,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #deb  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ajic  ,report ,no4 #aae-eid  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,february #ae1 #bjag ,mr4 ,sires 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,payne7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,march #ac1            
#bjah;,additional sponsor3 ,ms4 ,esty of
 ,connecticut  ,march #ac1 #bjah        
,reported with amendments1 committed to 
the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on  
the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to
 be printed ,strike out all after the   
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,february #ae1 #bjag  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,federal        
,railroad ,administration and the       
,federal ,transit ,authority to provide 
appropriate ,congressional notice of    
safety audits conducted with respect to 
railroads and rail transit agencies4    

#a4 ,notice of comprehensive safety     
assessments  7a7 ,initial notice ,not   
later than #aj business days after the  
,federal ,railroad ,administration      
initiates a comprehensive safety        
assessment of an entity providing       
regularly scheduled intercity or        
commuter rail passenger transportation1 
the ,federal ,railroad ,administration  
shall notify in electronic format the   
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 and each member of     
,congress representing a ,state in which
 the service that is the subject of the 
assessment being conducted is located1  
of the initiation of that assessment4   
7b7 ,findings ,not later than #ij days  
after completion of a comprehensive     
safety assessment described in          
subsection 7a71 the ,federal ,railroad  
,administration shall transmit in       
electronic format to the ,committee on  

,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate1 and to  
each member of ,congress representing a 
,state in which the service that is the 
subject of the assessment being         
conducted is located1 its findings of   
that assessment1 including identified   
defects and any recommendations4  7c7   
,definition ,for purpose of this        
section1 the term comprehensive safety  
assessment means a focused review of the
 safety-related processes and           
procedures1 compliance with safety      
regulations and requirements1 and       
overall safety culture of an entity     
providing regularly scheduled intercity 
or commuter rail passenger              
transportation4  ,amend the title so as 
to read3 ,a bill to require the ,federal
 ,railroad ,administration to provide   
appropriate congressional notice of     
comprehensive safety assessments        
conducted with respect to intercity or  

commuter rail passenger transportation44
  ,march #ac1 #bjah ,reported with      
amendments1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed