Sec. 5. Study on the adequacy of certain track inspections and regulations
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate— an assessment of the adequacy of— railroad track inspections, including the frequency of inspections; training provided to railroad track inspectors and related railroad personnel; railroad compliance with Federal track safety regulations; and Federal oversight of railroads with respect to track safety; and an evaluation on the leading causes of track defects, particularly along routes where passenger trains, high-hazardous flammable trains, or trains carrying poisonous or toxic-by-inhalation materials, explosives, or radioactive material traverse.