US HB1139 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 191-11)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program. DOT shall require grant recipients who operate a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration to (1) develop a risk reduction program for assaults on rail workers to improve safety by reducing the number and severity of assaults on such workers; (2) submit the program to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program. A grant recipient shall report to DOT any information on each assault on a transit worker for inclusion in the National Transit Database.

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Title

Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act

Sponsors

Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]
Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-12HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2019-02-11HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-02-11HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB436 (Same As) 2020-02-25 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

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