[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 543 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

<DOC>
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 543


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2019

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
 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.

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

SECTION 1. NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) Initial Notice.--Not later than 10 business days after the 
Federal Railroad Administration initiates a comprehensive safety 
assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or 
commuter rail passenger transportation, the Federal Railroad 
Administration shall notify in electronic format 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 in which the service 
that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of 
the initiation of that assessment.
    (b) Findings.--Not later than 90 days after completion of a 
comprehensive safety assessment described in subsection (a), the 
Federal Railroad Administration shall transmit in electronic format 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 in which the service that is the subject of the 
assessment being conducted is located, its findings of that assessment, 
including identified defects and any recommendations.
    (c) Definition.--For purpose of this section, the term 
``comprehensive safety assessment'' means a focused review of the 
safety-related processes and procedures, compliance with safety 
regulations and requirements, and overall safety culture of an entity 
providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger 
transportation.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 6, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.