[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1259

  To prohibit the provision of Federal assistance to transit and rail 
projects with significant cost overruns and that are projected to lose 
                     money, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2023

   Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the provision of Federal assistance to transit and rail 
projects with significant cost overruns and that are projected to lose 
                     money, 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 ``Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN TRANSIT AND 
              RAIL PROJECTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall not provide any new assistance for a transit or 
rail project if--
            (1) the overall cost projection to complete the project 
        exceeds the original cost projection by at least 
        $1,000,000,000; and
            (2) the operational and administrative costs of the service 
        provided by the project are projected to exceed the revenues 
        generated from ridership annually over the next decade.
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