[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6337 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6337

 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to the definition 
               of urbanized area, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2016

   Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Gene Green of 
Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Smith 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, with respect to the definition 
               of urbanized area, 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. DEFINITION OF URBANIZED AREA.

    Section 5302(23) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The term''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Additional areas.--Notwithstanding 
                subparagraph (A), an area shall be treated as an 
                `urbanized area' if the Secretary of Commerce 
                determines that--
                            ``(i) the area was defined and designated 
                        in a previous decennial census as an `urbanized 
                        area';
                            ``(ii) the area was not defined and 
                        designated in the most recent decennial census 
                        as an `urbanized area' as the result of a 
                        natural disaster that caused the population of 
                        the area to fall below 50,000 people; and
                            ``(iii) the most recent annual estimate of 
                        the Bureau of the Census estimates the 
                        population of the area to be restored to 50,000 
                        or more people.''.
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