[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 959 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 959

  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

                           February 17, 2005

 Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Neugebauer, 
Mr. Otter, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, and Ms. 
   Hooley) 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 2005''.

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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