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PUBLIC LAW 93-633-JAN. 3, 1975

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(2) The Secretary shall take all steps necessary to bring orders, determinations, rules, and regulations into conformity with the purposes and provisions of this title as soon as practicable, but in any event no permits, contracts, certificates, licenses, or privileges granted prior to the date of enactment of this title, or renewed or extended thereafter, shall be of any effect more than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, unless there is full compliance with the purposes and provisions of this Act and regulations thereunder. (c) Proceedings pending upon the date of enactment of this title shall not be affected by the provisions of this title and shall be completed as if this title had not been enacted, unless the Secretary makes a determination that the public health and safety otherwise require. AUTHORIZATION TOR APPROPRIATIONS

49 USC 1812. Rail Safety

gj;Q. 115, Thcpe is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this title, not to exceed $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. TITLE II—KAIL SAFETY

Improvement Act of 1974. SHORT TITLE 45 USC 440 note.

SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Kail Safety Improvement Act of 1974". DECLARATION

note "^*^ ° 45 USC 431 note.

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SEC. 202. The Congress finds that more effective realization of the purposes of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 requires that Act to be amended to mandate comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the rail safety program, to increase the amount and percentage of available resources for inspection, investigation, and enforcement, and to increase the enforcement powers of the Secretary of Transportation. C O M P R E H E N S IV E RAILROAD SAFETY REPORT

Presi'dJnt'and cong'ret".^" Contents.

45 USC 435.

SEC. 203. Section 211 of the Federal Kailroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 440) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "^^^^ SPECIAL KEPORT,—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Prcsldeut and the Congress, not later than March 17, 1976, a comprchensivc railroad safety report. Such report shall— " (1) contain a description of the areas of railroad safety with respect to which Federal safety standards issued under this Act are in effect (as of June 30, 1975); "(2) identify any area of railroad safety with respect to which Federal safety standards have been proposed but have not been issued under this Act (as of June 30, 1975); "(3) identify any area of railroad safety with respect to which Federal safety standards have not been issued under this Act (as of June 30, 1975); "(4) identify alternative and more cost-effective methods for inspection and enforcement of Federal safety standards, including mechanical and electronic inspectioUj and contain an evaluation of problems involved in implementing such alternatives, with specific attention to the need for cooperation with the railroad industry; "(5) identify the areas of railroad safety listed in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection which involve, or which may involve. State participation under section 206 of ^j^ig ^ c t;

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