Sec. 11108. Railway-highway grade crossings
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Section 130(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting protective devices ; and railway-Highway grade crossings in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings in the matter preceding clause
(i)and all that follows through 2020. in clause
(v)and inserting the following: , the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, the replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices, and as described in subparagraph (B), not less than $245,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ; and by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: A State may use funds set aside under subparagraph
(A)for projects to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries from trespassing at grade crossings. . Section 130(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 90 percent and inserting 100 percent . Section 130(i)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking $7,500 and inserting $100,000 . Section 130(k) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking 2 percent and inserting 8 percent . Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes an analysis of the effectiveness of the railway-highway crossings program under section 130 of title 23, United States Code. It is the sense of Congress that the Department should, where feasible, coordinate departmental efforts to prevent or reduce trespasser deaths along railroad rights-of-way and at or near railway-highway crossings.