(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the activities and findings 
of the Committee, including recommendations for statu-
tory revisions to achieve the goals described in subsection 
(a). 
(e) REGULATORY ACTIONS.—After the date of sub-
mission of the report, the Secretary shall initiate regu-
latory actions to implement the recommendations of the 
Committee. 
SEC. 9. RULEMAKINGS IMPACTING MOTOR CARRIERS OF 
PASSENGERS. 
In a rulemaking proceeding impacting both motor 
carriers of property and motor carriers of passengers, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall provide a separate and 
distinct analysis, including a cost-benefit analysis, specific 
to the impact of the proposed rulemaking on motor car-
riers of passengers. 
SEC. 10. GAO STUDY ASSESSING EFFECTS OF CURRENT 
OVERSIGHT AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a comprehensive study on the dis-
parate effects of regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration finalized in the preceding 10 years 
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on small fleet motor carriers of passengers consisting of 
9 or fewer vehicles and make recommendations for exemp-
tions and implementation strategies to mitigate the dis-
parate effects. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study. 
SEC. 11. PILOT PROGRAM ON INSPECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall carry out a pilot program to compare the effective-
ness of prescheduled garage, terminal, or place of business 
vehicle and driver inspections with random destination in-
spections on motor carriers of passengers. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot 
program, including a determination on which inspections 
described in subsection (a) achieve a higher level of com-
pliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 
and reductions in crashes and fatalities. 
SEC. 12. REQUIREMENTS FOR NHTSA. 
(a) NEW VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Transportation may not promulgate any new regulatory 
mandates for motorcoaches or school buses that are not 
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based solely on sound data and science that will directly 
reduce crashes or the effects thereof. All proposed modi-
fications to design or accessory requirements relating to 
motorcoaches or school buses shall be pursued by the Sec-
retary through the formal regulatory process based on a 
comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and sound scientific 
research. 
(b) INCLUSION OF INDUSTRY REGARDING AUTONO-
MOUS VEHICLE POLICY.—The Secretary shall include and 
consult with the motorcoach and school bus industries 
through its representatives, including motorcoach and 
school bus manufacturers, companies operating motor-
coaches and school buses, and motorcoach and school bus 
industry associations, in all phases of development of au-
tonomous vehicle policy and proposed regulations. 
SEC. 13. REQUIREMENTS FOR FTA. 
(a) PRIVATE SECTOR EXCLUSION SUMMARY.—Sec-
tion 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) INCENTIVES
FOR
COMPETITIVELY
CON-
TRACTED SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), a recipient of assistance under this 
chapter that meets the targets under subpara-
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graph (B) for competitively contracted service 
shall be eligible, at the request of the recipient, 
for a Federal share of 90 percent for the capital 
cost of buses and bus-related facilities and 
equipment purchased with financial assistance 
made available under this chapter. 
‘‘(B) TARGET.—To qualify for the com-
petitively contracted service incentive program 
under this paragraph, a public transit agency or 
governmental unit shall competitively contract 
for at least 20 percent of its fixed route bus 
service. The percentage of competitively con-
tracted service shall be calculated by deter-
mining the ratio of competitively contracted 
service vehicles operated in annual maximum 
service to total vehicles operated in annual max-
imum service. 
‘‘(C) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A pub-
lic transit agency or governmental unit shall be 
eligible for an increased Federal share under 
this paragraph only if the amount of State and 
local funding provided to the affected public 
transit agency or governmental unit for the 
capital cost of buses and bus-related facilities 
and equipment will not be less than the average 
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amount of funding for such purposes provided 
during the 3 fiscal years preceding the date of 
enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 
the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(i) 
COMPETITIVELY
CONTRACTED 
SERVICE.—The term ‘competitively con-
tracted service’ means fixed route bus 
transportation service purchased by a pub-
lic transit agency or governmental unit 
from a private sector motor carrier of pas-
sengers or a private sector school bus pas-
senger carrier based on a written contract. 
‘‘(ii) VEHICLES OPERATED IN ANNUAL 
MAXIMUM
SERVICE.—The term ‘vehicles 
operated in annual maximum service’ 
means the number of transit vehicles oper-
ated to meet the annual maximum service 
requirement during the peak season of the 
year, on the week and day that maximum 
service is provided.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) PRIVATE SECTOR EXCLUSION.— 
‘‘(1) MANDATORY
REPORTS.—As a condition 
for receiving funds under this chapter, the Secretary 
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shall require a recipient of funds under this chapter 
to report to the Secretary any instance in which a 
private sector motor carrier of passengers or a pri-
vate sector school bus passenger carrier providing 
charter or scheduled service is displaced by a public 
transportation provider receiving financial assistance 
through the use of such funds. 
‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY REPORTS.—In addition to the 
reports required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall allow a private sector motor carrier of pas-
sengers or a private sector school bus passenger car-
rier providing charter or scheduled service described 
in paragraph (1) to report any displacement de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) REPORTING PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 
shall establish procedures for receiving reports under 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
BUSREGS21 Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report that con-
tains a list of the reports submitted in the prior year 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), including a descrip-
tion of the specific locations and estimated economic 
losses to private sector motor carriers of passengers 
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and private sector school bus passenger carriers as-
sociated with each report. 
‘‘(v) PUBLIC
MEETING
DISCLOSURE
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition for receiving 
funds made available under this chapter, the Sec-
retary shall require a recipient of such funds to sub-
mit to the Secretary notice of any public meeting 
scheduled by the recipient. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish any notice received under paragraph (1) on an 
Internet website. 
‘‘(w) PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) EXPANDED CERTIFICATION.—As a condi-
tion for receiving funds made available under this 
chapter, the Secretary shall require a recipient of 
such funds to file with the Secretary an expanded 
certification of specific considerations and engage-
ments utilized by the recipient to encourage the par-
ticipation of the private sector to the maximum ex-
tent feasible in projects and activities of the recipi-
ent involving the use of such funds. 
‘‘(2) 
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
CERTIFI-
CATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure that certifi-
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cations made under this subsection appear on a pub-
lic Internet website administered by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) COMBINED AGENCY BIENNIAL REPORTS.—The 
Secretary shall integrate the charter registration website 
of the Federal Transit Administration and the biennial up-
date website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration so as to permit entities under the jurisdictions of 
those Administrations to make a single registration up-
date. 
(c) CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING.— 
(1) 
EDUCATION
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary 
shall carry out a program to educate recipients of 
funds under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code, on the use of capital cost of contracting for 
partnering with private sector motor carriers of pas-
sengers and private sector school bus passenger car-
riers. 
(2) STATE AND REGIONAL SESSIONS.—In car-
rying out the program, the Secretary shall conduct 
a series of State, regional, or State and regional ses-
sions that will be open to the public and include par-
ticipation by private sector motor carriers of pas-
sengers, private sector school bus passenger carriers, 
and recipients of funds under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
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(d) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.— 
(1) STRATEGIES TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE IM-
PEDIMENTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN 
PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.— 
(A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a study on— 
(i) private sector participation by pri-
vate sector motor carriers of passengers 
and private school bus passenger carriers 
in providing public transportation service; 
(ii) impediments to such participation; 
and 
(iii) strategies and recommendations 
to reduce or eliminate impediments on 
public transit agencies and other similar 
entities in providing public transportation 
service. 
(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Con-
gress a report containing the results of the 
study. 
(ii) CONTENTS.—The report under 
clause (i) shall include summaries and ob-
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servations from various trade associations 
representing the private sector motor car-
riers of passengers industries, if such sum-
maries and observations are provided by 
trade associations. 
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