Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/666

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 628

PUBLIC LAW 100-342—JUNE 22, 1988 ere and ten electronic warning devices on locomotives operating within the Northeast Corridor; and acquisition of cab signal test boxes and installation of nine wayside loop code transmittere for use within the Northeast Corridor;".

SEC. 7. JURISDICTION OVER HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEMS.

(a) Section 202(e) of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 431(e)) is amended to read as follows: "(e) The term 'railroad' as used in this title means all forms of non-highway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including (1) commuter or other short-haul rail passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area, as well as any commuter rail service which was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation as of January 1, 1979, and (2) high speed ^ound transportation S3rstems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads. Such term does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.". (b) Section 202 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking subsections (i), O)* ^nd (k), and redesignating subsection (1), as added by section 4 of this Act, as subsection (i). SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS AND ORDERS. Business and industry. Corporations. Courts, U.S.

Section 208(a) of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 437(a)) is amended by striking "Act;" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "title. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, order, or directive of the Secretary issued under this title by any individual, partnership, or corporation that resides, is found, or conducts business within the jurisdiction of an3^ district court of the United Stat^, such district court shall have jurisdiction, upon petition by the Attorney Cxeneral, to issue to such individual, partnership, or corporation an order requiring immediate compliance with the Secretary's subpoena, order, or directive.". SEC. 9. AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL AND RELATED SYSTEMS.

Regulations.

Records. District of Columbia. Massachusetts.

Section 202 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(j) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue such rules, r^ulations, ordere, and standards as may be necessary to require that— "(1) whoever performs any test required by the Secretary of an automatic train stop, train control, or cab signal apparatus prior to entering territory where such apparatus will be used shall certify in writing that such test was properly performed; and "(2) that such certiHcation shall be kept and maintained in the same manner and place as the daily inspection report for that locomotive. "(k)(1) All trains operating after April 1, 1990, on the main line of the Northeast Corridor betwen Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts, or on the feeder line referred to in section 704(a)(l)(B) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, shall be equipped with automatic train control s^tems designed to slow or stop a train in response to external signals.