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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5462 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take actions to address issues 

affecting motorcoach and school bus operators, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take actions 

to address issues affecting motorcoach and school bus 

operators, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and En6 hanced Growth for the 21st Century Act’’ or the 

7 ‘‘BUSREGS21 Act’’. 

8 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

9 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. FMCSA reform. 

Sec. 3. FAST Act reform. 

Sec. 4. Rules exemptions and rescission for motor carriers of passengers. 

Sec. 5. Beyond compliance. 

Sec. 6. Corrective action plans regarding motor carriers of passengers. 

Sec. 7. Civil penalties. 

Sec. 8. Modernization of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 

Sec. 9. Rulemakings impacting motor carriers of passengers. 

Sec. 10. GAO study assessing effects of current oversight and regulations. 

Sec. 11. Pilot program on inspections. 

Sec. 12. Requirements for NHTSA. 

Sec. 13. Requirements for FTA. 

1 SEC. 2. FMCSA REFORM. 

2 (a) MISSION STATEMENT.—Section 113(b) of title 

3 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘while 

4 fostering new and expanding passenger service through in5 dustry collaboration, encouraging new entrant applicants 

6 by expediting operating authorizations, and identifying 

7 passenger carrier drivers as a profession’’ before ‘‘in 

8 motor carrier transportation.’’. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF MOTOR

10 CARRIERS.—Section 13901 of title 49, United States 

11 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(d) OPERATING AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT PAS13 SENGERS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—If a person submits to 

15 the Secretary under this section an application for 

16 motor carrier operating authority to transport pas17 sengers, the Secretary, not later than 14 days after 

18 the date of the submission, shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) approve the application; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) provide to the applicant, in writing, a 

2 specific valid reason for withholding approval of 

3 the application. 

4 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.—If an ap5 plicant that receives written notice under paragraph 

6 (1)(B) submits to the Secretary information that 

7 satisfies the reason of the Secretary for withholding 

8 approval of the application, the Secretary shall ap9 prove the application not later than 5 days after the 

10 date of receipt of the information. 

11 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE FOR NEW ENTRANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary shall ensure 

13 that a new entrant that submits an application for 

14 such operating authority is made aware of the re15 sources available to new entrants for safe and com16 pliant operations, including the criteria for safety 

17 audits of such new entrant. 

18 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION FEES.—The Secretary may 

19 not increase registration fees for new entrant appli20 cations described in paragraph (1) in excess of 

21 $350.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. FAST ACT REFORM. 

23 (a) CARRIER SAFETY FITNESS DETERMINATIONS.— 

24 (1) NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—Be25 fore the date on which the Inspector General of the 


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1 Department of Transportation makes the certifi2 cation under section 5223(a) of the FAST Act (49 

3 U.S.C. 31100 note; 129 Stat. 1541), the Secretary 

4 of Transportation may not issue a notice of proposed 

5 rulemaking to modify the carrier safety fitness 

6 standards and methodologies in effect for motor car7 riers of passengers on the date of enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF CARRIER SAFETY

10 FITNESS DETERMINATIONS.—The following require11 ments shall apply with respect to a carrier safety fit12 ness determination made by the Secretary, using 

13 procedures in effect on the date of enactment of this 

14 Act, in connection with a motor carrier engaged in 

15 providing transportation of passengers: 

16 (A) The Secretary may not use the carrier 

17 safety fitness determination to instruct a ces18 sation of operations or revocation. 

19 (B) The Secretary may determine the 

20 motor carrier to be ‘‘unfit’’ or ‘‘unsatisfactory’’ 

21 to operate only upon— 

22 (i) completion of a compliance review 

23 or comprehensive safety investigation; and 

24 (ii) consideration of a corrective ac25 tion plan, if submitted. 


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1 (C) The Secretary shall continue to assign 

2 ‘‘satisfactory’’ and ‘‘conditional’’ ratings as ap3 propriate. 

4 (D) Any assigned rating shall include the 

5 date on which the rating was assigned. 

