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S. 354 117th Congress Senate

Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to reauthorize funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority contingent on improvements to the governance and operations of the Transit Authority.

Introduced: February 22, 2021 Introduced by: Mark R. Warner Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Sep 14, 2021
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Feb 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021

This bill reauthorizes funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) contingent on certain changes to its governance and operations.

The bill reauthorizes capital and preventive maintenance grants to WMATA for FY2021-2030 as well as additional funding for capital and preventive maintenance projects and the WMATA Inspector General (IG).

The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not provide any amounts to WMATA until certain conditions are met, including that DOT (1) certifies that the WMATA Board of Directors has passed a resolution that reaffirms the IG as an independent and objective unit, (2) establishes and maintains the Jeanice McMillan Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Track Safety Task Force, (3) establishes and maintains a Keith Dodson Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Bus Safety Task Force, and (4) certifies that the WMATA General Manager has implemented procedures that establish documented policies and procedures for the capital planning process and require WMATA to improve the transit asset management planning process.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Feb 22, 2021
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 354: Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-354/
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