,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjba,mr4
 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,demings1   
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new       
,jersey1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 and ,mr4          
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
improve transit safety4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,public ,transit ,safety ,improvement   
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,public             
transportation safety program ,section  
#ecbi of title #di1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7d77#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7 by  
inserting the safety committee          
established under paragraph 7#d71 and   
subsequently1 before the board of       
directors2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,g7 by
 striking the period and inserting 2    
and2 and  7,c7 by inserting after       

subparagraph 7,g7 the following3  7,h7 a
 requirement that the safety committee  
only approve a safety plan under        
subparagraph 7,a7 if such plan stays    
within such recipient's fiscal budget  2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end of      
subsection 7d7 the following3  7#d7     
,safety ,committee ,for purposes of the 
approval process of an agency safety    
plan under paragraph 7#a71 the safety   
committee shall be convened by a joint  
labor-management process and consist of 
an equal number of-- 7,a7 frontline     
employee representatives1 selected by   
the labor organization representing the 
plurality of the frontline workforce    
employed by the recipient or if         
applicable a contractor to the          
recipient2 and  7,b7 employer or ,state 
representatives4  4