Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Railroad Yardmaster Protection Act of 2025.
(a) Limitations on duty hours of yardmaster employees
Section 21103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the heading of such section, by inserting and yardmaster employees after train employees;
(2) by inserting or yardmaster employee after train employee each place it appears; and
(3) in subsection (e), by inserting or yardmaster after During a train.
(b) Definitions
Section 21101 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting a yardmaster employee, after dispatching service employee,; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(6) yardmaster employee means an individual responsible for supervising and coordinating the control of trains and engines operating within a rail yard.
(c) Conforming amendment
The table of sections for chapter 211 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 21103 and inserting the following: