October 17, 2025
Ms. Pou (for herself and Mr. Bost) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require continued periodic reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act
or the SAFE TRACKS Act
.
Sec. 2. Reports on highway-rail grade crossing safety
Section 20167 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (4) by striking and
at the end;
(B)
by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
(5)
how the State will work with stakeholders, including railroads operating in and across the State, to reduce pedestrian fatalities, including suicides, along railroad right of way, in consultation with mental health and law enforcement agencies and entities; and; and
(2)
in subsection (b) by inserting and every 5 years thereafter,
before the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
.