Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2128
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Public transit

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021 </strong></p> <p>This bill modifies requirements for approval of a public transportation agency safety plan to include a requirement that a safety committee approve the plan and any updates to the plan. The committee must consist of an equal number of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the public transportation agency) and employer or state representatives.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2128 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2021 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mrs. Demings , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. Bacon , and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021 . 2. Public transportation safety program Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting the safety committee established under paragraph (4), and subsequently, before the board of directors ; (B) in subparagraph (G) by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: (H) a requirement that the safety committee only approve a safety plan under subparagraph (A) if such plan stays within such recipient’s fiscal budget ; and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following: (4) Safety Committee For purposes of the approval process of an agency safety plan under paragraph (1), the safety committee shall be convened by a joint labor-management process and consist of an equal number of— (A) frontline employee representatives, selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient or if applicable a contractor to the recipient; and (B) employer or State representatives. .