[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2506 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2506

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2004

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Santorum) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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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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