[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5157 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5157

To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to allow transit 
 systems in urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 
in population according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the 
  use of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2002

Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Petri, Mr. Borski, 
    Mr. English, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Otter, Mr. Coble, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Frank, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. 
 DeFazio, Mr. Foley, Mr. Combest, Mr. Holden, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Simpson, 
Mrs. Bono, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mrs. 
Kelly, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, 
 Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Lynch, 
 Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
Goss, and Mr. Lewis of California) introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to allow transit 
 systems in urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 
in population according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the 
  use of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.

    Section 5307(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the last sentence of paragraph (1);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Special rule for fiscal year 2003.--
                    ``(A) Increased flexibility.--The Secretary may 
                make grants under this section, from funds made 
                available to carry out this section for fiscal year 
                2003, to finance the operating cost of equipment and 
                facilities for use in mass transportation in an 
                urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 as 
                determined under the 2000 decennial census of 
                population if--
                            ``(i) the urbanized area had a population 
                        of less than 200,000 as determined under the 
                        1990 Federal decennial census of population;
                            ``(ii) a portion of the urbanized area was 
                        a separate urbanizead area with a population of 
                        less than 200,000 as determined under the 1990 
                        Federal decennial census of population; or
                            ``(iii) the area was not designated as a 
                        urbanized area as determined under the 1990 
                        Federal decennial census of population.
                    ``(B) Maximum amounts.--Amounts made available 
                pursuant to subparagraphs (A)(i) and (A)(ii) shall be 
                no more than the amount apportioned in fiscal year 2002 
                to the urbanized area with a population of less than 
                200,000 as determined in the 1990 Federal decennial 
                census of population. Amounts made available pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be no more than the 
                amount apportioned under this section for fiscal year 
                2003.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of 
        this section) by aligning subparagraph (C) with subparagraphs 
        (A) and (B).
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