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                                                 Union Calendar No. 137
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1547

                          [Report No. 118-173]

  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

                           September 1, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               10, 2023]


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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,

SEC. 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 shall conduct a 
study identifying the benefits of commuter rail passenger 
transportation and major obstacles to providing commuter rail passenger 
transportation that does not involve a transfer for passengers.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) consider economic, logistical, and quality of life 
        factors in analyzing the major obstacles to implementing 
        single-seat trips on commuter rail passenger transportation for 
        as many passengers as possible; and
            (2) include in such study an analysis of the costs and 
        benefits with respect to single-seat trips on commuter rail 
        passenger transportation on the New Jersey Transit Raritan 
        Valley line during peak hours and the impact such trips would 
        have on other New Jersey Transit lines.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year 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 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the study 
required under subsection (a).
    (d) Commuter Rail Passenger Transportation Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``commuter rail passenger transportation'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 24102 of title 49, United States 
Code.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 137

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1547

                          [Report No. 118-173]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 1, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed