Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2128 To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety. 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 Infrastruc- ture A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Transit Safety 4 Improvement Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM. 6 Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 (1) in subsection (d)(1)— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 May 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2128.IH H2128 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2128 IH (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘the 1 safety committee established under paragraph 2 (4), and subsequently,’’ before ‘‘the board of di- 3 rectors’’; 4 (B) in subparagraph (G) by striking the 5 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 7 the following: 8 ‘‘(H) a requirement that the safety com- 9 mittee only approve a safety plan under sub- 10 paragraph (A) if such plan stays within such 11 recipient’s fiscal budget’’; and 12 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the 13 following: 14 ‘‘(4) SAFETY COMMITTEE.—For purposes of the 15 approval process of an agency safety plan under 16 paragraph (1), the safety committee shall be con- 17 vened by a joint labor-management process and con- 18 sist of an equal number of— 19 ‘‘(A) frontline employee representatives, se- 20 lected by the labor organization representing 21 the plurality of the frontline workforce em- 22 ployed by the recipient or if applicable a con- 23 tractor to the recipient; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 May 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2128.IH H2128 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2128 IH ‘‘(B) employer or State representatives.’’. 1 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 May 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2128.IH H2128 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS