RAILWAY-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS.

SEC. 11108. RAILWAY-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS. (a) In General.—Section 130(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking “Protective Devices” and inserting “Railway-Highway Grade Crossings”; and (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings” in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through “2020.” in clause (v) and inserting the following: “, the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, the replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices, and as described in subparagraph (B), not less than $245,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.”; and (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: “(B) Reducing trespassing fatalities and injuries.—A State may use funds set aside under subparagraph (A) for projects to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries from trespassing at grade crossings.” . (b) Federal Share.—Section 130(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “90 percent” and inserting “100 percent”. (c) Incentive Payments for At-grade Crossing Closures.—Section 130(i)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “$7,500” and inserting “$100,000”. (d) Expenditure of Funds.—Section 130(k) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “2 percent” and inserting “8 percent”. (e) GAO Study.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes an analysis of the effectiveness of the railway-highway crossings program under section 130 of title 23, United States Code. (f) Sense of Congress Relating to Trespasser Deaths Along Railroad Rights-of-way.—It is the sense of Congress that the Department should, where feasible, coordinate departmental efforts to prevent or reduce trespasser deaths along railroad rights-of-way and at or near railway-highway crossings.