3.0.0 436 2022-11-01T16:02:58Z 2022-11-01T16:02:58Z Senate S 2019-02-11 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2020-02-25T15:00:36Z Referred to 2019-02-11T22:31:52Z Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act 116 1139 HR 2019-02-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2020-02-25 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2019-02-11 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-02-11 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-02-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-02-11 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-03-14 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-04-29 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-04-29 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-04-29 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-04-30 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-05-06 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-05-06 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-06 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2019-05-20 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-05-21 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-06-11 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-06-26 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-07-16 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-02-24 False Transportation and Public Works Accidents Assault and harassment offenses Criminal justice information and records Public transit Railroads Transportation employees Transportation safety and security Worker safety and health Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-17T19:43:51Z Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act

This bill requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program  to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.

DOT shall require grant recipients who operates a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration to (1) develop a risk reduction program for assaults on rail workers to improve safety by reducing the number and severity of assaults on such workers; (2) submit the program to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.

A grant recipient shall report to DOT any information on each assault on a transit worker for inclusion in the National Transit Database.

]]> Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act Display Title Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s436is/xml/BILLS-116s436is.xml 2020-02-25 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. 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.