[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3545 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3545

  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

                            December 1, 2011

 Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holden, and Mr. 
   Ribble) 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 2011''.

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 (G) and (H), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) operating costs, not to exceed 50 percent, of 
                equipment and facilities for use in public 
                transportation systems that operate 75 or fewer buses 
                during peak service hours in an urbanized area with a 
                population of at least 200,000; and
                    ``(F) operating costs not to exceed 25 percent, of 
                equipment and facilities for use in public 
                transportation systems that operate a minimum of 76 
                buses and a maximum of 100 buses during peak service 
                hours in an urbanized area with a population of at 
                least 200,000.''.
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