Rail Audit Transparency Act
This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to provide Congress with notice of when a comprehensive safety assessment is being conducted on an intercity or commuter rail transit agency.
Specifically, the FRA must (1) provide notice within 10 days after it initiates an assessment to specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress who represents a state in which the service that is subject of the assessment is located, and (2) report the findings of the assessment within 90 days after completion to such committees and Members.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 158 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 158
To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate
congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with
respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2021
Mr. Sires introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate
congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with
respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rail Audit Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Initial Notice.--Not later than 10 business days after the
Federal Railroad Administration initiates a comprehensive safety
assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or
commuter rail passenger transportation, the Federal Railroad
Administration shall notify in electronic format the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate,
and each member of Congress representing a State in which the service
that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of
the initiation of that assessment.
(b) Findings.--Not later than 90 days after completion of a
comprehensive safety assessment described in subsection (a), the
Federal Railroad Administration shall transmit in electronic format to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, and to each member of Congress
representing a State in which the service that is the subject of the
assessment being conducted is located, its findings of that assessment,
including identified defects and any recommendations.
(c) Definition.--For purpose of this section, the term
``comprehensive safety assessment'' means a focused review of the
safety-related processes and procedures, compliance with safety
regulations and requirements, and overall safety culture of an entity
providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger
transportation.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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