[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5468-S5469]
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SA 2271. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Donnelly, and Mr. Blunt)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with
health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being
taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which
the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. BUS AND BUS FACILITIES STATE OF GOOD REPAIR
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5341. Bus and bus facilities state of good repair
discretionary grants
``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `State' means a State of the United States;
and
``(2) the term `territory' means the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands.
``(b) General Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants
under this section to assist eligible recipients described in
subsection (e)(1) in financing capital projects to maintain
bus and bus facilities systems in a state of good repair,
including projects--
``(1) to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and
related equipment; and
``(2) to construct bus-related facilities.
``(c) Grant Criteria.--In making grants under this section,
the Secretary--
``(1) with respect to a bus and bus facilities system,
shall consider--
``(A) project readiness;
``(B) the level of commitment of non-Federal funds and the
availability of a local financial commitment that exceeds the
required non-Federal share of the cost of the project; and
``(C) project justification;
``(2) with respect to the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment, and the construction
of bus-related facilities, shall consider--
``(A) condition;
``(B) the need to comply with any applicable legal
requirements relating to reinvestment; and
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``(C) the status of components; and
``(3) in considering the factors under paragraphs (1) and
(2), shall give priority consideration to vehicle age and
mileage.
``(d) Grant Requirements.--The requirements of section 5307
apply to recipients of grants made under this section.
``(e) Eligible Recipients and Subrecipients.--
``(1) Recipients.--Eligible recipients under this section
are designated recipients that operate bus service or that
allocate funding to bus operators.
``(2) Subrecipients.--A designated recipient that receives
a grant under this section may allocate amounts of the grant
to subrecipients that are public agencies or private
nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation.
``(f) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project
under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net capital
costs of the project. A recipient of a grant under this
section may provide additional local matching amounts.
``(2) Remaining costs.--The remainder of the net project
cost shall be provided--
``(A) in cash from non-Government sources other than
revenues from providing public transportation services;
``(B) from revenues derived from the sale of advertising
and concessions;
``(C) from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or
depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital; or
``(D) from amounts received under a service agreement with
a State or local social service agency or private social
service organization.
``(g) Period of Availability to Recipients.--Amounts made
available to carry out this section may be obligated by a
recipient for 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which
the amount is appropriated. Not later than 30 days after the
end of the 3-year period described in the preceding sentence,
any amount that is not obligated on the last day of that
period shall be added to the amount that may be appropriated
to carry out this section in the next fiscal year.
``(h) Funding Limit.--Not more than 4 percent of the
amounts made available under section 5338 to carry out this
section for a fiscal year shall be made available to a single
recipient.
``(i) Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Grants.--
``(1) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall
be construed to prohibit a recipient from receiving a grant
under section 5339 and a grant under this section.
``(2) Funding for formula grants.--Of the amounts made
available under section 5338 to carry out this section for a
fiscal year, $62,500,000 shall be available for the bus and
bus facilities program under section 5339, of which
$1,250,000 shall be apportioned to each State.''.
(b) Funding.--Section 5338 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections
(k) and (l), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Bus and Bus Facilities State of Good Repair
Discretionary Grants.--There are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund to carry out section 5341--
``(1) $492,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
``(2) $687,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;
``(3) $777,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
``(4) $878,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
``(5) $992,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
``(6) $1,389,000,000 fiscal year 2021.''.
(c) Initial Grants.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall begin making grants under section 5341 of title 49,
United States Code, as added by subsection (b).
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``5341. Bus and bus facilities state of good repair discretionary
grants.''.
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