[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 734 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 734

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit 
    systems greater flexibility with certain public transportation 
                               projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2007

 Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Mr. English 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Holden, 
 Mr. McGovern, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Platts, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. 
 Ruppersberger, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Souder, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Tauscher, 
  Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Upton) 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 public 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 2007''.

SEC. 2. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.

    Section 5307(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as 
        subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) operating costs of equipment and facilities 
                for use in public transportation in an urbanized area 
                with a population of at least 200,000 if the State or 
                regional authority providing public transportation for 
                the area operates less than 100 buses in fixed-route 
                service in the area during peak service hours;''.
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