H.R. 2128 – Reading Mode

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2128

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 23, 2021

Mr. Brown (for himself, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021.

Public transportation safety program

Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subsection (d)(1)—

(A)

in subparagraph (A) by inserting the safety committee established under paragraph (4), and subsequently, before the board of directors;

(B)

in subparagraph (G) by striking the period and inserting ; and; and

(C)

by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:

(H)

a requirement that the safety committee only approve a safety plan under subparagraph (A) if such plan stays within such recipient’s fiscal budget

; and

(2)

by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following:

(4)

Safety Committee

For purposes of the approval process of an agency safety plan under paragraph (1), the safety committee shall be convened by a joint labor-management process and consist of an equal number of—

(A)

frontline employee representatives, selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient or if applicable a contractor to the recipient; and

(B)

employer or State representatives.