3.0.0 2534 2023-01-01T23:42:28Z 2023-01-01T23:42:28Z Senate S 2021-07-29 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-29T16:23:23Z 2021-07-29 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA N W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-07-29 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-07-29 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-11T17:30:04Z Expanded Transit Service Act

This bill allows an urbanized area with 200,000 or more residents to use a portion of its Urbanized Area Formula Grants for operating expenses to increase the frequency and availability of public transportation. Under current law, the grants support various transit planning and related activities in urbanized areas; however, only areas with fewer than 200,000 residents may use funds for transit operating expenses.

]]> Expanded Transit Service Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance for increasing the frequency and availability of public transportation service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Expanded Transit Service Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanded Transit Service Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2534is/xml/BILLS-117s2534is.xml 2021-07-29 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.