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[CITE: 49USC20146]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY
 
Sec. 20146. Institute for Railroad Safety

    The Secretary of Transportation, in conjunction with a university or 
college having expertise in transportation safety, shall establish, 
within one year after November 2, 1994, an Institute for Railroad 
Safety. The Institute shall research, develop, fund, and test measures 
for reducing the number of fatalities and injuries relevant to railroad 
operations. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000 to fund 
activities carried out under this section by the Institute, which shall 
report at least once each year on its use of such funds in carrying out 
such activities and the results thereof to the Secretary of 
Transportation and the Congress.

(Added Pub. L. 103-440, title II, Sec. 210(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 
4621; amended Pub. L. 104-287, Sec. 5(49), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3393.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-287 substituted ``November 2, 1994'' for ``the 
date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 
1994''.
