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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5094 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good repair 

grants to be used for public transportation resilience improvement, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2022 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state 

of good repair grants to be used for public transportation 

resilience improvement, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resilient Transit Act 

5 of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through 

2 (25) as paragraphs (18) through (26), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (2) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(17) RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT.—The term 

7 ‘resilience improvement’ has the meaning given the 

8 term in section 176(a) of title 23.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS FOR PUBLIC 

10 TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE IMPROVE11 MENT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5337 of title 49, United 

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(g) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE IM16 PROVEMENT GRANTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 

18 grants under this subsection to assist State and local 

19 government authorities in financing 1 or more eligi20 ble activities described in paragraph (2). 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant 

23 under this subsection may use grant amounts 

24 for public transportation resilience improve25 ments that increase the resilience of public 


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1 transportation systems from the impacts of 

2 changing conditions, such as sea level rise, 

3 flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and 

4 other natural disasters. 

5 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—Activities eligible to be 

6 carried out using grant amounts under this 

7 subsection include— 

8 ‘‘(i) the installation of mitigation 

9 measures that prevent the intrusion of 

10 floodwaters; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the installation of equipment to 

12 detect the occurrence of a flood event; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the replacement of equipment or 

14 facilities that are currently prone to flood 

15 events or will be in the future; 

16 ‘‘(iv) the purchase of new equipment 

17 to support regular maintenance of drain18 age and pumping infrastructure; 

19 ‘‘(v) the replacement of equipment 

20 stressed during extreme temperature 

21 events; 

22 ‘‘(vi) the installation of equipment to 

23 regulate temperatures and sensors to mon24 itor extreme temperatures; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) the development of backup sys2 tems to provide redundancy during the 

3 outage of a primary power source; 

4 ‘‘(viii) the assessment of system 

5 vulnerabilities to current and future weath6 er events, natural disasters, and changing 

7 conditions, including sea level rise; 

8 ‘‘(ix) the planning of system improve9 ments and emergency response strategies 

10 to address identified vulnerabilities; and 

11 ‘‘(x) any other activity for resilience 

12 improvement, as determined by the Sec13 retary. 

14 ‘‘(3) TYPES OF PROJECTS.—Grants under this 

15 subsection may be used to finance— 

16 ‘‘(A) standalone projects; and 

17 ‘‘(B) components of projects carried out 

18 under subsection (b)(1). 

19 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE IM20 PROVEMENT FORMULA.—Of the amounts made 

21 available under section 5338(a)(2)(L) to carry out 

22 this subsection— 

23 ‘‘(A) 97.15 percent shall be apportioned to 

24 recipients in accordance with subsection (c); 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) 2.85 percent shall be apportioned to 

2 recipients in accordance with subsection (d).’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5337 of 

4 title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sec5 tion 5338(a)(2)(K)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘section 5338(a)(2)(L)’’. 

7 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS. 

8 Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

12 ‘‘$13,634,000,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$13,934,000,000’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

15 ‘‘$13,990,000,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$14,290,000,000’’; 

17 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

18 ‘‘$14,279,000,000’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘$14,579,000,000’’; and 

20 (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

21 ‘‘$14,642,000,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$14,942,000,000’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)(L)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘$3,587,778,037’’ and in25 serting ‘‘$3,887,778,037’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘$3,680,934,484’’ and in2 serting ‘‘$3,980,934,484’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘$3,755,675,417’’ and in4 serting ‘‘$4,055,675,417’’; 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘$3,850,496,668’’ and in6 serting ‘‘$4,150,496,668’’; and 

7 (E) by inserting ‘‘and $300,000,000 for 

8 each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026 shall be 

9 available to carry out section 5337(g)’’ after 

10 ‘‘section 5337(f)’’. 

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