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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3481
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on duty
hours for yardmaster employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 2021
Mr. CARBAJAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limita-
tions on duty hours for yardmaster employees, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Railroad Yardmaster
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Protection Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF YARDMASTER
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EMPLOYEES.
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(a) LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF YARDMASTER
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EMPLOYEES.—Section 21103 of title 49, United States
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Code, is amended—
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(1) in the heading of such section, by inserting
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‘‘AND YARDMASTER EMPLOYEES’’ after ‘‘TRAIN
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EMPLOYEES’’;
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or yardmaster employee’’ after
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‘‘train employee’’ each place it appears; and
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(3)
in
subsection
(e),
by
inserting
‘‘or
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yardmaster’’ after ‘‘During a train’’.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 21101 of title 49, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘a yardmaster
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employee,’’ after ‘‘dispatching service employee,’’;
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and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(6) ‘yardmaster employee’ means an indi-
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vidual responsible for supervising and coordi-
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nating the control of trains and engines oper-
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ating within a rail yard.’’.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
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tions for chapter 211 of title 49, United States Code, is
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amended by striking the item relating to section 21103
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and inserting the following:
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‘‘21103. Limitations on duty hours of train employees and yardmaster employ-
ees.’’.
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