49 U.S.C. § 20160 — National crossing inventory

(a) Initial Reporting of Information About Previously Unreported Crossings. Within 1 year after the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 was enacted, or within 6 months after a new crossing opens, whichever is later, each railroad must either report current details, including warning devices and signage, about every crossing it uses that hasn't been reported yet, or make sure another railroad using that same crossing has already reported it. (b) Updating of Crossing Information. Starting no later than 2 years after the 2008 Act, and by September 30 every year after that, or on whatever schedule the Secretary sets, each railroad must report current information about every crossing it uses, or confirm another railroad has already reported it. If a railroad sells all or part of a crossing on or after the 2008 Act's enactment, it must report the ownership change within 18 months of the Act, or 3 months after the sale, whichever is later, or on a schedule the Secretary sets. (c) Rulemaking Authority. The Secretary must issue the rules needed to run this section. Until new rules replace it, the Secretary may enforce the Department's existing national highway-rail crossing inventory policy that was in effect when the 2008 Act was enacted. (d) Definitions. A "crossing" is a place, not where two rail tracks cross each other, where a public or private road, including sidewalks and paths, crosses one or more rail tracks, at grade or grade-separated; or where a path set aside by a public authority or a railroad for walkers, bikers, and others, not tied to a road, crosses rail tracks. "State" means any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.