[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3973 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3973

  To ensure local governments have the flexibility needed to enhance 
        decision-making regarding certain mass transit projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2006

  Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Specter, Mr. Cornyn, 
    Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Dole, and Mr. Bond) 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 ensure local governments have the flexibility needed to enhance 
        decision-making regarding certain mass transit 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 2006''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    Section 5307(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:
                    ``(E) operating costs of equipment and facilities 
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area 
                with a population of more than 200,000, if such public 
                transportation system operates less than 100 buses on 
                fixed-route service during peak service hours; and''.
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