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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-594
TO REQUIRE THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND THE FED-
ERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL
NOTICE OF SAFETY AUDITS CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO RAILROADS
AND RAIL TRANSIT AGENCIES
MARCH 13, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1093]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1093) to require the Federal Railroad
Administration and the Federal Transit Authority to provide ap-
propriate Congressional notice of safety audits conducted with re-
spect to railroads and rail transit agencies, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ . 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 4
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Advisory of Earm arks .............................................................................................. 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 5
Federal M andate Statem ent ................................................................................... 6
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 6
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
Applicability of Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 7
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