Lets more cities use federal money for daily public transit costs, like bus maintenance.
This bill would let cities of all sizes use federal grants for public transportation operating costs, such as paying for bus repairs or driver salaries. Currently, only smaller cities can use these specific funds this way. However, cities would need to promise to keep up their own funding efforts for these costs or face a penalty.
Today, only urban areas with fewer than 200,000 people can use federal urbanized area formula grant funds for public transportation operating costs. After this bill, all urban areas receiving these grants, regardless of population size, would be able to use them for operating costs. However, they would need to submit an annual certification promising to maintain their own funding efforts for these costs. If they fail to do so, they would face a one-third reduction in future grant money.
HR 5024 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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