I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6575 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a national transit 
frontline workforce training center, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
TRONE, Mr. BACON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, 
Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, and Mr. BOST) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a na-
tional transit frontline workforce training center, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘National Transit 
Workforce Training Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL TRANSIT FRONTLINE WORKFORCE 
TRAINING CENTER. 
Section 5314(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL FRONTLINE WORKFORCE TRAINING 
CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a national transit frontline workforce train-
ing center (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Center’), 
targeted to both rural and urban transit systems, 
and award grants to a nonprofit organization with 
a demonstrated capacity to develop and provide 
transit career ladder programs through labor-man-
agement partnerships and apprenticeships on a na-
tionwide basis to carry out the duties under para-
graph (2). The Center shall be dedicated to the 
needs of the frontline transit workforce through 
standards-based training in the maintenance and op-
erations occupations. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In cooperation with 
the Administrator of the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, public transportation authorities, 
and national entities, the Center shall develop 
and conduct training and educational programs 
for frontline local transportation employees en-
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gaged in Government-aid public transportation 
work. 
‘‘(B) TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PRO-
GRAMS.—The training and educational pro-
grams developed under subparagraph (A) may 
include courses in recent developments, tech-
niques, and procedures related to— 
‘‘(i) developing consensus national 
training standards in partnership with in-
dustry stakeholders for key frontline occu-
pations with demonstrated skill gaps; 
‘‘(ii) developing national systems of 
qualification and apprenticeship for transit 
maintenance and operations occupations; 
‘‘(iii) building local, regional, and 
Statewide transit training partnerships to 
identify and address workforce skill gaps 
and develop skills needed for delivering 
quality transit service and supporting em-
ployee career advancement; 
‘‘(iv) developing programs for training 
of frontline workers, instructors, mentors, 
and labor-management partnership rep-
resentatives, in the form of classroom, 
hands-on, on-the-job, as well as web-based 
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