The Safe Tracks Act directs the Secretary of Transportation to change federal regulations so that the requirements in subpart H of part 236 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, apply to existing and any future centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems and centralized traffic control boards. The amendment to section 236.911 must be made within 30 days after the Act becomes law. The bill was introduced in the House on April 21, 2026, by Representative Laura Gillen and several cosponsors.
If you operate, maintain, or work with centralized computer-aided train-dispatching systems or centralized traffic control boards, this bill would require those systems to be covered by the regulatory requirements in subpart H of part 236. The bill text does not describe the specific technical or operational steps required by subpart H.
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The bill directs immediate application of existing regulatory requirements to centralized dispatching systems and control boards, indicating that the sponsors seek to extend safety and oversight standards to those systems promptly.
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