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[H.R. 6248 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 424
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6248

                          [Report No. 118-510]

     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

                              May 14, 2024

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Mann, Mr. Goldman of 
New York, Mr. Allred, Ms. Adams, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, 
    Mr. Frost, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
                     Fitzpatrick, and Ms. Underwood

                              May 14, 2024

  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 
                           November 6, 2023]


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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) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) 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; 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 a station assessment 
                        carried out by Amtrak, including a timeline for 
                        any required compliance with such Act, as 
                        required by the settlement agreement;
                            ``(ii) Amtrak-served stations for which 
                        Amtrak has a shared responsibility for 
                        compliance with such Act based on a station 
                        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 settlement agreement, 
                        identifying who is responsible for compliance 
                        (and the status of the compliance of each 
                        responsible party with such Act) for such 
                        portions and the timeline for compliance in 
                        cases in which 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 a 
                        station assessment carried out by Amtrak or the 
                        party responsible under such Act.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `station assessment' means a 
review of all components of a station including the building, platform, 
path to train, and parking areas, as required by the Access Board on 
the date of enactment of the Think Differently Transportation Act.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 424

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6248

                          [Report No. 118-510]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 14, 2024

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