,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjbf,mr4   
,min 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and    
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require certain recipients of ,federal  
assistance for public transit systems to
 establish a program to collect data on 
passenger harassment on public transit  
systems1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,safe ,transit for ,all ,act of     
#bjbf4  #b4 ,inclusion of assaults on   
transit passengers in public            
transportation safety program  7a7      
,public transportation agency safety    
plan ,section #ecbi7;d7 of title #di1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in        
subparagraph 7,i77ii7 by striking the   
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7,b7 by

 adding at the end the following3  7,j7 
in the case of a recipient receiving    
assistance under section #ecjg that is  
serving an urbanized area with a        
population of #bjj1jjj or more1 a       
program to collect data on street       
harassment on public transit systems    
targeted at passengers1 including--  7i7
 establishing accessible digital and    
in-person reporting mechanisms to       
collect data from passengers who have   
experienced or witnessed an incident of 
street harassment on a public transit   
system operated by the recipient1       
including the ability to collect data   
on-- 7,i7 the frequency1 type1 location1
 and time of the incident experienced or
 witnessed by the passenger1 including  
whether such street harassment was      
verbal harassment1 a physical assault1  
or a sexual assault2  7,,ii7 the        
demographic information of the passenger
 or passengers that experienced the     
incident1 including race1 ethnicity1    
religion1 age1 disability1 income1      

primary language1 sex1 and sexual       
orientation2  7,,iii7 the actual or     
perceived characteristics that may have 
served as the basis for the incident2   
and  7,,iv7 the impact of the incident  
on the passenger1 including whether and 
in what way street harassment affects   
the use of public transit by the        
passenger2  7ii7 collecting data and    
conducting outreach in multiple         
languages to understand safety concerns 
and experiences of passengers with      
limited ,english language proficiency2  
7iii7 in a timely manner after data is  
collected pursuant to clauses 7i7 and   
7ii71 publishing on a publicly available
 website the data collected1 excluding  
any personally identifiable information2
 and  7iv7 establishing protocols for   
responding to reports of street         
harassment received through the         
reporting mechanisms established in     
clause 7i74  2 and  7#b7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7#f7 ,definition
 of street harassment ,in this          

subsection1 the term street harassment  
means any word1 gesture1 or other action
 directed at an individual because of an
 actual or perceived personal           
characteristic of the individual1       
including a characteristic protected    
under title ,,vi or ,,vii of the ,civil 
,rights ,act of #aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bjjj;d et seq47 or the ,age            
,discrimination in ,employment ,act of  
#aifg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #fba et seq471 in a
 public place1 without the consent of   
the individual1 in which the individual 
experiences such word1 gesture1 or      
action as intimidating or threatening to
 the safety of the individual4  4  7b7  
,national transit database ,section     
#ecce of title #di1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7c7--  7,a7 in paragraph 7#b7 by        
striking and2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c7 by
 striking the period and inserting 2    
and2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#d7 any data on street     
harassment of passengers collected by   

the recipient pursuant to section       
#ecbi7;d74  4