FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 22421. FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) [49 U.S.C. 20101 note] Elimination of Duplicative or Unnecessary Reporting or Paperwork Requirements in the Federal Railroad Administration.— (1) Review.—The Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (referred to in this subsection as the “FRA Administrator”), in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, shall conduct a review of existing reporting and paperwork requirements in the Federal Railroad Administration to determine if any such requirements are duplicative or unnecessary. (2) Elimination of certain requirements.—If the FRA Administrator determines, as a result of the review conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), that any reporting or paperwork requirement that is not statutorily required is duplicative or unnecessary, the FRA Administrator, after consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, shall terminate such requirement. (3) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the FRA Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that— (A) identifies all of the reporting or paperwork requirements that were terminated pursuant to paragraph (2); and (B) identifies any statutory reporting or paperwork requirements that are duplicative or unnecessary and should be repealed. (b) [49 U.S.C. 20901 note] Safety Reporting.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 4 years, the Secretary shall update Special Study Block 49 on Form FRA F 6180.54 (Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report) to collect, with respect to trains involved in accidents required to be reported to the Federal Railroad Administration— (1) the number of cars and length of the involved trains; and (2) the number of crew members who were aboard a controlling locomotive involved in an accident at the time of such accident.