A Bill To Authorize Funds For Federal-Aid Highways, Highway Safety Programs, And Transit Programs, And For Other Purposes - 114th Congress 1st Session Page 498

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(1) I
.—The Secretary shall enter
N GENERAL
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into an agreement with the National Academy of
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Sciences to—
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(A) complete testing of ECP brake systems
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during emergency braking application, including
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more than 1 scenario involving the uncoupling
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of a train with 70 or more DOT–117-specifica-
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tion or DOT–117R-specification tank cars; and
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(B) transmit, not later than 18 months
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after the date of enactment of this Act, to the
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
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ture of the House of Representatives and the
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
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portation of the Senate a report on the results
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of the testing.
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(2) I
.—In completing
NDEPENDENT EXPERTS
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the testing under paragraph (1)(A), the National
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Academy of Sciences may contract with 1 or more
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engineering or rail experts, as appropriate, that—
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(A) are not railroad carriers, entities fund-
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ed by such carriers, or entities directly im-
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pacted by the final rule issued on May 08, 2015
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entitled ‘‘Enhanced Tank Car Standards and
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Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flam-
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mable Trains’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 26643); and
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