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S. 2945
U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee
Summary
S. 2945, the Safe Transit Accountability Act, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 30, 2025 by Sen. Mike Lee (R). It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Sep 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Record
Text
S. 2945 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.
sb2945/introduced-in-senate.txt119 S2945 IS: Safe Transit Accountability ActU.S. Senate2025-09-30text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2945 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30, 2025 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety committee, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Safe Transit Accountability Act .2.Safety committeeSection 5329(d)(5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(C)Final decisionmaker(i)In generalThe accountable executive of a recipient shall determine whether to implement the risk-based mitigation or strategies recommended by the Safety Committee and shall serve as the sole tiebreaker of any Safety Committee dispute resolution procedures.(ii)Accountable executiveIn this subparagraph, the term accountable executive means the single, identifiable person who has ultimate responsibility for carrying out the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan under this section of a transit agency, responsibility for carrying out the transit agency's Transit Asset Management Plan, and control or direction over the human and capital resources needed to develop and maintain both the transit agency's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with this subsection, and the transit agency's Transit Asset Management Plan in accordance with section 5326..
Tracker
The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.
- Introduced2025-09-30
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Conference
- To President
- Became Law
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety committee, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
Sen. Mike Lee (R) sponsors S. 2945 alone.
Committees
S. 2945 went before 1 committee: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Actions
S. 2945 has taken 2 actions since Sep 30, 2025.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 30, 2025 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | ||
Sep 30, 2025 | — | Introduced in Senate |
Votes
S. 2945 has not gone to a roll call.
Related bills
1 bill is related to S. 2945, as Identical bill.
Titles
S. 2945 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.
- Safe Transit Accountability Act — Display Title
- Safe Transit Accountability Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the accountable executive of a safety committee to resolve disputes of the safety committee, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
Lobbying
2 clients hired 3 firms and 21 registered lobbyists who named S. 2945 in 10 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.
Filed under Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Economics/Economic Development, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Railroads.
Clients
Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.
| Client | Business | State | Firms | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | Association representing all modes of public transportation | District of Columbia | 2 | 7 | $180K |
| INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSP WORKERS TRANSP DIV | — | Ohio | 1 | 3 | — |
Firms
Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.
| Registrant | Clients | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | 1 | 4 | — |
| ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP | 1 | 3 | $180K |
| INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSP. WORKERS, TRANSP. DIV. | 1 | 3 | — |
Lobbyists
Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 21.
| Lobbyist | Firms | Clients | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANASTASIA TIONGSON | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| JILLIAN KINDER | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| KATIE MABRY | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| MARKUS HYBNER | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| TANEESHA JOHNSON | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| WARD MCCARRAGHER | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BLAKE THELANDER | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BYRON DORGAN | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| CHARLES CASSITY | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DAN RENBERG | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DAVID GROSSO | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DONALD ROACH | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ELIZABETH HORNER | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| JON BOUKER | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| KELSEY GRISWOLD-BERGER | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| OLIVER SPURGEON III | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| PHILIP ENGLISH | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| STARSHINE CHUN | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DANIEL SJOSTEDT | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Filings
The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.
| Client | Registrant | Period | Reported | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | 2026 second_quarter | $660K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSP WORKERS TRANSP DIV | INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSP. WORKERS, TRANSP. DIV. | 2026 second_quarter | $470.9K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSP WORKERS TRANSP DIV | INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSP. WORKERS, TRANSP. DIV. | 2025 fourth_quarter | $452.6K | 4th Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | 2025 fourth_quarter | $440K | 4th Quarter - Report |
| INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSP WORKERS TRANSP DIV | INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL & TRANSP. WORKERS, TRANSP. DIV. | 2026 first_quarter | $361.5K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | 2026 first_quarter | $350K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | 2025 third_quarter | $340K | 3rd Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP | 2026 second_quarter | $60K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP | 2026 first_quarter | $60K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION | ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP | 2025 fourth_quarter | $60K | 4th Quarter - Report |
Classification
The Congressional Research Service files S. 2945 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.
CRS Subjects
CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2945’s is Transportation and Public Works.
s2945/policy-areas.txtSource: congress.gov · legiscan.com
