§ 20163 - Certification of train conductors

CHAPTER 201— GENERAL › SUBCHAPTER II— PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF SAFETY

(a) Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to establish a program requiring the certification of train conductors. In prescribing such regulations, the Secretary shall require that train conductors be trained, in accordance with the training standards developed pursuant to section 20162.

(b) In developing the regulations required by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the requirements of section 20135(b) through (e).

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The date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of div. A of Pub. L. 110–432, which was approved Oct. 16, 2008.