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This bill proposes to amend existing federal transportation regulations to provide specific protections and limitations on duty hours for yardmaster employees in the railroad industry. A yardmaster is an employee responsible for supervising and coordinating the movement of trains and engines within a rail yard. The bill expands existing labor regulations that previously only covered train employees to now explicitly include yardmaster employees, ensuring they are subject to the same duty hour restrictions. Specifically, the bill modifies Section 21103 of Title 49 of the United States Code to add "yardmaster employees" to the legal language wherever "train employees" are mentioned, and updates the definitions in Section 21101 to formally define a "yardmaster employee" as an individual who supervises and coordinates train and engine operations within a rail yard. By doing so, the bill aims to protect yardmaster workers from potentially excessive work hours and ensure safer working conditions in rail yard environments. The modifications are technical in nature but represent an important expansion of labor protections for a specific category of railroad workers.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4095/all-info