training. Training can be delivered at a na-
tional center regionally, or at individual 
transit agencies; 
‘‘(v) developing training programs for 
skills related to existing and emerging 
transit technologies, e.g. for zero-emission 
buses (ZEBs); 
‘‘(vi) developing improved capacity for 
safety, security, and emergency prepared-
ness in local transit systems and in the in-
dustry as a whole through— 
‘‘(I) developing the role of the 
frontline workforce in building and 
sustaining safety culture and safety 
systems in the industry and in indi-
vidual public transportation systems; 
and 
‘‘(II) training to address front-
line worker roles in promoting health 
and safety for transit workers and the 
riding public; 
‘‘(vii) developing local transit capacity 
for career pathways partnerships with 
schools and other community organizations 
for recruiting and training under-rep-
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resented populations as successful transit 
employees who can develop careers in the 
transit industry; and 
‘‘(viii) in collaboration with the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, conducting 
and disseminating research to— 
‘‘(I) provide transit workforce job 
projections and identify training needs 
and gaps; 
‘‘(II) determine the most cost-ef-
fective methods for transit workforce 
training and development, including 
return on investment analysis; 
‘‘(III) identify the most effective 
methods for implementing successful 
safety systems and a positive safety 
culture; and 
‘‘(IV) promote transit workforce 
best practices for achieving cost-effec-
tive, quality, safe, and reliable public 
transportation services. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate activities under this section, to the max-
imum extent practicable, with the National Office of 
Apprenticeship of the Department of Labor and the 
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Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education of 
the Department of Education. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.—For the 
purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall require that the National Transit Database col-
lect additional human capital data on an annual 
basis. Such human capital data shall be collected 
and defined with industry input. 
‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not more than 0.5 
percent of amounts made available to a recipi-
ent under sections 5307, 5337, and 5339 is 
available for expenditures by the recipient, with 
the approval of the Secretary, to pay not more 
than 80 percent of the cost of eligible activities 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EXISTING
PROGRAMS.—A recipient 
may use amounts made available under sub-
paragraph (A) to carry out existing local edu-
cation and training programs for public trans-
portation employees supported by the Secretary, 
the Department of Labor, or the Department of 
Education. 
‘‘(6) HUMAN CAPITAL DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘human capital’ means the knowl-
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edge, talents, skills, abilities, experience, intelligence, 
training, judgment, and wisdom possessed individ-
ually and collectively by the frontline transit work-
force, including operations, maintenance, and admin-
istrative personnel.’’. 
SEC. 3. DATA REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED IN NATIONAL 
TRANSIT DATABASE. 
Section 5335 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘, either 
human capital or physical capital’’ before the period 
at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF HUMAN CAPITAL.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘human capital’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 5314(b).’’. 
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