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Transit Funding Flexibility Act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow any recipient of urbanized area formula grant funds to use such funds for operating costs of equipment and facilities used in public transportation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill allows public transit agencies receiving federal urbanized area formula grants to use those funds for operating costs of transit equipment and facilities, not just capital purchases. Recipients must certify annually that they will maintain their own spending levels for operating costs of equipment and facilities that receive federal funding. If the Department of Transportation finds a recipient failed to maintain the required spending level, that recipient's federal funding is reduced by one-third in the following fiscal year.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY)
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY)
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
Actions (3)
- Aug 23, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Aug 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Aug 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 22, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Bresnahan, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow any recipient of urbanized area formula grant funds to use such funds for operating costs of equipment and facilities used in public transportation, 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 “Transit Funding Flexibility Act”.
SEC. 2. USE OF URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANT FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPERATING COSTS.
Section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking “in an urbanized area with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census”; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(L) by striking “and” at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking “the certification” and inserting “each certification”;
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(D) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:
“(2) the recipient, not later than the 30th day of the first full fiscal year after a recipient first receives grant funds under this section and each fiscal year thereafter, shall submit to the Secretary a certification that, for the fiscal year, the recipient will maintain effort with respect to any operating costs of equipment and facilities for which grant funds are used; and”; and
(3) in subsection (f)(3)—
(A) by striking “The Secretary may” and inserting
“(A) in general.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(B) Failure to maintain effort.—If, in conducting a review, audit, and evaluation under this subsection, the Secretary finds that a recipient failed to maintain effort during a fiscal year as certified to under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall reduce by \1/3 \any amount such recipient is to receive under this section in the next fiscal year.”. <all>
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