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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 630

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Transportation.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-342—JUNE 22, 1988

(1) the Secretary; (2) the National Railroad Passenger Corporation; (3) freight carriers operating more than 150,000 train miles per year on the main line of the Northeast Corridor; (4) commuter agencies; (5) railroad passengers; (6) rail labor; and (7) any other persons or organizations the Secretary determines to have a significant interest in rail safety. OD) The Secretary shall consult with the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee on safety improvements on the main line of the Northeast Corridor. (c) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in accordance with section 333 of title 49, United States Code, convene a meeting of rail carriers operating more than 150,000 train miles per year on the main line of the Northeast Corridor for the purpose of reducing through freight traffic on portions of such line used primarily for passenger traffic. (d) Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the status of efforts to improve safety on the main line of the Northeast Corridor pursuant to the provisions of this section. SEC. 12. MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 211(c) of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 440(c)) is repealed. SEC. 13. AMENDMENTS TO SAFETY APPLIANCE ACTS.

Claims. Courts, U.S.

The Act of March 2, 1893 (45 U.S.C. 1-7), the Act of March 2, 1903 (45 U.S.C. 8-10), and the Act of April 14, 1910 (45 U.S.C. 11-16), commonly referred to as the Safety Appliance Acts, are amended as follows: (1) The Act of March 2, 1893, is amended— (A) in the first section (45 U.S.C. 1)— (i) by striking "common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by"; (ii) by striking "in moving interstate traffic"; and (iii) by striking "in such traffic"; (B) in section 2 (45 U.S.C. 2)— (i) by striking "common carrier" and inserting in lieu thereof "railroad"; and (ii) by striking "used in moving interstate traffic"; (C) in section 3 (45 U.S.C. 3), by striking "person, firm, company, or corporation engaged in interstate commerce by"; (D) in section 4 (45 U.S.C. 4), by striking "in interstate commerce"; (E) in section 5 (45 U.S.C. 5)— (i) by striking "common carriers" and inserting in lieu thereof "railroads"; (ii) by striking "engaged in interstate commerce"; and (iii) by striking "in interstate traffic"; (F) in section 6 (45 U.S.C. 6)— (i) by striking all before the first semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Any person (including a railroad and any manager, supervisor,