6 (b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION DEVELOPED

7 UNDER CSA PROGRAM.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5223 of the FAST 

9 Act (49 U.S.C. 31100 note; 129 Stat. 1541) is 

10 amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘or the 

12 commercial motor vehicle driver’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘, the commercial motor vehicle driver, or the 

14 motor carrier of passengers (including any pri15 vate school bus operator)’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (d)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (I) in subparagraph (A) by strik19 ing the semicolon at the end and in20 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

22 (aa) by striking ‘‘and a com23 mercial motor vehicle driver’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘, a commercial motor 

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1 rier of passengers (including any 

2 private school bus carrier)’’; 

3 (bb) by striking ‘‘or driver, 

4 respectively; and’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘or driver, as appropriate.’’; and 

6 (cc) by striking subpara7 graph (C); 

8 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

9 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

10 paragraph (2). 

11 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 

12 by paragraph (1) shall apply to the availability of in13 formation beginning 1 day after the date of enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 4. RULES EXEMPTIONS AND RESCISSION FOR MOTOR 

16 CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS. 

17 (a) OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.— 

18 (1) FINDING.—Congress finds that obstructive 

19 sleep apnea is adequately addressed under the cur20 rent medical standards for commercial motor vehicle 

21 drivers. 

22 (2) EXEMPTION.—The Secretary of Transpor23 tation shall exempt commercial motor vehicle drivers 

24 of motor carriers of passengers and private school 


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1 bus carriers from any requirements resulting from 

2 rulemaking pertaining to obstructive sleep apnea. 

3 (b) SPEED LIMITERS.— 

4 (1) FINDING.—Congress favors collecting and 

5 disseminating statistical information to the motor 

6 carrier industry in lieu of imposing requirements re7 lating to the installation of speed limiting devices. 

8 (2) EXEMPTION.—The Secretary shall exempt 

9 motor carriers of passengers and private school bus 

10 carriers from any requirements resulting from the 

11 advance notice of proposed rulemaking of the Na12 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 

13 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration re14 lating to ‘‘Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; 

15 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Parts 

16 and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Speed 

17 Limiting Devices’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 61941 (September 

18 7, 2016)). 

19 (c) LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Sec20 tion 31138 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The Sec23 retary of Transportation shall prescribe regula24 tions to require minimum levels of financial re25 sponsibility sufficient to satisfy liability 


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1 amounts established by the Secretary covering 

2 public liability and property damage for the 

3 transportation of passengers for compensation 

4 by motor vehicle’’ and inserting ‘‘A person shall 

5 have at least the level of financial responsibility 

6 described in subsection (b) when operating a 

7 motor vehicle for the transportation of pas8 sengers for compensation’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The Sec10 retary may prescribe regulations to require min11 imum levels of financial responsibility sufficient 

12 to satisfy liability amounts established by the 

13 Secretary covering public liability and property 

14 damage for the transportation of passengers for 

15 commercial purposes, but not for compensation, 

16 by motor vehicle’’ and inserting ‘‘A person shall 

17 have at least the level of financial responsibility 

18 described in subsection (b) when operating a 

19 motor vehicle for commercial purposes, but not 

20 for compensation,’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘minimum’’ before ‘‘level 

23 of financial’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘be at 

25 least’’ and inserting ‘‘be’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘at 

2 least’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘in5 surance’’ and inserting ‘‘Insurance’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘a’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘A’’; and 

8 (C) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘a 

9 surety’’ and inserting ‘‘A surety’’; and 

10 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

12 may not increase the minimum level of financial responsi13 bility established under subsection (b) by regulation or any 

14 other authority available to the Secretary.’’. 

15 (d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—A require16 ment under this section to withdraw and rescind a rule17 making proposal shall apply without regard to any provi18 sion of statute or regulation that establishes a requirement 

19 to issue a rulemaking proposal on the issue. 

20 SEC. 5. BEYOND COMPLIANCE. 

21 Section 5222(a) of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31100 

22 note; 129 Stat. 1540) is amended in the matter preceding 

23 paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than a motor carrier 

24 of passengers)’’ after ‘‘motor carrier’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS REGARDING MOTOR 

2 CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS. 

3 Section 31144 of title 49, United States Code, is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(j) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY

6 MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) REVIEW OF PLANS.—Not later than 30 

8 days after the date of receipt of a corrective action 

9 plan submitted by a motor carrier of passengers 

10 that, on the basis of a safety fitness determination, 

11 has received a rating of unsatisfactory, conditional, 

12 or unfit, the Secretary shall accept or deny the plan. 

