[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4107 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4107

     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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 11 (legislative day, April 10), 2024

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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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.''.
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