[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6248 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6248

     To require Amtrak to report to Congress information on Amtrak 
   compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with 
                    respect to trains and stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2023

   Mr. Molinaro (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Nehls, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Pappas, Mr. Carson, and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require Amtrak to report to Congress information on Amtrak 
   compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with 
                    respect to trains and stations.

    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 ``Think Differently Transportation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON AMTRAK ADA COMPLIANCE.

    Section 24315(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) shall include an action plan for bringing 
                Amtrak rail cars and Amtrak-served stations that are 
                not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 
                Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) into compliance 
                with such Act as required by the settlement agreement 
                entered into in 2020 between Amtrak and the Department 
                of Justice, as applicable; and
                    ``(E) shall include a status report on--
                            ``(i) Amtrak-served stations for which 
                        Amtrak is solely responsible for compliance 
                        with such Act based on an assessment carried 
                        out by Amtrak, including a timeline for any 
                        required compliance with such Act consistent 
                        with the terms of the agreement described in 
                        subparagraph (D);
                            ``(ii) Amtrak-served stations for which 
                        Amtrak has a shared responsibility for 
                        compliance with such Act based on an assessment 
                        carried out by Amtrak, including a timeline for 
                        any required compliance with such Act for the 
                        portions of the station for which Amtrak is the 
                        responsible party consistent with the terms of 
                        the agreement described in subparagraph (D), 
                        and who is responsible for compliance with such 
                        Act for the other portions of the Amtrak-served 
                        station where Amtrak is not the responsible 
                        party and the timeline for compliance where 
                        Amtrak is not the responsible party; and
                            ``(iii) the status of compliance with such 
                        Act for all Amtrak-served stations for which 
                        Amtrak is not the responsible party, nor is 
                        responsible for a portion of the station, and 
                        the entity or entities that have responsibility 
                        for compliance with such Act, based on an 
                        assessment carried out by Amtrak.''.
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