13 ‘‘(2) REVISIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) NOTICE OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the 

15 Secretary denies a corrective action plan of a 

16 motor carrier of passengers, the Secretary 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) advise the motor carrier of the 

19 specific deficiencies of the plan; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) allow up to 14 days for the 

21 motor carrier to submit a revised plan. 

22 ‘‘(B) REVIEW OF REVISED PLANS.—Not 

23 later than 30 days after the date of receipt of 

24 the revised corrective action plan, the Secretary 

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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS ON SUSPENSIONS AND REV2 OCATIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

4 not suspend or revoke the authority of a motor 

5 carrier of passengers to conduct operations dur6 ing the 14 day period that a motor carrier may 

7 submit a revised plan under paragraph (2)(A) 

8 or during the period that such revised plan is 

9 being reviewed under paragraph (2)(B). 

10 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 

11 shall not apply with respect to a motor carrier 

12 of passengers if the Secretary determines the 

13 motor carrier to be an imminent hazard to pub14 lic safety. 

15 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION OF CORRECTIVE AC16 TIONS.—If a motor carrier of passengers implements 

17 a corrective action during a compliance review or 

18 safety audit, the Secretary shall note the action in 

19 the compliance review and consider such action be20 fore a safety fitness determination action is con21 cluded.’’. 

22 SEC. 7. CIVIL PENALTIES. 

23 (a) ADDITIONAL PENALTY CONSIDERATIONS.—Sec24 tion 521(b)(2)(D) of title 49, United States Code, is 

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1 ability to pay, size of fleet,’’ before ‘‘and such other mat2 ters as justice and public safety may require’’. 

3 (b) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT RELATING TO IN4 STALLMENT PLANS.—Section 521(b) of title 49, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(16) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT RELATING TO

8 INSTALLMENT PLANS.—A motor carrier of passengers, by 

9 contesting or appealing a notice of a violation issued by 

10 the Secretary under this subsection, does not waive any 

11 right relating to installment plans before the Secretary has 

12 issued an order affirming, modifying, or vacating the no13 tice of violation.’’. 

14 SEC. 8. MODERNIZATION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 

15 SAFETY REGULATIONS. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

17 The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a nego18 tiated rulemaking advisory committee (in this section re19 ferred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) for the purpose of devel20 oping a comprehensive regulatory proposal aimed at re21 ducing, simplifying, streamlining, and modernizing Fed22 eral Motor Carrier Safety Regulations applicable to the 

23 operations of motor carriers of passengers. 

24 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be com25 posed of— 


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1 (1) representatives of motor carriers of pas2 sengers; 

3 (2) representatives of trade associations rep4 resenting the motor carriers of passengers indus5 tries; 

6 (3) industry safety experts; and 

7 (4) representatives of insurance companies. 

8 (c) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 

9 (1) establish and utilize a scale for determining 

10 the effectiveness of each Federal Motor Carrier 

11 Safety Regulation as the regulation relates to reduc12 ing fatalities and bodily injury; 

13 (2) identify, in original or modified form, those 

14 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that pos15 sess the highest propensity for reducing fatalities 

16 and bodily injuries; 

17 (3) identify statutory provisions that impede the 

18 elimination of burdensome, ineffective, and duplica19 tive Federal regulations; 

20 (4) consider methods for improved record reten21 tion requirements through electronic media; and 

22 (5) identify conflicting definitions relating to 

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1 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

3 submit to Congress a report on the activities and findings 

4 of the Committee, including recommendations for statu5 tory revisions to achieve the goals described in subsection 

6 (a). 

