[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3728 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3728

  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

                            January 23, 2004

  Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) 
 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 2004''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    Section 5307(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``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 200,000 if such transit system 
operates less than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak service 
hours.''.
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