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 ‘‘Over-the-Road Bus 
Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS OF PAS-
SENGERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13902(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B)(iii); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the accessibility requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary under subpart H of part 
37 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
such successor regulations to those accessibility 
requirements as the Secretary may issue, for 
transportation provided by an over-the-road 
bus; and’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Sections 
13902(a)(5) and 13905(d)(1)(A) of such title are each 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Board’’ the following: ‘‘(in-
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cluding the accessibility requirements established by the 
Secretary under subpart H of part 37 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or such successor regulations to 
those accessibility requirements as the Secretary may 
issue, for transportation provided by an over-the-road 
bus)’’. 
SEC. 3. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS DEFINED. 
Section 13102 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(27) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS.—The term ‘over- 
the-road bus’ means a bus characterized by an ele-
vated passenger deck located over a baggage com-
partment.’’. 
SEC. 4. DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF REGISTRA-
TION REQUIREMENTS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall take necessary actions to 
implement the changes required by the amendment made 
by section 2(a) relating to registration of motor carriers 
providing transportation by an over-the-road bus. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the Attor-
ney General shall enter into a memorandum of under-
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standing to delineate the specific roles and responsibilities 
of the Department of Transportation and the Department 
of Justice, respectively, in enforcing the compliance of 
motor carriers of passengers providing transportation by 
an over-the-road bus (as defined in section 13102 of title 
49, United States Code) with the accessibility require-
ments established by the Secretary under subpart H of 
part 37 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or such 
successor regulations to those accessibility requirements 
as the Secretary may issue. Such memorandum shall rec-
ognize the Department of Transportation’s statutory re-
sponsibilities as clarified by this Act (including the amend-
ments made by this Act). 
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Union Calendar No. 279 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3985 
[Report No. 110–456] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct 
the Secretary of Transportation to register a per-
son providing transportation by an over-the-road 
bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the 
person is willing and able to comply with certain 
accessibility requirements in addition to other ex-
isting requirements, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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