Introduced:
Aug 5, 2025
Policy Area:
Transportation and Public Works
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Aug 6, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Actions (4)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H11000
Aug 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Aug 5, 2025
Introduced in House
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| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Aug 5, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Aug 5, 2025
Subjects (1)
Transportation and Public Works
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (1)
(R-UT)
Aug 5, 2025
Aug 5, 2025
Full Bill Text
Length: 2,247 characters
Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Aug 5, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:09 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4900 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4900
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable
executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety
committee, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable
executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety
committee, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4900 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4900
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable
executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety
committee, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable
executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety
committee, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Transit Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 5329
(d) (5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``
(C) Final decisionmaker.
(d) (5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``
(C) Final decisionmaker.--
``
(i) In general.--The accountable
executive of a recipient shall determine
whether to implement the risk-based mitigation
or strategies recommended by the Safety
Committee and shall serve as the sole
tiebreaker of any Safety Committee dispute
resolution procedures.
``
(ii) Accountable executive.--In this
subparagraph, the term `accountable executive'
means the single, identifiable person who has
ultimate responsibility for carrying out the
Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan under
this section of a transit agency,
responsibility for carrying out the transit
agency's Transit Asset Management Plan, and
control or direction over the human and capital
resources needed to develop and maintain both
the transit agency's Public Transportation
Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with this
subsection, and the transit agency's Transit
Asset Management Plan in accordance with
adding at the end the following:
``
(C) Final decisionmaker.--
``
(i) In general.--The accountable
executive of a recipient shall determine
whether to implement the risk-based mitigation
or strategies recommended by the Safety
Committee and shall serve as the sole
tiebreaker of any Safety Committee dispute
resolution procedures.
``
(ii) Accountable executive.--In this
subparagraph, the term `accountable executive'
means the single, identifiable person who has
ultimate responsibility for carrying out the
Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan under
this section of a transit agency,
responsibility for carrying out the transit
agency's Transit Asset Management Plan, and
control or direction over the human and capital
resources needed to develop and maintain both
the transit agency's Public Transportation
Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with this
subsection, and the transit agency's Transit
Asset Management Plan in accordance with
section 5326.
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