Sec. 9507. Border crossings
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The Secretary of Transportation shall require that— any railroad carrier that is operating a freight train across the southern border into the United States operates the train continually until the last car of the train passes through the scanning facility used for nonintrusive inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at such border; when the last car of such train passes through such facility, the railroad carrier shall stop such train to conduct a crew interchange and any federally-mandated safety testing; and the railroad carrier ensures that the only individuals that operate such trains after carrying out the activities described in paragraph
(2)are individuals— who are United States nationals or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; and whose primary reporting point is in the United States. From the amounts made available to carry out section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall set aside, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, $60,000,000 for projects to prevent blocked crossing incidents as a result of operations made necessary by subsection (a). Projects eligible for funding under this paragraph are— highway-rail grade crossing separation projects eligible under such section that are located not further than 1.5 miles from a scanning facility described in subsection (a)(1); and projects eligible under such section to relocate a rail line to prevent blocked crossing incidents resulting from trains crossing the southern border. Any funds provided under paragraph
(1)that are unobligated at the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such funds are set aside may be used for any eligible project under section 22907. The Secretary shall ensure that a recipient of funds made available under subsection (b)(1)(A) has a written agreement with any railroad carrier operating over the infrastructure constructed or improved with such funds that includes a requirement that any such railroad carrier may not operate trains over such infrastructure that, due to the length of the train, are likely to cause blocked crossing incidents. Nothing in this section shall be construed as amending any safety regulation of the Federal Railroad Administration or amending or revoking any waivers such Administration has granted under section 20103 of title 49, United States Code. In this section: The term railroad carrier has the meaning given such term in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code. The term southern border means the international border between the United States and Mexico. The term blocked crossing incident has the meaning given such term in section 20173 of title 49, United States Code.