[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1093 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1093

To require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit 
Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety audits 
     conducted with respect to railroads and rail transit agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2017

 Mr. Sires (for himself and Mr. Payne) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit 
Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety audits 
     conducted with respect to railroads and rail transit agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NOTICE OF SAFETY AUDITS.

    (a) Initial Notice.--Not later than 10 days after beginning a 
safety audit of a railroad or rail transit agency, the Federal Railroad 
Administration or the Federal Transit Authority shall notify the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and each member of Congress representing 
a State through which the railroad or transit agency operates service, 
of the beginning of that audit.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completion of a safety 
audit described in subsection (a), the Federal Railroad Administration 
or the Federal Transit Authority shall transmit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and to each member of Congress representing a State through which the 
railroad or transit agency operates service, a report describing the 
results of that audit.
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