SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49.

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49.(a) Short Title.—This division may be cited as the “Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this division is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; amendment of title 49. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE I— RAILROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS Sec. 101. Federal Railroad Administration officers and duties. Sec. 102. Railroad safety strategy. Sec. 103. Railroad safety risk reduction program. Sec. 104. Implementation of positive train control. Sec. 105. Railroad safety technology grants. Sec. 106. Reports on statutory mandates and recommendations. Sec. 107. Rulemaking process. Sec. 108. Hours-of-service reform. Sec. 109. Protection of railroad safety risk analyses information. Sec. 110. Pilot projects. TITLE II— HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND TRESPASSER PREVENTION Sec. 201. Pedestrian crossing safety. Sec. 202. State action plans. Sec. 203. Improvements to sight distance at highway-rail grade crossings. Sec. 204. National crossing inventory. Sec. 205. Telephone number to report grade crossing problems. Sec. 206. Operation Lifesaver. Sec. 207. Federal grants to States for highway-rail grade crossing safety. Sec. 208. Trespasser prevention and highway-rail grade crossing safety. Sec. 209. Accident and incident reporting. Sec. 210. Fostering introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings. TITLE III— FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Sec. 301. Human capital increases. Sec. 302. Civil penalty increases. Sec. 303. Enforcement report.122 STAT. 4849 Sec. 304. Expansion of emergency order authority. Sec. 305. Prohibition of individuals from performing safety-sensitive functions for a violation of hazardous materials transportation law. Sec. 306. Railroad radio monitoring authority. Sec. 307. Update of Federal Railroad Administration’s website. Sec. 308. Emergency waivers. Sec. 309. Enforcement by the Attorney General. Sec. 310. Criminal penalties. TITLE IV— RAILROAD SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS Sec. 401. Minimum training standards and plans. Sec. 402. Certification of certain crafts or classes of employees. Sec. 403. Track inspection time study. Sec. 404. Study of methods to improve or correct station platform gaps. Sec. 405. Locomotive cab studies. Sec. 406. Development and use of rail safety technology. Sec. 407. Unified treatment of families of railroad carriers. Sec. 408. Study of repeal of Conrail provision. Sec. 409. Limitations on non-Federal alcohol and drug testing by railroad carriers. Sec. 410. Critical incident stress plan. Sec. 411. Railroad carrier employee exposure to radiation study. Sec. 412. Alcohol and controlled substance testing for maintenance-of-way employees. Sec. 413. Emergency escape breathing apparatus. Sec. 414. Tunnel information. Sec. 415. Museum locomotive study. Sec. 416. Safety inspections in Mexico. Sec. 417. Railroad bridge safety assurance. Sec. 418. Railroad safety infrastructure improvement grants. Sec. 419. Prompt medical attention. Sec. 420. Employee sleeping quarters. TITLE V— RAIL PASSENGER DISASTER FAMILY ASSISTANCE Sec. 501. Assistance by National Transportation Safety Board to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents. Sec. 502. Rail passenger carrier plan to assist families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents. Sec. 503. Establishment of task force. TITLE VI— CLARIFICATION OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER SOLID WASTE FACILITIES Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Clarification of general jurisdiction over solid waste transfer facilities. Sec. 603. Regulation of solid waste rail transfer facilities. Sec. 604. Solid waste rail transfer facility land-use exemption authority. Sec. 605. Effect on other statutes and authorities. TITLE VII— TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS Sec. 701. Technical corrections. (c) Amendment of Title 49.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this division an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United States Code.