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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2 (Reported in House) — To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 9557

Sec. 9557. Counting railroad suicides

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Not less than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall revise any regulations, guidance, or other relevant agency documents to count suicides on a railroad crossing or railroad right-of-way as trespassing deaths. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may require Federal, State, and local agencies, railroads, or other entities to submit such data as necessary. The requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the modification required by subsection (a).
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