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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4316 

To authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 

safety and security enhancement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2024 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. FETTERMAN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and safety and security enhancement, 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 ‘‘Moving Transit For5 ward Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS FOR SERVICE 

2 IMPROVEMENT AND SAFETY AND SECURITY 

3 ENHANCEMENT. 

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

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5307 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 5308. Urbanized area formula grants for service 

8 improvement and safety and security en9 hancement 

10 ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

11 make grants under this section for— 

12 ‘‘(1) operating costs of equipment and facilities 

13 for use in public transportation in an urbanized 

14 area, if such costs increase or support the quality, 

15 frequency, or geographic availability of service; 

16 ‘‘(2) planning of service adjustments to increase 

17 the quality, frequency, or geographic availability of 

18 service; 

19 ‘‘(3) capital projects or operating costs to in20 crease the security of an existing or planned public 

21 transportation system, including costs of law en22 forcement or security personnel; or 

23 ‘‘(4) capital projects for safety risk mitigations 

24 that are identified and recommended by the safety 

25 committee of a recipient under section 5329. 

26 ‘‘(b) APPORTIONMENTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall appor2 tion the amounts made available for each fiscal year 

3 to carry out this section so that each urbanized area 

4 is entitled to receive an amount equal to the amount 

5 apportioned under this section multiplied by a ratio 

6 equal to the urbanized area’s operating expenses for 

7 the most recent year reported to the Secretary under 

8 section 5335, divided by the total operating expenses 

9 attributable to all urbanized areas. 

10 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts appor11 tioned to each urbanized area shall be added to 

12 amounts apportioned to that urbanized area under 

13 section 5336 and made available for eligible activi14 ties under this section in accordance with the re15 quirements of section 5307, except as modified 

16 under this section. 

17 ‘‘(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) GRANTS FOR OPERATING COSTS OF

20 EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES TO INCREASE OR

21 SUPPORT SERVICE.—A recipient of assistance 

22 for operating costs under subsection (a)(1) shall 

23 certify to the Secretary that the recipient will— 

24 ‘‘(i) utilize the operating assistance to 

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1 cle revenue service provided by the recipi2 ent; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) ensure that the amount of non4 Federal expenditures for operating ex5 penses for each of the fiscal years for 

6 which the recipient proposes to use the op7 erating assistance to increase or support 

8 vehicle revenue service is not less than the 

9 amount of non-Federal expenditures of the 

10 recipient for operating expenses for the 

11 most recent fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(B) GRANTS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OR

13 OPERATING COSTS TO INCREASE SECURITY.—A 

14 recipient of assistance for capital projects or op15 erating costs under subsection (a)(3) shall cer16 tify to the Secretary that the recipient will en17 sure that the amount of non-Federal expendi18 tures for security expenses of the recipient for 

19 each of the fiscal years for which the recipient 

20 proposes to use assistance to increase the secu21 rity of an existing or planned public transpor22 tation system is not less than the amount of 

23 non-Federal expenditures for security expenses 

24 of the recipient for the most recent fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) OTHER PROGRAMS OR PLANS.—Operating 

2 assistance under this section is not required to be in3 cluded in a transportation improvement program, 

4 metropolitan transportation plan, Statewide trans5 portation improvement program, or Statewide trans6 portation plan under section 5303 or 5304. 

7 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Operating assistance 

8 under subsection (a)(1) and assistance for planning 

9 under subsection (a)(2) shall not be made available 

10 for transitioning fixed route public transportation 

11 service provided as of the date of receipt of funds to 

12 services offered by a third-party contract provider 

13 providing on-demand service. 

14 ‘‘(4) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding sec15 tion 5307(a)(1)(D), an urbanized area may use not 

16 more than 10 percent of the apportionment for the 

17 area under section 5336 as if such amounts were 

18 made available originally under this section. 

19 ‘‘(d) GOVERNMENT SHARE OF COSTS FOR OPER20 ATING EXPENSES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 

22 for operating expenses shall be for 80 percent of the 

23 net project cost of the project. 

24 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MATCHING AMOUNTS.—A re25 cipient of a grant under this section for operating 


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1 expenses may provide additional local matching 

2 amounts beyond the amount required under para3 graph (1).’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

5 The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 49, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat7 ing to section 5307 the following: 

‘‘5308. Urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and safety and 

security enhancement.’’. 

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