[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1547 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1547

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the 
costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving 
                   transfers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2023

Mr. Kean of New Jersey (for himself and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the 
costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving 
                   transfers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``One Seat Ride Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON COMMUTER SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Administrators of the Federal Transit Administration and the 
Federal Railroad Administration, shall conduct a study analyzing the 
costs and benefits of providing commuter rail passenger transportation 
that does not involve a transfer compared with the costs and benefits 
of providing commuter rail passenger transportation involving a 
transfer.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) consider economic, logistical, and quality of life 
        factors in analyzing the costs and benefits of the different 
        types of commuter rail passenger transportation identified in 
        such subsection; and
            (2) include in such study an analysis of such costs and 
        benefits with respect to commuter rail passenger transportation 
        on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak 
        hours.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
study conducted under subsection (a).
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``commuter rail 
passenger transportation'' has the meaning given such term in section 
24102 of title 49, United States Code.
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