1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Accidents In Locomotives Act or the RAIL Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Defined term. Sec. 3. Recommendations for safety. Sec. 4. Rail car inspections. Sec. 5. Defect detectors. Sec. 6. Increasing maximum civil penalties for violations of rail safety regulations. Sec. 7. Safer tank cars. Sec. 8. Hazardous materials training for first responders. 2. Defined term In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. 3. Recommendations for safety (a) Rulemaking Not later than 1 year after the date on which the National Transportation Safety Board issues the report on the East Palestine, Ohio crash, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, shall issue regulations, or modify existing regulations, based on such report establishing safety requirements, in accordance with subsection (b), with which a rail carrier operating a train transporting hazardous materials that is not subject to the requirements for a high-hazard flammable train under section 174.310 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall comply with respect to the operation of each such train and the maintenance of specification tank cars. (b) Requirements The regulations issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall require rail carriers— (1) to provide advance notification and information regarding the transportation of hazardous materials described in subsection (a) to each State emergency response commissioner, the tribal emergency response commission, or any other State or tribal agency responsible for receiving the information notification for emergency response planning information; (2) to include, in the notification provided pursuant to paragraph (1), a written gas discharge plan with respect to the applicable hazardous materials being transported