Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021”.
Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety.
Sec. 2 Public transportation safety program
Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (d)(1)—
in subparagraph (A) by inserting “the safety committee established under paragraph (4), and subsequently,” before “the board of directors”;
in subparagraph (G) by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
“(H) a requirement that the safety committee only approve a safety plan under subparagraph (A) if such plan stays within such recipient’s fiscal budget”
by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following:
“(4) Safety Committee—For purposes of the approval process of an agency safety plan under paragraph (1), the safety committee shall be convened by a joint labor-management process and consist of an equal number of—
“(A) frontline employee representatives, selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient or if applicable a contractor to the recipient; and
“(B) employer or State representatives.”