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Union Calendar No. 424 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6248 
[Report No. 118–510] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 
Mr. MOLINARO (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NEHLS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. CARSON, and Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
MAY 14, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. MANN, Mr. GOLDMAN of New 
York, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. LEE
of California, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. FROST, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. JACKSON of Illi-
nois, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. UNDERWOOD 
MAY 14, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, 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 November 6, 2023] 
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A BILL 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Think Differently Trans-
portation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON AMTRAK ADA COMPLIANCE. 
Section 24315(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) shall include an action plan for bringing 
Amtrak rail cars and Amtrak-served stations that are 
not in compliance with the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) into com-
pliance with such Act as required by the settlement 
agreement entered into in 2020 between Amtrak and 
the Department of Justice; and 
‘‘(E) shall include a status report on— 
‘‘(i) Amtrak-served stations for which 
Amtrak is solely responsible for compliance 
with such Act based on a station assessment 
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carried out by Amtrak, including a timeline 
for any required compliance with such Act, 
as required by the settlement agreement; 
‘‘(ii) Amtrak-served stations for which 
Amtrak has a shared responsibility for com-
pliance with such Act based on a station as-
sessment carried out by Amtrak, including 
a timeline for any required compliance with 
such Act for the portions of the station for 
which Amtrak is the responsible party con-
sistent with the terms of the settlement 
agreement, identifying who is responsible 
for compliance (and the status of the com-
pliance of each responsible party with such 
Act) for such portions and the timeline for 
compliance in cases in which Amtrak is not 
the responsible party; and 
‘‘(iii) the status of compliance with 
such Act for all Amtrak-served stations for 
which Amtrak is not the responsible party, 
nor is responsible for a portion of the sta-
tion, and the entity or entities that have re-
sponsibility for compliance with such Act, 
based on a station assessment carried out by 
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Amtrak or the party responsible under such 
Act.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘station assessment’ 
means a review of all components of a station including 
the building, platform, path to train, and parking areas, 
as required by the Access Board on the date of enactment 
of the Think Differently Transportation Act.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 424 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6248 
[Report No. 118–510] 
A BILL 
To require Amtrak to report to Congress informa-
tion on Amtrak compliance with the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 with respect to 
trains and stations. 
MAY 14, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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