Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6478 To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the requirements of approval of an agency safety plan, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2020 Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Mr. LYNCH) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the re- quirements of approval of an agency safety plan, and for other purposes. 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 Program Improvement Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM. 6 Section 5329(d)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 7 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘within such recipient’s fis- 8 cal budget and after approval by a safety and health com- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:50 Apr 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6478.IH H6478 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6478 IH mittee of the recipient consisting of frontline employee 1 representatives (selected by the labor organization rep- 2 resenting the majority of the frontline workforce employed 3 by the recipient) and an equal number of employer or 4 State representatives’’ after ‘‘to the agency safety plan’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:50 Apr 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6478.IH H6478 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS