I 108th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3728 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 A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2004.

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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..