rail crossings

rail crossings Sec. 205. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding after section 321 the following new section: “§ 322. Demonstration project—rail crossings “(a) The Secretary shall carry out a demonstration project for the elimination of all public ground-level rail-highway crossings along the route of the high-speed ground transportation demonstration projects between Washington, District of Columbia, and Boston, Massachusetts, conducted under authority of the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to undertake research and development in high-speed ground transportation, and for other purposes’, approved September 30, 1965 (49 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.). “(b) the Secretary shall carry out a demonstration project for the elimination or protection of certain public ground-level rail-highway crossings in, or in the vicinity of, Greenwood, South Carolina. “(c) (1) If the highway involved is on any Federal-aid system, the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per centum and the railroad’s share of such cost shall be 10 per centum. 84 Stat. 1743 “(2) If the highway involved is not on any Federal-aid system, the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 80 per centum and the railroad’s share of such cost shall be 10 per centum and the remaining 10 per centum of such cost shall be paid by the State in which such crossing is located. “(d) Before paying any part, of the cost of the demonstration projects authorized by this section, the Secretary shall enter into such agreements with the States and railroads involved to insure that all non-Federal costs will be provided as required by this section. “(e) The Secretary’, in cooperation with State highway departments, shall conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the problem of providing increased highway safety at public and private ground-level rail-highway crossings on a nationwide basis through the elimination of such crossings or otherwise, including specifically high-speed rail operations in all parts of the country, and report to Congress his recommendations resulting from such investigation and study not. later than July 1, 1972, including an estimate of the cost of such a program. Funds authorized to carry out section 307 of this title are authorized to be used to carry out the investigation and study required by this subsection. “(f) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $9,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this section. There is authorized to be appropriated out of the general fund not to exceed $22,000,000 to carry out paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this section.” (b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof: “322. Demonstration project—rail crossings.”