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.
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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.
115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-15 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
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.
Plain 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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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.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · 2 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1093.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr1093 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115