CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Shomari Figures (D-AL)

Bus Operator Safety and Security Act

H.R. 6635 · House bill Transportation and Public Works

A Democratic bill with 10 Republican cosponsors · See all 34 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Bus Operator Safety and Security Act. It requires certain new fixed route buses purchased with Federal funds to have specific operator workstations. Specifically, any new bus that is thirty or more feet in length with a useful life of ten or more years must be equipped with a barrier. This barrier must reach from the floor to the ceiling and fully enclose the workstation. It must also prevent unwanted entry of persons, fluids, and objects without blocking the operator's view outside the bus. These workstation requirements apply two years after the enactment of the subsection unless a labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce agrees to waive the requirement.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this improve buses, trains and other public transport?

    The bill enhances passenger-to-operator safety and security standards for fixed-route buses purchased with federal funds.

  • Scored +3

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill allows labor organizations to waive the workstation barrier requirements through mutual agreement with recipients.

  • Scored +2

    Would people in cities be better off under this?

    The bill improves the security and safety of the public transit infrastructure used primarily in urban and suburban areas.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.