1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act . 2. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Covered entity The term covered entity means an entity that is one of the following: (A) An air carrier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code). (B) A foreign air carrier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code). (C) A recipient of Federal funds under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code. (D) A motor carrier of passengers that— (i) conducts regularly scheduled intercity service; and (ii) is a Class I carrier (as that term is used in section 369.3(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations). (E) An entity providing commuter rail passenger transportation or intercity rail passenger transportation (as those terms are defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code). (2) Personnel The term personnel means an employee or contractor of a covered entity. (3) Transportation sexual assault or harassment incident The term transportation sexual assault or harassment incident means the occurrence, or reasonably suspected occurrence, of an act that— (A) constitutes sexual assault or harassment; and (B) is committed— (i) by a passenger of a covered entity; (ii) against— (I) another passenger of the covered entity; or (II) a member of the personnel of the covered entity; and (iii) within— (I) a vehicle of the covered entity that is transporting passengers, including aircraft, rolling stock, mo­tor­coaches, and ferries; (II) an area in which passengers are entering or exiting such a vehicle