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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 7 (Monday, January 14, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SIRES:H.R. 543.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of theHouse of Representatives, the Committee finds the authorityfor this legislation in article I, section 8 of theConstitution.[Page H544]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration (1) within 10 days after it initiates a comprehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, to notify specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress representing a state in which the service that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assessment; and (2) within 90 days after completing such assessment, to report the findings of such assessment to such committees and Members.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration (1) within 10 days after it initiates a comprehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, to notify specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress representing a state in which the service that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assessment; and (2) within 90 days after completing such assessment, to report the findings of such assessment to such committees and Members.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.</title>
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