7 (e) REGULATORY ACTIONS.—After the date of sub8 mission of the report, the Secretary shall initiate regu9 latory actions to implement the recommendations of the 

10 Committee. 

11 SEC. 9. RULEMAKINGS IMPACTING MOTOR CARRIERS OF 

12 PASSENGERS. 

13 In a rulemaking proceeding impacting both motor 

14 carriers of property and motor carriers of passengers, the 

15 Secretary of Transportation shall provide a separate and 

16 distinct analysis, including a cost-benefit analysis, specific 

17 to the impact of the proposed rulemaking on motor car18 riers of passengers. 

19 SEC. 10. GAO STUDY ASSESSING EFFECTS OF CURRENT 

20 OVERSIGHT AND REGULATIONS. 

21 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

22 States shall conduct a comprehensive study on the dis23 parate effects of regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier 

24 Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic 

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1 on small fleet motor carriers of passengers consisting of 

2 9 or fewer vehicles and make recommendations for exemp3 tions and implementation strategies to mitigate the dis4 parate effects. 

5 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

7 General shall submit to Congress a report on the results 

8 of the study. 

9 SEC. 11. PILOT PROGRAM ON INSPECTIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

11 shall carry out a pilot program to compare the effective12 ness of prescheduled garage, terminal, or place of business 

13 vehicle and driver inspections with random destination in14 spections on motor carriers of passengers. 

15 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

17 submit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot 

18 program, including a determination on which inspections 

19 described in subsection (a) achieve a higher level of com20 pliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 

21 and reductions in crashes and fatalities. 

22 SEC. 12. REQUIREMENTS FOR NHTSA. 

23 (a) NEW VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 

24 of Transportation may not promulgate any new regulatory 

25 mandates for motorcoaches or school buses that are not 


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1 based solely on sound data and science that will directly 

2 reduce crashes or the effects thereof. All proposed modi3 fications to design or accessory requirements relating to 

4 motorcoaches or school buses shall be pursued by the Sec5 retary through the formal regulatory process based on a 

6 comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and sound scientific 

7 research. 

8 (b) INCLUSION OF INDUSTRY REGARDING AUTONO9 MOUS VEHICLE POLICY.—The Secretary shall include and 

10 consult with the motorcoach and school bus industries 

11 through its representatives, including motorcoach and 

12 school bus manufacturers, companies operating motor13 coaches and school buses, and motorcoach and school bus 

14 industry associations, in all phases of development of au15 tonomous vehicle policy and proposed regulations. 

16 SEC. 13. REQUIREMENTS FOR FTA. 

17 (a) PRIVATE SECTOR EXCLUSION SUMMARY.—Sec18 tion 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(3) INCENTIVES FOR COMPETITIVELY CON22 TRACTED SERVICE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to subpara24 graph (C), a recipient of assistance under this 

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1 graph (B) for competitively contracted service 

2 shall be eligible, at the request of the recipient, 

3 for a Federal share of 90 percent for the capital 

4 cost of buses and bus-related facilities and 

5 equipment purchased with financial assistance 

6 made available under this chapter. 

7 ‘‘(B) TARGET.—To qualify for the com8 petitively contracted service incentive program 

9 under this paragraph, a public transit agency or 

10 governmental unit shall competitively contract 

11 for at least 20 percent of its fixed route bus 

12 service. The percentage of competitively con13 tracted service shall be calculated by deter14 mining the ratio of competitively contracted 

15 service vehicles operated in annual maximum 

16 service to total vehicles operated in annual max17 imum service. 

18 ‘‘(C) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A pub19 lic transit agency or governmental unit shall be 

20 eligible for an increased Federal share under 

21 this paragraph only if the amount of State and 

22 local funding provided to the affected public 

23 transit agency or governmental unit for the 

24 capital cost of buses and bus-related facilities 

25 and equipment will not be less than the average 


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1 amount of funding for such purposes provided 

2 during the 3 fiscal years preceding the date of 

3 enactment of this paragraph. 

4 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

5 the following definitions apply: 

6 ‘‘(i) COMPETITIVELY CONTRACTED

7 SERVICE.—The term ‘competitively con8 tracted service’ means fixed route bus 

9 transportation service purchased by a pub10 lic transit agency or governmental unit 

11 from a private sector motor carrier of pas12 sengers or a private sector school bus pas13 senger carrier based on a written contract. 

