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

<DOC>





                                                       Calendar No. 485
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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   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

                             August 1, 2024

              Reported by Ms. Cantwell, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Think Differently 
Transportation Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPORT ON AMTRAK ADA COMPLIANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 24315(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``and'' at the end;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
                period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(E) shall include a status report on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

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-
        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;
            ``(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 or 
                by the party responsible for such compliance, 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 identify 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) Amtrak may meet the requirements described in clauses (ii) 
and (iii) of paragraph (1)(E) by demonstrating that Amtrak took 
reasonable measures to obtain cooperation from responsible entities.
    ``(4) Amtrak shall submit the action plan and status report 
required under subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) annually while the settlement agreement referred to 
        in paragraph (1)(D) is in effect; and
            ``(B) every 5 years beginning on the first day the 
        settlement is no longer in effect.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 485

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4107

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             August 1, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment