H.R. 1093 — To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation. | PoliFocus

H.R. 1093115th Congress

To require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.

To require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety audits conducted with respect to railroads and rail transit agencies.

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works

Summary

(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Federal Railroad Administration: (1) within 10 days after it initiates a comprehensive safety assessment of an entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, to notify specified congressional committees and each Member of Congress representing a state in which the service that is the subject of the assessment being conducted is located, of the initiation of that assessment; and (2) within 90 days after completing such assessment, to report the findings of such assessment to such committees and Members.

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Legislative Actions

2017-02-15
Introduced in House
2017-02-15
Introduced in House
2017-02-15
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-02-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2017-02-16
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2017-03-29
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
2017-03-29
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged.
2017-03-29
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-03-29
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2018-03-13
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-594.
2018-03-13
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-594.
2018-03-13
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.
2018-09-27
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9138-9139)
2018-09-27
Mr. Denham asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
2018-09-27
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9138; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H9138-9139)
2018-09-27
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9138; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H9138-9139)
2018-09-27
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-09-27
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2018-09-28
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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