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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1394

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize programs and activities 

to promote intermodal transportation of passengers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2003

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 

BURGESS, Mr. FROST, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CASE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BAKER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Ms. MILLENDERMCDONALD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize programs and activities to promote intermodal transportation of passengers, 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 ‘‘Intermodal Transpor5 tation Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5315 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 5316. Intermodal transportation facilities program 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab8 lish and carry out an intermodal transportation facilities 

9 program in accordance with this section. 

10 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the Sec11 retary shall make grants on a competitive basis to public 

12 or private entities to finance projects for the construction, 

13 reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and renovation of fa14 cilities, whether publicly or privately owned, designed and 

15 operated to promote the intermodal transportation of pas16 sengers. 

17 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary 

18 shall make grants for a project under this section directly 

19 to the public or private entity that will develop or operate 

20 the facility receiving assistance under the project. 

21 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

22 grant for a project under this section, an entity shall sub23 mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 

24 form, and containing such information as the Secretary 

25 may require. At a minimum, the application shall contain 

26 a plan for the project and such additional information as 
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1 the Secretary may require to ensure full accountability for 

2 the obligation and expenditure of amounts for the project. 

3 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Facilities for which as4 sistance may be provided under the program include the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(1) Facilities to connect urban or rural local 

7 transit, van, and commuter services with intercity 

8 bus and rail services. 

9 ‘‘(2) Facilities to connect intercity bus, intercity 

10 rail, local transit, van, and commuter services with 

11 commercial air services. 

12 ‘‘(3) Facilities to provide park and ride services 

13 at suburban locations connecting with local mass 

14 transportation, commuter services, and intercity bus 

15 and rail facilities. 

16 ‘‘(4) Such other intermodal facilities as the Sec17 retary determines appropriate. 

18 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section, 

19 the Secretary shall give priority to projects that integrate 

20 all available modes of intercity and local mass transpor21 tation in a community. 

22 ‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

23 cost of a project financed using amounts from a grant 

24 under this section shall not exceed 90 percent.
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1 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY OF PLANNING AND OTHER RE2 QUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may make a grant for a 

3 project under this section only after finding that the 

4 project is part of the approved program of projects re5 quired under sections 5303 through 5306. Section 

6 5333(b) applies to a project receiving assistance under 

7 this section. 

8 ‘‘(i) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—A grant approved by 

9 the Secretary that is financed with amounts made avail10 able to carry out this section is a contractual obligation 

11 of the United States Government to pay the Government’s 

12 share of the cost of the project. 

13 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund to carry 

15 out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 

16 through 2009. Such sums shall remain available until ex17 pended.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

19 such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relat20 ing to section 5315 the following:

‘‘5316. Intermodal facilities program.’’.

21 SEC. 3. RURAL CONNECTIONS TO AIRPORTS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 

23 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5316, 

24 as inserted by section 2(a) of this Act, the following: 
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1 ‘‘§ 5317. Rural connections to airports 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

3 shall carry out a program to promote essential intercity 

4 bus and commercial van service by private operators be5 tween non-urbanized and small urban areas and primary 

6 airports, as defined in section 47102, including inter7 mediate points. 

8 ‘‘(b) STATE PROGRAMS.—A State shall use amounts 

9 apportioned under this section for eligible transportation 

10 projects that are included in a State program of projects. 

11 The program shall be submitted annually to the Secretary. 

12 The Secretary may approve the program only if the Sec13 retary finds that the program is consistent with the pur14 poses of this section and provides a fair distribution of 

15 amounts in the State. 

16 ‘‘(c) APPORTIONMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

17 shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this 

18 section among the States in the same manner as amounts 

19 are apportioned under section 5311(c). 

20 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Eligible projects under 

21 this section include—

22 ‘‘(1) planning and marketing for eligible inter23 city bus and commercial van service; 

24 ‘‘(2) capital grants for bus terminals, park and 

25 ride facilities, and joint-use facilities, including inter26 modal terminals located at or near an airport or at 
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1 any other location, if there is a planned airport con2 nection from the facility; 

3 ‘‘(3) operating grants through purchase-of-serv4 ice agreements, user-side subsidies, and demonstra5 tion projects; 

6 ‘‘(4) developing and enhancing security proce7 dures for bus and commercial van passengers con8 necting to commercial air services; and 

9 ‘‘(5) enhancing connections between intercity 

10 bus or commercial van service and commercial air 

11 services at the airport. 

