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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5871 (Introduced in House) — To enhance safety requirements for trains, and for other purposes. · Sec. 17

Sec. 17. Additional funding for rail safety inspectors

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Section 20117 of title 49, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by law, there is authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to hire railroad safety inspectors, as described in section 5109(b)(1) of title 5. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by law, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to increase the pay of existing such railroad safety inspectors to not less than a GS–13 level.
With the amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall hire railroad safety inspectors in the following manner, except that the Secretary shall strive to keep the proportionality listed below if the amount made availability is less than what is authorized in paragraph (1): 14 that are hazardous materials experts. 14 that are track experts. 14 that are motive power and equipment experts. 14 that are signals and train control experts. 14 that are operating practice experts. 5 that are rail grade crossing experts. .
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