3.0.0 2433 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z Senate S 2015-12-18 114 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-18T18:29:13Z 2015-12-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Transportation and Public Works Higher education Public transit Transportation costs Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2015-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-16T14:30:52Z University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015 or the UTRIP Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make grants to designated recipients, local or state governmental authorities, private nonprofit organizations, or operators of public transportation services (recipients) to increase the use of public transportation by undergraduate or graduate students attending an institution of higher education (covered students).

A recipient may use amounts provided under a grant to:

  • offset decreased revenue resulting from providing discounted fares to covered students,
  • provide general operating assistance to public transportation services and routes designed to better serve institutions of higher education, or
  • pay for capital costs associated with expanding and maintaining public transportation services and routes designed to serve such institutions.

To be eligible for a grant, a recipient must provide to covered students a discounted fare for public transportation that is: (1) not more than 75% of the fare, and (2) applicable to both monthly and single-ride fares.

DOT shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this Act to large urbanized areas, small urbanized areas, and rural areas based on the relative numbers of full-time equivalent covered students in such areas, according to a specified formula, with specified exceptions.

]]> University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015 Display Title University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide Federal support to increase public transportation ridership by college students. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced UTRIP Act Introduced in Senate 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2433is/xml/BILLS-114s2433is.xml 2015-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.