12 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 

14 State may contract with a duly licensed private oper15 ator of intercity bus or commercial van service to 

16 provide essential intercity bus or commercial van 

17 service under the program. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Funds made available to 

19 carry out this section may not be used to provide 

20 service that duplicates, in whole or in part, service 

21 being provided by an existing private operator with22 out operating subsidy. 

23 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

24 cost of a project financed using amounts made available 

25 under this section shall not exceed 90 percent. 
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1 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appor2 tioned to a State under this section shall remain available 

3 until expended. 

4 ‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 

5 5311(j) applies to this section. 

6 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund to carry 

8 out this section—

9 ‘‘(1) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004, 

10 2005, and 2006; and 

11 ‘‘(2) $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 

12 2008, and 2009. 

13 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

15 such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relat16 ing to section 5316, as inserted by section 2(b) of this 

17 Act, the following:

‘‘5317. Rural connections to airports.’’.

18 SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESSI19 BILITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 

20 Section 3038(g) of the Transportation Equity Act for 

21 the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 393) 

22 is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the following amounts’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of fiscal 

3 years 2004 through 2009’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘buses:’’ and all that fol5 lows before the last sentence and inserting 

6 ‘‘buses.’’; and 

7 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$6,800,000 

8 shall be available for fiscal years 2000 through 

9 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000 shall be available 

10 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009’’. 

11 SEC. 5. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYS12 TEM. 

13 Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amend14 ed by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘§ 5339. National transportation information system 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab17 lish and carry out, on a priority basis and in coordination 

18 with States and private entities, a national public trans19 portation information system in accordance with this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN SYSTEM.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The system shall include, 

23 to the maximum extent practicable, for all public 

24 and private providers of scheduled passenger trans25 portation service over fixed routes, information on—
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1 ‘‘(A) service, fares, and schedules; and 

2 ‘‘(B) availability of service accessible to 

3 persons with disabilities. 

4 ‘‘(2) PROVIDERS OF SCHEDULED PASSENGER

5 TRANSPORTATION SERVICE DEFINED.—In paragraph 

6 (1), the term ‘providers of scheduled passenger 

7 transportation service’ includes providers of intercity 

8 bus and intercity rail service, commuter service, local 

9 and rural transit service, and demand responsive 

10 intercity bus service. 

11 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS TO SYSTEM.—Information in12 cluded in the system shall be made available to the public, 

13 on a real-time basis, by telephone and on the Internet. 

14 Such system shall be fully accessible to persons with dis15 abilities. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEADLINE.—The system shall be fully oper17 ational not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 

18 of this section. 

19 ‘‘(e) PRIVATE CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary may 

20 carry out this section by contracting with private entities 

21 to plan, construct, operate, and maintain the system. 

22 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

23 cost of a project financed using amounts made available 

24 to carry out this section shall not exceed 90 percent. 
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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund to carry 

3 out this section—

4 ‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 

5 and 2005; and 

6 ‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

7 through 2009. 

8 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

10 such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing:

‘‘5339. National transportation information system.’’.

12 SEC. 6. CAPITAL PROJECTS. 

13 (a) DEFINITION OF CAPITAL PROJECT.—Section 

14 5302(a)(1)(G)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 

15 amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(ii) excluding construction of a com17 mercial revenue producing facility to the 

18 extent that the facility is not intended to 

19 be used to provide mass transportation or 

20 intercity bus or rail transportation.’’. 

21 (b) CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS AND LOANS.—

22 Section 5309(a)(1)(C) of such title is amended to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(C) the capital costs of coordinating mass 

25 transportation with other transportation, including 
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1 costs associated with the mass transportation, inter2 city bus, or intercity rail components of facility 

3 projects intended to enhance such coordination;’’.

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