To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety committee, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends federal transit safety law to grant accountable executives final decision-making authority over safety committee recommendations and establish them as sole tiebreakers in safety committee disputes. It relies on compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Transportation and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Transit agency accountable executives and senior management could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Safety committee members at transit agencies could face higher barriers and Transit worker labor unions would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends federal transit safety law to grant accountable executives final decision-making authority over safety committee recommendations and establish them as sole tiebreakers in safety committee disputes.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends federal transit safety law to grant accountable executives final decision-making authority over safety committee recommendations and establish them as sole tiebreakers in safety committee disputes.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill amends federal transit safety law to grant accountable executives final decision-making authority over safety committee recommendations and establish them as sole tiebreakers in safety committee disputes.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Safety Committee Amendment
Identified Gains
- Transit agency accountable executives and senior management
Identified Costs
- Safety committee members at transit agencies
- Transit worker labor unions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Public transportation agencies receiving FTA funds, Safety committee members at transit agencies, Transit agency accountable executives and senior management
Positive-direction: Transit agency accountable executives and senior management
Negative-direction: Safety committee members at transit agencies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "recipient"
- → Public transportation agency receiving FTA funds
- "safety_committee"
- → Entity making safety recommendations to transit agencies
- "accountable_executive"
- → Single, identifiable person with ultimate responsibility for Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan and Transit Asset Management Plan
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The single, identifiable person who has ultimate responsibility for carrying out the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan under this section of a transit agency, responsibility for carrying out the transit agency's Transit Asset Management Plan, and control or direction over the human and capital resources needed to develop and maintain both the transit agency's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with this subsection, and the transit agency's Transit Asset Management Plan in accordance with section 5326
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