Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 9/14/2021
Actions
- 2021-09-14Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-699.
- 2021-02-22Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2021-02-22Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-22 (00)
Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) contingent on certain changes to its governance and operations.
The bill reauthorizes capital and preventive maintenance grants to WMATA for FY2021-2030 as well as additional funding for capital and preventive maintenance projects and the WMATA Inspector General (IG).
The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not provide any amounts to WMATA until certain conditions are met, including that DOT (1) certifies that the WMATA Board of Directors has passed a resolution that reaffirms the IG as an independent and objective unit, (2) establishes and maintains the Jeanice McMillan Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Track Safety Task Force, (3) establishes and maintains a Keith Dodson Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Bus Safety Task Force, and (4) certifies that the WMATA General Manager has implemented procedures that establish documented policies and procedures for the capital planning process and require WMATA to improve the transit asset management planning process.
Cosponsors (3)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- District of Columbia
- Emergency communications systems
- Government studies and investigations
- Maryland
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- Virginia
- Worker safety and health
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