14 ‘‘(ii) VEHICLES OPERATED IN ANNUAL

15 MAXIMUM SERVICE.—The term ‘vehicles 

16 operated in annual maximum service’ 

17 means the number of transit vehicles oper18 ated to meet the annual maximum service 

19 requirement during the peak season of the 

20 year, on the week and day that maximum 

21 service is provided.’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(u) PRIVATE SECTOR EXCLUSION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY REPORTS.—As a condition 

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1 shall require a recipient of funds under this chapter 

2 to report to the Secretary any instance in which a 

3 private sector motor carrier of passengers or a pri4 vate sector school bus passenger carrier providing 

5 charter or scheduled service is displaced by a public 

6 transportation provider receiving financial assistance 

7 through the use of such funds. 

8 ‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY REPORTS.—In addition to the 

9 reports required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

10 shall allow a private sector motor carrier of pas11 sengers or a private sector school bus passenger car12 rier providing charter or scheduled service described 

13 in paragraph (1) to report any displacement de14 scribed in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(3) REPORTING PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 

16 shall establish procedures for receiving reports under 

17 paragraphs (1) and (2). 

18 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not 

19 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 

20 BUSREGS21 Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec21 retary shall submit to Congress a report that con22 tains a list of the reports submitted in the prior year 

23 under paragraphs (1) and (2), including a descrip24 tion of the specific locations and estimated economic 

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1 and private sector school bus passenger carriers as2 sociated with each report. 

3 ‘‘(v) PUBLIC MEETING DISCLOSURE REQUIRE4 MENT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition for receiving 

6 funds made available under this chapter, the Sec7 retary shall require a recipient of such funds to sub8 mit to the Secretary notice of any public meeting 

9 scheduled by the recipient. 

10 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall pub11 lish any notice received under paragraph (1) on an 

12 Internet website. 

13 ‘‘(w) PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) EXPANDED CERTIFICATION.—As a condi15 tion for receiving funds made available under this 

16 chapter, the Secretary shall require a recipient of 

17 such funds to file with the Secretary an expanded 

18 certification of specific considerations and engage19 ments utilized by the recipient to encourage the par20 ticipation of the private sector to the maximum ex21 tent feasible in projects and activities of the recipi22 ent involving the use of such funds. 

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1 cations made under this subsection appear on a pub2 lic Internet website administered by the Secretary.’’. 

3 (b) COMBINED AGENCY BIENNIAL REPORTS.—The 

4 Secretary shall integrate the charter registration website 

5 of the Federal Transit Administration and the biennial up6 date website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis7 tration so as to permit entities under the jurisdictions of 

8 those Administrations to make a single registration up9 date. 

10 (c) CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING.— 

11 (1) EDUCATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

12 shall carry out a program to educate recipients of 

13 funds under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 

14 Code, on the use of capital cost of contracting for 

15 partnering with private sector motor carriers of pas16 sengers and private sector school bus passenger car17 riers. 

18 (2) STATE AND REGIONAL SESSIONS.—In car19 rying out the program, the Secretary shall conduct 

20 a series of State, regional, or State and regional ses21 sions that will be open to the public and include par22 ticipation by private sector motor carriers of pas23 sengers, private sector school bus passenger carriers, 

24 and recipients of funds under chapter 53 of title 49, 

25 United States Code. 


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1 (d) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.— 

2 (1) STRATEGIES TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE IM3 PEDIMENTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN

4 PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.— 

5 (A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct 

6 a study on— 

7 (i) private sector participation by pri8 vate sector motor carriers of passengers 

9 and private school bus passenger carriers 

10 in providing public transportation service; 

11 (ii) impediments to such participation; 

12 and 

13 (iii) strategies and recommendations 

14 to reduce or eliminate impediments on 

15 public transit agencies and other similar 

16 entities in providing public transportation 

17 service. 

18 (B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 

20 year after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Con22 gress a report containing the results of the 

23 study. 

24 (ii) CONTENTS.—The report under 

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1 servations from various trade associations 

2 representing the private sector motor car3 riers of passengers industries, if such sum4 maries and observations are provided by 

5 trade associations. 

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