[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2722 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2722

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit 
 systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2003

   Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. Otter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Burgess, Ms. 
 Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Foley, Mr. English, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Gilchrest, 
 Mr. Calvert, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Holden, 
Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Hastings 
 of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit 
 systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transit System Flexibility 
Protection Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    Section 5307(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``200,000.'' and inserting ``360,000. The Secretary may make 
grants under this section to a transit system to finance the operating 
cost of equipment and facilities for use in mass transportation in an 
urbanized area with a population of more than 360,000 if such transit 
system operates less than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak 
service hours.''.
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