Railroad Safety Incentive Act - Title I: Findings, Purpose, and Goals - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a framework for applying a systematic approach for the prevention of railroad accidents and to assure occupational health and safety by requiring railroads to develop and implement comprehensive systematic safety programs for certification under this Act.
Title II: Railroad Safety Systems and Performance - Establishes an Office of Railroad Safety Systems and Performance within the Federal Railroad Administration. Stipulates that the duties of such office are to carry out the provisions of this Act and to assume the work of the present Office of Railroad Safety.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate performance and safety system standards for certification of each railroad.
Requires each railroad to have a plan certified by the Secretary which complies with such standards. Stipulates that such certification shall be for a period of three years.
Requires each railroad with such a certificate to file annual reports with the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration covering its activities under its safety system performance plan including an analysis of its accident data, specific steps taken in response to accident causes, and expenditures for occupational health and safety programs in the plan.
Prescribes civil penalties for failure to adhere to, or violations of, a certificated plan.
Grants the district courts jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief with respect to matters arising under this Act.
Title III: Safety Analysis and Incentives - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to consolidate railroad accident data compilation and evaluation in the Office of Railroad Safety Systems and Performance. Directs the Office to analyze such data for the purpose of determining primary and secondary accident causes, determining statistic significance of accident data comparisons, and devising accident prevention programs.
Authorizes the Secretary to develop a program of annual Federal recognition awards for good railroad safety performance.
Allows State Rail Planning Agencies to apply for Federal railroad safety incentive grants. Directs the Secretary to promulgate criteria for the receipt of such grants. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
Title IV: Financial Assistance for Railroad Safety - Authorizes the Secretary to make safety grants for tracks and facilities to railroads classified by the Interstate Commerce Commission as class I or II common carriers. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of paying all or part of the interest on loans obtained by railroads for improving track or facilities safety.
Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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