Transportation current information, including information about warning devices and signage, as
specified by the Secretary, concerning each previously unreported public crossing located within
its borders.
(2) Periodic updating of crossing information. - On a periodic basis beginning not later
than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and on or
before September 30 of every year thereafter, or as otherwise specified by the Secretary, each
State shall report to the Secretary current information, including information about warning
devices and signage, as specified by the Secretary, concerning each public crossing located within
its borders.
Sec. 131
Sec. 131. Control of outdoor advertising
(a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that the erection and maintenance of outdoor
advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and the primary system
should be controlled in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to promote the safety and
recreational value of public travel, and to preserve natural beauty.
(b) Federal-aid highway funds apportioned on or after January 1, 1968, to any State which the
Secretary determines has not made provision for effective control of the erection and maintenance along
the Interstate System and the primary system of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices which
are within six hundred and sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main
traveled way of the system, and Federal-aid highway funds apportioned on or after January 1, 1975, or
after the expiration of the next regular session of the State legislature, whichever is later, to any State
which the Secretary determines has not made provision for effective control of the erection and
maintenance along the Interstate System and the primary system of those additional outdoor advertising
signs, displays, and devices which are more than six hundred and sixty feet off the nearest edge of the
right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main traveled way of the system, and
erected with the purpose of their message being read from such main traveled way, shall be reduced by
amounts equal to 10 per centum of the amounts which would otherwise be apportioned to such State
under section 104 of this title, until such time as such State shall provide for such effective control. Any
amount which is withheld from apportionment to any State hereunder shall be reapportioned to the other
States. Whenever he determines it to be in the public interest, the Secretary may suspend, for such periods
as he deems necessary, the application of this subsection to a State.
(c) Effective control means that such signs, displays, or devices after January 1, 1968, if located
within six hundred and sixty feet of the right-of-way and, on or after July 1, 1975, or after the expiration
of the next regular session of the State legislature, whichever is later, if located beyond six hundred and
sixty feet of the right-of-way located outside of urban areas, visible from the main traveled way of the
system, and erected with the purpose of their message being read from such main traveled way, shall,
pursuant to this section, be limited to (1) directional and official signs and notices, which signs and
notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
historical attractions, which are required or authorized by law, which shall conform to national standards
hereby authorized to be promulgated by the Secretary hereunder, which standards shall contain provisions
concerning lighting, size, number, and spacing of signs, and such other requirements as may be
appropriate to implement this section, (2) signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of
property upon which they are located, (3) signs, displays, and devices, including those which may be
changed at reasonable intervals by electronic process or by remote control, advertising activities
conducted on the property on which they are located, (4) signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965,
determined by the State, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to be landmark signs, including signs on
farm structures or natural surfaces, or historic or artistic significance the preservation of which would be
consistent with the purposes of this section, and (5) signs, displays, and devices advertising the