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Union Calendar No. 452 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1093 

[Report No. 115–594] 

To require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit 

Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety audits 

conducted with respect to railroads and rail transit agencies. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Mr. SIRES (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MARCH 13, 2018 

Additional sponsor: Ms. ESTY of Connecticut 

MARCH 13, 2018 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety audits conducted with respect to 

railroads and rail transit agencies. 


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

3 SECTION 1. NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ASSESS4 MENTS. 

5 (a) INITIAL NOTICE.—Not later than 10 business days 

6 after the Federal Railroad Administration initiates a com7 prehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regu8 larly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger trans9 portation, the Federal Railroad Administration shall notify 

10 in electronic format the Committee on Transportation and 

11 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com12 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

13 Senate, and each member of Congress representing a State 

14 in which the service that is the subject of the assessment 

15 being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assess16 ment. 

17 (b) FINDINGS.—Not later than 90 days after comple18 tion of a comprehensive safety assessment described in sub19 section (a), the Federal Railroad Administration shall 

20 transmit in electronic format to the Committee on Trans21 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans23 portation of the Senate, and to each member of Congress 

24 representing a State in which the service that is the subject 

25 of the assessment being conducted is located, its findings 


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1 of that assessment, including identified defects and any rec2 ommendations. 

3 (c) DEFINITION.—For purpose of this section, the term 

4 ‘‘comprehensive safety assessment’’ means a focused review 

5 of the safety-related processes and procedures, compliance 

6 with safety regulations and requirements, and overall safety 

7 culture of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity 

8 or commuter rail passenger transportation. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘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.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 452 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1093 

[Report No. 115–594] 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Railroad Administration 

sit agencies. conducted with respect to railroads and rail tranpropriate Congressional notice of safety audits and the Federal Transit Authority to provide apMARCH 13, 2018 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:25 Mar 13, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1093.RH H1093

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