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 12 2 STA T .4890PUBLIC LA W 110 – 4 3 2 —O CT. 1 6, 2008 methods o fingr ess a nd egress .Suc hgo v ernments sha l lusea p pro - priate means to protect and restrict the distri b ution of an y security sensitive information ( as defined in part 1520 .5 of title 49,C ode of F ederal R egulations ) provided by the railroad carrier under this section, consistent w ith national security interests. SEC.415 . MU SEUM LO COMO TIV E STU DY . (a) S TUDY . —T he Secretary shall conduct a study of the re q uire- ments relating to safety inspections of diesel-electric locomotives and equipment that are operated in limited service by railroad- related museums, historical societies, and tourist or scenic railroads. The study shall include an analysis of the safety consequences of requiring less frequent inspections of such locomotives and equip- ment, including periodic inspections or inspections based on service days and air bra k e inspections. (b) R EPOR T.— N ot later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this A ct, the Secretary shall transmit a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) to the Committee on Transportation and I nfrastructure of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. SEC. 41 6 .S AF ETY I N S P ECTIONS IN ME X ICO. M echanical and brake inspections of rail cars performed in Me x ico shall not be treated as satisfying U nited States rail safety laws or regulations unless the Secretary of Transportation certifies that— (1) such inspections are being performed under regulations and standards equivalent to those applicable in the United States (2) the inspections are being performed by employees that have received training similar to the training received by similar railroad employees in the United States; ( 3 ) inspection records that are required to be available to the crewmembers on board the train, including air slips and blue cards, are maintained in both E nglish and Spanish, and such records are available to the Federal Railroad Adminis- tration for review; and (4) the Federal Railroad Administration is permitted to perform onsite inspections for the purpose of ensuring compli- ance with the requirements of this subsection. SEC. 41 7 . R AILROAD B RID G E SAFETY ASSURANCE. (a) I NG ENER AL .—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a regulation requiring owners of track carried on one or more railroad bridges to adopt a bridge safety management program to prevent the deterioration of railroad bridges and reduce the risk of human casualties, environmental damage, and disruption to the Nation ’ s railroad transportation system that would result from a catastrophic bridge failure. (b) RE Q U I RE M ENT S .—The regulations shall, at a minimum, require each track owner to— (1) to develop and maintain an accurate inventory of its railroad bridges, which shall identify the location of each bridge, its configuration, type of construction, number of spans, span lengths, and all other information necessary to provide for the safe management of the bridges; Deadlin e .R e gu la t i o n s. 49USC201 0 3 note. Ce r ti f i c ation. 49 USC 2010 7 note.

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