# 119-hr-4900: Safe Transit Accountability Act

119-hr-4900, Safe Transit Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4900
- Congress: 119
- Title: Safe Transit Accountability Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-08-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

This bill would give a **final decisionmaker role for the accountable executive** over Safety Committee disputes and recommended risk-based safety mitigations. It would add a new subparagraph to 49 U.S.C. 5329(d)(5) so the accountable executive becomes the sole tiebreaker when a transit agency's Safety Committee cannot agree and decides whether to implement risk-based mitigations or strategies. The bill defines the accountable executive as the single person with ultimate responsibility for the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, responsibility for the Transit Asset Management Plan, and control over the resources needed to carry out both plans.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Transit chief gets final safety say: benefit, medium. If enacted, transit agencies would have one "accountable executive" make final safety decisions. That person runs the agency’s Safety Plan and Asset Management Plan and directs people and capital to run both. The executive would decide whether to use risk-based fixes the Safety Committee recommends…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4900 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4900)

## Related
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4900 (as of 2026-04-21).