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Small Communities Transit Improvement Act

To increase the apportionment of formula grants for small transit intensive cities.

Introduced Sep 30, 2025

Latest action (Sep 30, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Referred to
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary
  • Increases the apportionment percentage for formula grants to small transit intensive cities from 3 percent to 5 percent.
  • Modifies Section 5336(h)(3) of title 49, United States Code, which governs the distribution of Federal transit assistance.
  • The increase provides a higher share of Federal transit formula grants available to small transit intensive cities.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
  2. Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3449 — Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act · Introduced May 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 3455 — Moving Transit Forward Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 6768 — Housing Our Communities Act · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 8362 — Transit Workforce Development Act · Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 8785 — Medium Transit Intensive Cities Authorization Act of 2026 · Introduced May 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5711 — Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act · Introduced Oct 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 30, 2025

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

A BILL

To increase the apportionment of formula grants for small transit intensive cities.

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 “Small Communities Transit Improvement Act”.

SEC. 2. INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF FORMULA FOR SMALL TRANSIT INTENSIVE CITIES.

Section 5336(h)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “3 percent” and inserting “5 percent”. <all>

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