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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3073 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3073

 To modify the public transportation emergency relief program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2023

 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, 
 Mr. Warnock, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Booker, 
 Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. 
Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
        to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To modify the public transportation emergency relief program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Transit Emergency Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM.

    Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 5324, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Funding Availability.--The amounts appropriated or made 
available under section 5338 to carry out this section for a fiscal 
year--
            ``(1) shall remain available until expended;
            ``(2) shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
        to carry out this section for each fiscal year; and
            ``(3) may be obligated for the current or prior fiscal year 
        eligible expenses under this section.
    ``(h) Labor Standards.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), a grant 
under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 
5333.''; and
            (2) in section 5338(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``5324,'' after ``5318,'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``$13,990,000,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$14,040,000,000'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``$14,279,000,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$14,329,000,000''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
                        ``$14,642,000,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$14,692,000,000''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (N), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (O)(ii), by striking 
                        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
                through 2027 shall be available for the public 
                transportation emergency relief program under section 
                5324.''.
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