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[CITE: 49USC24313]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                    PART C--PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
 
                           CHAPTER 243--AMTRAK
 
Sec. 24313. Rail safety system program

    In consultation with rail labor organizations, Amtrak shall maintain 
a rail safety system program for employees working on property owned by 
Amtrak. The program shall be a model for other rail carriers to use in 
developing safety programs. The program shall include--
        (1) periodic analyses of accident information, including primary 
    and secondary causes;
        (2) periodic evaluations of the activities of the program, 
    particularly specific steps taken in response to an accident;
        (3) periodic reports on amounts spent for occupational health 
    and safety activities of the program;
        (4) periodic reports on reduced costs and personal injuries 
    because of accident prevention activities of the program;
        (5) periodic reports on direct accident costs, including claims 
    related to accidents; and
        (6) reports and evaluations of other information Amtrak 
    considers appropriate.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 917.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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24313.................................  45:646.                          Oct. 3
0, 1970, Pub. L. 91-518, 84 Stat.
                                                                          1327,
 Sec.  807; added Oct. 5, 1978,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 95-421, Sec.  13, 92 Stat.
                                                                          929.
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    In this section, before clause (1), the words ``No later than 
January 1, 1979'' are omitted as executed. The word ``maintain'' is 
substituted for ``develop and implement'' for clarity. The words 
``designed to serve as'' and ``required under this section'' are omitted 
as surplus. In clause (1), the words ``if known'' are omitted as 
surplus. In clause (2), the words ``undertaken'' and ``causes'' are 
omitted as surplus. In clauses (3)-(6), the word ``reports'' is 
substituted for ``identification'' for clarity. In clause (3), the word 
``included'' is omitted as surplus. In clause (4), the words ``personal 
injuries'' are substituted for ``fatalities, and casualties'' for 
consistency in the revised title. The word ``activities'' is added for 
clarity. In clause (6), the words ``or data'' and ``necessary or'' are 
omitted as surplus.
