3.0.0 4468 2023-01-11T13:45:19Z 2023-01-11T13:45:19Z Senate S 2020-08-06 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-06T16:59:32Z 2020-08-06 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2020-08-06 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-08-06 True Transportation and Public Works Aging Health care coverage and access Health personnel Mental health Poverty and welfare assistance Public transit Rural conditions and development Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-02T14:58:00Z Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020

This bill increases the federal share of operating costs to 80% for projects in certain rural areas with high transit dependency that receive grants under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program of the Federal Transit Administration. The program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000.

To qualify for the increased federal share, a project must serve an area that is

  • an area of persistent poverty (a county in which at least 20% of the population has lived in poverty during the most recent 30-year period);
  • a county in which at least 25% of residents are age 65 or older,
  • a county designated as a health professional shortage area on the basis of a primary care or mental health care shortage, or
  • a county with low population density of not more than 20 people per square mile of land area.
]]> Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020 Display Title Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the Federal share of operating costs for certain projects that receive grants under the Formula Grants to Rural Areas Program of the Federal Transit Administration. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4468is/xml/BILLS-116s4468is.xml 2020-08-06 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.