H.R. 6635

Summary

H.R. 6635, the Bus Operator Safety and Security Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 11, 2025 by Rep. Shomari Figures (D) with 27 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and last saw action on Feb 2, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Record

Text

H.R. 6635 has 27 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6635 IH: Bus Operator Safety and Security Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6635  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    A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Bus Operator Safety and Security Act  .
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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To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Shomari Figures (D) sponsors H.R. 6635, and 27 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Shomari Figures

Rep. · D–AL-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 11, 2025

Jeff Van Drew

Rep. · R–NJ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 11, 2025 · Original

Robert Bresnahan

Rep. · R–PA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 21, 2026

Andre Carson

Rep. · D–IN-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 21, 2026

Tom Barrett

Rep. · R–MI-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 12, 2026

Nellie Pou

Rep. · D–NJ-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 12, 2026

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 19, 2026

Juan Ciscomani

Rep. · R–AZ-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 19, 2026

Valerie Foushee

Rep. · D–NC-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2026

Jeff Hurd

Rep. · R–CO-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6635 went before 2 committees: Highways and Transit Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Highways and Transit Subcommittee

Referred to · Feb 2, 2026 · 174 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Dec 11, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6635 has taken 3 actions since Dec 11, 2025, the latest on Feb 2, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6635 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 6635, as Identical bill.

S 5264Bus Operator Safety and Security ActAug 5, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 6635 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Bus Operator Safety and Security Act — Display Title
• Bus Operator Safety and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 6 firms and 28 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6635 in 15 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 Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Railroads, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Homeland Security.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 28.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6635 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6635’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6635, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 209 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FIGURES:H.R. 6635.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H5810]

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