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HR 6478 116th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Labor-management relations Public transit State and local government operations Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Worker safety and health

Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act

Introduced: April 10, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 11, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 10, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 10, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act

This bill modifies requirements for approval of a public transportation agency safety plan to include a requirement that the safety and health committee of the recipient consisting of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the majority of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient) and an equal number of employer or state representatives approve the plan and any updates to the plan.

What's happening now April 11, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 10, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Apr 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6478: Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6478/
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"H.R. 6478: Public Transit Safety Program Improvement Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6478/.
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H.R. 6478, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6478/.
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