SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) [49 U.S.C. 1101 note] Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 49, United States Code. Sec. 3. Establishment of Surface Transportation Board as an independent establishment. Sec. 4. Surface Transportation Board membership. Sec. 5. Nonpublic collaborative discussions. Sec. 6. Reports. Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 8. Agent in the District of Columbia. Sec. 9. Department of Transportation Inspector General authority. Sec. 10. Amendment to table of sections. Sec. 11. Procedures for rate cases. Sec. 12. Investigative authority. Sec. 13. Arbitration of certain rail rates and practices disputes. Sec. 14. Effect of proposals for rates from multiple origins and destinations. Sec. 15. Reports. Sec. 16. Criteria. Sec. 17. Construction.