[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3019 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3019

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
    Transportation to consider certain factors in evaluating public 
   transportation projects for purposes of making capital investment 
                    grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2011

     Mr. Carson of Indiana (for himself and Mr. Al Green of Texas) 
 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 direct the Secretary of 
    Transportation to consider certain factors in evaluating public 
   transportation projects for purposes of making capital investment 
                    grants, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Modernizing Public Transit Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

    (a) Project Justification for New Start Projects.--Section 
5309(d)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F) by inserting ``urban and'' before 
        ``suburban sprawl'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K) as 
        subparagraphs (J), (K), and (M), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:
                    ``(I) population density, land use, proposed land 
                use, and local development goals along the project 
                corridor and along transit corridors connecting with 
                the project, including bus, bus rapid transit, and 
                rail'';
            (4) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (K) (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection); and
            (5) by inserting after subparagraph (K) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection) the following:
                    ``(L) estimated reductions in transit times for 
                passengers of the existing transit system as a result 
                of the project; and''.
    (b) Project Justification for Small Start Projects.--Section 
5309(e)(4) of such title is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``or proposed local 
        land use policies'' before ``and is likely'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (H); 
        and
            (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) consider the population density, land use, 
                proposed land use, and local development goals along 
                transit corridors connecting with the project, 
                including bus, bus rapid transit, and rail;
                    ``(F) consider the impacts of urban and suburban 
                sprawl;
                    ``(G) consider estimated reductions in transit 
                times for passengers of the existing transit system as 
                a result of the project; and''.
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