraph
(1)is used to train emergency responders, the State or Indian tribe shall provide written certification to the Secretary that the emergency responders who receive training under the grant will have the ability to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents or incidents involving the transportation of flammable liquids or gases in accordance with existing regulations or National Fire Protection Association standards for competence of responders to accidents and incidents involving flammable liquids or gases. ; and in paragraph (3), as redesignated— in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (C)— by striking under paragraph
(1)of this subsection and inserting received to carry out the purpose described in paragraph (1)(A) ; and by striking the period at the end, and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to a State or Indian tribe that agrees to make available— at least 90 percent of the amount of the grant received to carry out the purpose described in paragraph (1)(B) in fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 to local emergency planning committees established under section 301(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 ( 42 U.S.C. 1101(c) ) to develop emergency plans under such Act; and at least 75 percent of the amount of the grant received to carry out the purpose described in paragraph (1)(B) in fiscal year 2019, and in each subsequent fiscal year, to local emergency planning committees established under such section 301(c) to develop emergency plans under such Act. ; by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and
(k)as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and
(l)respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following: The Federal share of each grant awarded under subsections (a)(1)(C) and (b)(1)(B) shall be— 100 percent of the eligible costs incurred by the State or Indian tribe in fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017; and 80 percent of the eligible costs incurred by the State or Indian tribe in fiscal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal year. .
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