[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8486

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the 
  Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish a thriving 
                       communities grant program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the 
  Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish a thriving 
                       communities grant program.

    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 ``Thriving Communities Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall 
establish a thriving communities grant program to provide technical 
assistance and capacity building to help underserved communities 
advance transformative, equitable and environmentally friendly 
infrastructure projects.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on--
            (1) the methods the Secretary uses in carrying out the 
        program established under subsection (a) to promote transit-
        oriented development;
            (2) the level of coordination between the Secretary of 
        Transportation and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development in carrying out such program, including the 
        respective roles of each Secretary; and
            (3) what equity metrics are used to distribute funding 
        under such program.
    (c) Authorizations of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year--
            (1) $100,000,000 to the Secretary of Transportation to 
        carry out this section; and
            (2) $5,500,000 million to the Secretary of Housing and 
        Urban Development to facilitate coordination with the Secretary 
        of Transportation to carry out this section.
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