{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1547","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1547","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"One Seat Ride Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving transfers, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving transfers, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"One Seat Ride Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"One Seat Ride Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"One Seat Ride Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"One Seat Ride Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"One Seat Ride Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-12-05","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h694","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"One Seat Ride Act","result":"Passed","yea":356,"nay":61,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll694.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","date":"2023-12-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-12-05","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"One Seat Ride Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation and major obstacles to providing commuter rail passenger transportation that does not involve a transfer for passengers. The study must consider economic, logistical, and quality of life factors. It must also include a cost-benefit analysis of single-seat trips on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak hours and the impact such trips would have on other New Jersey Transit lines."}],"words":85},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation and the major obstacles to providing it without a transfer for passengers, and to report on the study.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}]},"core_areas":["Study of commuter rail trips without transfers (single-seat trips)"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study identifying the benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation and the major obstacles to providing it without a transfer for passengers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}},{"text":"Requires the study to consider economic, logistical, and quality of life factors in analyzing the major obstacles to single-seat trips on commuter rail passenger transportation for as many passengers as possible.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}},{"text":"Requires the study to analyze the costs and benefits of single-seat trips on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak hours, and the impact such trips would have on other New Jersey Transit lines.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit a report on the study, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment, to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}},{"text":"Defines \"commuter rail passenger transportation\" as having the meaning given in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh#H113FF48728184883BE9C7953ECAD2787"},"heading":"Study on commuter service","effect":"Directs the study to include an analysis of the costs and benefits of single-seat trips on one named commuter line during peak hours, and the impact on other lines of the same operator, within a study otherwise covering commuter rail generally.","amount":null,"quote":"an analysis of the costs and benefits with respect to single-seat trips on commuter rail passenger transportation on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak hours"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-12-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1547/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1547.png","v":"f1b67dee5368","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1547, 118th Congress: One Seat Ride Act. House: 356 Yea, 61 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Dec 2023."}}