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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2526
To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify provisions relating to
equal access for over-the-road buses, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH31, 2025
Mr. V
ANDREW(for himself and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify provisions
relating to equal access for over-the-road buses, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bus Parity and Clarity 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS FOR OVER-THE- 6
ROAD BUSES. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.— 8
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(1) TOLL ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AND 1
FERRIES.—Section 129(a) of title 23, United States 2
Code, is amended— 3
(A) in paragraph (9)(A) by striking ‘‘that 4
serves the public’’ and inserting ‘‘in scheduled 5
or charter service’’; and 6
(B) in paragraph (11) by adding at the 7
end the following: 8
‘‘(F) C
HARTER SERVICE.—The term ‘char-9
ter service’ has the meaning given the term in 10
part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-11
tions.’’. 12
(2) HOV
FACILITIES.—Section 166 of title 23, 13
United States Code, is amended— 14
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(C) by striking 15
‘‘serving the public’’ and inserting ‘‘in sched-16
uled or charter service’’; and 17
(B) in subsection (f) by adding at the end 18
the following: 19
‘‘(7) C
HARTER SERVICE.—The term ‘charter 20
service’ has the meaning given the term in part 604 21
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 22
(b) V
ALUEPRICINGPILOTPROGRAM.—In carrying 23
out a value pricing pilot program under section 1012(b) 24
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 25
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of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 149 note), a public authority with ju-1
risdiction over a toll facility shall provide to an over-the- 2
road bus in scheduled or charter service access to a toll 3
facility under the same rates, terms, and conditions as a 4
public transportation vehicle, consistent with section 5
129(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 6
(c) P
UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 7
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 8
the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration 9
shall publish on a publicly available website a unified data-10
base containing information with respect to the rates, 11
terms, and conditions of each toll facility covered under 12
the equal access provisions described in sections 129(a)(9) 13
and 166(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code. 14
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 15
(1) C
HARTER SERVICE.—The term ‘‘charter 16
service’’ has the meaning given the term in part 604 17
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 18
(2) O
VER-THE-ROAD BUS.—The term ‘‘over-the- 19
road bus’’ has the meaning given the term in section 20
301 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 21
(42 U.S.C. 12181). 22
(3) P
UBLIC AUTHORITY; TOLL FACILITY.—The 23
terms ‘‘public authority’’ and ‘‘toll facility’’ have the 24
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meanings given the terms in section 129(a) of title 1
23, United States Code. 2
(4) P
UBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE .—The 3
term ‘‘public transportation vehicle’’ has the mean-4
ing given the term in section 166 of title 23, United 5
States Code. 6
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