Sec. 3. Alcohol and controlled substance reporting of Amtrak locomotive engineers and conductors
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall determine whether the regulations set forth in parts 240 and 242 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, promulgated pursuant to sections 20135 and 20163 of title 49, United States Code, in order to protect the traveling public, should be revised to require locomotive engineers and conductors or personnel seeking initial certification to become a locomotive engineer or a conductor for Amtrak to report arrests due to drug or alcohol offenses immediately or as soon as practicable. If the Secretary of Transportation determines that the regulations referred to in subsection
(a)should be revised in accordance with such subsection, the Secretary shall— notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of such determination; and not later than 18 months after such determination, publish a notice in the Federal Register of a proposed revision to such regulations to require locomotive engineers and conductors, or personnel seeking initial certification to become a locomotive engineer or a conductor for Amtrak, to report arrests due to drug or alcohol offenses immediately or as soon as practicable.