Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-6478
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Public transit

State and local government operations

Transportation employees

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies requirements for approval of a public transportation agency safety plan to include a requirement that the safety and health committee of the recipient consisting of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the majority of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient) and an equal number of employer or state representatives approve the plan and any updates to the plan.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6478 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2020 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Malinowski , and Mr. Lynch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the requirements of approval of an agency safety plan, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act . 2. Public transportation safety program Section 5329(d)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting within such recipient’s fiscal budget and after approval by a safety and health committee of the recipient consisting of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the majority of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient) and an equal number of employer or State representatives after to the agency safety plan .