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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6248 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To require Amtrak to report to Congress information on 

Amtrak compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 

Act of 1990 with respect to trains and stations. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Think Differently 

3 Transportation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON AMTRAK ADA COMPLIANCE. 

5 Section 24315(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

12 and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(D) shall include an action plan for bringing 

15 Amtrak rail cars and Amtrak-served stations that 

16 are not in compliance with the Americans with Dis17 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) into 

18 compliance with such Act as required by the settle19 ment agreement entered into in 2020 between Am20 trak and the Department of Justice; and 

21 ‘‘(E) shall include a status report on— 

22 ‘‘(i) Amtrak-served stations for which 

23 Amtrak is solely responsible for compliance 

24 with such Act based on a station assess25 ment carried out by Amtrak, including a 

26 timeline for any required compliance with 


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1 such Act, as required by the settlement 

2 agreement; 

3 ‘‘(ii) Amtrak-served stations for which 

4 Amtrak has a shared responsibility for 

5 compliance with such Act based on a sta6 tion assessment carried out by Amtrak, in7 cluding a timeline for any required compli8 ance with such Act for the portions of the 

9 station for which Amtrak is the responsible 

10 party consistent with the terms of the set11 tlement agreement, identifying who is re12 sponsible for compliance (and the status of 

13 the compliance of each responsible party 

14 with such Act) for such portions and the 

15 timeline for compliance in cases in which 

16 Amtrak is not the responsible party; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the status of compliance with 

18 such Act for all Amtrak-served stations for 

19 which Amtrak is not the responsible party, 

20 nor is responsible for a portion of the sta21 tion, and the entity or entities that have 

22 responsibility for compliance with such 

23 Act, based on a station assessment carried 

24 out by Amtrak or the party responsible 

25 under such Act.’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘station assessment’ 

3 means a review of all components of a station including 

4 the building, platform, path to train, and parking areas, 

5 as required by the Access Board on the date of enactment 

6 of the Think Differently Transportation Act.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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