3.0.0 3638 2022-02-03T06:05:04Z 2023-01-10T03:29:02Z Senate S S 2010-07-22 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported original measure 2010-07-22T21:58:24Z S. Rept. 111-232 2010-07-26 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate By Senator Dodd from Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs filed written report. Report No. 111-232. Floor 2010-07-26 By Senator Dodd from Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs filed written report. Report No. 111-232. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 2010-07-22 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480. Calendars 2010-07-22 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dodd. Without written report. Committee 2010-07-22 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dodd. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 2010-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z S. 3638, Public Transportation Act of 2010 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21689 <p>Pay-as-you-go table for the bill including an amendment provided to CBO by the Senate Committee on the Budget on July 26, 2010</p> 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z S. 3638, Public Transportation Act of 2010 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21689 Pay-as-you-go table for the bill including an amendment provided to CBO by the Senate Committee on the Budget on July 26, 2010 Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Executive agency funding and structure Federal preemption Government information and archives Public transit State and local government operations Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2010-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-09T17:32:20Z Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to create a national public transportation safety plan to improve the safety of all public transportation systems that receive federal assistance.

Requires the Secretary to establish a public transportation safety certification training program for federal and state employees, or other designated personnel, who conduct safety audits and examinations of public transportation systems, as well as employees of public transportation agencies responsible for safety oversight.

Requires each state or local government, or other public transportation system operator, that receives federal assistance to certify it has established an agency safety plan meeting minimum criteria.

Prescribes requirements for state safety oversight programs for grant-recipient states with a rail fixed guideway public transportation system (or one in the design or construction phase) that is not subject to Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulation. Requires an eligible state, in order to obligate its formula capital grant apportionment, to have an approved state safety oversight program in effect as well as a state safety oversight agency. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible states to develop or carry out such a program.

Grants a state safety oversight agency the authority to request the Secretary to take certain enforcement actions against a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not in compliance with federal safety laws.

Directs the Secretary to establish a national transit asset management system.

Authorizes the Secretary to award a public transportation system grant to a recipient only if it reports to the Secretary, for inclusion in the National Transit Database, information relating to: (1) the causes of reportable incidents; and (2) transit asset inventories and condition assessments the recipient has conducted.

Establishes within the FRA the Office of Safety and Security.

Authorizes a recipient to receive an urbanized area formula grant only if it has established a comprehensive public transportation agency safety plan.

Requires the Secretary, in prescribing regulations for an alcohol and controlled substances testing program for public transportation employees, to establish an enforcement program that includes the imposition of penalties for noncompliance.

]]> 80 2010-07-22 Reported to Senate without amendment 2010-11-10T21:41:15Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to create a national public transportation safety plan to improve the safety of all public transportation systems that receive federal assistance.

Requires the Secretary to establish a public transportation safety certification training program for federal and state employees, or other designated personnel, who conduct safety audits and examinations of public transportation systems, as well as employees of public transportation agencies responsible for safety oversight.

Requires each state or local government, or other public transportation system operator, that receives federal assistance to certify it has established an agency safety plan meeting certain minimum criteria.

Prescribes requirements for state safety oversight programs for grant-recipient states with a rail fixed guideway public transportation system (or one in the design or construction phase) that is not subject to Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulation. Requires an eligible state, in order to obligate its formula capital grant apportionment, to have an approved state safety oversight program in effect as well as an independent state safety oversight agency. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible states to develop or carry out such a program.

Sets the federal share of program costs under a grant at 80%.

Grants a state safety oversight agency the authority to request the Secretary to take certain enforcement actions against a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not in compliance with federal safety laws.

Requires national uniformity of public transportation safety laws, regulations, and orders.

Allows a state to adopt or continue in force a public transportation safety law, regulation, or order: (1) until the Secretary promulgates a regulation or issues an order covering public transportation safety; and (2) that is consistent with, and more stringent than, the Secretary's regulation or order and meets certain other criteria.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011- FY2013.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to establish a national transit asset management system requiring fund recipients to develop capital asset inventories and condition assessments.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011- FY2013.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary to award a public transportation system grant to a recipient only if it reports to the Secretary, for inclusion in the National Transit Database, information relating to: (1) the causes of reportable incidents; and (2) transit asset inventories and condition assessments the recipient has conducted.

(Sec. 6) Establishes within the FRA the Office of Safety and Security, to be headed by the Associate Administrator of Safety and Security.

Authorizes a recipient to receive an urbanized area formula grant only if it has established a comprehensive public transportation agency safety plan.

Requires the Secretary, in prescribing regulations for an alcohol and controlled substances testing program for public transportation employees, to establish an enforcement program that includes the imposition of penalties for noncompliance.

]]> Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 Short Titles as Introduced Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 S Senate Display Title Public Transportation Safety Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced An original bill to establish a national safety plan for public transportation, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2010-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3638pcs/xml/BILLS-111s3638pcs.xml 2010-07-26 By Senator Dodd from Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs filed written report. Report No. 111-232. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.