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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand and codify the transit 

oriented development planning grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2021 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand and codify 

the transit oriented development planning grant program, 

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 ‘‘Maximizing Our Rede5 velopment and Efficiency for Transit Oriented Develop6 ment Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘More TOD Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5327 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 5328. Transit oriented development planning grant 

7 program 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘eligible 

9 project’ means— 

10 ‘‘(1) a new fixed guideway capital project or a 

11 core capacity improvement project as defined in sec12 tion 5309; or 

13 ‘‘(2) an existing fixed guideway system, or an 

14 existing station that is served by a fixed guideway 

15 system. 

16 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

17 make grants under this section to a State, local govern18 mental authority, or metropolitan planning organization 

19 to assist in financing comprehensive planning associated 

20 with an eligible project that seeks to— 

21 ‘‘(1) enhance economic development, ridership, 

22 and other goals established during the project devel23 opment and engineering processes or the grant ap24 plication; 

25 ‘‘(2) facilitate multimodal connectivity and ac26 cessibility; 


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1 ‘‘(3) increase access to transit hubs for pedes2 trian and bicycle traffic; 

3 ‘‘(4) enable mixed-use development; 

4 ‘‘(5) identify infrastructure needs associated 

5 with the eligible project; and 

6 ‘‘(6) include private sector participation. 

7 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A State, local governmental au8 thority, or metropolitan planning organization that desires 

9 to participate in the program under this section shall sub10 mit to the Secretary an application that contains at a min11 imum— 

12 ‘‘(1) an identification of an eligible project; 

13 ‘‘(2) a schedule and process for the development 

14 of a comprehensive plan; 

15 ‘‘(3) a description of how the eligible project 

16 and the proposed comprehensive plan advance the 

17 metropolitan transportation plan of the metropolitan 

18 planning organization; 

19 ‘‘(4) proposed performance criteria for the de20 velopment and implementation of the comprehensive 

21 plan; 

22 ‘‘(5) a description of how the project will reduce 

23 and mitigate social and economic impacts on existing 

24 residents and businesses vulnerable to displacement; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(6) identification of— 

2 ‘‘(A) partners; 

3 ‘‘(B) availability of and authority for fund4 ing; and 

5 ‘‘(C) potential State, local or other impedi6 ments to the implementation of the comprehen7 sive plan. 

8 ‘‘(d) COST SHARE.—A grant under this section shall 

9 not exceed an amount in excess of 80 percent of total 

10 project costs, except that a grant that includes an afford11 able housing component shall not exceed an amount in ex12 cess of 90 percent of total project costs.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 5338 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add15 ing at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

17 GRANT PROGRAM.—There is authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out section 5328— 

19 ‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

20 ‘‘(2) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

21 ‘‘(3) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

22 ‘‘(4) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

23 ‘‘(5) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

24 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap25 ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Apr 30, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1615.IH H1615

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1 serting after the item relating to section 5327 the fol2 lowing: 

‘‘5328. Transit oriented development planning grant program.’’. 

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