Sec. 4. Railroad point of contact for blocked crossing matters
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Section 20152 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph
(C)by striking or at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(D)as subparagraph (E); and by inserting the following after subparagraph (C): blocked crossing incident, as defined in section 20172; or ; in paragraph (4)— by striking paragraph (1)(C) or
(D)and inserting subparagraph (C), (D), or
(E)of paragraph
(1); and by striking and at the end; in paragraph
(5)by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: upon receiving a report of a blocked crossing pursuant to paragraph (1)(D), the railroad carrier shall, within 14 days of receipt of the report— verify that the public highway-rail grade crossing, as defined in section 20172, was blocked for a period of at least 10 minutes; and upon positive verification of the report, enter the report into the national blocked crossings database established in section 20173; and promptly inform the Secretary of any update to the number maintained under paragraph (1). ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall make any telephone number established under subsection
(a)publicly available on the website of the Department of Transportation. .