[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4316 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4316

To authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 
        safety and security enhancement, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2024

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
                       Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 
        safety and security enhancement, 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 ``Moving Transit Forward Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS FOR SERVICE IMPROVEMENT AND 
              SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 5307 the following:
``Sec. 5308. Urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 
              safety and security enhancement
    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may make grants under this 
section for--
            ``(1) operating costs of equipment and facilities for use 
        in public transportation in an urbanized area, if such costs 
        increase or support the quality, frequency, or geographic 
        availability of service;
            ``(2) planning of service adjustments to increase the 
        quality, frequency, or geographic availability of service;
            ``(3) capital projects or operating costs to increase the 
        security of an existing or planned public transportation 
        system, including costs of law enforcement or security 
        personnel; or
            ``(4) capital projects for safety risk mitigations that are 
        identified and recommended by the safety committee of a 
        recipient under section 5329.
    ``(b) Apportionments.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall apportion the 
        amounts made available for each fiscal year to carry out this 
        section so that each urbanized area is entitled to receive an 
        amount equal to the amount apportioned under this section 
        multiplied by a ratio equal to the urbanized area's operating 
        expenses for the most recent year reported to the Secretary 
        under section 5335, divided by the total operating expenses 
        attributable to all urbanized areas.
            ``(2) Additional amounts.--Amounts apportioned to each 
        urbanized area shall be added to amounts apportioned to that 
        urbanized area under section 5336 and made available for 
        eligible activities under this section in accordance with the 
        requirements of section 5307, except as modified under this 
        section.
    ``(c) Grant Requirements.--
            ``(1) Certifications.--
                    ``(A) Grants for operating costs of equipment and 
                facilities to increase or support service.--A recipient 
                of assistance for operating costs under subsection 
                (a)(1) shall certify to the Secretary that the 
                recipient will--
                            ``(i) utilize the operating assistance to 
                        increase or support the total level of vehicle 
                        revenue service provided by the recipient; and
                            ``(ii) ensure that the amount of non-
                        Federal expenditures for operating expenses for 
                        each of the fiscal years for which the 
                        recipient proposes to use the operating 
                        assistance to increase or support vehicle 
                        revenue service is not less than the amount of 
                        non-Federal expenditures of the recipient for 
                        operating expenses for the most recent fiscal 
                        year.
                    ``(B) Grants for capital projects or operating 
                costs to increase security.--A recipient of assistance 
                for capital projects or operating costs under 
                subsection (a)(3) shall certify to the Secretary that 
                the recipient will ensure that the amount of non-
                Federal expenditures for security expenses of the 
                recipient for each of the fiscal years for which the 
                recipient proposes to use assistance to increase the 
                security of an existing or planned public 
                transportation system is not less than the amount of 
                non-Federal expenditures for security expenses of the 
                recipient for the most recent fiscal year.
            ``(2) Other programs or plans.--Operating assistance under 
        this section is not required to be included in a transportation 
        improvement program, metropolitan transportation plan, 
        Statewide transportation improvement program, or Statewide 
        transportation plan under section 5303 or 5304.
            ``(3) Prohibition.--Operating assistance under subsection 
        (a)(1) and assistance for planning under subsection (a)(2) 
        shall not be made available for transitioning fixed route 
        public transportation service provided as of the date of 
        receipt of funds to services offered by a third-party contract 
        provider providing on-demand service.
            ``(4) Other amounts.--Notwithstanding section 
        5307(a)(1)(D), an urbanized area may use not more than 10 
        percent of the apportionment for the area under section 5336 as 
        if such amounts were made available originally under this 
        section.
    ``(d) Government Share of Costs for Operating Expenses.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section for operating 
        expenses shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost of the 
        project.
            ``(2) Additional matching amounts.--A recipient of a grant 
        under this section for operating expenses may provide 
        additional local matching amounts beyond the amount required 
        under paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 5307 the following:

``5308. Urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 
                            safety and security enhancement.''.
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