H.R. 6635

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6635 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6635

To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain 
operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Figures (for himself and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain 
operator workstations for fixed route buses, 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Bus Operator Safety and Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM.

Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as 
subsections (g) through (l), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Fixed Route Bus Operator Workstations.--Beginning 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, unless a recipient 
certifies that a labor organization representing the plurality of the 
frontline workforce employed by the recipient or, if applicable, 
employed by a contractor to the recipient, has agreed to waive this 
requirement with regard to the new fixed route bus being purchased with 
the requested Federal funds, the operator workstation of any new fixed 
route bus which is 30 or more feet in length with a useful life of 10 
or more years purchased with Federal funds (with the exception of funds 
derived from section 5311) by a recipient shall be equipped with a 
barrier that--
``(1) reaches from the bus floor to the bus ceiling;
``(2) is capable of fully enclosing the workstation and 
preventing the unwanted entry of persons, fluids, and objects 
into the workstation; and
``(3) does not impede the operator's lines of sight from 
the workstation to the exterior of the bus.''.
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