49 U.S.C. § 20167 — Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety

(a) Report. No later than 4 years after states had to submit their highway-rail grade crossing action plans under section 11401(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, the FRA Administrator, working with the Federal Highway Administration, must report to the Senate Commerce Committee and House Transportation Committee, summarizing the state plans. This must cover: an analysis of each state's railway-highway crossings program under 23 U.S.C. 130, including whether it complies with FAST Act section 11401 and 23 U.S.C. 130(g), and each state's specific safety strategies, including for crossings with multiple accidents; each state's progress on its plan; the number of crossing projects done under 23 U.S.C. 130, broken down by cost, road type, kind of fix, and later accident history; which states are behind on their project schedules under 23 U.S.C. 130(d); and recommendations for the program's future.

(b) Updates. No later than 5 years after that report, the FRA Administrator, again with the Federal Highway Administration, must update it using states' annual reports under 23 U.S.C. 130(g) and any other available information, and send the updated report to the same two congressional committees.

(c) Definitions. A "highway-rail grade crossing" is a place, not where two rail tracks cross each other, where a public or private road, with its sidewalks and paths, crosses one or more rail tracks, at grade or grade-separated, or a path set aside for walkers, bikers, or others that isn't tied to a road and crosses rail tracks. "State" means a U.S. state or the District of Columbia.